"You will be lazy," Empress Nalan said with a smile.

"If you're not lazy, how can you have time to accompany Xiaoya? There is also the matter of martial arts, and a few unscrupulous Shangshu are all pushed to a certain person, but fortunately, what about the group of people who have Kuixing Pavilion and Yeyulou? In less than an hour, everything was decided, and I wanted to go to Lijingmen to go around, but I met a few hairpins and flowers, and they were actually deceived by someone, and they went to buy fire nitrate but gave people a bag of miscanthus salt."

"Listen to it, this miscanthus is also a good thing, this thing can make ice? Look at it, the ice made from this is shaved into snowflakes, and the taste is similar to that of natural ice, right? This time, Feng Ping is going to make a lot of money again, and when he makes money, he will buy you beautiful jewelry and jewelry."

Empress Nalan was very happy in her heart, but she felt that the atmosphere in the room was not right, and then looked around, Wu Lingwu and a few little ladies looked at themselves with ice drinks and grinning, and suddenly felt ashamed, and stretched out their hands to pinch and pull.

Dugu Xinci was thick-skinned, and picked up the chopsticks as if nothing had happened, and enjoyed the food sent by the Star Picking Tower.

"Brother Tianxing, I also want jewelry," Du Shasha said with a smile.

"Well, I'm going to buy it tomorrow, oh, tomorrow the martial arts will start the test, and I'm going to go around, the West Market will only open in the afternoon, and when the time comes.... Hey, it's so troublesome, let Zuo Xuande send a few packs to let you choose "Dugu Xinci big package."

"Tomorrow's martial arts test? It must be lively, so let's go and see it? The little lady of the witch spirit dance shouted.

"What's there to see about that? I still want to go to the West Market, where are there many talents? Xiao Xiao's little lady retorted.

"Isn't the West Market open at noon? A certain wait to see the martial arts first, and then go to the West Market" Dugu Jialuo also made suggestions.

"Uh, Garo, don't you need to go to the competition?" Dugu Xinci is a little depressed, how can these little ladies like to watch the excitement?

"Is it early for a certain group? The selection will not be made until May."

"Oh, where is the little lady Xiao Xiao? Mu Niangzi, I'm sorry, I didn't let you enter the seeded players, and you have to start with the selection competition."

"It's okay, So-and-so's ability is worse than the twenty-eight seed martial arts, and it is just right to start from the selection competition, and you can also see more of the heroes of the rivers and lakes" Mu Wanqing, one of the four goddesses of the academy, Qingteng Goddess, didn't care.

"You can also participate in the martial arts competition, and you can only cheer for you," Du Shasha took a big bite of the smoothie and said dissatisfied.

"Sasha's martial arts skills are good, huh? Why didn't the Marquis of Far East let her also participate in martial arts? Wu Lingwu asked, puzzled.

Dugu Xinci and Nalan Feiya smiled bitterly at each other, let Du Shasha go to the ring? Will there be a few more stone statues then?

"You can't do without cheering and being a strategist, right? Sasha is your military advisor," Dugu Xinci coaxed.

"That is, you go to see every game, cheer for you, and plan for you, and protect you and others to win all battles" Du Shasha proudly announced.

Xiao Xiao's little lady's group match was three days later, and Mu Wanqing's was six days later.

Dugu Xinci divided the 8,628 martial artists into two hundred and eighty-eight groups, each group was mostly 30 people, and there were two teaching captains in each group, and the teaching captain was the general of the Sixteen Guards, that is, Qin Chong's battalion of men and horses who were now being trained in Qingchuan.

Ten of the thirty people will be selected in the group selection competition, and then the second stage of the ring will be played.

There were 2,880 people who entered the ring, and in the 288 rings, they faced each other for several rounds, and 586 were selected to enter the first martial arts, plus 28 seeds, a total of 614 were the first martial arts in the undergraduate.

