The Jiedu Embassy temporarily changed the rules of the martial arts, but it was unanimously supported by all families and martial arts halls, and more resources were obtained, and the eliminated families could have the opportunity to compete for the leader of the cavalry and archery group, and everyone certainly supported it.

Everyone has spoken, opinions gradually unified, from next year, the Lingzhou martial arts will be changed to the sword and the bow club, the ring competition sword is classified into one category, the foot bow and horse archery are classified into one category, and two lists are set.

Of course, this year there is no time to change, so it will be implemented in accordance with the rules of the Setsudo Prefecture.

The riding and archery competition will be held the day after tomorrow, and everyone has rushed back to their families to select their children for the competition.

Liang Huihe was not too happy, the new rules were not good for the Liang family, the Liang family did not play well in the bow, and only scored one hundred and eight points, the Guo family was one hundred and twelve points, four points more than the Liang family, and the Lin family was one hundred and fifteen points, seven points more than the Liang family, and the riding and archery could only play three people, with a total score of only thirty points, and the Liang family was likely to be at the bottom of the top three.

In the room, Liang Yundao said lightly: "The step bow itself is that we don't play well, and we can't blame others, since the rules have been set, then don't complain, try our best to play well in riding and shooting, and we can do our best." ”

Liang Huihe sighed and said: "The Lin family will also be affected, Lin Tai and Lin Feng are injured, and they will definitely not be able to participate in the cavalry archery, you must know that Lin Tai's riding archery is the first among the children of Lingzhou Babao, I think it may be the Guo family who has the last laugh." ”

"You don't care about this, the key is to select the children of the Liang family to participate in mounted archery, you should know it in your heart!"

Liang Huihe nodded, "In addition to Guo Song, Liang Wu's riding and archery is also good, as well as Liang Ju'er and Liang Cang, the level of riding and archery between the two is between Bozhong." ”

"Then tomorrow let the two of them compete, and the winner will participate in the mounted archery competition."

Liang Huihe hesitated and said, "Big brother, I'm a little worried about Guo Song. ”

"Worried about what?"

"Big brother forgot? We talked to him before, and his participation in the Liang family did not include mounted archery, and he seemed reluctant to participate in mounted archery. ”

Liang Yundao frowned, "Why?" ”

"Once he participates in cavalry archery, he will be on the list of reserve generals of Shuofang Jiedu Mansion, and he must serve in the army, and he seems to be reluctant."

Liang Yundao pondered for a moment and said, "I'll go talk to him and talk to him." ”

……….

In the evening, Liang Yundao came to the guest house with a roll of rice paper, and there was another guest in the guest house, who was Liang Yundao's old friend, Yanzhou recorded Liu Ji who joined the army, Liu Ji was a native of Caozhou, and was transferred back to the capital when his term expired.

At this time, the two were sitting in Guo Song's study and chatting very happily, Liu Ji was not too old, about forty-five or sixteen years old, with a clear appearance, very talkative, this year the martial arts were strong, especially in the border areas, it was rare to meet a knowledgeable young man, and Guo Song also got a lot of Tang Dynasty information from Liu Ji, and the two felt a little bit of hatred for each other.

Liang Yundao walked into the room and said with a smile: "I didn't expect the two of you to be able to talk." ”

Liu Ji got up and said with a smile: "Although Guo Gongzi is young, he has a wide range of knowledge and is very knowledgeable. ”

Guo Song also got up and said modestly: "Listening to your words, it is better to read for ten years, and listening to the teachings of my predecessors, I have also gained a lot." ”

Liang Yundao smiled slightly: "Since this is the case, Changqing will stay for a few more days." ”

Liu Ji hurriedly waved his hand, "Xue Yantuo's cavalry is about to be killed, the gentleman is not standing on the dangerous wall, I still have to flee for my life!" ”

Liang Yundao is just talking, tomorrow is the last chance to leave, of course Liu Ji has to leave, how can he stay.

He smiled at Guo Song again: "I said okay last time, today I came to ask for words!" ”

Liu Ji's eyes lit up, "Guo Gongzi's calligraphy is exquisite, and I also ask for a word by the way." ”

Guo Song said modestly, and then said happily: "Since the two elders don't think my font is rude, then I will be ugly!" ”

He cleaned up a table, took the rice paper and spread it out, dipped it in ink and asked with a smile, "What does Uncle want to write?" ”

"The virtuous nephew can write two sentences casually, as long as it is a poem with lofty ambitions."

Guo Song thought about it and wrote: "There will be a time when the wind and waves will be long, and the clouds will sail into the sea. ’

Guo Song's previous life calligraphy was excellent since childhood, and later practiced a good word, he practiced martial arts in Kongtong Mountain for ten years, and never dropped to practice words, has been writing on the wooden board with clear water, decades of hard practice, has quite a lot of style.

