(Cat Flutter Chinese) these 100 orange elite armor guards usually only serve as the city lord's personal guard, and they will never be easily dispatched unless the city lord travels.

On the wide platform at the main entrance of the City Lord's Mansion, there is a referee's seat. On either side of the referee's seat are the guest seats.

Because of the relationship between the elite armor and the guards, the empty platform looked extremely abrupt in the crowd of people within a radius of several hundred meters.

Knock, knock, knock...... After the nine drums sounded, the gate of the City Lord's Mansion

"Squeak" was slowly opened from the inside. The person who came out first was an old man in a white robe with white hair and white beard, but with a radiant face.

City Lord Zi Zhen followed the old man with a respectful face, and took a half step back. On the other side of the old man was a gray-clothed attendant.

Three steps behind the two of them was the helmsman of the major forces in Leyang City. A group of people, escorted by the other twenty elite armor guards, walked out of the City Lord's Mansion in a mighty manner.

Zi Zhen respectfully invited the old man to the referee's seat, and after the old man sat down, he turned to the helmsman of the major forces and said, "Everyone, please take a seat." "Finished, I sat down on the deputy seat of the referee's seat.

The helmsmen of the major forces said polite words to Zi Zhen one after another, and then each took their places, their eyes fell on the old man in the referee's seat from time to time, their eyes flashed one after another, and then they exchanged words left and right, and after two or three sentences, they led the topic to the old man.

"Master Qi, I heard that this is an elder in the outer courtyard of the Imperial Academy, but is it true?" The head of the Zhang family of the second-grade family asked sideways to the head of the Qi family, who was also a second-grade family.

"The head of the Zhang family really looks up to Qi so much, how could Qi know about such a confidential matter." The head of the Qi family replied with a smile, then sat up straight, picked up the tea that the maid had just brought up on the long table in front of him, and took a sip, obviously unwilling to talk more with the head of the Zhang family.

The Zhang family master's eyes flashed, and a trace of resentment quickly crossed his eyes, and then he continued to hold a smiling face, approached the Qi family master again, and said: "Brother Qi's words are too modest, your sister is the city lord's favorite side concubine, and it is not easy to know this matter." Brother Qi, you can do it and satisfy your brother's curiosity. The head of the Qi family put down the teacup, glanced at the head of the Zhang family lightly, and said coldly: "The head of the Zhang family should pay attention to proportion, the city lord and the princess are in deep love." Although everyone in the city lord's mansion respectfully called her sister a side concubine, in the end, she was just a concubine of the city lord. For such important matters as the Imperial Academy Trials, my sister never asks indiscriminately, and the head of the family really doesn't have any useful information to share here, I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint the head of the Zhang family. ”

"Hehe, the head of the Qi family is reasonable, but the younger brother is not thoughtful, and the head of the Qi family continues to taste tea, so the younger brother will not bother." Seeing that the head of the Qi family covered the news to death, the head of the Zhang family also faded, said a few polite words, and then turned sideways to greet a family head on the other side.

On the referee's seat, the old man's right hand slowly stroked his beard, seemingly reviewing the list of contestants on the table, but the corner of his eye also saw the words and deeds of everyone in the VIP seat.

"This year, Leyang City has produced a few good seedlings. Not bad! Closing the list, the old man turned to Zi Zhen with a satisfied expression.

Zi Zhen was flattered and replied respectfully: "Compared with previous years, there are indeed a few contestants who are outstanding this year, and I hope their performance today will not disappoint you." ”

"Hehe, the old man is looking forward to Princess Mingyu, the seven young men of the He family, the third sister of the Xuan family, and the young man named Yueqi." The old man smiled, and when he mentioned the name Yueqi, a trace of amazement flashed in his eyes.

Fifteen-year-old Chiduan is indeed a good seedling. Although the strength is not as good as the previous three, it is better in age and high.

Even if he can't be admitted to the Imperial Academy this year, with his age, there will be two more chances in the future. If there is any opportunity, maybe I can see this at the Imperial Academy next year.

The old man thought about it, and moved the plan to accept Xuan Liyue as a personal disciple. With a prominent family background and a disciple who is too high, he can't fight those old guys with deep backgrounds.

But if it is a disciple from a civilian background and Fu is not too outstanding, he still has a chance to win it.

The city lord was immersed in the joy of the old man's mention of Princess Mingyu, and did not notice his abnormality.

"Mingyu's girl, it's not because of the favor of the imperial brother, she has taken a few more pills to have the strength she has now." He said modest words, but his expression was full of pride, obviously very satisfied with Zi Mingyu's strength.

The old man smiled and did not say anything more, but turned his head to signal his entourage and began to read out the rules of the game. The attendant understood, stood up behind the old man, and walked to the table.

At the same time, the big red drums on both sides of the platform at the entrance of the City Lord's Mansion were beaten again. The crowd fell silent for a moment, and everyone, whether they were participating or spectators, was holding their breath and eager to put their ears on the platform.

The Imperial Academy's selection tournament in the vassal states was divided into three rounds, all of which were eliminations. The first round is played in the ring, and this rule is well known.

But every year, the specific rules of the ring are different. And it was in the ring, and it was read out publicly, and only once.

Therefore, every time the rules of the tournament are read, it is the only moment of silence before the start of the normal ring match and after the end of the match.

No one dared to make a noise at this time, otherwise they would be attacked by all the crowd and crushed into scum in minutes.

Seeing that the crowd fell silent instantly, everyone stared at them blankly, and the attendant opened the sealed booklet in his hand with a calm demeanor and began to read out the rules of the ring match.

The Imperial Academy is extremely strict with the selection competitions in each prince's country, and after the rules of the competition are discussed and approved by the Elders' House, they will be sealed in time, until the drum of the rules of the competition is sounded, and the propaganda messenger will personally unseal it in front of everyone.

Every main city in every vassal state would beat the drum at the same time. The reason for this is to prevent those who take advantage of their position of power to take advantage of the situation and undermine the fairness of the selection competition.

After the propagandist, that is, the old man's attendant, read out the rules of the game in a straight voice, the crowd of onlookers was in an uproar.

"I'll go! The rules of this year's competition were really eye-opening. It turned out to be a free challenge, and each person had three chances to challenge other players. ”

"Doesn't it mean that there are three chances to challenge other contestants and only two to accept them, doesn't that mean that not everyone can use up all three chances?" Cat flutter Chinese