Chapter 220: The Friends Are Stunned!
Although the space here is huge, the scale of the competition still can't accommodate a thousand people, let alone everyone who participates in the competition. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć Lu Chen, who was full of doubts, asked Wang Changling, "Lord Wang, although this place is not small, it shouldn't be able to accommodate everyone, right?" ā
Hearing Lu Chen's inquiry, he saw Wang Changling chuckle and explained, "Naturally, it is impossible to accommodate everyone, and this place can only accommodate more than 300 people at most." However, there is still a place in this Daming Palace that can accommodate nearly a thousand people. Most of the people who went there to compete were from local schools and some private schools, and the more than 300 people here were disciples of big families."
After listening to Wang Changling's explanation, Lu Chen nodded suddenly. I sighed in my heart: Sure enough, no matter where you are, people from all walks of life are treated differently.
At this time, Wang Changling called them together and said, "As you can see, our task is to supervise the young people who are participating in the competition. I hope you all act fairly! ā
After hearing Wang Changling's warning, all of a sudden, everyone said with a serious face, "Obey Lord Wang's orders, we will definitely be fair and just!" ā
Hearing everyone's promises, Wang Changling waved his hand reassuringly, led them to the seats next to them and sat down, quietly waiting for the arrival of the young people who participated in the competition.
Looking at the scene in front of him, Lu Chen suddenly remembered the various exams in his previous life, which seemed to be very similar to this Wendou!
It didn't take long for me to think about it when I heard a commotion outside. Obviously, the young people who participated in this competition are coming. When they heard the noise, they all sat upright, quietly waiting for the young people to come in.
Not long after, they saw a young man walking towards them from outside. It can be clearly seen that this young man should be very nervous, especially his hands, which have been trembling slightly, and his face is even more stiff, and it is an expression from beginning to end.
When the young man walked in front of Lu Chen and the others, the young man saluted each of them very seriously, but when he walked in front of Lu Chen, the young man was obviously stunned. He couldn't have imagined that Lu Chen, a famous martial arts genius, would actually serve as a judge here. However, he was only stunned for a moment, and quickly reacted, and gave Lu Chen a salute with a slightly embarrassed expression.
Seeing this scene, Lu Chen also felt a little embarrassed. However, in such a serious scene, he could only hide this embarrassment and pretend that nothing happened. Moreover, Lu Chen also learned from the old men beside him, glanced at the young man with great appreciation, and nodded at him very appreciatively.
And the young contestants who followed in behind had expressions similar to the first person when they saw Lu Chen. However, because of Lu Chen's identity, after these people came back to their senses, they all saluted Lu Chen very respectfully, and then walked towards the examination room.
At this moment, I saw Lu Yan slowly walking in from the outside with the team. Although his complexion did not seem to change in the slightest, it could be seen from his half-held hands that his heart was definitely not as calm as it seemed. After all, this is a cultural fighting competition once a year!
After Lu Yan came in, like everyone else, he first saluted Wang Changling at the front. Immediately, they saluted the other judges in turn. But when he walked in front of a young man, Lu Yan was stunned. He couldn't have imagined that he would actually meet his second brother here, and looking at his position, he was still the judge of this Wendou.
The scene in front of him made Lu Yan feel unreal. Although he also knew that Lu Chen had some talents in poetry and songs, after all, Lu Chen was able to talk to Zhang Shuo, the book repairer of Na Lizheng Academy, and had a very happy conversation, which was enough to show that Lu Chen had a certain literary foundation.
However, if you want to be the judge of this cultural fight, this talent alone is far from enough. After all, the right to judge officials is too great, and the strength of weak judges is too poor, which is enough to affect the evaluation of the entire Wendou. Therefore, every year, the imperial court is very cautious about the selection and evaluation of officials, and they are basically those well-known literati and scholars. And because poetry was prevalent in the Tang Dynasty, poets accounted for the vast majority of these people.
Although these literati are good at different directions, there is no doubt about one thing, they all have a high reputation in what they are good at, but they are not laymen like Lu Chen who know a little about poetry. However, today he actually saw Lu Chen in the team of judging officials. For a while, Lu Yan was halfway through the etiquette, and he didn't know whether to continue to finish his second brother or give up.
Looking at Lu Yan's movements that stopped in mid-air, Lu Yan was also indescribably embarrassed, and he whispered, "Big brother, go in, don't salute"
After hearing Lu Chen's words, Lu Yan hurriedly walked forward. After all, the two have been in contact with each other for too long, and it is easy to arouse the suspicion of others. And not long after he entered, he saw Li Xinran also walking in from the outside.
As soon as she walked in, she saw Lu Chen standing among several people, which made Li Xinran's eyes widen suddenly, and even rubbed her eyeballs in disbelief, as if the scene in front of her was an illusion.
In disbelief, Li Xinran walked over quickly, and even forgot to salute Wang Changling. However, Wang Changling and others did not blame for this, after all, this is the daughter of the hussar general's family, who dares to blame?
Li Xinran didn't have Lu Yan's nervousness at all, she walked over and said directly, "You... Why are you here? ā
After hearing his words, Lu Chen asked rhetorically, "Why can't I be here?" ā
"No, you... Why did you switch to literature? ā
Lu Chen rolled his eyes and said, "Don't you know that there is a kind of person called Wenwu Shuangquan?" Let's get inside, there's still a queue in the back."
Hearing Lu Chen's reminder, Li Xinran let out an 'oh' sound, remembering where she was now, she glanced at Lu Chen again, and then walked inside.
And the people who came in later, after seeing Lu Chen standing among several people, also looked very strange in their eyes, after all, although Lu Chen is famous, he is practicing martial arts, and now what the hell is he doing at this Wendou scene?
With countless doubts, these young people who participated in the competition could only shake their heads and continue to walk forward. After all, they didn't have the courage to ask at all, in case they made Lu Chen unhappy, and when the time came, they would give them a very low evaluation, and they would cry without crying.
Soon, more than 300 people were all present, Lu Chen walked around this huge space, and found that all the seats were filled, which can be described as full, and no one was absent.
At this time, Wang Changling walked in front of these people, and first explained the rules of Wendou to the more than 300 people.
Subsequently, Wang Changling announced the theme of this cultural fight. It is still poetry, the same as in previous years, after all, poetry was the mainstream in the Tang Dynasty. And most of these contestants are also good at poetry, if you find some more remote themes, it will inevitably make the contestants feel unfair. (To be continued.) )