"Who are you? This is not a place for you women to come. You'd better get down quickly!"
"That's right, little girl, this is where the big men compete. You'd better go home quickly, you little girl!"
The people under the ring started pointing at the pretty woman of fifteen or sixteen years old on the stage. Xu Tuo had also noticed it, and quickly put down the tea cup he had just picked up, stood up, and used his inner strength to suppress his voice and yelled: "What happened?"
Everyone felt their eardrums ringing as six words entered their ears steadily. They all covered their ears and turned around to see that it was the chief referee Xu Tuo. They couldn't help but shut up and became quiet.
"Sir, a woman is here!"
The person in charge of the East Arena is called Wu Jian, and he is a minor official in the Ministry of War. There is no war at the moment, and he is idle all day long. He is looking forward to an errand, but unexpectedly something bad happens right from the beginning. You said that if this little girl doesn't stay in her boudoir, why would she come out to compete in the arena? Forget about fighting in the ring, I just happened to choose my own ring! However, even though he felt like this in his heart, he did not dare to say it out loud.
"Huh?" Xu Tuo turned his eyes to the woman in black clothes on the stage. Although she was a hundred meters away, her voice was like a bell: "Who are you? Do you know where this place is?"
"Sir, the little girl's surname is Liu and she lives in Baili Prefecture. I heard that the imperial court specially held this meeting to recruit wise men. I have nothing but martial arts, so I want to do something practical for Zhongyou. Please Sir, you are aware of this!"
Xu Tuo frowned, what a nonsense! This little girl looks only fifteen or sixteen years old, but she is so ignorant! When he was about to refuse, a guard hurried onto the stage and whispered a few words in his ear. Xu Tuo glanced at the woman named Liu suspiciously and nodded lightly.
"It stands to reason that this recruitment meeting did not say that women cannot participate..." All eyes in the audience turned to Xu Tuo, and the woman surnamed Liu looked at him expectantly. "Forget it, it doesn't say that women can't participate. What's more, there are times when women can't be compared to men! Miss Liu, you must also know the rules of the competition. The swords in the ring have no eyes. In addition to not hurting lives, no matter what means are used , are all allowed.”
"My little lady understands, thank you sir!" The woman surnamed Liu smiled happily, with the dimples on her cheeks looming.
Among the crowd, a young man in white clothes and a young man with a round face and big eyes gathered in the east ring and stared at the fight on the stage without blinking. Because of the little episode just now, people who were a little dissatisfied when they saw the woman surnamed Liu closed their mouths, but they were all curious to see her joke. There has never been a woman in the official career in history, and no woman has taken part in the imperial examination. Unexpectedly, this time, a strange thing will appear! And this effect is also very obvious, because there are obviously more spectators watching under the east ring than elsewhere! A few of them bought seats in the front row of other arenas and were forced to squeeze in to the back of the arena on the east side to watch.
"Master, do you think that young lady can win?" The young man with a round face and big eyes said lowly to the young man in white clothes and brocade robe beside him.
"I should be able to win this one." An Yu replied casually, staring at the woman surnamed Liu who was retreating and defending.
Xiao Yuan curled his lips and muttered something, but An Yu didn't hear it clearly and glanced back at her. Xiao Yuan's thoughts were displayed on her face, so she immediately understood what she was thinking. She couldn't help but smile: "It's useless if you want to participate, registration has closed."
Xiao Yuan opened his mouth and said in surprise: "Master, how did you know that I also want to compete?"
She really wanted to compete. She happened to have hit a bottleneck recently and was wondering who she could find to practice with! She didn't dare to do it to her own young lady. What if she was accidentally injured? Thank you sir? Then don't even think about it, he might have been knocked down by him before he even made a move! In fact, the best opponent is Jian Qinsheng, but it's a pity that that guy is now in Fengnong Villa, and he is like a fish in water, so he can't bear to leave the village!
"Humph." An Yu couldn't help but chuckle and rolled his eyes at her, as if to say: Who can't tell that you're worried about something like this
Xiao Yuan blinked aggrievedly, is it easy for her? The young lady is busy with matters in the ring, and she also has to protect her at all times. Not to mention finding someone to practice her skills with, it would be nice to have some time for her to make independent arrangements.
At this moment, there was a burst of cheers, and the two looked up. It turned out that at some point, the woman surnamed Liu turned from defense to offense, forcing the rough man who was much taller than her step by step into a blind corner. He couldn't even resist at all!
"Good! What a good swordsmanship!"
The woman surnamed Liu used a set of exquisite swordsmanship. They saw heavy sword shadows, and the clothes of the rough man were slashed like rain by the swords of the woman surnamed Liu. When everyone looked at it carefully, the clothes on the rough man were worse than a beggar!
