Volume 3 The First Entry into the Eunuch Stream Chapter 88 Shooting the Court (Middle)
With the progress of the shooting test, the atmosphere at the scene was much warmer than before, and many martial artists gathered together naturally without much attention, especially after seeing the performance of others, it was inevitable that some people would comment on it, and there were even some arguments.
However, with this sudden shout, the originally noisy school field suddenly became silent, and everyone stood in place with surprised faces, and they couldn't believe their ears - the current emperor suddenly came to the third class courtyard in person? This is something that hasn't happened in years, is it true?
Not to mention those candidates, even a few officials were obviously a little distracted, and they couldn't react to the next step for a long time, only Wang Fangnian was in good spirits, and quickly got up and walked out to greet him, and then the others reacted, and then they came out of the school to greet each other.
After a while, a team of dozens of people drove over, when there was a big Huangluo umbrella cover in the middle, it was the honor guard that the Son of Heaven could use, which was completely confirmed by the statement that the Son of Heaven was coming, and also made everyone kneel down in a panic to meet the driver, Wang Fangnian was even more prostrate on the ground, and shouted loudly: "Weichen doesn't know that His Majesty is coming to miss the welcome, and I hope to forgive my sins." ”
Sun Tu knelt in the crowd, but he already knew in his heart that Wang Fangnian could behave so calmly because he already knew that the emperor would come today. In fact, from some of Tong Guan's words before, you can hear some clues, he once told himself that as long as today's shooting test court can perform well, he will be able to get a good dispatch, obviously this means something.
There is also the arrangement of today's exam position, according to reason, the more you go forward, the more you can get a good review, why you will be ranked outside the fifty when there are obviously people, and now you have an answer. It turns out that they have already calculated the time when the Son of Heaven will come here, so they will leave a chance to show themselves! Tong Guan and they really put a lot of thought into helping themselves, as for why they didn't tell themselves about this early in the morning, I'm afraid that the matter has not been completely decided, and secondly, it is also for the sake of the school's ability to respond to emergencies.
With a thought in his heart, Sun Tu couldn't help but peek at the tall middle-aged man under the yellow umbrella not far away, this person is the famous monarch of the dead country in history, all the gold and stones, paintings, calligraphy, poems and other elegant things are all fine, the only one who will not be the king of a country is Song Huizong Zhao Ji!
Although there is still a long distance apart, Sun Tu's eyesight can still see the appearance of this person clearly, this official of the current Great Song Dynasty is wearing a red robe, his body has grown up, his appearance is graceful and gentle, and his bearing is even more calm and rich, so that people dare not force him to look. Maybe after being an emperor for a long time, he will have a kind of kingly spirit on his body.
"All the secretaries, please be even, I heard that there are pillars of my Great Song Dynasty future martial arts in the third class courtyard today, so I came to take a look, I hope it didn't disturb you." Zhao Ji's voice was quite gentle like his appearance, and he had an affinity, showing that he was a very cultured person.
When everyone heard this, they were grateful, and after quickly bowing and thanking each other, they stood up nervously. In fact, those officials in the third class courtyard are okay, after all, they can always see the true face of the Son of Heaven every few days, but the candidates who came here to participate in the shooting test court today can't be calm, their faces are red, and their breathing is disordered.
This is really a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, as long as the thought of being able to show martial arts in front of the Son of Heaven, almost everyone will be in a state of excitement and nervousness.
Even Sun Tu, at this time, he also felt that his heart was beating fast, even if he came from that era when everyone was equal, but when the Son of Heaven walked by, he couldn't see him as an ordinary person. However, he still saw a familiar figure from the people next to Zhao Ji - Tong Guan.
It's just that today's Tong Guan is very different from the past, not only has his clothes changed to the same eunuch clothes as many people on the side, but his body is also slightly bent, which makes people completely unable to believe that he led the army to fight in the northwest a few years ago, and now he is a high-ranking official in the DPRK and the central government of the privy envoy.
After making such a fuss for a while, as the Son of Heaven entered the school field and sat on the platform at the top of the place, all the examiners and candidates returned to the school field for the next examination.
