Luoyang West Mountain, also known as Longmen Mountain.￥f,

It is located in the southern suburbs of Luoyang, on the banks of the Yishui River, and was called Yique in ancient times.

There is a very famous statue of the Buddha in the western mountain of Luoyang, which is the Lushen Buddha, which was built in the fourth year of Xianheng.

This Buddha statue is also a symbolic existence of Longmen Grottoes.

It is said that it was built by Emperor Gaozong's craftsmen in accordance with the appearance of Wu Zetian. It is more than 17 meters high and is located in Fengxian Temple halfway up the west mountain.

The Xishan Schoolyard was established here.

After Emperor Gaozu of Tang Dynasty, Li Yuan, Li Yuan, selected 30,000 imperial guards from the army that revolted in Taiyuan, named "Yuan Cong Imperial Guard". During the reign of Emperor Taizong of Tang, strong young people were selected from wealthy families to expand the imperial guards, called "Flying Cavalry", and formed the team with the most elite "Xuanjia Army" under his command. After that, Emperor Taizong selected those who were good at riding and shooting from the flying cavalry, named "Hundred Cavalry", which was also the essence of the imperial guards. Wu Zetian launched the Wuzhou Revolution and expanded the hundreds of cavalry into "Thousand Cavalry".

And these thousand cavalry became Wu Zetian's confidant army and no one could be mobilized.

Qianqi’s camp is located in this Xishan Schoolyard.

Once something happens in Luoyang City, Qianqi can arrive in the shortest time and then enter the city from Shangyang Palace.

From this we can also see that Wu Zetian also attaches great importance to Enko this time.

Since Mochuo ganged the border last year, entered Hebei Road and fought to the city of Zhaozhou, Wu Zetian attached great importance to military preparations.

In addition, there were so many strange things happening in the war last year.

Not to mention Murong Xuanzhang's surrender and Tang Prajna's betrayal, it all shows that she lacks control in the military.

After Mochu retreated to the north of the Pass, he did not stop.

According to the information from the frontier, after retreating to the north of the frontier, Mochuo annexed more than a dozen tribes of all sizes, and his strength became increasingly stronger. Zhang Rendan once wrote to Wu Zetian, and Mochuo could easily mobilize more than 100,000 troops. If the Turkic cavalry of the Western Turks were not restraining Mochuo's power on one side, Mochuo might have sent troops to the Central Plains again...

In this case, Wu Zetian naturally hopes to improve his military strength.

However, relying solely on the noble children, Wu Zetian knew that it was not suitable, so this year's Enko Wushu Competition was born.

At dawn, the sky was covered with a white light.

Wu Zetian led his ministers to the high platform of Fengxian Temple. Behind him was the Lushe Buddha, which shrouded the entire Xishan schoolyard in shadow.

Outside the school grounds, the garrison is very strict.

Qianqi had withdrawn from the schoolyard and gathered outside Fengxian Temple.

The person on duty at the school ground was the imperial guards from the Sixteen Guards of Nanya.

Yang Shouwen accidentally saw the person who was responsible for checking the waist cards outside the school. He was actually an acquaintance.

Dou Yilang?

Yang Shouwen hurriedly looked at the big flag that was inserted outside the gate. Sure enough, it was really a unique flag of the Right Leopard Tao Guard.

It seems that the person in charge of the guards today should be the Baotao Guard.

When they arrived at the school ground, the entouragers were unable to continue leading their entourage forward. They packed their weapons and armor, then took their waist cards and led their horses to be inspected by the guards outside the gate. Although Yang Shouwen had the position of a conscript, he could not be special. Therefore, he waved his hand to ask Yang Congyi and others to retreat. He led his horse into the crowd alone.

There are at least two or three hundred people who come to participate in the martial arts ceremony today.

Yang Shouwen walked among the crowd, glanced at him briefly, and was secretly shocked.

These scholars were all majestic and full of fierceness. But at first glance, Yang Shouwen wiped out several of them first. The reason was that those scholars were too fierce and probably wouldn't be able to pass the gate.

The martial arts of the Tang Dynasty were not only about skills, but also about appearance.

People with low appearance are not even qualified to enter the gate... Don't you see, in addition to the guards, there are also several officials guarding there outside the gate.

"Name!"

"Yang Shouwen."

When Yang Shouwen walked to the gate, he handed over the waist sign.

When he logged into the roster, the official in charge of the inspection was stunned when he heard his name and quickly looked up.

"Shengshiro, should I participate in this Enko?"

"yes."

The official was a little surprised, but he didn't ask any further questions, and he had to pass the pen as soon as he picked up the pen.

