Chu Yunyi breathed a sigh of relief and took his breath out at the second competition the next day, so he stood out with more than a dozen other teenagers.

Next, Chu Yunyi only needs to pass the third shooting test, and he can participate in the martial arts test final on the Wanshou Festival on June 11.

With the approach of Wanshou Street, the capital is more lively, and the inns in the capital are all full, and you can see foreigners and foreigners everywhere.

The atmosphere in the Hou Mansion was a little tense, everyone up and down knew that the eldest young master was going to participate in the martial arts test, and they didn't dare to frolic, for fear of disturbing the eldest young master, Chu Yunmu was looking forward to it, counting the days every day and looking forward to the third shooting test, which was even more anxious than Chu Yunyi.

In Chu Yunmu's anticipation, the eighth day of the sixth month finally arrived, and Chu Yunmu came to Wanyan Courtyard to wake Chu Qianchen up early in the morning.

"We have to go early, we won't see the excitement when it's late."

"There must be a lot of people going over there to see the excitement today, and the carriage must be moving slower than usual......

“……”

Chu Yunmu originally wanted to set off in advance, but when he came to Wanyan Courtyard, he found that Chu Qianchen had raised a little black cat with four hooves and snow-white, and now, he refused to leave, and teased the little lame cat for nearly half an hour before he went out at the urging of the Shen family.

Today's third shooting test was a vertical shooting and mounted shooting, and the competition was held at the military department's school ground. Normally, this school is not open to the public, but these days the audience is allowed to enter the game for the martial arts test.

By the time they arrived, it was already early in the morning, the game had already begun, and the arena was surrounded by people who had come to watch.

At a glance, there are bustling crowds, in addition to the people of Daqi, there are also those exotic people in strange clothes and profound facial features, which are very lively.

The number of seats here is limited, and those ordinary people can only stand and watch in the periphery, and the Shen family has already set a seat in the name of the Yongding Marquis Mansion.

On the high platform, there were well-dressed men and women, talking in twos and threes, some gossiping, some discussing the standing shot in front, and some speculating about the next competition......

From the dialogue of others, it can be heard that the military general's vertical shooting competition has just ended, and the next one is the military general's riding and shooting competition.

Chu Yunmu listened to it several times with great interest, thinking that he had missed the vertical shot in front of him, and regretted that he was late: it was all to blame on the little lame cat that caused him to forget the time!

"Boom!"

The cavalry and archery competition of the generals officially began after a burst of earth-shattering gongs and drums.

Almost simultaneously, the five horses rushed out of the starting point, spreading their hooves and galloping, the sound of their hooves as loud as thunder.

The whole school field is as noisy and lively as boiling water.

The audience on the high platform and around them all looked intently at the galloping knights in the field, cheering and cheering for them......

At intervals, there are rows of targets around the arena, and the contestants have to ride their horses around the school yard and shoot ten arrows at these targets in the process.

Today's competition not only depends on the accuracy of archery, but also on how quickly they complete it, the better, and the test is the accuracy and speed of archery.

The knights lowered their bodies and rode faster and faster, like the wind was galloping.

When they were about thirty feet away from the first row of targets, the knights began to draw their arrows and draw their bows, "whooshing ......"

The dense feathered arrows broke through the air one after another, and most of the feathered arrows shot hit the target, and a few missed and flew past the target.

"Shot, second sister, look, he shot!" Chu Yunmu applauded happily, his little face glowing with joy, "Look, that guy in green clothes will definitely be the number one in this scene!" ”

"Isn't it, isn't it?"

Chu Yunmu shouted loudly, and many men and women around him also heard it, and looked at the Tsing Yi knight he was talking about.

Chu Qianchen also glanced at the knight in green clothes, and casually agreed: "Yes." ”

Amber looked at her girl with a strange expression.

She could see clearly that the boy in green clothes deliberately played a back shot when archery, which could only be regarded as a show of skill, although the arrow hit the target, it only narrowly hit the edge of the target.

Although his actions are good-looking, they are flashy, how can his own girl not see it, she is obviously coaxing the fourth young master with her eyes open and talking nonsense!

Amid the thunderous cheers of the crowd, the race was in full swing, and by the time the knights had run most of the lap, the outcome was already clear, and one brown knight was a full and a half ahead of the others.

"Whew!"

He shot the last tenth arrow neatly, the long arrow was like a long rainbow through the sun, the momentum was amazing, and it was another arrow that hit the bull's-eye.

The moment the target hit the bull's-eye, his horse flew him past the finish line.

The audience erupted in more enthusiastic applause, and everyone applauded in unison.

