Chaos in the Eastern Jin Dynasty

Chapter 12 Bloodline Martial Arts!
More than a hundred guards stepped forward to surround the stands in orderly steps, maintaining order on the spot and preventing riots during the assessment process.

The many people who were watching also stretched their necks at this moment, looking forward to...

It is very rare for a descendant of a Shu family to have their blood awakened. There has never been a noble family in Fuling County. If the Wei family succeeds in becoming a scholar this time, then the Wei family will be rewarded with fiefs and shaded households by the court.

And gentry shady households do not need to pay land taxes to the state and perform military service, so the people in Fuling County are very happy to see the Wei family become gentry, so that they have the hope of becoming gentry shady households.

On the big platform, three high-ranking officials sat in the center. Lu Na was not a Zhongzheng official, but as the Minister of Zuomin, he was in charge of the country's household registration, and such important matters as newcomers to the gentry must be checked by him personally.

The assessment is also very simple. The Zhongzheng official verifies that Wei Yiqing has indeed awakened his blood and inherited the martial arts of the Wei family's blood, and that's enough.

Wei Yiqing, as a girl who has never left the court, naturally cannot show her face in public. She walked out from behind the screen with a white gauze on her face, and the ten-year-old girl finally appeared in front of everyone like a jade girl. All eyes in the field were focused on her alone, which was natural Including Guan Ziyang.

"Oh, what a pity, what a pity..." Guan Ziyang said with a sigh.

"Master, what's the pity?" Hei Nuer asked.

"Of course Mr. Xiaolang is a pity that such a good wife is about to fly, hahaha." Qing Chan said with a smile.

Guan Ziyang looked at the two people who were joking, smiled wryly, and said, "My pity is not that the daughter-in-law who has not passed the door ran away, but that it is not me who is accepting the assessment of the three masters at this moment..."

After speaking, the three of them fell silent...

Wei Family's Bloodline Martial Art, named "Wei Family's 36 Fingers", is a profound acupressure technique.

In the past, Wei Qing, the ancestor of the Wei family, used his unique knowledge to fight on the battlefield, and made great military exploits by attacking the Huns in the north.

But this acupressure technique has been lost for a long time, and no descendant of the Wei family has ever learned it.

At this moment, in front of the three Zhongzheng officials, Wei Yiqing stretched out his right hand, pinched a finger, hugged his left hand at the elbow of his right hand, placed his index finger and middle finger of his right hand half a foot in front of his forehead, closed his eyes slightly, and frowned , as the body exerted force, the whole body began to tremble slightly.

She was wearing a pleated skirt of wishful moon white. Inspired by her inner energy, the hem of the skirt billowed like waves. Although her pretty face was covered by a white gauze veil at the moment, her lively and elegant eyebrows were extraordinarily dazzling.

Gradually, her snow-white and slender fingers were slightly blood-red, and the index finger and middle finger gradually rose from the fingertips, and traces of blood circled down between her two fingers like small snakes, cruising to the palm of the hand. At this moment, the second finger of her right hand is already covered with blood-colored lines. Those lines are winding and irregular, but they feel sacred and solemn!
Guan Ziyang's eyes widened at this moment, "Good guy, (Sasuke)?"

Why does this bloodline mark look so similar to Sasuke's curse mark, your grandfather's, the Wei family's bloodline mark is so cool!
The three Zhongzheng officials exchanged glances with each other and nodded.

Xi Jianzhi patted the handle of the chair with both hands, flew into the arena, and said: "Wei family boy, you just use your strongest fingering to attack me."

Wei Yiqing knew that this was one of the contents of the assessment, and those who could become Dazhong officials were all senior members of the second or third rank of the court, and their martial arts skills were far above hers, so she would not worry about hurting the other party.

Wei Yiqing pointed to Xi Jianzhi with two fingers, and Xi Jianzhi, known as Bingxin with one finger, also greeted him with two fingers. After the two touched, Wei Yiqing took two steps back, and was about to attack again.

Xi Jianzhi remained motionless, stroking his long beard: "Haha, you don't need to make any more moves, your bloodline imprint is special, I have never seen it before, but the power of bloodline in your inner qi can't fool anyone, you passed the test."

Xi Jianzhi saw that Wei Yiqing's blood had not been awakened for a long time, and it was already very hard to maintain this awakened state. Although the general Zhongzheng official would also assess the level of kung fu of the examinee, he saved this step, so as not to embarrass Wei Yiqing, After all, the other party is a woman.

When Wei's family heard that the test passed, they were very excited, and everyone in the audience cheered, applauding Wei Yiqing one after another.

