Seketai quietly looked at the young man in front of him. The boy's face was childish, a faint fluff was faintly visible on his lips, and he was nearly seven feet tall, which was already good among his peers, but compared to the other candidates who remained in the school grounds, he was the shortest. Seketai suddenly laughed, such a doll younger than Ma Chao, I'm afraid he can deal with it with one hand, and I don't know how he got through so many rounds, but when he met himself, it was his good luck.

The young man was holding a big knife in his hand, and under his crotch was a jujube red war horse, and he also looked Seketai up and down, and suddenly clenched his hands into fists, and said in a thick voice from the male duck who had just spoken: "You make a move first!" ”

Seketai didn't expect this stinky hairy boy to dare to despise himself, so he couldn't help but be furious, urged the war horse under his crotch, and smashed his head with a mace. But the boy did not hurry, and as soon as his legs clamped the horse's belly, the red horse slashed into the spurs, and Seketai's mace struck the air. Seketai was a little surprised, as soon as his arms were forced, the mace brought a gust of wind and swept sideways, but he heard a loud sound of "dang", and the mace had been stubbornly resisted by the big knife in the young man's hand.

Seeing that his mace was actually blocked by this young man, Seketai was also slightly surprised. There were so many rounds in the morning, Seketai was always a one-hit hit, and no one had gone through two rounds under him, and it was quite remarkable that this teenager was able to connect him with two moves, no wonder he was able to fight his way out of the encirclement and enter the afternoon exam.

Just as Seketai was stunned, the young man moved. I saw the young man swing his mace, ride his horse and rush past Sektai, and slash straight to the back of Seketai's heart with a backhand. Seketai heard the wind in the back of his head, and knew that something was wrong, and with a strong lift of the reins with his left hand, the snow green horse man stood up, and with a beautiful turn in mid-air, the young man was bound to slash into the air.

But in this moment's effort, the young man had already turned his horse's head, and a knife was as tight as a knife, like a storm, and he hit Seketai again and again, and he could only return to the next move after connecting six or seven moves. In the blink of an eye, the two had been fighting for more than twenty rounds, and the more Seketai fought, the more frightened he became.

To be honest, Seketai's martial arts are not very skillful, what he relies on is brute force, and the candidates in front of him are all defeated by his hard work. But this young man's strength is not much smaller than him, but he is much more proficient in martial arts, and after more than 20 rounds, Seketai can only parry, and has no power to fight back.

While Seketai was in a hurry, the boy shouted, and a strong wind blew, and the knife slashed down like lightning. Seketai didn't have time to think about it, and raised his mace with both hands to push it upward, but he felt light and fluttering, without any strength. Suddenly, Seketai felt his arms go numb, and the mace in his hand flew out. It turned out that the young man's slash down was a false move, and at the moment when Sektai raised his knife to meet him, the knife in his hand had already been backhanded, and he easily picked off Seketai's mace, and the big knife pressed against Seketai's neck.

The young man's face sank, and he said coldly: "According to the young master's temper, this knife should bear fruit, you are!" Luckily for you, my dad said it, it's over! Don't get out of here! ”

Although the candidates who took the exam all signed a life and death certificate, they did not have a deep hatred for each other, and no one would kill each other, except for Seketai. In the morning of the exam, three candidates had already been wounded by Seketai's men, two seriously and one lightly, and a horse had been killed by stone. Seketai was a Hun who dared to bully the Han people in Xiangyang, and the young man was obviously a little angry.

Seketai didn't have so many thoughts, he originally imagined his biggest opponent as Ma Chao, but he was defeated by such a nameless boy, and he was embarrassed and thrown to his grandmother's house. Although the young man spared his life, he himself no longer had the face to stay here, dismounted and picked up the mace, and returned to the grassland in the ashes, and never had the slightest intention of rebelling against the big man.

In the stands, Zhang Liao's eyes lit up and he whispered, "This kid is good." ”

Guan Yu stroked the three strands of long hair under his chin, and said with a smile: "It's the dog Guan Ping." ”

The martial arts exam is different from the liberal arts exam, the comparison here is a real sword and a real gun, and the eight examiners are all battle-hardened people, who wins and who loses can be seen at a glance, so even if Guan Yu says that this young man is his son now, others will not have any objections, if Guan Ping can't win on the field, the examiners still can't help.

Hearing that this young man who overwhelmed Seketai was actually Guan Yu's son, everyone was stunned at first, and then they all praised each other, only Zhang He shook his head and said, "It's a pity." ”

Guan Yu frowned, and said dishappily: "What did you say?" ”

Zhang He waved his hand disappreciatively and said, "If Ling Lang is allowed to participate in the next imperial examination, maybe he can come back with a martial arts champion, but unfortunately there is no hope this year." Yun Chang, I didn't say you, Ling Lang is only fifteen or sixteen years old, why are you in such a hurry to let him take the exam now? ”

"You're talking about that kid from the Ma Teng family." Guan Yu sighed slightly and said, "Alas, I have no choice, you all know that the next imperial examination will be four years later at the earliest, I can afford to wait, Ping'er can't afford to wait." ”

Although Guan Yu has never said it, in his heart, he still feels very sorry for Hu Jinding and Guan Ping, the mother and son. When he killed someone and died in the world, he didn't forget it, but later with Liu Bei, the eldest brother, his life gradually stabilized, but he didn't send someone to take the mother and son over, which was not authentic. Hu Jinding is okay, he is a wife at home anyway, and Guan Yu wants to make up for it most now is Guan Ping.

