Chapter 117: The Entrance Exam 4
Fang Jie saw Cui Lueshang’s expression that was filled with disappointment and regret, and he walked past Fang Jie and headed toward the outside of the venue.
When he walked past Fang Jie, Fang Jie wanted to pull him. Cui Lueshang saw Fang Jie’s hesitation, and he shook his head with a smile and said, “Goodbye.”
Fang Jie’s heart lurched, and he couldn’t look at Cui Lueshang’s expression anymore.
Cui Lueshang’s expression was complicated, but frustration was the strongest emotion.
“Wait for me in my shop,” Fang Jie said in a hurry, and Cui Lueshang nodded subconsciously after freezing for a bit.
Then, Cui Lueshang walked out of the venue dispirited; he didn’t even dare to look in the direction of the Emperor. If he knew about this ending, he wouldn’t even glance at those fake questions.
Fang Jie watched as Cui Lueshang left the venue, and he didn’t dare to try putting himself in Cui Lueshang’s shoes.
Heaven-Bless Emperor Yang Yi sat on the stage as he watched these participants leave, and the smile on his face faded. However, he wasn’t angry; he looked calm.
The people counting the disqualified participants weren’t professors but royal guards.
The royal guards checked the identities of all these disqualified participants and recorded their names.
These disqualified participants knew that their futures were probably destroyed since they couldn’t become officials in five years. Even their families couldn’t accept such shame.
Perhaps when they returned home, their status in their families would drop by a whole lot.
No family would waste resources on people who were banned for five years. Within these five years, these big families could teach and raise many talented people like them.
This was the difference made by one thought.
Royal Guard Captain Luo Weiran took the records and quickly walked up to the stage before giving it to the Emperor.
The Emperor glanced at it and asked, “Are the numbers correct?”
Luo Weiran bowed and said, “According to the intelligence gathered by the Royal Guard, there are 326 people who bought fake questions, and only 325 people left. There is one person who didn’t come out.”
“Who is it?” the Emperor asked.
Luo Weiran took out another list of names and carefully compared it with the records. Then, he said in a low voice, “Your Majesty, it is Bi Yuntao from Ning City in Yangtze-South. His father Bi Da is the governor of the state.”
“Su Buwei,” the Emperor called, and this eunuch quickly walked over with a bent back.
The Emperor thought for a moment and said, “Draft an edict. Remove Governor Bi Da from his duty and sent people from the Court of Judicial Review to confiscate his properties. The people from Ning City Da Family will never be hired as officials again.”
“As you wish.” Su Buwei nodded and turned around, getting ready to draft the edict.
The Emperor pointed at the venue and said, “Capture that Bi Yuntao… and execute him with staffs.”
Luo Weiran took the order and told the royal guards to do it. Five royal guards walked into the venue and shouted, “Who is Bi Yuntao?”
Less than ten meters away from Fang Jie, Bi Yuntao who was arrogant at the gate of the academy now turned ashen-faced. Seeing the royal guards walking down the stage and shouting, he gasped and collapsed onto the ground, wetting the ground underneath him.
This gasp attracted everyone’s attention, and the participants from the military looked at him in disdain having seen him wet his pants.
Most of the people from big families showed no emotions, and a small group looked empathic toward him.
Seeing someone collapsing, those five royal guards walked over, and the one in the front grabbed Bi Yuntao by the collar and asked coldly, “Are you Bi Yuntao from Ning City?”
“I… am…” Bi Yuntao stuttered, and no redness could be seen on his face.
Hearing the reply, the royal guards pulled him off the ground like a chickling and walked away.
After a few seconds, Bi Yuntao reacted, crying and begging while his legs kicked around.
The royal guard in the lead looked at him in disdain before stopping and stomping Bi Yuntao’s legs.
Crack! Crack! Bi Yuntao’s leg bones broke!
Then, that royal guard threw him beside the stage.
Luo Weiran said calmly, “His Majesty issued the order. Execute him with staffs directly!”
A few more royal guards jumped over and stripped Bi Yuntao. Then, Bi Yuntao who lost his voice from crying too much got placed onto a bench.
Two royal guards held down his four limbs, and the other two each held a military staff and struck him repeatedly.
Soon, Bi Yuntao stopped making noises. When the two royal guards in charge of delivering the punishment stopped, this guy from a big family in Yangtze-South was already done.
