"The Prime Minister of the country, even though he is usually very quiet and rarely speaks in court, in private, he does a lot of things."

"The Royal Guards are the emperor's personal army and are responsible for the defense of the capital. They are extremely important. We might as well imagine that if Li Zhong wants to seize the crown prince position for the King of Jinling, he may not hesitate to cause trouble."

"If he wants to cause rebellion, Li Zhong will definitely not be able to do it without the support of the Imperial Guards. By the way, there is also the Jinwu Guards, and Li Zhong may have had his hands and feet involved..."

After hearing this, Han Qingshan frowned and thought for a while, "Brother Chen, please don't worry. I went to the Royal Guards to check Li Zhong's true and false status. If the guess is true, we can follow the trend... Well, here is the plan.

, Brother Chen needs to plan more."

"It's easy to say, easy to say, haha, but Brother Han, this cabin is still too ostentatious. From now on, we can meet privately and use it as another treasure hunting place." Chen Dongyi said with a smile.

"That's natural..."

"By the way, Brother Han, apart from Li Zhong, Brother Han also needs to be careful of another person." Chen Dongyi suddenly became solemn again.

"who?"

"King Kuaiji!"

"King of Kuaiji?"

"No, my foolish brother has been lurking in the palace of Jinling for more than ten years. He has already discovered that this King of Kuaiji appears to be inconspicuous on the surface, but his palace is extremely deep."

"My foolish brother noticed that he had made some small moves, but he had no idea what he had done. In short, King Kuaiji is a more terrifying person than Li Zhong. Brother Han needs to be careful."

"Well, thank you Brother Chen for reminding me!"

Han Qingshan and Chen Dongyi chatted for a few more words, then left the cabin and returned each other.

Let's not mention Chen Dongyi, let's just talk about Han Qingshan. He sneaked back to the marching camp like a ghost without disturbing anyone. After returning to his independent tent, he undressed in the dark and fell asleep.

A night of silence.

A few hours later, it became bright and clear, but the next day began.

Today is an important day.

Because the last two martial arts examinations, the infield and palace examinations, will be completed today.

After Han Qingshan got up, he had breakfast, and together with more than a hundred other advanced martial arts candidates, took a carriage and traveled ten miles north to enter the city from "Zhengyang Gate".

After entering the city, the carriage traveled a few miles and stopped in front of Hongwu Gate.

Han Qingshan and other candidates changed walks in front of Hongwu Gate, passed through the Thousand-Step Corridor, and arrived in front of Chengtian Gate.

Entering Chengtian Gate means entering the imperial city.

Chen Huangwei expressed his importance to the martial arts examination, and the licensed infield events were held in the imperial city. However, these martial arts examination candidates all possess extraordinary skills. In order to avoid accidents, starting from Chengtianmen, they have already taken three steps to one post.

Every step of the way, there are all Jinwu guards, guarding them very strictly.

The Jinwu Guards were both members of the Emperor's personal army, but the Jinwu Guards were stationed in the imperial city, so as soon as you passed Chengtian Gate, you could see the Jinwu Guards with golden helmets everywhere.

And Xuan Jia's Royal Forest Guards will never be seen again.

Someone led the candidates forward, entered the Chengtian Gate, and headed to the west.

Go around to the back of the Imperial Ancestral Temple, then go north and pass by Dong'anmen Street.

Continue north along the right side of the Forbidden City, and finally arrive at Jinwu Youwei's camp.

The venue for the infield is in Kingo Youwei's camp.

The reason for arranging it here is also to deter possible cheating among the candidates, so that they do not dare to act rashly.

Han Qingshan and other candidates entered the camp gate and gathered in a school yard.

After passing five levels and killing six generals, there were only more than a hundred martial arts candidates including Han Qingshan who had been screened at all levels.

These people will be able to join the Divine Thunder Army and become generals at all levels.

The scores obtained in each event of the martial arts examination, as well as the current internal scores, and even the subsequent palace examinations, etc., will be combined to determine a ranking. According to the ranking, military generals at different levels will be awarded the position.

Therefore, although these more than one hundred martial arts candidates are walking together and standing on the school field of King Wu's right guard, they are actually in a competitive relationship with each other.

Therefore, no one talked to each other.

Even the three brothers Han Qingshan, Zhu Li, and Niu Gang did not communicate with each other. They just stood in the school grounds and waited quietly.

Jin Wu's right guard, the main tent of the Chinese army.

Emperor Chen, Concubine You, Li Zhong, King Zhongshan and other civil and military ministers, as well as Zhu Xiuyuan, Li Jiye, Li Qingnu, and the four princes of the Yan Kingdom, also gathered here.

In addition, Dong Shuzhen, who had long been interested in "visiting the palace", did not come with her this time.

