Chapter 253: Martial Arts Training Ground
The next day, the stands of the martial arts training ground were packed.
This martial arts training ground is not visited by many people on weekdays, and sometimes it is used as a place for the children of the family to compete, but there is no other use for other things.
Shi Qingqian found that the imperial examination system of this dynasty was very imperfect, there was only a literary examination but no martial arts, and the system of literary examination was also extremely imperfect. But these are all later words, and today's top priority is the competition between her and Tuoba Peach.
When he arrived at this martial arts training ground, Shi Qingqian found that the emperor, the prince, and some ministers were already sitting in the stands on the side. If only some ordinary people were watching the play today, it would be fine, but I didn't expect that even the emperor would come to watch, which made her extremely stressed for a while.
Among the people present today, Shi Qingqian was too lazy to distinguish the purpose of everyone's coming, but the thoughts of most of the people in this group of people in the court were also obvious, nothing more than wanting to follow Mo Ruan to support her on the throne of Princess Yan at the moment when Tuoba Tao defeated her.
Shi Qingqian is not afraid, she has already been completely sure. Besides, there are her parents and brothers in the stands, as well as Shen Shu, she has to come out on top, and she must not lose ugly in front of them.
She couldn't help but think, perhaps, the emperor would also have high hopes with herself? After all...... Only if she defeats Tuoba Peach, will this inexplicable marriage contract be dissolved with reasonable reasons.
In the first game, the two competed in mounted archery, and Shi Qingqian rode cabbage and carried a moon bow on his back to enter the center of the arena from Yongdao first.
She was dressed in a bright red and silver thread embroidered short placket riding suit, considering the receptivity of the Yu people, Shi Qingqian still obediently wore long sleeves, but the top was cut shorter, which was not out of line, but also looked neat and sassy.
She couldn't use swords and other murder weapons during the competition, so she left the silver wire whip at home today, and the feeling of being empty around her waist made her a little uncomfortable.
She wore no ornaments, just tied her long hair into a high ponytail and tied it with a red headband. In short, everything on her body is simple and simple.
When Shi Qingqian rode in with cabbage, the people who recognized the cabbage were in an uproar - Shen Xiaowang would actually give his horse to the Baoying County Lord to ride, it seems that Shen Xiaowangye's mind is already very clear.
Shi Qingqian didn't care about the noise of the stands, she first rode a horse to inspect the field, and found that a fence was set up in the middle for the horse to run, and it was necessary to climb over it in the process of riding and shooting, and she would not doubt the ability of the cabbage, so naturally she didn't have to think about it. There are fixed targets around the arena, and there are moving targets that are carried by the subordinates after the start of the game.
The ancient martial arts competitions are also relatively simple, they are all the content that Shi Qingqian has been training, she can hunt with a bow and arrow when she is in the Yiyuan Forest, what else is there to be afraid of.
Shi Qingqian got off the horse and waited for a long time at the starting point, seeing that the cabbage was sleepy, the Tuoba peach came over unhurriedly.
Tuoba Peach is dressed in a dark blue riding suit in the style of Togo today, with his waist and arms exposed, and he looks ...... It's just two pieces.
She wore her bun, probably because she was coming to the competition, and she only had a silver butterfly clip on her head, and it seemed that she didn't stupidly bring a lot of things as accessories, and she still respected this competition.
Under the eyes of everyone, Tuoba Peach rode his white horse and walked proudly to Shi Qingqian's side.
"Why did Lord Baoying come so early? Isn't it nervous and scared to come to explore the terrain in advance? ”
Shi Qingqian sneered disdainfully, "I just know a little more etiquette than you, and I know that I can't make the opponent wait too long." ”
Talking about words, Tuoba Peach has always been unable to fight Shi Qingqian, she knows this, so she didn't continue to talk to her. "Lord Baoying, without further ado, let's start quickly, remember, the loser will kowtow three times in front of everyone!"
The two began to prepare to get on the horse, and neither of them refused to lose to anyone in terms of momentum.
The maidservant of Tuoba Peach held her bow up, and the gilded phoenix pattern seemed to be worth a lot of money, but Shi Qingqian felt that there were too many decorations on it, which would affect the strength of the bow.
She waved her hand, and Xue Ying sent Xiyue up.
At the moment when Shi Qingqian got the drama moon, he only heard an angry scream in his ear: "Ah! Y-How did you have this bow! ”
The person who scolded was Tuoba Peach, she pointed to the drama moon in Shi Qingqian's hand, and said sharply, as if she had seen something terrible.
"This was meant to be my bow." Shi Qingqian ignored her, reached out to pull the bow, and tried the bowstring.
"What nonsense are you putting in! This bow is our national treasure! Ten years ago it was displayed in the treasury of my Togo! Tuoba Peach scolded, "You thief must have stolen it!" ”
After she said this, Shi Qingqian remembered that when Shen Lun gave the bow, he did say that this bow was a treasure that Dongwu had paid tribute in the early years. She had never cared about this, but she had once taken the bow to visit Liang Gongzi and talk to him, and Liang Gongzi had never questioned the bow.
In short, since Dongwu sent the bow out by himself, no matter whether there is anything unspeakable, this bow no longer belongs to Dongwu, and now, the drama moon is Shi Qingqian's drama moon.
She rolled her eyes and smiled, "I said Tuoba Peach, how old were you ten years ago?" How old am I? Will I go all the way to steal a bow from you? You don't talk through your head. You were just born ten years ago, Mo told me you remembered seeing this bow in Togo at that time. ”
"I ...... I've seen albums! The treasures in the palace will have a picture album! Tuoba Tao Dao, she did see it in the album, and she still remembered that she thought this bow was good-looking, and asked her father and the emperor to give it to her, but they prevaricated in a few words, it turned out that the bow had already been in someone else's hands!
"You foreigner, how can you use our Dongwu's national treasure!"
Shi Qingqian snorted coldly, "Who do you think is worthy?" Whether I'm worthy or not, you don't count. ”
"Give me the bow!" Tuoba Peach is extremely angry, it is the first time since she was a child, and the thing she likes was robbed by others!
"Okay, do you want to?" Shi Qingqian shook the bow in his hand proudly, looking defiant, "If you win me, I'll give it to you." ”
Tuoba Peach gritted his teeth, his nails had sunk into the flesh, leaving traces of several months of tooth shape, "Good! You wait for me! ”
The referee was the soldier Shangshu, who saw that the two female dolls were ready, so he made a gesture in the direction of the stands, and then, three deafening, fast and powerful drums sounded-
It's game on!