After a while, the competition venue.

As the emperor and others came to watch the game, the atmosphere in the school venue suddenly burst out, and hundreds of participants present showed excitement on their faces.

There is a famous saying since ancient times that makes sense. Learning civil and military skills is sold to the imperial family. All the civil officials and generals of all dynasties are proud to be valued by the emperor.

Although Emperor Xuanzong of Tang seemed foolish in recent years, he was the 195th emperor of the Tang Dynasty after all. If the person in the competition could make his mark and be promoted by the emperor at a glance, he would have risen to the top and escaped from the head of Guizhou from then on.

The people of Guizhou are the same.

An official position is to enjoy a salary.

From the people to the officials.

This is the first path that countless heroes have thought of throughout history.

For example, the King of Western Chu was so fierce. In fact, he did not necessarily want to rebel at first. If it weren't for the various evil policies and oppression of the Qin Dynasty, Xiang Yu would probably be a general who received his salary.

For example, the group of people who docked in Liangshan were not the only ones who wanted to be an imperial concubine, but many people were eager to be an official and wanted to be valued by the court. Otherwise, with Song Jiang alone, how could he make so many brothers obey?

There is also Huang Chao who killed people, such a cruel hero. However, at the beginning, his wish was to be the first to be the first to be the imperial examination.

From this we can see that from ancient times to the present, there were few natural rebels. At first, they had the same idea, all thinking about the path of becoming an official and making money.

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The best shortcut to become an official and make a fortune is to be recognized by the emperor. Now that the emperor is here in person, how can many people not be excited?

Even the clerks responsible for recording their achievements have obviously become more diligent than before.

Everyone wants to show off in front of the emperor.

However, there are also people who take the opportunity to make trouble.

For example, Prime Minister Li Linfu.

At this time, the third competition was about to start on the school ground, but hundreds of contestants stood in line, and Guo Ziyi, Li Guangbi and others were on the list.

This game is about riding a horse.

The emperor and ministers watched on the high platform.

Suddenly, Li Linfu stood up, bowed slightly to the emperor, then turned around and looked down, and pointed to the location of Guo Ziyi.

His voice was deliberately loud, pretending to be sad and angry: "Your Majesty, look, is that Guo Ziyi? This man is obviously a bandit. He once escaped from prison in the heavenly prison, but now he stands there with a high sound and participates in the most important martial arts selection in the Tang Dynasty..."

"I am sad and angry in this matter, and I feel that the humiliation is hard to calm down."

"Therefore, I want to report to the Prince of Wuyang to change his appearance. Everyone knows that it is Guo Ziyi, but the Prince of Wuyang insists that it is Guo Dazhuang."

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, I ask you to be the master, I ask you to be the master."

In front of everyone, Li Linfu suddenly fell down and cried loudly, tears falling like rain.

No one expected that a prime minister would do this, but I have to say that the timing of his choice was really good.

Exposing Guo Ziyi's identity in such an occasion will indeed make the Prince of Wuyang unable to argue anymore.

The reason is very simple. Sophistry can deceive the emperor. After all, all ministers know that the emperor had met Guo Ziyi.

Now Guo Ziyi is on the scene, and the emperor can tell whether it is true or not at a glance. If the Prince of Wuyang still forcibly quarrel, Li Linfu immediately put him in a big hat of deceiving the king.

So this treacherous figure deserves his skill, and he chose the most suitable reality. No matter how rogue the prince of Wuyang is, he dare not deceive the emperor in public.

However!

it is a pity.

No one knows that the emperor is Guo Ziyi's protective umbrella. The reason why the prince of Wuyang is rogue is actually playing rogue for the emperor.

For example, this is the same at this moment.

The Prince Wuyang laughed, his face full of indifferent expressions, and said, "Guo Ziyi? Where is it? Why didn't I see it? Prime Minister Li might as well point it out and let me see..."

Li Linfu's face was gloomy and sneered: "Prince Wuyang, do you treat everyone as a fool? Even if you treat everyone as a fool, do you even want to deceive His Majesty?"

As he said that, he pointed his hand again, pointed directly at Guo Ziyi on the school ground, and shouted loudly: "You have the courage to swear to Your Majesty, it's not Guo Ziyi standing there."

"Ha ha ha ha!"

The Prince of Wuyang laughed and said, "Okay, so what if I swear. It's not Guo Ziyi standing there, but my grandson-in-law Guo Dazhuang. How about it, Li Linfu, are you satisfied with this reply from me?"

Li Linfu was obviously stunned.

Gu Ku

He didn't expect that the Prince of Wuyang would really dare to be so rogue.

Suddenly he turned to look at the emperor, knelt down again with a thud, pretending to be sad and angry, "Your Majesty, I beg you to make the decision..."

From beginning to end, the emperor never spoke, as if it was because of the dispute between the two important officials that the emperor did not know which side he was leaning towards for a while.

After a long time, the emperor finally spoke slowly and said, "I have seen it clearly. Guo Ziyi is indeed standing there."

Li Linfu was immediately overjoyed.

The ministers of his faction were also very happy.

Since the emperor said that, and said so in front of everyone, it was obvious that the emperor had made a decision and chose to favor Li Linfu in this matter.