From when Luo Weiran issued the order to when Bi Yuntao died, only less than an hour passed. Although Bi Yuntao lost his life, not many people were empathic toward him.
Bi Yuntao had crossed the line.
After the royal guards confirmed his death, the bloody corpse was dragged out of the venue.
The Emperor frowned slightly when he saw the blood on the ground, and he stood up and walked to the front of the stage. After glancing at all the participants, he said coldly, “I’m not a cruel ruler. Most of you are young, so it is normal to make mistakes. I’m not even a perfect person; why wouldn’t I give you the chance to redeem yourselves? As long as you don’t cross the line, I would pardon you. However, this person had crossed the line.”
…
As soon as the Emperor said that, all the participants in the venue knelt.
Seeing the participants on the ground, the Emperor’s tone got calm, and he said, “As long as people are willing to be responsible for their actions, I would give them a chance to start all over again. However, deceive is something that I hate the most. This person lied to me and lied to himself! Although not all students of the Martial Arts Academy are perfect, no degenerates are allowed! Most of you probably know that I had studied at the Martial Arts Academy when I was young, and I was a student here. I wouldn’t allow anyone to stain the reputation of the academy!”
“Long Live Your Majesty!”
All the participants on the ground chanted to show their respect and loyalty to the Emperor, and no one dared not to. The person standing in the middle of the stage didn’t only control the large territory of Great Sui; he also dictated the lives of hundreds of millions of people.
There were many principles in the world, but nothing could be compared to what the words of the Emperor; his words were the biggest principles!
“Please get up,” the Emperor said with his hands behind his back, “You are all talents of Great Sui. When you were entering the venue, I was just telling Principal Zhou that I’m glad to see the size of the entrance exam grow every time. I’m proud that Great Sui has talented figures like you, and you should also be proud of yourselves. Since you should be proud, you should know what to touch and what not to touch.”
“This is the first time that someone is killed during the entrance exam in the history of the Martial Arts Academy,” the Emperor added calmly, “I hope this will be the last time as well. Alright, let’s not waste more time. Let the exam begin.”
The participants all knelt once more before getting back to their spots.
The Emperor also returned to his seat, and he beckoned his hand at Su Buwei before giving a few orders.
Su Buwei nodded and walked to the front of the stage before calling, “Is Fang Jie from Fangu here?”
When Su Buwei called out, Fang Jie was staring at Wu Yinyu.
After this girl returned to her seat, she didn’t seem scared by the bloody scene. Instead, she giggled and asked Fang Jie, “Do you feel good? The person who troubled you earlier by the gate got killed by His Majesty. Does this vent your anger? I would feel great if I’m in your position.”
“How come you aren’t scared by that?” Fang Jie asked.
Wu Yinyu pouted and said, “I didn’t look, ok? Only idiots would look at that bloody scene.”
Just as Fang Jie was about to reply, he heard Su Buwei shouting on the stage. He froze for a second, and his expression changed. All the participants started to look around, wondering who this person was.
Some people even chatted in low voices, wondering what crime this person committed.
Since Bi Yuntao was just killed, it made sense for people to wonder if Fang Jie also touched something that he shouldn’t.
While everyone was looking around and trying to find this person, Fang Jie stood up, cupped his hands, and bowed. “I’m here!”
Fang Jie walked around his desk and bowed forward while waiting for Su Buwei to continue.
All other participants looked over, including the stars in this exam such as Pei Chuxing of the Pei Family and Xie Fuyao of the Xie Family.
The participants from the military looked over as well, and their expressions were full of worries.
Seeing Fang Jie standing out, Su Buwei cleared his throat and said, “According to His Majesty’s edict, Scout Corporal Fang Jie from Fangu had contributed Pinyin Annotation, Basic Math Operations, and Workout Technique to Great Sui. After the grand scholars inspected the contributions, they determined that the first two could be made into books and benefit the entire Great Sui! His Majesty said that such contributions would greatly strengthen the nation. Therefore, His Majesty issued the special edict, allowing Fang Jie to bypass the five written tests, which are math, rites, music, geography, and military strategies and tactics. He will receive excellent ratings for these five tests, and he will directly participate in the martial tests.”
Everyone was shocked to hear this!
