Chapter 247: The top scorer

Jinyiwei Town Fushiyamen.

"Spend a few hundred taels of silver to leave Beijing?" Xiao Fan, who received a secret report from Chen Ying'er, frowned.

Cao Yi scratched his head and said, "The city gate is not closed. I just want to leave Dafang and leave the city. I spent hundreds of taels of silver to go on the water. This matter is indeed strange... After all, it is because the woman is careful. Manager Chen thinks more than our big men."

"But the question is, who wants to leave Beijing? Is it an absconded official, or is someone trying to escape from prison?"

Cao Yi rolled up his sleeves and said viciously: "No matter who he is, let's get the person up first and ask. After being in the Jinyiwei Prison, are you afraid that he will not give honest advice?"

Xiao Fan nodded and said, "That's right. It's fish and shrimp, it's a turtle. Let's catch it first..."

Cao Yi smiled and said, "Maybe he could catch a big fish. The monk Daoyan was caught by Manager Chen in such a confusion..."

Xiao Fan thought about it and suddenly smiled maliciously: "Maybe a Qingliu minister was discovered by the eldest wife to raise his wife in a house, so he hurriedly sent someone to send her away. If this is the case, we can take this matter as a handle, either force him to join the treacherous party, or... knock him tens of thousands of taels of silver."

"What if he didn't choose either?"

"Then let's post nude paintings of his little wife all over the streets. If you don't believe it, he won't submit!"

"No wonder you were promoted so quickly, you are really much darker than me..."

In the afternoon, several people wearing coarse cloth clothes and hats appeared at the ferry on the east bank of the Qinhuai River.

One of the fat men who were ridiculously fat and limped around and looked around. Seeing that there were no suspicious people nearby, he finally breathed a sigh of relief and laughed at a middle-aged man next to him, "My father ordered you to do things very firmly. The villa with such a strong guard has made you come out..."

The middle-aged man smiled and said, "The prince has given me a prize. My subordinates have prepared carefully for many days. I will wait for this day. As long as I understand the shift rules of the Jinyiwei in the inner courtyard and the patrol route, and take advantage of the gap between them to change clothes and get out of the other courtyard, it is actually not difficult. My subordinates have been trained for many years and can disguise themselves as any unattractive role in an instant and avoid the enemy's tracking..."

Zhu Gaoxi, who was standing beside him, said angrily: "Can you let you pretend to be a piece of shit?"

The middle-aged man was stunned for a moment, was silent for a while, and sighed long: "It's not difficult to disguise shit, but it's hard to pretend to urinate..."

Three people: “…………”

The middle-aged man looked at the sky and said worriedly: "Three princes, we should hurry up. At most, no more than an hour. The news of the disappearance of the three princes will be known by the Jinyiwei. At that time, the whole city will be searched for it, which will be very detrimental to us."

The three of them were shocked when they heard this, and did not dare to neglect them. They hurriedly lowered the hat on their heads and followed the middle-aged man toward the ferry.

Only by getting on the boat and reaching the north bank of the Yangtze River can they be truly safe. They are still in a place of tigers and wolves and are in a very dangerous situation.

Four or five men surrounded the three brothers and walked quickly towards an inconspicuous grain ship by the Qinhuai River.

"Is Storekeeper Cai here? Storekeeper Cai?" the middle-aged man bent down and asked in a low voice.

boom!

A large group of lieutenants in flying fish suits suddenly emerged from the granary around the ferry, and rushed towards them quickly.

In the cabin of the grain ship, Shi Shiran walked out of a young man wearing a Confucian shirt and gently shaking the goose feather fan, which looked like Zhuge Zhiliang. The man raised his head and laughed a few times, with a proud look on his face, and said a long-awaited line: "Everyone, I have been waiting for a long time!"

The middle-aged man looked pale and was shocked, and secretly released a very classic hindsight: "Oh no! I fell into the trap!"

When Zhu Gaochi saw the young man standing at the bow of the boat, he was so scared that he gasped and blurted out: "Brother-in-law..."

The young man was Xiao Fan. When he saw a fat man among them called his brother-in-law, he couldn't help but look at him in surprise. After a glance, Xiao Fan was surprised: "So it's my brother-in-law, who do I think I am? You go out for a walk together... Damn! No! It turns out that you are leaving Beijing?"

Zhu Gaochi was shocked: "No! Are you crazy? We are just outing..."

Xiao Fan immediately turned his back: "Come on, take them down!"

The middle-aged man pushed Zhu Gaochi, pointed to the mules and horses transporting food by the granary beside him, and shouted: "Three princes, please ride a horse and break through!"

"But this is a mule..."

"What else do you choose at this time? Escape quickly!"

The right guard of the capital army, the military test was on the field.

