According to Xu Huizu's instructions, Shen Ruoyu chose a Humvee, removed the saddle, and selected ten Yulin soldiers with strong martial arts, pulled up the martial arts field in front of the Fengtian Palace, and set up a row of ten hundred-step arrow targets, and all eighteen weapons were listed in the array.

Zhu Yunwen sat down on the white marble platform in front of the Fengtian Palace. Xu Huizu nodded to the guards beside him, and the guards led the horse to Gu Shenyu and stuffed the bridle into his hand. Then, untie your longbow and arrows and hand them to him. There were twenty red-feathered arrows in it.

Gu Shenyu didn't say a word, turned over and got on his horse, and galloped back and forth along the hundred-step line, and before everyone could see how he drew his bow and arrows, the arrows behind him were already empty, and all twenty arrows were shot.

As soon as he turned around, Shen Ruoyu nodded, and the ten Imperial Forest Soldiers who had been on standby for a long time brushed their horses and turned over their horses, each holding a spear, and rushed towards Gu Shenyu in all directions, trapping him in the middle in a blink of an eye. This is to test his kung fu immediately; Ten spears had been removed in advance, and the unarmed Gu Shenyu had to dodge the attack of all ten guns. But seeing that he had no fear, even if he stepped off the saddleless, in the midst of his non-stop, he still tossed and flew on the horse's back, and moved lightly between the ten spears, without the slightest dullness or danger.

Xu Huizu couldn't help but bow slightly, and secretly sighed that it was really good. He knew that this step in the trial martial arts had always been to attack two Imperial Forest Soldiers first, then two, and slowly increase to ten. This time, Gu Shenyu opened his bow and was an amazing arrow, so Shen Ruoyu had the bottom in his heart that this person was extraordinary, and nodded to let the ten Royal Forest Soldiers go into battle at the same time at the beginning.

At this moment, Shen Ruoyu was also admiring in his heart, such a swift and clean skill is indeed rare. A cadre of civil and military ministers who were watching from the sidelines, perhaps some people had some doubts in their hearts before, whether this young man was the blood of Liang Guogong, and they were also impressed at this moment, and they had to admit that this skill was difficult to inherit by blood.

Xu Huizu finally raised his hand to signal that he could stop. Shen Ruoyu ordered the ten Imperial Forest Troops to withdraw their troops, and then ordered someone to move the ten arrow targets a hundred steps away for the Son of Heaven to see.

Gu Shenyu galloped back to the front of the steps, jumped off the horse, and bowed down in front of the jade steps, still looking calm, his face was not red and he was not panting. The Foresters led the horses away and lined up the ten targets in front of the steps.

Everyone was a little confused at first glance, and they didn't understand what was going on for a while. There was only one arrow on each target, which was impartially rooted deep in the center of the bull's-eye, and strangely all the shafts were split into three prongs at the same time, splitting outward, and the bright red feathers were firmly supported. Ten more arrows are missing.

Soon, Xu Huizu and Shen Ruoyu reacted at the same time, it turned out that there was no mistake, there were two arrows on each arrow target, and the second arrow and the first arrow were shot at the same point exactly, so the one that hit first ran through from tail to end, which caused such a strange scene now.

Li Guang and Zhebei are reborn, it's nothing more than that.

Suddenly, a thought crossed Shen Ruoyu's eyes: I, the imperial guard, was in danger of making Xian.

Xu Huizu pointed the arrow at the Son of Heaven and the ministers and explained. Zhu Yunwen was deeply shocked and praised again and again:

"Good martial arts! It is worthy of the blood of General Lan! ”

Xu Huizu said solemnly:

"The test is not over yet. Ask Lan Gongzi to choose the same long soldier and the same short soldier, and choose one of the ten Yulin soldiers to be the opponent at random. ”

Gu Shenyu asked, "Is it just one person?" ”

Xu Huizu said: "According to the convention, choose one person first, if your advantage is obvious, we will continue to add people in time." ”

Shen Ruoyu said: "You can choose three people directly, no problem." ”

"Can I not choose from these ten?" Gu Shenyu asked confidently, "I want to ask Lord Shen to be my opponent, I don't know if it's okay?" ”

"......" Shen Ruoyu was taken aback, and subconsciously looked at Xu Huizu.

