Zhang Hao reminded him confidently, and he didn't feel that he was in the way here.

Zhou Jue ignored it and continued to squeeze forward.

Zhao Mingxi was afraid of him, so he gave way to the side, and Zhou Jue easily squeezed in and separated Zhang Hao and Zhao Mingxi.

Zhang Hao's expression was a little unbearable, and he wanted to bypass Zhou Jue and re-enter Zhao Mingxi, but Zhou Jue kept in front of him, and after a while, Zhang Hao could finally determine that Zhou Jue was deliberately targeting him.

Zhang Hao didn't know the relationship between Zhou Jue and Lu Xiu, but Zhou Jue wanted to compete for the position of the master of the horse, and found that he couldn't get to Zhao Mingxi's side, so he stayed on the periphery with a gloomy face, and hated Zhou Jue.

Zhou Jue protected Zhao Mingxi at the behest of Zhao Che, and saw that Zhang Hao was not by Zhao Mingxi's side, so he and Wu Shouxin protected Zhao Mingxi left and right.

Caitou compared riding and archery, and when everyone was in place, the incense was almost burned, the palace people sounded the gong, and everyone rode horses to the starting place.

Zhao Mingxi has the highest status, so she is naturally in the middle position, and Zhou Jue and Wu Shouxin are on the left and right, so that people can't get close to her.

According to the convention, as long as the first person rides to the designated position and gets something from the palace people and then turns back to the finish line, it wins.

At this time, it is not only about riding, but also about strategy, some people will cooperate, and some people will make stumbling blocks for their opponents, anyway, as long as the goal is finally achieved, they will all win.

With Zhou Jue and Wu Shouxin here, no one dared to stumble Zhao Mingxi, and as soon as the order sounded, Zhao Mingxi rushed out first.

Zhou Jue followed her closely, seeing that she had not studied hard in Tai Academy, and taught in a deep voice: "The legs should be clamped tightly on the horse's back, step on the pedals and don't relax, don't stretch your body so straight, lean forward a little, and stick to the horse's neck." ”

Zhao Mingxi didn't dare to resist, and did as Zhou Jue said, although it took a little effort, but he ran faster than at the beginning.

She glanced back distractedly, just in time to see the people behind her huddled together and fall far away.

"It's not fun to win like this."

Zhao Mingxi underestimated a sentence, and Zhou Jue reminded beside him: "The competition has just begun, don't say it so early." ”

Zhao Mingxi just wanted to refute, but there was the sound of horses' hooves behind him, and when he turned around, Si Ruoming was wearing an ink-colored embroidered unicorn brocade and rode a black horse to catch up.

Zhao Mingxi has always regarded Si Ruoming as an elder, but at this time he has to admit that this prince of Lingyang is quite handsome, with red lips and white teeth, and when he gallops in the sun, his bearing is even more good.

Si Ruoming's mentality in the competition was very peaceful, he didn't plan to compete with those people at the beginning, and he was ranked at the back of the comparison, but he didn't expect that after the chaos in front, he had a chance.

The people on the viewing stage couldn't help but exclaim when they saw Si Ruoming rushing out, Zhao Mingxi glanced back and asked Zhou Jue: "Brother Zhou, what should I do now?" ”

She didn't want to lose, especially not to lose to the candidates who were very optimistic about the royal brother and sister-in-law.

Zhou Jue didn't understand his daughter's careful thoughts, and said in a deep voice: "The arena is like a battlefield, the more you think about it, the more interference you have, don't think about anything else, just rush forward by yourself." ”

Zhao Mingxi listened to Zhou Jue's words, lowered his body and rushed forward, but Si Ruoming obviously didn't have the idea of pitying the princess and letting Her Royal Highness the princess, and he surpassed Zhao Mingxi as expected.

Zhao Mingxi gritted his teeth and whipped the horse's ass twice, but he didn't catch up, and finally fell behind Si Ruoming a little, allowing Si Ruoming to win the jackpot.

But even so, Zhao Mingxi's performance was very good, and after reaching the finish line, Lu Xiu and Lu Qingqing took the lead in cheering for her.

"Her Royal Highness the princess is mighty!"

Lu Qingqing's voice was much louder than Lu Xiu's, Lu Xiu had never done such a thing, only waved a handkerchief to help cheer up.

Zhao Mingxi was originally a little depressed after losing the competition, but when he heard the cheering of the two, he suddenly came to his senses again and waved at them in response.

Si Ruoming was still sitting on the horse, and he also followed the voice.

Lu Xiu and Lu Qingqing stood together, and the two of them waved their hands desperately, which was completely different from the panic of asking him for help in the Wu Mansion that day.

