Spring is just right. Today, the sun is shining and the breeze is blowing.

Sima's school yard is next to the mansion, and when you go out of the back door, you can arrive, and the school yard is so wide that it is endless.

Because Sima Zhengde and Sima Zhengren are both in Beijing, it is not only the men of the Sima family who participate in the coach today, but also the generals above the third rank in the army.

Sima Zhengde and Mrs. Tai sat on the top of the stands, Sima Zhengren was listed under the elder brother, and Wang and Xie sat at the head of the old lady with a group of female dependents.

The flag on the school field was fierce, because of the presence of Sima Zhengde today, the soldiers were all gearing up and eager to try, all of them wanted to do their best to show their faces in front of the coach.

Dozens of zhang away from the west side of the school field, more than 100 arrow targets are lined up, accompanied by a burst of drums that cleanse people's hearts, all the soldiers on the school field hold bows and arrows and gallop wildly according to the prescribed itinerary, those who can shoot the bullseye on the horse win, and those who do not shoot are eliminated.

When the horses were galloping, there was no superb riding and archery skills, and it was difficult to shoot, and a large number of soldiers were eliminated in this game.

Sima Chao's younger brother Sima Yu was also eliminated.

Sima Yu took the bow and arrow back to the stands to see his father, Sima Zhengde has always preferred the two sons born by his late wife, he saw Sima Yu's face was pale, stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder and comforted: "Victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, my son does not have to be discouraged, just study hard and practice hard in the future." ”

Sima Yu was comforted by his father, his face softened, and he sat down next to his uncle Sima Zhengren.

The third son, Sima Yu, was the same age as Sima Xuan, the second son of the Wang family, and the Wang family saw that Sima Yu had fallen behind, but her son had passed this pass, she couldn't help but be secretly happy in her heart, and proposed to Sima Zhengde at the top: "General, Yu'er and Xuan'er have always been diligent, and they are both looking forward to being able to excel as soon as possible, so that you can go into battle to kill the enemy, since the children have this ambition, why don't you consider taking the second son to practice." ”

Sima Zhengde has always valued his eldest son Sima Chao the most, and now Sima Chao has saved a lot of military merits, Wang is selfish, and naturally hopes that his son can also be cultivated by Sima Zhengde, but if she only mentions her son, she is worried that Sima Zhengde will be too careful, so she brought Sima Xuan.

Sima Zhengde listened to Wang's words, he stroked his beard and pondered, but he did not speak.

Although Wang has been with Sima Zhengde for most of her life, from his side room to the steproom, although she also knows Sima Zhengde's temperament, but many times, she doesn't know what her husband really thinks about.

For example, now, it is clear that her son is an excellent one and can go to the army with his father to train, but Sima Zhengde hesitates.

Wang glanced at her husband, and her heart turned a thousand times.

Although she is married to him, she has never been able to raise her eyebrows. In her husband's heart, she is not as good as her deceased sister after all.

Seeing this, Mrs. Tai lightly opened her mouth to persuade her son: "Chao'er will go into battle with you to kill the enemy before the age of thirteen, and now that Xuan'er and Yu'er have reached the age of fifteen, it is time for them to have some experience." ”

Sima Zhengde nodded and said: "What my mother and wife said is very true, then when I go out again, I will take my second son with me." ”

Another rumbling drum sounded. Fang Cai's riding and archery competition has gone through three times, and the winning soldiers on the school field at this moment are only less than half.

Sima Zhengde raised his eyes and saw that his own children were among the winners except for Sima Yu, and he showed an imperceptible smile on his face, and stroked his palms and said, "You are all good." ”

As he spoke, he got up and pointed to the brocade robe hanging on the tall willow tree on the side of the school yard and said, "Whoever can win the next round will get this robe!" ”

All the soldiers wanted to compete for the prize in front of Sima Zhengde, and they were even more energetic when they heard the words.

