Li Chongjun introduced: "This person's name is Lu Xuan, and he is a member of the Fan Yang Lu family. His grandfather was greedy for money and married Yang Zhu'er, the illegitimate daughter of Yang Shida, Duke of Suining. When it came to his father's generation, it was even worse, and the tens of thousands of family fortunes saved by his ancestors by "selling genealogy" were almost lost. ”

"Wait......" Cui Geng interrupted, "What do you mean by selling genealogy?" ”

Li Bao'er couldn't wait to interject: "Erlang, in vain, you are still a person with five surnames and seven hopes, and you don't even know how to sell your family tree?" Princess Ben will explain to you: People with five surnames and seven hopes never easily marry people other than those with five surnames and seven hopes, you know? ”

Cui Geng nodded and said, "Of course I know this." I heard that when Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty asked for the prince to marry the daughter of the Boling Cui family, he was all refused. ”

"Well, that's the thing. But you only know one thing, but you don't know the other. Emperor Taizong asked for the prince to marry the daughter of Cui Yang, a waiter in the Ministry of Rites. It's not that the royal family can't marry any of the five surnames and seven princesses. ”

Cui Geng was not surprised by this, and let out a light "hmm".

Li Bao'er continued: "Some people with five surnames and seven hopes will choose to marry some people who are slightly inferior to each other, which is nothing. However, some people with the surname and Qiwang who are not happy will deliberately marry some people who are very inconsistent with their families, in order to obtain a high dowry or dowry. This kind of behavior is shameful, and it is called "selling genealogy". After selling the "family tree", the people with the five surnames and seven hopes will no longer marry this family. ”

Cui Geng said with a smile: "It's not only difficult to marry the five surnames and Qiwang, I'm afraid that even if you marry someone other than the five surnames and Qiwang, it will have to be greatly discounted compared to the original, right?" ”

Li Chongjun answered: "Exactly. Lu Xuan's father, Lu You, only married the daughter of a poor Jinshi. In Lu Xuan's life, the family has neither fame nor money, and the only thing to worry about is the identity of the emperor's relatives. But there are so many people who are related to His Majesty, how can they take care of everything? So, ah......"

After a slight pause, Li Chongjun squeezed his eyebrows and said, "Perhaps, this guy pursues Cao Xiaoniang, but he has already made up his mind to sell the family tree again." Cui Fengchen, you can't be unguarded! ”

Li Bao'er echoed: "Money can make ghosts grind, not to mention, Cao Damei is not ordinary rich!" Princess Ben also thought that this family business was very likely to be successful. ”

Cui Geng was sung and harmonized by the brother and sister, and he was a little furious, and wondered: "I'm wondering, why are you so familiar with Lu Xuan?" Could it be a deliberate attempt to scare me? ”

"How could that be?" Li Chongjun said: "The reason why this king knows him is because we are relatives. The princess of this king, Yang, has to be called Yang Shida, the Duke of Suining, and grandpa. ”

"I see."

Cui Geng believed their words at this time. However, he was really a little difficult about how to deal with it.

Intellectually speaking, Cao Yuechan is a standard "leftover girl" in this era, Shaohua is fleeting, and it is really not a way to drag it out like this. I can't give Cao Yuechan what I want, so it's also a good choice to let her marry Lu Xuan.

However, emotionally speaking, it is really a little unwilling to marry a woman who has been married to herself, and who has talked about marriage and married to someone else!

Cui Geng thought about it, but he didn't have any good ideas, so he had to put the matter aside for the time being and let it be.

……

……

Three days later, one of the grandest martial arts events of the Great Zhou was held in the military field outside the city.

In the Great Zhou Wuju, the main subjects tested were horse shooting, rifle shooting, flat shooting, horse pistol, weight-bearing, and wrestling, and nothing related to writing was examined.

Previously, after the examinations of these subjects, a total of forty warriors were selected. According to convention, the three people with the highest scores are Champion, Bangyan and Tanhua.

But this time, Wu Zetian was ingenious and stipulated that these forty martial artists should use wooden swords and swords to compete on the spot to determine their rankings.

To put it nicely, it is called "highlighting the prosperity of the world and boasting of martial arts", and to put it mildly, it is to pretend to force the people of the world.

In order to achieve this goal, Her Majesty the Empress even announced that as long as the military and civilians of the world register with the government in advance, they can go to the scene to watch.

Not only that, but she also issued an order to build four high platforms around the teaching military field and set up a colorful shed for the soldiers and civilians to rest and watch.

Now, sitting in the stands of the east, west, and south are ordinary soldiers and civilians who come to see the excitement. Rough estimates put it at two or three hundred thousand.

On the north stand, there are Her Majesty the Empress and the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military, dignitaries and relatives, as well as envoys from various countries. That's right, this time Wu Zetian deliberately showed off and invited all the states to come to watch the ceremony. The various states also really gave face, and a total of nearly 100 envoys came. These include the Tibetan envoy on the mass, the Turkic envoy with the Russian special service, the Fuso envoy courtier Jinjin, and the Silla envoy Kim Jong-chu.

Feng Changqing and others all have official status, and they are also qualified to sit in the North Stand. After looking at it for a while, he said "hey" and looked disdainful.