In fact, Dong Shuzhen really wanted to come in and have a look. For this reason, she stayed very late last night...

However, when we set out this morning, our father-in-law, Dong Cheng, refused to let Dong Shuzhen enter the palace. He was so angry that Dong Shuzhen had no choice but not to follow.

Instead, she followed her sister Dong Shuyu to prepare for the Lantern Festival in the mansion.

Zhu Xiuyuan now, when he thinks of Dong Shuzhen looking at him out of the house with pitiful eyes, he wants to laugh, and thinks about how to tease her after going back today, otherwise she will be embarrassed for several days...

"Your Majesty, all martial arts candidates have entered the school grounds and are ready."

While Zhu Xiuyuan was thinking wildly, suddenly, General Jinwu Youwei came in to report.

"I wish Aiqing, since everyone is here, let's start quickly. I can't wait to start the palace examination, hehehe..."

Emperor Chen twirled his beard and smiled.

The Imperial Examination is an exam in which the emperor himself sets the questions.

In fact, at the beginning, Chen Huang was a little resistant. Who is he? The Nine-Fifth Master. Besides, he is very busy and has no time to personally write questions to test those candidates.

However, after meeting Han Qingshan, Lin Bochang and others, Chen Huang suddenly felt that the palace examination was not bad. He would personally test them by setting the questions and take the opportunity to win people's hearts...

"I accept your order!"

Zhu Xiuyuan threw away all the distracting thoughts in his head and stepped forward, handing over his hand, "Your Majesty, the inner court of the martial arts examination can also be called the 'literary examination'. The literary examination of the martial arts examination is naturally very important for civil officials.

Simple, because the focus is different."

"The inner court of the martial arts competition will be divided into three items. The first is what I call 'dictation'. The second is what I call 'cloze'. The third is battle formation analysis, which will be conducted by

The King of Zhongshan, the King of Jiangdu, the King of Poyang and other princes personally tested it and gave a score."

"The first 'dictation' session is about to take place. A total of one hundred words will be written. Those who can write thirty words accurately will be considered qualified and can participate in the next session."

Zhu Xiuyuan cupped his hands and explained.

"What is dictation?" Chen Huang asked with a smile.

"Your Majesty, the so-called dictation means that one person pronounces a word in unison. To avoid the same pronunciation, a word can be formed. All martial arts candidates use paper and pen to write that word..." Zhu Xiuyuan explained.

As soon as he finished speaking, the civil and military officials in the Chinese army's tent looked at each other and exchanged glances with each other.

Their first reaction was, this dictation is too simple!

Write one hundred words and get thirty correct to be considered qualified.

But then they thought about it, the candidates were just a group of warriors, they could barely read Chinese characters, and there were only a few of them...

Therefore, none of the civil and military ministers spoke, and no one jumped out to laugh and ridicule.

"Well, this method is very wonderful, haha. Through dictation, you can screen out people who are proficient in writing. Okay, very good, I wish you my love, let's start quickly." Chen Huang ordered.

Zhu Xiuyuan raised his hand and said "yes", then turned around and went down to make arrangements.

About a quarter of an hour later.

More than a hundred sets of tables and chairs have been arranged in Kingo Youwei's school grounds, arranged neatly.

The Four Treasures of the Study are prepared on the table for all candidates to use.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty's Majesty!"

In this temporary examination room, a eunuch with a very loud voice was walking around the examination room, holding a booklet in both hands, and at the same time read out a word that was dictated.

In addition to the eunuchs responsible for reading, there are many Jinwu guards in the examination room, wearing golden helmets and golden armor, holding spears, walking around to guard against cheating by the candidates.

In addition, Zhu Xiuyuan was also walking around and watching at will.

After the eunuch read out the word "Your Majesty", he saw more than a hundred martial arts candidates picking up their pens one after another, lowering their heads slightly, and concentrating on writing the word "Your Majesty".

However, there are always a few exceptions to this.

Because they didn't even lift their pens, let alone lower their heads to write. Instead, they sat there upright, motionless, like wood carvings and clay sculptures.

Zhu Xiuyuan focused on these people.

He walked towards the few people in this huge examination room, looking like a future invigilator.

As expected, these people are all illiterate people.

The brush was still hanging on the pen holder and had not been taken off. The inkstone was clean and the ink stick was put aside... They didn't even sharpen the ink.

Zhu Xiuyuan clasped his hands behind his back, looked at one thing, and shook his head, as if he hated iron for not being able to become steel.

Those candidates who were illiterate lowered their eyelids and did not dare to look at Zhu Xiuyuan.

They are all big-bodied warriors, but now they are as embarrassed as primary school students who can't solve problems...

Zhu Xiuyuan shook his head repeatedly, seeming extremely disappointed.
To be continued...