The second round of the competition became more and more difficult, the soldiers not only had to shoot to the bull's-eye when riding their horses, but also the row of target poles was equipped with wooden wheels, which were constantly pulled by the soldiers on both sides, and each soldier only had five arrows, and the one who could shoot all five arrows at the moving bullseye when the horse galloped was considered to win.

After a burst of drumming, the winning soldiers rode their horses, because the number of people in this field was less than half of the last time, although there was no momentum of the last ten thousand horses galloping, but because they were all strong, the competition on the field was more intense.

In such a situation, there are only a few people who can hit every shot, but after a while, there are only three or five people left on the field.

Only Sima Chao and Sima Rui are still on the field.

The competition became more and more fierce, and everyone on the stage focused their eyes on the school field.

Sima Yu said with a smile: "In this battle, I don't know if the eldest brother can win or the cousin can win." ”

Sima Chuyun replied: "The eldest brother is superb in martial arts and skilled in bows and horses, so naturally he wins." ”

Sima Chuqing glanced at Sima Chuyun, and said with a sneer: "The eldest brother and the cousin have always been inseparable, today the eldest brother is very competitive, I see that he seems to have been preoccupied, on the other hand, the cousin is as stable as Mount Tai, this battle, I bet on my cousin to win." ”

On the school field, only Sima Chao, Sima Rui and a general surnamed Zhao remained, and the general surnamed Zhao took the lead, and when he rode his horse past the arrow target, he shot five arrows respectively, and the arrow target moved, but the arrow seemed to have eyes, and it was nailed straight to three or five arrow targets, hitting the bull's-eye.

"Good archery!" Sima Zhengde and Sima Zhengren stroked their palms in unison.

General Zhao waved his iron bow towards the stands and rode away triumphantly.

Before Sima Rui ran to the arrow target before Sima Chao, he rode on the horse skillfully and put on the iron bow, and the horse's hooves flew by, only to see the five arrows on the iron bow shoot out one after another, shooting straight at an arrow target.

Five arrows, it turned out that Qi Zaza hit the same bull's-eye.

There was an exclamation in the stands!

"Great goodness!" Sima Zhengde also let out an exclamation.

"Hehe, my cousin's archery is really amazing, haha, I'll just say that my cousin wins this time." Sima Chuqing glanced at Sima Chuyun with a smug smile on her face.

Sima Chuyun retorted disdainfully: "The eldest brother hasn't appeared yet, and the fourth sister's words are still early." ”

Sima Chuqing said unruly: "Then let's wait and see, if you lose, kneel and kowtow to me." ”

When Mrs. Tai saw that the two granddaughters were together again, she cleared her throat and reproached, "You two should stop a little." ”

Sima Chuqing saw that Mrs. Tai was angry, although she closed her mouth stupidly, she still refused to give up and made a disdainful gesture towards Sima Chuyun.

Taking advantage of the fact that everyone's attention on the stage was on the school field, Love left her seat, quietly walked behind Sima Chuge, and pulled her out of the stands.

When the two cousins arrived in a secluded place, Sima Chuge couldn't help but pull Luo Fu and cry: "Cousin, I don't want to enter the palace. ”

Love replied: "If you don't want to enter the palace, then you have to leave Sima's house." ”

Sima Chuge asked with tears in his eyes: "Is there any other way besides this road?" ”

If you want to let a noble girl who has been instilled with the idea of three obedience and four virtues since she was a child abandon the family, it is not easy to say a few words, Luo Fu understood Sima Chuge's concerns, Luo Fu said to her: "I have discussed this matter with my aunt, and she is also in favor of you leaving the Sima family and flying away with the son of the Zhou family. ”

Sima Chuge was surprised: "Does my mother also agree with me doing this?" ”

Luo Fu handed a page of letterhead to Sima Chuge: "This is a letter from my aunt to you, the day of entering the palace is imminent, you have to make up your mind as soon as possible." ”