mortal clerk

Chapter 80
In the early morning of the next day, Li Qingniu got up early and wiped his iron sword well.

The original rusty iron sword, after absorbing Li Qingniu's dantian elixir that time, the gloomy light on the sword became more agile.And whenever Li Qingniu holds the iron sword, he seems to be able to see farther and more clearly.

"Tie Jian, you have been in this world for more than half a year, and you have not been named. Today I will take you to prove my way, why don't I ask you to prove it!"

There was no response from the sword, and the man had already put on his belt and went out.

Li Qingniu walked through the alley of Zhishi Hall and Zangshu Pavilion, went down the steps, and came to the square of Pingshan Academy. On the huge circular square, more than 300 tables and chairs have been placed. There are examination subjects and the positions corresponding to the candidates. There is a guard sergeant standing in every twelve columns, holding a gun.

Li Qingniu searched around the square, but didn't find his name, just in time to meet Meng Qingshan hurriedly approaching.

"Xiao Niu, why don't you go?"

Li Qingniu looked embarrassed and said:

"I didn't find my place!"

"Hey, you boy, there are more than ten people in your Mengtong assessment, in the school building to the east, this is the venue for the outside disciples to assess liberal arts!"

After Li Qingniu heard about it, he didn't have time to say anything, so he hurried to the east school building.When they arrived, Mrs. Sun, a garrison sergeant, and a master whom they had never met had already stood at the gate of the school building, watching Li Qingniu running, and couldn't help laughing.

"Hahaha, kid, did you go to the wrong place? Didn't Master Wang tell you yesterday?"

"Uh, Master has been waiting for a long time, I forgot to ask Master Wang to come yesterday."

"Okay, come in now!"

Li Qingniu entered the school building and saw that there were only thirteen people, all of whom were seven or eight years old. He blushed immediately, and found his name in the last row, and the subject board said "criminal name".Looking around, he found that he was the only one in the room to test his criminal name.

At this time, Master Sun said:

"In the 15th year of Tiansheng, the Mengtong assessment of Pingshan Academy in Guimen County has begun. The answering time is one hour. After one hour, go to the East Academy to participate in the martial arts assessment."

Immediately, Li Qingniu unfolded the test paper on his desktop, on which there were only one and one question, annotating "Great Zhou Qinlu": What are the officials and people of the county and state?

"I wipe!" Almost cursed.Didn't Meng Qingshan say that criminal names test the ancient prose of Yufu?

And at the moment in the square, the outer disciples who participated in the assessment of the criminal name department couldn't help cursing.The ancient characters of the Yufu Kingdom are like ghost symbols, who can explain them?
Li Qingniu didn't have time to complain, so he quickly thought back to Master Yan's lecture yesterday.I have some doubts in my heart, maybe this is an exam question that Master Yan specially prepared for himself!
It should be that the test questions for the outer disciples were formulated by the head of the mountain together with the professors, and the test questions for the Mengtong students were prepared by the teachers of each department.

So without thinking too much, I started writing according to what Master Yan said yesterday.

The county is also the base of the emperor, who chooses talents who can rule the people, and inherits the sage and Xuanhua...

He wrote more than 800 characters eloquently, and asked Sun Fuzi for a blank piece of paper in the middle.

When Master Sun saw Li Qingniu writing vigorously, he thought that this boy must be a talented man full of knowledge. When he got closer, he realized that every one of the crooked and twisted characters was written by someone else!
In half an hour, Li Qingniu had already finished his answer, but he saw more than a dozen other people shaking their heads, it seemed that they were taking a poetry test.

An hour passed in a flash, and everyone handed in the papers. Master Sun said:

"In Mengtong's assessment, Li Qingniu and Zhu Laosan only have one subject of liberal arts assessment, so they can go directly to the east courtyard to participate in the martial arts assessment. The rest continue to be assessed."

"After the two of you take the martial arts assessment, you can go to the notice wall in the square to check the assessment results."

Li Qingniu left the liberal arts examination room and followed Zhu Laosan to the east courtyard.That Zhu Laosan was only eleven or twelve years old, seeing that Li Qingniu was thirteen or fourteen, he felt contemptuous, but it seemed that he couldn't beat him, so he just looked at Li Qingniu contemptuously.