Si Ruoming's eyebrows and eyes were gentle, thinking that the girl of the Lu family was actually quite cute, just thinking about it, Zhou Jue rode his horse to Si Ruoming's side, he looked up at Lu Xiu, and reminded in a low voice: "Gongzi Zhang has been looking at His Royal Highness the Prince of the World." ”

Si Ruoming glanced at him casually, and saw Zhang Hao staring at him directly, his eyes were gloomy, like a monster stained with poison, once he was entangled, he would die without a whole body.

Zhou Jue secretly investigated what happened in Wu Mansion that day, and basically locked on the suspect Zhang Hao, and Zhou Jue also shared this information with Si Ruoming, Si Ruoming knew what kind of person Zhang Hao was, and what thoughts he had, disgust flashed in his eyes, and he said lightly: "It's just a clown jumping off the beam." ”

The riding won the prize, Zhao Che immediately gave Si Ruoming a reward, and praised Zhao Mingxi, the queen was helping beside her, and the words were implying that the two were a pair made in heaven, and the people in the stands were also talking about each other, Zhao Mingxi didn't like to listen to this kind of talk, pretended to have a broken foot, and was helped down by the palace people.

As soon as Zhao Mingxi left, Zhou Jue also wanted to get off the field, Zhang Hao walked to Zhou Jue's side and deliberately said: "Commander Zhou, don't be in a hurry to leave, since you are all on the field, you can also show us a look, I have long heard of the prestige of Commander Zhou." ”

Zhang Hao's goal is clear, and he regards everyone present as his enemies, among which Si Ruoming and Zhou Jue are the most competitive, and his hostility is naturally the heaviest.

Zhou Jue didn't care about what Zhang Hao said, and said lightly: "I still have official business, and I don't participate in today's competition." ”

After Zhou Jue finished speaking, he was about to leave, Zhang Hao raised his voice and said: "Is Commander Zhou unable to participate in today's competition due to business, or does he dare not participate?" ”

Zhang Hao deliberately wanted everyone else to hear it, and as soon as these words came out, everyone's eyes fell on Zhou Jue.

Zhang Hao is a little younger than Zhou Jue, and he was not in the same class as Zhou Jue in Tai Academy, but he only remembered that Zhou Jue was born very white at that time, with a red mole on his eyebrows, and he always followed Gu Hengzhou's buttocks, like Gu Hengzhou's follower.

Zhou Deshan is Gu Tingge's lieutenant general, but he injured a leg, and after returning to Beijing, he reconciled with his wife, everyone thinks that Zhou Deshan is a cripple without a leg, and his ability to be a captain in Hanjing is also a special reward given by the emperor in order to show his benevolence.

Zhou Deshan has no skills, and others naturally think that Zhou Jue is a useless wine bag and rice bag.

Now that Zhou Jue can rise all the way, everyone also thinks that he relies on the shadow of the Guogong Mansion.

After all, the Guogong Mansion still has children born in the Zhou family back then.

Zhang Hao dared to provoke Zhou Jue, a large part of it was because of this.

Zhou Jue stopped and looked at Zhang Hao, he guessed that Zhang Hao was going to do something today, but he didn't expect this person to be so stupid, so stupid that he had to come up and send him to death.

Zhou Jue was promoted from the commander of the Praetorian Guard with a sword in front of the emperor, and then promoted to the commander of the hussars, these positions are all important positions in charge of the safety of the imperial city and Hanjing, if Zhang Hao is not a pig brain, he should also know that even if His Majesty gives face to the Guogong Mansion, he will not hand over such a heavy responsibility to a person who has no real skills.

Zhou Jue did not rush to meet Zhang Hao's challenge, he stood quietly with his fingers crossed, and the people in the stands also noticed what happened here, and they all looked at it curiously.

Now Si Ruoming is the most handsome and elegant Lang Jun in the entire Hanjing, and Zhou Jue is the most brave and good at fighting, the two are literate and martial, and their temperaments are different, but they are the same calm and noble, Zhang Hao stood with them, and the gap suddenly appeared.

However, Zhang Hao himself didn't feel that it was the first time to receive so much attention, and he was a little complacent, and said again: "I have heard that Zhou Da is both civil and military, and Gu Hengzhou, the commander of Zhenbei, is a friend of the same class, and they are like brothers, but now that Gu Da Commander is not in Beijing, he has no chance to get the demeanor of Gu Da Commander, and he will be able to feast his eyes when he can see the strength of Zhou Da Commander." ”

Zhang Hao put a high hat on Zhou Jue, and first put Zhou Jue to a situation where he couldn't refuse, and if Zhou Jue couldn't show any housekeeping skills to shock the audience, he would definitely say that Zhou Jue was inferior to Gu Hengzhou to sneer.

