The flower bed was several feet long, and the sons who participated in the competition all occupied a place and did not feel crowded.

A red line was drawn halfway outside the flower bed on the ground, and before the competition began, the sons were signaled to stand behind the line.

The sons stood in their seats with great interest, staring at the flower bed covered with red cloth in front of them, secretly guessing what kind of competition this was.

Shouldn't it be for them to plant flowers, vegetables, and radishes?

Some people rub their palms and are eager to try; Someone walks back and forth to relieve tension; Some people talk to each other and speculate in whispers; There are also people looking left and right, wondering if they should change their position......

There is also a group of people, who are like Zhu Changjue and Li Chun, who can't move when they stand casually, don't speak, have no expression, and don't know what to think and calculate.

However, although they are all silent, they are different.

Zhu Changjue viciously glanced at the people present and the others round and round, and could see that he was very impatient to compete like this. According to his identity, there is no need at all. Which of these people is qualified to stand on the same starting line with him? It's annoying......

Zhu Changan is still rarely confident, and he stands out among the slightly restless and noisy sons on the left and right. Many people admired him a little more after seeing his calm appearance, and Concubine Zhao, who was standing on the third floor of the high platform, was particularly satisfied with her son's performance, and praised her son over and over again to the emperor and the queen mother.

Both the Queen Mother and the Emperor looked at Zhu Changan with clairvoyance.

Not bad indeed!

At this time, he still maintains a normal heart, smiles easily, and maintains his old demeanor, which is indeed impressive.

In the past few days, the emperor has always had some complicated emotions when he sees this son.

This guy, let's say he's useless, he can always give some surprises from time to time. But when he really trusts him, he often fails enough.

has grown a lot, but it will always drop the chain at a critical moment. Is it because of the lack of ability, or because there are too few opportunities for experience? The emperor was also a little puzzled.

But there is one point, he was indeed negligent to the fourth child in the past, after all, his biological mother was from a bad background and has the most essential limitations, if someone guides it, it's okay, but if it is a good seedling but is raised, it would be a pity.

The emperor felt that this son might also pay more attention in the future......

There is also the old five, which is also advancing by leaps and bounds. In some respects he even overtook his brothers.

In the clairvoyance, Zhu Changzhe at this moment was like no one around, just looking at the surrounding layout and environment by himself, frowning slightly, as if he was contemplating. From the palace lamp on his head to the blue bricks on the ground, he took the trouble to observe it over and over again......

The emperor always felt that the fifth child had the shadow of his youth, and although he was a little gloomy, he really couldn't hate it......

In fact, the emperor has never revealed to anyone that if the fifth child can compete, he is willing to give the position to this son who is most like him......

As for the seventh child, when he returns to Beijing, he should also be crowned king. With the strength of the DPRK as a backer, this son's power in the future is only afraid that it will also soar, whether it will be his own faction or become a decisive bargaining chip, it is difficult to say at the moment.

There are many choices, and the emperor is satisfied. After the crown prince was suppressed, the power of the princes was balanced. The Eight Immortals crossed the sea, and today is a complete display of their strength and ability......

It is said that all the sons gathered around the flower bed, and gradually changed from excitement to nervousness, and at this time they were even more anxious.

After the location was chosen, the roll call began, and then ten palace maids came up to brush up behind them to record something. It took almost half an hour for the palace ladies to leave and stand behind Chang Lao.

"Well, today, a total of one hundred and three people participated in the competition. Without further ado, let's get started. Are you ready? ”

Everyone should say yes in unison.

Finally, the huge red cloth that covered the flower bed was lifted.

All craned their necks.

“……”

The entire flower bed has been emptied, there is no mud, no flowers, but it is filled with water, and yellow fish can be seen under the water.

Hey, the fish doesn't move?

Dead fish? Some people can see that they are clearly wooden fish!

Everyone looked at Chang Lao in confusion.

"I saw it, it was a pool of wooden fish! This will be your first test. Here, your speed is important. The first to complete the task and get the wooden fish can enter the competition field first. Do you hear me? ”

As soon as these words came out, many people had already taken a small step and prepared to go to the pool.

"Don't worry, the old man hasn't finished speaking, come, please look at the old man's right hand."

A palace maid lifted the red cloth on a long table.

From a distance, it looks like a lot of long poles.

Is it a fishing rod?

Is it better than fishing?

"Your task is to use the rod here to catch a wooden fish. Each wooden fish in the water has a small iron ring on its mouth, and your rod has a small hook on it, which is a very difficult adaptation test. As long as you don't shake your mind, you can succeed!