At this moment, an official in a blue shirt came over, stopped the registered official, took the roster from him, and took another look at the waist tag in Yang Shouwen's hand.

“No access.”

"Why?"

Yang Shouwen looked at the other party in shock and couldn't help but ask in a deep voice.

He is not the kind of casual candidate, he is three points weaker when he sees officials.

Yang Shouwen himself has an official position, and the people he usually interacts with are not as high-ranking officials. Let’s not talk about Di Guangyuan and Zheng Lingzhi, Li Longji of the Prime Minister’s Mansion, Zhang Shuo of Fengge, and He Zhizhang of the Imperial College, are ordinary people. Not to mention, he has seen Wu Zetian and even made fu under Wu Zetian's Fengwei, so how could he be afraid of a small official who guards the door?

After the war, he once moved to the north of the border.

The momentum on his body burst out with his shout, frightening the official so much that he couldn't help but take a step back.

But he quickly reacted!

Now, I am an official, you are just a test-taking candidate. What are you afraid of?

Thinking of this, the official sternly said: "What do you want to do? This is the Xishan Schoolyard, not a place where you can play wildly."

Yang Shouwen narrowed his eyes and held the Crow Nine Swords with his hands.

A faint murderous aura emanated from him... He is not a fool, how could he not tell that this little official was deliberately looking for trouble?

"My identity has been verified, and there is no problem with the waist card. Why can't I take the exam?"

His voice was not loud, but he had an inexplicable momentum, which made everyone around him subconsciously take two steps back.

"Who is this kid, so arrogant?"

"You don't even know him?"

"Who?"

"Yang Shouwen, Yang Qingzhi!" A disciple who knew Yang Shouwen whispered: "But why did he come? This is a martial arts exam, not an imperial examination. If you want to say that you are right to recite poems and examine the Ming Jing subject, he will definitely be invincible. But what are he doing in this martial arts exam?"

All the students felt puzzled and funny.

After all, in everyone's eyes, Yang Shouwen is a famous scholar, a banished immortal, but not a warrior.

At this moment, a person walked out of the school ground.

"Qingzhi. You are here!"

The man greeted Yang Shouwen from a distance, walked up with a smile, "What's going on? Who provoked you again?"

"Ichiro, don't be fine."

Yang Shouwen did not intend to greet him because he was afraid of causing gossip.

But now he met... He bowed and greeted Dou Yilang, the coldness on his face melted immediately, and he smiled and said, "I came to participate in the martial arts ceremony, but I was stopped here and I was not allowed to enter... Haha. I'm asking him why."

When Dou Yilang heard this, his face changed suddenly.

He looked at the green-robed guru and said in a deep voice: "Why stop him?"

"I……"

The green-robed guru was startled, his eyes rolled around and he said loudly: "According to the rules, anyone who participates in the martial arts department must register in person. As far as the knowledge of the humble officialdom, Yang Shouwen returned to Luoyang for only two days, and this waist card was a month ago. A month ago, he was not in Luoyang at all, so how did he pass the registration?"

After the little official finished speaking, he showed a look of pride on his face.

Perhaps, in his opinion, it would be embarrassing Yang Shouwen, the "exiled immortal", in public, and he would also have a gleam on his face.

When Dou Yilang heard this, he couldn't help frowning.

It seems that there is such a rule for martial arts this time...

He looked at Yang Shouwen, but before Yang Shouwen could speak, he heard a voice from the gate, "I registered for him. I also received the waist card for him. Qingzhi went south to handle the case before, but for business.

Therefore, the prince allowed him to make an exception to sign up. Do you have any objections?”

Before he finished speaking, the crowd separated to both sides. A young man came.

The young man was not very old, wearing armor and strode to the little official.

"See the Crown Prince."

Seeing the young man, Dou Yilang hurriedly saluted.

However, the young man ignored him and did not look at Yang Shouwen. Instead, he looked directly at the minor official and said, "Yang Shouwen took the exam, the princess knew, the princess knew, and the king of Liang knew. So many people didn't say anything, so it's your turn to point fingers?"

After saying that, he turned his head to Dou Yilang and said, "This person has ulterior motives and intends to destroy Enko this time, and he should be severely tortured."

"Here!"

When the young man spoke, Dou Yilang would not hesitate. With a wave of his hand, he saw the guards behind him step forward and press the slight official to the ground. They tied the slight official rope, and then blocked the slight official's mouth with a piece of rag, dragged it away.

The little official was frightened and wanted to struggle, so what would he be the opponent of those guards?

When the young man saw that the minor official was arrested, he stepped forward to Yang Shouwen.

He lowered his voice and said, "Yang Shouwen, if you can't win Wu Kui this time, I will never give up with you."
To be continued...