Survival of the fittest is a natural law. This is the case with the literati scientific examinations, and the same is true for the military competition. As the saying goes, "There is no first in literature and no second in martial arts." In any competition, the best winner must be selected and ranking according to ability.

At the moment of Shen Shi, the cannons sounded loudly on the test field. The lieutenant in the brocaded clothes, holding flags, golden gourds and scepters walked in from outside the test field. Then there were two rows of eunuchs wearing crimson clothes. They carried whisks in their hands, half-hung their heads, and followed them step by step. After the eunuchs walked past, there were the emperor's emperor's carriage carried by sixteen people, solemn and majestic. Following the imperial carriage were all civil and military officials in the court.

The emperor personally visited the martial arts ceremony and everyone in the trial was shocked. A mere martial arts ceremony actually alarmed the emperor and the civil and military officials of the court. What does this mean? It shows that the emperor attaches great importance to the martial arts affairs, and also marks the gradual change of the court's atmosphere of valuing culture over military affairs, and the low status of the warriors will also change from then on.

The arrival of the emperor today undoubtedly has a very far-reaching significance for the establishment of the martial arts, which may affect the national destiny for the next hundred years of the Ming Dynasty.

In the trial venue, no matter the martial artists participating in the martial arts ceremony or the people watching the fun on the sidelines, they bowed to the emperor's ceremony, and thousands of people shouted together, and the sound could shake the sky.

Zhu Yunwen was wearing a golden dragon robe and a winged dragon crown. After getting off the imperial carriage, he slowly climbed up to the temporary wooden stand on the side of the school grounds, and then sat down on a wide chair in the middle. Then he stretched out his hand and said, "Let Wu Ju and the people be on the same side."

The eunuch shook the whisk and shouted sharply: "Your Majesty has an order, everyone is calm--"

Zhu Yunwen turned his head, looked around and murmured, "Why didn't you see Xiao Shilu?"

Ru Wei, the Minister of War, who was in charge of the martial arts, stood beside Zhu Yunwen, hurriedly stepped forward, bowed and smiled, "Your Majesty, Lord Xiao has urgent official duties, so he should be coming soon..."

Zhu Yunwen nodded, then looked at the ten burly men standing side by side on the school ground not far away, and said, "They are..."

Ru Wei hurriedly said: "These ten people are the winners who stood out from more than a thousand martial artists after two tests of military strategy and camp. Today, they held the third personal martial arts competition. After the competition, please ask Your Majesty to nominate the top three of the top three in the martial arts competition in the Kejiu..."

Zhu Yunwen said excitedly: "That is to say, the top martial arts scholar in the current science, the second-tier martial arts scholar, and the second-tier martial arts scholar, must be selected from these ten people, right?"

“That’s right.”

Zhu Yunwen's eyes lit up and he couldn't wait to say, "Call them to start."

Ru Wei hurriedly responded, and then raised her hand to the officers of the Ministry of War standing in the audience.

Dongdongdongdongdongdongdongdong...

The shocking drums in the school are beating, and the third martial arts competition has begun to determine the ranking of the top students in the current course.

The ten people were divided into five groups, and they were competed for personal martial arts, including horse stance, arrows, guns, knives, swords, halberds, fists, punches, stabbing, etc.

At the beginning of the competition, Zhu Yunwen's attention was deeply attracted. He stared at the school ground with his eyes tightly, and looked at the ten martial artists on the school ground with great excitement. Zhu Yunwen also clenched his fists with both hands, danced and cheered loudly from time to time, and the emperor's majestic image disappeared and he was so excited.

After comparing horse stairs and various weapons, those with outstanding abilities gradually emerged. The last item left is to compete for fist fighting, that is, to compete face-to-face with fists and feet.

The weapons were fists and feet without eyes. Ten warriors in the training ground were more or less injured. Eight of them could only withdraw from the competition sadly because they could not bear the pain. In the wide training ground, only one green-bearded man was left, and a slightly sickly thin man was still gritting his teeth and persevering.

Zhu Yunwen was very grateful. If nothing unexpected happens, the top scorer and second place in the current subject will fall on the two people in the school field.

Dongdongdongdongdong...

The drum beat, and the two of them were resting for a while and cheered up their spirits. Their eyes were fierce and fierce when they stared at each other. The fierce fighting spirit was like a ball of fire in their eyes, burning wildly.

It is related to the future. The two regard each other as life and death enemies, and have long planned to sacrifice their lives to fight each other.

The shocking drum sound suddenly stopped, and the two of them were shocked, and then they exhaled at the same time. The two figures quickly strangled together, and the fist shadow and legs turned into a phantom of void, which was dazzling.

