Wuxia: I know a lot of martial arts

Chapter 172 Checking the number of places, disciples of the Holy Land

"Chu Tang, sit here!" Tao Ying, who was sitting in the upper seat with her back facing east, greeted Chu Tang, pointing to the first seat on her left.

Chu Tang, who had just walked to the sidelines, froze.

Tao Ying sat alone at the table, and on her left and right, there were two rows of short tables.

The short table is half a foot long, and there are two futons next to it; each low table is more than three feet apart, and they are not close together.

The seat Tao Ying pointed to was on the right hand side of Chu Tang who was facing Tao Ying. Dayao respected the right and arranged according to the banquet seats. That was the chief besides Tao Ying!
Chu Tang also saw that Shen Ya and Su Qingyue were already sitting there, talking and laughing happily, on the short couple opposite the chief.

He sits in Shen Ya's position?
She is the daughter of the first family in Qingcheng!

Chu Tang felt like he was sitting on wax, and he didn't even need to look carefully, he could feel countless fiery eyes cast on him.

"Principal Tao, what are you doing!" Chu Tang saw the smile on Tao Ying's face, and felt that the baby was very bitter.

"What are you doing in a daze, come and sit down!" Tao Ying greeted crisply again.

To be honest, if it was another occasion, Chu Tang would have refused.

The key is that Tao Ying spoke twice in front of so many students. If he didn't show face, the other party might not be able to step down.

Taking a deep breath, Chu Tang forced his face to remain calm. After nodding to Tao Ying, he walked over slowly step by step.

On the way, he heard many students already seated whispering.

With sharp ears, he can even hear them questioning:
"Who is this person, why did the dean let him take the first seat?"

"It's a good show to watch now. Qin Duan has always been in that seat before."

"What the hell is the dean doing? Qin Duan was left out in the cold by her? It shouldn't be. Doesn't the dean appreciate Qin Duan's talent?"

"Look, our Young Master Qin's face is turning green..."

Chu Tang turned his head slightly, and saw that Qin Duan, who was walking ahead, suddenly stopped, his whole body froze.

Apparently, the other party just walked towards his seat with another student in accordance with the usual practice.

Seeing that there was still about ten feet left to arrive, when Qin Duan suddenly heard Tao Ying's arrangement, Qin Duan was greatly surprised, but at the same time felt unwilling and unbelievable.

He fell out of favor?

Dean Tao has a new love and forgot the old love?

Shen Ya and Su Qingyue, who were sitting in the second seat, also looked at each other in blank dismay.

"Qingyue, what is the relationship between Chu Tang and the dean, and why does the dean value him so much? Didn't you say that Chu Tang is just a police officer in Guijun, and the dean even favors him?" Shen Ya moved her mouth to Su Qingyue's ear and asked in a low voice.

She knew that Chu Tang was highly skilled in martial arts, not an ordinary warrior.

However, this is an academy, and it is the site of scholars. In the past, there were guests with higher status than Chu Tang attending such gatherings, but Dean Tao ignored them and let them take the next seat.

And Chu Tang sat on the table when he came up, which was uncharacteristic!

Su Qingyue didn't reply, but looked at Chu Tang and Qin Duan worriedly.

Under her worried eyes, Chu Tang had already crossed all the distances, came to the first seat, bent down and sat down expressionlessly.

Qin Duan was still frozen in the distance.

Fortunately, Tao Ying quickly spoke again: "Qin Duan, sit at the same table with Chu Tang, next to him."

Qin Duan's face turned red and then white, he was not at all happy about being rescued, but his heart was even more blocked.

It took him a while to recover, nodded to Tao Ying with a forced smile, and walked to the side of the chief with heavy steps, kicked the empty futon beside Chu Tang out, and then slowly sat down .

Chu Tang didn't take it seriously, and moved the magic soldier Yitian on the left to the right, and smiled at Qin Duan.

Qin Duan lowered his head and did not respond.