Cui Geng was a little strange and said, "What? Brother Feng, do you think these people are inferior to you? Even so, with outsiders here, why do we have to applaud our own people, right? ”

Feng Changqing shook his head and said, "It's because of the presence of outsiders that I feel a little aggrieved today." ”

"Huh? What do you mean by that? The four brothers and sisters of the Li family were all very interested, and asked in unison.

Feng Changqing pointed to the two martial artists who were fighting and said, "What do you think, what are the skills of these two people?" ”

Li Chongjun said: "It's okay, of course it's not as good as this king." ”

Feng Changqing sneered: "Then the king of Yixing County thinks that his martial arts can be ranked in the top ten in Luoyang City?" ”

"Uh...... Can't you...... There are still a few good players in the Yulin Army. There is not much contact with this king in other places, and it is not very clear. ”

"It's still true...... Forty martial artists were singled out from all over the world, just these two times, weren't they laughed at by the envoys of Fanbang? ”

Cui Geng vaguely seemed to realize something, and said suspiciously: "You mean...... The skills of these warriors are very ordinary? Then the official is strange, His Majesty made an exceptional martial move, why can't he recruit any talents? ”

Feng Changqing said: "Actually, this matter is not strange, have you heard of the poor and rich martial arts?" The talent is high, as long as you are literate, buy two books and learn, you may be a jinshi. However, learning martial arts is different, first of all, you have to have a supply of meat, how can ordinary people eat meat every day? In addition, you have to have a famous teacher to teach, as well as a weapon at hand. The most important thing is that someone has to talk to each other. After these conditions are all made, it will not be an ordinary family. Such a person, if you just recommend you to win the official position, who will come to participate in the martial arts? ”

Cui Geng said: "Then Changqing, your family is not rich, how can you have a good martial arts?" ”

"My grandfather is gone, so I have no life. In fact, when my grandfather was alive, I had already learned a good martial arts, but I was still young and my strength was not enough. Later, I joined the gang and became a bandit, and I didn't eat less meat! ”

Li Chongjun nodded and said: "Therefore, the real masters now are either the children of various families, or the good hands cultivated by themselves in the army, and the people can't actually choose any talents." ”

Feng Changqing said: "It's not impossible, for example, Xue Rengui in the Taizong period is." It's just that such a talented character is really hard to find. Let's look at this martial arts move and understand that there is really no one who stands out. ”

Li Bao'er snorted and said, "Then this time the martial champion, isn't there no tiger in the mountains, and the monkey is the overlord?" ”

"Well, you can say that, so you can say that."

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As he spoke, several competitions had passed.

Insiders watch the doorway, laymen watch the liveliness, the people's shouts come and go, and the atmosphere is very warm.

Suddenly, another warrior appeared. But when I saw this person, black helmet, black armor, black cloak, crotch ~ a black horse, and a wooden spear in his hand.

Looking at the face, the sword eyebrows are starry, the nose is straight and the mouth is wide, the face is like a crown of jade, and the aura is extraordinary. Especially when the horse is galloping, it can really be called chic and handsome, with thousands of manners, just like the person in the painting, and does not let the immortals in the temple.

"Okay, what a handsome little Langjun!"

"I don't know who is higher than martial arts and who is low, but in terms of appearance, this little brother may be called the first in the world."

"Nonsense, can you be a martial artist, can other people's martial arts be bad? I'm afraid this martial champion is none other than him! ”

"Only when such a character is a martial champion can I show the extraordinaryness of my Heavenly Empire!"

……

The people were shocked by the appearance of this martial artist and talked about it. Gradually, the voice of this handsome young man as a martial champion has become the mainstream.

No way, unlike later generations, in the Tang Dynasty, a person's career was very important.

Don't talk about Wu Jinshi, let's talk about Wen Jinshi, after winning the Jinshi, you have to go through the re-examination of the two subjects of "macro words" and "extraction" before you will be awarded.

What are the assessment criteria? It is the body, the speech, the book, and the judgment. The body refers to the appearance, the words are a test of eloquence, the book is calligraphy, and the judgment is official writing.

To put it simply, if you are handsome, you will be better than others. looks too shabby, and he didn't get an official when he won the jinshi. The story of "Zhong Kui" being despised by others because of his ugly appearance and dying on the Golden Palace is not without reason.

Therefore, from the perspective of public opinion, people just think that to be an official, you have to be handsome, and you have to be handsome to be an official.

Wu Zetian also had this idea, she had an ingenious way to do this martial arts, just to show off her martial arts. Now, it is really a great relief to have such a prominent character appear in the martial arts field.

After Lu Xuan rode a horse and galloped around the military field, Her Majesty the Empress said happily: "I didn't expect that there was such a person in my Great Zhou, this person?" Where do you live and who is your surname? ”

Wu Sansi said: "Your Majesty, this person's name is Lu Xuan!" ”

"Good. Good name. ”

"It's a member of the Fan Yang Lu clan!"

"Good. The children of the family are really extraordinary! ”

"This person is related to His Majesty, and his grandmother is the sister of Empress Xiaoming Gao."

"Good. Speaking of which, this person is still my nephew. Let's see how his martial arts are, if he wins the champion, I will definitely have a heavy reward. ”

Her Majesty's three "good" words are exported, and its tendencies are clearly revealed.

Li Bao'er looked at Cui Geng narrowly and said, "Erlang, your rival in love is about to soar, I don't know if you ...... How do you feel? ”