Chapter 54 Heroic
Slim white fingers gently stroked the edge of the cup. Xiao Yu took a sip and then put the crystal-like Longquan porcelain tea cup in front of him.
The teacup is green glaze color of plums, with a thick and lush glaze color. Xiao Yu slowly played with his hands. The jade-like teacup made his fingers look greener and tender. She subconsciously turned her head, the man had long eyebrows, and the emperor's domineering aura was faintly revealed on his body, majestic and solemn, which made people dare not look directly...
After returning from changing his clothes, he suddenly became silent and rarely talked to her.
Xiao Yu lowered his eyes lightly. He didn't know how he provoked this barbarian.
He didn't say anything, and she focused on watching the competition in the stands.
Xiao Yu has been in the harem. Although he has heard of the names of some officials, he rarely has the opportunity to meet. Today, not only military officers, but also some civil servants with outstanding martial arts skills have also come on the stage and show their strengths.
Liu Wei, Minister of Rites, Zhang Lun, Minister of Guanglu Temple, Jia Gaoyi, Minister of Revenue, and Cui Chengzu, Shaoqing of Dali Temple... These are all civil officials, but their skills in boxing and footwork are not inferior to those of some military officers. They also look very energetic and full of energy. This looks obviously much more energetic than the timid or elderly and pedantic civil and military officers of the previous dynasty.
Some of them followed the rebels from the beginning, while others had just taken office. For example, Zhang Lun, the Minister of Guanglu Temple, was an old minister of the previous dynasty and was in charge of banquets. Once, something went wrong, he offended the powerful palace and was demoted. After that, he resigned in anger. He was a proud man, and he didn't know why he was willing to enter the officialdom and be loyal to the new emperor.
Xiao Yu was just thinking about it, but suddenly heard a burst of warm cheers.
She looked up the stage and looked at the young man with his upper body with a curly beard like a halberd, with a mighty appearance, dark and strong appearance, and he threw the Guanglu Temple Minister Zhang Lun under the stage. The guards guarded around him were cushioned under him in time. Then he saw the winning man raising his hand and clenching his fists, smiling happily, and his muscles raised, and his body was very powerful.
This is... Xiaoyu looked at the man's name sewn on the side of his sleeve.
Huo Ting.
General Dingguo, a second-rank military general.
He was also the one who had previously pacified the northwest with her father and recommended Wei to the emperor.
Xiao Yu looked over and saw that General Huo was really brave and had defeated his opponent for four consecutive rounds, while Lord Zhang Lun and Zhang were the fifth one.
In the end, he defeated all the adults in the same group one by one, as if he could not give up the power. He sat aside and drank water in big mouthfuls, looking like a generous person.
Xiao Yu was naturally admired and couldn't help but take a look.
Xue Zhan turned his head and saw Xiao Yu's expression focused, and he looked like a child who was looking very excited. If it weren't for the wrong identity, he would probably not be able to help but get up and applaud.
Looking at the new man who was like a white chicken, looking at the man who was so fucked like a chicken... Xue Zhan narrowed his eyes slightly. In his opinion, the nobles of Jincheng were all drunk and could not even carry a knife. But Huo Ting never recommended anyone at will, and the performance of this Wei Zu was indeed beyond his expectations.
The courage of tigers and wolves and the victory of cheetahs. It is indeed true that there is nothing wrong with it.
Xiao Yu had not seen Wei Zhi take action for three years. He did not need her father's supervision. Seeing his brave performance on the stage now, he knew that he had not slacked off in the past three years.
Most of the men who practice martial arts are strong and dark, and after a few rounds, they are already sweating profusely. However, this Wei Zi has a natural graceful demeanor. Although she has a little sweat, it does not affect his noble demeanor. Under the scorching sun, his clothes are slightly soaked with sweat, and the darkened skin adds a bit of masculine charm to him.
Xiao Qizhou and Wei Zhi, as well as Xiao Yu, are both brothers who make her proud.