Zhou Jue had already seen through Zhang Hao's move, and did not answer, but only repeated in a deep voice: "I still have official business, and I will not participate in today's competition, if Zhang Gongzi really wants to learn, he can go to Zhou's mansion alone to find me in the future." ”

After Zhou Jue finished speaking, he was about to leave again, and Si Ruoming, who had been standing quietly next to him, arched his hand towards Zhao Che and said: "Hongyun also wants to see Commander Zhou show his style, please allow Commander Zhou to participate in the competition with us." ”

Si Ruoming opened his mouth rarely, and some people who knew that they were hopeless in competing for the position of the horse also spoke: "Please allow Your Majesty to allow Commander Zhou to participate in the competition with us." ”

This became a matter of public expectation, and Zhao Che was also interested, and immediately allowed Zhou Jue to participate in the competition.

The people in the stands suddenly became excited.

Zhou Jue only took more than three years from the guard with a sword in front of the emperor to the commander of the hussars, this speed is too fast, and he rarely uses force in front of outsiders, and he has never gone to the captain's camp to practice, some people are somewhat suspicious and unconvinced, plus Jiang Qinse gave him a green hat, and the voice of doubt is even worse.

If it weren't for him, how could Jiang Qinse dare to do such a thing?

Zhao Che spoke, Zhou Jue received the order, turned back to Zhang Hao's side, raised his eyebrows at him, and silently expressed a meaning: Don't regret it later.

didn't say a word, just an expression, Zhang Hao was so excited that he didn't realize what he would face later, and he took the bow and arrow from the palace people quite unconvinced.

The second round is archery, generally this is the accuracy of the comparison, there is no difficulty in archery practice when I was in Tai Academy, and there are two kinds of fixed targets and movable targets in the past.

The hit rate of the fixed target will be about the same, and it can be separated immediately when the active target is high.

At the beginning of Tai Academy, everyone thought that Gu Hengzhou's archery skills were the best, and when he was in Donghengguo, Zhou Jue knew how good Shen Bai's archery skills were.

Zhou Jue has never seen Shen Bai shoot arrows again over the years, but he has practiced many times in private, and his riding and archery skills are not much worse than Shen Bai back then.

Zhang Hao tried the bow and arrow seriously, his martial arts cultivation is average, but he has played a lot of pitching games on weekdays, the head is OK, and the archery skills are not bad, look at Si Ruoming and look at Zhou Jue, continue to die, and say: "The Commander of Zhou and His Royal Highness the Prince of the World are noble, and the people present are many years old, most of us are running together, and the final competition must be between the two, I bet that His Royal Highness the Prince will win." ”

Zhou Jue thought Zhang Hao was stupid before, but now he thinks he is actually quite smart, and after putting Zhou Jue on the field, he provoked the contradiction between him and Si Ruoming, and he retreated like a nobody.

But how can there be such a good thing in this world?

Zhou Jue swept around and said: "Archery relies on accuracy, I have long heard that Zhang Gongzi's pot throwing skills are very high, and archery skills should not be bad, except for Gu Hengzhou in the early years, there has never been a wizard in Beijing who wears Yang in a hundred steps, Zhang Gongzi is so swearing, presumably today is to be a blockbuster." ”

Zhou Jue's tone was seductive, and Zhang Hao inexplicably felt that Zhou Jue wanted to drag him into the pit he had dug.

He didn't dare to respond, but he definitely wanted to win, and if he could win against these men in front of so many people, it would be enough for him to brag for the rest of his life.

Zhang Hao was a little excited, and secretly poked and poked the bow in his hand tighter.

Zhou Jue didn't look at him again, tried the bow in his hand casually, and glanced at the stands.

Lu Xiu sat next to Lu Qingqing in the rear left position, quiet and quiet like a fragrant orchid.

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Just as he was thinking, the gong sounded, and the archery competition began.

Zhang Hao wanted to earn performance, and said loudly: "Commander Zhou and His Royal Highness the Prince of the World will come first." ”

Si Ruoming frowned, he didn't like this very much, Zhou Jue looked at Zhang Hao coldly, and said coldly: "There are twenty targets here, which can be used by twenty people to compete at the same time, the hour is not early, are you willing to wait, do you want Your Majesty to wait with so many people?" ”

Although it is autumn, the autumn tiger is also very powerful, the sun is also big today, although there is an umbrella in the stands, it is also very hot, Zhang Hao has been hot and sweaty after running a horse, and other people are not comfortable thinking about it.

