Zhou Ting originally wanted to take more tests in the Dao, but the emperor didn't seem to have much interest in the Dao, and proposed an immediate martial arts test, Zhou Ting naturally didn't dare to resist the decree, so he could only respectfully say: "Back to the saint, the martial arts test has set up three items, which are horse riding, archery and martial arts!" ”

He had prepared a few items for the test, but before he could test it, the emperor rejected it, and then in the martial arts examination, Zhou Ting no longer sold Guanzi, but directly said the content of the exam first, so as not to take one test when the time came, and the emperor did not let the assessment continue.

"Riding and archery martial arts is the basic skill of martial arts." The emperor bowed his head and said: "I, Great Qin, established the country with martial arts, and martial arts cannot be abolished." He looked at Chu Huan and asked, "Chu Huan, Zhou Nayan wants to test you from the martial arts of riding and archery, don't let me down." ”

Chu Huan immediately said: "The villain must do his best." ”

The emperor asked Zhou Ting, "What kind of comparison is this horse?" ”

Zhou Ting said: "The minister has already chosen a master of equestrianism, and his equestrian skills can be regarded as brilliant!" He shouted: "Where is Ma Yunwei?" ”

After his words fell, soon a military general in armor came out of the crowd, knelt on the ground, and said respectfully: "Ma Zhongheng, the cloud captain of the Guards, greets the Holy Lord and the Queen Mother!" ”

When the emperor saw this general, he stroked his beard and said, "Ma Zhongheng? Well, I remember you, you are from Liaodong. ”

"The general is a native of Jinzhou, Liaodong Province." Ma Zhongheng said respectfully.

The emperor smiled and said: "Jinzhou, Liaodong, is one of the eight major horse farms in my Great Qin, and you are from Jinzhou, so of course your equestrian skills will not be bad." He looked at Zhou Ting and said, "Zhou Nayan, it seems that the exam questions you gave to Chu Huan today are more difficult than the other." ”

Zhou Ting smiled and said: "The fire refines the real gold, the saint takes the scholar, what you want is a person who is really talented and learned, and a person who sells his reputation and reputation, how can he take on the great responsibility of the imperial court?" ”

Chu Huan glanced at Ma Zhongheng, this person is not tall, but he looks very energetic, he looks majestic in tiger armor, he is the Yun Lieutenant of the Guards, and he is one level higher than the Martial Lieutenant Gao Ya who was defeated by his own move.

Since this person can become a member of the Royal Guard, and the official is Yunwei, he naturally has a lot of ability under his hands, I heard that this person is from Jinzhou, Liaodong, Chu Huan's eyes showed surprise, he actually knows that the horses of the Great Qin Empire are divided into Liaodong horses, northwest horses and Jiangnan horses, Jiangnan horses are ignored, embroidered pillows are only, although the northwest horses are the main source of war horses in the Great Qin Empire, but compared to Liaodong horses, they are still slightly inferior.

However, the production of Liaodong horses is very small, and the eight major horse farms are only one Liaodong horse farm in Jinzhou, Liaodong Province, and most of the Liaodong horses are equipped on the Liaodong Iron Horse under the command of Red Liandian, and there are not many other places that flow into other places, and the dignitaries are usually excited because they have a top Liaodong horse.

This Ma Zhongheng is from Jinzhou, Liaodong, and based on this alone, you can know that this person's equestrian skills are indeed extraordinary.

Zhou Ting pointed to a runway not far away, everyone looked in the direction of his finger, only to see that there was already a horse racing track over there, and Zhou Ting said: "Everyone, please see, there are two tables over there, after starting from the starting point, ride to the table, each table has half a bowl of water, you must go around the table at the same time, pick up the water bowl on the table, and then turn back to the starting point, whoever can hit the finish line red silk first, and the bowl is not splashed, it is considered who wins." ”

Lin Yuanfang, the secretary of the ministry, couldn't help but ask: "Lord Zhou, if you hit the red silk first, but there is little water in the bowl, what should I do?" ”

"Lord Lin should have heard, the two bowls of water are not full bowls, but only half of them, if you can still splash water from them like this, it can only be a lack of riding skills, and you can only be considered a failure."