Xu Huizu was obviously surprised, he looked at Gu Shenyu carefully, and said:

"Do you know Lord Shen's martial arts? Your skills are superb, but you also need to know yourself and your opponents, and do what you can. ”

Gu Shenyu said: "Instead of slowly increasing the opponents one by one, it is better to duel with the highest level as soon as you come up, win or lose are equally glorious, and save time." ”

Xu Huizu said softly: "Your performance is already very exciting. If you fight those ten guards, as long as you fight well, no matter what the result is, the Son of Heaven will definitely appreciate it. But if you have to fight against the pro-military governor favored by the Son of Heaven, then you won't win or lose and you won't please the saints, do you understand? ”

Gu Shenyu was slightly stunned, obviously he hadn't thought of this layer in advance.

After a moment of contemplation, he said, "All right; I want all 10 people to go up at the same time, okay? ”

Xu Huizu nodded: "Choose a weapon." ”

Gu Shenyu chose a Qi Mei stick, the ten Royal Forest Army had already dismounted, and the ten spears were waiting for him, and when he walked into the battle circle, he was firmly surrounded in the center on all sides.

Without waiting for Xu Huizu and Shen Ruoxiao to order, Gu Shenyu made a preemptive move, and with a light flip of his wrist, the long stick was horizontal in his hand, and it flew up in an instant, sweeping away in all directions. The ten soldiers took a step back in unison, winked at each other, and took five steps back in unison, and in an instant, the gap in the circle was torn wide. Gu Shenyu was slightly surprised, but his face was silent, he saw a soldier, bullied him to step forward, and the long stick reached out to the opponent's waist. The soldier came to block with a horizontal spear, but Gu Shenyu suddenly withdrew his hand, and the long stick instantly changed direction, and rushed backwards like lightning; He expected that the ten soldiers had widened the distance in order to make it impossible for him to make it easier for him to sneak up on him, so the blow was extremely fierce and he was determined to win, but unexpectedly, the soldiers behind him deftly jumped away and avoided this stick, and at the same time, the tips of the spears of the soldiers on both sides had reached the left and right ankles. He could only leap to his feet, and the long stick pointed at the ground, and the two spears caught him in the air one by one, and the other shot burst forward, and did not come at him, but directly picked up the end of the stick that was supported on the ground.

Gu Shenyu didn't dare to underestimate the enemy so far, lifted the stick, turned over and fell lightly, stepped on the tips of the two guns, and the long stick picked up the gun stick, crackled and cracked, and the thick gun stick was broken. Both sides were taken aback at the same time, and the soldier with the broken gun picked up the front part of the broken gun and continued to cooperate with the other nine to attack.

Time passed quietly, and the ten Royal Guards were already sweaty. Gu Shenyu also sweated slightly on his forehead, and in the cold air, a trace of white gas came out of the top of his head. The monarchs and ministers watching the battle were all very nervous, Shen Ruoyu was especially nervous, deep down, he didn't want to see Gu Shenyu win the ten men he had painstakingly trained. It is an indisputable fact that this person's martial arts are very strong, thinking of his life experience, the life he has lived for a few years as a servant, and in such an environment, he can still insist on faith and hard work, and his perseverance and perseverance can also be imagined. It stands to reason that the appearance of such a capable person is a good thing for the Son of Heaven. However, as soon as Shen Ruoyu remembered the song of resentment sung by Gu Shenyu above Wu Ji's restaurant, he felt an ominous feeling in his heart.

Of course, just for himself, ominous. This man had been sarcastic about him since the first time they met him as a drunkard—at least he felt so—that if he defeated his own Yulin soldiers, the emperor would grant him another position, and he would soon have to go with the army on the march—

Something doesn't look good.

