Chapter 61: Intensive Training
After the Chinese Valentine's Day, Luxi Academy's training for the top 50 in the semi-annual exam will also begin.
On this afternoon, Gu Yunji came to the training venue according to the prior requirements, and saw that there were already many students gathered, and they all took off their cumbersome uniforms and changed into a strong suit, looking clean and neat.
"Yunji, what's this!" Su Qi in the crowd saw him at a glance and waved at him from afar.
Gu Yunji walked over and asked, "Didn't you say that only the top fifty in the semi-annual exam can participate, why are you here?" β
Su Qi flicked back a strand of hair on his shoulders quite stinky, thinking that he had made a very chic move: "Who am I, the prince of Dingguo, who is proficient in martial arts and good at riding and shooting!" It doesn't matter if I don't get into the top 50, in order to earn a little more honor for the academy at the amusement fair, the mountain chief specially added me to the list. β
Cheng Yan pierced him mercilessly: "It is obvious that you took the initiative to run to Xu Shanchang, hugged his thighs and played tricks, and I had to ask others to allow you to participate." The mountain chief was overwhelmed, so he reluctantly agreed. β
"Don't be so blunt, save me some face." Su Qi was a little weak-hearted, "I'm not here to accompany the two of you?" You don't know anything about these things, what if you accidentally bump into them? I can't escort you! β
Gu Yunji smiled: "We are also young men, why are we like a delicate flower, so easy to bump into it?" What's more, I'm not completely incomprehensible, like throwing pots and shooting willows, etc., I still know a little, so I'm a little rusty about playing polo. β
Cheng Yan said: "But it's a good thing to have you, after all, you are very good at these, if we have something that we don't understand, we can also ask you." β
Su Qi listened to it and ironed in his heart: "Cheng Yan's words are to the point, I can still play a big role!" What's more, the three of us are good brothers, and we usually face everything together, how can I leave you alone and be happy this time? β
I don't know who can't live without whom. Gu Yunji thought helplessly.
At this moment, the noisy crowd suddenly fell silent, and everyone looked to the left in unison. Gu Yunji also looked up, and saw a middle-aged man about forty years old walking not far away.
The person who came was also dressed in a strong suit, described as capable and neat, and his strong and powerful forearms were exposed under the half-pulled sleeves.
He walked up to the students and stood still, cleared his throat and said, "My name is Chu Jing, and I am a teacher during your training camp, and you can call me Mr. Chu." β
Someone whispered: "Chu Jing...... Is he also from our academy? How come you've never seen it? Wasn't Mr. Chen He the teacher in previous years, how did he change people this year? β
"This Mr. Chu was originally the commander of the Jingwei Command Envoy Division, in charge of military training, but this time he returned to Hangzhou Mansion because of Ding Wei. I heard that he has an old relationship with Xu Shanchang, and it should be that Shanchang took advantage of his time to invite him to be our teacher temporarily. β
"So, Mr. Chu is a military attachΓ©? A dignified conductor to teach our group of students to play polo, is it too big to overkill, right? β
"Ding has to stay at home for three years, anyway, Mr. Chu has nothing to do, so he should pass the time. What's more, projects like willow shooting and keju originated from military training, and they can be regarded as the same origin, so there is nothing unusual. β
While speaking, Chu Jing had already finished introducing himself and began to explain the competition items and rules of the amusement fair:
"There are four main martial arts in this amusement fair, which are willow shooting, pot throwing, polo and juju. Today, let's talk about willow shooting and pitching pots, as for the literary items, most of them are flying flower orders, on-site poems, etc., which is not what I am good at. β
He picked up the bow and arrow prepared in advance on the side: "Regarding the shooting of willows, the rules vary slightly from place to place, and what we are talking about here is to hang the gourd on the willow tree, bend the bow and shoot it, ten arrows at a time, and the one who shoots the more gourds wins." β
As he spoke, Chu Jing bent his bow and set up an arrow, squinting his eyes at a gourd hanging on a tree in the distance, only to hear a sound of "boom" breaking the air, and saw that the arrow instantly shot the gourd through it, leaving two holes the size of arrows on it.
The onlookers let out a burst of exclamation. This gourd was dried after hollowing out the inner pulp, and the appearance was brittle and hard, Chu Jing shot it through directly, not to mention, but it did not break it, and the residue fell, which shows the great strength and accurate shooting position.
