Chapter 45: One Stone
The gate of Zhao's mansion.
A gorgeous two-wheeled carriage was already waiting at the gate of the mansion, and Zhao Ling and more than a dozen domestic slaves were also waiting beside the carriage.
On the jade steps, Xie Yun personally sent Zhao Hao to the door, looked at Zhao Hao with his eyes full of pity, and tidied up his collar for him, and then said softly: "Little wrongdoer, you have passed the examination of the three arts, and you are among the top three, and you will not fall into the reputation of the Zhao family. ”
Xie Yun is worried that it makes sense in theory, God knows that in order to participate in the recruitment of relatives, this enemy insisted on practicing bows and arrows, practicing piano music in the afternoon, and reading arithmetic in the evening, and won the three top three, I am afraid that I don't know how much suffering I have suffered, and now there is only one shooting test left, if I can't pass the test, I'm afraid that Zhao Hao will not be able to bear it.
In addition to skills, you also need strength, Zhao Hao looks like this, he can't even open the three bucket bows, how to pass the test? What's more, there have long been rumors in the palace that Chenglong's fast son-in-law will only be selected between Zheng Yu and Xie Yu, and it is unlikely that a third person will be chosen.
"The greater the hope, the greater the disappointment", Xie Yun naturally couldn't say this kind of thing, but he understood this truth in his heart, so he had to give Zhao Hao a preventive shot in advance.
Zhao Hao grinned and said: "Mother, please be relieved, I will marry the daughter of the Wang family today, I am afraid that where the grandfather and uncle are, it will be difficult to explain." ”
Xie Yun saw his confident appearance, and somehow felt a little more uncomfortable in his heart, and he comforted him again: "The matter of the shooting test, it is not enough to have skills, and you have to be able to open the bow, my son has just recovered from a serious illness, and his strength is difficult to continue, if he loses, it is nothing." My son is noble, talented, virtuous, and dignified, he can't marry the daughter of the Wang family, so he can marry a woman from the prime minister's mansion in Beijing in the future. ”
Zhao Hao was speechless for a while: "Okay, mother, go back to the house, but sit in the hall and wait for good news." ”
After speaking, he didn't want to do too much entanglement with Xie Yun in his heart, so he immediately said goodbye to Xie Yun and said goodbye to Xie Yun, then boarded the carriage, lowered the curtain, and the carriage started slowly.
After walking more than 100 steps, Zhao Hao opened the curtains, but saw that Xie Yun and his subordinates were still standing at the door, looking at this side, they couldn't help but be messy.
Mother, I'm here to rob my wife, not to stab Qin, how can I make a tragic painting style of "the wind is sluggish and the water is cold......
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Zuiheenen.
The archery range is behind the racecourse and covers an area of about three acres, and the ground within the archery field is extremely flat.
On the west side of the archery field, a slip of arrow targets was neatly arranged, lined up sixty paces away.
On the east side, there is a row of bow and arrow racks, each of which is filled with a variety of horn compound bows, ranging from three buckets to one stone, and feathered arrows of various sizes.
In the middle of the archery field, there is a clear lime line, from fifty to a hundred paces, one grid every ten steps, and that line is drawn with a thin cable line, drawn straight.
Before the time came, many people had gathered in the archery field, and some of the candidates who arrived first had already taken their bows and were trying to shoot.
However, in this era of emphasizing literature over martial arts, for those who lack exercise, the second generation of rich and second-generation officials, archery is the same as horseback riding, and there are not many things to be good at.
What's more, at this time, it is already the last game, and a small number of people have already passed the four arts, and they don't want to touch the troubled waters of the shooting test.
There are only a few people like Zhao Hao who have passed the three arts and need to win the archery test to enter the next round, and the rest are some who are hopeless, but they have a hobby for archery, plus Xie Yu and Zheng Yu, who are plotting for the grand slam, a total of only twelve or thirteen people.
According to the rules, Zhao Hao only needs to eliminate three people to enter the top ten.
However, things were far beyond Wang Jue and Zhao Hao's expectations.
"Someone said to my father, saying that the friendship between you and me is extraordinary and should be avoided, so the examiner is no longer a fool in this shooting test."
"There is humanity, the shooting test is the last assessment, many people feel hopeless and have withdrawn from the competition, if it is still a little inappropriate to enter the top ten for the pass, the passer must be at least fifty steps away, three or four out of ten, my father has allowed it."
"Forgive the foolish brother for not being able to help ......"
This is the general news that Wang Jue feels that he has brought to Zhao Hao, so when he said this, his voice was extremely difficult and difficult.
Because he knew that Zhao Hao had already put in more effort than anyone else.
He also knew that the back hall of Yaxuanju, his sister behind the curtain, was waiting for someone's arrival.
It's just that he can't do anything about all this......
Compared with Wang Jue's bitterness, Zhao Hao looked light, and even had a bit of a bright smile, which made Wang Jue's heart more and more uncomfortable.
Fifty steps, you have to open at least four bucket bows and pull a full moon before it is possible to shoot into the target, Zhao Hao's arm strength is definitely not open.
"I want a refined six-bucket bow, and I ask Brother Xian to help me. At the same time, please ask the virtuous brother if you can find the examiner to be accommodating, so that the foolish brother will be ranked last. ”
Zhao Hao smiled and only made two requests.
