Chapter 30: The First Match in the Ring (4)
In the Song Dynasty, one zhang was three meters and one seven, and two zhang was about six meters three, and an arrow was thrown into a small bowl six meters away, and it was impossible to do it without practicing hard for two or three years. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 info
But for Wang Gui and Tang Huai, this was the only chance they could perform, and both of them were vying to answer this question.
Poor and rich in martial arts, as the grandsons of two large families in Xiaohe Township, the two of them studied at the same time, and also practiced martial arts at home with the housekeeper, and archery was a compulsory course for them.
Wang Gui rolled up his sleeves and said: "I shoot arrows at home, I can hit the target five zhang away, and ten arrows can hit seven arrows, this question belongs to me." ”
"Nonsense! Last time you shot arrows at my house, you lost to me, of course it's up to me. Tang Huai was unconvinced and suppressed Wang Gui.
At this time, Li Yanqing asked Yue Fei with a smile: "Didn't the fifth brother also practice martial arts?" ”
Yue Fei is the neighbor of Wang Gui and Tang Huai, the three of them grew up together, and he also practiced martial arts with the two, but he was talented and smart, and his martial arts were far stronger than Wang Gui, but after entering the school, Yue Fei did not have time to go to Wang Gui's backyard to shoot arrows, but squatted in his own courtyard, tied iron sandbags and ran at night, and his basic skills were very solid.
Yue Fei smiled bitterly and said, "You can try anything else, but I can't compare to these two in archery." ”
"Then don't fight!"
Li Yanqing stopped the dispute between Wang Gui and Tang Huai, and said to them: "I am the main answer, of course I am on it!" ”
"You can't!" Wang Gui and Tang Huai objected in unison.
Li Yanqing didn't fight with them either, he kneaded the two pieces of paper into a small ball, one of which was placed on Yue Fei's table, he threw the paper ball in his hand away from Wang Gui and Tang Huai, and accurately hit the paper ball seven feet away.
"Why don't you try it too?"
Wang Gui and Tang Huai closed their mouths at the same time.
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A four-foot-high thin-necked round-bellied copper kettle was placed on the wall, and after the two officials measured out two zhang, they drew a line, and the arrow was a standard copper kettle arrow, about seven inches long and weighing eight taels, which felt very good.
Li Yanqing found out that he had this special ability when chopping wood, which was the talent of the fool in the past, he shot quickly, and hit flying stones within a few zhang, and hit hundreds of shots, which was quite like Zhang Qing's unique stunt without feather arrows.
According to his father's description, the former silly two should be autistic, and most children with autism will have one or two special talents.
He pondered and realized that he would gradually integrate this talent into himself, and today was the first time he had shown it in public.
At this time, the debate test of the two arenas of A and B has ended, and the Yili Town School and the Tangbei Township School have defeated the opponent without any suspense, and the scholars flocked to the windows on both sides to watch the battle, and there was actually the first competition in five years in the Boys' Club.
What's even more incredible to everyone is that the Lushan Town School, which is recognized as the weakest, actually scored two points in a row and still had the upper hand in the final decisive question, so I don't know if this student's final blow can rewrite the 'glorious history' of Lushan Town School.
At the same time, he will also become the third person in Tangyin County, two zhang foreign language shooting, I don't know who came up with this question, it's just too good.
Liu Zhen and Ma Fu of the county also sat on the main stage, the two of them sat on one side, Liu Zhen sat next to the chief judge, the chief judge pointed at Li Yanqing with a pen, and wrote three words on the paper, 'Prodigy', and presented it to the county magistrate together with the couplet.
After Liu Zhen finished reading the couplet, there was a look of surprise in his eyes, and he suddenly became interested in Li Yanqing.
Ma Xiancheng and He Zhen, who were sitting on the other side, quickly exchanged a look, and He Zhen told Ma Xiancheng with his eyes that if this arrow was thrown, then the Weinan Town School would be out, and Ma Xiancheng promised himself that they would enter the top three in the ring.
Ma Xiancheng's promise was exchanged for three hundred taels of silver, and if the promise was not fulfilled, what should I do with the silver?