Li Qingniu didn't care, and followed behind, but after a while, the two came to the martial arts examination place.

I saw that there were also two masters and a guard sergeant in the east courtyard.

The chief examiner, Mrs. Cen, looked calm and was talking with Mrs. Shan beside him.

"Old Dan, what's the point of this Mengtong assessment! They're all dolls, just getting started."

"Well, this academy is complicated. In my opinion, cancel the Mengtong assessment and merge directly. It's enough to have a promotion competition. Martial arts, winning is the last word!"

"Oh, that's not right. This subject is still useful. It's just that it's a waste of time for Mengtong to take the assessment. This year, more than a dozen of us came to participate in the assessment from the common people. Whoever started from Mengtong in these years, isn't it? It's a special move, directly becoming an outer disciple."

"That is, back then, the academy had to recruit hundreds of Mongolian children from the common people every year, and then the assessment would be meaningful. As for now, alas..."

While the two were talking, Li Qingniu and Zhu Laosan entered the courtyard.

Seeing Li Qingniu's tallness, Mr. Cen wondered:
"Are you also here to participate in the assessment?"

Li Qingniu hurried forward to salute.

"Master, Li Qingniu of miscellaneous subjects, come to participate in the martial arts Mengtong assessment."

Mr. Cen flipped through the roster, then looked at Li Qingniu, and couldn't help laughing:

"Really! You chose weapon technique, so what kind of weapon are you familiar with?"

"Master, do I take the exam only when I am familiar with it?"

"Uh, well, you can perform whatever you are familiar with. Don't worry, as long as it's not too bad, we'll pass you by. Hahaha!"

After laughing, he looked at Master Shan, who also nodded and said with a smile:

"What's there to see about how old a baby is, it's so interesting!"

Li Qingniu thought to himself, can it still be like this?It seems that Mengtong's martial arts assessment is just a formality.Made me worry for a long time.

Zhu Laosan who was behind him had already known it for a long time.

"Master, can we start?"

Mr. Cen looked at the fat Zhu Laosan, and liked him in his heart, this boy sounded cute.

"It's time to start, what are you taking?"

Zhu Laosan answered directly, with a little embarrassment:
"The Twelve Forms of Taizu's Saber Technique!"

After saying that, he went to the courtyard and began to practice.

Li Qingniu saw that the other party also had Taizu sword skills, and thought to himself, this kid also has Taizu sword skills, it seems that Taizu sword skills are really common in the world.

However, although Zhu Laosan's Taizu sword technique is not strong enough, every move and style is well-regulated. After some practice, Mr. Cen and Mr. Shan next to him are very satisfied.

Seeing that the two masters gave him approving eyes on his Taizu sword technique, Zhu Laosan was very proud, and turned to stare at Li Qingniu with his nostrils.Li Qingniu was not in the mood to look at him, although it was interesting, but he had never practiced in front of anyone other than Lao Shen, so he didn't know if he could pass the test.

Master Cen immediately ticked the list and looked at Li Qingniu.

"Okay, it's your turn, Li Qingniu, what weapon do you choose!"

Li Qingniu touched his sword hilt and said:

"Master, I chose Taizu swordsmanship!"

It was the first time Master Cen and Master Shan had heard of the 'Taizu Sword Art', and they were very curious.

"Taizu swordsmanship? I am ignorant, I have never heard of Taizu swordsmanship!"

"Could you be fooling us, kid? You can think clearly. Martial arts almost doesn't matter. If your character is bad, you will definitely fail."

Li Qingniu smiled honestly, shook the back of his head, and replied:
"Don't dare to hide it, master. This Taizu swordsmanship was originally born out of Taizu's swordsmanship. Because I use a sword, I made some modifications according to the characteristics of the sword."

Mr. Cen immediately became interested when he heard it, stroked his beard and smiled:

"Okay! Just dance, let me see how mysterious your so-called Taizu swordsmanship is."

　Latecomers seek changes before they can surpass!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)