Hearing Wright say that he and Rist were the most famous people in the imperial capital, even with Lin Xia's face, he still felt red. Rister's fame should come from his martial arts talent, after all, being able to cultivate to the fourth level at the age of seventeen is a genius among geniuses, but he is the opposite, he should be his own idiot's name resounding all over the imperial capital.

Wright said with some regret: "He is exactly eighteen this year, I thought he would not come back to participate, so I still have a chance to compete for the first place, but now there is no hope." ”

"Listening to your tone just now, I thought that in your eyes everyone here was rubbish, but I didn't expect Lister to let you obey. Lin Xia said.

"me, he's two years older than me, and he's not necessarily as good as me if he's the same age. And you don't know, since Lister got to level four, my old bastard has beaten me up a lot. Wright said with some indignation.

At this time, an officer of the Imperial Forest Army walked in and said loudly: "The review will start immediately, and the first round of the competition is mounted archery. ”

In this competition, the palace guards are responsible for maintaining order.

Everyone in the lounge also looked nervous when they heard that the review had begun, and they all walked to the martial arts arena.

In the arena, the horses are ready, each horse is hung with a bow and arrow and a quiver, everyone chooses their favorite horses, leads the horses and waits for the start of the competition.

At this time, the palace attendants said, "Your Majesty has arrived", everyone in the martial arts arena got up, and as the emperor entered, everyone bowed their heads and saluted, shouting: "Welcome Your Majesty." ”

Surrounded by ministers and palace guards, the emperor entered the martial arts arena, walked to his place and sat down, and said, "Let's start." ”

Lin Xia looked at the emperor, who was already in his sixties and still in good spirits. But it felt very strange to Lin Xia, the emperor did not have the majesty that Lin Xia imagined, but felt that the emperor's temperament was more like an old poet.

With the "beginning" of His Majesty the Emperor, the officers of the Imperial Forest Army began to explain the rules of this competition, pointing to one end of the martial arts arena and saying: "There are ten target positions here, each target position is spaced fifteen meters apart, and each person is required to shoot arrows with a bow during the ride, and the ten arrows are shot at different target positions. Each target has one to ten rings, and the total number of rings shot by the ten arrows is counted at the end. The player with the most total rings wins. ”

The young men in the martial arts arena got on their horses one after another, only Lin Xia was still standing, and a soldier stepped forward to ask, Lin Xia said lightly: "I don't know how to ride a horse." ”

The soldier was stunned when he heard Lin Xia's reply, he never thought that there would be nobles who could not ride horses to participate in the school parade, even if they could not ride horses before the martial arts competition, the parents of the nobles would let their children learn to ride horses before they came to participate.

The soldier had no choice but to take Lin Xia aside, since he couldn't ride a horse, he would be a spectator on the side. and hurried to report to his superiors.

When the commander heard that someone couldn't ride a horse, he was also stunned, and he had no choice but to report to the commander of the Imperial Forest Army in the stands.

When everyone in the stands heard that Lin Xia couldn't ride a horse, they talked about it, and it was a joke that someone came to the martial arts competition without knowing how to ride a horse.

The emperor also heard this, and called the commander of the Imperial Forest Army and asked, "Which family can't ride a horse?"

The commander of the Imperial Forest Army replied respectfully: "It is the Xilin family, the eldest son of Viscount Antonio, Lin Xia. ”

The emperor frowned, Lin Xia was hand-picked to participate by himself, and if he withdrew from the competition like this, he would be very faceless. So he said, "Viscount Antonio, why can't Lin Xia ride a horse?"

Antonio hurriedly got up and said, "The courtier's family is living in poverty, and they really can't afford to buy a war horse that can train riding and archery. ”

Hearing Antonio say this, the emperor couldn't say anything more, and said, "You go back to your seat first, and everything will be said after the competition is over." ”

When the small nobles on the periphery heard Antonio's words, some people began to talk again, saying: "The Xilin family is really useless, they can't even afford a horse, and the nobleman's face has made him lose his face." ”

At this time, the fat man in fourth place on the emperor's left stood up, he was wearing the military uniform of Charlemagne's empire, but his bloated figure could hardly imagine him as a soldier. yelled: "Which bastard dares to insult the Xilin family, stand up and show Lao Tzu, and watch Lao Tzu smash your mouth." ”

The emperor sitting at the top said: "The Lionheart family is a great hero of the empire, if there is another insult to the Xilin family in front of me, the law will be corrected on the spot." ”

The little nobleman quickly shrank back, realizing that he was cheap-mouthed, and could speak ill of Antonio, but he couldn't say that King Lionheart couldn't say anything about the Xilin family.

The emperor said to the fat man: "Count Ferdinand, you should also pay attention to your words and deeds. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty. Ferdinand sat down with no resentment, but it was a little difficult to sit down, the chair was so small that he managed to stuff himself into the chair.

The current emperor of Charlemagne's empire, Charles Alexander XIII, was a poet with romantic feelings, and his favorite place to stay was the Royal Garden, where he often exchanged poems with scholars and sang about great love.