Tao Ying glanced at Qin Duan, pointed at Chu Tang, and said loudly as if explaining: "Everyone, this is Chu Tang from Guijun Yamen. His name has been circulating in Qingcheng for the past few days. Some of you must be No strangers! He was also the one who escorted Qingyue from the Su family all the way to our academy. In order to thank him, I invited him over for today's gathering. Chu Tang, would you like to say hello to everyone?"

Chu Tang was crying in his heart, but his face was calm, he stood up bravely, clasped his fists in salute, and said it was a pleasure to meet him.

There was a buzzing at the scene, and various whispers:
"The policeman from Guijun? What the hell are you doing, let him take the seat and compare us all?"

"What do you know, he is Chu Tang!"

"Who?"

"Chu Tang, who Qingcheng has been talking about for the past two days! The young man who defeated the Cheng family's Cheng Feng! The genius who broke the Cheng family's sword formation!"

"Oh, it's him! That's okay! Our dean is both civil and military. We not only value students with literary talents, but also support young people with strong martial arts from time to time!"

"Shh, keep your voice down, didn't you see that Cheng Yi's face turned black?"

"Cheng Yi? Oh, the one from the Cheng family!"

Many people turned their eyes away from Chu Tang, and turned to Cheng Yi, who was seated at the outermost seat of the scene.

This Mr. Cheng, who had been chatting and laughing with Qin Duan before, now had an embarrassing expression on his face, and his body felt hot, as if being roasted on a fire.

After listening to everyone's discussion, he felt ashamed, and he dared not face the crowd, so he could only bow his head and pretend to be dead.

However, when the lowered eyes slightly raised to look at Chu Tang in the distance, a flash of hatred flashed again.

It's all the fault of the damn policeman!
If it wasn't for him, the Cheng family wouldn't lose face so much that he would lose face in front of everyone.

He even blamed his own dean.

If he had known in advance that Chu Tang would be invited to today's party, he would not have missed this person.

"The one surnamed Tao couldn't have done it on purpose... To give him the chief seat is a blatant slap in the face of our Cheng family!" Cheng Yi had an anger brewing in his heart, "Cheng Feng, you trash! Because of your incompetence, our Cheng family has lost all face!"

But he forgot that in terms of martial arts talent and realm, he is several blocks away from Cheng Feng!
It was because of his low aptitude and his lack of progress in martial arts that his family arranged for him to study in an academy, hoping that he would achieve some success.

It would be even better if he could gain fame and become an official like Su Hong from the Su family!
In fact, Cheng Yi is a little talented in reading, otherwise he would not be qualified to participate in the elite student gathering organized by Tao Ying.

"Qingyue, Cheng Yi must hate your Chu Tang to death!" Shen Ya whispered to Su Qingyue again.

The turbulent discussion sounded into her ears, and she immediately realized that Chu Tang's existence would put Cheng Yi in an awkward position.

Su Qingyue's bright eyes widened, and she said, "Sister Shen, you are crazy, what is my Chu Tang?"

Shen Ya seemed innocent and said, "Isn't he one of your father's subordinates? You are from Gui County!"

Su Qingyue breathed a sigh of relief when she heard the words, and said emphatically, "That's from the imperial court, not from our Su family."

Shen Ya chuckled: "Aren't they all the same?"

Su Qingyue gave her a white look: "Public is public, private is private, how can it be the same?"

Shen Ya just smiled, and stopped entangled in this topic. She looked up at Chu Tang and Qin Duan who had not communicated at all, and said in a low voice: "Qingyue, I'm afraid Qin Duan will also hate Chu Tang and steal him away. What do you think the dean thinks, why would she let Chu Tang, an outsider, take the honorable position?"

Su Qingyue also looked at the two people opposite with concern, and said: "The principal has always been good at martial arts, and Chu Tang won the Cheng family's sword formation. She loves the house and the black, so it is understandable to raise the guests!"

"Are you sure? How did I hear that the dean has fought against Chu Tang?"

Su Qingyue panicked, and didn't dare to say about Tao Ying's defeat, so she hesitated and said, "Yeah, I've learned light kung fu too much. Sister Shen, let's eat some fruits, wait a minute. Learned something."

