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Feng Ziying sighed and said, "That Liu Xianglian, if I were with him, I would never let him become a monk. It's a pity that Xianglian has all the skills."

Shui Rong said: "Ziying, tell me, although I have only eaten with him twice with you, I think he is a good man, why is Liu Xianglian about the same age as us, and has not married yet, so he went to Ordained?"

Feng Ziying said: "Jiang Yuhan said that because the second master Lian of the Rongguo Mansion arranged a marriage for Xianglian, the girl who was appointed was the third sister You, the sister of the second master Lian's concubine, who was also the sister-in-law of Jia Zhen in the Ningguo Mansion. .Because Liu Xianglian likes to roam the rivers and lakes, and she is often a hero, so she is rarely in the capital in the past two years. Xianglian told me before that she must find a good-looking woman. I heard that the girl is 16 years old and has a good appearance. So He gave the ancestral mandarin duck sword as an engagement ceremony for Lian Erye. Who knew that when she returned to the capital, Xianglian went to ask Baoyu from Rongguo Mansion, and learned that the girl she was betrothed to was very good-looking, but she was very romantic. The master had a handover, and he was ambiguous with his brother-in-law Jia Zhen and his son. Xianglian regretted it and wanted to withdraw from the marriage. Who knew that Miss You, the third sister, committed suicide with the Yuanyang sword that Xianglian made. Liu Xianglian felt that she He killed someone and blamed himself so much that he became a monk.”

Shui Rong said: "I can't see that Liu Xianglian is also a person of temperament. It's just that since that woman has a heart for Xianglian, why should she be undisciplined first, I think Xianglian is not worth it!"

Feng Ziying said: "I also think the same way. A woman who dares to be ambiguous with her brother-in-law and has an ambiguous relationship with her sister's adopted son, no matter how I put it, I don't think she is worthy of Xianglian, and I don't know whether Xianglian should be a monk now. Taoist."

Feng Ziying and Liu Xianglian were talking, only hearing the cheers from the school field.

Shui Rong and Feng Ziying looked up, and saw a young and burly figure with a bow and arrow in his hand, galloping on horseback, firing several arrows in succession, all of them hit the bull's-eye.Shui Rong and Feng Ziying couldn't help applauding.The two hurriedly walked to the high platform of the school field together, and asked the young master's name.

Prince Mizusawa said with a smile: "This man is called Li Tai. He is 19 years old this year. He is from Gusu. His father is Li Wenzheng, the prefect of Gusu. He was also a Jinshi."

After hearing this, Shui Rong couldn't help but look at that heroic figure galloping on horseback in the school yard.

Shui Ze said again: "Brother Rong, Ziying, this Li Tai must be the No. After a while, the father said that he would call him to come to question him personally, you and Ziying might as well get to know each other first, you will go to the northwest together then."

Shui Rong said: "To tell you the truth, Brother Prince, this Li Tai, I have been friends with him for a long time."

The prince smiled and said, "Could it be that Brother Rong has also heard of Li Tai?"

Shui Rong looked at Feng Ziying, smiled and said, "Brother Prince, I have indeed heard about this Li Tai before, he is an extremely outstanding talent!"

Shui Ze smiled and said: "This is even better. Li Tai is so outstanding in civil and military affairs, and his hobbies must be similar to Brother Rong. Maybe you can be good friends."

Shui Rong nodded and smiled, "I think so!"

For a moment, Emperor Shui Ruoyang saw the two Shui Rong brothers talking together, and hurriedly said to Shui Rong: "Rong'er, come here, I have something to tell you!"

After hearing this, Shui Rong walked over quickly, greeted Shui Ruoyang, and asked, "I don't know why the emperor called my son-in-law?"

Shui Ruoyang said: "The luggage is ready?"

Shui Rong said: "Ready, my son just brought a few changes of clothes and nothing else, Shui An has already brought them to the barracks for me."

Shui Ruoyang said: "There will be a long spear event soon, you and Ziying will go up together, and compete with those new martial arts, how about it?"

After hearing this, Shui Rong thought of Li Tai and hurriedly said, "Go back to Emperor Father, I am willing to give it a try!"

Feng Ziying also reported: "I am willing to return to the emperor!"

Shui Ruoyang was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly said: "Go and prepare quickly, and choose the equipment from King Dongping on the west side of the school grounds."

When Shui Rong and Feng Ziying came to the high platform of the school field with spears in hand, they saw Shui Ruoyang calling Li Tai and other five tall and brave fighters to speak on the high platform.Seeing that Shui Rong and Feng Ziying were ready, Shui Ruoyang also ordered them to take the stage.