Shen Ruoyu felt a little annoyed in her heart. Did he find that he was so stingy that he couldn't stand the challenge of a capable person? I think that at the beginning, the process of getting acquainted with Dong Yuan for the first time was not also a deal without a fight? Perhaps, it will be the same with the valley sinking fish. Even if he defeated his ten Feather Forest Soldiers, it would be an incentive for himself, which was a good thing. - Besides, I haven't fought him personally.

While he was meditating, the two Royal Foresters had already fallen to the ground, unable to get up for a while. Seeing that Gu Shenyu had no intention of stopping, Xu Huizu hurriedly ordered the remaining eight soldiers to stop.

The two sides finally ceased fighting. Eight Guards hurriedly picked up their brother and stood aside. Gu Shenyu put down the long stick and asked:

"Dare to ask these ten strong men, which guard is it?"

Xu Huizu said: "They are all from the right guard of Yulin. ”

Gu Shenyu glanced at Shen Ruoyu and said lightly: "Lord Shen's elite soldiers are really worthy of their reputation. ”

Shen Ruoyu replied: "Before I came, they were a little stronger than this. ”

He walked up to the ten soldiers. The ten Royal Guards bowed their heads, a little frustrated, a little ashamed. He whispered:

"Take you half a day off; Let's go out of the palace at night. Alcohol is not allowed. ”

The ten men looked up in astonishment, but when they saw the Lord Governor glaring at them and telling them to leave quickly, they understood it and ran away quickly.

Gu Shenyu saw that Shen Ruoyu had sent the ten Imperial Forest Soldiers away, and asked coldly:

"Lord Shen, I haven't competed with them yet."

Shen Ruoyu walked up to him and asked casually, "Which short soldier do you choose?" ”

Gu Shenyu said: "For the sake of the wind of the father, I choose the long sword." ”

He took a prepared Imperial Guards saber from the side and held it in his hand.

"Too light?" Shen Ruoyu asked.

"Of course, it doesn't have the weight of my father's general's sword. However, it is enough for ordinary soldiers to use this. ”

"Who taught you martial arts? Awarded by Liang Guogong himself? ”

"Part of it."

Shen Ruoyu looked at him coldly and did not speak immediately. For a while, Xu Huizu, who was nearby, couldn't see which of the two people looking at each other was more arrogant than the other, and he was a little inexplicable.

Then, the Governor of the Twelve Guards said lightly:

"Since you have chosen the sword, let me appreciate the outstanding demeanor of General Lan. I wonder if you are willing to appreciate your face? ”

Gu Shenyu's face sank slightly. Shen Ruoyu set up obstacles for him, and he could feel it.

He clasped his fists and saluted: "As long as the Holy God allows it, Gu Shenyu is honored." ”

Zhu Yunwen was a little hesitant. This is not as good as when Shen Ruoyu first arrived, Dong Yuan shouted that he wanted to compete with him. At that time, the Son of Heaven had a lot of misgivings about Shen Ruoyu, and he also wanted to see how capable the legendary Shen Rufeng's only son was. However, now, his martial brother has no distance from him, and he feels that his pro-military governor is his brother, confidant, and even patron saint; It's also his face.

He was still hesitating, but a voice sounded outside the field:

"Lan Gongzi, don't be anxious, how about comparing with Zai Xia first?"

Shen Ruoxiao's heart moved, and he turned around. Dong Yuan walked to the center of the empty field and saluted the Son of Heaven.

Gu Shenyu asked, "Which way is Your Excellency?" ”

Dong Yuan said with a smile: "The second guard of Yulin commanded Dong Pingshan, and he is not a master, so he wants to learn from the heirs of Liang Guogong. Shen Dudu's level is far above me, and Pingshan is difficult to match. Lan Gongzi won me, and it is not too late to challenge him again. ”

Shen Ruoyu silently took two steps back, left the two of them, and completely handed over Gu Shenyu to Dong Yuan to deal with. He knew that no matter what Dong Yuan was planning, he must be on his side.