Ma Xiancheng avoided He Zhen's blaming eyes, drank tea slowly, raised his eyelids, and stared at Li Yanqing's slightly immature back with a sharp gaze.
After Li Yanqing stood on the line, he took a deep breath, slowly closed his eyes, calmed himself down, and looked for a feeling, he suddenly opened his eyes, waved his hand, and the copper arrow shot without hesitation.
But as soon as he made a move, the 'bang!' behind him There was a crisp sound, this was the sound of the cup breaking, Li Yanqing's hand shook involuntarily, but this crisp sound was still a little late, and the sound came after the copper arrow was shot, although the hand trembled slightly, but it did not affect the copper arrow.
The bronze arrow drew a beautiful arc in the air, 'Boom! With a sound, it was accurately thrown into the quiver two feet away.
The two things happened almost at the same moment, the county Cheng Ma Fu looked at the broken porcelain on the ground with an embarrassed face, the teacup in his hand accidentally fell to the ground, and the county magistrate Liu Zhen glanced at him obliquely and said nothing.
The presiding judge was even more surprised, he didn't understand why the county Cheng's teacup landed at this critical moment.
He Zhen's face turned pale, and the four students in Weinan Town covered their faces sadly and cried, they were out.
At this moment, the room erupted in cheers, Wang Gui and Tang Huai jumped up, jumping and jumping with excitement, Yue Fei stood up and stepped forward quickly and hugged Li Yanqing tightly, they won, even Yao Ding's face bloomed with a big smile, it has been five years, he tasted victory for the first time.
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Li Yanqing returned to the inn in a daze, he was dizzy by the chatter of Wang Gui and Tang Huai, and as soon as he walked into the courtyard, he was picked up by the winter melon shopkeeper of the inn and ran into the lobby.
"Brother Qing can give us filial piety and the face of the township chief, we have to treat ourselves well tonight!"
"That's it! All right! Calm down and listen to me. ”
Yao Ding's voice was very loud, and the lobby suddenly fell silent.
"Today is only the preliminary round win, we have only taken the first step of the Boys' Club, now let me calm down and think about how to fight tomorrow, I hope you will also go out in the second step."
"Master, who are we going to play against tomorrow?" Li Yanqing raised his hand and asked.
At this time, Tang Zhengzong walked in and said to everyone in a deep voice: "And Tang Beixiang Academy." ”
"What?"
Everyone was stunned all of a sudden, Tangbei Township School won the championship for three consecutive years, and last year it was only because of the secret calculation that they withdrew from the test early and fell to the last place, but that's it, they were also the first in the ring last year, and they were actually against the recognized No. 1 strong team, and their hearts were heavy.
Tang Zhengzong said to everyone again: "Just now, the magistrate drew a hall lot, from Hall A to Hall C, Hall B to Hall Ding, you are in Hall C, and Tangbei Township is in Hall A, so the two of you have met in the rematch." ”
"Don't be depressed anymore."
Yao Ding raised his voice and said to everyone: "The other two are the Yili Town School and the Tangyin County School Primary School, both of which are the same strong teams for you, and it is sad to meet any of them, in order to maintain physical strength, the shopkeeper specially cooked for you at noon, and went upstairs to write poems after eating, and the topic has been prepared for you." ”
At this time, the shopkeeper came out of the canteen, clapped his hands and smiled: "The meal is ready, let's eat!" ”
"Uncle shopkeeper, what's delicious?" Wang Gui touched his hungry stomach and asked.
"At noon, just eat meat buns, drink laba porridge, and the side dishes are honey-pickled tofu, chicken yuan fish soup and sauced mutton, and then have a good meal in the evening."
Hearing that there were meat buns, Wang Gui and Tang Huai rushed into the dining hall, grabbed one and stuffed it into their mouths, but Li Yanqing and Yue Fei sat down a little carelessly, and both of them listened to the conversation in the screen.