"That's Changxing Boshizi, right?"

"That's him! Riding archery is really outstanding, and I think he will definitely be able to participate in the final on Halloween. ”

"Why don't we take a gamble?"

“……”

Hearing what others were talking about, Chu Yunyi was also energetic, pulled Chu Qianchen's sleeve, and asked, "Chu ...... Second sister, let's also bet on the top spot in the next game, okay? ”

"What about the bets?" Chu Qianchen raised his eyebrows and deliberately teased him.

Chu Yunmu was on the rise, and proposed, "How about pressing us this month's monthly routine?" ”

Chu Qianchen responded with a smile, and generously let Chu Yunmu choose first.

Amber looked at Chu Yunmu with a subtle expression, feeling that the fourth young master really didn't know that the sky was high and the earth was thick, who gave him the courage to bet on horses with his own girl?

The result was just as Amber had expected-

In the second game, Chu Yunmu bet on the second son of the Zhongyong General's Mansion, but lost.

In the third game, Chu Yunmu bet on Jin Wuwei's Liu experience, but lost again.

He gambled twice and lost all of his June and July months.

"Are you still gambling?" Chu Qianchen asked Chu Yunmu with a smile, planning to teach this bear child a lesson and teach him what the harm of gambling is.

Chu Yunmu was still not convinced, the word "gamble" was almost about to be exported, and the corner of his eye suddenly noticed a familiar figure at the starting point, and changed his words: "Big brother is here!" ”

From the next game, it will be the teenagers under the age of 15 who will play.

Although Chu Yunyi is not yet twelve years old, he has practiced martial arts since he was a child, and his figure is tall, and at this moment he is standing in the school yard wearing a blue lapel beard suit, holding a longbow in one hand, and the blue clothes are bright, which is quite a kind of fresh-clothed young man's spirit.

"Second sister, look, it's the eldest brother's turn to play!" Chu Yunmu raised his hand and pointed at Chu Yunyi on the field, and Chu Qianchen casually said "oh".

Chu Yunyi also looked at Chu Yunmu and them on the high platform, and his eyes happened to be looking at them.

"Big brother has seen us!" Chu Yunmu waved his hand happily at Chu Yunyi again, his eyes bright.

In comparison, Chu Qianchen looked so calm, sitting on the seat, looking at Chu Yunyi quietly, as if it was none of his business.

Chu Yunyi held the longbow in his hand tightly, and a stubborn and competitive light flashed under his eyes.

Chu Qianchen really came!

He had to impress her with him today, he wanted her to know that among the young children in the capital, his archery skills were among the best.

With his younger brother, that's a very long face!

Chu Yunyi confidently held his head high and stood in front of a row of targets with the other young men.

Another "dong" gong sounded.

More than a dozen teenagers bent their bows and arrows almost at the same time, and since these teenagers all came to the third competition today, they were all extraordinary, and every arrow hit the bull's-eye.

Then, they took another ten steps back and began to shoot a second arrow.

"Whoosh!"

Again, every arrow hits the bull's-eye.

Chu Yunmu looked down, his heart rose to his throat, and he kept shouting:

"Big brother hit the bullseye again!"

"Do they have to take ten steps back for every arrow?"

"Haha, the guy on the far left shot the fourth arrow crooked, he must be out."

"Second sister, look, the eldest brother's fifth arrow also hit ......"

“……”

Chu Yunmu was so excited that his voice was almost hoarse when he shouted, and Chu Qianchen was so empty that he stuffed a throat candy into his mouth.

Chu Yunmu's voice became a little vague with sugar, but this did not affect his enthusiasm for the game at all, applauding for a while, and waving his small fists for a while.

Suddenly, Chu Yunmu was stunned for a moment, tilted his head and said "Huh" suspiciously.

The others had already shot the sixth arrow, but Chu Yunyi, who was standing in the middle, was a beat slower, drew his longbow, and had not yet released the string.

"Second sister......" Chu Yunmu pulled Chu Qianchen's sleeve, and before the words came out, he saw that Chu Yunyi below finally put the bowstring.

"Whoosh!"

His arrow burst out of the string like a rainbow, striking accurately at the tail of another feathered arrow on the target, and then splitting the arrow in half, the tip of the arrow hitting the bull's-eye.

The house was in an uproar!

I don't know who shouted out next to me: "Tail arrow!" ”

Others also shouted "tail-chasing arrows" one after another, and some people recognized Chu Yunyi's identity, and from time to time heard words such as "Yongding Marquis Mansion" and "Great Prince" floating over.

