The Xiangzhou Martial Arts Liberation Test was held on 20 January, and compared with the large-scale Liberation Test, the Martial Arts Liberation Examination appeared deserted and almost no one paid attention to it. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

On the one hand, it is certainly influenced by the Song people's atmosphere of emphasizing literature over martial arts, on the other hand, it is also a bit unfortunate that the time of the martial arts election is a bit unfortunate, just when various lively festivals are coming one after another, at this time, people's minds are on the Zhongyuan Lantern Festival, and they naturally have no interest in martial arts.

Yue Fei, Wang Gui, and Tang Huai left Tangyin on the fifth day of the first month and went north to Anyang County, they needed to register for the exam, so they had to come early, Li Yanqing was a few days later than them, and arrived in Anyang County on the tenth day of the first month.

Li Yanqing went north with Li Er, who was studying at Anyang Academy and preparing to take the state school entrance exam this fall, and his father pinned great hopes on him, so he forced him to return to school early and study hard.

After two months, Li Yanqing came to the Tangji Inn again, only to see that the door of the Tangyin Inn had a new look, an elephant lantern was hung at the door, and there were four goldfish lamps with unique shapes next to it.

Although the weather is still cold and the snow in Anyang City has not yet melted, the entire Anyang City has shown a strong atmosphere of the Shangyuan Lantern Festival, and even the 'Guo San'er Snack Shop' diagonally opposite has more than a dozen bowl lamps.

The shopkeeper of the inn king was hanging lanterns under the eaves with two guys, and one of the guys suddenly saw Li Yanqing and shouted excitedly, "Look who's coming!" ”

Shopkeeper Wang was so frightened that he almost fell off the ladder, and he was so angry that he knocked the guy on the head hard, "Bastard! Do you want to kill me? If I fall to my death, it will not be your turn to be the treasurer! ”

At this time, the shopkeeper Wang also saw Li Yanqing, and immediately turned his anger into joy, and jumped down the ladder with a smile to greet him, "My little official said that Li Xie Yuan would arrive today, and sure enough, he came, and he was very welcome!" ”

Wang Gui and Tang Huai rushed out of the inn in a gust of wind, "It's finally here!" Wang Gui ran forward and complained: "We were waiting for you in the morning, why did you only arrive now?" ”

Li Yanqing turned over and dismounted, took off the horse bag, threw the reins to the man, and said apologetically to Wang Gui: "I came with Li Er, that kid rode a donkey, and he really couldn't run fast." ”

"Why are you traveling with that guy, we have been waiting for most of the day in vain, and our necks are sore."

Tang Huai and Wang Gui complained while taking Li Yanqing into the inn, and they chartered a courtyard, and there were four rooms in the courtyard, exactly one for each person.

"Isn't the master here yet?" Li Yanqing walked into the courtyard and didn't see Zhou Tong.

"The master also came over in the past two days, he went to the Daimyo's Mansion, it seems that something happened to Lu Junyi?"

"Oh! What about Lao Yue? Why didn't he see him? ”

"I'm here!"

As soon as Li Yanqing turned around, he saw Yue Fei carrying a big crossbow and walking in from the outside, he put the crossbow next to the wall and said with a smile: "Go outside the city to practice crossbow!" ”

"Don't you practice riding and shooting?" Li Yanqing asked with a smile.

"I'm relatively weak in riding and archery, there are regulations in martial arts, if you choose to take the crossbow test, you can add extra points, just make up for the loss of points in my riding and archery, and if you are a little better in the literary examination, it will not be a big problem to be admitted to the martial arts."

At this time, the shopkeeper asked them to eat, and the four of them sat in the lobby, drinking while telling Li Yanqing interesting stories about martial arts.

"A total of thirty-five people participated in this martial arts examination, and a total of ten people were admitted, and eleven people came to our county school alone, except for the three of us, the others are Huang An's gang."

"That's okay, an average of three and a half admit one."

Wang Gui sighed, "If it was last year, only three candidates came last year, but there were ten places, and seven were wasted, and I heard the examiner say that the places will be reduced next year, and this year is the last chance." ”

"Then have you read the art of war?" Li Yanqing asked Wang Guidao.

"Look! Watched! ”

Wang Gui hurriedly said, "I've seen it three times." ”

"Really?" Li Yanqing looked at him suspiciously.

"Alright! I'll be honest, I only watched it once, of course, I didn't read it all, and I didn't read about half of it. ”

"I guess you've seen the beginning!"

Li Yanqing really knows Wang Gui too well, he is the kind of child who can't be beaten, the primary school was strongly restrained by the master, and he was able to get the ninth place in the county school, and he was also strictly supervised by Zhou Dong to learn martial arts, so he achieved a little success, but no one cared about him learning the art of war, so he hung his son.

Li Yanqing looked at Wang Gui with solemn eyes and said: "Listen to me tell you, your riding and archery are mediocre, your archery skills must be lucky to play well, your sword skills are also average, and your weightlifting is not very outstanding, you are basically at an intermediate level, if you are dragged back by the art of war, then your martial arts will be dangerous this time." ”

Wang Gui lowered his head and said nothing, and Li Yanqing continued to pressure him: "Nominally, ten people are recruited, but do you know how many places have been decided?" I guess at least half! Martial arts is not like a paper that can be checked, it is the examiner's words, if you don't hurry up and learn the art of war, then you will definitely have no hope for martial arts in the capital, plus next year to reduce the number of places to solve the exam, what will you do in the future? ”

Wang Gui's face turned pale, and after a while, he asked Tang Huai in a low voice: "Old Tang, how many times have you read the Art of War?" ”

Tang Huaibi took out three fingers, "At least three times!" ”

Wang Gui's face became even paler, he couldn't eat anymore, and ran to the backyard as soon as he pushed the bowl.

