At this moment, Yuxin Mountain in the western suburbs was extremely gloomy. In the deep of the silent dense forest, a layer of strange salt appeared on the ground. In the dark cave, there were waves of regular knocking sounds.

The talented men from the Imperial Academy collectively looked at the Silver Demon King.

The demon king seemed calm and stood up gracefully, pulling over Tianzun and Yin Hou, "Ah! It's haunted! I'm so scared of being a teacher!"

Tianzun and Yin Hou looked at the sky speechlessly.

The Silver Demon King instructed them, "You two go and see! Are you a zombie deceitful?"

The Yin Hou and the Tianzun looked disgusted, but the two elders were indeed a little curious and walked towards the cave.

Gongsun raised his hand, "I'll go too."

Tianzun nodded, Gongsun followed, and Lu Lin followed, and the two great talents followed behind Tianzun and Yin Hou and slowly approached the cave.

The muffled sound became clearer and clearer. It was indeed from the cave, but Tianzun and Yin Hou did not feel anyone nearby.

Gongsun and Lu Lin didn't dare to speak out. When they walked to the cave, the four of them looked inside and saw a dark tunnel with a coffin at the entrance.

Tianzun and Yin Hou both looked back at Lu Lin and Gongsun - the coffin was so shallow? Shouldn't the coffin be hidden in the ancient tomb?

Lu Lin and Gongsun also frowned - it was indeed very strange!

Just as he looked, he heard a "bang" sound, and at the same time, Gongsun jumped up and pointed to the coffin, "It's moving! It's moving!"

...

At the same time, the Imperial City Army station in the west of Kaifeng City was conducting the first martial arts test. On the playground where soldiers usually practiced, many areas were marked, including fist, martial arts, equestrianism, shooting and other subjects, which were being carried out in an orderly manner.

There are long queues outside the playground, and more than 3,000 martial artists who have passed the exam and elected from all over the country are undergoing the assessment.

The top martial arts scholar is not a simple competition. In addition to the martial arts exam, you also need to pass the literary exam. There are many categories of exams.

The more than 3,000 candidates have to go through layers of screening. Most of them will be defeated in three rounds of preliminary tests. The last 800 will be officially decided, and the last 100 will be officially decided. The remaining 100 will be basically all civil and military talents. These people will draw lots and participate in the knockout round. Finally, they will select ten best ones and enter the final palace examination, which is the final round. This round is a ring match, only martial arts competition, and finally select the top three.

Most people only care about the main test or the last ten-player competition, but Zhao Pu will start from the first test every year as long as he has time. The Ninth Prince is not very good at all civil and military talents. Is there any civil and military talents? Of course, there are, like He Yihang, Shen Shaoxi, Zhan Zhao Baiyutang, but civil and military talents are hard to come by, and partial talents are the most real. Zhao Pu also loves talents, and some minor talents who were beaten in the first test will let them participate in the selection of his army. For example, Feng Xiaotian, the young general in Zhao Pu's army, was the one who was beaten in the first round of the first test, but Zhao Pu fell in love with that stupid little brat at a glance. As a result, Feng Xiaotian won the first place in the military camp.

This time, several generals were there, and everyone walked into the military field to watch the first test.

Xiao Liangzi was jumping around and ran away when he entered the military field, and watched one by one.

An official from the Ministry of Personnel sent a list of candidates to Zhao Pu, and the military field was mixed and not messy. The candidates took famous posts to participate in different categories of tests one by one.

He Yihang looked at the first exam project and asked the examiner, "How many categories are there this year than in previous years."

The chief examiner nodded, "Every department said before that they should select candidates with specialties."

The Ninth Prince is in a good mood, "How are the quality of the candidates this year?"

The examiners all laughed and said that there are not only many people this year, but also the quality of candidates is high. Many juniors from major sects have also come to participate and are very enthusiastic about joining the government.

Zhao Pu was familiar with several examiners, and the Ninth Prince was not seen outside. He pulled one of the old men's beard, "I said, there are Lanhui Academy in the Imperial College. When will this martial arts student recruit some girls at the exam? Maybe he can pick out a few Mulans."

Ouyang was curious, "Hey? Is there anyone who pretended to be a man and got into the exam?"

The examiners all laughed, "It may be that I think so, but it is basically impossible to succeed. Because I have to check my body and take off my clothes when taking the first item of the martial arts exam."