Zhang Hao didn't dare to reply again, Si Ruoming naturally stood in the same camp with Zhou Jue, and said softly: "I'll be with everyone." ”

Everyone took their bows and arrows, and stood at the corresponding target, Zhou Jue and Si Ruoming sandwiched Zhang Hao in the middle.

Zhang Hao raised the bow, there was a problem with his posture, Zhou Jue was not stingy, when he aimed, he also left a little residual light for Zhang Hao, and reminded in a deep voice: "The legs and shoulders are wide, and they are tense." ”

Zhang Hao's face was hot, and he glanced at Zhou Jue.

You're on the test field, and you have to guide people, so it seems that you can endure it, right?

Archery is not something that can be practiced in a day or two, and when I was in Tai Academy, Master Wu Xiu taught the same skills, and the students he taught were still uneven.

Zhang Hao didn't believe that Zhou Jue wanted him to win, but he just wanted to take the opportunity to humiliate him.

With anger in his heart, Zhang Hao quickly shot the first arrow, and Zhou Jue followed closely behind him and let go.

Zhang Hao's first arrow was a little off, at the edge of the target, not included in the score, and Zhou Jue's was even more exaggerated, and he went directly off the target.

However, the arrow that missed the target did not miss, but pierced through the arrow shot by Zhang Hao and was firmly nailed to Zhang Hao's target.

The palace people reported the target, there was a commotion in the stands, Zhang Hao was very angry, and asked Zhou Jue: "Commander Zhou, what do you mean by this?" ”

Zhou Jue pulled out the second arrow and said calmly: "It's not interesting, it's just a miss." ”

Why don't you miss it, what's the matter with shooting my arrows?

Zhang Hao gritted his teeth, his face was ugly, and Zhou Jue continued: "Learning martial arts is not an overnight thing, and it is normal to be difficult to persevere, but if Zhang Gongzi really wants to learn, he should be serious." ”

After Zhou Jue finished speaking, he shot the second arrow.

This time, it hit the bull's-eye steadily.

There were cheers around, Zhang Hao suddenly felt that Zhou Jue was much more terrifying than he imagined, he was calm and calm, and he didn't care about his provocation, because he had enough confidence and absolute strength to crush others and press others to the ground and rub them.

Zhang Hao felt a chill on his back, and began to regret that he had provoked Zhou Jue at the beginning, but at this time, Zhou Jue hit the bull's-eye twice in a row, and took out his efforts to say to him: "The competition has just begun, Zhang Gongzi don't be distracted, take a deep breath, calm down, try your best to pull the bow full and then release, aim and then release the arrow." ”

Zhang Hao followed his command to inhale and exhale, aim and then release the arrow.

Bang.

The arrow is firmly nailed an inch away from the bull's-eye.

The palace people reported the target, and Zhang Hao jumped up all of a sudden.

This is even better than his grades at the end of the Tai Academy's martial arts courses.

The corners of Zhou Jue's lips raised slightly, and he encouraged: "Come on Zhang Gongzi, maybe you can come out on top today." ”

Zhang Hao couldn't get up, he always felt that there was something wrong with Zhou Jue's words, but he was already behind others, so he didn't have time to think too much, so he continued to concentrate on archery.

Because of Zhou Jue's joining, the competition on the field attracted more attention, and Lu Qingqing was the most surprised, but her focus was different from others, and asked Lu Xiu in a low voice: "Didn't you say that the set of clothes on her husband is a specially designed new model that is not available on the market?" Why is the set on Commander Zhou so similar to that of his husband? ”

Lu Xiu's face was hot, and he didn't know how to explain it, Lu Qingqing frowned and asked, "Did someone steal your drawings and leak them?" ”

"It's not." Lu Xiu shook his head and said truthfully, "He helped me a few times before, I asked someone to make a set of clothes for him, I didn't expect him to wear them today." ”

Lu Qingqing said curiously: "Didn't you say that he has a strange temperament and doesn't talk to others on weekdays, how can he help you?" ”

Lu Xiu squeezed the veil tightly and defended softly: "No, others are very good." ”

As soon as the words fell, there were exclamations from around, Zhou Jue shot ten arrows, except for the first arrow that missed the target, and all the back hit the bull's-eye.

There is no doubt that his quasi-head is the best of all the children of the family.

Looking at it this way, his first arrow missed the target, which was more like deliberately letting everyone, so as not to make the gap with everyone too big and ugly.

In the first round, most of the fixed targets were eliminated, leaving only the top three.

It happens to be Zhou Jue, Zhang Hao, and Si Ruoming.