Yue Fei sighed, "Lao Li, you hit him too hard like this. ”

Li Yanqing shook his head, "He just lacks a blow to indulge himself like this, and if he doesn't care about restraining him, he really has no hope." ”

"But now he's just reading, isn't it too late?"

Li Yanqing didn't say anything, as long as Wang Gui is really willing to learn, there is always a way.

After dinner, Yue Fei and Tang Huai both went back to their rooms to study, Li Yanqing really couldn't rest assured that Wang Gui was not relieved, so he left the inn and walked in the direction of the Gongyuan, he remembered that there was a bookstore opposite the Gongyuan, selling all kinds of exam books.

Not long after, Li Yanqing came to the front of the bookstore, only to see the signboard that read, 'Gongshi Bookstore! ’

"What books do you want to buy for a petty official?"

As soon as Li Yanqing walked into the bookstore, the guy greeted him with a smile, it was the off-season for exams, and there were not many scholars who bought books, and the guy's attitude was extremely enthusiastic.

"I want to buy a book on martial arts, do you have one?"

"You mean the art of war?"

"Yes! Are there any exam questions for the Xiangzhou martial arts examination in recent years? ”

"Buy the Art of War exam questions, the junior official is still the first, let me think about it!"

The guy thought for a long time, and suddenly smiled: "There is really one, but it is a manuscript, a little more expensive, do you want a little official?" ”

"Show me first."

The guy went upstairs to look for books, Li Yanqing looked at the bookstore, and saw that the bookstore was quite large, full of all kinds of books, and there were more than a dozen stacks of bestsellers on the table near the door, basically all kinds of popular vernacular novels, "Journey to the North", "The Biography of the Ten Kingdoms" and so on.

He suddenly saw an incomparably familiar novel: "The Complete Biography of the Great Sage Monster Hunt", a total of five thick copies, Li Yanqing picked it up, the author is still a little boy in Lushan, and it is still engraved by 'Shilinyuan Bookstore', which is a collection version.

"Do you want to buy a set for a petty official?"

Another guy walked up quickly and said with a smile: "This set of books has always sold very well, a set of books only costs 500 yuan, which is much more cost-effective than the previous single book, and there are only five sets left in the small store." ”

Li Yanqing smiled and said, "Then buy a set!" ”

"Good! I'll wrap up the petty official right away. ”

After a while, the guy before stepped forward with a few books and said: "There are not many about martial arts, I found two, these three are provincial martial arts exam question sets, and there is also our Xiangzhou's solution to the martial arts exam questions, only manuscripts, too few people buy them, and it is not cost-effective." ”

Li Yanqing took the hand-copied book and flipped through it, it was the book he wanted, so he asked, "Is there still this book in Xiangzhou?" ”

"There are only two copies in total, and one was sold the year before last, and only this one is left, and there are a lot of provincial exams, do you still want petty officials?"

Li Yanqing thought for a while and said, "I want to copy this book by hand, and I will try to buy two more copies." ”

"Great! Wait a minute, the little official will come soon! "The guy rushed upstairs.

After a short time, Li Yanqing came out of the bookstore with two bundles of books and returned to the inn.....

At night, the light in Wang Gui's room was still on, and he sat at the table and concentrated on reading.

However, now there are only eight days left before the martial arts test, and he still has to practice swords and arrows during the day, and he only has to study at night, so I'm afraid it's a little too late.

Although the literary test in the martial arts solution test is the easiest, as long as you memorize Sun Tzu's Art of War, you can basically pass the test, but the problem is that it takes time to memorize, and what Wang Gui lacks most now is time.

At this time, Li Yanqing appeared in front of his door and said with a smile: "It's hard now!" ”

"Don't bother me, I'm reading!" Wang Gui said viciously.

Although Li Yanqing's words woke him up during the day, it did hurt his self-esteem, which really made him a little annoyed.

"I'll help you, I have a shortcut to guide you, do you want it?"

"Shortcut!"

Wang Gui's eyes lit up, and he immediately threw the dissatisfaction in his heart out of the clouds, and ran forward with a smile and said, "Lao Li, what a shortcut?" ”

Li Yanqing sat down and gave him the manuscript he bought, "This is the solution to the test questions of the last five Xiangzhou martial arts, I just read it carefully, and I found that the questions are basically repetitive, you don't want to read the book, read the questions I ticked twice, I guess I can take the test!" ”

Wang Guizheng was dizzy and couldn't remember a word for a long time, Li Yanqing actually found a solution for him, he was overjoyed, grabbed the book, and eagerly flipped it up.

The more Wang Gui looked, the more excited he became, and he couldn't help cheering, there were not only test questions on it, but also detailed answers, Wang Gui couldn't always remember when he read books, but if he looked at the questions and saw the answers, he could remember them once.

At this time, Tang Huai, who lived next door, also heard the news and rushed over, he saw that Wang Gui actually got the review questions, and immediately asked to participate in the sharing, the two quarreled fiercely, Li Yanqing saw that the situation was not good, turned around and left, and fled the scene in time.

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