As the saying goes, the Sui Dynasty inherited the Northern Zhou Dynasty established by Yuwentai, and established the country by force, and the folk martial arts style was particularly prosperous, and the government military system was built on the basis of all the people.

Since the rebellion of the people broke out in Changbai Mountain, Shandong, the tide of rebellion has surged, and the Great Sui is no longer peaceful, and the civilians living in various parts of the Great Sui have somewhat smelled a little smoke of war, and the wind of learning martial arts has become more and more popular.

If there is demand, there will be supply, from the beginning of the sixth year of the great cause, martial arts halls dedicated to the children of civilians have sprung up in various places, and there are nearly 100 martial arts halls of all sizes in Luoyang, the capital alone.

There is a Yang martial arts hall in Anye Fang, covering an area of about 20 acres, the owner of the hall is called Yang Qi, is the brother of Yang Su, the prince of Yueguo, since Yang Xuangan rebelled, the Yang family's mansion was copied, the female dependents did not enter the workshop, and the men were assigned to Lingnan.

This Yang Qi was not implicated for various reasons, and he became the only survivor of the Yang family in the capital.

In the morning, Zhang Xuan wore a pale cyan muslin gown, which was the best dress Wang Bodang gave him.

As soon as Zhang Xuan walked into Anye Fang, he saw a huge flag not far from the door of the fang, with red edges on a black background, with four golden characters written on it: Yang's Martial Arts Hall.

"Stop!"

Zhang Xuan was stopped by two martial arts hall disciples standing at the door, "This is the martial arts hall, idlers are not allowed to enter!" ”

Jang Hyun pointed to the notice on the wall that recruited children for free observation and smiled: "I want to give it a try too." ”

The so-called free observation and the free trial of later generations are the same thing, first use a free way to let you feel the atmosphere of learning martial arts, and then induce you to pay money to learn martial arts, Zhang Xuan is penniless, of course it is best to be free, and there is a benefit to free observation, he does not need to learn from a teacher.

If he doesn't apprentice, there won't be an extra master on top of his head to make him kneel down.

From this day on, there was one more observer in the corner of the Yang Martial Arts Hall, no one paid attention to him, he silently observed everything in the martial arts hall, the martial arts of each martial artist, and even saw the public performance of the hall owner Yang Qi.

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This day is the tenth day of the first month, and it is also the selection event of the Yang Martial Arts Hall once a month, with martial arts competition, the selection of excellent, the winner can be selected into the Yang family class, and the owner Yang Qi personally teaches martial arts.

Therefore, the monthly selection competition is highly valued by the martial arts hall, and more than 300 children wear white samurai uniforms and sit around the main hall of the martial arts.

On the other side sat a dozen martial artists on the wide low couch, whispering and discussing their protégés.

Directly north of the Yanwu Hall sat twenty young children dressed in red samurai uniforms, they were members of the Yang family class, Yang Qi personally taught martial arts, and they were also the best of the best in the monthly selection event, they were quite proud and disdainful of the children around them.

Behind them, Yang Qi, the owner of the pavilion, was a slender old man with a white beard, about sixty years old, wearing a flat scarf, a bright blue robe, a leather belt around his waist, and a long sword encrusted with seven precious stones.

Yang Qi is Yang Su's younger brother, because he is a concubine and does not live in the Yang Mansion, he has not had contact with the Yang Mansion for many years, and he has escaped the cleaning of the Yang Mansion by the imperial court.

However, Yang Qi himself knew that Yang Mansion's snubbing of him was just a strategy, and he had actually been secretly communicating with Yang Xuangan.

The Yang Martial Arts Hall was established at Yang Xuangan's expense, with the purpose of cultivating outstanding warriors and serving Yang Xuangan when he started the incident, but Yang Xuangan was in a hurry and did not use the disciples of the Yang Martial Arts Pavilion.

But Yang Qi was really nervous in his heart, he didn't know when his martial arts hall would be seized by the imperial court, and he didn't know when he would be arrested.

Jang Xuan and a dozen other spectator disciples sat in the northwest corner, wearing black samurai uniforms to distinguish them from the regular disciples.

Zhang Xuan has been in the Yang Martial Arts Pavilion for seven days, coming early and leaving late every day, he already knows everything about the Yang Martial Arts Gym, and he is also very clear about the rules of the martial arts trials, and the disciples who are selected into the Yang family class will get a silver medal, engraved with the words 'Yang Qi's disciple', and numbered, what Zhang Xuan wants is this silver medal.

