Although the voices of the people discussing were not loud, Lin Yiqing could still hear what they were discussing, and there were 10,000 grass and mud horses in his heart.

Lao Tzu is a man who plays with guns, you want Lao Tzu to play with a bow here!

As early as the fourth year of Guangxu, Shen Youdan, the governor of Liangjiang, one of the representatives of the Westernization faction, proposed that the military system should be abolished, and played "Please Stop the Martial Arts Film": "...... Since the rise of the army, most of the people who steal the country's ability to collect people's effectiveness have come from the training of the soldiers, and the glory of the subjects is far from being caught, that is, the soldiers of the eight departments in Beijing, the talents are numerous, the first to promote the firearms battalion, the cavalry battalion, and now the Shenji battalion is excellent. Who? Xi used it too. When the minister arrived in office, he complained about the joint title of martial arts, and he was not bad for a few or ten years, and he was sympathetic, but he looked at it in detail, and his Xiaochang camp was not pragmatic enough to be compared with those who were born in the army, and his courage and hard work were not enough to be compared with those who were born in military merit. Who? What is used is not what you are used for...... Sincerely follow the court's order to stop the martial arts. ”

Shen Youdan's performance can be said to be to the point, and was supported by many enlightened ministers at the time, but it was resolutely opposed by conservative and stubborn forces, many people played the imperial court, saying that "the ancestral system cannot be abolished", and some people pointed out that the abolition of martial arts will cause chaos in the world, accusing Shen Youdan and other Western-style officials of "harboring evil intentions and wanting to mess with the world", because the opposition was too strong, the ruling Empress Dowager Renxi had to make a gesture to appease the conservative political forces, and specially issued a decree to appease Shen Youdan, criticizing Shen Youdan, "Shen Youdan…… Please stop Wu Yu and change the old chapter, I really don't know the general situation. The decree is pleading, and there is no need to discuss what is requested. ”

In the case that it is not possible to scrap it. In the eighth year of Guangxu, Zhang Peilun, the left sign of the Imperial History of the Imperial Palace, sent a letter to the imperial court, proposing to reform the martial arts system. He said, "Steal and gather the warriors of Middle-earth, raise people, and fight the enemy of the West, who wins and who loses." Madame knows. Gather the mountain cannon of the middle earth to carry the gun and the bird gun, in order to fight the enemy with the Western breech gun, which is blunt, and the lady knows. He suggested that the content of the old martial arts examinations such as bows, horses, and swords be changed to test the use of foreign guns and cannons, which was also fiercely opposed by conservative diehards. It is advisable to stay for talented and brave people", and Huang Huaisen, the Guizhou envoy, even emphasized that "the ancestral system cannot be abolished." Under the opposition of conservatives, Zhang Peilun's suggestion was ultimately not adopted by the imperial court.

So, to this day, Lin Yiqing participates in the martial arts exam, and he still has to decide the winner with a bow and arrow.

The military attache in the examination room announced the start of the exam, and Lin Yiqing jumped out. According to the specified distance, while galloping around the bull's-eye. Draw your bow and shoot while riding.

Unlike Lu Mingyun's continuous arrows, Lin Yiqing shot more calmly and at a relatively slower speed, but each arrow penetrated the bullseye blanket ball with force, and it didn't take long. After the nine arrows were shot, all of them hit the target.

Although he was very unimpressed with this kind of mounted archery, Lin Yiqing still performed extremely well, because he originally had a foundation in bows and arrows - Xiaotong liked archery and was a member of the Nanjing White Feather Archery Gym. He is a good friend of Hu Yanyang, the beautiful curator of the museum, and her preferences inevitably affect him as a special soldier, although he uses a crossbow machine in the army - coupled with the intensive training of contemporary masters such as Xingyue Liuli and Yangen Shanren and Zhu Xueyan, this bow test can be said to be easy to win.

After Lin Yiqing finished shooting, several examiners stood up in unison, their faces were full of consternation, and after a while, there was a burst of exclamation from the candidate team.

The nine arrows shot by Lin Yiqing actually constituted a "sky" character on the target!

is also a riding shot with nine shots and nine hits, but compared to Lu Mingyun's nine shots and nine hits just now, it is undoubtedly a step higher!

Looking at Lin Yiqing's heroic appearance, Chengxiang, who was riding a yak, actually had a feeling of being ashamed.

