There was no accident, and it was beyond everyone's surprise except for Tao Yao, this hairy boy named Dade successfully advanced.

However, when Ming Yue personally announced and announced the sage who had entered the palace, the original twenty people were reduced by half, only eleven. When people were talking, Ming Yue opened his mouth.

"We will not allow rats and ants to confuse the public, and thanks to the emperor's grace, we will not delve into it. The argument is the name of the country, if there is another generation of people, severe punishment will not be granted! Set an example! Ming Yue doesn't talk much on weekdays, but when he talks about it at this time, everyone looks at him in a daze.

"So these people aren't here to try?" Those who have read the book reacted first.

"What? It's unlucky! "Someone started to get angry.

"The imperial court reopened the imperial examination before, isn't it because the previous examination was unfair and unjust? I had already made a plan at this time! "Some people remembered the reopening of the department before.

"It seems that the imperial court has made up its mind to choose talented people! It's really a blessing for me in Beigao! Of course, there are some literati and scholars who are very excited about this move of the imperial court.

"I've always felt that this opening is unfair, and it seems that I have to be more diligent when I am re-elected." Some people want to do well in the coming year.

Tao Yaoyao didn't expect that the list he gave Ming Yue, Ming Yue would directly explain the reason in front of thousands of people, thinking that those who were disqualified would have no face to do anything in this city. Of course, what she didn't expect was that this incident would make those literati students more confident in Beigao's future scientific expeditions, and she thought that next year would be another wave of talented people.

Early the next morning, Xiao Wuming entered the palace with ten other people.

On the square outside the main hall, the red platform with a height of six zhang rises from the ground, the stage is full of swords, guns, swords and halberds, and the audience is a hundred civil and military officials, Qing Yezhuo sits on the high step in the center, Tao Yaoyao sits beside him, and the remaining concubines such as Jiang Shaoqing are below. Tao Yaoyao glanced at it, but Tao Ying was gone.

"We are participating in the Holy Majesty, long live our emperor, long live, long live, long live—" The eleven knelt down in unison and saluted.

"Flat body-" Qing Yezhuo's aura was cold, and his voice was stern.

"Fengtian carrier, the emperor's edict. Said: The mandate of heaven, pull out the martial arts, enter the people in the matter, today to talk about the force, to convince the people. Lottery is determined, the two are on the same stage, and the one who stays wins, so as to determine the top three. The winner, the four-grade public guard, and the top three can be viable officials. "Gui Fu read aloud the rules of the game.

To put it simply, it is two by two, and the one who does not fall wins, until the top three are played. It's just that there are eleven people now, so there will be one person who has a bye, and there are six people left in the first round. There are three people left in the second round, and these three people are the top three, and then the three of them fight, and the winner will be directly added by the high-ranking official Houlu.

It's just that the said good seven grades have turned into four grades, and this promotion of three grades in a row has made some waves among the hundreds of officials on the field.

"Long live Xie-" After the eleven people thanked them, a eunuch came to everyone with a bamboo stick, and those bamboo sticks were neatly arranged with words on their backs, and they were the same shape and size.

Starting from the first person, each person chooses one, and the person who chooses will get a word, and the two words are the same as a pair. Tao Yaoyao glanced at Xiao Wuming intentionally or unintentionally, he was standing at the back, so there was no need to choose, the one left by others was his, but his expression was not surprised or happy, and he couldn't see anything.

"Shi-" Guifu reported the first word.

"Yes!"

"In!"

"Potential—" the second word.

"In!"

"Yes!"

"Made-" the third word.

Some saluted, others returned.

"English-" the fourth word.

"Yes!"

"Yes!"

"Xiong-" the fifth word.

In the end, both of them raised the bamboo sticks in their hands.

Tao Yao was stunned, everyone was there, but he didn't see Xiao Wuming make a sound, maybe he was really lucky, and he was overturned.

"Empty—"

"Yes." Xiao Wuming really answered softly.

"The test begins—" Guifu announced loudly again, except for the two people on the stage, the rest of the people were arranged to sit in the lower row of the stage.

"Child?" Qing Yezhuo looked at Tao Yaoyao with some concern.

Tao Yaoyao was a little absent-minded, this Xiao Wuming's luck was too good, I thought about letting him be eliminated directly, but I didn't think that he would enter the top six without doing anything, and he still entered the top six in such a high-profile manner, it is really a hero of the times!

"It's okay, I just can't eat breakfast, and I'm a little hungry now." Tao Xiaoxiao casually made up a reason.

"Guifu-" Qing Yezhuo didn't say a word, a look beckoned, Guifu naturally heard what Tao Yaoyao said on the side, and went down clearly.

It was only half a moment before a plate of jade cake was served. Come to think of it, it was Qing Yezhuo who had prepared for a long time, so it was brought up at this time.

Qing Yezhuo picked up a piece with one hand and handed it to Tao Yaoyao's mouth, holding it with one hand on her cheek, Tao Yaoyao looked at it and took a bite without thinking about it, she didn't want to eat anything, but she actually ate a whole piece of pastry. Qing Yezhuo just smiled and wiped the corners of her mouth with a handkerchief, ignoring the crumbs that fell on his hands, until Tao Yaoyao showed a satisfied expression, he let people wipe their hands.

"What's in this jade cake?" Tao Xiaoyao reminisced about the taste of this pastry, which seemed to be different from the previous ones.