"What if both of them have water splashing out?"

"Then they will all lose, and there will be a draw." Zhou Ting said immediately.

Zhou Ting's horse racing tricks suddenly made many people excited, this is not a simple horseback riding, but also to play some tricks, more to see.

The emperor smiled and said: "Zhou Ting, your mind is full of tricks, but in this way, you can really show the level of riding skills." ”

The two horses prepared in advance had already led to the starting point of the track, but Chu Huan only found out at this time that Gao Ya, who hated himself so much, was pointing at the edge of the running track at this time, and the running ground was actually directed and arranged by him.

Chu Huan only felt that his heart was tight, although he couldn't see anything strange at this time, but as soon as Gao Ya appeared on the running field, Chu Huan felt that something was wrong.

He knew that in full view of everyone, Gao Ya naturally wouldn't dare to act rashly, let alone do anything to himself in the open, but since he appeared there, things were by no means simple, and he didn't know if he was secretly playing tricks.

The sun is shining, the flowers in the imperial garden are fragrant, the courtiers are all wide clothes and brocade robes, the iron-blooded garden is full of luxury, the palace maids and eunuchs have raised the canopy, the emperor took the queen's hand, and moved to the edge of the running field generously, although someone immediately brought the chair, the emperor did not sit down, but one hand crossed the waist, between the ministers and arches, although he was old, but still the emperor's authority.

Chu Huan and Ma Zhongheng have already arrived at the starting point of the running field, the two horses are one white and one black, and they are really distinct, Zhou Ting has already said: "This is a Liaodong horse, the foot strength is similar, no matter what equal, for the sake of fairness, you two draw lots to determine the horse!" ”

Chu Huan was skeptical at first that Gao Ya would do anything to the horses, but when he heard Zhou Ting say this, he breathed a sigh of relief.

The horse was determined by lot, and no one knew which horse belonged to Chu Huan in advance, so Gao Ya naturally couldn't do anything.

Zhou Ting took the pen and paper, wrote "black" and "white" on the two pieces of paper in front of everyone, and then pinched them into a small paper ball, held it in the palm of his hand, and then walked over, spread his hand, and motioned for the two to take the paper ball, Ma Zhongheng was very personable, and smiled at Chu Huan: "You come first!" ”

Chu Huan arched his hand, knowing that there was nothing to be humble about this, he took a piece of paper, Ma Zhongheng took another one, and the two opened it to see, Chu Huan was "white", Ma Zhongheng was "black", the process of setting the horse was very fair and just, Chu Huan was cautious and very careful, and it was determined that there was nothing greasy in the process of setting the horse.

He knows that today's win or loss is not only related to his own future, but also to the emperor's face, although until now, the emperor has always been calm, Chu Huan did not see his angry side, but Chu Huan understood a truth, the Son of Heaven is angry, there are countless heads, he has heard many deeds of His Majesty the Emperor killing ministers before, and knows that once this iron-blooded son of heaven really wants to be angry, he must be ruthless.

If he can't pass the martial arts examination today, it will be like if the emperor loses face and the face of the Son of Heaven is damaged, Chu Huan can't guess how His Majesty the Emperor will treat him.

Today's assessment is not only an opportunity, but also a dangerous situation.

All I have to do is do my best to clear the customs.

After setting the horse, Chu Huan walked to the side of the white horse, the size of the Liaodong horse is higher than the northwest horse, and it is much stronger, and the endurance is wonderful, Chu Huan heard about the horse race before, so he was worried about the problem of the horse, and he was only afraid that someone would interfere with him, give himself a Liaodong horse, and give Ma Zhongheng a northwest horse.

Although the Northwest Horse is slightly inferior to the Liaodong Horse, it does not mean that the Northwest Horse is completely lost to the Liaodong Horse.

Compared with the Northwest Horse, the biggest advantage of the Liaodong horse is that its endurance is stronger than that of the Northwest horse, but it does not have the upper hand in explosiveness.