After Lin Yiqing withdrew under the watchful eye of everyone, the candidates took the test in turn, and after a while, when the military attache sang Cheng Xiang's name, Cheng Xiang was violently excited, and then he realized that it was time for him to play.

When Cheng Xiang rode a yak to the field, the faces of several examiners did turn a little green as the horse farm girl said. All around them was the low laughter of the candidates.

"This man isn't crazy, is he?"

"You know what! Yaks are mounts too! There are many people who defend the Tibetan region in the snowy region! ”

"It's a mount, but can you ride it into battle?"

The military attache presiding over the examination room was also surprised to see the yak that Cheng Xiang was straddling -- it was not the first time that he had presided over the martial arts examination, but it was indeed the first time that he saw someone riding an ox for reference.

The military attache turned his head and glanced at the examiners on the stage as if asking for help, several examiners glanced at each other, nodded, and the examiner led by him waved his hand, "Try it!" ”

The military attache sent a signal for the start of the exam, and Cheng Xiang was originally worried that he would be kicked out of the examination room, but when he saw that the examiners actually let him participate in the exam, he couldn't help but be overjoyed, and immediately urged the yak under the seat to run forward.

The yak is docile and very understanding, and when it knows that this is the time for it to show its skills, it immediately spreads its hooves and runs, and without the instructions of Cheng Xiang, it automatically runs around the bull's-eye, and the speed does not seem to be slow.

Unlike the war horse, this yak ran fast and steady, and Cheng Xiang was even more convenient to put a bow and arrow on its back than the dwarf horse at home, and he couldn't help but be very happy.

The pony at the head of the family was not much taller than a pig, and the yak was much taller than the pony, but it ran more steadily, so that his confidence was greatly increased, and he immediately drew his bow and arrows, and shot arrow after arrow.

The nine arrows shot out in an instant, and he didn't know if he had been hit, but he was so tired that he gasped for breath on the yak, and it wasn't until the military attache sang "Nine Shots and Eight Hits" that he was shocked to realize that he had actually passed the exam.

Lin Yiqing looked at this martial artist who had passed the bull riding exam, and couldn't help but laugh secretly.

Of course, he understood what was going on with this guy's pass: compared to a war horse, which ran very bumpy, the yak ran much more smoothly, and therefore easier to aim, because this man, although his archery skills were poor, took advantage of the mount, so he actually passed the test.

It may be that he saw that this person took advantage of the bull riding. When the examiners determined the results, they subtracted an arrow from this person and set it as "nine shots and seven hits" to show fairness.

After the bow test, it's time for the horse test.

Lin Yiqing initially thought that the horse test was likely to be a bow test, and the martial artists held a horse battle competition respectively, and the winner entered the final sword test. But then I inquired clearly and learned that the horse test was not a battle immediately, but a wooden stake was set up in the horse farm as a target, the candidates rode forward, bent down and chopped with their own weapons, there were a total of twelve wooden stakes, and eight of them were qualified, and all of them were excellent, compared to the riding and archery in the bow test. It's a bit more difficult. And only after passing the horse test, you are allowed to enter the knife test.

But for a seasoned man like Lin Yiqing, this kind of equestrian performance-like horseback riding and staking test is like child's play, because in this round of the test, he easily came out on top - all twelve stakes were cut with a long knife.

Although he won easily, it was not so easy for the martial artists he referred, many of whom were not good at horsemanship, and some fell off their horses before they could rush to the stake. Others either took off their weapons or fell off their horses with too much force when they swung their swords at stakes. After a round of exams, many people were eliminated, including the martial artist who had just passed the bow on a bull.

This martial artist is a natural living treasure, he rode a cow and galloped in a war horse, he was originally short, and it was not good to control the bull. As a result, the yak ran so fast that he broke the stake, and he threw it directly off the back of the ox while riding on the ox, and did not cut a stake, and eliminated it directly with the person who fell off the horse.

I saw that this person fell and ate. The audience burst into laughter and chaos, resulting in a quarter of an hour of interruption of the exam.

At the end of this somewhat funny horse test, about one-third of the people who were referred to were eliminated, and the remaining more than 200 people went to the ring to participate in the final exam, the knife test.

The knife test is a one-on-one foot battle between the candidates, and the candidates bring their own weapons to fight in the ring, and the opponent is beaten out of the ring to win, until the top eight are finally determined, and the final palace test presided over by the emperor himself, and the folk gambling game on martial arts is set at this time.