Chu Jing's expression was as usual: "I've already demonstrated it, that's it." There will not be such high requirements at the amusement fair, as long as you shoot, you can try it yourself. β
As soon as the words ended, the students were ready to pick up their bows and arrows. But after some trying, it either misses the target or the shooting distance is too close, let alone shooting through, and it is not even next to the side of a gourd.
When everyone was depressed, Su Qi on the side looked particularly confident. Unhurriedly, he took out an arrow and put it on his bow, and his left eye narrowed slightly, aiming it at a gourd under a branch.
Then an arrow was fired, and the arrow hit the gourd in the lower belly, and the huge force instantly shattered the gourd into several petals, falling all over the ground.
"Good!" Chu Jing sighed and walked towards Su Qi, "I haven't seen you for a few years, but the prince has improved his archery skills again, I'm afraid that I will catch up with and surpass Dingguo Gong in a few years." β
Su Qi bowed slightly, and behaved very humbly: "Lord Chu has won the award, Su Qi is just a class with an axe, and his archery skills are still clumsy, where can he compare to my father." β
Chu Jing is an old subordinate of Dingguo Gong, and he can be regarded as watching Su Qi grow up, at this time, seeing that he was a teenager and had good martial arts, quite a bit of Dingguo Gong's demeanor when he was young, he couldn't help but feel relieved and appreciated, and encouraged him a lot before he went to others.
The grades in reading are not good, but they stink a lot; He has a high talent for martial arts, but he is extremely humble. Gu Yunji didn't expect Su Qi to be such a character who didn't make a sound when the pot of water was full and half a pot of water jingled, and said with some surprise:
"Didn't you see it, Shiziye, so hidden? I've never seen you show it off before. β
"After I am a military general, isn't it normal to know martial arts, there is nothing to show off." Su Qi looked taken for granted, "It's like you, Gu Yunji, was born in a scholarly family, haven't you ever shown off your achievements with me?" β
"What's more, my three-legged cat kung fu is not enough to show my face in front of Lord Chu, he praised me for looking at my father's face, if I want to be really proud and complacent because of this, I don't know how thick the sky is."
As he spoke, Su Qi kept moving, and bent his bow and shot an arrow, still smashing the gourd. Listening to the exclamations of the people around him, his face did not change, and he turned his head to Gu Yunji and Cheng Yan and said, "You guys also come and try." β
Anyway, he is a child of a family, and his original body has also been in contact with willow shooting, but it is a little rusty after too much time. Gu Yunji relied on the little physical memory he had left, and he tried to pull away the bowstring, which was a little heavier than he imagined, and barely shot an arrow.
Because of the lack of strength, the arrow landed a few steps in front of the gourd, and it seemed that the shooting distance was far from enough.
Gu Yunji was not discouraged, and after adjusting the angle position, he shot another arrow. This time the force was strong enough, and the sound of the arrow breaking through the air was much louder than just now, but unfortunately the head was wrong, and it flew over with the gourd, but it still missed.
Su Qi raised his eyebrows: "Yes, this arrow was almost shot just now, Yunji, you are quite talented!" β
Cheng Yan next to him took a breath, lowered his arm that was a little sore because he had been raised for too long, and said self-deprecatingly: "I can't do it well, just pulling the bowstring is laborious enough." β
Su Qi said: "Don't be discouraged, you just tried, it's normal to miss the shot, just practice more." The skills of people who want to come to Hangzhou to learn will not be much better, entertainment, just have a look, and it doesn't require you to wear Yang in a hundred steps. β
Cheng Yan nodded and continued to pick up the bow and arrow to practice.
After the end of the training course that day, the students' archery skills have improved to varying degrees, but at the same time, their arms are almost gone, and they are grinding their arms one by one, and they are exhausted and walking to the dormitory.
Seeing this, Chu Jing secretly shook his head: It is said that the students of Luxi Academy are the pillars of the country, but this is too fragile. Don't think about the entertainment club, but also think about the future of the court, tomorrow, you have to increase your efforts!
There is a saying about shooting willows, "Put a pigeon in a gourd, then hang the gourd on a willow tree, bend the bow and shoot the gourd, and after the pigeon flies out, the winner is determined by the height of the flight." β
I really can't figure out how the pigeon flies after hitting the gourd, and I can't figure out what the relationship between flight altitude and shooting skills is, and why this is used to determine the winner. So I changed it according to my own understanding