"Boom!"
A sound of drums broke through the noisy Youwuwei camp. Everyone stopped immediately when they heard the drums and looked towards the high platform to the south.
"Your Majesty, here we come!"
In a high-pitched and slender voice, Li Shimin walked out from behind the high platform with a group of royal family members. He stood on top of the high platform and glanced at the other three shorter high platforms.
This is the Tang Dynasty. There is no such thing as kneeling down and shouting long live. Luo Zhang had made a fool of himself before. When the people here heard that His Majesty had arrived, they just stood up, saluted Li Shimin and looked at him with reverence.
"Everyone, take a seat!" Li Shimin waved his hand downwards, then turned around and walked towards the viewing platform built for him.
Behind Li Shimin, Princess Gao Yang was dressed in costume. Li Shimin left, but she did not move. She stared at a figure with a slender figure and a handsome face riding a tall horse in the competition field below.
"My good sister, you can't wait to get married now?" Princess Qinghe said while hiding behind Gao Yang with a smile.
Gao Yang withdrew his gaze, turned around and glared at Qinghe fiercely and said, "You know you are not the same as me! Look at Cheng Chumo's eyes and he can't even pull them out, Xiao Lang Hoozi!"
"Okay, bad sister, you actually killed me!" Qinghe suddenly became angry, but today was not a place for them to play and fight, so they just talked about it in words, and wanted to be seen by his father with his hands and feet. You will be punished if you arrive.
Before leaving, Gao Yang turned his head again and looked at Luo Zhang below, secretly saying in his heart: "You must work hard!"
Below, Luo Zhang was also looking towards the high platform to the south, but because the distance was too far, he couldn't see clearly what was going on above. He could only see a few little people swaying above for a moment before disappearing.
As for the others, it is very exciting. Your Majesty is here to watch the ceremony, and many princesses are coming. If you can perform well in the competition, will you win the favor of the princess?
Suddenly, some people felt as if they had been given a shot of chicken blood, and their fighting spirit became high.
Luo Zhang dismissed this, princess? Even though labor and capital don’t want it, Your Majesty still wants to force it on me. I have no choice but to do so. I’m also very helpless.
Luo Zhang just said this in his heart. If he really said it, most people here would want to beat Luo Zhang violently.
You can stand and talk without back pain, can you guys compare with you? ! !
Without keeping everyone waiting, Eunuch Huang soon walked out on behalf of Li Shimin and shouted to the high platform below: "The martial arts test begins, test your realm!"
The first item in the martial arts test is to test the realm, which is done every year. This is a rule set to prevent someone who is not strong enough to fish in troubled waters. After all, Li Shimin has no time to watch a group of clowns show off their embarrassment in front of him.
Luo Zhang only learned about some details and items of the martial arts test yesterday. The person who told him was naturally his uncle, Wu Shaobin. If Wu Shaobin, the former commander of the Jinwu Guard, was not there, he would not have mentioned these rules. Even many people in today's game didn't know who was against whom.
Wu Shaobin also came here today, but he did not show his face. Instead, he put on a mask and sat behind the Luo family to protect them.
Only when the Luo family is safe can Luo Zhang compete with peace of mind. Wu Shaobin naturally knows this, and with his protection, the safety of everyone in the Luo family will naturally be unimpeded.
After Eunuch Huang shouted, he saw a piece of red cloth being torn apart in front of the martial arts test takers. At this time, Eunuch Huang spoke again: "Today's test realm, anyone who has reached the fourth level of the Opening Pulse Realm can To participate in the martial arts competition, if you are below the fourth level of the Pulse Opening Realm, you can also participate if you can lift this stone lock!"
"start testing!"
As soon as Eunuch Huang finished speaking, many people around Luo Zhang started shouting.
"Last year, wasn't it possible to participate at the third level of Kai Mai Realm? Why has it changed this year?"
"Yes, why did you suddenly become the fourth level of the Pulse Opening Realm! If so, I wouldn't even be able to pass the first level!"
"Quiet!" A middle-aged man standing side by side with Eunuch Huang shouted angrily at the noisy people below. Some people who were originally complaining suddenly became quiet.
Just kidding, the person who just spoke was Li Junxian, the commander of the Secret Service. He is a ruthless person. He said, "Be quiet. If you dare to make a noise, he doesn't care which family you are from, he will arrest you first." Put him in jail for a few days.