Dugu Jialuo is the one hundred and seven groups, Xiao Xiao's little lady is the thirty-third group, and Mu Wanqing is the sixty-eighth group. Wu Lingwu and Nalan Feiya are both seeded players, and they will not be out until the second half of the ring.

"It's no problem for you to wait for the first place, just rest well these days" Dugu Xinci comforted everyone.

The five little ladies each used two cups of ice drink, and Nalan Feiya stopped Du Shasha from continuing to eat, saying that eating too much would hurt her stomach, and several little ladies reluctantly watched Nalan Feiya put the remaining ten cups into the box, and Dugu Xinci couldn't help but laugh secretly.

Then the Empress Nalan beckoned everyone to drink and feast, and in front of the food in the Star Picking Tower, several little ladies regained their spirits, and after the banquet, the Empress Nalan took Dugu Xinci back to the palace of Liaoyang County.

Liaoyang County Palace, after the county king Duguzhen left, Qiu Bin and the eight guards followed, leaving only two gatehouses, fortunately, Dugu Xinci found a few servants from the Shengdao Fang, and cleaned up every day without being barren.

On the second day, the martial arts examination of the second year of Kaiyuan finally really started, and the opening ceremony of the eighteenth was only to introduce the twenty-eight seeds of martial arts, and today officially entered the selection process.

Dugu Xinci first went to Wannian County and County to take a walk, that is, to go to the Star Picking Building before he sat down.

Yesterday Dugu Xinci gave Song Jing Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, Wang Hui Shangshu of the Ministry of Officials, Xiao Song Shangshu of the Ministry of War and Cui Yinfu, the three departments of the people of today, he didn't want to be late, and the three Shangshu also said, and they didn't want the people of the Far East Hou didn't want it, so the officials of the three departments of Kuixing Pavilion and the supervisors of the Imperial History Observatory were all brushed up today.

When it was time, Dugu Xinci was very depressed, and none of them were late, and two of them still came with illness.

Xiao Song's Shangshu smiled with relief, it seems that the Shangshu of the three of them is still very effective, are they all here?

Then, Li Yuanyuan, a member of the Ministry of Rites, assigned venues and errands to the personnel in place according to the roster, and all the affairs were arranged in advance, and there was no need for Dugu Xinci to interfere.

Dugu Xinci then accompanied Xiao Song, the secretary of the military department, to have morning tea.

Eating morning tea is a common saying in the south of the Yangtze River, that is, eating breakfast in the north, of course, the general public does not have this meal, most of the Yan and Tang people have two meals is enough, and the breakfast is eaten by some wealthy families and officials in the DPRK and China who need to be on duty.

It is said that it is breakfast, and it is unusual to have a lonely heart in nature.

Dumplings, meat porridge, steamed cakes, sauce meat buns, white flour steamed buns, seven or eight plates of pickles, ten plates of braised vegetables, and seasonal fruits.

Slowly, there were two carts with porridge cakes on the table, and there was only one guest on the table, Sun Chuhong, the guest of Lijingmen.

The rise of Xiao Song's Shangshu food, even the call is worth it, I want to go back and mock Wang Hui Shangshu and Song Jing Shangshu, just because I am willing to come every day for breakfast.

"Then you come every day? Xiao Shangshu can go to the teaching field of Anshanfang, and the other eight places will go around," Dugu Xinci said indifferently.

"Then so-and-so will take advantage of it, you are young and strong, and you should run more. What should I do when I go? "Since Xiao Songshang is in a good mood, he wants to do his best.

"This is the process, Xiao Shangshu take a look, do whatever you like?" Dugu Xinci handed over a book, actually more than twenty or thirty pieces of paper, and bound it with a book thread.

"Martial arts guide? A field, the southeast corner of the Anshanfang teaching field, the second field, the southeast corner of the Anshanfang teaching field, "Xiao Songshangshu looked through the book, the text of the book is simple and clear, and the opening is the distribution of the site.

Then there is the roster of martial arts, the first group, the second group all the way to the two hundred and eighty-eighth group, each group has a name and place of origin.

