Chapter 42: Call Me Brother Night
On the official road, several sons and brothers invariably turned their eyes to Chen Mingye beside Meng Che, Yan Wendao also turned his head, looked at Chen Mingye's gaze a little coldly and said, "I don't know why this brother laughs for no reason?"
Chen Mingye narrowed his narrow eyes and looked at them without flinching: "Why, in this world, I laugh, do I have to get permission from others?"
Yan Wendao stared at him fixedly, and suddenly smiled for a long time: "This brother's words are quite interesting, Meng Che, why don't you introduce us to him." ”
Meng Che sighed, turned his head and winked at Chen Mingye, and then said: "This is the Erlang of the Zhongyi Hou family, Yan Wendao, who has been practicing martial arts since he was a child, and he is already at the level of the fourth order of martial arts at a young age. ”
Chen Mingye laughed, Meng Che's slam was really ruthless.
Yan Wendao's face was the same, he smiled at Meng Che's words, and nodded at Chen Mingye.
Chen Mingye raised his hand and clenched his fists: "Fortunately." ”
"That is the sister-in-law of Lord Wubing Shangshu, Zuo Qiu. ”
"Those two are Saburo and Shiro of the Taiwei-sama's family, and the two of them are twin brothers. ”
"It's the son-in-law of Uncle Cheng's family over there......"
After Meng Che introduced them one by one, most of them nodded lukewarmly at Chen Mingye, and Chen Mingye also smiled slightly and didn't care.
"This is my cousin in Yuzhou, who entered Beijing to participate in the imperial examination this year, and his name is Chen Ye. After Meng Che finished speaking, he finally moved his gaze back to Chen Mingye's body and introduced to the few sons in front of him.
How do you know that as soon as these words came out, the sons who were too lazy to come over looked at them with shocked faces, and then shouted one by one.
"Meng Che, are you not mistaken, your cousin's name is Chen Ye?"
"I was also shocked, and I thought that Brother Ye was back again. ”
"Damn, so I think about Brother Ye, if he's here, it's not a casual thing to beat those who dropped the book bags. ”
The two twins couldn't help but mutter.
Chen Mingye sat on the horse and couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed, he didn't think he was young and frivolous before, but now he came to see that he really took these boys to do a bunch of ridiculous things back then, and he didn't have any shape.
Yan Wendao smiled, looked at Chen Mingye and said, "Being so similar to Brother Ye's name, it seems that your cousin should have some ability." ”
Meng Che scratched his head, his group of fox friends were really hard to mess with, he didn't want to involve Chen Mingye.
How do you know that Chen Mingye spoke again at this time: "Chen is deeply honored to be praised by Brother Yan like this." ”
"Oh?" Yan Wendao looked at him playfully at the corners of his mouth, "You think I'm praising you?" It seems that you don't know my life, and the most annoying thing is you nerds. ”
Chen Mingye shrugged his shoulders: "Brother Yan misunderstood, although Chen Mou intends to take the imperial examination, he is not a pedantic person, he is also keen on martial arts, and he firmly believes that my Central Plains Xiongshi will have the day when he will drive the Tatars north and recover Yanyun." ”
"Well said!" As soon as these words came out, they naturally aroused a burst of applause from several sons.
Chen Mingye laughed secretly, he couldn't be more familiar with these guys, he was born in the Jiangmen Hou Mansion, and he has never been influenced since he was a child, although his ability is not good, he is all ambitious.
Yan Wendao also looked at him with a strange look: "Brother Chen can say this, I admire it, but there are many people in the world who talk loudly, but there are very few people who are really capable of doing practical things." ”
Chen Mingye smiled slightly: "Brother Yan seems to doubt Chen's ability?"
Yan Wendao stared at him without the slightest disguise, obviously believing that he had no need to be polite to him.
Chen Mingye didn't care, but inadvertently glanced at the outfits of the sons and brothers present, and continued: "It seems that you are planning to go winter hunting?"
"Exactly," Yan Wendao's eyes flashed with a fine light, "Brother Chen said that he is also a person who practices martial arts, and he is not so weak and talented, why don't you play with us and the others?"
Meng Che suddenly frowned: "Yan Wendao, my cousin has just arrived at the border of Kyoto, and he has been traveling all the way, so you have to drag him to winter hunting, what is this like?"
Yan Wendao didn't care about Meng Che's resistance at all, his eyes were still staring at Chen Mingye and said, "I think anyone who practices martial arts should not be able to refuse such an interesting thing." ”
Chen Mingye smiled, not caring at all about the burning gaze of the person opposite, but Le Ma said lightly: "I don't know what the rules of Brother Yan's winter hunting are?"
"Rules?" Yan Wendao was slightly stunned.