…
Fang Jie froze and thought that he heard it wrong.
Not only him but the thousands of other participants all thought that they heard it wrong. Being rated excellent in all five written tests? What did that mean? Even if he was a wastrel and failed all four martial tests, he would become a student of the Martial Arts Academy!
Scoring excellent in all five written tests was rare!
Since the inception of the Martial Arts Academy, less than 15 people received excellent ratings in five out of all nine tests.
When the Second Emperor of Great Sui was still around, Li Xiao received excellent ratings in all nine tests, and no one could match his performance; he was the only person in the history who received excellent ratings in all nine tests.
Fang Jie, on the other hand, was now the only person who received excellent ratings in all five written tests.
Fang Jie’s most optimistic estimates showed that he could only get points in math, geography, and military strategies and tactics. As to rites and music… he knew nothing! He couldn’t even read the book on rites that Huai Qiugong gave him, and he didn’t know how to play any musical instruments. He didn’t even know how to play the zither, the musical instrument that all members of big families must learn.
“Why aren’t you thanking His Majesty?” Su Buwei asked with a smile.
Fang Jie instantly understood and quickly knelt to thank the Emperor.
In the crowd, Lieutenant Zhang Kuang from Anyan City looked at Fang Jie while his lips twitched a little. He looked surprised, and something else flashed in his eyes.
Pei Chuxing and Xie Fuyao who didn’t show anything when Bi Yuntao got killed couldn’t help but look at this young man several times.
Wu Yinyu stuck out her little tongue out of surprise and thought, “No wonder Dad told me that this kid would shine here!”
On the stage, the Emperor tilted his head to one side and said to Zhou Banchuan in a low voice, “Principal… Because of what you said, I helped this little guy step one of his feet into the academy. As long as he doesn’t do terribly in the martial tests, the grand scholars couldn’t take him away from you. However, those grand scholars are probably going to bug me about this. They will probably say that I helped you and destroyed a talent.”
Zhou Banchuan nodded to express his gratitude. He replied in a low voice, “Thank you, Your Majesty. This kid is a soldier; his talent would be wasted if he is stuck in books all day. Zhuo Buyi had told me everything about this kid. I’m just afraid his physique that is comparable to that of Luo Yao will be wasted!”
When he walked past Fang Jie, Fang Jie wanted to pull him. Cui Lueshang saw Fang Jie’s hesitation, and he shook his head with a smile and said, “Goodbye.”
Fang Jie’s heart lurched, and he couldn’t look at Cui Lueshang’s expression anymore.
Cui Lueshang’s expression was complicated, but frustration was the strongest emotion.
“Wait for me in my shop,” Fang Jie said in a hurry, and Cui Lueshang nodded subconsciously after freezing for a bit.
Then, Cui Lueshang walked out of the venue dispirited; he didn’t even dare to look in the direction of the Emperor. If he knew about this ending, he wouldn’t even glance at those fake questions.
Fang Jie watched as Cui Lueshang left the venue, and he didn’t dare to try putting himself in Cui Lueshang’s shoes.
Heaven-Bless Emperor Yang Yi sat on the stage as he watched these participants leave, and the smile on his face faded. However, he wasn’t angry; he looked calm.
The people counting the disqualified participants weren’t professors but royal guards.
The royal guards checked the identities of all these disqualified participants and recorded their names.
These disqualified participants knew that their futures were probably destroyed since they couldn’t become officials in five years. Even their families couldn’t accept such shame.
Perhaps when they returned home, their status in their families would drop by a whole lot.
No family would waste resources on people who were banned for five years. Within these five years, these big families could teach and raise many talented people like them.
This was the difference made by one thought.
Royal Guard Captain Luo Weiran took the records and quickly walked up to the stage before giving it to the Emperor.
The Emperor glanced at it and asked, “Are the numbers correct?”
Luo Weiran bowed and said, “According to the intelligence gathered by the Royal Guard, there are 326 people who bought fake questions, and only 325 people left. There is one person who didn’t come out.”
“Who is it?” the Emperor asked.
Luo Weiran took out another list of names and carefully compared it with the records. Then, he said in a low voice, “Your Majesty, it is Bi Yuntao from Ning City in Yangtze-South. His father Bi Da is the governor of the state.”
