Di Yan hurriedly looked back, only to see hundreds of guards, eunuchs, and palace maids slowly coming around a Huangluo umbrella cover, the guards dodged to both sides, making way for a vacant space, Di Yan also saw it, the female emperor Wu Zetian in men's clothes was standing on a horse with her hands in her hands, accompanied by Shangguan Wan'er, followed by more than a dozen high-ranking officials.

Di Yan suddenly thought of her father, if her father was not dismissed, he should also follow behind, she felt a little gloomy in her heart, she knew that her father was eager to return to the court and do some great things for the country and the people, I don't know when my father will be reinstated?

Wu Zetian happened to have nothing to do today, she heard that the martial arts riding and archery test was held in the imperial city, so she happily came to watch, at this time, the chief examiner, Wang Xuan, the secretary of the military department, hurried to meet Wu Zetian with several examiners, Wu Zetian smiled and asked: "How long has the martial arts started?"

"Back to Your Majesty, it's already halfway through!"

Wu Zetian nodded, and asked again: "How is the martial arts of the participating scholars this year?"

"Returning to His Majesty, this year's reference scholar riding and archery martial arts are generally stronger than last year, and there were five perfect scores in the preliminary examination a few days ago, and it is estimated that this year's martial arts champion is among the five of them. ”

"Oh, who are the five of them?" Wu Zetian asked with interest.

"One is the captain recommended by the Beiting Army, called Gai Jiayun, a thousand cavalry general Dou Xianyun, and the Lang general Lu Yuan recommended by the Longyou Army, as well as Li Yi of the clan, and the other is Li Zhen, the deputy commander of the internal guard, these five people are all brave generals of the cavalry group, if it was last year, everyone could win the championship, but they all appeared this year. ”

Among these five people, Wu Zetian knows three people, Dou Xianyun is the first master of polo, the most famous, Li Yi of course she also knows, Taizong's great-grandson, Wu Wang Li Ke's grandson, as for Li Zhen, last year's rising rookie, Wu Zetian witnessed his riding and shooting, saying that he rode and shot a group, Wu Zetian is not strange at all.

"Have they all cumbed?"

"Returning to His Majesty, Lu Yuan of the Longyou Army has already shot, riding and shooting three up, with an additional score of thirty-nine, currently ranking first, and the other four have not yet started. ”

Wu Zetian asked with a smile: "I don't have much time, Wang Shangshu can arrange for them to compete together, so that I can open my eyes!"

"Wechen obeys!"

Wang Xuan rushed to arrange, the upper is good, the next will welcome it, as the secretary of the military department, but also as the minister, Wang Xuan knows what the saint likes, he knows what way to satisfy the saint's interest, in fact, it is a popular, everyone's favorite way - martial arts.

All the guards watching, including the soldiers who participated in the martial arts, were sensational, and although the military department Shangshu only selected four people, no one had any doubts about them.

The gambling handicap of the guards illustrates a qiē, and everyone knows that they are the strongest in this martial arts, and they are extremely sophisticated.

Dou Xianyun is recognized as the first person in the Tang Dynasty polo, good at riding and shooting, Li Yi is the leader in the clan, riding and shooting is very famous in Luoyang, as for Li Zhen, the deputy commander of the internal guard, everyone has long heard of his reputation for riding and shooting, when he was training, many people have seen it, but most people have not witnessed it, this is an excellent opportunity.

Although Gai Jiayun has not heard much about the other person, he is from the Western Regions army, which is the strongest in cavalry archery, and he has a full score in the preliminary examination, and it is estimated that the cavalry archery will not be below the three in front.

There are more and more guards who come to watch, there are more than 10,000 people, and they are mainly surrounded on the north and south sides, and the crowd is passionate and spectacular.

Wang Xuan called Dou Xianyun, Li Yi, Gai Jiayun and Li Zhen to the front and said to the four of them: "The Holy Lord came to the examination room in person, and the examination method was slightly adjusted, the four of you took the exam separately, and in order from the first examination path to guò, or each shot three arrows, but you have to use vermilion arrows and mobile armor puppet targets, is there a problem?"

The vermilion arrow is a kind of performance arrow, the body of the arrow is painted vermilion, and the armor puppet target is different from the straw man target, which is a puppet target made of cork, draped in armor, and held by the soldier to run, although it is convenient for distant viewers to appreciate, but this method invisibly increases the difficulty.

The four of them looked at each other, although the vermilion arrow and the puppet target had a little impact, but the impact was not great, the key was the moving target, the difficulty suddenly increased several times, they may not be able to shoot the 'three up' results, if they don't do a good job in martial arts, they will fall off the list, which is obviously unfair.

Dou Xianyun was a little dissatisfied and said, "It's too unfair to us to move the target!"

Wang Xuan also understood in his heart that it was indeed too unfair for other scholars to take the test for stationary targets, and for a few of them to test the moving targets, so he said to them again: "Several of them are masters of riding and archery, and it shouldn't be a big problem if they are a little stricter, so let's do it! According to the practice of the riding and archery competition in the palace, the upper and lower of the moving target is relative to the upper and upper of the stationary target, and this condition should be a little better!"

Dou Xianyun has participated in the riding and archery competition in the palace, he knows the rules very well, in fact, the middle and upper of the moving target is equivalent to the upper part of the stationary target, which is the recognized standard of the riding and archery competition, and this Wang Shangshu obviously raised the standard a little up, but Dou Xianyun is conceited in riding and shooting, he doesn't want to worry about it anymore, so he arched his hand and said: "I accept this plan!"

Dou Xianyun opened his mouth, and the other three also agreed, Wang Xuan was overjoyed, and immediately said: "Now we draw lots to determine the order of appearance!"

