It was Su Saburo who found the Five Tigers of the Forbidden Army who were very good martial arts instructors in the more than 200,000 forbidden troops in the capital, and their basic kung fu was very solid, and they were all military positions above the fourth grade, and they were promoted step by step from the grassroots level by military merit in the army, especially good at team fighting.

They were found by Su Saburo to stop Yang Xiaoshan from taking the martial arts champion. With their current status, they don't need to take any martial arts exams at all, but others can't say anything, after all, it is not easy to stop people who rely on military merits to get a high position and want to make up for their fame.

The palace examination is not comparable to the examination, the examination room is set up in the Forbidden City Exercise Ground, and the emperor personally invigilates the examination. From the thousands of martial artists who participated in the examination, the 100 with the best results were selected to participate in the palace examination.

The top 10 players in the examination are seeded players, and they are divided into 10 groups of 10 people in each group. Ten people scuffle in the circle, and finally those who are still standing in the circle advance to the next round, and only one person can advance. Those who advance from the group will be the last time, in the order of leaving the circle, and the last person will be the champion, and so on.

Yang Xiaoshan is the sixth place in the examination, and as a seeded player, he is in his own group, that is, the sixth group, and Su Can is the nineteenth in the examination, and he is in the Ren group, that is, the ninth group.

It seems that the seeded players are divided into different groups to avoid a strong conversation at the beginning, but the way of scuffling is not conducive to the seeded players. If there is no relationship between the ten people, then as the best seeded player, it must be the first target of the others, who calls you the most conspicuous? Beat the strongest first, and the rest will have a chance to come out, this truth is understood by everyone.

Therefore, the method of the temple test melee has always been very controversial, but why has it not changed? First, the powerful candidates who are strong and strong can buy some people as their helpers in advance, this rule is still beneficial to the related households, and the second is that the imperial court selects military talents, and the last laugh on the battlefield is the talent, and it is not only the strength that can stand out among the ten people, but also test your intelligence and judgment on the change of the situation on the martial field.

In the end, those who can stand out among the ten people must have a side that is difficult for ordinary people to surpass, and there is still some truth in this examination method.

Walking on the road to the examination room in the Forbidden City, Yang Xiaoshan was full of emotion, in his previous life, he had traveled here with his parents when he was a child, and his memory was not deep, and the remaining impression was that there were too many people traveling, and there were many people, and the Forbidden City was very large. Now he is not what it used to be, after too many tribulations, the calluses on his feet are so thick that he doesn't feel anything when he steps on small stones, and people in this era are very good at walking, and it is not a matter of walking ten miles or twenty miles.

As soon as the palace came up, the eunuch read the emperor's holy decree, which is the custom, and each session must be read according to the book, to the effect that the emperor's grace is vast, and outstanding talents are specially selected to be loyal to the country.

However, to the surprise of the candidates, Emperor Xianfeng, the chief examiner of this session, did not show up, but Prince Gong served as the chief examiner on his behalf. It's not surprising to say that it's an accident, since the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom beat the Hunan army to pieces, after the shock of Jiangnan, Xianfeng is like a different person, he has been diligent in government before, and he has a frustrated and evasive mentality. It's like a student who has been studying hard, but not only did his exam score not go up, but he got worse and worse, and his mentality collapsed at this time.

Xianfeng is mentality collapsed, he is more and more unhappy with government affairs, he began to drink today and get drunk today, greedy for pleasure, listen to the opera troupe singing during the day, and parade in the garden with concubines at night, pinning his affection on the voice and sex to chat for self-entertainment and self-anesthesia. The opium smoke used for pain relief he smoked more and more, without restraint, and from the bottom of his heart he had given up on himself.

Therefore, Prince Gong came to the palace as Xianfeng's younger brother to test, no one was surprised, Xianfeng came by himself, and everyone was strange.

Prince Gong was originally an idle prince with almost no rights, and he didn't have the right to participate when Xianfeng made major decisions, but now Xianfeng is negligent in the government, and as Yang Xiaoshan expected, he is also afraid that Su Shun will be arbitrary and over-outlined, and it will be difficult to control it in the future, so Prince Gong, who is at odds with Su Shun, finally has a chance to show up, and this time letting him take the martial arts hall test is a signal.

Prince Gong seemed to be in a good mood and was also very approachable, and came to the examination room to meet the candidates.

Many candidates were even so excited that they burst into tears, these people had never seen such a big official, let alone a relative of the emperor, and it was understandable that they were excited.

Of course, Yang Xiaoshan was not so excited, because he had met Prince Gong at Su Saburo's wedding. But he never expected that when Prince Gong passed by him, he suddenly stopped, patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Virtuous nephew, I said that we would meet soon, I was right." It's a good comparison, this king is optimistic about you. ”

Prince Gong's words were blatantly biased in favor of Yang Xiaoshan, and Yang Xiaoshan was a little embarrassed. It's like when you go to the company to apply for a job, and the general manager says that he is optimistic about you in front of everyone, what do you make the human resources manager think?

The several deputy examiners behind Prince Gong, you look at me, I look at you, I have a number in my heart, Yang Xiaoshan is listed by them as an object that must be taken care of.

Yang Xiaoshan smiled bitterly, of course it was good to be taken care of, but he also clearly felt the jealous eyes of the other candidates, it seemed that he would definitely not be able to escape the end of being beaten by the group in this scuffle. However, he was also immediately relieved, anyway, he must be the target of the public as a seeded player, Prince Gong's words still helped him, at least the examiner didn't dare to mess around anymore.

Soon, the palace test began, the five tigers of the forbidden army invited by Su Saburo are indeed extraordinary, these people are all old poles in the martial arts, and the new people are still too tender for them, not to mention that they are still in the military, and people who know each other dare not embarrass them, so as not to be worn small shoes in the army in the future.

As expected, the Five Tigers of the Forbidden Army won easily, fought their way out of the encirclement, and advanced to the finals.

Finally, it was Yang Xiaoshan's turn to appear, and ten people stood in the circle, each with their own thoughts. But Yang Xiaoshan clearly felt that the eyes of the other nine people were looking at him, some of them showed a kind of ruthlessness, some showed a kind of cunning, and some showed a kind of fishing in troubled waters, anyway, they were all calculating themselves.

Yang Xiaoshan was stared at by these ill-intentioned eyes, and said with a wry smile in his heart: "It seems that they are preparing to kill me first." ”

As expected, as soon as the gongs and drums sounded, the examiner on the sidelines prompted the start of the game, and the other nine people pounced on Yang Xiaoshan almost at the same time.

"Come on, let's see if you lose or I lose." Yang Xiaoshan roared.