Chapter 188: Comparable
"Liang Chenjing! Liang Chenjing! Liang Chenjing! I don't know who in the crowd took the lead in shouting his name to cheer up, and the others also shouted, the voice became louder and louder, and the momentum was quite shocking.
The third prince said in a low voice: "Look, everyone supports your second brother, he will definitely win, don't worry!" ”
Xiao Xia was so focused on Liang Chenjing that he didn't pay attention to what the third prince said.
I've never seen him in armor, it turns out that he is so handsome and compelling in armor, just like a majestic god has arrived, even if his body is thinner than the previous reckless man, but it is not weak.
It's just that why everyone calls his name to cheer him up, but they sneers at the reckless man before?
Xiao Xia thought for a while, took out a pen and wrote a sentence: "Who is that beard?" ”
"His name is Situ Biao, he is a reckless man who stood out from the people this time, his kung fu is good, he can lift two or three hundred catties of stone locks with one hand, and he defeated a group of contestants with that strength alone."
Lift two or three hundred pounds with one hand! How much effort is that? Although Liang Chenjing's kung fu is good, most of his moves are sharp, and his strength is definitely not as good as that of a reckless man, Xiao Xia is a little worried.
The third prince seemed to see through her thoughts: "Don't worry, no matter if you win or lose, in fact, your second brother has already won." ”
Xiao Xia turned his head to look at him inquiringly, and the third prince looked at the center of the field: "In this martial arts, my father's original intention was to choose a general candidate who is both civil and military, has both ability and political integrity, is brave and strategic, and can lead troops to fight, not a strong man."
Compared with strength, much more powerful than him is that even if Situ Biao wins with strength today, his father will give you the title of the first guard to your second brother. ”
So that's the case, Xiao Xia suddenly realized, no wonder everyone supports Liang Chenjing, but is not optimistic about the reckless man. How can the so-called aristocratic upper-class people who are doing it be optimistic about a bearded man who can break through with strength alone?
But even so, if Liang Chenjing really loses, according to his temperament, he will definitely not accept the emperor's reward, and it is possible to never step into officialdom again, so Xiao Xia still sweats for him.
The destroyed wooden platform was quickly dismantled. All sorts of weapons were brought in and placed on both sides of the field.
The judges enter and raise their hands. Everyone quieted down, and he bowed to the emperor directly above: "Your Majesty, both sides of the competition have arrived." Please ask the emperor to ask the question. ”
Everyone's eyes turned to the direction of the old emperor, only to see him leaning back in the chair and muttering for a long time, taking the pen and ink of the palace maid, and writing a few lines on the desk.
The eunuch held the tray in both hands. Take the post off the field and hand it over to the judge.
The judge glanced at it hurriedly. coughed lightly, lifted his breath and said loudly: "The emperor has a question, this competition is divided into three games: the first one, the riding and archery competition." Please take a look at the two of you. There is a bullseye 100 steps ahead, and a target every 10 steps back, a total of five layers. The two of them used this as a boundary, and each shot five arrows. ”
The judge clapped his hands. A beautiful palace maid came up with several bows and arrows.
Liang Chenjing glanced at it and picked a mahogany bow to try his hand. And the reckless man saw the beauty of the palace maid, paced up and down in front of the palace maid, and finally picked the big bow in the hand of the most beautiful palace maid.
The palace maid pursed her lips and smiled at the reckless man, and the reckless man immediately looked straight, and she was still a little unable to come back to her senses until the palace maid walked away.
Everyone in the stands saw every move of the reckless man clearly, and everyone laughed in private: Sure enough, he has never seen the world, and he still has the heart to covet beauty on this occasion, how can such a rough person be worthy of being the first warrior of my dynasty? Wouldn't it make people laugh out of their big teeth when it was passed on?
The reckless man didn't care about everyone's opinions, and even arched his hand above and said loudly: "Your Majesty, the grass people have a reluctant request, if the grass people win, can you give the maid who sent the bow to the grass people?" ”
Everyone was in an uproar, and he was really a lascivious person, and people despised him a little more.
At the beginning of the competition, Liang Chenjing came to shoot the first arrow, he tried a few times with the bow, but he didn't make a move, Situ Biao next to him put his hands around his chest and said impatiently: "Hey, little white face, are you okay, let me come first." ”
Liang Chenjing glanced at him coldly, swished, left his bow and arrow, and went straight towards the bull's-eye.
Click, the arrow hit the bull's-eye of the first target, and penetrated the second bull's-eye, but the stamina was insufficient, and it fell to the ground before reaching the third target.
"Good! It's the heart of the heart! That's amazing! There were thunderous cheers from the stands.