The young girl raised her head, and a slender neck had a beautiful curve... Xue Zhan raised his hand and drank the water in the cup in one gulp. With a "pop", the Longquan porcelain tea cup was pressed upside down on her head.
Xiao Yu was a little scared when he heard the movement. He turned to look at Xue Zhan and saw that he didn't say a word. He wanted to ask, but thought of his frowning eyebrows and inexplicably dark face, so he gave up.
Continue to watch the competition.
In the end, only Huo Ting and Wei Tie were left to compete for the leader. Everyone present heard of Huo Ting's courage. This Wei Tie had also seen it. However, at that time, Wei Tie was just a young man. No matter how brave he was, he was not as high as General Huo. Now, he was standing on this stage and confronting General Huo. With Huo Ting's ability, even if Wei Tie lost, he would probably be watched and cheered.
But in the end, Wei Zu... actually beat Huo Ting!
Wei Chu reached out and pulled up Huo Ting, who had fallen to the ground, who had fallen to the ground.
Huo Ting then stood up with his hands and smiled heartily at him, and was convinced by the loss.
Chun Ming behind him also whispered: "Young Master Wei is so amazing..."
That's right? Xiao Yu looked at the man standing on par with Huo Ting, and felt a sense of pride in his heart. If she were still a girl in the boudoir, she would have cheered. The men of their Xiao family should be as young and brave as Wei Zhi and her brother.
...
Today, Wei Zu became famous in the martial arts fair. Because he was young and handsome, the adults and ladies present all secretly discussed the Wei Zu. Knowing that he was not married yet, he became more and more appreciative.
You should know that people with both civil and military skills are rare. Both the previous dynasty and the Great Qi Dynasty advocate martial arts, and the same is true for choosing a son-in-law. However, those with high martial arts are often rough and barbaric, and they are not very handsome. Like Wei Zhi, they have outstanding martial arts and look like a handsome young man. If they had not witnessed his abilities with their own eyes, they would have thought that he had such powerful moves and such powerful power.
The guard was resting, and took the towel handed to him by the servant beside him, wiping the sweat from his neck.
He closed his eyes gently.
The water on his face dripped down with sweat.
Wei Chu heard the cheers at that moment. While getting along in the northwest, Wei Chu saw Huo Ting's courage and knew that he was not likely to win him... He was competing with Huo Ting just now. In fact, when he was watching him, through him, he saw another low-class, brave and strong opponent.
He was a restrained person, suppressed for too long and accumulated too much emotion, and suddenly burst out. His power was amazing and his performance was much better than usual.
Xiao Qizhou walked to Wei Zhi and saw him wiping his face quietly. He thought about the duel between him and Huo Ting just now. He really made him excited.
He said, "I haven't seen you for three years, and your progress is so great, which really scared me." Most of the martial arts practitioners are aggressive and have a strong desire to win and lose. He has always regarded Wei Zhi as his opponent, so he has never slacked off for a moment. However, he did not expect that not only did not surpass him in the past three years, he was ahead by him.
I was immediately embarrassed and was happy for Wei Zu.
Wei Chu was silent and didn't say anything. He was quiet at this moment, completely different from what he looked like on the stage just now.
As he was speaking, a pair of black cloud-patterned brocade boots appeared in front of them. Everyone present saluted. Xiao Qizhou was also stunned and hurriedly said, "My minister Xiao Qizhou, I have seen the emperor."
Wei Chu stood beside Xiao Qizhou, bent down slowly, and saluted to the emperor in front of him.
But I heard the deep and deep voice of the emperor in front of me: "General Huo admires you very well. When I see you today, I am really young and brave... I don't know how your archery skills are. I am interested today and I am just looking for someone to discuss."
Xiao Qizhou didn't like him very much. At this moment, he heard the emperor's tone and felt a sense of deliberately trying to challenge Wei Zhi. Xiao Qizhou knew very well about the fight between men. But... Wei Zhi had never met him before, so why did he suddenly want to compete with Wei Zhi?