But! These rods were prepared in advance, and there may or may not be enough in number! You know what the old man means, right? ”

Who doesn't know! This means that there are many people participating in the competition, and the number of rods may not be enough. If you are humble, if you are slow, you may not even be qualified to participate in the competition!

"So, please get your fishing rods first!"

After Chang Lao finished speaking, he saw a swishing figure running out.

There was a sudden huddle in front of the long case.

The single long case that is less than half a zhang long is already crowded with a maximum of ten people, and it can withstand hundreds of people robbing at the same time.

I wanted to get it out, and I wanted to go in later, and I was whimpering for a while.

On the contrary, several princes and noble disciples were stunned for a moment, frowning almost at the same time.

To rob, or not to rob?

The eldest prince was extremely reluctant and robbed with a group of people, which really hindered his demeanor, but he still rushed out as soon as he made a mistake.

Li Chun and Zhu Changzhe didn't move.

Li Chun is full of confidence, not to mention that half of the people have already got the fishing rod at the moment, but there are still a lot of them left on the long case, even if there are only the last two left, he will be sure to make a move. So he's not in a hurry......

Zhu Changzhe's mind turned in a big circle. Since it is a tool that is more than a trial, it will definitely be more prepared. If it's not enough, it's time to make up for it. If it is not enough, Chang Lao will not say vaguely, come to the sentence "may be rich", and directly say that the fishing rod is not enough, wouldn't it be better?

Also, it was said that it was a fair competition, and there was no competition if you didn't read the text. Comparable to the speed of the grab? In the end, it's not still the force of the look? That's not right!

What's more, he understands the emperor. After tomorrow, this competition will surely become a good story and a beautiful talk spread all over Jiangnan. Every detail is meant to be disseminated. It is understandable that the sons did not do well and were eliminated, but according to the emperor's temperament, it is absolutely impossible to say that "the competition will lose the qualification to compete before it starts" due to insufficient preparation and unfairness, and lack of faith.

So, a fishing rod is definitely enough!

His father's purpose may be to see everyone's appearance and heart.

Although Zhu Changzhe has a bottom in his heart, he is still slightly nervous and pays close attention to the long case. If there are variables, we must still grasp them......

But Zhu Changan's performance was too calm.

calmly made Li Chun and Zhu Changzhe look at him twice.

He is also in a state of not fighting or grabbing.

Uncanny!

Li Chun doesn't think that Zhu Changan can be as good at calculating as Zhu Changzhe. So why is he? Li Chun couldn't help but pay more attention to him......

Sure enough, in the end, there were not only more than enough, but dozens more.

Compared with the few people who were left to take the fishing rod calmly, the people who were rushing to grab the FAW suddenly looked ridiculous.

In particular, the few gentlemen who ran fast at the beginning were still injured in the pushing. One of them withdrew from the competition directly. There are dozens of people who are embarrassed, embarrassed, and embarrassed at the moment......

Everyone just waited for an order to start fishing.

As soon as Chang Lao spoke, he shocked everyone.

"For the first part of the competition, please return to the position where you stood before you took the fishing rod."

With a wave of Chang Lao's hand, the group of palace maids who had taken notes with pens appeared again. "Come on, see if you can get back to where you were. I bother you to compare them carefully. ”

Belch......

Just after fighting for a long time, many people got the fishing rod and quickly occupied a good position by the flower bed.

Before...... Where is it standing?

The ones who stood at both ends of the flower bed before were fine, but the sons in the middle were dumbfounded.

Because many people only find out that the red line drawn under their feet is actually scaled. So the specific position they were standing in earlier had been recorded by the palace maids who were busy behind them.

"This is a test of your observation of the environment, your attentiveness to the scene, and your preparation before the battle. Whether it is an examination room, a battlefield, a shopping mall, or a home in the DPRK or China, if you want to live and understand, you must first recognize your own position and see where you are. ”

While Chang Lao was talking, many people had already stood in the wrong position and were recorded by the palace maids.

Many people were in a panic, only remembering who was left and right, what clothes they were wearing, and they only cared about nervousness and panic and whispering, or staring at the red cloth to guess, and did not pay attention to their feet at all. Even if he stood for half an hour, he didn't look down at all.

Like what...... The Great Prince.

But he was lucky, his left and right were a few sons who were good friends with him, and those who found a position, he naturally stood on the right side.

The recorded sons were not directly removed from the list, but were asked to enter the next round with a delay of half an hour after they had finished fishing for bonyfish.

