Chapter 289: The General Draws the Bow at Night

The maximum range of an ordinary two-stone bow can reach one mile, and Wang Wenbin's two-stone + bow, if it is full, has a range of one and a half miles. This is the data that Bai Sheng has personally verified.

Therefore, even if Wei Xianda only pulled a little more than half of this bow, the elongated feather arrow would be enough to shoot a distance of three hundred paces.

Bai Sheng saw it very clearly, and the arrow hit the little official in the examination room who helped Wei Xianda cheat.

The hard-working little man was hit by an arrow at the base of his thigh, and he had to endure the pain and splash the candle in the lantern with the prepared water bladder.

The answer is very simple, the lantern used for the arrow target has an opening above it, and it is not the kind of angry wind, and the one shot by Wei Xianda has a particularly large opening.

As for the one that the little official sent to the examiner for verification, it was another one that had been prepared a long time ago, and the lantern had even been inserted with arrows, and the wick inside was also cut off in advance.

Although the moon is bright and the stars are sparse at this moment, and the silver light spreads all over the earth, the scenery three hundred steps away is not something that ordinary people can see clearly, just like Bai Sheng, there are few people who can see that they are tired, and there are only a handful of them in the entire school field.

But those insiders who can't see clearly are not stupid, no matter how you look at it, they don't think Wei Xianda's arrow is like a posture that can hit the target, but the lantern sent by the little official has been tested by the chief examiner, and no one can say that Wei Xianda cheated.

Wei Xianda was the most shameless, but did not end in the crowd's lottery, but rode a horse and held a bow along the edge of the stands to the wind, as if he had just shot out the candle flame with his real talent, and enjoyed the cheers of the people.

Seeing his virtue, even Tong Guan was embarrassed to give him praise, if he replaced Tong Gonggong with a modern person, he would have to ask Wei Xianda: Did you shoot it yourself, didn't you feel a little forced in your heart?

However, Concubine Wei Xian didn't know the mystery, her little hands hurt, and she was still cheering for her younger brother, this younger brother was really angry! He even had a tie with Yi Xiao, and when he thought of this, he had to ask Gonggong Tong: "Is my brother's archery also better than you?"

Gonggong Tong's face turned green, but he couldn't help but give face to Concubine Xian, so he had to reluctantly nod and muttered back: "Strong ......"

Concubine Wei Xian's face was full of light, but it was not enough, and she had to hit Zhao Fujin and Master Li: "See, this is called real archery!"

The implication is, do you still want to buy Bai Sheng? Fortunately, you didn't buy it, right?

She wanted to show off her younger brother in front of two young and beautiful girls, but Zhao Fujin and Li Shishi were also two laymen, to say that weightlifting is a few thousand catties that add up to a lot of scary, they don't dare to be sure that Bai Sheng will be able to do it, but what don't you dare to bet on archery?

Zhao Fujin immediately said loudly: "Bai Sheng hasn't shot yet, how do you know that he can't win the first place?"

This voice was amazing, and the people in the north stand stopped talking, and Emperor Maude was too confident, right? People were not convinced, but they didn't dare to refute it to their faces, they were the emperor's favorite daughter, why did they refute her?

Even Zhao Ji, who wanted to refute his daughter the most, was embarrassed to point out his daughter's ignorance in public, for Zhao Fujin, Zhao Ji was definitely a loving father.

So people remembered to go to see Bai Sheng, but saw that Bai Sheng had already entered on a white horse.

Usually there are big leaders on the occasion to pay attention to an upward and downward effect, the north stand is quiet, and even the people with the east and west stands are quiet, and everyone looks at Bai Sheng in the field.

The moonlight is like silver, and Bai Sheng, who shines on the white clothes and white horses, is even more shining, seeing that his sweetheart is so chic, Master Li couldn't help but blurt out a Tang poem: "The silver saddle shines on the white horse, and it is like a meteor!"