Zhang Hao ranked second, sandwiched between the two, not up or down.

The three stayed to enter the competition of the activity target, this year's activity target is the rabbit specially raised by the Imperial Horse Supervisor, a total of thirty, limited to one stick of incense, who shoots more rabbits, who wins.

In order to distinguish the results of the three people, the arrows and arrows used by the three were marked with different colors, Zhou Jue's was red, Zhang Hao's was yellow, and Si Ruoming's was blue.

After a short rest, the three of them got back on their horses, and the palace people of the Imperial Horse Prison released the rabbit first, and as soon as the rabbit was free, it immediately ran in all directions, and when the gong sounded, the three of them rode their horses and ran forward.

The difficulty of the movable target and the fixed target is completely different, Zhang Hao knew that he couldn't win, so he rode a horse against Zhou Jue from the beginning to stop Zhou Jue from advancing, and Si Ruoming took the lead in running in the front.

Zhou Jue was not in a hurry, his eyes were slightly bent, and he appreciated Zhang Hao's reaction.

He likes this kind of person who is so stupid that he wants to die.

Zhang Hao didn't dare to do it directly with Zhou Jue, aiming at the quiver on Zhou Jue's back, preparing to find an opportunity to pounce on Zhou Jue's horse and get rid of his quiver first.

Zhou Jue saw Zhang Hao's intentions, deliberately slowed down his speed, let Zhang Hao get close to his horse, and when Zhang Hao mustered up the courage to pounce, he secretly shook him off.

Zhang Hao didn't expect Zhou Jue to have this hand, so he pounced, because most of his body was hanging on the horse's back by inertia, and he heard a click on his backbone, but he didn't bother to pay attention to it at all, because he was almost hanging upside down on the horse, his head was very close to the ground, and he would fall off the horse if he wasn't careful.

The consequences are not trivial.

Zhang Hao was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat, but his waist hurt so much that he couldn't use his strength, and there was no way to get back on the horse.

The people in the stands screamed, thinking it was too dangerous.

Mrs. Zhang stood up directly and shouted out of gaffe: "Stop the horse!" ”

Mrs. Zhang doesn't know equestrianism and archery, and in previous years, she had only seen her sons and daughters from other families participate in the autumn hunt to show her style, but she didn't expect her son to be so thrilling and scary when it was her turn to play.

She was so frightened that her heart was about to come out of her throat, but the emperor and queen, who were sitting at the front, did not open her mouth to stop the game.

Mrs. Zhang was so anxious that she was about to go to find Zhang Yingshan, Sun Yuehai came over and said: "Don't be nervous, Madam, no one can stop the horse during the gallop, Young Master Zhang is extraordinary, he will definitely be able to think of a way to deal with it." ”

Isn't it clear what my son is, and what can he do to deal with it?

Mrs. Zhang slandered, but Sun Yuehai was the one who served in front of the emperor, and what he said was equivalent to Zhao Che's speech.

His Majesty wants to see what she is capable of, can she still refuse?

Mrs. Zhang gritted her teeth and looked straight at the field.

Zhou Jue quickly caught up with his boss Ru Ming, and the two of them each chased the rabbit and shot them, which were comparable, and Zhang Hao was carried around the field by the horse like a clown.

After a stick of incense, the palace people sounded the gong, and the competition ended.

Zhou Jue shot twenty-seven rabbits, Si Ruoming shot eight, and five escaped, and the palace people of the Imperial Horse Prison would release them.

The man from the Imperial Horse Supervisor whistled and called Zhang Hao's horse back, and when the horse stopped, Zhang Hao was also rescued from the horse.

He couldn't stand steadily, his back was strained badly, and his face was white, and the palace people immediately carried him down on a stretcher.

Mrs. Zhang shouted "My hard-working son" and chased him out regardless of her image.

Zhang Hao didn't shoot an arrow, and he injured his waist, Zhang Yingshan's face was really unbearable.

But this can't be blamed on others, it's because he doesn't have the ability.

Zhang Hao was carried down, but Zhou Jue and Si Ruoming wanted to come to receive the reward.

Zhou Jue's riding skills and archery skills are obvious to all, Zhao Che was very happy and asked Zhou Jue what reward he wanted.

Zhou Jue knelt on the field and said in a very loud voice: "Weichen wants to ask His Majesty for someone." ”

Zhao Che asked, "Who?" ”

Zhou Jue raised his head, looked at Lu Xiu in the stands, and said loudly: "Weichen wants to ask to marry Lu Xiu, the sister of Wu Junshou, as his wife, please allow Your Majesty!" ”