As expected, Shen Ya's attention was diverted, she picked up a piece of carambola and ate it, muttering: "Just take the test, we are women, and we don't need to get fame."

Sure enough, as Su Qingyue expected, after sitting for a while, Tao Ying began to ask everyone what they had learned.

Qin Duan was still her most valued young student, and she was the first to ask questions.

Most of the questions are about the chapters and sentences of the scriptures, including reciting the original text, asking about the upper and lower sentences, and some also asking about understanding.

Qin Duan was worthy of being a student highly praised by everyone. He answered clearly and was not stumped by Tao Ying's questions. He not only demonstrated his excellent memory skills, but also showed his skill in reading to the depths.

Tao Ying nodded while listening, and finally said: "Qin Duan, you have learned almost all the classics and classics in these years, and you have learned them very well. All the professors also said that you are enough to become a teacher."

After speaking, she pondered for a while, and then asked: "Qin Duan, are you eighteen this year?"

"Hey!" Shen Ya complained when she heard the words, "Qingyue, Qin Duan is about to develop!"

"Huh?" Su Qingyue was a little puzzled.

Shen Yanu pursed her lips and said, "The dean said, he can leave the teacher!"

"Sister Shen, what do you mean..."

Before Shen Ya answered, Qin Duan seemed to realize something, stood up and said excitedly: "Go back to the dean, in two months, the students will be full!"

Tao Ying hummed, thought for a while, and then said: "Then our academy will list you as a candidate for the examination this year, and next year you will go to Beijing to take the official examination."

boom!
As soon as Tao Ying finished speaking, the scene was full of commotion and buzzing.

Many people immediately congratulated Qin Duan on the spot.

Qin Duan was also trembling with excitement, and immediately bowed his head to Tao Ying, and said in a trembling voice: "The dean loves you so much, and the students dare not forget it. They will definitely work hard and do something to live up to the teachings of the academy!"

Tao Ying smiled lightly, and said, "I hope you can uphold the original aspiration of being a scholar to be the master of the people, be a man of duty, and be an official."

"Yes!" Qin Duan bowed again.

Tao Ying waved his hand and told Qin Duan to go back to his seat, and then tried to test the knowledge of other students, but there was nothing new, so he continued to ask and answer.

On the other side, Shen Ya winked at Su Qingyue, and said, "Look, the candidate for the examination! Qin Duan got a ticket to the officialdom! Our academy can only nominate one candidate for the examination a year, and there is a lot of competition ! Finally, he got his wish!"

"En." Su Qingyue responded, lowering her head, not knowing what she was thinking.

Dayao established his country with martial arts. Although he used literature as a check and balance, the ceiling for martial artists is too high. It is not an exaggeration to say that he is the enemy of ten thousand people when he reaches the ninth level.

Therefore, the Dayao court still had the final say on force.

When martial arts has been practiced to a certain level, as long as they don't commit catastrophes of wrath and grievance, the imperial court will often throw olive branches to these people, recruit them to various government positions, and give high-ranking officials generous salaries.

It is not only a recruiting, but also a method of binding masters to one's own chariot.

Many masters often reach the sky in one step.

For those who pursue civil service careers, it is more tortuous, and the competition is also extremely high.

The selection of civil servants, Dayao has a variety of situations, in addition to obtaining merit through the first-level examination similar to the imperial examination, he also gives the states and counties the power to examine the examination every year.

The so-called investigation is the recommendation system.

The prefectures and counties recommend candidates according to a fixed quota to take the examination at the Ministry of Officials in the capital.

Generally, no one will fail in this exam, and it is the kind that directly confers official positions.

It is said that at least one will be given a real job as a county magistrate.

Especially outstanding, it is possible to be comparable to the county magistrate, but only a little bit worse than the county magistrate, it is not an exaggeration to say that he has reached the sky in one step.

Therefore, the object of the prosecution is very strict, and whoever is qualified to be prosecuted is even more stringent.

The founder of Wutong Academy was a member of the imperial court at the time. After the establishment of the academy, he also achieved outstanding results. Therefore, he was favored by the imperial court and granted a quota of candidates for the examination and examination every year.

