Chapter 4 The assessment begins
When the scorching air began to become a little cooler, the atmosphere in the Great Jiang Mansion in the northwest of Jiang Country became a little boiling, and the annual assessment finally began.
Da Jiang Mansion is divided into the inner house and the outer house, before the students do not become warriors, the big Jiang Mansion recruits the geniuses and noble children of the appropriate age in the country, and teaches in the outer house of the Great Jiang Mansion, and then in the Mid-Autumn Festival every year, an assessment is held, and the inner house is divided into three levels: heaven, earth and people. All teenagers who have reached the level of martial arts can choose a human-level student who has been a martial artist for one year in the inner house to challenge, and they can be promoted to a human-level student in the inner house if they persist on the field for the specified time. If the human-level students of the Inner Mansion defeat the students of the Outer Mansion within the specified time, they can be promoted to the prefecture-level students and go to the Library Pavilion to choose martial arts.
Of course, if the students of the outer mansion directly defeat the seniors of the inner mansion, they can be exempted from entering the inner mansion for one year of penance, and directly go to the library to choose exercises and martial arts, and be admitted to the prefecture level of the inner mansion.
However, nothing in the world is absolutely fair, and most of the students from civilian backgrounds cannot beat those who became martial artists a year earlier than them without learning martial arts. But every few years, there will still be a few demons who will defeat the seniors and obtain the qualification to directly practice the exercises. Over the years, it has also provided a lot of high-quality talents for the Dajiang Dynasty.
The young man's temperament is a little competitive after all, and in front of those beautiful and delicate senior sisters, no one wants to be obscure, Jiang Yan knows that many people have paid a lot of anger in order to get good results in the assessment today.
In the middle of the Great Jiang Mansion, there is a vast martial arts field, the structure of the venue is similar to the gladiatorial arena in ancient times, there is a wide ring in the middle, and around the ring, there are layers of stepped seats. Now, the seats were densely packed with people, and the whispers of all kinds of conversation mingled, mixed with the laughter of the girl's silver bell. The whole venue is full of youth and vitality.
On both sides of the ring, there were two groups of people standing distinctly, the students of the inner house obviously seemed to be much smaller than the number of people in the outer house, but they were neatly dressed, as if they did not disdain to work with this group of children who were much younger than themselves, while the students of the outer house were eager to try, and they seemed to be very lively.
Jiang Yan was not in a hurry to challenge, and he was too lazy to go to his father on the main stage to join in the fun, so he found a nearby place close to the ring and sat down, looking at the ring, although the assessment has not yet been announced, but it is forbidden to fight between students in normal times, and now there are many colleges that usually have old grudges on the stage to compete.
And when Jiang Yan was staring at the field, there was a commotion suddenly from the back, and then the fragrant wind came, and then a snow-white arm was on Jiang Yan's shoulder, and the coquettish voice came: "Why don't you go on stage to see it?"
Jiang Yan turned his head to look at Jiang Ying'er who appeared beside him, the latter was dressed in snow-white clothes, with beautiful cheeks, and black hair tied into a ponytail at the back of his head, which attracted many fiery eyes around him.
Jiang Yinger is the daughter of Jiang Yan's second uncle, that is, his cousin, three years older than him, she is in her cardamom years, she is beautiful and has a good temperament, and she can be regarded as a school flower in the inner courtyard. Everywhere I went, I had a lot of hot eyes.
"Why are you here?" Jiang Yan was a little surprised by Jiang Ying'er's appearance, she had already been a student at the prefecture level in the Great Jiang Mansion, there was no need to participate in this kind of assessment, even if she accompanied the second uncle, she should be on the stage to watch.
"I'm just a younger brother like you, of course I'm here to cheer you on!" Jiang Ying'er smiled and said with a playful smile: "If you feel unsure, you can still choose me as the target of the challenge, and if you are knocked unconscious, can't I still carry you back?"
"I thank you," Jiang Yan shook his head angrily.
"Hey, I'm not here for your own good, I heard that you had a conflict with Wang Chong a few days ago, I'm afraid he will definitely trouble you today. He is the son of the Marquis of Zhenbei, although he didn't go to the library to choose exercises and martial arts, it doesn't mean that his father didn't teach him, you must be careful. A trace of worry flashed in Jiang Yinger's eyes, making fun of her, she also understood the importance of today's assessment, losing the assessment is a small matter, and the royal family's face is a big matter. If Jiang Yan loses today's game, outsiders will think that Jiang Guohuang's grandson is not as good as the son of Zhenbei Hou.