This means that Guo Ziyi's fake identity is over.

"His Majesty……"

Suddenly a minister walked out and saluted with an urgent face, "Your Majesty, I will immediately sue you. Guo Ziyi once shot and killed the Turkic envoy, and escaped from the prison in the heavenly prison. Such crimes are extremely evil and should be killed."

"Yes, yes, yes, it should be killed!"

Seven or eight other important officials stood up and saluted the emperor, saying, "I will discuss this advice and ask Your Majesty to submit the order."

But no one expected that Emperor Xuanzong of Tang suddenly spoke again and said, "I suddenly thought that Guo Ziyi could be Guo Dazhuang."

As soon as the emperor said this, all seven or eight ministers were stunned. Especially Li Linfu, he subconsciously raised his head and said in grief and angrily: "Your Majesty, how can you do this?"

The Prince of Wuyang laughed, as if he was very grateful to the emperor, and jumped out and bowed, saying proudly: "Thank you, thank you, thank you. Hahaha, thank you, Your Majesty."

The emperor pretended to be incompetent and said with satisfaction: "It would be great if you can understand my favoritism."

Obviously the two were acting for the ministers present to show.

The Prince of Wuyang continued to laugh, deliberately pretending to be even more proud, and said, "I can understand it, of course I can understand it. Even if my grandson-in-law is a bandit, Your Majesty will protect him for the sake of my face... Hahahaha, who is not convinced?"

Li Linfu's face turned pale.

However, the emperor seemed not to have realized it, but continued to "silly and protect him" and deliberately smiled and comforted Li Linfu, saying, "Li Aiqing, let's stop this matter. You are my minister, and the prince of Wuyang is also a minister. If you are involved in the grudges between your two families, I feel that the palms and backs of my hands are flesh. Therefore, I can only judge this way."

The emperor paused slightly and then said, "About Guo Ziyi, his identity is determined. He used to be a bandit, now he is the county magistrate, before he was the past, now now."

The Prince of Wuyang quickly cooperated and laughed: "Yes, it used to be the past, now it is now."

As he said that, he looked at Li Linfu and said, "Prime Minister Li, please calm down the fire. Although your son was beaten to death by Guo Ziyi, you have more than a dozen sons in your family. I can give some compensation and express my apology in my heart, hahahaha, that's it. We ministers must obey His Majesty, right?"

Li Linfu's face was extremely embarrassing.

But almost in a flash, the anger on his face disappeared. Instead, he nodded with a smile, and even bowed slightly, and said with a smile: "The Prince of Wuyang is willing to give some compensation. Li felt very relieved. The judgment that His Majesty had just made also demonstrated the emperor's kindness. On the contrary, I, the person who is the prime minister, actually grabbed the private grudges..."

"Oh, it's really not. Today's main business is martial arts. How can I abandon my business because of my own private affairs?"

"Your Majesty, I know I am wrong. Let's continue the martial arts competition. I promise that there will be no more trouble."

After admitting his mistakes, he seemed extremely sincere.

Especially the solemnity on his face highlights the sincerity of a gentleman. It is indeed worthy of being a sweet-mouthed sword, and is known to be able to rank among the top three with a deep cunning.

The emperor knew it, but he was calm on the surface. After all, he needed to pretend to be a fool and could not be too smart at this time.

So the emperor just smiled, pretended to be very satisfied, and said, "My dear minister, it's true."

Li Linfu immediately bowed and said righteously: "My dedication to his whole life, and he will die. Your Majesty, please continue to do martial arts..."

This old Yin Guy proposed to continue martial arts twice in a row, obviously changing his mind to take revenge. Since the exposure of Guo Ziyi's identity has not worked, he will harm people in the competition according to the original idea.

Emperor Xuanzong of Tang knew it well, and continued to pretend not to know it on the surface, but turned to look at Prince Wuyang and asked deliberately: "What is the next competition? Can Guo Ziyi continue to be the first?"

The Prince of Wuyang quickly cooperated and said with a giggle: "I think it's the first, so I don't need to compare. Why don't your Majesty directly issue an order to make my grandson-in-law become the top scholar in Wu."

How could Li Linfu stop? He immediately retorted loudly and said: "The selection of talents in martial arts science is divided into four steps. The first is bow and arrow, and the second is strength test. The first two items are the primary selection, which is used to eliminate most ordinary people. After these two items, almost all the selected people are martial artists. Even if Guo Ziyi is a little better, he cannot directly be the top martial artist."

As soon as he finished speaking, seven or eight important officials came forward to discuss and said, "Since ancient times, there is no first in literature and no second in martial arts. It is difficult for literati to choose first, but martial artists will definitely have first. As long as you fight one game, it is clear whether it is strong or weak. Therefore, all of them believe that martial arts competition should not be broken."

Li Linfu took advantage of the situation and spoke again and sneered: "If the Prince of Wuyang firmly believes that his grandson-in-law is capable, then Guo Ziyi should be allowed to participate in the competition. Otherwise, how can he convince the public?"

Obviously, he was determined to let Guo Ziyi participate in the competition, so that he could use dark means in the competition.

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...Two chapters are sent in succession, followed by Chapter 2
Chapter completed!