"Bang!" A dull sound ended this exciting game. It turned out that the big knife in the hands of the rude man was knocked away by the woman named Liu at some point, and it sank deeply into the wall beside it, still shaking slightly.
"Drink! It's really awesome!"
Applause rang out one after another, and the woman surnamed Liu smiled softly and gave the rude man a polite fist: "I accept it!"
The rude man was also stubborn. He sighed heavily, but the admiration in his eyes was not concealed: "The girl's swordsmanship is really exquisite, I am convinced! I wonder if you can tell me the girl's name?"
Just now, the woman surnamed Liu only said her surname was Liu, but did not say her full name. The folk customs in Zhongyou are relatively open and there are not so many restrictions, but asking a woman's name like this is still a bit excessive.
The woman surnamed Liu didn't care at all and said with a smile: "I'm Liu Simei."
"Sure enough, it's a good name!" The rude man sighed, as if to say that this person really didn't deserve his name. He had such a euphemistic name, but he didn't expect that he was such a powerful person!
After Liu Simei's competition, the second competition began.
An Yu stared at Liu Simei thoughtfully, perhaps her gaze was too direct. When Liu Simei turned around, their eyes met. Dimples appeared faintly, and An Yu also smiled. The two looked away again as if nothing had happened.
"Master, what's wrong?" Xiao Yuan on the side keenly sensed that something was wrong and asked in a low voice.
An Yu thought for a moment before speaking to her: "When we came out, was Mr. Xie not at home?"
Xiao Yuan nodded, not knowing what she wanted to do.
"Well... let's wait until he comes back!"
Wan Qiqin once told her that Zhongyou is sandwiched between various countries and maintains a subtle relationship with each country. If this delicate relationship becomes unbalanced, Zhongyou may be besieged on all sides! And this time Anyu holds a meeting to recruit talents, and the publicity is large enough, and other countries will definitely get news. Those informants hidden in Zhongyou will definitely not miss such a good opportunity, and they will definitely take the opportunity to penetrate into Zhongyou.
Therefore, it can also be said that this time's recruitment meeting is also an opportunity to lure the snake out of its hole.
This Liu Simei, as a woman, dared to take part in the martial arts test. What was her purpose? You have to check it carefully...
In fact, she didn't know why Wan Qiqin was so relieved about herself and Xie Weixing. Logically speaking, since she was from Nanqi and Xie Weixing was the leader of Fengnong Villa, shouldn't he be more suspicious? But he not only adopted a laissez-faire attitude, but also took such a big matter into his own hands. Why is this
"ah-"
An Yu, who was lost in thought, was brought back to reality by a scream. She looked up suddenly and saw a man in a gray coarse cloth on the ring with a two-inch long three-edged dart stuck in his chest. ! He stared intently at the other competitor, as if he didn't believe he could pull off such a vicious trick.
"Hurry up and save people!" Wu Jian only felt that his right eyelid kept twitching, but he didn't expect that something happened again! Didn't he just want to take advantage of the opportunity to make a fortune? But what about the result? Not only did I not get anything, but I couldn’t even keep my current position! What kind of shitty luck did he have? First, a woman came to compete, and now someone died!
"Catch him quickly!" Wu Jian was arranging to rescue people while hurriedly sending people to catch the murderer.
When Xu Tuo was patrolling the arena with confidence, he saw something happened in the east arena! What a worry! I made it clear just now that the competition is a one-stop game and no one is allowed to hurt anyone, but I didn’t expect this to happen!
"Sir, I was wronged!" The man who was competing with that man was detained by soldiers, and he shouted loudly.
"Humph, it's unfair? Mr. Xu just said clearly that concealed weapons can be used during the competition, but they are not allowed to hurt people's lives! How dare you do such a cruel thing? What are your intentions?"
Wu Jian shouted sternly, if something happened to that person just now, then he would no longer be a nominal official. When he drank, he really let out all his anger.
"Sir, although I know how to use concealed weapons, the hidden weapon just now was definitely not used by me!"
"Who else could have released it if it wasn't you? Did I release it?!" Wu Jian was so angry that he raised his foot and was about to kick the man in the chest.
"puff-"
He spat out a mouthful of blood. After all, Wu Jian was a military officer, and he had practiced a lot. This kick was full of anger, so he used ten percent of his strength.
"What are you doing?!" As soon as something happened in the east arena, many people immediately surrounded him. Xu Tuo relied on the guards to clear the way, and then squeezed in. At a glance, he saw Wu Jian's atrocities and shouted quickly.
"Sir, this is the hidden weapon used by this murderer!" When Wu Jian saw that the person coming was Xu Tuo, he quickly went up to him with his tail between his legs in a flattering manner.
"Unjust, unfair! Sir, that hidden weapon... no, it was not put by the villain..." The man endured the pain in his chest and gritted his teeth to retort.