In ancient Chinese there is Taixue, and in martial arts there is Hongwu Hall, which is the Hongwu Hall of Great Xia.
After Ye Lingyue was reminded by Lan Caier, she had the simplest understanding of Hongwu Hall, knowing that it was also a place where the weak preyed on the strong.
On the second day, she woke up early, and Ye Lingyue went to Hongwu Hall alone because she wanted to get acquainted with Xiadu as soon as possible.
When they arrived at the street in front of Hongwu Hall, a fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy was walking in front of him.
I saw him chanting words, as if he was reciting some martial arts formulas, and he was still practicing brushwork and drawing in his hand.
Judging by the direction he was heading, he should also be going to Hongwu Hall.
Ye Lingyue was about to step forward to inquire, when she saw a flustered servant walking out of the side road.
The boy bumped his head into the boy's body.
With a sound of "Ouch", the boy fell to the ground first.
The young man who was immersed in the formulas of the exercises just woke up like a dream.
"Are you okay?" The young man was very embarrassed when he saw that he had bumped into someone, so he quickly helped the boy.
"What's the matter with you, you can't walk if you don't have eyes." The boy bumped into someone first, and the villain complained first, and started cursing. Tucked into the boy's arms.
All of this was done very quickly, and it could be seen that this was not the first time the boy had done such a thing.
The boy who was hit didn't know it, the servant walked away angrily, the boy scratched his head, and walked into Hongwu Hall in embarrassment.
After the boy finished all this, he thought that no one knew about it, so he dodged and hid in a secluded alleyway beside him.
In the alleyway, there were a few young masters and ladies in gorgeous clothes standing talking and laughing.
"Young master, the things have already been put in." The boy changed his previous domineering appearance, and flattered those young men and women in Chinese clothes.
"Well done, here is your reward." The leader was the official young master with a red face and white teeth. He casually threw out a tael of reward money, and the ladies behind him all laughed.
Everyone walked out of the alley and entered Hongwu Hall.
When everyone was gone, Ye Lingyue flashed out from the side, her eyes became clearer, and she also walked towards Hongwu Hall.
Hongwu Hall is the imperial martial arts hall established by the previous Emperor Xia in order to promote the martial arts of the Great Xia. From the sons and daughters of Lord Hou, down to the heirs of officials of the fifth rank, they have to go to the palace to learn martial arts for half a day every day, except for funerals and weddings on holidays, no exceptions.
Adjacent to the Xiaguo Palace, it is a row of courtyards composed of dozens of magnificent earth-brown buildings.
After taking out the notice from Hongwu Palace, Ye Lingyue was led to the school yard of Hongwu Palace.
The sun had just passed the palace wall, and some people had already gathered in twos and threes in the Hongwu Palace.
Most of them knew each other and were exchanging their cultivation experiences from the past few days.
Ye Lingyue came here for the first time and didn't know anyone.
Her eyes turned, and she saw the boy who was reciting martial arts exercises on the road earlier.
"Senior brother, I am a newcomer who just arrived today, Ye Lingyue from the General's Mansion." Ye Lingyue walked behind the young man and patted him on the shoulder.
While he was turning around, Ye Lingyue used her hands to pick up flowers and broken jade, and there was a small money bag in her hand. With a movement of consciousness, Ye Lingyue threw the small money bag into Hongmengtian.
A purse containing one thousand taels of silver bills
It seems that this Hongwu Hall is really, as Lan Caier said, a dirty place that eats people without spitting out their bones.
Seeing that the questioner was a woman, the boy blushed again.
He has a very pleasing round face, his complexion is dark and red, and he has a simple and honest personality.
"Are you a new junior sister? My name is Liu Cheng, and I've only been here for two or three months, so I'm not very familiar with it, but if you don't understand anything, you can ask me."
Ye Lingyue has only been in Xiadu for a few days, and she roughly knows the introduction rules of Xiadu. People here, the first sentence is mostly about who my ancestors are, and the second sentence is probably about my cultivation. so what.
But this Liu Cheng is a real person, and he speaks very politely.
After Ye Lingyue asked, she found out that his father was a clerk and a fifth-rank official.
Ye Lingyue chatted casually with Liu Cheng, and after a while, another girl named Fengxue came. She was the daughter of a governor, and she came to Hongwu Hall for more than half a year. In terms of qualifications and cultivation, there were only three of them. highest among.
Among them, Ye Lingyue has just broken through the postnatal Xiaocheng, Liu Cheng is the ninth level of body training, and Feng Xue is the postnatal master.
"You are the second daughter of the Invincible General's Mansion who just came back recently. You are quite kind, and you are different from the young masters and ladies of those third-rank officials." After Fengxue and Lingyue got acquainted, they began to talk more.
It turns out that although the Hongwu Hall is said to be a place for practicing martial arts, it is usually divided into three schools and nine streams.
Here, in addition to strength, what is seen is power.
Taking the third rank as an example, the children of officials of the fourth and fifth ranks below the third rank are called inferior martial arts students, the children of officials from the third rank to the second rank are called middle-ranked martial arts students, and those who are above the first rank or have a lord are called For senior martial arts students.
In the Hongwu Hall, there is a saying that high-level martial arts students walk with their heads up, middle-level martial arts students walk with their heads down, and low-level martial arts students walk on their stomachs.
Lan Yingwu is a third-rank official, but he has the title of Invincible General personally awarded by Emperor Xia. In terms of seniority, Ye Lingyue is at least a mid-level military student.
So she was willing to talk to Feng Xue and Liu Cheng, and they were still very surprised.
"I didn't expect that the Hongwu Palace at the foot of the emperor would use such a boring way to rank seniority." Ye Lingyue was very disdainful after hearing this.
"Ling Yue, please speak softly. In fact, there is a reason for this kind of seniority ranking. Those second and third ranks, and even the young masters and ladies of the lord's family, have family or parental protection. Their martial arts cultivation They are much stronger than us, for example, the top 20 in the annual Great Xia Yuqian Competition are all taken by high-ranking martial arts students." Liu Cheng did not expect Ye Lingyue to be so bold as to directly criticize the rules of Hongwu Hall, He hurriedly looked around carefully, and after making sure no one heard him, he breathed a sigh of relief.
Liu Cheng's father was a fifth-rank civil servant, and he was somewhat pedantic.
"Liu Cheng, what you said is wrong. Lingyue's sister, Miss Lan, won the tenth place in the imperial competition. You men always think that we women are not as good as you." Feng Xue was not convinced, and said And waved his fist.
"That's right, I almost forgot, Miss Lan is also very powerful, she used to be a legend in Hongwu Palace, she has always been Fengxue's idol." Liu Cheng seemed to be a little afraid of Fengxue, when the other party was fierce, he immediately That's it.
The three were chatting.
"Hey, I don't know who it is, isn't this the trash from the Taishi Mansion, early in the morning, you are very lucky, hugging left and right."
Behind Ye Lingyue, Feng Xue, and Liu Cheng came several young masters and ladies.
When seeing those people, Feng Xue and Liu Cheng, who were chatting on the side, both had strange expressions on their faces, Feng Xue had an expression of indignation, but Liu Cheng was a little terrified.