'Boom! Boom! Boom! The drum sounded, and the hall suddenly fell silent, and a disciple of the Yang family class wearing a red samurai uniform appeared on the competition platform, he was the fifth senior brother of the Yang family class, named Liu Wu, a native of Chang'an.

According to the selection rules, the selection competition is first attacked, and a disciple is randomly selected from the Yang family class to be the champion, and the challenger must defeat him first, and then pass the assessment of the two martial artists before it can be called a successful selection.

A short, bald martial artist served as the master of ceremonies, and he saluted everyone, "Disciples, according to the rules, the champion will accept the challenge of five people, so there are only five chances, I hope everyone will come to the stage enthusiastically!" ”

He held up another ingot of yellow and clear gold, and said in a loud voice: "This is five taels of gold, which is the color of this attack, and it is much better than last year." ”

There is a lot of discussion below, there will be a lottery head in each selection competition, ranging from a few dollars to more than a dozen dollars, we also know that the first selection of the lottery head is the heaviest every year, and the lottery head selected in January last year is three taels of gold, but I didn't expect it to increase to five taels this year.

Many people's eyes showed a blazing color, but the reward of five taels of gold was not so easy to get.

Although everyone is eager to enter the Yang family class and accept the personal guidance of the hall owner, the selection competition uses real knives and real guns, and the sword has no eyes, and someone will be injured every time, especially this Liu Wu is ruthless, and every time he becomes the master, someone will be seriously injured, so under the temptation of heavy money, everyone is not very active.

Zhang Xuan looked at this Liu Wu, and saw that this person was about twenty years old, wearing a red samurai uniform, with a strong and tall figure, and his arms were particularly powerful, he was only slightly shorter than himself, with his hands crossed in front of his chest, and his expression was arrogant.

Zhang Xuan's gaze fell on his waist again, and there was a long knife on his waist, which should be an eight-pound knife from the analysis of length and thickness.

"I'll try it!"

Finally, someone couldn't help but be the first to raise their hands, and everyone looked to the left together, it was a tall and fat man about twenty years old, slightly shorter than Zhang Xuan, but much fatter, with two fat balls hanging on his cheeks, and a pair of small eyes eagerly glanced at the Yang family, and he was also eager to become a member of the Yang family.

"Give me a knife, I'll compare with you!"

Liu Wu glanced at him coldly, took a step to the side, and a row of knife holders appeared behind him, with two or three catties of willow leaf thin knives, a standard five-pound horizontal knife, a seven-eight-pound thick-backed heavy knife, and even a twenty-pound ring-headed wide knife.

Zhao Daxian picked out a thick-backed heavy knife weighing seven or eight pounds, and grinned, "How can I compare, am I attacking you?" ”

Zhao Daxian was very arrogant, and some details were ignored by him, but Zhang Xuan, who was sitting on the sidelines, saw it very clearly, although the knife on the knife holder had a blade, but it was only slightly open, and it was no different from a blunt knife, that is, a knife-shaped iron rod.

However, the long knife on Liu Wu's waist has a gorgeous scabbard, and there are obvious cutting marks on the scabbard, which shows that the knife on his waist is not a blunt knife, but a sharp war knife.

Liu Wu obviously wants to use this sharp blade to deal with the fat man's bladeless blunt knife, this is not a matter of fairness, but the character is not right, with a blade against a blade, how many people can not be injured?

But in this way, the fame of the Yang family class came out, as if Yang Qi taught him well, and Yang Qi appeared to be a god-like existence among his disciples.

Liu Wu looked at Zhao Daxian gloomily, held his sheath horizontally and said, "Senior brother, please first!" ”

Zhao Daxian roared and swung his knife at Liu Wu, Liu Wu flashed quickly, the long knife came out of the sheath, and suddenly the cold light flashed, slashing directly at the throat of the challenger.

A companion next to Zhang Xuan whispered: "This fat man has a bit of a problem with his mind and is easily instigated by others, and this time is no exception." ”

Zhang Xuan also felt that many people were very concerned about Liu Wu's every move, and they all wanted to judge their hopes of winning through Zhao Daxian's experiment.

After only three or four rounds of fierce fighting, Zhao Daxian began to be a little scrambling, at this time, he did not stand firmly, stumbled, and was seized by the other party, the long knife flashed, blood splashed, and a painful scream came out on the wooden platform, Zhao Daxian threw the knife and ran a few steps, he wanted to run back to his seat, but he fell headlong on the plank.