Xie Yishi nodded to Xi Jianzhi, Xi Jianzhi sat back to his original seat, and then Huan Chong said: "Everyone, please be safe and don't be impatient. The reason why a gentry is a gentry is that apart from the absolute condition of having blood descendants in the family, there are many aspects that need to be assessed. Wei Yiqing Although the little girl has passed the blood test, General Xie and I still have a few things to assess."

"How many more items?" Guan Ziyang wondered, "Isn't it enough to have a family member with awakened blood?"

Huan Chong went on to introduce that in addition to the examination of blood martial arts, there are three other items that need to be examined, namely, family background, family style, and Confucian classics, but Wei Yiqing does not need to participate in these three items.

Wei Xuan, the patriarch of the Wei family, had already prepared. He took out the prepared genealogy and presented it to Huan Chong, and began to tell about the origin of their Wei family. Although Wei Qing is the most famous figure in the Wei family, there are still several generations of Wei Qing's ancestors that can be traced back.

Wei Xuan spoke eloquently for half an hour, and Guan Ziyang felt drowsy when he heard it, and cursed secretly: "The old man of the Wei family is very good at memorizing, in order to prepare for today, he memorized the speech for half an hour..."

"Almost all the people in the genealogy were told, such as helping the poor, adopting orphans, serving the country in the army, and so on. There are a lot of things about sesame and mung beans that have been impossible to investigate for hundreds of years."

Huan Chong frowned as he looked at the Wei family tree, and thought, "Except for Wei Qing, there is really no one in the Wei family who can handle it."

After Wei Xuan finished talking about the family background of the Wei family, Huan Chong said that he agreed that his ancestor Wei Qing and his family's martial arts "Thirty-six Fingers of the Wei Family" were recorded in the household registration, and he was just taking a formality.

Next, Xie Yi inspected Confucianism. The Wei family had been a commoner family for hundreds of years, and the family had studied literature for many years. There should be no major problems. The Wei family sent two brothers, Wei Pu and Wei Jiu, to accept Xie Yi's Confucianism assessment.

These two brothers are useless in other areas, but after two years in the Taixue of Shu County, they can still make do with Confucian classics.

Confucianism refers to the talent and learning of the Four Books and Five Classics. To assess Confucianism, it is natural to use the most popular method at the moment, that is, 'elegant talk'.

The difficult questions Xie Yi asks are not very obscure and difficult. One is "In the Analects of Confucius, Zihan talks about profit, fate and benevolence. What is the explanation?"

Wei Pu replied: "The sage Confucius seldom talked about utilitarianism, but he believed in the destiny of heaven and praised benevolence."

Xie Yi said again: "Try to discuss it."

Wei Pu replied: "Confucian sage valued righteousness over profit, and he was unwilling to talk too much about "profit". Moreover, he used the pursuit of utilitarianism or seeking benevolence and righteousness as the standard to distinguish a gentleman from a villain, that is, "a gentleman is a metaphor for righteousness." , the villain is a metaphor for profit."

Xie Yi said again: "Try to discuss it with martial arts."

Wei Pu replied again: "Wu is the way of a gentleman. You should not be greedy for meritorious deeds when practicing martial arts. You should progress step by step. You should not forget benevolence and virtue just for the sake of pursuing the improvement of martial arts. demand."

Xie Yi nodded in satisfaction. Although the questions he investigated were simple, Wei Pu's answers were quite satisfactory. At least he believed that the Wei family in Fuling was not ignorant.

Then, Xie Yi asked another question in the "Book of Changes", and this time Wei Jiu answered it in a satisfactory manner, which means that he passed the examination of classics.

Guan Ziyang looked at the side and shook his head, secretly said: "Xie Yi's question has been explained in many books on Analects of Confucius and Book of Changes, and he can answer it too. own opinion.

"Inferior! It would be much better if he could answer the questions, at least not memorize memorization!"

However, this "Analects of Confucius" is not the same as later generations. The current Analects of Confucius has an additional "Martial Theory", which is the general outline of Confucian martial arts.

Scholars study martial arts, ordinary people study literature, and those who really study "The Analects of Confucius" are basically only soldiers who join the army...

Finally, there is family style. This investigation was conducted by the acting county magistrate Chang Zao.

He reported to the three Zhongzheng officials that in the case files of Fuling County, there was no record of Wei's committing any crimes, nor was he in arrears of taxes.

The family style inspection also took a formality, and it was considered passed.In fact, the Wei family has been in Fuling County for hundreds of years, so how could there not be a few gentle scum.

