Chapter 21: The Martial Arts Final Begins
The day after the end of the preliminaries, the results of all the contestants were announced.
Inside and outside Chang'an City, as well as on the edge of the competition field, there are some other prominent places with lists pasted, and the names of the top 50 people who have been shortlisted are on the list.
No surprise, "Liu Yi'an" from Chang'an won the first place in the preliminaries.
In the city, there are already a lot of people talking about the skills shown by this person called "Liu Yi'an", and many people are exploring who this person surnamed Liu from Chang'an will be, but Liu Yi has not left any reputation in Chang'an City before, and the word "Yi'an" is not known, and no one knows whose son he is.
After the good deeds in the market could not discuss who "Liu Yi'an" was, they were also arguing about whether this "Liu Yi'an" could win the first place in the first martial arts competition of the Tang Dynasty, although there was some debate, some people were still discussing whether there were very outstanding people among the people recommended by senior officials in the DPRK and China, but most people were inclined to "Liu Yi'an" to win the championship, and they also hoped that this person who was not recommended by officials would win the first place.
The 50 people on the list will participate in the finals of the last two days in a few days, and will compete for the final ranking with those who are extraordinary in martial arts recommended by high-ranking officials in the DPRK and China.
Nowadays, the brave warriors recommended by the high-ranking officials of the DPRK still have certain privileges, and they do not need to participate in the preliminaries with others, and directly enter the next round of finals.
According to the announcement announced, there are 39 warriors recommended by the officials, plus 50 shortlisted candidates, a total of 89 people, and they will decide the final ranking within two days, and decide the candidate for the first place in the first martial arts of the Tang Dynasty.
The arrangement on the notice is that the top 12 in the preliminaries will compete on the last day with the 15 people recommended by officials of the DPRK and the Central People's Republic of China above the third grade, and the rest of the personnel will be scheduled to compete on the day before.
This is also the organizer's special arrangement, on the last day of the game, the emperor and empress, as well as most of the high-ranking officials of the court and the central government will come to watch the game, and the wonderful scene is to let the emperor and empress, as well as the high-ranking officials of the court and the central government see.
The venue of the game has also changed, the final will be held in the Zuo Yulin Military Academy outside the gate of the Zuo Yintai Gate in the east of the Daming Palace, including the military department of Shangshu, the official department of Shangshu, the Ministry of Rites, etc., many high-ranking officials of the DPRK and China will be present to watch, the emperor and the empress will personally sit in the last day of the game, and reward the best on the spot, so for safety, the game must also be moved to the place heavily guarded by the army, and the audience is only the officials of the court.
The final game must be the most exciting and the most attractive, but the shift of the competition venue, the people in Chang'an City have also lost their eyes, and many people have complained that they did not have the opportunity to watch the final game.
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On September 18 of the third year of Yifeng, the weather was very good, and the last day of the martial arts competition was held in the Zuo Yulin Military Academy.
Just after the morning drum, Liu Yi secretly went out of the house under the cover of the two personal attendants Liu Ben and Liu Quan, the competition venue was too far away from his house, and he had to go out early, otherwise it would be troublesome to miss the hour.
These days, her mother Zhang also seems to feel that Liu Yi's behavior is a little weird, and she has also come to interrogate, but Liu Yi has covered it up with some reasons that have been found a long time ago.
It's been a month since my uncle and two elder brothers set off from Chang'an, and there has been no news yet, but Liu Yi has also gotten some news from some officials' mansions these days through inquiry, that is, the imperial court sent a person named Lou Shide to negotiate peace with the Tubo people, I don't know what means Lou Shide used, the Tubo people stopped the attack and retreated to the vicinity of Qinghai, and some of the captured personnel were also released, Liu Yi was still very happy to hear the news, thinking that it was possible that his father would also be successfully redeemed, He is also waiting for official news from Qinghai.
If his father can be released and returned, and wash away the guilt, he will win the title of the first "Wu Champion" of the Tang Dynasty again, then the house will be a few joys, although there is no honorific title of "Champion" now.
Half an hour after leaving the house, Liu Yi rode a horse to the inspection yard of Zuo Yulin Army in the north of Daming Palace, and was put in after verifying his identity and conducting a strict search.
To Liu Yi's surprise, when he first entered the scene, he met Pei Xingjian.
Liu Yi saw Pei Xingjian's feelings, and Pei Xingjian seemed to be waiting for him deliberately.
"Levian!" Pei Xingjian stopped Liu Yi, with a flat expression on his face.
"I've seen Pei Shilang!" Liu Yi hurriedly stepped forward and saluted, not knowing what Pei Xingjian told him to stop.
Pei Xingjian walked up to Liu Yi, stared at Liu Yi's face for a while, and when Liu Yi's heart tightened a little, he popped up with this sentence: "Play your best, don't embarrass your father..."
Liu Yi burst out in his head, sure enough, Pei Xingjian recognized himself, this was an accident he didn't expect, fortunately he didn't remove himself from the queue of the competition, Liu Yi recalled Pei Xingjian's words just now, and seemed to understand a little.
Pei Xingjian recognized him as an accident, and then encouraged him, which was even more unexpected, but this accident made Liu Yi a little surprised, with Pei Xingjian's encouragement, Liu Yi was more confident in winning the game.
Liu Yi was arranged to play at the end because of his best results in the preliminary round, and in addition to the top few people in the preliminaries, there were also some high-ranking officials recommended by the DPRK and China, who were said to be extraordinary.
This arrangement is also what Liu Yi is happy to see, he hopes that those samurai recommended by senior officials in the DPRK and China who did not participate in the preliminaries and directly participated in the finals, several of them are relatively outstanding, and their performance is recognized by the people on the field, if they can overshadow them with a more wonderful performance, the effect will be sensational, and it will play a role in getting twice the result with half the effort, and he can also watch their performance adjustments to make moves, and some very difficult actions can also be taken out.
On the last day, the emperor and empress will come to watch the game, and more high-ranking officials in the court will also follow the emperor and empress.
If you can get acquainted with a few skilled warriors because of martial arts, it may be helpful for you in the future, Liu Yi believes that there will definitely be some extraordinary talents in the finals.
It was also within the stipulated time that all the contestants arrived at the venue, and the officials of the military department and the officials of the Ministry of War re-identified their identities, that is, they were ordered to wait in the rest area.
Due to the presence of the emperor, empress and a large number of high-ranking officials of the court and the central government to watch the games, the time of the games was changed to close to noon, and the officials also provided meals for the participants.
After the meal, everything was ready, the emperor and empress and the hundred officials of the court were also seated in the stands, and the last day of the game was about to begin...;