"What does it mean to check the body?" Long Qiaoguang was puzzled. Are there any regulations on height, shortness, fatness and thinness?

The examiner nodded, "That's right, is it necessary to choose the top martial arts scholar? A martial arts practitioner is tall and powerful, so it's not possible to be too short, too thin and too ugly."

"Ha." The Ninth Prince shook his head with a smile, "What the hell is this? According to the regulations, experts like Ye Zhiqiu can't even pass the first test."

Ouyang nodded aside, "That's not, the old god in the Demon Palace can defeat half of it."

Zhao Pu curled his lips, "Old customs and bad habits are all prejudice, prejudice..."

"Is it useless for anyone to talk about scholars all over the world every day? Is it a waste of prejudice coming here?"

At this time, a thick voice came from behind everyone. Just listening to the tone of speaking, you can tell that the speaker must have a certain identity, otherwise who would dare to talk to Zhao Pu like this.

Looking back, a handsome uncle was walking towards them. The uncle was over forty years and was very majestic. His chestnut hair was tied with a silver crown, his beard was delicately trimmed on his chin, he was wearing a blue brocade robe, and a very beautiful knife hung around his waist.

Several examiners around saluted the people who came and called him the Marquis.

Behind Zhao Pu He Yihang, Long Qiaoguang and others also saluted him, and they looked very respectful.

Those who can be called marquis these days are basically relatives of the royal family. The person who came here has a very high status, including marquis Qingping and Li Yue, whose exact identity is the queen mother's younger brother, that is, the uncle.

The young marquis Pang Yu is also the uncle of the country, but he is Zhao Zhen's wife's uncle, while Li Yue is the uncle of the mother, and the ranks of both marquis are different. Li Yue is even higher than the Grand Tutor in terms of identity, and looking at his style, you will know that he is not a second-generation ancestor who only relies on relationships. This person is still serious and has some skills.

Li Yue was very skilled in martial arts, but his personality was ignorant. He was fond of martial arts and literature. When he was young, he looked more like a man from the martial arts world. During those years of his invasion, Concubine Li was thanks to his younger brother who had been with him, so he finally returned to the palace. The relatives of the Empress Dowager were like the Grand Tutor, who was considered his own people to Zhao Zhen. Zhao Zhen knew that he had good kung fu, so he was in charge of the selection of military officers, which was also considered to be of high position and powerful.

Li Yue is very capable and low-key. The only thing that makes Zhao Pu and Zhao Zhen a headache is his relationship with the Eight Kings.

Speaking of which, when the Eight King was young, he protected Zhao Zhen and Zhao Pu, he was like a hen and a chicken, for fear that people would miss their two children, especially Zhao Pu. The palace environment was dangerous back then, and Zhao Huan was not enough, and Empress Liu wanted to harm Zhao Pu every day, so the Eight King looked at Zhao Pu very tightly, and looked at everyone like a bad person.

Li Yue liked Zhao Pu very much and was a little resentful towards the Zhao family. Therefore, he deliberately kidnapped Zhao Pu several times, scaring the Eight Kings, which made the Eight Kings fight against him several times.

The two have very different personalities, one is elegant and noble, and the other is rough. In short, they quarrel when they meet and fight when they are free.

Li Yue has a very idle personality and likes to run around, so Zhao Pu hasn't seen him for a while.

"Third brother."

Zhao Pu called someone obediently, and Li Yue came over and pulled him up and down to look at him.

Zhao Pu's "third brother" was because Li Yue was the third brother of the Empress Dowager and Zhao Zhen's third uncle, so Zhao Pu also called him the third brother.

In the slant, Xiao Liangzi ran out and came to him, "third uncle."

"Ouch!" Li Yue quickly squatted down and greeted him, touched his head and asked him if he had grown taller, searched outside the corner, and asked Zhao Pu, "Where is your miracle doctor and Xiao Tuanzi?"

Zhao Pu smiled, "You will see it when you go to Taibaiju to have dinner with me in the evening."

Xiaoliangzi was happy, "Uncle Third, the Eighth Prince is here to invite him to dinner tonight!"

Li Yue raised his eyebrows slightly and touched his chin with interest, "Oh? Xiao Dezi treats me to dinner?"