Zhu Yunwen breathed a sigh of relief at the moment, and hurriedly said:

"It's a good idea. The competition between Lan Gongzi and Dong Pingshan will definitely be wonderful. ”

Gu Shenyu didn't speak, looked at Dong Yuan carefully and quietly, and said coldly:

"Advise me."

After finishing speaking, the sword was unsheathed and stabbed Dong Yuan's door. Dong Yuan didn't avoid it, Changhong flew lightning, and roared towards Gu Shenyu's eyes. Shen Ruoxiao smiled slightly; Dong Pingshan's skills are also improving by leaps and bounds, in contrast, he feels that only he has been stagnant. If he competes with Brother Dong again, I'm afraid he may not be able to throw him into the big water tank so easily.

The entire Fengtian Temple Square was quiet, as if there were only two people competing, and the sonorous sound of steel colliding was endless.

The two of them are comparable, and it is impossible to see who has more advantages for a while. In this situation, the next development has become a bit ambiguous. Zhu Yunwen's eyes widened, his lips pursed, and he watched the competition nervously - he couldn't see anything clearly. Suddenly, the soles of Dong Yuan's feet slipped and leaned back. Gu Shenyu's sword blade was in the back of his heart, but it suddenly stabbed at the zenith, startling him a lot, and he had to stop immediately. Who knew that Dong Yuan did not fall, as soon as his waist and legs exerted force, he stood up straight again, and leaned back with a backhand. Gu Shenyu easily met the incoming sword, rolled inward, Dong Yuan turned around and dissolved, turned his wrist and pressed down; A strong force went straight through Gu Shenyu's arm, his heart sank slightly, and he reined in his internal force, and his arm immediately softened. Unexpectedly, Dong Yuan's sword sank all the way until there was a crisp sound and the sword fell to the ground.

Gu Shenyu was taken aback, and looked at the sword on the ground with some incredulity.

"It can't be," he muttered. This is an extremely low-level mistake. It is impossible for his opponent, the commander of the dignified Yulin Second Guard, who has been entangled with him for so long, to suddenly make such a clumsy mistake.

He looked up in surprise; Dong Yuan graciously clenched his fists and said with a smile:

"The Lan bloodline is worthy of its name. In the heart of the convincing. ”

He turned around in a dashing manner, knelt down to the Son of Heaven on the stage, and said:

"Your Majesty, Pingshan is not the opponent of Lan Gongzi, and he is willing to admit defeat."

Gu Shenyu seemed to understand something at this moment, and stood motionless in place, with a cold expression, and did not say anything to the monarchs and ministers watching the battle, but just turned his face sideways, and looked at the ground on the side with gloomy eyes.

Zhu Yunwen finally couldn't bear it anymore at this time, stood up, and said coldly:

"Return to the temple."

Xu Huizu was taken aback, and hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, haven't you finished the exam yet?" ”

"No; I've seen enough. ”

After Zhu Yunwen finished speaking, he brushed his sleeves away without looking back. Yamashou hurriedly followed. A group of ministers watching the battle looked at each other, a little inexplicable, discussed a few words with each other, and followed closely towards the Jinshen Palace.

Shen Ruoyu did not follow the Son of Heaven, but walked to Dong Yuan's side.

"There you go; I'll clean it up here. ”

Dong Yuan said: "You go." You are now my boss, Shen Dudu, where is the reason for you to clean up the battlefield. ”

"; Who made you run for an eventful run? ”

"Do you have a conscience, who am I willing to humiliate myself for?"

The two of them laughed and scolded as usual, not noticing that Xu Huizu walked up to Gu Shenyu and said:

"Let's go, let's go to the temple together. The Son of Heaven is not angry, it is your performance that is too outstanding, so you don't need to continue the test. The emperor will give you an appointment in the palace now. ”

The two of them walked past the pair of commanders of the Imperial Forest Army, Gu Shenyu suddenly stopped, looked straight at Dong Yuan, and said:

"Commander Dong, conced."