Chu Yunyi's arrow chasing the tail arrow was a cut above the other juvenile committees, and the others had different expressions, some admired, some were amazed, some were unconvinced, and some showed timidity.

After the examiner chanted, the teenagers took another ten steps back and fired the seventh arrow.

Chu Yunyi's seventh arrow was still a tail-chasing arrow, and a burst of thunderous applause broke out in the field.

His outstanding performance affected the other teenagers, and two teenagers panicked and tried to learn how to shoot tail arrows, but the feathered arrows they shot missed the bull's-eye, causing some laughter.

Gradually, everyone's eyes were focused on Chu Yunyi, either pointing and pointing, or applauding, or shouting and cheering.

Chu Yunyi was completely undisturbed, his spiritual power was highly concentrated, and the surrounding noise could not reach his ears.

In his eyes and heart, there was only the arrow target in front of him, and a female voice in his ears that seemed to be near and far came: "The heart must be quiet, the eyes must be fixed, and the hands must be steady." ”

Chu Yunyi steadily shot the eighth, ninth, and tenth arrows.

Every arrow is a beautiful and crisp tail-chasing arrow.

The five arrows in the back split all five of his first five arrows.

The surrounding audience was enthusiastic and stood up from their seats one by one.

At this moment, among these teenagers on the school ground, Chu Yunyi has become a well-deserved protagonist, and everyone else has become his foil.

He used these five successes to prove to everyone present that his tail-chasing arrow was not a coincidence, nor luck, but his strength.

"Bang Bang ......"

"Bang Bang Bang ......"

Once again, thunderous applause erupted in the field, like ocean waves, wave after wave.

In this field, even if the examiner has not yet announced the winner, everyone knows that Chu Yunyi is the undisputed leader in this competition.

In the applause of the audience, the corners of Chu Yunyi's lips curled slightly, and he raised his eyes to look at Chu Qianchen and them on the high platform.

In the past few days, he has been practicing the tail-chasing arrow hard, just for today!

He is so smart, he can learn it as soon as he learns, and teaching him is obviously more rewarding than teaching Chu Yunmu, isn't it?

At this moment, there was a commotion at the entrance of the school grounds.

A group of Jinyi guards walked in front of them to open the way, and the other spectators were all driven to the side.

A small chamberlain shouted in a shrill voice: "The emperor has arrived!" ”

In the direction of the entrance, a bright yellow canopy swayed like auspicious clouds, and the emperor in a bright yellow dragon robe came surrounded by a group of nobles and close ministers and soldiers of the forbidden army.

The arrival of the holy car made the whole audience explode, and all the people present knelt down and shouted in unison: "Long live the emperor, long live!" ”

The shouts shook the sky.

The emperor looked around at everyone, smiled kindly, and said, "No courtesy! ”

Only then did everyone get up, and those people had a rare chance to see the face of the sky, and they all stretched their necks to look in the direction of the emperor, but the emperor was surrounded by brocade guards and forbidden troops, like a high wall, and most people couldn't see the emperor's dragon face at all.

Gonggong Ni said a word to the emperor in his ear, and the emperor looked at Chu Yunyi and said in an appreciative tone: "You can shoot tail arrows at a young age, and your archery skills are good!" ”

The emperor is in a good mood, these teenagers will be the rising stars of their Great Qi, and he held this martial arts test to let the pilgrimage countries show the national prestige of Great Qi.

"Thank the emperor for his false praise!" Chu Yunyi hugged his fists and thanked him, his young face was radiant and full of spirit.

He couldn't help but look at Chu Qianchen again, wanting to see if she was looking at him.

Chu Yunmu met Chu Yunyi's gaze, raised his arm and waved at him again, and then shouted, "Chu Qianchen, the eldest brother is watching us." ”

However, he received no response.

Chu Yunmu turned her head to look at Chu Qianchen, Chu Qianchen was not looking at the school field, her eyes were looking in a certain direction under the stage, and Chu Yunmu followed her gaze.

In the bustling crowd, a little girl in pink was looking around blankly, like a frightened little white rabbit, with panicked eyes.

There were a lot of people around, and it was inevitable that someone would squeeze towards her, and she was so frightened that she kept retreating, retreating, and gradually retreating to the corner, and there was no way to retreat.

The little girl crouched down and curled herself up in a ball, shivering.

Chu Qianchen frowned slightly, recognized the little girl, turned his head to Shen and said, "Mother......"

Before she finished speaking, she was suppressed by Chu Yunmu's voice: "Second sister, isn't this Qi Niang?" How can she ...... alone?"