Zhu Yunwen's face turned red, and he waved his fists twice. Half of his body hung on the chair, looking like he was sitting without a look. Huang Guan, Bao Zhao, Zhuo Jing and others, standing behind him, sighed at the same time when they saw Zhu Yunwen's appearance, and their expressions became more and more sad and sad.

"It's so good! It's so satisfying to fight!...Huh? Why didn't Xiao Shidu come yet? If you don't come again, you'll miss the show..."

Shidu Xiao was now riding a horse sweating profusely, shuttled through the streets and alleys of the capital.

A large group of cemetery captains followed him, some riding horses, some running simply. Everyone waved the embroidered spring swords and chased the three brothers Zhu Gaochi who were more than ten feet away in front of him.

Walking through the chaotic market, the people peddlers were frightened and frightened. Melons, fruits, vegetables, and rags were scattered all over the ground. Two groups of people passed by, like the autumn wind sweeping over the fallen leaves, leaving the ground messy.

It is of great importance. If the three brothers of Zhu Gaochi escaped from the capital and returned to Peking, they would definitely have immeasurable and serious consequences for the future plan to reduce the vassals. Zhu Di had no scruples and could give it a try. The court would lose all the initiative. In this way, everything Xiao Fan had spent two years to make a hard deployment would be in vain.

These three people must not let them return to Peking alive!

Xiao Fan rode on the horse and gritted his teeth, staring at the three brothers Zhu Gaochi who were fleeing in panic in front of him. A fierce light flashed in his eyes.

Zhu Gaochi and the other three were like frightened birds, and three or five were guarding them. Under the siege of the Jinyiwei, everyone rushed in the downtown area, like a distraught dog. They wanted to stop and beg for mercy, but were afraid that the escape would anger Xiao Fan. Begging for mercy might end up being different. The three of them were unable to get rid of the tiger, so they had to ride on horseback. As for when they would be stopped and what would happen in the future, they could no longer care about it.

Xiao Fan followed behind and chased him reluctantly. He was about to catch up, but they were stabbed into the alley by their clever horse heads. Xiao Fan was so angry that he whipped hard, speeding up the horse.

"Brother Zhu! Brother Zhu! Stop and go back with me obediently. I promise not to hurt you!" Xiao Fan shouted loudly.

"Sir, they entered the alley. After leaving that alley, it was the schoolyard of the right guard of the government army..." A Jinyi School Captain gasped and said.

“So what?”

"Sir, today is the day for the imperial court's military examination. The school is in the competition. I heard that the emperor will also come in person. If Prince Yan commits the sage... "

Xiao Fan was shocked and hurriedly said, "Hurry! You must catch up with them! You can't let them break..."

While speaking, Zhu Gaochi and his three men flew out of the alley and responded to Xiao Fan and the others' concerns, they ran towards the schoolyard.

The right guard school ground of the government army.

The two warriors are still fighting the final battle. The winner is the top scholar in the current martial arts, and the first martial arts scholar in the Ming Dynasty. The military position is within reach. Such a great temptation makes the two fight with all their strength.

With fists and feet running, the two of them had tried more than a hundred moves, and the strength of both sides had almost the same, and they were faintly exhausted.

The outside of the school ground was quiet, and Zhu Yunwen sat in the stands without shouting. The winner was decided at the end. The audience was silent. Everyone stared at the middle of the school ground nervously. Zhu Yunwen's eyes were wide open, and his nose was slightly sweating.

In the schoolyard, the burly man suddenly took a gap and punched his opponent's ribs. The opponent hurriedly dodged and blocked his arms. Then the burly man turned around and jumped in the air, and his right leg swung out like lightning. The opponent could not dodge. Finally, he swept his face and kicked it into the air and rolled a few times in the air. He fell to the ground hard. He struggled a few times, but he no longer had the strength to get up.

The winner was decided, and the whole audience was silent for a long time. Zhu Yunwen suddenly stood up, clapped his palms hard, and shouted excitedly: "Okay!"

The onlookers and the people came to their senses, and the shocking cheers instantly covered the entire schoolyard.

The burly man in the middle of the training ground seemed to be unable to bear the great joy. His expression was dull for a long time, and finally he was ecstatic. He jumped up on the spot, raised his arms excitedly around the training ground, ran and roared like a mad lion, celebrating that he became the final winner of the first martial arts exercise of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Yunwen raised his hand and pressed it down. The whole audience suddenly became quiet and silent.

"I announce that this martial arts competition is the first in the top military, and the top scholar in the current martial arts competition, which is..." Zhu Yunwen said in a daze, pointed to the victorious man, and said, "Come on, what's your name?"

The victorious burly man hurriedly put away his happy expression, knelt respectfully on the grass in the schoolyard several feet away from the stands, kowtowed three times to Zhu Yunwen, and said respectfully: "Report to Your Majesty, the grass-roots people from Linyi, Shandong, named..."
To be continued...