"The rules this time were decided by His Majesty himself. Do you have any questions?" Li Junxian snorted softly.
When everyone heard that it was His Majesty's decision, what else could be said? The reason for coming here to participate in the martial arts examination is to be in His Majesty's eyes. It is not an exaggeration to say that this is a martial arts examination held for Li Shimin to select talents. .
Luo Zhang looked at the huge stone lock in front of him and smiled slightly. Although this thing weighed four thousand kilograms, for his current state, lifting it was like playing with it.
A person who is famous for his martial arts exams queues up to take the test. Most people can lift the stone lock in front of them, but there are some unlucky ones whose strength is only at the third level of the Opening Pulse Realm. They want to lift it. But he couldn't lift it at all. You must know that the difference of one level is the difference of a thousand pounds of strength. How can it be made up by one's own strength.
After a test, the original fifty participants were suddenly reduced by eight. These eight were all unqualified, and the remaining forty-two naturally met the standard.
Seeing that the test was completed, Eunuch Huang nodded, and saw dust suddenly rising below, and the arrow targets were placed in front of an earthen wall piled up in the competition ground.
"The second level is the archery test! Each person has ten arrows. They can shoot while standing or on horseback. The distance is one hundred feet. Those who hit the bull's-eye while standing will get one point, and those who hit the bull's-eye while riding will get two points!"
"Huh? The second level this time has also been changed. There is actually horseback archery. Hitting the bull's eye is worth two points. Doesn't this mean that we all have to go on horseback and shoot arrows?"
"Yes, otherwise wouldn't it be a disadvantage to shoot while standing?"
"That's not necessarily the case. It's not that easy to shoot an arrow while riding a horse. If you don't miss the last arrow and don't even get a single point, it's better to shoot while standing up!"
After Eunuch Huang announced the second level, everyone started talking again. It was true that the rules of today's martial arts test had changed a lot, which surprised many people.
On the high platform to the north, Cheng Yaojin couldn't help laughing after hearing the rules of horseback archery and said: "Okay, great, I have taught Chu Mo this trick, he will definitely get good results this time!" "
"Hmph, only your son can do it, why can't my son do it? Why are you so arrogant!"
Sitting next to Cheng Yaojin, Yuchi Jingde's already dark face turned even darker. The reason was that his son's equestrian skills were mediocre and considered a weakness. He was naturally unhappy after hearing Cheng Yaojin's words.
"Why, what can you do if I'm so proud? How about we practice on the field?" Cheng Yaojin scratched his neck and looked at Yuchi Jingde with wide eyes.
"Practice, practice, your three-axe is useless to me!" Yuchi Jingde said without giving in at all.
Everyone glanced at the two and stopped paying attention. It seemed that they were used to the bickering between the two.
In the west stand, everyone in the Luo family started talking after hearing this second level.
"What do you think of Zhang'er's archery skills? His marksmanship is good, but I haven't seen him practice this before!" Fourth Aunt was the first to speak.
"I don't know either. He hid in the house as soon as he came home. I've never seen him practice archery!" said the third aunt worriedly.
"Then what should we do? Doesn't it mean that Zhang'er will fail this level?" The second aunt asked very anxiously.
The juniors don't understand the worries of the adults, they just think that their brother Zhang is the most powerful and handsome, and Luo Zhang is their idol who can do anything.
Only grandma was as steady as a mountain, with no expression on her face. She glanced at all the women and children and said: "What are you all doing in a panic? Even if Zhang'er is not good at archery, isn't there still another level? I will lose points in this level." , the next level is to make up for it, don’t forget Zhang’er’s marksmanship is pretty good!”
"Yes, mother is right!"
"Well, it doesn't matter if you fail this level. The worst thing you can do is shoot while standing. As long as you can catch up with your score in the next level!"
Wu Shaobin did not interrupt the Luo family's women and children who were chattering in front of them. He knew very well about Luo Zhang's strength. Just yesterday he tested Luo Zhang. The test results left him speechless. I just don’t understand. Luo Zhang is only seventeen years old. Not only is his riding skills amazing and his marksmanship skillful, but his archery skills are not much weaker than him. Even if he practiced them from his mother’s womb, he is not as good as him. He has lived for so many years. I have never seen such a person before, this Luo Zhang is a freak!