When Shen heard this, his face changed, and he hurriedly asked, "Where is Qi Niang?" ”

Chu Yunmu obediently pointed in the direction, and the Shen family also saw Gu Zhiyan, and was anxious, so he hurriedly got up: "I'll go find Qi Niang, you stay here." ”

Shen hurriedly got down from the high platform with the two big maids, and Mama Chen stayed on the high platform, staring at Gu Zhiyan curled up in the corner from above, and muttered: "How could the county lord be there alone......"

No one can answer this question, including Chu Qianchen.

After a while, Shen and the two big maids pushed aside the crowd and walked to Gu Zhiyan.

Shen cautiously approached Gu Zhiyan, his expression gentle and concerned, and his mouth shouted her name.

But Gu Zhiyan didn't seem to recognize Shen, her eyes became more and more panicked, and her body trembled even more.

Shen leaned down and tried to reach out to caress Gu Zhiyan's shoulder, Gu Zhiyan shouted hysterically like a little beast that had been cornered, his hands dancing wildly, patting and grabbing Shen's hand.

Her crazy appearance attracted the attention of some of the people around her, many of whom were so frightened that they took several steps back.

Chu Qianchen's brows furrowed even tighter, and he got up decisively and said, "Mama Chen, you look at the fourth young master, I'll go down and take a look." ”

She left Mama Chen and four or five other slaves and maids to look at Chu Yunmu, and she also went down from the high platform with amber.

"Ahh Yes! Ah......h

Gu Zhiyan was still shouting hysterically, refusing anyone to approach, Shen could only stand three steps away, not daring to get any closer, for fear that Gu Zhiyan would hurt herself when she was excited.

"Mother, I'll come." Chu Qianchen walked to Shen's side and motioned for Shen to retreat.

After Shen retreated, Gu Zhiyan seemed to relax a little and stopped shouting, but his body was locked even harder, and he just wanted to shrink into the wall.

Chu Qianchen squatted down, tried his best to be at eye level with Gu Zhiyan, smiled slightly, and showed a smile full of affinity.

She took off the crescent-shaped sachet on her waist, put it in the palm of her hand, and handed it to Gu Zhiyan, "Qi Niang, take it." ”

The crescent-shaped sachet entered Gu Zhiyan's field of vision and stopped a foot away from her.

Chu Qianchen looked at her with a smile and maintained this posture motionlessly.

Dongmei, the eldest girl standing behind Shen, was a little anxious, and called softly: "Madam......"

Shen gave him a look, and Dongmei swallowed the rest of the words.

Tilting less, Gu Zhiyan finally moved, slowly, slowly raised his right hand, looked at Chu Qianchen with vigilant eyes, and saw that she hadn't moved, so he quickly grabbed the crescent-shaped sachet in her palm, and then held it tightly in her palm, as if she was afraid that someone else would snatch it away.

The familiar fragrance drilled from the sachet to the tip of her nose, Gu Zhiyan put the sachet on the tip of her nose and sniffed, and after a while, her body finally stopped shaking.

Chu Qianchen handed her his hand again, and said, "Give it to me." ”

Gu Zhiyan obediently gave her her free left hand, Chu Qianchen pulled the little girl up from the ground, took her hand and said to Shen, "Mother, let's go." ”

Shen Shi breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Chu Qianchen gratefully, fortunately with her, otherwise he really didn't know what to do with Qi Niang.

They took Gu Zhiyan back to the seat on the high platform, Gu Zhiyan held Chu Qianchen's hand with one hand, clutched the sachet with the other, and a pair of eyes scanned the surroundings vigilantly, with a frightened soul hidden in his eyes.

Chu Qianchen asked Gu Zhiyan to sit down, first roughly examined her hands and feet, and after making sure that she was not injured, he probed her pulse.

Chu Yunmu watched curiously from the side.

Everyone's attention was focused on Gu Zhiyan, and no one cared about the competition on the field.

Shen asked nervously, "Sister Chen, how is Qi Niang?" ”

"It's okay, I'm a little frightened." Chu Qianchen said as he massaged Gu Zhiyan several big acupoints, over and over again, impatient.

Gradually, Gu Zhiyan's eyes became calmer and calmer, his expression relaxed, and his body no longer looked like a taut bowstring.

Shen instructed the eldest maid: "Dongmei, you go to find the princess of the county, it is impossible for Qi Niang to run out alone." ”

Dongmei immediately took the order and took two little maids down to find someone.

Shen's heart was completely let go, and he touched Gu Zhiyan's shoulder lovingly, and sighed: "Last time, the third sister said that Qi Niang was much better......

"Sister Chen, it's good that you saw her, otherwise, it would be terrible if she was abducted by Huazi......"