When Charlie had just ascended the throne, Lin Xia's grandfather, Count Bi Weisi, because he fell in love with the female leader of the cottage, became a deserter, and it was the emperor who was moved by Bi Weisi's love, and he couldn't wait to become Bi Weisi and have such an earth-shattering love. even regarded Bi Weisi as his love mentor in his heart, hating that he had just ascended to the throne and could not save this great love.

When the minister submitted the list of the martial arts competition, the minister mentioned that Lin Xia of the Xilin family was fifteen years old and met the criteria for participation, but because he could not join the army, he was not included in the list.

When the emperor heard that the grandson of his longed-for love mentor Bi Weisi could not participate, he felt regretful, so he wanted to give Lin Xia a chance to make up for the compensation he did not save the great love back then.

The competition in the arena had begun, and a young man flew out of the horse, and when he was not far from the first target, he left the reins of his horse with both hands, and fell off his horse before he could take a bow.

The second boy approached the target, but because of his nervousness, he just grabbed the reins with both hands and ran past the target, but fortunately he did not fall off his horse.

Everyone in the stands saw that these noble children were so uncompetitive, and hurriedly looked at the emperor, but fortunately, the emperor sat firmly on the chair, did not speak, and his expression was stable, and everyone breathed.

After all, the empire has been peaceful for more than 200 years, and many noble children have long forgotten the great achievements of their ancestors, and enjoy a luxurious life under the shadow of their ancestors every day.

Riding and archery is the most exquisite kung fu, you must be familiar with the horse nature, in order to do both hands off the reins, with waist strength to balance the body, in the war horse fast running, from the quiver to take arrows, bend the bow, rapid aim in an instant, these must be achieved through continuous practice.

Five or six people passed in a row, and only one or two were a little better, able to occasionally hit the target.

When it came to Wright, his chubby figure on a horse looked very strange. As soon as he pulled the reins, he galloped his horse faster, faster than the other runners.

When two hundred meters away from the first target, the hands are off the reins, quickly remove the bow from the back, put the bow with the left hand, and quickly take out the feather arrow from the quiver with the right hand, bend the bow and shoot it, hitting the red heart of the first target.

After shooting the first target, the horse runs at a faster speed, and quickly pulls the arrow from the quiver with his right hand, bends the bow, and shoots the red heart that hits the second target.

Wright shot eight targets in a row, and each of them was in the middle of the heart, at which point Wright took out two feather arrows at once, and put them on the bow at the same time, shooting them at once, and the two feathered arrows hit the ninth target position of the ninth ring and the tenth target position of the eighth ring.

Wright slowed his horse and raised his hands like a victorious general.

The fat man Count Ferdinand in the stands pretended to be angry and scolded: "This kid could have won the hundred rings steadily, but he had to show off his shooting skills. See if I go back and don't smash his ass. Although he said this, his smiling expression let everyone know that this was a show.

Everyone didn't bother to pay attention to him, just quietly watched the competition in the martial arts arena.

After getting off the horse, Wright came to Lin Xia's side and said, "How is it, my riding and archery skills are not bad, right?"

"It's really amazing. Lin Xia stretched out his thumb and said.

"I've lived in the barracks with my old bastard since I was eight years old. In the Ninth Army, no one dared to say that he was the first when I said that I was second in riding and archery skills, not even my old bastard. Wright said proudly. Then he asked, "You really don't know how to ride a horse?"

"Yes, my family can't afford to buy a horse. Lin Xia said.

At this time, it was the turn of Willie and Bradley, although the two could not be compared with Wright, but they also shot seventy-eight rings and sixty-five rings respectively, which can be ranked in the top ten among the more than 100 noble children today.

"You have time to come to the Ninth Army, the Ninth Army is the army defending the imperial capital, it is stationed outside the city, I will personally teach you to ride and shoot, and defeat Willy and Bradley in minutes. Wright said.

"Are you familiar with Willie and Bradley?" asked Lin Xia.

"Willy's father was a division commander in the Fifth Army, with the title of Viscount, and was a subordinate of Lister's father. I didn't have much to do with their family, but because I was in the same academy as Willy, I beat up Willy's kid a few times. Wright said: "Bradley's father was the division commander of the Fourth Army, and he was stationed in the north for a long time, and he had a good relationship with Willy. ”

Wright actually has a good relationship with Willy, just because he doesn't have much time in the academy, and the situation in the Fourth Army is a bit special, Wright has reminded Willy more than once to drink less Bradley, but Willy seems to have a tendon and completely ignores Wright's reminder.

"You are all studying in the same academy?" Lin Xia asked.

"It's not just the three of us, all the noble children here are basically in our academy. Rist is also there, except that he graduated this year. I've lived in the barracks with old bastards for a long time, and I don't go to the academy very often, so I don't know them very well. Wright said.

Lin Xia listened to Wright's story, and said in his heart: "No wonder they are very familiar with each other, it turns out that they are all in the same academy, it seems that this academy is specially established for nobles, and these noble children are all studying together, which will inevitably produce a deep friendship, which can lay a good foundation for future careers." ”

"Rist is out, I'm here to see how good his riding is doing?" Wright said.

Lin Xia also looked at the martial arts arena, and Rist was riding a white horse, which matched him very well in a white shirt, and he looked very elegant during the ride.