Chapter 137: School Examination

Chapter 137 Li Ce said goodbye to Zhao Zhen in the examination school, and hurriedly walked outside the palace, and when he walked to the Xuanyou Gate, he heard a commotion far away, he looked up, and saw three or four people at the door, three of them were standing with their heads bowed down, and one was pointing at their noses and scolding, looking extremely fierce.

When I got closer, I saw that it was a few eunuchs, three low-level eunuchs were wearing blue-black eunuch suits, and the one who reprimanded them seemed to be a leader, dressed in dark red eunuch suits, and was in his fifties, but his face was wrinkled, especially a pair of eyes, revealing a sinister atmosphere.

Li Ce walked by, couldn't help but look sideways twice, the eunuch leader didn't notice Li Ce at the beginning, he crossed his waist with one hand, and pointed at the forehead of one of the little eunuchs with the other, and poked indiscriminately: "Hmph! Xiao Dezi, you are getting more and more breathing now, thinking that if you climb up to Yan Wenying's old dog, you can stop taking the miscellaneous family in your eyes, right? What the miscellaneous family explained to you, how dare you not do it? ”

When Li Ce heard Yan Wenying's name, he couldn't help but be stunned, Gonggong Li had saved himself, and the old eunuch in front of him seemed to be extremely dissatisfied with Yan Wenying.

The little eunuch named Xiao Dezi was half frightened to death, and cried and mourned: "Father-in-law Lei spares his life, it's not that my little Dezi doesn't listen to your father-in-law's words, it's just that Gonggong Yan has ordered three times, and the medicinal materials in the Imperial Medicine Garden should be personally seen by him. ”

"Hmph, you don't dare to disobey that old dog, so you dare to disobey the miscellaneous family?!" The old eunuch, who was called Father-in-law Lei, asked sharply. As soon as he looked up after speaking, he found that Li Ce was stopping to listen to himself, and he couldn't help but squint his eyes and look at Li Ce.

When Li Ce saw him looking at him, he couldn't help but shake his head and smile, and walked away, it turned out that it was the eunuchs who were fighting for power and profit.

"Stop!"

Unexpectedly, the old eunuch stopped Li Ce.

Li Ce stopped, looked back, the old eunuch looked him up and down, and said, "What are you doing?" Who let you into the palace? ”

Li Ce laughed for a while, you dare to care about me as a eunuch? The eunuch is a slave, and the one who is a slave dares to put on the master's score.

"What do you do?" Li Ce asked rhetorically.

"Hmph, you don't know the miscellaneous family?" The old eunuch stared at him and sneered.

"I don't know." Li Ce replied very simply, he said in his heart, you are an old eunuch, is it necessary for me to know you?

"The miscellaneous family is the east of the Inner Servant Province to worship Lei Yungong." The old eunuch said proudly, he expected that Li Ce would be shocked if he handed over this title.

Sure enough, he guessed correctly, and Li Ce was shocked: "Your name is Lei Yungong?" ”

Seeing his expression, Lei Yungong couldn't help but nod proudly, and looked at Li Ce with disdain.

"Oh, I haven't heard of it." Li Ce rolled his eyes and said.

"Huh?" Lei Yungong's face was pale, this kid actually dared to tease himself.

"I know that a father-in-law who manages a thatched house is surnamed Lei, it's you, right?" Li Ce thought hard and said seriously.

"Bold! You dare to tease the miscellaneous family! Lei Yungong's face was pale, no one in the harem dared to be so rude to him, even the court officials were polite when they saw him, this hairy boy actually dared to mock himself!

After he finished speaking, he wanted to come up and slap Li Ce. This move made Li Ce furious, he took a step back, and said with a cold face: "You can think about it, you are a lot old, if you accidentally fall, you will be half of your body or something, you will spend the rest of your life in bed." After he finished speaking, he snapped his fingers, looking ready to fight at any moment.

Lei Yungong was stunned for a moment, and secretly saw the three little eunuchs snickering, his old face turned red, and he pointed at Li Ce and said: "Boy, don't you know the miscellaneous family, do you know the prime minister Ding Wei?" The miscellaneous family has always been good friends with the Prime Minister, and offending me is equivalent to offending the Prime Minister, hmph, your career will end here! The miscellaneous family will give you a chance now, as long as you kneel down and kowtow to the miscellaneous family twice, the miscellaneous family may consider sparing you. ”

Okay, it turned out to be Ding Wei's gang, his sworn enemy, looking at the arrogance of this old eunuch, he also knew that he was not a good thing, and besides, he was at odds with Yan Wenying, no matter what, he also inherited Yan Wenying's favor, and Yan Wenying had a good relationship with Chen Yaozuo, Lei Yungong was destined to be not a person all the way to himself, he wanted to find a smoke, and he didn't need to give him face anymore.