The four of them all knew in their hearts that they were conducting a riding and archery competition for the saint, and the four of them were gearing up and eager to try, in fact, Dou Xianyun and Gai Jiayun were a little lighter in their bows and arrows, which made the two of them have a point lower in additional points, and they are currently at a disadvantage.

If it is a stationary target, the two of them basically have no chance with the champion, but the difficulty of moving the target is extremely high, and it is easy to miss the target or have a low score, which brings them a glimmer of hope, after all, the three arrows in the eyebrows and the three arrows in the neck, the score will still be different.

Li Zhen took out a lottery from Wang Xuan's hand, the number was four, that is, he would be the last to appear, Li Zhen said no, took a pot of vermilion arrows and walked to the side, he had to get used to the feel of the vermilion arrows first.

Li Zhen pulled out a large vermilion arrow, only to see that the arrow feathers, arrow body and arrow were painted bright red vermilion, the length was about one inch longer than the usual arrow, the arrow feather was also slightly larger, and the weight was slightly heavier.

At this time, someone next to him smiled: "It's a little different, right!"

Li Zhen turned around, only to see Li Yi with his hands in front of his chest, standing more than a dozen steps away and staring at him, with a faint smile on the corner of his mouth, Li Yi was about twenty years old, with a slender figure, but his shoulders were very broad, his arms were particularly long, and they were very powerful, his face was slender and long, his face was slightly pale, and his eyes were shining brightly.

Li Yi is also a two-stone bow, full score in the preliminary examination, and the current additional score is tied for first place with Li Zhen, if according to the previous static target, this year's champion should be produced between the two of them, but Li Yi also participated in this year's imperial examination, although he did not be able to pass the Jinshi, but he is also full of literary talent, which is a rare civil and military double.

Li Yi slowly stepped forward, took out a Danzhu big arrow from the quiver behind him, stared at it for a moment, and smiled at Li Zhen: "I practiced the Danzhu big arrow for a month last autumn, of course, not for today, I just out of curiosity, although the difficulty of riding and shooting lies in the difference of a millimeter and a thousand miles, but now I am more psychological, if you regard it as an ordinary arrow, you will not be affected." ”

Li Zhen showed a grateful smile on his face and said to him, "Why did Young Master Yi say this to me?"

"Because I want you to play at a high level, I want to be friends and enemies with you. ”

Li Zhen stared at him for a moment and said with a smile: "We are just competitors, aren't we? Opponents are not enemies, opponents on the field, and friends off the field." ”

Li Yi smiled, "Then we will go all out and compete with our archery skills, no matter who wins in the end, we are convinced of each other!"

After speaking, Li Yi saluted Li Zhen, turned around and walked towards his war horse, Li Zhen smiled from afar: "Young Master Yi, my war horse may have a little advantage." ”

"Each other, my bow is the posthumous work of Chu Fangming, the first archer in the Tang Dynasty, and I also have a little advantage. ”

Both of them burst out laughing, and at this time, Li Zhen suddenly felt that no matter whether he won or lost, it would be good if he could make friends with this person......

On the side of the venue, Di Yan was a little worried, although she didn't spare Li Zhen and always found fault with him in this way, but in fact, she cared about Li Zhen more than anyone else, of course she hoped that he could win the championship, and she also hoped that he could leave the palace through this martial arts.

Especially when she heard that the empress's personal guards were also doing another special thing for the empress, she was worried in her heart, and at the same time she felt glad that Li Zhen had left Wu Zetian's personal guards in time.

But after all, the internal guard is still one of the guards, even if Li Zhen has been promoted to deputy commander, it still makes her unhappy, which makes her very conflicted and helpless, she knows that she can't change the reality, and when she enters the internal guard, she can't leave if she wants to go, she built yì Li Zhen applied for transfer to the frontier, in fact, it was just to vent the depression in her heart.

At this time, a rider appeared, causing a cheer from the guards on both sides, and Di Yan asked anxiously, "Fatty, who is that?"

Jiu Zhi stared for a moment and said: "I know Dou Xianyun, Li Yi has also seen it, Lu Yuan has already ejaculated, so this person should be Gai Jiayun." ”

He ...... He's amazing, isn't he?"

"To be able to enter the betting market, of course, is a powerful character, look, he has started!"

Gai Jiayun drew the number one, the first to appear, he was ready, the front hooves of the war horse gently kicked the ground, with a drum sound, he urged the horse to rush out, the war horse galloped around, and then galloped towards the riding track.

The riding and archery track is one hundred and fifty steps long, the archery range is within sixty steps, and three arrows must be shot within sixty steps, and the time is very tight, but for the scholars who can enter Beijing to participate in the martial arts, shooting three arrows in sixty steps should not be a big problem, so the examination has passed halfway, but there has not been a situation where anyone has not finished shooting.

But for stationary targets, for moving targets, it is not the same thing at all, with a hundred-pace-long coaming board eighty paces away on each side, and three soldiers on each side of the hoarding running in line with a puppet target in armor.

Candidates can shoot left, can shoot right, if they can open the bow left and right, they can get extra points, but the difficulty is greatly increased, the time required to shoot the arrow is also extended, and it is very tense to shoot three arrows in sixty steps, especially the third arrow, which is very likely to be shot in a hurry.

Gai Jiayun was less than twenty years old, very young, but he seemed calm, he gritted his teeth and galloped, the war horse rushed through the arrow line, a Danzhu big arrow immediately put on the bowstring, an arrow came out of the string, like a meteor shot at the puppet, an arrow hit the cheek of the first puppet on the left, he immediately turned around, the longbow changed hands, an arrow shot at the puppet target running on the right, the center of the puppet target eyebrows, the third arrow shot at the last moment, right in the head of the third puppet target on the right.

Gai Jiayun's left-right archery technique aroused a cheer and cheer from the guards watching the battle on both sides

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