Chen Mingye looked at him, and the corners of his mouth were slightly hooked: "The way of the six arts, the gentleman learns it, and the shooting ranks third." The five-shot technique can be divided into white arrows, senlian, yanzhu, xiangqi, and jingyi, has Brother Yan ever understood?"
Yan Wendao looked unentertained, frowned and said, "You are such an old-fashioned preaching, how can you be like a sour Confucian, telling right and wrong in front of me!"
Chen Mingye was not afraid at all, and continued: "These items are the strength, speed, accuracy, courtesy, and stability of the school shooting, which is what kind of preaching. ”
Yan Wendao snorted coldly, but this time he didn't refute again.
"Since a few people said that they want to compete with others in the six arts, if they don't understand this rule, how can they talk about the competition? Chen Mingye held the reins in his hand and talked eloquently.
Xiaohong nestled in his arms, looking at him with big eyes, as if he was a little surprised by his appearance.
"What the hell are you trying to express?" the latter twin couldn't help it.
"Everything is foreseen, and everything is wasted," Chen Mingye glanced at him and continued, "Purposeless practice must not be feasible, so you should have a plan in mind." ”
"What are you going to say? The other twin couldn't help it either.
"Specialize in one by one, for example, today's winter hunting, you can learn to specialize in this one, after all, this item is the basis of shooting. Chen Mingye said.
Yan Wendao was thoughtful, but he didn't say anything against it. Although he is a genius in martial arts, after all, his age is limited, his own experience is not rich, and he has not been to the military camp a few times, let alone the battlefield, so many things are still at the level of talking on paper. Now that I heard Chen Mingye say so specifically, I suddenly felt a little enlightened.
Chen Mingye glanced at Yan Wendao with a smile on the corner of his mouth, he had a deep impression of this guy.
In fact, Yan Wendao was in their small group at that time, and the force value could always be ranked first, of course, this is to exclude the astonishing progress of the three grades in the three years after Chen Mingye's formal martial arts.
Although the Yan family did not have the great merit of breaking the city and destroying the country, they made achievements in the Spring and Autumn Wars, and they had saved the former Taizu several times in the chaotic army.
Therefore, the position of marquis of the Yan family is not easy to come by, and it is also convincing.
Yan Wendao has a sister on it, and as the eldest son of the Yan family, he is naturally placed high hopes on that Zhongyi Marquis. Therefore, he has practiced hard since he was a child, and he has grown rapidly, and he is particularly outstanding among a group of people of the same age.
Meng Che was also slightly stunned when he heard Chen Mingye's narration on the side, he thought that Chen Mingye wanted to say something about the six arts of a gentleman to highlight his knowledge, but he knew that he wanted to play directly to play for real.
Because he had never seen Chen Mingye actually do it, although Meng Che knew that Chen Mingye had also learned martial arts, he was not clear about his foundation.
"Brother Chen, if you have concerns, you might as well talk about them in detail. On the other side, Zuo Qiu, the sister-in-law of the Five Soldiers Shangshu, spoke.
Chen Mingye glanced at him, Zuo Qiu himself did not have any outstanding nature, but his old man was a little powerful, and he was still a squire in the past, but he didn't expect that he had already sat in the position of Shangshu in just a few years.
He thought for a moment and said, "We are practicing and comparing, each person only has ten arrows, and we can naturally distinguish the high and low depending on the harvest." ”
"Only ten arrows?" Zuo Qiu suddenly had a bitter face, his archery skills have always been won by quantity, watching the blind cat meet the dead mouse.
Yan Wendao nodded, confirming Chen Mingye's proposal: "Okay."
Chen Mingye smiled and looked at Yan Wendao, knowing that he would definitely say something.
"It's just been talking for a long time, and I still haven't seen Brother Chen's skills, why don't we compete together?" Yan Wendao's eyes seemed to have a faint fire.
Chen Mingye was a little inexplicable, where did this guy suddenly come from?
"Okay," but he naturally didn't fear, and nodded calmly.
"Hahaha......" How do you know that he nodded, and the next few sons and brothers immediately burst into laughter.
"Meng Che, I heard you right, did your cousin really agree to compete with Brother Yan?"
"Poof, I thought he could say those things and his brain should be good, but he knows that he is more confused than you nerd. ”
A few words of ridicule fell to cover his face, and Meng Che suddenly sneered unhappily: "Are you so confident?" Speaking of which, in fact, he really didn't know anything about Chen Mingye's level, but since Chen Mingye agreed, he would naturally support it.
"Isn't it, Lao Meng, after so many years, don't you know Brother Yan's level?" Zuo Qiu stretched out his hand and pointed at him.