Within a thousand meters, the northwest horse's sprinting ability will never lose to the Liaodong horse, beyond a thousand meters, the two horses can go hand in hand, but beyond three thousand meters, the northwest horse will lag behind the Liaodong horse.

The long-range running ability of the Liaodong horse is much stronger than that of the northwest horse, but the short sprint is not the opponent of the northwest horse.

Fortunately, now both of them are Liaodong horses, and they are roughly similar in size, and they come out of the same species, which is a comparison of high and low, and it can only depend on their respective equestrianism.

In the eyes of everyone, both of them turned over and got on their horses, the healthy horses snorted, and the soil was dug under their feet, as if even they felt that there was a very exciting game to be played.

Chu Huan glanced at King Qi's side, and saw that King Qi was staring at him, and shook his fist at himself, Chu Huan knew that of course the fist was not trying to beat himself, but to cheer himself, but it was the cold gaze next to him that made Chu Huan's body panic, it was not Ma Zhongheng's gaze, but Gao Ya who was standing on the edge of the runway not far away.

Chu Huan glanced at Gao Ya seemingly casually and casually, and saw that the look in Gao Ya's eyes seemed to be about to eat people, but there was a strange smile on the corner of his mouth.

After Chu Huan saw Gao Ya from entering the Iron Blood Garden, this Gao Ya kept looking at him like a ghost, and at this time he showed a strange smile, and Chu Huan knew that he had a lot of rules.

But at this moment, he couldn't see anything wrong, but he thought in his heart: "The soldiers are coming to block, the water is coming to cover the earth, and the subordinates are defeated, are you still afraid that he will not succeed?" ”

Chu Huan is very eccentric, if you respect him for a foot, he will respect you, but if you slap him, he will definitely give you three slaps back, Gao Ya looked at him coldly, Chu Huan didn't have a good face towards him, and his eyes were withdrawn from him with disdain, which made Gao Ya even more annoyed, and secretly thought: "Don't be complacent first, you will know how powerful Lao Tzu will be later." ”

Zhou Ting nodded to a person not far away, and the person said in a loud voice: "Ready!" ”

Ma Zhongheng and Chu Huan immediately cheered up, Chu Huan knew that Ma Zhongheng was not easy to deal with, but Ma Zhongheng did not underestimate Chu Huan, being able to participate in the assessment in the Iron Blood Garden was naturally not an ordinary role, but Ma Zhongheng was fully prepared, holding the reins, Ma Zhongheng glanced at the elegance over there, and after the two looked at each other, they did not stop, and immediately missed it.

A gong sounded, the gong just fell, Ma Zhongheng lifted the reins of the horse, and had jumped out of the horse, the black shadow flashed, but he had already rushed ahead, he jumped out of the horse, his hooves rose, and he grabbed quickly, and the posture of this departure was also chic.

Chu Huan didn't lift the reins, just shook slightly, and gently knocked his legs on the horse's belly, the white horse was like white light, and it had already run out flatly, compared to Ma Zhongheng's longitudinal horse jumping out, but it looked much more low-key, the posture was not so chic, and the momentum seemed to be a head shorter.

Ma Zhongheng grabbed quickly, and the horse seemed to be very chic, but his black horse jumped forward with both hooves, jumped out, and the horse jumped high, but it delayed a little time, although Chu Huan was a little slower, but he came out flat, and when Ma Zhongheng's black horse fell, the little time gap between the two sides at the start had been pulled back, and they were still going hand in hand, sprinting forward.

From this moment of departure, the personalities of the two have already shown differences, Ma Zhongheng is self-possessed and equestrian, he is superb in equestrianism, and strives to pursue the degree at the same time, but also be able to act chic, overwhelming, but the strength is still mixed with a hint of showmanship, but Chu Huan is down-to-earth, not the pursuit of the surface of the beautiful chic, but the pursuit of the most effective practical.

Ma Zhongheng's equestrian skills are exquisite, but Chu Huan's equestrian skills are really not weak, the two of them go hand in hand, the horses are like the wind, and the onlookers on both sides seem to see two off-string arrows.