There was an unusual politeness in his tone. Dong Yuan was slightly stunned, and replied a little blankly:

"Young Master Lan is polite; I'm going to have to ask for more advice in the future. ”

Gu Shenyu said: "There will be a chance; Lord Shen. ”

He glanced at Shen Ruoxiao, nodded, and strode away.

When he walked away, Dong Yuan said softly:

"Be careful; This person has a bad face. ”

"Well—what do you tell me to be careful? I didn't fight him. You should be careful. ”

"I lost."

"That's what you call losing? Pretending to be not as good as you, aren't you a heart? ”

Dong Yuan grinned. "I was originally a heart. As long as he wins, the emperor will hate him. ”

Shen Ruoyu instructed the guards beside him to pack up the weapons, arrows, targets and other things and send them back to the treasury. Then the two men walked together towards the temple of the body.

Shen Ruoyu was silent for a while, and then said softly: "You say, isn't it too stingy for the two of us to be like this?" With such a jade-like character and such martial arts, what's wrong with the emperor appreciating him? Looking back, Wei Guogongzhun wants to teach us a lesson again, and we are jealous and jealous. ”

Dong Yuan said: "You say, compared to him, you are not better than him in martial arts, talent, character, including appearance?" Have I ever been the slightest jealous of you, and have I stumbled you before the Son of Heaven? ”

Shen Ruoyu smiled: "If there is one, only you know." ”

"Hey, your conscience let the dog eat? You and the Son of Heaven call each other brothers, and I am already thankful that you don't stumble me. ”

"Then why are you jealous of him?"

"Who said I was jealous of him? Seeing that he is not pleasing to the eye does not mean jealousy. A man has a woman's face, and you are jealous of him. ”

"You scold me for my woman's face? Don't want to live you? ”

"Find yourself in a mirror and look at it! Liang Rushui is simply a yellow-faced woman in front of you. Hey, let it go! I said—"

He twisted Shen Ruoyu's arm and dragged him out of the back left door, stopping in the shadows behind the high wall.

Shen Ruoxiao let go of his hand. "What do you want to say?" He lowered his voice and looked around.

Dong Yuan said: "I want you to understand, I don't even envy you, how can I be jealous of him?" This man made me feel uneasy. His ambition is too big, and he is not incompetent, much like Liang Guogong himself back then, but he is higher than Liang Guogong, this person is very scheming, can endure, and is much more shrewd than his father. ”

"Of course I understand your intentions," Shen Ruoyu sighed, "and he also makes me feel uneasy. But--it shouldn't be as serious as you said, he is a descendant of the lord, he has been unlucky for all these years, he must be unbalanced in his heart, and he can finally see the light of day again, and quick success is inevitable. If he hadn't had some ambition, he wouldn't have had the ability. ”

"The heart of defense is indispensable; He was hell-bent on aggravating his father's grievances, and the Son of Heaven was just a tool for him that had to be exploited - you know what I mean? This person is too purposeful, and his family is burdened with such a strange shame, once such a person gets the opportunity, he can do whatever it takes to achieve his goal. He's dangerous. We must not allow such a person to come near the Son of Heaven. ”

Shen Ruoyu thought about it.

"I see. You are all for the sake of the emperor. Instead, I felt like I was jealous of him. ”

"That's a good thing; While the emperor is good to you now, you have to press him as much as possible. We can have time to see what kind of person he is and what he wants to do. If you don't press him, I don't know if he will press you again in the future. ”

"Well, I'll listen to you. However, the two of us are enough today, and we should have achieved our goal. The emperor was obviously very unhappy with him, and he would definitely not let him get too close to him. We should always take it when we see it, right? ”

Dong Yuan thought about it. "It's fine; Nothing can be done. Observe for a while. ”

"Let's go, let's see what official position the emperor gives him."