At the beginning of the game, Lin Yiqing met a martial artist who made two swords, and after he saw the wheel axe in Lin Yiqing's hand, he only fought with Lin Yiqing, and then directly admitted defeat.

Lin Yiqing met a martial artist who made a red tassel spear in the second game, although this person was also shocked by the terrible weapon in Lin Yiqing's hand, but he was obviously very confident in his own ability, and he didn't want to admit defeat easily, so he stepped forward to fight Lin Yiqing with a gun, but only fought for one round.

There is only one turn.

Lin Yiqing first cut off the shaft of his gun with an axe, and then slapped him flat with an axe like a lightning bolt, like a fly, and directly slapped him away and fell under the ring.

This is the "fly swatting method" that Lin Yiqing came up with, and it is also one of the reasons why Lin Yiqing chose this wheel axe as a test weapon.

As Zhu Xueyan said, the "seven carcass cut" is his knife that kills countless enemies on the battlefield, a knife cut out, someone must lose their lives, and the martial arts exam is similar to a martial arts competition, for the purpose of competition, point to the end, do not hurt people, naturally can not use this sharp blade, and the use of this beast-faced wheel axe, not only can intimidate the opponent, so that the opponent knows the difficulty and retreat, but also can use the "fly swatter" such tactics, the opponent will be slapped away at the same time, will not cause too much damage to the opponent.

Seeing that Lin Yiqing slapped his opponent directly into the air within one move, the people watching the battle were all shocked.

This kind of competition, all of them saw it for the first time in their lives.

Next, Lin Yiqing's opponents were all slapped or knocked down by him with an axe.

Lin Yiqing can't remember how many opponents he has defeated, and he has won him countless cheers and applause along the way, and he also knows that every time he knocks down an opponent, it is likely to mean the loss of a large amount of bet.

But what Lin Yiqing didn't expect was that he would soon encounter an unexpected opponent.

"Your name is Lin Yiqing?" The other party asked.

Lin Yiqing looked at the child in front of him - in his opinion, the opponent was indeed a child, and a poor child.

His opponent this time was a young man of small stature, he was wearing a patched green cloth shirt, a black cloth belt around his waist, and a pair of old leather boots. But it was covered with calluses, the joints were very thick, and in his hand he held a short spear of jet-black iron.

When he first came on the field, Lin Yiqing didn't pay much attention to it, but when he stepped closer. Lin Yiqing was immediately alert.

This young man's steps are unusually calm and powerful, and he is obviously a practitioner.

And the iron spear in his hand was shining with dark blue light, and there were many traces of wear, and it was obviously a weapon that had drunk human blood!

"You are Lin Yiqing?" The boy asked again.

Lin Yiqing nodded calmly and clenched the giant axe in his hand.

"My name is Jiang Yanchao." The young man gave Lin Yiqing a deep salute, "I received help from a person on the road, and this person asked me to remember your name, so I will give him his favor." Count it on your head. ”

"Oh." Lin Yiqing raised his eyebrows in some surprise.

"However, I'm here to win the martial champion, so I will repay your favor in the future, and I won't show mercy in the current competition." The young man named Jiang Yanchao looked up at Lin Yiqing and said solemnly, "If I hurt you in the competition." I beg your pardon. ”

"It's okay, you just have to put your heart into it. I haven't met a real opponent in half a day. Somehow, the young man's words made Lin Yiqing ignite his fighting spirit, at this moment, he actually forgot the purpose of coming here, and just wanted to have a good competition.

"Ah Chao! Come on! In the audience, a crisp and immature voice rang out. Lin Yiqing followed the prestige and saw a delicate girl in a white shirt, looking at the young man with eager eyes.

"Ah Lian! I'll show you the win! The boy turned his head to look at the girl and whispered.

Lin Yiqing looked at them and couldn't help but think of his high school days. I was filled with emotion.

In this era, the turbulent events of his youth are also happening......

Through time and space, some things, some people, will never change.

"Let's get started!" Lin Yiqing wanted to see this young man's ability, held his breath, put on a fighting posture, and said to the young man.

"Concession." The young man raised his hand and clenched his fist, and waved at Lin Yiqing again, then grabbed the gun in his hand, took a lunge, and stared at Lin Yiqing with his eyes tight.

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