Chivalrous Song Dynasty

But the emperor must not be able to talk about grass and mud horses, so he had to be wronged and said: "I deserve death for my crimes."

Chapter 285 Lolita's Reversal

It is said that from ancient times to the present, when facing subordinates, as long as they are a leader, they can be unreasonable, and they are unreasonable without exception.

Take the current Zhao Ji as an example, the leader loves to play, and if he asks you to play with him, you have to play, even if you can't play well!But when the leader is playing around, he suddenly thinks of something serious, and if you are asked about it, you have to report back that the leader has already done it.

Isn't this unreasonable?

When Sun Fu was questioned by Zhao Ji, he felt aggrieved and terrified. When he didn't know how to explain it, he heard Tong Guan say: "Your Majesty, calm down. I don't know if I should say something or not."

Zhao Ji sneered and said: "I was just about to ask you, you are a privy envoy, and the force in the capital is weaker than that of the border. You are also responsible for this matter. If you have anything to say, it's okay to say it first."

Tong Guanxin said that I had expected that you would cause trouble for me, and I did, but he said: "This old slave thinks that it is too early to comment on the status of the border gates in the capital."

Zhao Ji said: "Where is it early? I remember clearly here that there have been more than ten candidates from each of the border gates in the capital city. The best candidate in the capital city is not as good as the worst candidate in the border gate. The gap is so big, isn't it enough to draw a conclusion? Is it?"

Tong Guandao: "Your Majesty is right. I just want to ask if Your Majesty remembers that all the top lifters in weightlifting just now are from the capital city."

Tong Guan was right. The only outstanding performer in the weightlifting exam just now was Wu Song, not the Beijing Juzi. The others started from No.1 Bai Sheng, Wei Xianda, Feng Nandu, Murong Gan, Zhan Renlong, Yi Xiao, Zhan Fu, Zhanshou, Lolida, Shui Ningzhu, etc., are all from the capital.

Among them, Murong Qian, who was tied for No. 2, and Dugu Hong, who had gone away, both participated in the martial arts with the quota of Tianbo Yang's family, so Murong Qian can also be regarded as the son of the capital.

And even if Murong Gan and Wu Song are excluded, the remaining top ten are all from the three major boxing gyms in Beijing!

"Even so, so what? Weightlifting is not horseback riding and archery!" Zhao Ji couldn't understand Tong Guan's meaning for a while.

Tong Guan said with a smile: "This old slave thinks that the way of practicing martial arts is like piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. It all pays attention to an eclectic and comprehensive approach. Just like your majesty, you are good at calligraphy, so painting is also the best in the world. These winners of weightlifting How could there be too much difference in riding and shooting?"

Tong Guan took no time to make a precise flattery, Zhao Ji was very helpful.

To this day, Zhao Ji, who has created the thin gold body, is proud of his calligraphy as the second in the world, and there is no living calligrapher except Cai Jing who can fall into his eyes;

As for painting, he prides himself on being the number one in the world. Even Zhang Zeduan, who painted the masterpiece "Surfing the River During Qingming Festival", is just an art student whom he has mentored a few times!

If one has to compare Zhang Zeduan and Zhao Ji, the former is at most an intern at an art school, while the latter is the world's top painter, if not one of them.

Tong Guan used Zhao Ji's calligraphy and painting as a metaphor for the connection between different types of martial arts, which just tickled the emperor's itch, and vividly explained his overall judgment on the results of the candidates at the moment. .

It was Cai Jingdu who nodded again and again, and praised: "Private Tong is really a good metaphor, I admire you so much!"

Cai Jing's words are also meaningful, and others don't know whether he is talking about admiring Tong Guan's metaphor or admiring Tong Guan's way of flattering.

After Zhao Ji received this beat, he was naturally delighted and said, "It seems that we have to wait for the follow-up results before we can evaluate it?"

Tong Guandao: "It's not that the old slave is unpredictable. The old slave predicts that the Beijing Juzi will surpass the Border Juzi, and Uncle Wei Guo will definitely perform well. Your Majesty only needs to watch it to know who is superior and who is inferior."

Tong Guan's original intention of saying this sentence was to explain his previous conclusion, but more intention was to pave the way for Wei Xianda to win the first place in riding and shooting.Lest anyone suspect Wei Xianda of cheating at that time.

As soon as these words were uttered, it was tantamount to the authoritative person appointing the dark horse player in the competition. The civil and military officials immediately became agitated, thinking: "In this way, isn't Wei Guojiu expected to win the champion of martial arts? No, I have to buy a lottery ticket ah!"

Wang Mu's lottery sales run throughout the martial arts, and there are also his sales outlets under the three stands.

In the previous weightlifting competitions, because no one knew the strength of the lifts, there were mostly spectators and few buyers.