“Su Buwei,” the Emperor called, and this eunuch quickly walked over with a bent back.
The Emperor thought for a moment and said, “Draft an edict. Remove Governor Bi Da from his duty and sent people from the Court of Judicial Review to confiscate his properties. The people from Ning City Da Family will never be hired as officials again.”
“As you wish.” Su Buwei nodded and turned around, getting ready to draft the edict.
The Emperor pointed at the venue and said, “Capture that Bi Yuntao… and execute him with staffs.”
Luo Weiran took the order and told the royal guards to do it. Five royal guards walked into the venue and shouted, “Who is Bi Yuntao?”
Less than ten meters away from Fang Jie, Bi Yuntao who was arrogant at the gate of the academy now turned ashen-faced. Seeing the royal guards walking down the stage and shouting, he gasped and collapsed onto the ground, wetting the ground underneath him.
This gasp attracted everyone’s attention, and the participants from the military looked at him in disdain having seen him wet his pants.
Most of the people from big families showed no emotions, and a small group looked empathic toward him.
Seeing someone collapsing, those five royal guards walked over, and the one in the front grabbed Bi Yuntao by the collar and asked coldly, “Are you Bi Yuntao from Ning City?”
“I… am…” Bi Yuntao stuttered, and no redness could be seen on his face.
Hearing the reply, the royal guards pulled him off the ground like a chickling and walked away.
After a few seconds, Bi Yuntao reacted, crying and begging while his legs kicked around.
The royal guard in the lead looked at him in disdain before stopping and stomping Bi Yuntao’s legs.
Crack! Crack! Bi Yuntao’s leg bones broke!
Then, that royal guard threw him beside the stage.
Luo Weiran said calmly, “His Majesty issued the order. Execute him with staffs directly!”
A few more royal guards jumped over and stripped Bi Yuntao. Then, Bi Yuntao who lost his voice from crying too much got placed onto a bench.
Two royal guards held down his four limbs, and the other two each held a military staff and struck him repeatedly.
Soon, Bi Yuntao stopped making noises. When the two royal guards in charge of delivering the punishment stopped, this guy from a big family in Yangtze-South was already done.
From when Luo Weiran issued the order to when Bi Yuntao died, only less than an hour passed. Although Bi Yuntao lost his life, not many people were empathic toward him.
Bi Yuntao had crossed the line.
After the royal guards confirmed his death, the bloody corpse was dragged out of the venue.
The Emperor frowned slightly when he saw the blood on the ground, and he stood up and walked to the front of the stage. After glancing at all the participants, he said coldly, “I’m not a cruel ruler. Most of you are young, so it is normal to make mistakes. I’m not even a perfect person; why wouldn’t I give you the chance to redeem yourselves? As long as you don’t cross the line, I would pardon you. However, this person had crossed the line.”
…
As soon as the Emperor said that, all the participants in the venue knelt.
Seeing the participants on the ground, the Emperor’s tone got calm, and he said, “As long as people are willing to be responsible for their actions, I would give them a chance to start all over again. However, deceive is something that I hate the most. This person lied to me and lied to himself! Although not all students of the Martial Arts Academy are perfect, no degenerates are allowed! Most of you probably know that I had studied at the Martial Arts Academy when I was young, and I was a student here. I wouldn’t allow anyone to stain the reputation of the academy!”
“Long Live Your Majesty!”
All the participants on the ground chanted to show their respect and loyalty to the Emperor, and no one dared not to. The person standing in the middle of the stage didn’t only control the large territory of Great Sui; he also dictated the lives of hundreds of millions of people.
There were many principles in the world, but nothing could be compared to what the words of the Emperor; his words were the biggest principles!
“Please get up,” the Emperor said with his hands behind his back, “You are all talents of Great Sui. When you were entering the venue, I was just telling Principal Zhou that I’m glad to see the size of the entrance exam grow every time. I’m proud that Great Sui has talented figures like you, and you should also be proud of yourselves. Since you should be proud, you should know what to touch and what not to touch.”
“This is the first time that someone is killed during the entrance exam in the history of the Martial Arts Academy,” the Emperor added calmly, “I hope this will be the last time as well. Alright, let’s not waste more time. Let the exam begin.”
The participants all knelt once more before getting back to their spots.
The Emperor also returned to his seat, and he beckoned his hand at Su Buwei before giving a few orders.