In this way, just one position has lifted everyone's spirits. About a third of the guys were already remorseful, and they had already lost a lot from the start.

Fishing begins.

Fishing rods are entering the water......

For a while, the sons held their breath.

The emperor on the third floor was explaining to the queen mother with great interest.

"The wooden fish is there, as long as you control the strength and try a few more times, it will be a piece of cake. Fishing is a test of patience. But at this moment, it is not only patience, but more importantly, it is a test of mentality and heart. Just like a woman holding a thread and threading a needle, it is not a technical job, but under the strong pressure of everyone, a person's psychology can be detected at once. So it's a fair contest as well......"

"Caught!" Before the emperor finished speaking, someone was already announcing the good news.

Everyone was amazed, this hook has been put down for less than three breaths!

The emperor quickly took the clairvoyant eye, but then his lips hooked......

The good news was the second master of the Nanping Hou family, who was one of the female relatives in the family who stopped the He family from having the intention of marrying Cheng Ziyu.

In the eyes of envy and jealousy, he triumphantly closed the hook......

"Mom!"

Then someone started screaming!

The end of the fishing rod, hook the ...... No! It's bitten!

It's not a wooden fish!

It's a snake!

Directly opposite Liu Er was a rich man.

When the snake was hooked from his eyes, writhed and shook him in the water, and opened its mouth and bared its teeth only a foot from him, he lost his temper completely.

"Snake—"

He screamed and tugged at the left and right, then fell to the ground.

Several people on the left and right were all startled, and followed by whines and screams.

Liu Er was also startled, and subconsciously threw away the fishing rod.

The snake was shaken, apparently in pain, and at once broke free from the hook and flew out.

Coincidentally, the place where it flew was on the other side of the flower bed.

Snakes, there are always people who are extremely afraid.

There was a literati who couldn't care about the fishing rod in his hand, and stepped back again and again.

"It's a water snake! Panic what! "Some people are not afraid, they just go up and grab seven inches and grab it.

But at about the same time, the second and third snakes were caught, and the scene was chaotic again. Quite a few people threw away their fishing rods.

In this situation, everyone was either panicked or panicked, and naturally none of them could catch a fish.

If you are bold, you stick out your head, and find a palace lamp to shine it in the flower bed and take a closer look, but you are directly frightened and sit on the ground.

It turned out that the bottom of the flowerbed was full of snakes. Some of them are still in a coil, and some are twisting their bodies and swimming to the side......

The previous snakes were all sunk to the bottom and remained inconspicuous. But suddenly there were hundreds of fishing rods in the pool, and the lighting was sufficient, which destroyed the peace of the snakes, and the snakes naturally began to be restless.

For a while, screaming repeatedly.

Some are so frightened that their faces are pale, some are pretending to be calm, and many are at a loss.

There were several guys who had always been afraid of snakes who simply shouted that they wanted to withdraw from the competition, and even Zhu Changan took several steps back.

Cheng Ziyu knew that he was most afraid of snakes. But at this moment, he quickly returned to his original position, took a deep breath, and threw the rod back into the water...... In the past, when he went up the mountain with her and saw the little snake, he would run away with his legs, lest he be bitten and poisoned, but at this moment, it was so easy to overcome the obstacles?

Cheng Ziyu couldn't help but squint......

"Emperor, you're messing around." The Queen Mother saw that scene funny and angry. At least one-fifth of the men who have just been personable are going abroad.

"Mother, this first test is basic common sense. Water snakes are not poisonous, but obviously many people don't know, I heard a few people pulling the palace maid to ask if the snake is poisonous? In this way, if you want to catch a wooden fish, there is another condition: calmness. I like people who don't panic everywhere, and I appreciate people who can resist their demons. ”

"Huh? General Li, Zhe'er, and a few Confucian scholars, why are they still standing outside the red line? You haven't even launched your fishing rod yet, have you? ”

"Queen Mother, look, you've been disturbed too, haven't you? You thought my test was only in the flower beds? Do you take a closer look and listen carefully? ”

The emperor made a silent gesture at the concubine behind him.

I saw Li Chun and the others looking at Chang Lao, but Chang Lao's mouth was opening and closing, chattering endlessly. What the old man was saying, was masked by the noise.

In other words, most of the people present were afraid that they did not hear or hear clearly, or listened to what Quan Chang Lao said.

And judging from Li Chun's solemn appearance, I'm afraid that what Chang Lao said at this moment is the point, right?

Cheng Ziyu took a deep breath.

Emperor, that's amazing. One step at a time!

The competition hasn't even started yet, and the gang is almost all played!

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