In the early winter, a round of the white sun was high in the air, exuding a meager coolness, and a group of young people in fresh clothes and angry horses, calling friends, carrying many slaves and maids, went to the suburbs.

Among these people, Yan Xiuyu, who was wearing a thick purple robe, was the most eye-catching, not only was he the best-looking, he was the most colorful, but he was also surrounded by the most people - almost all the Northern Barbarian nobles surrounded him, showing the trend of stars and moons.

And Le Xuan, a Qingzhou horse not far behind him, was very inconspicuous.

But some people feel that Le Xuan is much more attractive than Yan Xiuyu.

The fourth prince Ben and Yan Xiuyu walked before and after, he heard the sound of horses' hooves chasing behind him, looked back, and found the whereabouts of Yan Xiuyu and his party, flicked the horse's head, and came to Le Xuan's side, and said happily: "Le Gongzi, I have heard of the name for a long time, I didn't expect to see it here today." ”

Le Xuan just wanted to turn over and dismount and salute the four princes, but the four princes reached out and pressed Le Xuan's hand and said, "Don't be too polite!" When we came out to hunt today, everyone wanted to have a good time, and they didn't pay attention to these red tapes. Otherwise, you will also salute and I will return the salute, and go back and forth to consume all the things on it, what is the difference between it and being in Beijing. ”

Listening to the sincerity of what the four princes said, Le Xuan smiled, and still made a big gift on the horse: "Thank you for the kindness of the four princes!" But the etiquette cannot be abolished, and there is a courtesy here. ”

The four princes and Le Xuan rode horses and walked side by side.

The fourth prince looked at Yan Xiuyu, who was laughing loudly with the barbarians in front of him, and said enviously: "Young hero Yan Xiaowang, it's really enviable!" If I had half of his martial arts, I wouldn't have fallen to the point of being taken away from people, but I filled in countless troubles for my father and third brother, and cheapened the villain, which is really hateful. ”

Le Xuan's face was full of loyalty, and he immediately said very eagerly: "Fourth prince, there are two sect heads in the Yan Palace, and the martial arts are very good, I will talk to the little prince Yan and ask them to follow you, and they will teach you martial arts in the future." Most of the kung fu of Yan Xiaowang was learned from them, and he can be described as a famous teacher in martial arts. ”

The fourth prince saw that Le Xuan didn't answer his words, but talked about introducing him to the martial arts master, he couldn't help but be embarrassed, sighed, and continued to test Le Xuan, saying, "What did the little prince Yan say to the barbarians in front, he was so happy. I listened to what they said like barbarism, it seems that the second brother can also speak barbaric, I don't know who can say it better than Yan Xiaowangye. ”

While despising the four princes in his heart, Le Xuan continued to put on a nerd face, and the good man said: "The old man of the court proposed to ask the pawn office to set up a few new official positions, and he has translated barbarian words, do you think the four princes can succeed?" I heard that barbarians not only have barbarian words, but also barbarian words, but there are too few people who know them, Xuan really wants to see what the barbarian words look like! ”

Le Xuan said a lot in a wordy manner, and he was stunned to take the topic crookedly.

The fourth prince was displeased, thinking that Le Xuan was either a real nerd, or too shrewd, not only did he not follow his topic, but also deliberately distorted his words.

He saw that there was no one around, so he simply said his purpose directly: "Young Master Le, I don't know about the barbarian word." Brother Le is here to take the Enke exam this year, right? If you are also a high school champion, Roca is a double champion. ”

After a pause, the fourth prince continued: "One day is a teacher and a father for life, Yan Xiao Wang Ye is also a member of the Le family, if he participates in this year's martial arts exam, the martial champion must be his did not run, the Le family has three champions, both civil and military, isn't it strong!" How can there be anything with Wei Qiao, the clown who jumps off the beam. ”

"Haha, Wei Gongzi is an all-round talent in civil and military affairs, we will pour the whole family to win against him, if you win, you won't be martial, if you win, you won't be martial!" Le Xuan snorted, and the words of the four princes were not at all heartfelt.

This year's Enke exam, Wei Qiao caused a sensation, he was abolished because of treason, and now he has returned, although he has an official position, but his fame has not been restored, he is still a civilian, so he also participated in this year's Enke exam.

But he forgot about the liberal arts examination, and also announced to the public that he would also participate in the martial arts that did not conflict with the time of the literary examination.

As the master of Wei Qiao, the second prince said that Wei Qiao was a top three jinshi, and in recent years, he has been studying well, and he has not run away, and he has practiced martial arts on the grassland to lead the soldiers, and the champion of the martial arts examination is unbeatable, and he will be the first champion of both civil and military disciplines in the world.

The second prince, who had fallen into the hands of Wei Qiao and the second prince and suffered a lot of humiliation, no wonder he felt unacceptable and came to provoke Yan Xiuyu and Le Xuan to oppose the second prince and Wei Qiao.

No matter who it is, it will not feel good to see the enemy who has hurt him deeply as much as possible.

But Lexuan didn't intend to care about it.

Even if Wei Qiao is really all-round in civil and military affairs, amazingly talented, and better than others, it is impossible for the officials of the Great Zhou Dynasty to take him as the champion. Because, it really makes Wei Qiao such a big thorn to win the civil and military double science Zhuangyuan, that is a joke of Da Zhou.