It's just that at this time, the psychological quality of these martial artists is revealed, and the fifty-one candidates who followed followed shot three arrows in succession under the gaze of the Son of Heaven and didn't hit the target, which can be regarded as the worst performance today, even the people who appeared behind Zhou Jin only missed the target with three arrows, and they appeared at intervals.
The examinee then tried his best to stabilize his emotions, but the result was still five misses, and by the end his whole face had turned pale, and he had no idea what to say or what to do.
Seeing this, Wang Fangnian hurriedly asked, "Dong Hu, are you unwell?" "It's a round for him.
The candidate hesitated for a long time before nodding yes, which can be regarded as covering up his poor performance.
But then the performance of one person was not too much, and there were three missed arrows in foot shooting and mounted shooting, which made all the onlookers shake their heads and sigh, even Zhao Ji couldn't help frowning slightly, and glanced at Tong Guan beside him: "Tong Qing, what you said the day before yesterday was a bit exaggerated, right?" ”
Tong Guan hurriedly bowed his body and whispered back: "Sage Mingjian, there are always some of these candidates who are not very qualified, but the minister believes that there must be a few pillars among them. ”
Just when his words fell, Wang Fangnian had already named him again: "The next person, Sun Tu, a native of Yuncheng County, Shandong, you come to test the seven arrows." ”
Hearing the roll call, Sun Tu took a sharp breath, then strode to the front, and took the eight-bucket bow from the hands of the soldiers on the side. After glancing at the target eighty paces away, he wound the arrow, and steadily pulled the bow away like a full moon, and then let go, and with a whoosh, the arrow had flown over that distance and was firmly nailed to the red heart of the target.
And Sun Tu's movements in his hands did not stop, and when his hands kept waving, he had shot out the feather arrows in the quiver beside him one after another, and then nailed them all to the red heart that was only the size of a palm, seven arrows, without exception!
On the school field, where no one talked and laughed because of the arrival of the Son of Heaven, it was even more audible at this time, and many people looked at Sun Tu with a look of amazement, this young man really has a good attitude and good archery.
Even Zhao Ji nodded appreciatively: "This person is okay, it's not far from the forbidden army." ”
Wang Fangnian cheered, and then let people lead the horses up for Sun Tu to ride and shoot. Sun Tu didn't see the slightest timidity, came to the five-foot-tall horse, only stretched out his hand and pressed it on the saddle, the person had already jumped up, and was on the horse's back lightly and neatly, and then clamped the horse's belly with his legs, and then controlled the warhorse, which had been trained and matured, and began to trot in the field.
At this time, it was evident that he had been practicing riding every day for several months, and under Sun Tu's control, the horse ran freely, and the person was steady on it, and there was no shaking in any way. After getting used to the speed of the horse, Sun Tu only controlled it with his legs, but his hands had released the reins, one hand took the bow, the other hand drew the arrow, and when he ran to the end of the school field, he struggled to clamp the horse's belly, so that the horse under the crotch turned around, and he also took advantage of this force to suddenly open the bow, aiming at the target in front of him is an arrow.
When everyone's eyes subconsciously followed the direction of the arrow he shot, Sun Tu had already shot three more arrows quickly. With a soft sound, the four feather arrows hit almost at the same time, and all of them hit the red heart again. And Sun Tu had already run past the boundary in front of him at this time, hurriedly circled the war horse, pulled it and ran back again, and during this period, he suddenly turned around, and at the same time as the horse ran backwards, the last three arrows were continuously shot towards the target, which made many people let out a burst of exclamations.
You must know that this kind of arrow against the momentum is the most difficult to control the direction and force, but at the same time, it is also the most difficult to guard against. But Sun Tu did it easily, and the three feather arrows still hit the red heart steadily!
A total of fourteen arrows were shot on foot and horse, Sun Tu actually hit all the red hearts, and the last three arrows were still sent in the opposite direction, as soon as this hand archery came out, it immediately provoked a burst of applause, and everyone couldn't care about the presence of the Son of Heaven at this time, it was Tong Guan, after seeing this result, his face also suddenly appeared with surprise, and his body, which was originally a little deliberately stiff, also straightened up - he knew that Sun Tu was good at martial arts, but he didn't expect him to be so powerful!