"How can this two hundred and eighty-eighth group be blank and have no martial arts name?" Xiao Songshang asked.

"This group is called the loser group, that is, the eliminators of the other two hundred and eighty-seven groups can go to this group if they are not convinced, and it is also a ten-person promotion quota, which is selected in the form of defending and attacking, and the final ten champions can also be promoted"

"Is your plan really flawless? This can avoid the regret of missing the pearl," Xiao Songshang nodded in admiration.

Dugu Xinci drank porridge and didn't explain, can he say that this group was selected in the form of a ring to warm up? Yeyulou was originally going to set up a gambling project in the group stage, but later found that it was too difficult and cumbersome, more than 8,000 martial arts? Could it be that each group has to set up a martial arts quiz to qualify?

But if you don't set up a guess, this month will only be in the first, the finals, the top eight and the champion of the guess, gamblers will definitely be tired, Duan Huai originally asked Dugu Xinci to teach Dugu Xinci, Dugu Xinci will break up the personnel of the two hundred and eighty-eighth group, and leave the empty space to do the loser group ring match, so that there will be an instant winner of the guess name.

Duan Huaiben suddenly sighed that it was good to have someone in the court.

Dugu Xinci didn't forget to tell him not to do anything, the compensation should be timely, don't care about the loss of Yeyulou, Duan Huaiben nodded and said that he knew, this is a warm-up for the ring match in a month? To attract gamblers, it is natural to have a good budget.

Xiao Songshangshu didn't know the trick here, and he also praised the Far Eastern Hou for his thoughtfulness.

"Shall we leave then?" Xiao Songshang was satisfied, so he proposed to go to the test site.

"Okay, Anshanfang has President Qiu Wu of Chang'an Sword Dojo in charge, Xiao Shangshu went to the self-meeting to receive him carefully, and they will be separated, and they will return to the luncheon at noon, and they will have a good drink" Dugu Xinci also got up.

"That's good, come back at noon and eat your feast"

The two were separated in the west gate of Pingkangfang, Anshanfang was in Nancheng, and the other eight test sites were distributed in five squares, from Yongxingfang in the north city to Xuanping, Zhaoguo, Tongji, and Anyi in the south city.

The examination site of Yongxingfang is Zuo Weiwei's teaching ground, and it also occupies a corner of the place, although Dugu Xinci is mentally prepared, many citizens will come to watch today, but they expected that there are so many.

Tens of thousands, right? There are not a few people who drag their families as vacations, but fortunately, the government soldiers of the right guard help maintain order, otherwise those officials of the three departments who have just taken up the duty today will be at a loss.

Today is the selection of the eleventh group and the twelfth group of two groups of martial arts, and the four leaders of the teaching group of the sixteenth guard ignored the arrival of the Far Eastern Marquis, and directly lectured the sixty martial artists.

It is nothing more than a martial arts competition for Yan and Tang to select talents, and you should try your best to show your mastery, and a certain class will also select the strongest ten martial arts in a fair and just manner.

The two groups of martial arts are in the east and west sides of the Zuo Weiwei Teaching Field, with different complexions, some with disdainful faces, some with dignified expressions, and some with unruly faces.

Dugu Xinci also met Zuo Weiwei's general Yang Tong in a pergola, and expressed his gratitude to Zuo Weiwei for his strong support.

"This is a matter of duty, and it is enough to treat you at noon" General Yang Tong was also happy.

"That's natural, pick the star tower at noon, don't get drunk and don't leave the table" Dugu Xinci also has a reward.

General Yang Tong also participated in the expedition to Mohe a year ago, and he was familiar with him, and he was not polite, so he readily agreed.

Dugu Xinci inspected it and saw that the people in Kuixing Pavilion were busy and orderly, so he encouraged him to rush to other places.

Today, there are 30 groups for selection, each group has three days, and the early selection of the promotion to the martial arts can be an early rest.