These two lines of words are written in a line of calligraphy, which is both elegant and like a dragon, but also does not lose its vigor, and the pen is very thorough, and the two of them applauded continuously, "Good words!" Good word! ”

Liang Yundao picked up the banner and couldn't put it down, and said with a smile: "I'll have someone frame it tomorrow and hang it in the study." ”

Liu Ji was itchy and said with a smile: "Hurry up and write me a picture too." ”

Guo Song smiled slightly: "What do you want to write before?" ”

Liu Ji couldn't think of a good sentence for a while, so he smiled and said: "My two nephews are going to become officials, so I will write two poems praising the talents." ”

Guo Song pondered for a moment and wrote: "There are talented people in the country, and they have led the way for hundreds of years. ”

Liu Ji praised repeatedly, and he hadn't heard of these two poems, but now he didn't care about asking about the origin, he saw that Liang Yundao seemed to have the intention of snatching, so he hurriedly picked up the banner and smiled: "You talk slowly, I'll go back to the room and appreciate it carefully." ”

He picked up the banner and ran away, Liang Yundao was a step slower, and Liu Ji took away this good word, he wanted to ask Guo Song to write another one, but he was embarrassed to speak.

Guo Song put down his pen and said with a smile: "Uncle won't come tonight just to ask for words!" ”

Guo Song had already turned the topic to business, so he sat down and said, "The rules of the competition have been changed, do you know?" ”

Guo Song nodded, "I heard Liang Wu say that Lin Tai and Lin Feng were injured and could no longer participate in the sword competition, so they used the results of mounted archery and foot bow to determine the final top three." ”

"What do you think?"

"It's not good for the Liang family!"

Guo Song said bluntly: "The Liang family's foot bow score is low, unless the Lin family makes a major mistake in riding and shooting, the Liang family has no hope of competing for the first place." ”

Liang Yundao asked again: "Is the virtuous nephew willing to fight for the Liang family?" ”

Guo Song's face showed a look of embarrassment, it is not a big problem for the Liang family to participate in cavalry shooting, the key is to become a Shuofang military general, Guo Song is really unwilling, if he wants to join the army, he will join the army in Hexi, why wait until now.

Thinking of this, he said frankly: "I am willing to play for the Liang family, but I don't want to become a Shuofang military general, in a word, I don't want to join the army." ”

Liang Yundao knew that Guo Song was unwilling, so he continued: "In fact, only the top ten will become reserve generals, and the other contestants are called alternate reserve generals, just to register in Shuo Fangjun."

And even if you become a reserve general, you are only a preparation general, not a general officially appointed by the imperial court, and you must report to the imperial court after making meritorious service before you have the opportunity to become a formal general. ”

Guo Song shook his head, "I don't want to be a general, but I heard that no matter whether it is a reserve general or an alternate general, you must obey the call of the Shuo Fang Army at any time. ”

Liang Yundao is really in a dilemma, if there is no Guo Song to participate in cavalry shooting, the Liang family will definitely lose Sun Shan's name, but Guo Song made it clear that he is not willing to be a backup general, what can I do?

After thinking about it, Liang Yundao smiled and said, "I already understand the idea of the virtuous nephew, so be it!" I'll talk to the envoy tomorrow to see if he can make an exception for you and not include you in the reserves. ”

"Did anyone else make an exception?"

Liang Yundao nodded: "Guo Chongqing is making an exception, but he is Guo Ziyi's pro-soldier captain, so he made an exception, and other Shuofang army generals don't need to be reserve generals, so I'll go talk to the Jiedu envoy and see if I can make an exception for you." ”

"Then there's Uncle Law!"

..........

Before dawn the next day, Guo Song was awakened from his meditation by a noise in the courtyard.

"Please, I'm really in a hurry, let me meet Brother Guo!"

This seems to be Shi Tong's voice, but when will there be a guard in the guest house?

Guo Song put on his clothes and walked out of the door quickly, only to see a family member stop Shi Tong outside the courtyard and prevent him from coming in.

"It's okay, let him in!" Guo Song said with a smile.

When the family saw Guo Song coming out, he saluted and said: "The head of the family is afraid that his subordinates will affect the rest of the son, so he specially let the villain guard the door." ”

"Thank you, go and rest!"

The family left in a hurry, and Shi Tong hurriedly ran in and said, "Brother Guo, it's amazing!" I.... I'm also going to participate in mounted archery, representing our Excalibur Martial Arts Gym. ”

Guo Song smiled dumbly, "Do you know how to ride and shoot?" ”

"It's going to be a little bit, but the level is terrible, twenty paces away, ten arrows to shoot one arrow, and you can't ride a horse fast."

"Then how could the Divine Sword Martial Arts Pavilion choose you?"

"Because the Excalibur Martial Arts Pavilion really can't find anyone."

It was not Shi Tong who spoke, but Liang Wu, who walked in from the outside with a smile, "The short man is tall inside, and the little fat man is chosen." ”

Guo Song smiled slightly: "That's a good thing!" Doesn't it mean that if you can participate in mounted archery, you are an alternate general? ”

"How can there be such a good thing!"

Shi Tong's head shook like a rattle, "The top ten are reserve generals, and the eleventh to thirty are alternate reserve generals, a total of sixty-six people participated, and almost more than half of them were eliminated." ”

"But what's the use of you looking for me? Riding archery is to rely on years of accumulation to practice, tomorrow is the competition, you are only holding on to the moment now, it will definitely be too late. ”

Shi Tong looked at Liang Wu and scratched his head, but he was embarrassed to say.

Liang Wu immediately understood, and said with a smile: "I promised Xiaopang to let him pick a bow in the Liang family's arsenal, I guess he wants to ask you to help choose, Xiaopang, that's what it means!" ”

Shi Tong nodded, "I wonder if Brother Guo has time?" ”

Guo Song said happily: "I'm fine now, let's go and have a look, I still want to find a good pot of arrows." ”