Chivalrous Song Dynasty

He smiled and asked: "It turns out that Uncle Wei Guo doesn't like strange stones, so let's not talk about strange stones, but do you still want me to go down and rest?"

Wei Xianda wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "Forget it, you can do whatever you like, as long as you don't tell me about the strange stone."

The four of them are arguing here, but the examiner doesn't want to. It's already midnight, so why don't they let people go back to sleep?According to the schedule, after finishing subject two today, take a rest overnight, and then test subject three tomorrow.It can't be directly linked together, can it?

Even Emperor Zhao Ji was a little impatient, yawning and urging: "Private Tong, what's going on next? Are you still taking the exam?"

Tong Guan hurriedly urged with a loud voice, and his voice, which had gained internal strength, was sharp and high-pitched, and everyone could hear it.

Here Wei Xianda and Zhan Renlong dare not provoke Bai Sheng, they can only run against Yi Xiao, one of them is the owner of Nanxia Boxing Gym, and the other is the uncle of the dynasty, of course Yi Xiao can't run against him, so he has to admit defeat .

But what is surprising is that the target of Yi Xiao's confession is actually Bai Sheng: "Mr. Bai, later Yi will ask the examiner to move the lantern to a distance of [-] steps to shoot. If it affects Mr. Bai's grades Or reputation, please also invite Mr. Bai Haihan."

Of course he said this to save face for Bai Sheng, otherwise why didn't he tell Zhan Renlong and Wei Xianda?After all, once the target is pushed away by three hundred steps, Bai Sheng is not the only one who will be affected.This is tantamount to telling Zhan Renlong and Wei Xianda that I don't care if you two are affected or not.

When Zhan Renlong heard this, he immediately panicked. Before Yi Xiao could finish his sentence, his men had already strode towards the leading horse, "Let Zhan go out first!"

Who would have thought that Yi Xiao would play such a trick?Three hundred steps?It's not very difficult to shoot a lantern at a distance of three hundred paces, but you can't do it with a crossbow, you need at least two crossbows.

Moreover, if you shoot a lantern with two crossbows, is it better than someone else shooting a candle with one crossbow?I'm afraid not necessarily.That being the case, if he wanted to overwhelm Murong Gan's performance in one fell swoop, he would have to shoot out the candles three hundred steps away, and Zhan Renlong thought he couldn't do it at all.

Zhan Renlong entered the arena in such a hurry, and got on his horse, Bai Sheng just had time to answer Yi Xiao: "Brother Yi, why should you be so polite? You can just use your strengths, let me open your eyes and learn by the way."

What this means is: It doesn't matter, if you shoot three hundred steps, I can shoot three hundred steps, you just shoot.

Seeing Bai Sheng so calm, Yi Xiao was relieved, he was only worried that he would lose face to Bai Sheng, and would not look good to Di Lie when he turned around.

As for Zhan Renlong who was frightened by his words and entered the arena in a hurry, it seemed a little funny. Yi Xiao and Bai Sheng took a look at Zhan Renlong who had already mounted his horse, and then they looked at each other and smiled, everything was silent. middle.

The two of them regarded Zhan Renlong as a joke, but the audience did not dare to underestimate Zhan Renlong, because they found that Zhan Renlong didn't receive the bow and arrow!Only rode a horse and galloped into the test field!

People in the capital who know the Zhan family can naturally imagine that Zhan Renlong is going to use the family-inherited stunt of the sleeve arrow. The sleeve arrow is also an arrow. As long as it can hit the target, it will not violate the rules of subject two. It is a perfect riding and shooting!

Especially those who know martial arts, they know how to look at this replacement from another angle - using the sleeve arrow to complete the strike effect of the bow and arrow, the difficulty itself is extremely high, because the effective range of the sleeve arrow is far less than that of a stone bow.

There is no problem with shooting a hundred paces with a stone bow, but the best sleeve arrows can only shoot about seventy paces. I have never heard of a sleeve arrow that can injure an enemy beyond a hundred paces.

Experts like Li Biyun and Tong Guan know that there is no such powerful mechanism in the world today!Even the sleeve arrow device made by Zhuge Wuzhi, the master of crossbow arrows, can't reach it!

How Zhan Renlong can use the sleeve arrow to shoot out the candle a hundred steps away, this is the biggest suspense at the moment!

People who knew the details of Zhan Renlong guessed so, and those who didn't know the details of Zhan Renlong were even more puzzled. Why did he start running around empty-handed?What kind of trick is this playing?

Amid people's guesses and doubts, the war horse under Zhan Renlong ran faster and faster, surpassing the speed of all previous horses!Seeing this, people were even more surprised, how to shoot at such a fast speed?

The simple truth is that the slower the horse's speed, the easier it is to shoot, and the best speed is still.

But Zhan Renlong's behavior subverted people's cognition!

The war horse galloped straight to the east stand, because the speed was too fast, the horse circled quite a lot under the east stand, and then rushed westward at an even faster speed.

This scene made all the audience dizzy. Is this still an archery test?No matter how you look at it, it looks like a horse race!

But just when people were thinking about it, the speed of the horse reached the extreme at the midpoint of the east and west stands. Suddenly, people saw Zhan Renlong's figure soaring into the sky, and it looked like it was soaring upwards, straight to the sky!

Seeing his body ascending to a height of six feet like a wind, he suddenly waved his right arm, and a piercing howl resounded through the audience!