Among the civil and military officials, there is no shortage of Confucian scholars who have read poetry and books, and when they heard the sentence "Chivalrous Travel" recited by Master Li, they couldn't help but nod their heads one after another.

Among them, Zhou Bangyan of Dasheng Mansion (according to: Dasheng Mansion was the highest music organ of the Song Dynasty, equivalent to the National Music Association and the Central Orchestra of later generations) Zhou Bangyan immediately sent a sycophant to Master Li, "Miss Shishi's talent is rising!"

Zhou Bangyan is in charge of lyrics in Dasheng Mansion, and he was a teacher of Li Shishi for a few days last year, if it weren't for his old cow wanting to eat tender grass, Cai Jing would not have invited Li Qingzhao over. At this time, I took the opportunity to talk to Master Li, but Zhao Ji was so angry that he pouted, Master is also what you can call?

It's just that Zhou Bangyan didn't have any explicit **, and Zhao Ji couldn't do anything about him.

As the saying goes, hooligans are not scary, but they are afraid that hooligans are educated. Literati are the most covert and sullen when they play hooligans, saying some ambiguous words with puns, and you can't convict him of harassment.

Cai Jing saw that Zhou Bangyan wanted to play hooligan in public again, and the emperor was not able to treat him for any crime, so he intervened: "Let's see how my protégé's archery skills are, why should I be in a hurry to talk about poetry at this time?

Lao Cai's interference, people could no longer talk about Master Li's writing, and they turned their attention to the field.

Three hundred paces away, the new lantern was already hung.

However, Bai Sheng did not start to urge the horse to gallop, but was talking to the chief examiner, and the chief examiner seemed to be unacceptable, and asked Bai Sheng again and again, the two of them spoke in ordinary voices, but the people in the stands could not hear them.

However, people did not lose patience, because everyone knew that this was the last exam, and then they could go home and sleep, and come back tomorrow to watch the final finals, so they were not in a hurry, and they all wanted to see what tricks Bai Sheng could play.

Suddenly, I heard the examiner shout to the south: "Set up the lantern to the base of the south wall, five hundred steps from the north stand." ”

This voice shouted, and the stands suddenly exploded, and almost everyone understood that Bai Sheng was going to shoot a lantern five hundred steps away. But this is too exaggerated, isn't it? Five hundred paces away, the lantern is almost out of sight, how can this shoot?

It seems that Bai Sheng still wants to fight for the first place! Immediately, some people began to put an afterthought, saying that you are not talking nonsense? If people don't fight for the first place, why do you stay at the end and only play?

For a while, the emotions of the audience were ignited again, but too many people couldn't help but think: If Bai Sheng really won the first place, the money to buy lottery tickets would be thrown into the water again.

Only Zhao Fujin and Master Li in the north stand were smiling like flowers, just like Bai Sheng had already won the first place, which was very unconvincing, especially Concubine Wei Xian, whose face had been clouded, but it was hard to say anything, so she could only secretly curse Bai Sheng for not being able to shoot accurately.

Not long after, a report from the small officials came from the root of the south wall, saying that the lantern had been erected, and the people in the stands looked at it with great eyes, but most of them could not see it clearly, and asked the people around them: "Why can't I see a lantern?"

With good eyes, he confirmed: "Well, it's erected, but the vision is blurry, and I really don't know how Bai Sheng aims." ”

It is no wonder that people say that a lantern a mile away is at most like a star in the eyes of ordinary people, and it must be a star with a faint light.

Bai Sheng didn't say anything more, and went straight away.

He was under the three stands, and of course everyone could see it clearly, only to see that the white horse spread its four hooves in the moonlight, and there was no slow acceleration at all, and immediately flew like lightning, and it was like a white cloud floating on the ground, which was very dreamy.

And Bai Sheng suddenly shot an arrow when the white horse galloped between the east and west, and the movement was also surprisingly fast, and before people could see clearly, it was already a "whoosh" roar through the air, and then someone shouted: "It's out!

