CHAPTER XXVI

Dai Zhou said: "The second question, please answer on paper, limited to one stick of incense. Please listen to the question: Jin Wuping Wu was defeated by his dictatorship, Fu Jian and Jin were killed by dictatorship; Qi Huan was appointed to manage Zhong and dominated, and Yan Xu was appointed to his son and defeated.

When the four of them heard this, they wrote and answered, and when it was only half a stick of incense, Shen Juan stopped writing and handed in the paper. After Dai Zhou saw it, he couldn't help nodding his head and passed it to Liao and Sun to read, and the two were full of praise. After a stick of incense burned out, the other three stopped writing, and after the three examiners read it carefully, they discussed it, and then recruited Kou Jin to the front and gave him the agreed ranking. Kou Jin said loudly: "After the deliberation of Master Dai, Master Liao Tang, and Master Sun Tang, it was unanimously assessed: this literary test Shen Yushi is superior, the wind guards and Lei guards are medium, and You Houye is inferior. ”

Everyone in the audience talked about it, but You Sidao didn't care, he knew that he was only good at leading soldiers to fight, but he was not good at dancing and writing.

The king of Beining thought that Yue Xian might not know this person, so he said: "After the defeat and retreat of Qumaling, it was after You Sidao led 3,000 people to break off. He, the marquis, was sealed for his military exploits, but he did not inherit the blessings of his ancestors. Yimeng said: "I know this person, Master Le said that he led 3,000 people to resist Xilian's 80,000 frost forest army in Qumaling for five full days, so that Liu Zhimiao could escape smoothly." ”

The king of Beining said: "Just saving Liu Zhimiao is not enough to seal the marquis, if it weren't for him and three thousand soldiers desperately defending Qumaling, I'm afraid that if I can't wait for reinforcements from the imperial court and Beishu, Ma and Bing Erzhou will not be able to keep it." In the end, the eastward advance of the Frost Forest Army was finally stifled outside Qumaling. ”

As several people were talking, Kou Jin had announced the start of the second martial arts test, which required three separate assessments: foot shooting, mounted archery, and horse pistol. Infantry and mounted archery each use five arrows, divided into five different targets, all the bullseye is the top, three or more arrows are the bull's-eye, if one arrow misses the target, it is the bottom. The carbine is a test of the skill of using a spear right away, and it is divided into five different straw figures, all of which are knocked down, four or three are medium, and three or less are down. After the comprehensive evaluation of the last three assessments, the results of the martial arts test will be evaluated.

Lei Hong took the lead in raising his bow, pulled a bow full, aimed at the arrow target a hundred steps away, aimed slightly, and shot an arrow with a whoosh, hitting the bull's-eye. There was a burst of cheers from outside the field, and Lei Shuangjian's face couldn't help but show a look of pride. Immediately afterwards, there were four more arrows, the arrows hit the bull's-eye, and the cheers outside the field were even louder, and the king of Dongqing stroked his beard and said to Lei Shuangjian: "Sure enough, it is a tiger father without a dog!" Although Lei Shuangjian said "award" on his mouth, he was very useful in his heart, peeking to see Feng Weiming, and seeing that his face was expressionless, although he knew that he had always been like this, but he couldn't help but be even more proud in his heart.

Lei Hong didn't say a word, turned over and got on the horse, galloped back and forth in the field, looked at the arrow target, pulled the bow with the arrow, and shot an arrow, which was right in the heart, and everyone applauded. Lei Hong continued to move forward, galloping around and shooting an arrow, a total of four arrows hit the bull's-eye, and one arrow hit the target. Although he failed to hit the bull's-eye, such a result can be called a rare opponent in the army.

Lei Hong threw his bow to the ground, and a sergeant handed over the spear. Lei Hong had the intention to show his ability in front of the emperor and everyone, so he carried a gun and went straight to the straw man in the field. When the horse was just past the first straw man, Lei Hong leaned back and raised his gun to knock the straw man over. The other got up, just in front of the second straw man, shook out a spear flower with his backhand, and stabbed him down with one shot. This pick and thorn is clean and neat, and Emperor Xiang can't help but say to the second princess: "This Lei Hong's skills are indeed good!" The second princess said: "Father, there are still two people who haven't played, you are not allowed to be partial." Emperor Xiang smiled and said nothing.