Yan Wendao waved his hand: "Brother Chen doesn't have to take these words seriously, Yan is just a new acquaintance with Brother Chen, if you want to make friends with Brother Chen, this time the competition will be entertainment." ”
Chen Mingye hooked the corners of his mouth: "A competition is a competition, how can it be entertainment, Brother Yan doesn't have to be humble." ”
"Hahaha......" As soon as Chen Mingye said this, the laughter behind him suddenly became even louder, and even a few guards on the side had a little smile from the corners of their mouths.
Yan Wendao is known as the genius of Kyoto martial arts, but it is not a false name. As his name suggests, Yan Wendao is the best at swordsmanship, but his imperial arts, archery skills and even art of war drills have been recognized by his peers in many circles in Kyoto, and even at a palace dinner, his performance in the competition with several princes was too amazing, which alarmed His Majesty, saw his archery, and personally gave him a divine arm spirit bow.
Yan Wendao didn't smile, he glanced at Chen Mingye seriously, and nodded: "Okay." ”
There aren't many well-known paddocks near Kyoto, and the most popular place for them to go is Lang Sleeve Mountain in the south of the city.
As an officially controlled hunting ground, Langsleeve Mountain is guarded all year round, and ordinary people are naturally unable to enter, and such rules naturally have no restrictions on Yan Wendao and his party.
This winter hunt was actually proposed by Yan Wendao for the upcoming Six Arts Competition, and the rest were purely for play. Yan Wendao naturally knew these things clearly, so when Yan Wendao distributed arrows, he still didn't restrict them much, and each person gave an extra ten arrows.
Chen Mingye took the bow and arrows handed by the guards opposite, and looked closely, sure enough, each arrow had already been marked.
"Brother Chen, do you want to leave your sister in my care for the time being, it will be a little inconvenient for you to take her with you. Meng Che, who had been following Chen Mingye, couldn't help but speak.
He was also kind-hearted, but Xiaohong was not happy when he heard it, snorted a few times, and got into Chen Mingye's arms with a bang.
Chen Mingye smiled bitterly: "Thank you Brother Meng for your kindness, but it seems that the sister seems to be reluctant, but it doesn't matter, it's not in the way." ”
Meng Che coughed a little embarrassedly, and gently drove his horse to look around, purely as if he had just passed by, nothing had happened.
Yan Wendao had already cast his gaze towards Chen Mingye: "Brother Chen, are you ready?"
Chen Mingye smiled: "Brother Yan doesn't have to be polite, you can start at any time." ”
A few sons who were waiting to see the joke couldn't help it, Zuo Qiu didn't know whether it was kindness or ridicule, and said to Chen Mingye: "Brother Chen, if there are not enough arrows, you might as well come to me to borrow a few, don't worry, I have enough." ”
"Yes, yes, we're just here to see the scenery, and the two of you can just compete. The twins on the side responded, and then deliberately suppressed their voices to a level that was just enough for everyone nearby to hear before speaking, "Brother Chen, our two brothers are not good at riding and shooting, and our arrows can also support you in a while." ”
Chen Mingye's eyes remained unchanged and did not pay the slightest attention.
When Meng Che heard this, he immediately turned his horse's head over: "If you say that you will compete, you will compete, what do you mean by disgusting people here?"
"Hahaha...... Aren't we all here like this?" Zuo Qiu didn't mind at all, "Brother Chen, as a newcomer, naturally wants to feel the friendly hospitality between our brothers. ”
The corners of Chen Mingye's mouth turned up, and his narrow eyes narrowed slightly.
"Brother Chen, in that case, our competition ......" Yan Wendao was about to speak, but was interrupted by Chen Mingye.
"Brother Yan, since it's a competition, how can there be no bets?" Chen Mingye said lightly.
"Bet?" At this time, not only Meng Che and the next few people, but even Yan Wendao were stunned.
"Brother Chen...... Is this true?" Yan Wendao looked at him and hesitated slightly before speaking.
"With so many people watching, I don't have the time to joke. Chen Mingye smiled, and his gaze swept lightly over the faces of the guys opposite.
For some reason, Zuo Qiu and the twins suddenly felt that the coats on their bodies were a little thin, and the wind that had just blown seemed to be extremely cold.
"Since Brother Chen spoke, Yan naturally agreed, but I don't know what bet Brother Chen wants?" Yan Wendao frowned and looked at him, although he didn't think he would lose, but there was a slight uneasiness in his heart.
"The bet is simple, just a few words. Chen Mingye looked at them, and the curvature of the corners of his mouth became more and more obvious.
"Verbal words?" Yan Wendao was a little puzzled, "Please also ask Brother Chen to be more detailed." ”
"I lost, just like them, call you Brother Yan," Speaking of this, Chen Mingye paused slightly, and continued to speak in Yan Wendao's somewhat inexplicable eyes, "You lost, just call me Brother Ye." ”
Yan Wendao listened to this title, and suddenly he was in a trance, and the young man who was dressed in a brocade robe and looked at him with a smile involuntarily appeared in his mind.