The worries of the four princes, in Le Xuan's opinion, are really unnecessary.

was vaguely slurred by Le Xuan, and the patience of the four princes was gradually worn out.

Ahead, the blue slopes of the mountain were getting closer and closer, and they were close enough to see the bird's nest hanging from the green pines on the mountain. This proves that the place of hunting is almost there, and the four princes have no time to wait.

He patted the horse's belly, walked a few steps forward, and shouted at Yan Xiuyu: "Little Lord Yan, I heard that my father will give a banquet in the imperial garden, and invite the top three in martial arts and the top three in Wenju to participate. Are you interested? I met Miss Yan there last time. ”

Yan Xiuyu's ears were very pointed, he was eavesdropping on him as early as when the fourth prince was talking to Le Xuan, not to mention that now the fourth prince was talking to him by name.

Suddenly hearing Miss Yan's three words, Yan Xiuyu's ears subconsciously twitched twice.

When I saw Yan Qingge last time, she drank the medicine and didn't wake up, I don't know if it was the effect of makeup, he only saw that she was a little whiter than when she was on the grassland, and she lost a little weight again, but she didn't say a word. Since that meeting, he has been looking forward to seeing Yan Qingge again, talking to her, and talking about the pain of lovesickness.

He laughed and said a few words to the barbarians around him, rode his horse to the side of the fourth prince, invited him to the front to speak, and said, "I am a little interesting about that martial arts, but you really saw Miss Yan in the Imperial Garden?" ”

The fourth prince nodded: "That's nature." ”

Yan Xiuyu vaguely didn't believe it, because the eldest princess of Roufu told him that Yan Qingge was extremely cautious after entering the palace, even if someone invited her to be a guest in another palace, she would not go, let alone go to a place like the Imperial Garden.

"This prince will still lie to you." The fourth prince's face was straight, and he tilted his head slightly: "Forget it, just because I didn't say it." He really didn't lie to Yan Xiuyu, because he only said that he had seen Miss Yan in the Imperial Garden, and that Miss Yan could be Yan Qingge in addition to Yan Qingge, but Yan Shuyu should have called Yan Niangzi, and he just said Miss Yan by mistake.

Yan Xiuyu was left to the side by him, but his heart became hot. If he wins the martial champion, the emperor and empress will have a banquet in the imperial garden, Yan Qingge will definitely come to see his majesty when he knows the news.

Fantasized that Yan Qingge would look at him with a lot of admiration when he was a child, Yan Xiuyu was as happy as drinking honey, patted the horse's back, and resolutely decided that he would participate in this martial arts examination and win the championship! That Wei Qiao, what is it, not only is he not as good-looking as the master, but his kung fu is not worth mentioning in front of him.

In some ways, Yan Xiuyu was not a generous person. Especially in the face of Wei Qiao, who once made Yan Qingge look at it a few more times, this is especially true.

The four princes' plan succeeded, and they rode their horses away from Yan Xiuyu's side and returned to their original positions. The color in his eyes was very thick, it seemed that Yan Xiuyu, the king of Qiu, was nothing more than that, looking stupid, he didn't know how to beat the Northern Barbarians.

After he left, those Northern Barbarians spoke half-baked Da Zhou dialect one by one, or directly spoke barbarian dialect, and complained to Yan Xiuyu: "On the grassland, the king is the champion, why is it so troublesome here, and you have to pass the exam." No matter what, you are the champion in our hearts. ”

During this time, more and more students rushed to the examination in the capital, and the news about the scientific examination blew into the ears of these northern barbarians like a small whirlwind.

They were very incomprehensible to the Great Zhou's scientific expedition system. According to other people's explanations, the champion is the most powerful person who was selected by thousands of people in the world and passed countless pipe card exams. This is very strange in the eyes of the Northern Barbarians, why do the most powerful people in the world have to pass the pipe cards and exams arranged by people who are not as good as him, and with their permission, they can be the first person in the world?

This is not the case on their grassland, they want to be the first person in the world to directly dominate the grassland. The strong do not need the recognition of the weak, they only need their submission.

Yan Xiuyu had been with these barbarians for too long, and he was familiar with the road, so he brought the topic to this hunt.

On the grassland, every winter, on the contrary, is the time when the Northern Barbarians are most tired and tired.

In spring, summer and autumn, they can all make a living from grazing. In winter, everything in the grasslands withers, the rivers freeze, and even if hay is prepared, many livestock still can't survive the winter, and a large number of them die, and they have nothing to eat, so they can only live a life of hunting and plundering. Winter hunting has become their instinct.

Because of culture, the people of the Great Zhou Dynasty do not like winter hunting, but prefer spring hunting. Only some veteran mountain people are interested in winter hunting.

After a short time, they came to the winter hunting ground that the second prince had found before. The place is at the foot of the mountain, not remote, and you can see farmhouses and fields not far away.

The second prince had already arrived, and was sitting upright on his horse, carefully wiping the delicate longbow carved from iron and wood in his hand.

Seeing Yan Xiuyu, he raised his eyes and showed an arrogant smile, and said, "Little Lord Yan, I heard that you want to be a martial champion?" Just right! Nearby farmers say that there are black bears here, and you and Wei Qiao will compete today to see who hunted the black bear first! ”

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(Tianjin)