Li Ce looked at Lei Yungong, Lei Yungong was also looking at him with a sneer, he was waiting for Li Ce to beg for mercy. The corners of Li Ce's mouth raised, and he snorted coldly: "Just now, the Queen Mother and Her Majesty announced that I entered the palace, Gonggong Lei, what is the problem with you, Your Majesty sent me out just now, and I haven't gone far yet, or I will call you back, you can ask in person?" ”

Lei Yungong didn't expect him to bring out Ding Wei, and this kid actually brought out the Queen Mother and His Majesty, his face was a little dark for a while, he didn't dare to be rude to the Queen Mother and His Majesty, so he had to look at Li Ce with hatred.

Li Ce looked at his annoyed appearance, and laughed in his heart: I haven't done anything to you yet? You're mad at yourself.

A slave who forgets his duty will suffer sooner or later...... Li Ce shook his head and strode away.

"Go, find out who this kid is, and report it right away!" Lei Yungong stared at Li Ce's back and said grimly.

Li Ce walked and couldn't help sighing in his heart, if you want to not be bullied in this era, you have to be in power, you have to be powerful, only if you are really strong, can you not be looked down upon, can you protect yourself, and protect the people around you...... I'm going to get stronger!

The forbidden army was originally meant to be the emperor's guards, but in the Great Song Dynasty, the forbidden army was the regular army of the Great Song Dynasty, and the Great Song Dynasty had a total of about 600,000 forbidden troops in the country at this time, half of which were in Gongwei Jingshi, and the remaining half were scattered throughout the country.

The most famous of the forbidden armies of the Northern Song Dynasty were the four armies, namely Touri, Longwei, Tianwu and Shenwei, collectively known as the Upper Four Armies. Baori and Tianwu were mainly stationed in Kaifeng, while the other two armies were stationed in various places.

The Northern Song Dynasty implemented the separation of the right to command the army and the right to send troops, and the right to command the troops belonged to the three ya, namely: the front division of the palace, the division of the guard horse army, and the division of the guard infantry army, each of which set up a commander envoy, a deputy commander and a total of nine marquis of Yu, and the three yas were in charge of the national forbidden army, and only had the right to command the army, but did not have the right to send troops.

The Privy Council is responsible for sending troops, like the Supreme Military Council. The Privy Council is the Privy Envoy and the Privy Vice-Minister, and there is only one envoy, who is served by Zhang Qi, Zhang Qi is already the year of the sixtieth year, he is the champion of the Song Dynasty, and the Song Dynasty implements the strategy of using literature to control the military, and the Privy Council envoys are generally served by literati.

Zhang Qi is a good man, he never offends anyone, and he is about to retire, so everything is turned a blind eye and handed over to the two privy deputy envoys Cao Wei and Xia Zhu to take care of.

Cao Wei's official position is a hussar general, so colleagues or subordinates sometimes call him General Cao, but this hussar general is just a fictitious position, that is, just a glory, and his real power is the privy deputy envoy.

When Li Ce came to the Privy Council, he happened to run into Cao Wei going out, and Li Ce was overjoyed and hurriedly stepped forward to explain the situation.

Cao Wei's impression of Li Ce is still quite good, this kid is bold, bloody, and has a temper towards him. When he heard Li Ce's intentions, he laughed and said: "Good boy, with you, the old man is about to go to the Tianwu Army (a branch of the Great Song Forbidden Army), why don't I take you to have a look!" ”

Li Ce just wanted to find a brisk errand to do, but he didn't expect to go down to the grassroots again, but Cao Wei had already spoken, and he couldn't help but go, so he had to follow behind stupidly.

The two rode horses, Cao Wei said all the way, Li Ce listened all the way, and unconsciously, he had learned about the military system of the Great Song Dynasty from Cao Wei's mouth.

Cao Wei, the deputy envoy of the Privy Council, is like the deputy commander-in-chief of the whole ** team, and the Tianwu Army that is going to go now can be regarded as a certain garrison in the capital, which is subordinate to the Guards Infantry Division in the Sanya. The commander of the Tianwu Army is Wei Chi Junmai, he can be regarded as the commander of the entire Tianwu Army, and the following are the commanders and commanders in order.

The two talked all the way, and after a while, they arrived at the Tianwu Army, and the guards of the military camp saw Cao Wei and immediately respectfully invited him to the Chinese army camp, and Wei Chi Junmai had already hurried out.