Su Buwei nodded and walked to the front of the stage before calling, “Is Fang Jie from Fangu here?”
When Su Buwei called out, Fang Jie was staring at Wu Yinyu.
After this girl returned to her seat, she didn’t seem scared by the bloody scene. Instead, she giggled and asked Fang Jie, “Do you feel good? The person who troubled you earlier by the gate got killed by His Majesty. Does this vent your anger? I would feel great if I’m in your position.”
“How come you aren’t scared by that?” Fang Jie asked.
Wu Yinyu pouted and said, “I didn’t look, ok? Only idiots would look at that bloody scene.”
Just as Fang Jie was about to reply, he heard Su Buwei shouting on the stage. He froze for a second, and his expression changed. All the participants started to look around, wondering who this person was.
Some people even chatted in low voices, wondering what crime this person committed.
Since Bi Yuntao was just killed, it made sense for people to wonder if Fang Jie also touched something that he shouldn’t.
While everyone was looking around and trying to find this person, Fang Jie stood up, cupped his hands, and bowed. “I’m here!”
Fang Jie walked around his desk and bowed forward while waiting for Su Buwei to continue.
All other participants looked over, including the stars in this exam such as Pei Chuxing of the Pei Family and Xie Fuyao of the Xie Family.
The participants from the military looked over as well, and their expressions were full of worries.
Seeing Fang Jie standing out, Su Buwei cleared his throat and said, “According to His Majesty’s edict, Scout Corporal Fang Jie from Fangu had contributed Pinyin Annotation, Basic Math Operations, and Workout Technique to Great Sui. After the grand scholars inspected the contributions, they determined that the first two could be made into books and benefit the entire Great Sui! His Majesty said that such contributions would greatly strengthen the nation. Therefore, His Majesty issued the special edict, allowing Fang Jie to bypass the five written tests, which are math, rites, music, geography, and military strategies and tactics. He will receive excellent ratings for these five tests, and he will directly participate in the martial tests.”
Everyone was shocked to hear this!
…
Fang Jie froze and thought that he heard it wrong.
Not only him but the thousands of other participants all thought that they heard it wrong. Being rated excellent in all five written tests? What did that mean? Even if he was a wastrel and failed all four martial tests, he would become a student of the Martial Arts Academy!
Scoring excellent in all five written tests was rare!
Since the inception of the Martial Arts Academy, less than 15 people received excellent ratings in five out of all nine tests.
When the Second Emperor of Great Sui was still around, Li Xiao received excellent ratings in all nine tests, and no one could match his performance; he was the only person in the history who received excellent ratings in all nine tests.
Fang Jie, on the other hand, was now the only person who received excellent ratings in all five written tests.
Fang Jie’s most optimistic estimates showed that he could only get points in math, geography, and military strategies and tactics. As to rites and music… he knew nothing! He couldn’t even read the book on rites that Huai Qiugong gave him, and he didn’t know how to play any musical instruments. He didn’t even know how to play the zither, the musical instrument that all members of big families must learn.
“Why aren’t you thanking His Majesty?” Su Buwei asked with a smile.
Fang Jie instantly understood and quickly knelt to thank the Emperor.
In the crowd, Lieutenant Zhang Kuang from Anyan City looked at Fang Jie while his lips twitched a little. He looked surprised, and something else flashed in his eyes.
Pei Chuxing and Xie Fuyao who didn’t show anything when Bi Yuntao got killed couldn’t help but look at this young man several times.
Wu Yinyu stuck out her little tongue out of surprise and thought, “No wonder Dad told me that this kid would shine here!”
On the stage, the Emperor tilted his head to one side and said to Zhou Banchuan in a low voice, “Principal… Because of what you said, I helped this little guy step one of his feet into the academy. As long as he doesn’t do terribly in the martial tests, the grand scholars couldn’t take him away from you. However, those grand scholars are probably going to bug me about this. They will probably say that I helped you and destroyed a talent.”
Zhou Banchuan nodded to express his gratitude. He replied in a low voice, “Thank you, Your Majesty. This kid is a soldier; his talent would be wasted if he is stuck in books all day. Zhuo Buyi had told me everything about this kid. I’m just afraid his physique that is comparable to that of Luo Yao will be wasted!”
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