The reckless man laughed: "Little white face, this is your ability?" Did you make use of your breastfeeding? Hey, look at Uncle! ”
The reckless man did not hesitate to shoot the arrow with a bow, and in the blink of an eye, the arrow could not be shot with a swish, although it did not hit the bull's-eye, but it also penetrated through the circle of the eight rings, click-click, and even penetrated four bullseyes in a row before falling.
With such strength with an arrow, it can be seen that this person is not as useless as it seems on the surface.
The people who just cheered loudly were a little dumbfounded, so who wins? Win with more targets? Or the one who shoots accurately wins? Someone has already begun to argue about this.
The judge raised his hand to signal everyone to be quiet, and reported loudly: "The first piece, Liang Chenjing: Ten rings and two targets, Situ Biao: eight rings and four targets." Prepare to shoot the second arrow. ”
Situ Biao said impatiently: "When will you shoot like this?" Shoot five arrows directly, whoever shoots more won't win? This little white face is too ink, I'll come first. ”
Situ Biao grabbed the arrow and shot it with a bow, but he didn't stop in the middle, shooting five arrows in a row, each arrow penetrated five targets, but there was no doubt that the arrow hit the bull's-eye. Situ Biao threw the bow away: "Little white face, it's your turn, hurry up, don't let you wait too long!" ”
He swaggered away, turned his head to look around, and his eyes wandered around the palace maids, as if he was looking for the little palace maid who sent the bow before!
Xiao Xia in the stands secretly sweated for Liang Chenjing, sure enough, his strength couldn't compare to Situ Biao, if he couldn't compare with the crosshairs, he would definitely lose.
This reckless man seems to be very arrogant and ignorant of etiquette, but he is a really powerful character, just imagine how ordinary people can shoot so accurately without looking at an arrow? Even if Liang Chenjing didn't try his hand beforehand, he definitely wouldn't be able to.
It seems that not only Xiao Xia, everyone is pinching cold sweat for Liang Chenjing, but Liang Chenjing himself is unhurried, slowly holding the arrow to see, slowly taking the bow and trying a few times, he will only shoot when he thinks it is the best.
The second arrow still hit the bull's-eye, piercing three targets in a row; The third arrow is still right in the bull's-eye. Piercing four targets in a row; The fourth arrow still hit the bull's-eye, piercing five targets in a row.
At this time, the grandstand once again resounded with earth-shattering cheers, and even Situ Biao, who was waiting carelessly, put down his hands around his chest and looked at Liang Chenjing in surprise.
The fifth arrow was shot, and it hit the bull's-eye again, piercing five targets in a row. The cheers were even louder. The winner is divided. Liang Chenjing really lived up to expectations and won! Also win pretty!
Liang Chenyu in the stands secretly breathed a sigh of relief and said in a low voice: "The second brother is good." The best way to deal with it is to fight steadily and not to mess around. ”
Liang Guogong also smiled with relief, this son really didn't disappoint himself, he was so calm and courageous, I'm afraid there are few people here who can do it.
On the side of the female dependent, Su Linglong happily stood up and shouted below: "Husband." Attaboy! ”
This time, everyone knew Su Linglong, and those who didn't pay much attention to her heard that she was Liang Chenjing's beloved wife. couldn't help but look at her differently.
Xiao Xia, who was originally happy, couldn't say anything in her heart when she saw Su Linglong like this, especially when she saw Liang Chenjing's eyes looking at Su Linglong, her heart was counting on it. It felt like swallowing a fly in my throat.
"What? Are you not happy that your second brother won? ”
Xiao Xia came back to her senses and saw that the third prince was looking at her, and she tugged at the corners of her mouth. Far-fetched smile, write down two words: "Happy!" ”
The third prince said: "I was happy too early. ”
Xiao Xia hasn't understood yet. Situ Biao said: "No, it's not fair, I didn't spend half a cup of tea on shooting five arrows, but it took him two quarters of an hour, although I didn't hit the bull's-eye, but the arrow penetrated, and the shot was not too off."
If you really go to the battlefield, everyone is like him, and if you can't shoot an arrow in half a day, people will already cut off thousands of heads, how can you win? ”
Everyone was in an uproar, the eunuch passed Situ Biao's words to the emperor's ears, everyone waited with bated breath for the result, and after a while, the eunuch announced in a sharp voice: "This competition has its own strengths and weaknesses, and it is a draw." ”
There was another uproar, but this is the emperor's ruling, who can say nothing?
The referee announced the second competition: the flag must be captured immediately, there is a colored flag in the highest place in the woods hundreds of zhang ahead, and the two of them rode over to compete, and the first to get the colored flag returns wins.
This time, Situ Biao brought his big knife with him before getting on the horse, and glared at Liang Chenjing viciously, Liang Chenjing hesitated slightly, turned around and took a spear, it seems that there will be a hand-to-hand fight when the two grab the flag.