Shen's expression was complicated, and she was still a little afraid in her heart: if Qi Niang got lost again, she really didn't imagine what would happen to the third sister.

"Sister." Gu Zhiyan called softly, grabbed Chu Qianchen's skirt with one hand, it seemed that she had already recognized Chu Qianchen.

"Qi Niang, who am I?" Chu Yunmu pointed to himself and asked Gu Zhiyan.

Shen unceremoniously slapped him on the shoulder, "Call cousin!" ”

This kid is getting bigger and smaller.

Chu Yunmu was afraid that his mother would punish him for copying scriptures or not letting him ride a horse, so he quickly changed his words: "Cousin Qi Niang." ”

Gu Zhiyan tilted his head to look at him, and called cooperatively: "Brother." ”

Then, she stopped talking.

For the Shen family, Gu Zhiyan's willingness to call people is already a very gratifying thing.

Shen also learned from Chu Qianchen's previous appearance, squatted down, and let Gu Zhiyan look at her eyes, "Qi Niang, is it okay for you to watch the competition with your sister and younger brother?" ”

Gu Zhiyan nodded obediently.

She sat between Chu Qianchen and Chu Yunmu and went to watch the riding and archery competition.

The riding and archery competition has been carried out in the second game, and the five teenagers in the second game are seated at the starting point on horseback.

Chu Yunmu said regretfully: "Huh? Big brother is done. ”

His regret was only a sentence, and in the next moment, the five teenagers rode out, and his attention was also diverted.

He explained to Gu Zhiyan with great interest: "Qi Niang...... Cousin, you see, they set off, and the one in the lead is the sixth prince of General Li's mansion! ”

"However, I don't think his advantage will last long."

"Haha, sure enough, he was caught up by Liu Si!"

"Liu Si can't win, I watched his vertical shooting competition just now, and his archery skills are not very good......"

“……”

Chu Yunmu said that Gu Zhiyan was responsible for listening.

Shen looked at the pair of cousins and brothers, and the corners of his lips gradually had a hint of a smile.

After a while, there were messy and hurried footsteps from behind, as well as an anxious call: "Qi Niang...... Qi Niang. ”

Shen Shi, Chu Qianchen and the others all heard the reputation, and saw Shen Yun trotting towards this side in a hurry, and his sideburns were messy.

She was sweating profusely, the corners of her forehead were densely covered with beads of sweat, and even the makeup on her face was spent, making her look embarrassed.

Gu Zhiyan turned his head to look at Shen Yun, but he didn't move, Shen Yun pounced on her, hugged her tightly in his arms, and cried bitterly: "Qi Niang, you scared your mother to death!" ”

"My mother is worried about dying, but I can't find you anywhere......"

Shen Yun's voice trembled slightly, and the arms holding Gu Zhiyan were also trembling.

Looking at this scene, Mama Rong, Dongmei and others who followed behind were also embarrassed, especially Mama Rong's eyes were slightly red, with tears in her eyes, and she repeatedly shouted "Bodhisattva bless" in her mouth.

After a while, Shen Yun calmed down a little, and Shen handed his sister a handkerchief.

Shen Yun wiped away her tears and smiled sheepishly.

At this time, Chu Yunmu shouted excitedly: "If he misses the target, I know that his archery skills are not good!" ”

Gu Zhiyan was attracted by Chu Yunmu's voice, and also leaned over to watch the competition in the field.

Shen Yun saw that her daughter wanted to watch the competition, but she didn't dare to stimulate her, so she let her go, but said softly: "Qi Niang, you and Brother Mu are here to watch the competition." ”

Gu Zhiyan nodded, his eyes still staring at the teenagers who were shooting arrows in the field.

Shen Yun sat next to Shen, and after a little grooming, he said, "Eldest sister, it's good that you found Qi Niang." ”

"Qi Niang, what's wrong?" Shen asked with concern, "I saw her much better before, but I ...... just now" Shen Shi told her how she found Gu Zhiyan and Gu Zhiyan's hysterical behavior at that time.

Shen Yun was sad and panicked, and said blankly: "A few days ago, I took Qi Niang to go to Xuanjing Dao Master to do a Dharma ceremony, and Qi Niang has always been good. I took her out to play today, but when she went to the clean room, she suddenly broke free of the nurse's hand and ran away. ”

"There are a lot of people here, she ran away all of a sudden, I took people around to look for it but didn't find it, fortunately, Dongmei came to tell me that she was here ...... you"

Shen Yun looked at Gu Zhiyan's petite back in front of him, and his heart was like a knife.

She didn't know what happened to Qi Niang.

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