Even though hundreds of Imperial Guards held torches and illuminated the northern part of the Dajiao Field, people couldn't see what caused the sharp roar in the sky. What people could see was that the lantern hanging in the darkness in the south went out with a sound.

Zhan Renlong's body did not stagnate in the air, but drew a perfect arc, and slowly landed on the horse. The horse then gradually slowed down, and finally galloped slowly back to the west stand.

I see!At this moment, Bai Sheng already understood the mystery of Zhan Renlong.Galloping is another form of run-up. The purpose of run-up is of course to be able to jump higher. Throwing objects in the sky will of course land much farther away.

This is like an ordinary person throwing a stone while standing on flat ground, and throwing it down from the roof of a high-rise building, the landing point is too different.This is the same reason.

Zhan Renlong's skill is to use this method to make up for the lack of effective range of the sleeve arrow, which is really impossible.

But the vast majority of the audience didn't understand the mystery, they were all overwhelmed by Zhan Renlong's magical sleeve arrows, and the colorful sound suddenly rang out, almost as enthusiastic as when Wei Xianda lifted the "four thousand catties" stone lock back then.

Flying up into the air on a galloping horse, this lightness of hand is enough to shock the world, and he can accurately shoot out the candles in the lantern under such circumstances. Who can compare with this arrow technique?

Even Tong Guan had to applaud sincerely, and said with emotion: "It's really Zhan Zhao's rebirth, recreating the shocking mastery!"

Chapter 288 Houyi is worse than cheating

Zhan Renlong turned out to be an arrow to extinguish the candle!

So, how should his performance compare with Murong Gan's?According to the rules formulated by Tong Guan, the two candidates who are both in the same position need to pass the double-entry assessment, but Tong Guan made the decision directly on the stage, "Zhan Renlong's skills are superior!"

The authoritative person has spoken, and the examiners below can only announce that Zhan Renlong temporarily ranks first. In fact, even these examiners think that this should be the case. After all, Zhan Renlong's shooting posture is much more difficult than Murong Qian's, and with Hidden arrows instead of bows and arrows are also a bonus item.

As a result, the remaining three people attracted even more attention. Amid all the attention, Yi Xiao was sure that he could no longer argue with Wei Bai, so he boldly appeared on the stage.

As he had said to Bai Sheng before, before selecting the horses, he raised aloud to the chief examiner that the shooting distance of [-] paces was too short, and requested that the lantern be set at [-] paces away.

When he spoke, he used his internal strength, and the audience in the arena could hear him clearly, and there was an uproar immediately.

The spectators are all from the capital city. As local households, they have certainly heard of the four generals of Wansheng Boxing Gym, and there are not a few who know Yi Xiao's name.But no one expected that Yi Xiao's shooting skills would be so superb.

It's just that people are also thinking at the same time, does he want to shoot the lantern or the wick?

The difference between the two is quite large.If he is going to hit the lantern with all ten arrows, then it seems that he cannot be said to be higher than Zhan Renlong and Murong Gan, because at most it can only be said that he is more powerful in drawing the bow, but it cannot be said how good his aim is. .

At a distance of three hundred steps, although the lantern has become the size of an orange, it seems to be much easier than the wick at a distance of one hundred steps.

Just when people were suspicious, the examiner asked Yi Xiao a word. The audience couldn't hear what the examiner said, but Bai Sheng could hear it clearly. The examiner meant that if you just shoot the lanterns, then Don't worry about it, I won't serve you.

But Yi Xiao spit out three words loudly: "Shoot the wick!"

The neutrality of this situation boiled over, how good is Yi Xiao's archery skills when he extinguished the candle with one arrow at a distance of [-] steps?

Cai Jing directly asserted in the stands: "This Yixiao should be the descendant of Dayi and Houyi!"

Who is Dayi?Dayi was the god of arrows in the age of Emperor Yao. It is said that nine of the ten suns in ancient times were shot down by Dayi.

Although there is also a legend that Houyi shot down the sun, how knowledgeable is Cai Jing?He is a great Confucian who can memorize the "Shan Hai Jing" upside down, how can he confuse the great Yi Houyi?Hou Yi is a descendant of Dayi, a sharpshooter during the Taikang period of the Xia Dynasty.

But if we say who is number one in archery in ancient and modern China and abroad, it must be Dayi!He is an existence that can shoot down the sun, who dares to compete with Dayi in archery?You shoot the moon first, okay?

Not to mention whether it was Dayi or Houyi who shot the sun, it is just that everyone with the surname Yi in the world is the descendant of Dayi and Houyi. What Cai Jing said is absolutely correct.

It's just that I don't know whether Yi Xiao in this field has inherited the archery skills of his ancestor Hou Yi. As for Dayi's archery skills, there is no need to think about it.If Yi Xiao has Dayi's archery skills, it will be Zhao Ji's turn to be the emperor?

Amidst the commotion in the audience, the examiner had already ordered his subordinates to move the lantern stand [-] steps to the south, the lantern was hung up, and the workers ran far away, shouting from a distance: "The preparations are complete."

Yi Xiao didn't say much, chose a nearby war horse to ride on, and galloped into the testing ground.

Bai Sheng noticed that the bow in Yi Xiao's hand was not provided by the examination room, but brought by Yi Xiao himself, like an ordinary two-stone bow.