As soon as the gongs and drums sounded, the two rushed out together, and after running a few steps, Situ Biao's big knife slashed at Liang Chenjing's horse leg in a daze. Everyone exclaimed, Liang Chenjing looked back, and actually picked the big knife a few points crooked, and the horse's legs narrowly escaped the catastrophe.
This is just the beginning, the two of them are running and fighting, all the way to the direction of the woods, the people in the stands all stood up nervously, stretched their necks to look over there, but they walked farther and farther, and they could no longer see the movements of the two clearly.
Xiao Xia nervously grabbed the sleeve of the third prince, the third prince glanced down, frowned slightly, but didn't say anything, and was quite nervous about the situation in front.
"Oops, Liang's second son's horse has fallen!" I don't know who shouted, everyone was so shocked that they moved to the edge of the stands, and Xiao Xia also wanted to run out, but was pulled by the third prince.
"Don't act rashly, you should trust him, now you can't help if you go, it will only add to the chaos."
Xiao Xia's heart was tight, but she knew that what the third prince said was right, so she could only sit down silently and wait anxiously for news.
Time passed little by little, I don't know that the audience is in a hurry, it seems that even the emperor is a little anxious, he whispered a few words to the eunuch, and the eunuch ran down and called a few guards to ride over and chase after him.
A quarter of an hour later, the clanging of the fight was near, and it was still the same two, one with a spear and the other with a broadsword, and the bunting flew in the air, one moment in the hands of one man, and the other in the other.
This alternation is on par with each other, both of them have hanging colors, and the mounts under them have changed their appearance, as if they are horses ridden by the guards, and it is not clear who will win in this way.
People stood up and shouted: "Liang Chenjing! Liang Chenjing! Liang Chenjing! ”
It seems that the previous momentum has risen again, and Su Linglong even ran to the edge of the stands and shouted: "Husband, you must win!" Don't come back if you lose! ”
I don't know if Liang Chenjing heard this sentence, even if this sentence was just a sentence mixed with the sky-shaking cheers, Xiao Xia heard it clearly.
And as soon as her voice fell, Liang Chenjing was stabbed in the shoulder! From the left shoulder to the chest, the armor is split! Natsu almost heard the sound of his flesh cracking, and she stood up and covered her ears and opened her mouth wide to exclaim, but she didn't make a sound.
The third prince also stood up, holding Xiao Xia with one hand, but his eyes were fixed on Liang Chenjing's condition.
The knife was really not light, and the blood soon stained his robe, and his body swayed and rolled down, as if he was about to fall from his horse.
Xiao Xia was so shocked that her heartbeat was disordered, and she fell down in a dizzy heart.
The third prince helped her sit down, "Xiao Xia! Natsu, wake up, Natsu! ”
There was a sigh in the field, Situ Biao came over triumphantly with a blood-stained colored flag, probably because he was sure that he had won, he was not in a hurry to return to the finish line, but proudly held the colored flag to show off.
Even if the audience on the stage didn't buy it and booed him countless times, he didn't mind, but laughed happily, "You people who are pampered all day long, you can't see that we have the ability, what's the matter?" There's a kind of competition! ”
The boos were even worse, and the reckless man laughed, and the slanted colored flags swayed in the wind.
Suddenly, a strong wind came galloping behind him, Situ Biao turned back vigilantly, and a silver shadow rushed past him like a gallop, snatching the colorful flag in his hand by the way.
Until the horse crossed the finish line, the figure on the horse swayed twice and fell to the ground with a thud, but the colored flag was firmly held in his hand.
There was silence in the field for a long time, and the judge went over to check for a while, and when he saw Liang Chenjing's blood flowing, he shouted in shock: "Someone, call the doctor quickly, and quickly carry the soft chair." ”
The guards and palace maids quickly surrounded Liang Chenjing, and they couldn't see his condition, and the judge exchanged heads with a general-like person next to him for a moment, and returned to the middle of the venue to raise a colorful flag and announced loudly: "Liang Chenjing wins this competition." ”
The people in the stands cheered, "Liang Chenjing! Liang Chenjing! "The sound of neatness is still so deafening.
"Xiao Xia, your second brother has won, wake up, get up and see, your second brother has won!"
Xiao Xia woke up and turned around, and when she saw the cheering people, she could hardly believe her ears, did he really win? Human?
Situ Biao, who was robbed of the colored flag, rode over, slowly walked into the group of people and looked in the middle, seeing Liang Chenjing covered in blood, he pulled the corners of his mouth and smiled: "Good look, you have a kind, I am convinced!" ”
The judge came over and said in a low voice: "Situ Zhuangshi, you see, Liang Chenjing has been injured like this, I'm afraid the third competition will not be good, or ...... Let's choose another day? (To be continued.) )