Wen Dou, although it seems to be at the same level as Wu Dou on the surface, is not. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info martial arts, that is just to add some fun to Tang Xuanzong's birthday, and at the same time, Tang Xuanzong also wants to inspire the younger generation in the capital, which is a kind of competition.

However, this level of competition is not recognized by the major families at all. Otherwise, it is impossible for there to be only a few hundred people who come to participate, you know, even the young generation in Chang'an City, the number of people far exceeds 100 people, even excluding those teenagers who are not qualified to participate in the banquet, there are still a large number of people who did not come.

This also makes the martial arts not recognized by everyone, and only ordinary civilians who don't know the inside story will think how grand this game is.

However, Wendou is different, first of all, the pursuit of fame and fortune by literati is far greater than that of those who practice martial arts. Just like Lu Chen's identity as the first person in martial arts, in the eyes of those who practice martial arts, he will praise it at most. But if there is a first literati who is called the younger generation.

There will definitely be countless literati and artists from all over the world who will come to challenge this first person. In their eyes, the identity of the first literati in the Tang Dynasty is the highest glory, and it can even be compared with the life of the family.

This also leads to the fact that every year of the cultural fight, a large number of literati and artists from all over the world will gather in Chang'an. Of course, only for the younger generation, after all, this game is for young people.

The momentum of Wendou is also extremely huge, not to mention those hermits who live in the mountains and rivers, just the few major academies led by Lizheng Academy, the number of people who came to participate was nearly hundred. In addition, there are at least 1,000 people in the local schools and private schools. If you count those scattered ink artists who wander among the mountains and rivers, the number of people is even larger.

Moreover, because those big families have not held competitions about literature. As a result, the Wendou held once a year in Chang'an City has become the only opportunity for the younger generation of literati and artists to learn from each other.

Moreover, in every literary fight, the imperial court will spend a lot of money to let those world-famous literati and scholars evaluate. This is also to make the fight more fair. Otherwise, if you find someone with an unknown reputation to evaluate, it is inevitable that someone will question the results.

The news about Wen Dou flashed quickly in Lu Chen's mind. What he knows is only a rough idea, after all, the previous 'self' never participated in civil and martial arts fights. From this memory, Lu Chen learned that during the Wendou last year, 'he' still stayed in the Drunken Immortal Building with the meat ball to enjoy himself.

For the previous 'self', there are only two things in life: sleeping and drunken immortal building. What the hell is Wendou and Wudou? Concern about your own birds.....

Fortunately, Lu Chen did not participate in the competition this time, otherwise, he would have to ask others about the relevant rules.

Lu Chen didn't go to his eldest brother in advance, because before Wendou, all the contestants were nervously preparing, and Lu Chen didn't want to disturb his eldest brother's preparation because of his sudden visit.

Lu Chen stayed in the mansion for more than two more days before heading towards the competition venue. The venue of the competition is in the Daming Palace, and only a palace complex of this size can accommodate such a large flow of people at one time.

Because many days before the start of the cultural fight, literati and artists from all over the world had already come. Therefore, the imperial court specially built a lot of houses on the side of the Daming Palace for them to live in.

This Daming Palace was not built in Chang'an City, but not far from the north city. After all, the area of this Daming Palace is too large, and there is already a palace in Chang'an City, so there is no need for Daming Palace to be built in the city.

After Lu Chen came out of the Lu Mansion, he went straight in the direction where the Daming Palace was located. When he walked out of Chang'an City from the north gate, he soon saw a road made of stone. Seeing this, Lu Chen walked directly along this wide stone road, after all, if he could build such a wide road, Daming Palace would have this qualification.

Before Lu Chen could get closer, he saw a sparse figure in the distance walking along the stone path. And when Lu Chen turned a corner, he finally saw the majestic Daming Palace in the distance.

Daming Palace is not at all comparable to Xingqing Palace, from a distance, there is a continuous feeling, as if the palace group here has been stretching to the horizon, and the left and right sides can not see the edge at all, can only see the two outer city walls to both sides of the infinite elongation.

On the wide road in front of the Daming Palace, there are more than a dozen pedestrians, and these people are obviously literati and ink artists who have come to participate in the cultural fight. Although the number of people who came did not seem to be very large, compared to other times, the Daming Palace in the past few days has been very lively.

You must know that on weekdays, Daming Palace is strictly prohibited, unless you have Tang Xuanzong's edict or have some urgent matters to report. Otherwise, you will basically not see anyone entering or leaving Daming Palace.

The last few days are exceptional, hundreds of people enter the Daming Palace every day, and this kind of scene can only occur within a year in a few days before and after the Wendou is held. In the past few days, Tang Xuanzong specially approved literati and ink writers to enter the Daming Palace without a handwritten edict. After all, there were many literati who used to live in seclusion in the deep mountains and old forests, and it was impossible for the imperial court to issue an invitation letter to everyone, so it could only be opened to the public in the past few days. Of course, not just anyone can enter, after all, although the Daming Palace is large, the number of people that can accommodate it is limited, and the open is only a part of the Daming Palace.

Although Lu Chen had not participated in the Wendou before, he had heard his eldest brother Lu Yan introduce one or two things about martial arts, and it was said that if he wanted to be eligible to participate in the first Wendou of the Tang Dynasty, he had to pass a test by them, and only if he met their requirements could he enter it.

These topics are very free-spirited, and they usually allow you to write a psalm or an essay on your own strengths.

In short, only if your literary talent reaches a certain level, you are eligible to enter the Daming Palace. Otherwise, you can only wait until the end of the literary fight and the poems will be announced.

When Lu Chen came to Daming Palace, the two city gate guards gave Lu Chen a very respectful salute. It was only at this moment that those literati and artists walking beside Lu Chen looked sideways and looked at Lu Chen. After all, so many people entered the Daming Palace, and they didn't see the two guards at the door say anything, only after Lu Chen arrived, the two guards saluted.

Although Lu Chen's previous movement was very big, almost everyone knew or heard of him, but these literati in front of him were exceptions. In their opinion, martial arts is a kind of rude behavior, so the vast majority of literati and scholars do not pay too much attention to this aspect of things, at most they listen to the occasional story or two of others. (To be continued.) )