"Child...... Do you think it's different? Qing Ye Zhuo listened, and the obvious look of astonishment appeared on his face, and he asked for a long time, his voice still trembling with a hint of imperceptible understanding.

"Hmm...... Is it a little different, like the sweet and bitter taste of some jujube paste, but it's not like it, this is a change of cook? Tao Xiaoyao didn't notice the other party's abnormality at all, and was still immersed in thinking.

"It's some herbs added." Qing Ye Zhuo replied in the middle of the night.

"Herbs?" Tao Xiaoyao suddenly realized, no wonder it was a little sweet and bitter, I think it was because Qing Yezhuo knew that she didn't like to take medicine, so she changed the law to make up for herself!

"Hmm." Qing Yezhuo's eyes at this time are like bright stars in the dark night, and those who shine can't open their eyes. He didn't look at the fierce fight on the stage at all, and the eyes of the people in the audience were all on the ring and didn't care about the two of them, except for Jiang Shaoqing, of course.

"Okay." Tao shook her head helplessly, and then put her eyes back on the ring.

The first game ended quickly, and the real excitement was the second one, which showed you who the top three would be. The civil and military officials on this occasion have different thoughts, and among them, they are worried and looking forward to the test, worried that the emperor will investigate this matter, and expects that these three can be used by them. And if you don't send someone, your mind will be much simpler, and you just want to try your best to win it over when the time comes.

"Tang Xusong to Jiang Ning—"

Tang Xu Song is the Tang Sanshao, and Jiang Ning on the opposite side is good at using knives, and a sword duel seems to be a battle between these two weapons for thousands of years. The two of you come and go, Tang Xusong looks easy to deal with, and there is room for him, but Jiang Ning is slowly in a predicament, and he is soon forced to a desperate position. Tang Xusong jumped upward, turned around and stabbed the sword, and the blade of the sword reached Jiang Ning's throat.

"I lost—" Jiang Ning swallowed, lowered his eyes, and threw the knife aside.

Tang Xusong clenched his fists and then stepped down.

"Hai Rusheng to Xingyin, Hai Rusheng to Xingyin, Hai Rusheng to Xingyin......" Tao Yaoyao prayed over and over again in his heart, if Hai Rusheng was against Xingyin, at least one person would have to go down, and eighty percent of it was Xingyin, so there was no reason to stuff it to her!

"Hai Rusheng to Song Qing!" Guifu said.

"Damn, this guy must be cheating! Definitely! Tao Yaoyao sighed in her heart, and then glanced at Qing Ye Zhuo very dissatisfied, and Qing Ye Zhuo also happened to look at her, but the look in her eyes made Qing Ye Zhuo a little surprised.

"Child?" Qing Yezhuo asked softly.

"It's fine!" Tao Xiaoxiao replied angrily.

Although Qing Yezhuo was a little inexplicable, he had been indulging in the thoughts just now, and he didn't care about the situation on stage at all, but now he was holding Tao Yaoyao's hand tighter. All of this was imprinted in Jiang Shaoqing's eyes, and the gloomy jealousy in her heart was already like Jiang Hai.

Hai Rusheng deserved to win, there was no suspense at all, he did not give his opponent a chance to show like Tang Xusong, but made a move to buy land, leaving no room for anything, and after winning, he didn't say a word, and stepped down directly.

"Dade is hidden." Guifu shouted.

"Ahem, ahem—" Tao Yaoyao was drinking tea, and coughed violently.

What the hell is this?!

"This person has some fate with Xiao'er's name...... Qing Yezhuo said casually as he patted Tao Yaoyao on the back.

Seriously, if she hadn't known that this person was Nightburn, she might have thought so. But...... These two people are good, none of them are real, and Tao Yaoyao doesn't poke or approve, but pouts helplessly.

This game is not as clear as the first two games, this is extremely fast, but this Dade also defends well, but in the eyes of everyone, Dade has always fallen behind. Although the martial arts are not weak, there is still a gap compared with these top masters. As expected, after a roundabout, Dade was knocked to the ground, spitting bright red.

"Hidden Victory—" When Guifu said this, Tao Yao clearly saw a moment of satisfaction on Qing Yezhuo's face.

Tao Yaoyao sneered in her heart, although the candidate was chosen among the top three, but she had to pass her last attempt, otherwise it would be all nonsense. And when everyone was looking forward to the final duel between the three men, it was too late and that it was too fast, and three tall horses on the field broke off the reins and ran towards the place where the peach was dying like crazy, and everyone was stunned, and some of them screamed when they saw the horses coming with their hooves.

In the middle of this, Dade ignored his injuries and rushed straight into the horse, first rolling to the ground and slashing its front legs. Then he jumped to the other horse and lifted himself up and grabbed the reins, and by this time, the last horse was almost in front of Tao. Tao Yaoyao's face was not red and her heart was not beating, anyway, there were people around to protect her, but Qing Yezhuo narrowed her eyes and didn't know what she was thinking.

Dade rode straight at the horse, and lay straight in front of Taoyao, trying to meet the horse. All this happened so quickly, and when everyone came to their senses, the guards all around them slashed at the horse's legs, and the horse fell in response.

"It's a pity that this horse has to be treated well." Tao Yaoyao felt a little sorry in her heart, but she was just pushing the boat with the current.