Furthermore, although Wei Zhi's archery skills were outstanding, they were not as good as his other martial arts. Xiao Qizhou thought about it and said, "Wei Zhi's archery skills were not outstanding. If the emperor had a good time, I would dare to... be willing to accompany the emperor to shoot arrows."
Anyway, this is not the first time.
"Is that true?" Xue Zhan looked at the two of them and said slowly, "I don't know which martial arts you are the most outstanding? Why don't you decide, I will accompany you to the end."
Wei Chu slowly raised his head, his eyes calmly landed on the young emperor standing in front of him. He looked at each other and said respectfully: "Mr. Xiao is just afraid that I will make a fool of myself in front of the emperor. If the emperor likes me, I am willing to accompany the emperor to have fun."
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Take the willow as the horse and shoot it.
The willow-spinning field is divided into two rows. The contestants are in the order of esteemed and inferiority. There are three willow branches in front of them. On the way to ride a horse, throw out copper coins and shoot the willow with arrows. They can shoot both copper coins and broken willow branches at the same time, and ride over to the horse. The copper coins and broken willow branches are connected in the hand, which is the center; they can shoot the copper coins and willow branches but cannot catch them in time. If they can shoot the same, or if they fail, they will all be missed.
The one with the most numbers is the winner.
Whenever he hits, he will beat the drum to cheer.
Xue Zhan and Wei Chu each turned on their horses, held bent bows and carried arrow bags.
Xue Zhan looked at Wei Zhi sideways, stepped up his horse's belly, pulled out a bow from the arrow bag behind him, aimed quickly, shot the arrow, and shot the first copper coin thrown into the air with a whoosh.
The arrow shot through the copper coin and then went straight forward, accurately shooting the first willow branch. The broken willow branch and copper coin flew high, then rode a horse and galloped, raised his hand, and easily pinched the broken willow in his hand.
The emperor's actions are agile and agile.
The drums and shouted around him, and the cheers were boiling.
The wind blew the horse's robe and blew the horse's robe. The guard looked at the emperor with a strong aura, and then took action without hesitation...
Xiao Qizhou was standing by watching the battle. Although he was excellent since childhood, he was not as good as Wei Zhi. Only archery skills were better than Wei Zhi. As for the emperor's archery skills, he had experienced them in the Imperial Garden, and he was also outstanding. He didn't know who he was, and he was not sure to beat him. He was originally worried about Wei Zhi, but now he saw Wei Zhi's posture and accuracy of archery. When the arrow flashed, he shot a copper coin and a second willow branch...
There was no aiming action at all.
Wei Zun's archery... Xiao Qizhou's eyes were slightly rippling, and he was shocked, and he guessed something.
Xiao Yu was originally cleansing his face in the tent, or Chun Ming came in, and told her that Xue Zhan was practicing archery with Wei Zuo, so he hurried out to take a look. When she passed, she saw that the two of them were holding a broken willow in their hands, and the three willow branches inserted in the open space had been shot out, with only the last branch left.
The copper coins were abandoned and fell quickly, and were about to fall in front of the willow branches.
The two looked at each other, and shot the second arrow almost at the same time, shooting the copper coins together...
However, the two feather arrows that shot copper coins collided in the air at the smallest point away from the willow branches, and their strength was equal, and they all fell to the ground with a "splash".
The third willow branch that was so close to him was blown violently by the arrow wind, and finally gradually returned to calm and swayed gently in the breeze.
Xiao Yu was also stunned.
The most powerful archery technique she has ever seen is from her brother Xiao Qizhou, who can pass through Yang in a hundred steps. The archery technique that Wei and Xiao Qizhou learned together is inferior to Xiao Qizhou, and is also a rare weaker among many martial arts. Now... Wei's archery technique naturally cannot be practiced in just three years.
That is, Wei Zhi's archery has always been very good...
Archery was not his weakest one, on the contrary - perhaps his best one.
As for Xue Zhan... Xiao Yu glanced over Wei Chu and looked at the handsome and heroic emperor on the brown horse. Wei Chu was her father's careful teaching, but what about him?
How did he, a rural villager, learn this powerful archery technique?
Chapter completed!