Zhao Pu looked at the sky, "These two days have been cold and dry. My starling is very angry. Don't mess with him!"

Li Yue waved his hand, "Oh! How could I have the same knowledge as him as a weak scholar!"

Everyone savored Li Yue's tone and tone of speech, nodded silently, and combined with Zhao Pu's virtue a few years ago, I really deserve a beating.

"I decided to take off my clothes, not by height, fat, thin, or tattoos." Li Yue said quietly with his hands behind his back, "The cheating methods have emerged in recent years, and it's hard to guard against."

Xiao Liangzi was very curious, "You cheated in the martial arts test? Are you not afraid of being beaten to death if you cheat on the ring?"

"It's your own fault to be beaten to death by cheating, but it's not good to be beaten to death by cheating and others." Li Yue shook his head, "Especially in recent years, some young juniors like to take different swords and try some evil things to improve their combat power in order to make their debut."

Zhao Pu smiled and flattered, "It's better for the third brother to have a way!"

How did the Queen Qingping always see Zhao Pu like her? She put her shoulders on her shoulder and asked him if she would have dinner for a while? Can she meet the Silver Demon King? Mu Ming has already.

He Yihang and the others also walked forward with the two of them. Zou Liang, who had just walked away to watch the competition, also came back.

Long Qiaoguang asked him, "Have you discovered any talent?"

Zou Liang nodded, "The quality this year is indeed good..."

"Ahhh!"

But before Zou Liang finished speaking, a region not far away suddenly burst into screams, and the candidates seemed to have had some trouble.

"What's wrong?" Xiao Liangzi jumped onto a wooden stake and looked into the distance.

I saw a ring where the competition was not far away, surrounded by people. There were people standing on the ring, lying on the ring. Several examiners hurriedly ran to the ring, surrounding the lying person, and the other candidate standing was panicked.

"Did you beat someone to death?" Ouyang asked.

Everyone walked quickly over there. As soon as they arrived at the periphery, they heard the crowd talking...

"How is that possible?!"

"I thought it was something!"

"It seems that this happened before."

"What happened?" Li Yue asked an examiner.

"Report to the Marquis, that..." The examiner was also at a loss, "A candidate suddenly fell down just now..."

"Are you sick or injured?" Li Yue was also a little worried, "Call a doctor quickly!"

"No!" The examiner waved his hand, "That candidate...he has become salt!"

...

After the examiner finished speaking, there was silence around him.

After a while, Li Yue turned his ear and asked, "What? I didn't hear it clearly..."

"Salt!" several examiners shouted together, "The candidate suddenly turned into salt..."

He Yihang and others were right around, and their eyes were suddenly heard - what was going on?

Zhao Pu's eyes shook, he looked left and right first, and asked He Yihang, "Is Zhan Zhao near here?"

He Yihang thought he wanted to find Zhan Zhao to investigate the case, so he said, "Let's see what's going on..."

Zhao Pu said "tsk" twice, "There hasn't happened in the past few days when I returned to Kaifeng. The day before yesterday I was betting who would pick up the body and murder first. Master, I'll bet Zhan Zhao five hundred taels!"

He Yihang looked at his unreliable marshal speechlessly, and Xiao Liangzi raised his hand, "Jin'er and I are betting on the master..."

Zhao Pu was stunned and squatted down and asked Xiao Liangzi, "How much did you bet? We earn two points..."

Xiao Liangzi stretched out a finger, "One hundred taels!"

Zhao Pu patted his head, "Oh, why are you so honest? The Devil City of Wolf King Castle is not without money. You bet him for more than 100,000 taels! I will save all military expenses next year, your master."

Zhao Pu was teasing his apprentice, and Ouyang Shaozheng poked him, "Oh! Boss! What's the point?"

Long Qiaoguang also pointed at the ring, "Salt! Salt!"

Zhao Pu waved his hand and walked onto the stage, "Look at you who have never seen the world before! The demon king has been walking through a hole for a hundred years. What's the point? Isn't it just like people turn into salt..."

While talking, the Ninth Prince walked to the stage and saw a rather strange scene.

I saw a man "collapsed" on the ring, wearing clothes, his hands, feet and heads, and his facial features could be identified, but he was like a collapsed salt carving, partly complete and partly scattered all over the floor.

Zhao Pu stared at him for a long time and nodded, "This is amazing."
Chapter completed!