Because Guan Yu is not around, Guan Ping does not read much, and if he wants to find a career, there is only one way to join the army. But Guan Ping is only sixteen years old this year, and if he wants to sign up for the army, he must wait until he is eighteen years old, and Guan Yu is now a senior general under Liu Xin, and he knows Liu Xin's plan to some extent, if he really wants to wait for Guan Ping to join the army at the age of eighteen, I am afraid that the world will have been calmed down long ago. If there is no battle, there will be many fewer opportunities for meritorious service, and even if Guan Yu is covered in the army, the speed of promotion will not be much faster.

The only feasible way for Guan Ping to get ahead as soon as possible is to pass the imperial examination, which has no age limit. It's a pity that Ma Chao also participated in this year's martial arts exam, even if Guan Yu didn't know Ma Chao's great military exploits, he had already seen that this year's martial arts champion was none other than Ma Chao. But Guan Yu didn't want to miss this opportunity, as long as he could enter the top four, he would be considered to have one foot in the army. There will definitely be a few tough battles to be fought in these two years, and with him with him, Guan Ping will get ahead one day.

As expected, Ma Chao successfully won the first place, except for the last time against Guan Ping, it took five rounds, and the other opponents were all separated by one face. Although he did not win the champion, Guan Yu was still very satisfied with Guan Ping's second place, because in this way, Guan Ping could at least be a general when he arrived in the army, and even the rank of captain could be skipped, and the starting point was high, and it would be much easier to be promoted in the future.

However, Ma Yun was a little disappointed. She discussed with Liu Xin the purpose of holding this imperial examination, which is to be able to dig out those unknown talents, as for Ma Chao and Guan Ping, they were originally registered and will be reused sooner or later, so this year's martial arts examination will not be successful. After three days, Ma Jun, the top engineer in engineering, can barely be regarded as half of the discovery. The reason why I say half is because Ma Yun still knows that there is a person like Ma Jun, but before he took the engineering exam, Ma Yun didn't know where he was. Now, Ma Yun pinned her hopes on tomorrow's liberal arts exam, which is also the highlight of the imperial examination, so she put it at the end.

To put it bluntly, the imperial examination is to expand a new channel for selecting talents, different examinations to select different talents, although the talents in engineering, martial arts, and liberal arts are very important, but with the current level of science and technology, the most powerful engineering talents are not very powerful, and even compared to Ma Yun himself, they are far behind, and the army is actually not lacking in talents who can fight wars, so the most important thing is to select talents who can govern the world.

Ma Yun returned to the State Pastoral Mansion with a full stomach, and saw Cai Yan stepping forward and said, "Sister Yun, my father is here, and he is playing with his little grandson in the back." ”

Speaking of this, Cai Yan suddenly squeezed his eyes at Ma Yun. Cai Yong is the secretary of the Ministry of Rites and the head of the academy, and he will be the examiner for tomorrow's liberal arts exam, and now he suddenly came to the state pastor's mansion, and Cai Yan glanced at himself again, Ma Yun knew that Cai Yong must be here for tomorrow's exam, so he couldn't help but nodded and said, "Well, I'll go to the study and wait for the old gentleman." ”

Sure enough, Cai Yong is here for tomorrow's exam. Because Ma Yun has been teaching in the academy for several years, his knowledge is also admired by him, a university scholar, and tomorrow's liberal arts exam is extremely important, Cai Yong couldn't sit still at home and decided to come to meet Ma Yun.

As soon as Cai Yong entered the study, he bowed to Ma Yun and said, "Mrs. Qiqi, the lord told his subordinates about the two exam questions before leaving, and his subordinates have been thinking hard for more than a month, but they still can't decide which one to choose, and I want to ask Mrs. ”

Ma Yun was also very curious about what exam questions Liu Xin, a guy who didn't learn and didn't know how to give Cai Yong, but these days she had figured it out, waved her hand, and said: "The exam questions are top secrets, although I am the wife of the chief manager, I still don't know it." Mr. Cai, you are the main exam tomorrow, naturally it is up to you to decide, you don't need to come to ask me, no matter which exam question you choose, I absolutely support you! ”

Although Cai Yong didn't get the answer he wanted, he also got Ma Yun's promise of "absolute support", so he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, quickly bowed down, and went home to prepare for tomorrow's exam.

Ma Yun came out of the study, just came to the backyard, and saw Cai Jue hurriedly coming over, bowed, and said, "Sister Yun, my sister wants to see you for something." ”