"I've seen General Cao." Wei Chijun is in his forties this year, he looks like a tiger's back and a bear's waist, with a beard on his face, revealing a fierce atmosphere, don't look at others who look rough, but his heart is not rough at all, this person is very shrewd, just imagine how can a person who can be in charge of one of the four armies of the Great Song Dynasty be a reckless man?

"The old man brought a junior to General Wei Chi today, and the queen mother said to let the old man find a position in the army for him, and the old man will send it to you." Cao Wei stroked his beard and smiled. Wei Chi Junmai was picked up by him, and Cao Wei admired this person very much, so he directly brought Li Ce here today.

Wei Chi Junmai couldn't help but look at Li Ce, the Queen Mother nodded, or General Cao personally sent it, this white-faced boy has a big face, could it be the son of a family again?

Li Ce saw that Wei Chi Junmai's eyes were full of suspicion when he looked at him, how could he not see the meaning of that when he was like him, he couldn't help but curse in his heart: Damn, in this era, literati and martial artists look down on each other, and they are half-way monks, making a nondescript identity, and the literati say that they are martial artists and disdain to be with them; The martial artists also said that they were sour and talented, and they looked down on themselves, which was really unflattering!

Cao Wei stroked his beard on the side, with a faint smile on his face, this old guy is actually very ghostly, the reason why he brought Li Ce here today is to try Li Ce's foundation by the hand of Wei Chi Junmai, they all say that this kid is fast material, but after all, there are many exaggerated rumors.

Wei Chi Junmai looked Li Ce up and down, and said with a pout: "Old General Cao, my subordinates have always respected you as a person, since you are the person brought by your elder, it must not be a mortal, but our Tianwu Army is the elite of the Great Song Dynasty, and the generals in the army, no matter how high or low, all speak by strength, if there is no real ability under the hands, I am afraid that even if we nod, I am afraid that the brothers below will not be convinced." ”

Wei Chi Junmai said this very clearly, no matter who arranges the person, if you don't have the ability, don't want to mess around with me, Lao Tzu doesn't care who you are.

Cao Wei frowned slightly, and said: "Wei Chi, you don't know yet, this kid has a lot of background, he attacked Ulzhou, and Li Ce, who has been in the limelight recently, is him." ”

Wei Chi smiled slightly and said, "The rumors may not be true. ”

Li Ce looked at these two people, and he was clearly singing a double reed, secretly scolding the two old foxes.

"Whether it's true or not, try it and find out." Li Ce replied lightly.

"Okay, come on, come to the Xuanjin Gun Battalion!" Yu Chi Junmai laughed, he seemed to be waiting for Li Ce's words.

Cao Wei muttered in his heart, this lieutenant Chi Junmai is too real, he actually announced that the people of the Golden Gun Battalion came to compete with Li Ce, the Golden Gun Battalion is the elite of the elite in the Tianwu Army, and there are only more than 300 people in the whole battalion, all of whom are good at one as ten.

Li Ce didn't know the name of the Golden Gun Battalion, but when he saw Wei Chi Junmai's smug expression, he knew that this old boy was not well-intentioned.

Now Li Ce is still quite confident in his archery skills, he is now diligent day and night to cultivate his Kunlun Decision, and constantly refine the skills passed on to him by Guan Yiqi, now his internal strength has made a qualitative leap, and in private he has tried, if he shoots an arrow simply, he can shoot it or not, as long as he aims at it, he has a number in his heart.

Soon, a shocking sound came from far and near, and Li Ce took advantage of the situation to see a group of heavily armed Song troops, walking towards this briskly with neat steps.

Sure enough, this momentum is different, Li Ce can see the difference between this team of soldiers at a glance, in addition to the same armor and weapons, the pervasive murderous aura and solemnity are also extremely compelling.

Damn, this old boy must have taken out the baby at the bottom of the box, Li Ce scolded secretly.

"The last general, Han Shanyi, led 300 soldiers from the Golden Gun Battalion to report." The first one, eight feet tall, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, a bright light armor, shining in the sun, looks extremely brave, really a good general.

This person's name is Han Shanyi, and he is the commander of the Golden Gun Battalion, and the entire Golden Gun Battalion is under his command and training. This person's marksmanship comes from the family heirloom, a hand of gold gun to make the world famous, he was also a powerful man in the martial arts in the past, no one knows, no one knows, and later was recruited into the army by the imperial court, which gradually faded in the rivers and lakes, but all the masters who use guns, no one knows his name.

Cao Wei frowned secretly, this unenlightened Wei Chi Junmai, his original intention was to test Li Ce, there are many ways to test it, it doesn't necessarily have to be a contest of force, not to mention that Li Ce looks weak, whether it is a surprise attack on Ulzhou, or the siege of Zhendingfu, Li Ce relies on a strategy, it is a strategy to anticipate the enemy first, this Wei Chi fool will simply think of a fight to try, after so many years, he still doesn't grow!