"Oh my God, the lantern went out!" he shot!" I don't know if it was emotional or distressed, but the person who shouted this was already crying.

In the eyes of Tong Guan, Li Biyun, Di Lie, Yi Xiao, Zhan Renlong and other masters, the lantern five hundred steps away was indeed extinguished, their eyesight was far better than ordinary people, and even much stronger than ordinary martial artists, how could they not see that lantern?

At this moment, the exclamations and cheers in the field were intertwined, forming a huge wave of sound that spread to all directions, and Bai Sheng once again created a miracle, making the audience unable to help but be enthusiastic.

In the west stand, Di Lie turned his head and asked Yi Xiao: "What do you think of Bai Sheng's archery?"

Yi Xiao pondered for a moment and said, "Very strong." Still, if his three-stone bow is in my hand, I can do it too. ”

On the north stand, Tong Guan couldn't help but sigh: "It's really the back waves of the Yangtze River pushing the front waves, a generation of new people is better than the old people, and our family is old." ”

Everyone knows that this time the first place is really a foregone conclusion, and Bai wins the first!

However, the people's exclamation and cheering did not last long, and quickly turned to surprise, because someone found that Bai Sheng had vaguely shot another arrow on the return journey of the white horse.

Isn't it? The lanterns are all gone, what else is he shooting?

People can't help but be puzzled, and they can't figure out what Bai Sheng's move means.

It's just that I can't figure it out, and after the white horse has finished running things back and forth, he actually runs in again, just like Lorida and Shui Ningzhu did.

Could it be that he was struggling on a horse? Just when someone thought like this, someone saw Bai Sheng shooting arrows, "Why is he still shooting arrows?" What is he shooting?"

No one could answer the question, and more and more people closed their mouths in confusion, and the noise in the field gradually subsided, and only the crisp sound of hooves and "whoosh" and "whoosh" archery could be heard in the field.

There is no shortage of people who look at its shape and distinguish its voice, and according to statistics, Bai Sheng shot a total of ten arrows.

Why did he shoot ten arrows?

When Bai Sheng left the field after shooting ten arrows, and the little official who reported the target sent the lantern that had extinguished the fire candle to be tested, the chief examiner announced the truth of the matter.

Bai Sheng did shoot ten arrows, except for the first arrow that extinguished the candle flame, the remaining nine arrows actually divided the candle in the lantern into ten sections!

And every two candles are not completely separated, which is equivalent to nine long arrows embedded in a candle, and the interval between the arrows is extremely even, but the candle is "stretched" by two inches!

It's incredible!

Even if someone holds a candle in his left hand and inserts a long arrow with his right hand, he may not be able to insert it so accurately!

Moreover, the most puzzling thing is that when the first arrow extinguishes the candle, how did Bai Sheng aim at the lantern in the dark, and how did he shoot the candle shaft when he couldn't even see the lantern?

It's unfathomable!

As soon as this result came out, no one on the field applauded, and they were all frightened by Bai Sheng's mastery, or they refused to accept this fact even if they were killed.

Even Tong Guan asked the examiner to personally send the lantern to the North Stand, but Tong Guan didn't believe it!

It's just that when Tong Guan saw the lantern in a close distance, an old white face suddenly lost blood.

sighed: "That's it, such archery skills are definitely not something that can be practiced the day after tomorrow, this Bai Sheng is a natural marksman! I'm afraid that Xiao Li Guang and Xiao Yangyuji, who are famous in the rivers and lakes, can't compare to him! Only talk about archery, and there is no one in the world who is his opponent......

Cai Jing observed his words and expressions on the side, knowing that Tong Guan was talking from his heart, and he couldn't hold back the pride in his chest anymore, and he forgot the original intention of dragging Bai Sheng's hind legs, stood up and said: "This is the real general's night bow!