There was an uproar below, and everyone rushed forward, only to see that Zhao Daxian's back was split with a two-inch-long opening, and the bones were deeply visible, and a large amount of blood gushed out, soaking through his clothes.

Several of Zhao Daxian's friends glared at Liu Wu's vicious hands, but Liu Wu put his knife back into the sheath and looked at the sky coldly.

But the other children who were ready to participate in the selection competition were eager to try, envy the strong, and wanted to become strong, this is human nature, Liu Wu's cruelty and cruelty undoubtedly aroused their yearning for the Yang family class.

"Who else do you want to come on stage to participate in the selection?"

The tone of the short and sturdy martial artist was full of excitement and pride, without the slightest sense of guilt, perhaps seeing the dissatisfaction in the eyes of many people, he added: "The sword has no eyes, the injured are responsible, and those who don't have strength don't come up!" ”

At this time, only a deep voice was heard, "I'm coming!" ”

All the disciples looked towards the northwest corner, only to see a tall young man slowly standing up, it was Zhang Xuan, he had been in the martial arts hall for seven days, waiting for this opportunity.

The surrounding martial arts hall disciples were in an uproar, Zhang Xuan was wearing a black samurai uniform, this is the costume of the observation of the children, although there is no rule prohibiting the observation of the children on stage, but this is the first time this kind of thing has happened, everyone has talked about it, even Yang Qi was attracted and looked at this young man curiously.

Liu Wu's eyes flashed with expectation, he had already seen Zhang Xuan, who was tall, but he didn't expect him to come on stage by himself, Liu Wu couldn't help but clench the scabbard.

Zhang Xuan walked to the center of the martial arts hall and arched his hand: "Zhang Xuan in Xiahanoi, observe the disciples, and I have come to invite the senior brother to martial arts." ”

The short and strong martial artist's expression was slightly solemn, and he could see that although Zhang Xuan was tall, he was extremely stable, and the momentum of each step was like a mountain, which made him feel a little uneasy.

"Wu Lang, don't be careless!" He reminded Liu Wudao.

Liu Wu restrained his contempt, and also hugged his fists and saluted back, "Liu Wu in Xia Chang'an, please ask Brother Zhang for advice." ”

He glanced at the horizontal knife on Zhang Xuan's waist and asked, "Is Brother Zhang using his own weapon?" ”

Zhang Xuan shook his head, took off the horizontal knife at his waist, and put it behind his back, he stepped forward and picked up a ten-pound knife from the knife holder, gently pulled a knife flower, and a strong confidence slowly welled up in his heart.

According to the theory taught to him by Wang Bodang, although this disciple also has a foundation, he has not broken through Yi Jin, including the short martial artist next to him, he also did not break through Yi Jin, but the time and experience of practicing martial arts are slightly stronger than that of ordinary martial artists.

Zhang Xuan took two steps back and slashed heavily, "Brother Liu, please!" ”

Liu Wu felt his momentum and slowly pulled out his long knife, the sharp blade flashed with cold light, and it was also a high-grade military horizontal knife.

"Offended!"

Liu Wu shouted, pounced like a whirlwind, the war knife in his hand was fast and ruthless, and he slashed at Zhang Xuan's neck, he didn't dare to be careless, he wanted to seize the opportunity, and the surrounding disciples suddenly let out a cheer, "Okay!" ”

Everyone thinks that Zhang Xuan is too arrogant, and the disciples who observe it actually dare to participate in the selection and challenge the warriors of the Yang family class, it is simply too self-sufficient, and they viciously expect that it is best to cut off one of his arms or legs.

Zhang Xuan was not in a hurry, took a step back, the knife was slanted, making the opponent slash the air, he suddenly roared, and the heavy knife in his hand slashed at the opponent head-on like a mountain cracking stone, although it was a blunt knife, but this blow could also make the opponent's brain burst.

Liu Wu was shocked by the opponent's powerful momentum, and hurriedly raised his sword to block, only to hear a piercing loud noise, 'dang-' shocked many people to cover their ears.

Liu Wu shouted, took two steps back, threw down the knife and covered his hands and ran to the backstage, his hands dripping blood, Zhang Xuan's knife actually shook his tiger mouth and tore it, and his arm bones were almost broken.

There was a sudden silence all around, this result was really unexpected, but no matter how stupid a person was, he could see that this observation disciple defeated Liu Wu with one sword, and the challenge was successful.