"Do your best. Jiang Yan didn't show that he didn't care very much, raised his head and looked at the other side of the ring, at the other end of the ring, there was a cold gaze in the center of a row of inner courtyard disciples looking at him, it was Wang Chong, and around him, several official eunuchs who were good friends with the Marquis of Zhenbei were sitting around him, and they also looked at him with provocative eyes. Wang Chong also hooked his fingers with a playful expression, and then made a motion to wipe his neck.
As the two most powerful students in the two provinces, many people are very clear about the relationship between the two, and everyone naturally knows what the highlight of today is, so the two of them are looking at each other like this, which also makes the people on the side interested.
"I didn't come in vain today, I have a good show to watch. ”
When the heavy martial arts bell was struck three times, the crisp lifelong echo in this ring, and the atmosphere on the martial arts field also reached its peak.
In the middle of the field, there was an old figure, it was Jiang Qing, the king of Jiang Kingdom, and on his left hand sat his two sons, Jiang Xuan and Jiang Xiong, and the two on his right hand were Zhenbei Hou Wang Wei and Zhennan Hou Hu Pan.
"Hehe, this time the assessment is more lively than before, it seems that Brother Wang's youngest son and my nephew will participate" Jiang Xiong, who was sitting next to Jiang Xuan, looked at the fiery atmosphere below with a smile and said with a smile.
"The bell has sounded, the second prince should hurry up and announce the start of the assessment. Wang Wei was obviously reluctant to talk to Jiang Xiong, and waved his hand impatiently and said.
Jiang Xiong glanced up at Jiang Qing, and when he saw the latter nodding, he stood up, and his low and majestic voice resounded throughout the martial arts field.
"The hour has come, the assessment has begun,"
"The point is up, don't kill the killer, every student from the foreign province has a chance to choose to challenge the opponent, and insist on a stick of incense for a long time to pass the assessment. There is only one opportunity to challenge, do what you can, and those who fail to challenge will not be allowed to enter the inner house to study this year. Do you understand?"
"Yes"
The students on the martial arts field all replied respectfully.
"In that case," Jiang Xiong nodded. Then with a wave of his hand: "Then let's get started." ”
"Boom!"
With his wave of his hand, the martial bell was rung again, and the whole venue was in turmoil again.
Zhou Tong, a student from other countries, asked Senior Wu Xiong for advice. ”
"Liu Xin asks Senior Sister Chen Su for advice"
Jiang Yan couldn't help but smile when he looked at this chaotic scene, but most of them were very ordinary challenges, most of them were faced by the two sides with their palms, relying on the strength of force to fight each other, to see if they could hold on to a stick of incense, so he didn't pay too much attention, only occasionally glanced at the direction where Wang Chong, who was sitting opposite, and the latter was also looking at him coldly at this time.
Everyone knows that the Marquis of Zhenbei has the support of Wu Guo behind him, and now he doesn't even pay attention to the emperor, Wang Chong's sneering provocation of Jiang Yan a few days ago is to make Jiang Yan unable to swallow this breath and challenge himself during the assessment, so none of the other foreign students dare not challenge Wang Chong without a long eye, after all, he is the son of the Marquis of Zhenbei, and there is no shortage of exercises and martial arts if he goes to the library or not. As a newly promoted martial artist, it's better not to hit a stone with an egg.
Jiang Yan didn't care about Wang Chong's cold gaze, and was not in a hurry to step forward to challenge, just chatting and laughing softly with Jiang Ying'er beside him from time to time.
Before I knew it, the time was in the afternoon, and the flowers that Wang Chong was sitting there waiting for were about to be thanked, but Jiang Yan didn't go on stage to challenge himself, and all the foreign students who were waiting for him were finished, Jiang Yancai walked to the ring in no hurry, and looked at Wang Chong with a smile and said.
"Jiang Yan, a student from the outer government, challenged Wang Chong, a human-level student from the inner government. ”
Wang Chong's teeth were about to be crushed at this time, and from morning to afternoon, Jiang Yan just didn't go on stage, and laughed with his cousin there for a day. If Jiang Yan didn't say anything about challenging him at this time, it was estimated that he would really be angry and vomit blood on the spot.
"Self-defeating guys. ”
The corners of Wang Chong's mouth hooked up a smile full of anger, stared at Jiang Yan and mocked: "I'll let you know right away that you won't be able to enter the inner mansion to study this year." ”
In the face of his ridicule, Jiang Yan did not have the slightest anger on his face, but gently stretched out his palm, and then hooked his four fingers together and smiled: "I'm afraid you don't have that ability!"