"What do you say?" Wei Chi Junmai asked Li Ce.

"Dare to ask General Wei Chi, what are the Liao people best at?" Li Ce did not answer his question, but asked rhetorically.

Wei Chi Junmai was stunned for a moment, and then replied: "Horseback riding and archery." ”

"Yes, since we are fighting with the Liao, we must be familiar with their fighting style, which is better than archery." Li Ce said what he was best at very cleverly, but he was still so high-sounding.

"Okay, let's try archery, well, these 300 soldiers in the rear, you can choose one to compete." Wei Chi Junmai smiled confidently and pointed at the three hundred soldiers of the Golden Gun Battalion who were waiting for battle.

Li Ce smiled and shook his head, but did not speak.

Seeing this, Cao Wei finally couldn't help but speak: "Wei Chi, you are too strong, Li Ce is from a talented background, you compare the most powerful elite in the Japanese army with him, isn't it clear that you are bullying people." All of your 300 soldiers of the Golden Spear Battalion were selected out of 10,000, and even ordinary soldiers were not their opponents at all. ”

Wei Chi Junmai hadn't spoken yet, but Han Shanyi glanced at Li Ce first, and then sneered, looking extremely disdainful.

Wei Chi Junmai said proudly: "This is what you taught me back then, the Liao people don't care what your background is, right?" After he finished speaking, he grinned, his already unattractive appearance, this smile was really ugly than crying...... This lieutenant Chi Junmai looks rough on the outside, but his heart is not rough at all.

Cao Wei glared at him angrily, he really deserved to be brought out by himself, this bear boy had a stubborn temper with himself. He had no choice but to quietly pull Li Ce and said in a low voice: "Guan Yiqi's archery kung fu, how much have you learned?" ”

Li Ce laughed in his heart, the old guy is afraid that he will lose too much in the future, and he will lose him.

"It's okay."

Cao Wei's old face suddenly stretched out, glared at Li Ce and threatened: "Anyway, don't lose too ugly, the old man has never lost face in this army in his life!" ”

"If you lose, you lose, what's the big deal." Li Ce pursed his mouth and deliberately said angrily, it was you old thing who deliberately let people test me, don't think I don't know. After saying that, he stepped forward and said loudly, "Which of you shoots the most accurately?" ”

Han Shanyi snorted coldly, but he didn't answer, he felt that Li Ce was really bluffing, he had seen a lot of world sons like him, and they were all embroidered pillows, which were useless.

"Hey, you have a sick eye? What are you doing looking at the sky? The sun is so big, don't you dazzle? Li Ce really couldn't stand Han Shanyi's lofty attitude, and deliberately sarcastic.

"You ......" Hanshan Yi's face was cold, and he glared angrily.

Cao Wei almost spurted out a mouthful of old blood, he stepped forward and kicked Li Ce, but was dodged by Li Ce, and as soon as the old guy moved, he felt that something was wrong.

Li Ce turned around and smiled at him, and said to Han Shanyi: "Don't be cool, you pick a good hand, let's draw a shelf and compare." ”

"Ma Wu!" Hanshan glared at him angrily, and shouted without looking back.

"Yes!" A big man answered the call and left the queue.

A soldier on the side had already taken a bow and arrow, and a target was erected a hundred meters away.

The Song soldier, whose name was Ma Wu, seemed to be very disdainful of competing with Li Ce, he just glanced at Li Ce, and didn't even look at him squarely.

Li Ce scolded in his heart: Damn, who are these people? Have your eyes grown to the sky? Isn't it just a golden gun battalion, look at the ability to give you one by one, and I will show my hand later, and when you cry one by one!

"Okay, no more nonsense, I'll do it first!" After Li Ce finished speaking, he took the bow and arrow, pulled the bowstring and tried it.

"It's too light, get another pair!" Li Ce smacked his lips.

"Huh?" Ma Wu's expression was a little stunned, because this bow is a hard bow commonly equipped in the Great Song army, although it is not a particularly strong bow, but the maximum bow power is more than one stone, if you want to pull this bow like a full moon, it is not an easy thing, but this white-faced boy is not ashamed to say too lightly.

"I'm not afraid of the wind flashing my tongue." Han Shanyi sneered.

"Yamayoshi! Go get a different bow. Wei Chi Junmai stopped him and said, how can you say that Li Ce was also brought by Cao Wei, if you don't look at the face of the monk and look at the face of the Buddha, the face of the old general Cao still has to be taken care of, in case you annoy this old guy, you will not be able to eat and walk around.