Yao Ding and Tang Zhengzong sat in the elegant seat surrounded by screens, Yao Ding scooped a spoonful of his favorite fine white fish soup with a spoon and tasted it, and then said to Tang Zhengzong: "Pay attention to it today." ”
Tang Zhengzong was shocked, "Is something wrong?" ”
Yao Ding said coldly: "Nothing happened, but today, Ma Xiancheng's teacup also fell too timely." ”
Tang Zhengzong also heard that Ma Xiancheng was suspected of deliberately interfering with the competition, so he nodded and said: "Sure enough, I said yes, He Zhen went to visit Ma Xiancheng last night with deep meaning, but Weinan Town is out, I think there should be no more accidents, he is a county Cheng after all!" ”
Yao Ding didn't say anything, he slowly drank the wine in the cup, glanced at Li Yanqing from the crack in the screen, and then said slowly: "Brother Qing'er's father is Li Daqi." ”
Tang Zhengzong opened his mouth wide in shock, and glanced back at Li Yanqing in a panic, and only came back to his senses after half a sound, "No!" What happened a few years ago, does Ma Xiancheng still remember? ”
Yao Ding snorted disdainfully, "It depends on what is going on, I estimate that this kind of thing will be remembered by a certain county for the rest of his life." ”
"That's right!"
Tang Zhengzong said thoughtfully: "Originally, he was going to be promoted to the county, but it was because of that incident that there was a scandal in the substitute examination, although the dirty water was splashed on Li Daqi, but he was still affected, and the opportunity for promotion was gone, if he knew that Brother Qing was Li Daqi's son....."
After a pause, Tang Zhengzong said again: "But there are rumors in the county that Liu Zhixian and Ma County are not in harmony, has Master Yao heard of it?" ”
Yao Ding smiled faintly, "I teach in the middle of nowhere, and I don't hear anything outside the window, where will I know about these gossip." ”
"This matter is really not chasing after the wind, last year when we Hebei West Road transfer envoy Wang Xianggong passed through Tangyin County, someone voted a letter of inspection, accusing Liu Zhixian of taking advantage of the opportunity of dredging the Yongji Canal to sit on 3,000 stolen goods, I heard that this matter Liu Zhixian left Bianjing The relationship is over."
Tang Zhengzong's voice became lower and lower, and his body was getting closer and closer to the table, as if he was talking about a major event that was about to be beheaded by the government when he heard about it, but he didn't notice that his sleeve was rolled into the fish soup on the table.
Yao Ding frowned, and hurriedly pulled his wet sleeves out of the fish soup, and looked at the fish soup that he had just taken a sip of, this is the most famous fine white fish in Tangyin County! In winter, you have to sell it for a consistent price.
"Ahh I'm sorry, but I asked the shopkeeper to make another copy and count it in my account. Tang Zhengzong beckoned to the shopkeeper and was about to explain to the shopkeeper.
"No need!"
Yao Ding pulled him to sit down, and continued the topic just now, "I seem to understand what you mean, do you want to say that it was Ma County Cheng who voted for the county's inspection letter?" ”
At this time, the shopkeeper came to clean up the fish soup bowl, Tang Zhengye hurriedly closed his mouth, and when the shopkeeper left, he lowered his voice and said: "If Liu Zhixian falls, then Ma Xiancheng will take over, he is the biggest beneficiary, anyway, since then, the contradiction between the two has been a bit public, I think Liu Zhixian must know something." ”
In fact, Yao Ding knows very well where the contradiction between Liu and Ma is? This involves party strife, Liu Zhixian is Wang Jinggong's protégé in his later years, and Ma Xiancheng is Sima Xianggong's fellow villager, after Cai Jing established the Yuanyou Party Monument, it is difficult for Liu and Ma to work together.
However, these two people were soft-spoken in the court, fighting and fighting, but they didn't bother to care, but they were not fighting for power and profit as Tang Zhengzong said.
It's just that Yao Ding doesn't care about the officialdom infighting in Tangyin County, anyway, even if the magistrate or county official is dismissed, his son can't be promoted, on the contrary, he has only met a good disciple for half his life, and he has to protect Li Yanqing.
"I think Brother Qing is just a six-year-old child, although Ma Xiancheng is not the prime minister, but he is not so small that he can't even accommodate a six-year-old child! Take 10,000 steps back and say, there are really some small shoes and the like, we just withdraw from the competition and go back to the countryside, and we can't compete with them for this false name. ”
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