When the horse ran to the sidelines, Lei Hong turned the horse's head and rushed over again. Approaching the straw man, Lei Hong turned sideways, the man had reached the side of the horse, clamped the horse's legs, stabbed out with a spear, and the third straw man fell to the ground in response. This time not only to be skilled in equestrianism, but also to have strong legs, all the military attaches on the field were secretly frightened: on weekdays, only Lei Hong's martial arts were mediocre, but he didn't want to be really good at this horse. Lei Hong exerted force on his legs, and then got up and sat upright on the horse, and when he passed the fourth straw man, he did not look back, clenched the spear with both hands, stabbed it backwards from the right, and picked up the straw man with one force, and smashed it to the ground. This trick of returning the horse gun without turning back seems to be wonderful, but it is actually a coincidence, just because the straw man is fixed on the ground and does not move, if it is above the enemy formation, it is difficult to achieve. Rao is so, and still won a round of applause.

Lei Hong was not busy stabbing the last straw man, but held the end of the spear, and vigorously picked up four or five circles on his head, this spear was about eight zhang long and weighed about fifty catties. When he got close to the straw man, Lei Hong threw the spear down, and under the huge momentum, the straw man was scattered in all directions.

Lei Shuangjian couldn't help but call his son "Okay!" and looked back at Feng Weiming, the look on his face was already slightly cold.

Yue Xian said: "Although there are a lot of flowers, it is good to have this kung fu." The King of Beining showed a look of disdain on his face: "It's just that this person is too timid, this fancy shelf never dares to take it to the station, and only dares to stab a few straw men here." ”

Lei Hong bowed to the north and went off. Shen Juan then came on the field, but none of the foot shots hit the bull's-eye, and one arrow missed the target. The king of Beining said: "This literary test and martial arts test seems to be prepared for Feng Zhan and Lei Hong. ”

Yue Xian smiled: "Yes, Xu Pan can't even enter the examination room, You Hou Ye can't write, and Shen Yushi can't martial arts." Although the two of them are not outstanding in civil and military affairs, they can at least deal with them. ”

As he was talking, Shen Juan had already raised his bow and got on the horse, secretly complaining in his heart, turning the ritual department over and over again I don't know how many times, if he knew that there was still a martial arts test, he would not dare to accept this kiss post. But after all, Emperor Xiang was on stage, and Shen Juan had to cheer up and try his best to deal with it. It's just that the foot shooting is okay, but the horse shooting makes Shen Juan difficult, he can't sit steadily when he opens the bow, and he can't open the bow when he sits firmly, and he finally shoots five arrows with difficulty, but the arrows miss.

There was a sigh in the audience, and Emperor Xiang couldn't help but be a little annoyed, feeling that although it was Shen Juan who made a fool of himself, it was the Xiang court that was embarrassed, but he didn't know whether to blame the second princess who posted the post, or the Ministry of Rites that set the rules, or Shen Juan who was still making trouble on the field.

Horse shooting Shen Juan can still be left and right, but horse gun can't do it no matter what. He had to hide an arrow in his hand, and quietly stabbed the horse's buttocks in danger, the horse jumped up in fright, and Shen Juan fell to the ground, pretending to fall and hurt his arm, and was carried down.

Seeing Shen Juan's ugliness, Lei Shuangjian snorted coldly, and said in his heart: "If it is Feng Zhan who is ugly, how fast!" At this time, the descendants of the king of the Eastern Qing Dynasty came to report, and Chen Quan wanted to find Feng Weiming and had something important to report. When Lei Shuangjian heard this, he secretly wondered in his heart, Chen Quan was his confidant, but what was the matter of looking for Feng Weiming? The king of Dongqing said to Feng Weiming: "Lord Feng, you go!" Feng Weiming said to everyone, "Lost company" and went down.

Lei Shuangjian's eyes stared at Feng Weiming, and sure enough, Chen Quan brought someone to him, and that person turned his back to him, but he couldn't tell who it was. But seeing that Chen Quan was very respectful to Feng Weiming in his gestures, the doubts in his heart couldn't help but be even worse. Suddenly, the man turned his head to look in his direction, Lei Shuangjian looked at it intently, it didn't matter, and he almost shocked the tea bowl in his hand: It's Xia Zhen!

(End of Chapter 26)