Now that the authoritative person Tong Guan spoke, these people immediately found an investment direction, and they all bet on buying Wei Xianda's No. [-] subject, and some people directly bought Wei Xianda's high school No. .

The news from the north stand quickly spread to the east and west stands. Basically, the people in the three stands were all buying Wei Xianda's first place in riding and shooting.

Only Zhao Fujin and Li Shishi refused to follow the trend. They still wanted to buy Baisheng No. [-], but they couldn't borrow money anymore.

When they ran to the stands before, everyone saw the emperor's anger. Who would dare to support them to fight against Zhao Ji?

After asking several people in a row, they all answered that they had no money, and they understood.

But Concubine Wei Xian wanted to add insult to injury, and said in a strange way: "The official's money is not blown by the wind. Buying Bai wins the first place? Isn't that the same as throwing away for nothing?"

As soon as Concubine Wei Xian finished speaking, she heard a burst of exclamation from the west stand. I don't know what happened, Tong Guan hurriedly sent someone to ask, but the answer was that Di Lie took out another 1000 taels of gold and bought Bai Shengyi.

Now Tong Guan was also confused, thinking: I said that Wei Xianda's good grades are already arranged, how can you, Di Lie, dare to bet on Bai Sheng's first place?

Originally, Tong Guan wanted to unilaterally and secretly help Bai Sheng, so that Bai Sheng could get the No. Instead, he didn't want to do it.

If Bai Sheng's grades are similar to Wei Xianda's, wouldn't that prove that Di Lie's vision is higher than his Tongguan's?

Let's take a look at the situation first, and it's not too late to make a decision when Bai Sheng rides his horse and draws his bow.He is confident that with his vision, he can tell at a glance whether Juzi's riding and shooting level is high or low.

While the people on the stage were analyzing and discussing buying lottery tickets, the examination in the audience did not stop for a moment, but was always going on.

Sure enough, as Tong Guan expected, with the progress of the exam, the results of Jingcheng Juzi gradually caught up.

The first ones to achieve good results are the four masters of Fu Lu Shou Xi from Nanxia Boxing Gym. Although the results of these four people can not be said to overwhelm all the previous candidates, they are already comparable to the top few of the frontier candidates. Up and down.

And when the three masters of Wansheng Boxing Gym participated in the test, the situation has been reversed!

No one expected that the two female generals, Lolida and Shui Ningzhu, had unique talents in riding and archery, and even compared Feng Nandu's results.

Of course they hit all ten arrows, but they also hit all ten arrows, each of their arrows hit near the center of the lantern, especially Lolita, whose seventh arrow actually broke the candle wick, It just failed to shoot through the roots, so the candle was not shot out.

Even so, their results have swept the current top two, and the previous shooters are unmatched.

Chapter 286 Murong One Arrow

The shooting distance of a hundred paces does not require a strong bow.

At this time, the lantern can be effectively cast with only a crossbow.As far as the accuracy of a stone bow is concerned, even masters like Feng Nandu and Zhan Fu don't have any advantage when facing female generals like Lolida Shui Ningzhu.

After the examiner reported the results, the audience burst into applause. Women are naturally weaker than men in all aspects, and it is even more difficult to obtain such an honor. People's applause was sincere.

Even Zhao Ji couldn't help but admire the two female generals of Wansheng Boxing Gym, and at the same time said with some depression: "Since the female generals of the Yang family, my Song Dynasty has never lacked heroines, and I don't know whether it is a disaster or a blessing."

He didn't know that the prosperity of yin and the decline of yang were a sign of the country's impending doom. If only two female generals, Lolida and Shui Ningzhu, could lead the battle, then the country would have perished by now.

After Lolida and Shui Ningzhu shot, the pressure of the next moves increased sharply, and they were unable to refresh the results of the two female generals. Not only did they fail to refresh, but because of the high pressure, they were worse than before. Many, resulting in the balance between the capital and the border.

It was almost midnight, and there were only a handful of players who hadn't appeared yet, namely Zhan Renlong, Yi Xiao, Murong Qian, Wei Xianda and Bai Sheng.

Everyone knows that the most exciting moment of this riding and archery test has come.

You don't need to ask, you can know that the reason why these people stayed behind to play must have their own intentions. If they are not fully confident in their riding and shooting skills, who would dare to wait until this moment to embarrass themselves?

It doesn’t matter if you shoot badly first, because the audience has tolerance for you, but if you come out later, it’s okay if you shoot poorly, because you have brought disappointment to the audience.

So people don't doubt that these five people have unique skills, let alone Wei Xianda, who Tong Guan personally commented on?People are just curious, what kind of level can these five people shoot to surpass Lolita and Shui Ningzhu?

People are looking forward to seeing the wonderful performances of these five people, but these five people are trying to evade each other.

Without exception, these five people are all figures from the four major sects in the capital.