It's just that Wei Xuan had already asked Chang Zao in private to help delete the case of Wei's children from the case file.

Unexpectedly, Xie Yi asked Wei Xuandao: "I was on the way here, and I heard rumors that Wei Yiqing, the third miss of the Wei family, has a marriage contract with a child of the common family Guan family. I wonder if there is such a thing?"

Wei Xuan hurriedly stepped forward and replied: "Report to the superior, this matter is true, but the Guan family boy came here today just for the matter of retiring the engagement."

Xie Yi frowned, and said: "If the Wei family regrets the marriage without a reason, then it is untrustworthy. People who do not have faith do not stand up, and the family does not have faith, and it is even more immoral. Do you think that the Guan family asked for the divorce?"

When Guan Ziyang heard this, he knew that it was time for him to play. The Wei family invited him to be there to withdraw the engagement, not just for this moment.

Guan Ziyang walked up to the stands, and after meeting the three senior officials, he took out a letter of resignation written by himself, and read it aloud in front of everyone.

"The friendship between Wei and Guan has lasted for three generations. In the past, the two elders were married with their fingertips. , the ancestors manifested, the blood of the third lady of the Wei family awakened, and now she can return to the noble family. It is actually the county celebration of Fuling. Master Wei Guan!"

Although Guan Ziyang was only ten years old, his voice was loud and steady, with a maturity that he shouldn't have at his age.

Hundreds of spectators in the arena listened. After Guan Ziyang read the letter of resignation, the misunderstanding of their Guan family was cleared up, and it seemed that their Guan family was righteous!
Wei Xuan lowered his head at the moment, and after hearing that what Guan Ziyang read was not the letter of resignation that he wrote for him, he stared at Guan Ziyang coldly, showing a trace of cruelty.

Guan Ziyang knew that if he was reading the letter from the Wei family today, and the marriage between his fingers ten years ago turned into their Guan family who came to propose marriage only recently, their reputation would naturally be discredited.

However, his goal now is to become an official!Let the Guan family rise!
In this era when reputation is more important than anything else, the reputation of the Guan family must not be damaged in the slightest!
After listening to Guan Ziyang's reading letter, Xie Yi nodded slightly: "The Guan family is magnanimous, since the two of you are family friends, you should be in the same breath. Now that the Wei family has become a noble family, the Guan family voluntarily divorced for the future of the Wei family. The friendship of the world is really admirable.”

Wei Yiqing retreated to the screen, and after hearing Guan Ziyang's letter, he sighed quietly: "Hey, if you can also become a child of a noble family, that would be great..."

At the end of the grand ceremony, the Wei family in Fuling officially changed from common status to scholar status and became a noble family.

The emperor rewarded the Wei family with 20 hectares of land, [-] shaded households, [-] pieces of silk, [-] pieces of cloth, and [-] guan in money. The reward was not too much, but the Wei family was an inferior noble family, and the Sima family was not stingy.

After the Wei family passed the entrance examination, it was time for Lu Na to get busy.

The Wei family's population, land, genealogy, real estate, family background, etc. all need to be registered in detail one by one. The fief granted by the emperor is naturally the official land in Fuling County. As for the specific location of the land, it needs to be reported by Chang Zao and reviewed by Lu Na It will take several days before it becomes effective after signing and printing.

It's getting dark.

The people who watched the grand ceremony basically dispersed and went home.

As for the imperial envoys for the assessment, the Wei family naturally wanted to entertain them well. These are all important officials in the court. In a remote place like Fuling, it is rare to see senior officials of the second and third ranks in the court. There are many officials nearby, and the big family wants to take the opportunity to cling to them.

The rest of Weijiabao who have not left are basically the guests in these VIP boxes. Needless to say, they are all here to curry favor with these imperial envoys.

As for Guan Ziyang, of course he packed his luggage and headed home.

He is neither a gentry, nor does he have an official position. Besides, because of the letter of divorce, the members of the Wei clan don't want to see him, so he won't make trouble for himself, so he will run away quickly.

Xie Yi and Huan Chong, the referees, did not mention the outcome of the temperament competition between Guan Ziyang and Li Chengkang, so naturally no one asked about it, but with so many people watching, the outcome is easy for everyone...

But today, although Wei Yiqing was the protagonist of the gentry's promotion ceremony, Guan Ziyang covered most of the limelight with his chess and piano.

"Guan Ziyang, the master of both piano and chess", soon became a household name in Sichuan, and the title of "Guan Family Idiot" is about to say goodbye!

(End of this chapter)