Chapter 41: Shooting Race

The sun is scorching.

It was already July, but the autumn tiger was even hotter than the middle of summer, and the sun burned people's bodies with a layer of sweat and salt.

Gu Yanzhang turned over and got on the horse, with a slight touch of his toes, the horse under his crotch immediately rushed out, he ran around the training ground three times, let go of the reins, pulled out an arrow with his backhand, drew a long bow, and shot at the target in the distance.

The sound of "duh" hit the bull's-eye.

The audience suddenly resounded with thunderous cheers.

Standing and archery is not unusual, but on the back of a man and a horse, the fierce horse is so fast, and the accuracy can be so powerful. In particular, the heavy echo shows that this arrow is very powerful.

Fifteen-year-old Gu Yanzhang, even if he straddles the horse, he can see that he is a head taller than his peers who also straddle the horse. Although he still looks like a young man, his body is as tall as a green pine, his eyes are resolute, and his whole body is full of heroic and vigorous energy.

On the high platform not far away, Qian Mai touched his beard and whispered sourly: "This is a special recurve bow made in the training ground, which is enough to kill five buckets with one stone...... Pulled so full, shot so accurately, it was really both civil and military......"

On the same day, Gu Yanzhang handed over a letter to Mr. Liu Boshan, and before he left the other party's house, he decided to enroll in Liangshan. When Qian Mai returned to Jixian County, he didn't have time to come to the door, so he got the bad news. He couldn't have imagined that Liangshan's hands and feet would be so fast this time, and he couldn't have imagined that Mr. Liangshan, who had not accepted apprentices for many years, would make an exception for Gu Yanzhang this year.

Qian Mai regretted it, and hurriedly took someone to the door to remedy it, but it was too late.

You can't rob your husband of students, right?

That's not all, as soon as I got in, I saw Ji Qingling and Gu Wulang, who made the entire Qingming Academy upside down a while ago, and when they knew that this Gu Wulang was Gu Yanzhang, they were even more so confused by this reversal that they couldn't even speak.

People can't be persuaded to come, and when he told the two brothers that the four books they took were originals, they got a critical blow from Ji Qingling, explaining that this was a copy of the ancestors after they got Mr. Shenning's approval. blocked him and the old master invited by Luoyang, who had long believed that this book was genuine, and everyone choked up.

However, although the books are imitated, the content is true, those books have been reported to the yamen, copied, sent to the capital for follow-up research, Gu Yanzhang and Ji Qingling also won the award of the Jixian County Ya.

Although Qian Mai regretted the loss of such a student, he regretted that he did not come to the door one day earlier and set people down to go to Jizhou in the next few years. And every time he takes the mid-term entrance examination of the middle school, he has to deliberately ask for Gu Yanzhang's articles and explain to Qingming's students, which is like finding a round of discomfort for himself every month.

Today, even after leaving the examination room, on top of this practice ground, he has to be shown off by Gu Yanzhang, and Qian Mai is going to vomit blood in his heart.

How annoyed Qian Mai was, how proud Liu Boshan was.

He sat on the sidelines, smiled slightly, and only watched his proud disciple continue to shoot arrows in the field, but did not speak.

The scholars of the Great Jin Dynasty, Wen can go to the examination room, and Wu can go to the battlefield.

The academy is not an ordinary nerd. A gentleman must be proficient in the six arts, etiquette, music, archery, royalty, calligraphy, and art, in order to be a qualified scholar.

And no matter which one it is, Gu Yanzhang is top-notch.

Qian Mai saw that Liu Boshan did not answer, so he said: "Today is not good, let's wait until winter to do it again." ”

Every two years, the major academies in Jixian County will hold a shooting competition, and this year's shooting competition will have a white jade jue in excellent color in addition to the usual thirty-two pieces of silver. After the shooting tournament, there is still a sumo wrestling match in the winter.

Qian Mai said this, which was almost equivalent to admitting defeat in advance on behalf of Qingming Academy.

Sure enough, Gu Yanzhang's ten arrows were shot, and the branches were all right in the bull's-eye. Later, although the rest of the students came on the field, and some of them hit all ten arrows, they all waited until the horse stood still before shooting the arrow, just like that, after the target was unloaded, the strength of the arrow was checked, and the degree of the arrow into the target was almost more than half shallower than Gu Yanzhang's target.

The competition is set on the training ground in the east of Jixian County, and in addition to the students and families of the academy, the people of Jixian County can also come to watch.

The judge stepped forward to check the target and loudly announced the top three rankings, and there was immediately a round of enthusiastic applause and applause in the field.

"Sir taught a good student." Qian Mai arched his hand and congratulated.

Liu Boshan said with a smile: "Qingming's Zheng Shixiu and Yang Yifu are also good, they are both young talents. ”

The gentlemen on the stage were talking, Gu Yanzhang had already received the prize from the county Yin, went to the stage to say goodbye to a few gentlemen, and then got off the stage.

Ji Qingling sat on the seat on the sidelines, seeing Gu Yanzhang galloping on the horse, loosening the reins, twisting and turning, whether it was drawing arrows, drawing bows, or aiming at targets, a series of actions were done like peers, and the whole person seemed to have become a perfect whole. Until the arrow was shot straight into the target, he put down his bow and arrows, turned his horse's head, and ran towards the edge of the field.

The arrow hit the target, and Ji Qingling followed the "duh" sound and exhaled a long breath.

In the same way as her, many family members at the banquet, many young boys and girls, even let out a low exclamation, as if they were amazed by his achievements, and seemed to be sighing.

Gu Yanzhang was dressed in riding clothes, riding boots, and under the bright sunlight, his already excellent facial features added a few points, and he looked particularly heroic. Don't talk about others, it was Ji Qingling, who watched him grow up, and his heart throbbed inexplicably for a moment, and after a while, he got out of that strange feeling.

She applauded and cheered with the people around her for a while, and when she saw Gu Yanzhang go to accept the award, she turned her head and said to the scholar beside her with a smile: "Songjie, I will be reminded to get a new whip for my brother when I go back." ”

Before the scholar named Songjie could reply, he heard someone next to him: "Which family's son is the first?" is so powerful and handsome, I don't know if it's a marriage match? ”

Ji Qingling looked back, but it was a woman in her thirties who was asking questions, the other party was dressed in ayaluo and wearing a hosta, and she seemed to have a lot of money at home.

Someone replied to her: "It's Gu Yanzhang of Liangshan Academy, Geng Weinian Academy exam, he took the first place in Liangshan and Qingming, and it is said that the articles have been sent to the capital!" ”

"Sure enough, he is a character who is both civil and military!" The woman's eyes lit up and she sighed.

Before she could ask, someone next to her helped and asked again: "How old is Nian Geng?" I don't know if there is a match? ”

The man who answered shook his head for a while and said, "I don't know this, but I think it's sixteen or seventeen." It is said that this one doesn't like to be publicistic on weekdays, and he doesn't even go to poetry meetings, and few people know about things at home. ”

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