The number of candidates for probation, regardless of their origin, is only based on the preferences of the procurator.

The dean of Wutong Academy is one of the people who made the decision with one word.

It is precisely because of such a quota that can make people reach the sky in one step, Wutong Academy has become a well-known academy in Qingcheng and even Liangzhou, and many aristocratic families have sent their children to study in the academy.

I came here with the hope of getting this spot!

It doesn't matter if you don't get a quota, Wutong Academy is still very promising, you can learn knowledge, and taking part in the imperial examination to get fame is another way.

After all, there is only one censorship quota, which is too precious.

Now, Tao Ying gave Qin Duan this spot.

After next year, Qin Duan only needs to go to the capital once, and when he comes out, he will be a civil servant of the seventh rank or above in the imperial court!

This is why he was so excited and everyone congratulated him.

Chu Tang didn't understand these things, so he couldn't understand Qin Duan whose hands were trembling while holding a teacup. He watched Tao Ying's school entrance examination students with great interest.

It has been a long time for him to ask questions in class, and the teacher tells him what to say.

After a while, Chu Tang discovered that Tao Ying did have the ability to be the dean of the academy, and he asked and instructed each student differently, a bit like teaching students according to their aptitude.

The students all gained something new in the question and answer, and they bowed to Tao Ying one after another to express their gratitude as if they had found a treasure.

After half an hour passed, the school exam was finally over.

The scene is another scene of sentient beings.

The female students did not have the heavy responsibility of obtaining fame and fame. Some were eating fruits leisurely, some were chatting in low voices, and some were watching everyone's reactions with great interest.

Shen Ya belongs to the kind of person who eats, chats and is interested in everything, and Su Qingyue next to her is tormented enough by her.

"Sister Shen, don't ask me again what kind of martial arts Chu Tang knows, is he really good! Yes, I followed him all the way, but you know, I don't know martial arts, I don't understand!" Su Qingyue finally Said to Shen Ya begging for mercy.

Shen Ya murmured: "I don't want to know what other powerful martial arts he can do besides cutting the sky and drawing swords!"

"What day?" Su Qingyue couldn't hear clearly.

"Zhantian, draw the sword!" Shen Ya raised her voice, "Chu Tang said that he can teach me this sword technique!"

Su Qingyue was not very interested in martial arts, she just shook her head and said she didn't know.

However, Shen Ya's voice was too loud, and Tao Ying, who was not far away, listened to it, and her heart moved slightly: "Drawing the sword? And with the stinking name Zhantian?"

She remembered the two planks she had taken before coming here.

"The cut surface is as smooth as a mirror. Is it caused by this sword technique?" Tao Ying also became interested. , How much martial arts does this guy know..."

While she was in deep thought, a middle-aged man hurriedly walked up from behind her, approached Tao Ying and said respectfully, "Miss!"

With sharp eyes, Chu Tang recognized this person.

The identity of this middle-aged man has changed. He was the gatekeeper of the academy for a while, Tao Ying's groom, and now he is also the person who conveys the message.

"What's the matter?" Tao Ying responded.

The middle-aged man respectfully handed Tao Ying an origami-like object, and said, "There is a disciple of Luoshen Valley asking for a visit."

"Luoshen Valley?!" Tao Ying was startled, took the invitation card, opened it, and frowned, "The great elder of Luoshen Valley, the direct disciple of Luoying Excalibur? This is a rare visitor, do you have anything to say?"

"I just asked to see you, I didn't say much."

Tao Ying pondered and said, "Then let's bring him over to see him."

"It's here?" The middle-aged man was taken aback.

Tao Ying glanced at him, and said: "I have done everything in my life, and there is nothing I can't say to others! Besides, it is also a rare good thing for a group of students to experience the demeanor of the disciples of the Holy Land of Wulin, broaden their horizons, and increase their knowledge. .”

"Yes!" The middle-aged man backed away.

After a while, he arrived at the scene with a young man holding a long sword.

(End of this chapter)