Dugu Xinci traveled with Elder Sun Chuhong and Leng Xuan's blood-clothed team, even if those martial arts were full of complaints, looking at the murderous blood-clothed people, they thought of the muddy Tianlong Pool Xuanjing master Kunwu Daoyan Kunwu, and immediately cheered up and restrained his thoughts.

It took Dugu Xinci and his entourage more than two hours to inspect the five test sites, and there was no abnormality, but the number of people watching was slightly more than expected, the larger ones were tens of thousands, and the smaller ones were also four or five thousand, and the five test sites were the teaching and training grounds of Zuo Weiwei and Right Weiwei, General Yang Tong of Zuo Weiwei came to the test site in person, and the third princess of Yan Junluan of Right Weiwei was also on the scene.

Dugu Xinci also invited Yan Junluan, the general of the Right Weiwei, to a luncheon, but was politely refused, Dugu Xinci did not force it, and rushed to the next place after saying that he had worked hard.

Although Xiao Songshangshu is in the teaching field of Anshanfang, Dugu Xinci thinks about it and goes to see it to feel at ease.

There are ten groups of martial arts in Anshanfang, fortunately, the place here is wide enough, and Wen Guyan County of Wannian County has spent a little effort to build a lot of shops and sheds to separate the ten rings, but they do not interfere with each other.

This is the top priority of the martial arts competition, Xiao Songshangshu, the deputy envoy of Zhigongju, came to sit outside the town in the morning, Pei Min, the general of Jinwuwei, Qiu Wu, the president of the Samurai Association, Qiu Wu, the master of the Xuanjing of the Sword Dojo, and the master of the Xuanjing of the Sword Dojo, Qiu Dazong, the president of the Warlock Association, and the Shao Yin Yan Shizhi of Jingzhao Mansion, Cheng Du Juan of Wannian County, the hairpin of Lijingmen, the hairpin of Lijingmen, the Zuo Xuande of Kuixing Pavilion, and Duan Huaiben of Yeyulou, all gathered in this workshop to guard a ring.

Dugu Xinci condoled one by one, inquired about the situation and invited to the luncheon.

At this moment, the crowd of Anshanfang began to disperse, the soldiers of the Jinwu Guard Mansion guarded the main road, and the guards of Wannian County and Kuixing Pavilion guided the people out of the workshop, but it was in order.

"I'm afraid there are more than 100,000 people here today, right?" Xiao Songshangshu and Dugu Xinci also went out of the workshop with the people to prepare for the luncheon in the Star Picking Tower.

"Almost, plus a few others, there are almost 150,000 people in Chang'an today to watch the martial arts selection" Dugu Xinci nodded.

"At the beginning, Zhang Shuo proposed to charge tickets, even if it was ten yuan per person, this is more than 1,000 yuan of income? But you don't care about it, and now you feel distressed, right? Xiao Song said with a smile.

"You also charge tickets for this preliminary selection, how can there be such a captivating city to see the grandeur of martial arts heroes? Isn't it just more than a thousand? You go and ask Zuo Xuande, the things sold by those shops today are definitely more than 5,000 yuan," Dugu Xinci disagreed.

"Dugu Mingfu can look down on a certain level, only a certain store has passed 2,000 times today, and the whole audience should be over 10,000 times" Zuo Xuande, the richest man in Wannian County, also came up.

"Then congratulations to Mr. Zuo, this wealth is rolling, isn't it time to treat you?" Dugu Xinci smiled.

"That's natural, go to the Datang Club?" Zuo Xuande smiled with wrinkles on his face.

During the martial arts period, the Star Picking Tower was free for the people of Kuixing Pavilion, and if you want to treat yourself, you need to find another place.

"Old man Zuo is arrogant, Xiao Song is still a book, a certain person invited General Yang Tong to accompany him, how about going to the Datang Club so and so?" Dugu Xinci invited guests for the richest man under his rule.

Bend the bow and go out of the east gate, and pour into the city to see the boasting of the martial arts.

The tiger grinded his teeth and howled, his eyes wagged.

(End of chapter)