These two requests are naturally not difficult for Wang Jue, and because of the guilt in his heart, he has agreed without asking the reason.
With the ringing of a bell, the final test of the Six Arts finally began.
However, the course of the exam was not exciting. Of the more than 10 contestants, less than half of them were able to shoot 50 paces.
The first person who was temporarily ranked first, shot a target of sixty steps, opened five bucket bows, and was seven out of ten, which caused the audience to applaud, but this person did not pass any of the previous five assessments.
Xie Yu ranked second, shooting a 50-step target, 4 out of 5, and then changed to a 60-step target, 2 out of 5.
Zheng Yu ranked fifth, shooting a target of fifty steps, four out of ten, and he could pass the test.
In the end, it was finally Zhao Hao's turn to appear, and it was also the last and last person in the three-day Six Arts Exam.
"The last one, Zhao Hao Zhao Gongzi!"
There was a bang in the audience, and dozens of pairs of eyes looked at the young man who was dressed in white and carrying a longbow.
Zhao Hao smiled indifferently, brushed off the white shirt outside, and threw it to Liang Lie on the side, revealing the dark color suit inside, with his slender figure and height of one meter seven or eight, he looked heroic.
He Shi Shiran threw a fist around him, and immediately provoked a round of applause from all around, especially many people already knew the significance of this shooting test to Zhao Hao, and they all applauded when they saw the excitement.
Zhao Hao raised the refined six-bucket longbow, motioned to the palace attendants beside him to go and get the arrows, and took advantage of this moment to glance around.
He saw Wang Jue and Xie Yu standing side by side, looking at this side with concern, and immediately smiled brightly, waved his longbow and signaled to the two, and then his eyes fell on the two people not far from the northwest corner of the arrow field.
is still dressed in purple, and the woman is dressed as a man, just like the first time I saw it that day.
Zhao Hao suddenly felt an inexplicable feeling in his heart, warm and a little astringent.
He raised his longbow again and swung it three times in succession.
At this moment, a person carried a longbow and hurriedly rushed over: "Zhao Gongzi." ”
Zhao Hao suddenly turned around, but saw a man who looked like a house slave, holding a longbow in his hand, and handed it to him: "Our third son of the Zheng family, I heard that Zhao Gongzi has always been good at using two bucket bows, and I am afraid that Zhao Gongzi will not move the bow of the palace, so I specially asked someone to refine two bucket bows, and asked Gongzi to smile." ”
Zhao Hao's expression didn't move, but as soon as he gestured to Zhao Ling, the person had already been picked up and thrown out three or four meters away like garbage.
At this moment, Zhao Hao had already received a feather arrow, quickly mounted the arrow, and aimed at the arrow target fifty steps away.
"Using Diana Pill (small), the host's arm strength increases by fifty catties, and the remaining effective time: 9 minutes and 59 seconds."
The bow pulled the full moon, and with a bang, the arrow was like a meteor, heading straight for the target.
Sincere~
Hit the bull's-eye!
In an instant, there was silence.
Ho ho ho ho ~
I don't know who led it, and then there was a sky-shattering cheer.
At this time, Wang Jue was still looking at Zhao Hao dumbfounded, his mouth became an O-shape, and Xie Yu beside him also had an incredible look on his face.
"Hell yes!" In the crowd, Zheng Yu was already in a state of distraction.
"Please move to sixty steps!"
A sound came, although it was not loud, but it was enough to shake the audience again, and the attendants did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly moved the arrow target sixty paces away.
Zhao Hao didn't dare to delay, and quickly took the feather arrow from the hand of the attendant next to him, wound the arrow, and shot it one after another.
One arrow, two arrows, three arrows...... Eight arrows.
The arrow hits the bull's-eye!
The crowd of people watching around has gradually become silent from the initial cheers and cheers.
A total of nine arrows, the arrows hit the bull's-eye, and the first one is already a certainty.
Diet pill (small), remaining time: 1 minute 15 seconds.
"Seventy steps!"
The target took another ten steps back.
Zhao Hao made an astonishing move, suddenly ran back more than a dozen steps, and then rushed suddenly, in the process of running, bending the bow and arrows, and the bow pulled the full moon!
At the moment when he rushed to the waiter, he turned back to aim at the target, released the bowstring, and the arrow suddenly shot out.
Sincere~
The feather arrow hits the bull's-eye again!
There was a deathly silence.
Diana pill (small), remaining time: 0 minutes and 0 seconds, the effect disappears.
Zhao Hao threw the six-bucket bow in his hand high like a deflated ball and sat down on the ground.
"Brother Zhao!"
Wang Jue let out a wolf-like howl, ran over as if flying, picked up Zhao Hao on the ground, and then lifted it high.
"Cousin!" Xie Yu also reacted, followed Wang Jue's footsteps, and followed Zhao Hao's legs in the air.
Ho ho ho ho ~
The house slaves of the Zhao Mansion and the house slaves of the Xie Mansion, as many as twenty or thirty people, rushed together one after another, holding Zhao Hao high in the air.
In the crowd, only Zhao Ling had a cold expression, a pair of eagle eyes like electricity, ready to attack at any time to punish those who were unfavorable to Zhao Hao.
In the distance, Zheng Yu looked at Zhao Hao who was held up in the air in a daze, as if he was stupid.
In the northwest corner, the man had gone away and returned to Yaxuanju.