Shui Ruoyang pointed at Shui Rong and Feng Ziying and said to Li Tai and the other five: "This is the young prince of Beijing, Shui Rong, and this is Feng Ziying, the eldest son of the general who conquered the west this time. The two of them will accompany you to compete with each other in a while, and you will fight with spears immediately. Your martial arts fame will still be determined according to the results of all your projects, so hurry up and prepare, and King Nan'an and King Xiping will inform you of the specifics in a while!"

After hearing this, Li Tai and the other five hurried forward to salute Shui Rong and Feng Ziying.

Shui Rong smiled and said: "We are the ones who should be greeted. You guys are the best of today's martial arts. Ziying and I really admire you!"

After Shui Rong finished speaking, he walked up to Li Tai, and said with a smile, "To tell you the truth, Mr. Li, I have heard of your name before, and I am honored to meet you today, and your reputation is indeed well-deserved!"

After hearing this, Li Tai clasped his fists together and said heartily: "The young prince is absurdly praised. Li Tai only knows how to do some tricks, and I'm afraid it will make the young prince and Mr. Feng laugh and be generous!"

Feng Ziying said: "My lord, Mr. Li, you gentlemen, let's prepare together. I hope that the West Expedition will allow us to show our ambitions!"

On the school field, on both sides of the nearly half-mile-long runway, forty or fifty wooden stakes the size of a bowl and the height of a person have been erected.

Shui Rong, Feng Ziying, Li Tai and other seven people held long spears and led their horses, lined up, Xining King said: "In a while, you will each ride your horses through this track. Those wooden stakes are the enemies you will meet on the battlefield. During the period of time when you are riding horses, you have to test how many enemies you can kill. This project is an all-round test for generals. Equestrian marksmanship and arm strength must be available, and the time will be counted. Now you go to the other side of the runway first. Go, Prince Nan'an is waiting for you over there!"

On the high platform, Emperor Shui Ruoyang was discussing the situation of the Western Expedition and the military election selection together with Qiu Taiwei of the Ministry of War, the President of the Imperial Guards in the capital and Qiu Liang, the soldier of the five cities and the horse of the five cities.

Qiu Taiwei said: "This Li Tai will definitely be a general in the future!"

Shui Ruoyang said: "I see that he is truly extraordinary, I'm afraid my Rong'er is far inferior to him."

Qiu Liang smiled and said: "That's not necessarily true. Your Majesty, it's not that you are flattering your Majesty. The Fourth Prince has been in the Western Beijing military camp for more than three years. This is something that ordinary princes cannot do, but the Fourth Prince can do it. The Fourth Prince has been a martial artist since elementary school. Years in the military camp, under the personal training of Prince Beijing and Old General Feng, his martial arts skills will be unfathomable!"

Shui Ruoyang smiled and said: "Okay, I'll find out in a while, I asked Rong'er to compete with Feng Ziying, Li Tai and these selected martial arts, just to see if Rong'er has been in vain in the past few years!"

Just as he was speaking, drums were already beating on the school grounds, followed by cheers.

Both Shui Ruoyang and Qiu Taiwei Qiu Liang couldn't help standing up.I saw Feng Ziying was the first one to run on the runway. Seeing Feng Ziying swinging his spear and slashing at both sides, Shui Ruoyang couldn't help but nodded and said, "This Feng Ziying is indeed the eldest son of General Shenwu's family. Who is the successor of the old Feng family!"

Qiu Taiwei Qiu Liang nodded and said: "It's really good, looking at him like that, his martial arts are not inferior to General Feng!"

Shui Ruoyang said: "It is the country's blessing to have rising stars in the Celestial Dynasty. Taiwei Qiu, I remember that the eldest son of your family should be at the age of Rong'er and the others, right? How about martial arts?"

After listening to Taiwei Qiu, he said in embarrassment: "The emperor has a good memory, and the dog is several years older than the fourth prince. It was good when I was young, and it was good to learn martial arts, but as I grew older, I didn't like anything. Alas, it's all about me." That lady abandoned him, I am really ashamed!"

At this time, the cheers on the school field were getting louder and louder, Shui Ruoyang looked over and saw that it was Shui Rong who was on the racetrack, Shui Rong was wearing silver-white clothes, and his mount was his usual white horse, very conspicuous.

Seeing Shui Rong galloping on his horse and wielding his spear vigorously, Shui Ruoyang nodded slightly and said, "I don't know if this Rong'er of mine can stand in the middle, or else he will make me laugh."

Qiu Taiwei Qiu Liang said: "Your Majesty, listen to the applause and look at the heroic spirit of the fourth prince. It will definitely be good. You should know the result soon."

Shui Ruoyang turned around and sat down with a smile.

After a while, King Nan'an and King Xining came to report: "Your Majesty, the results of the competition have come out. Just now, in the item of Immediate Spear, No. 1 is Young Prince Shui Rong and Gusu Li Tai, and No. 2 is Feng Yu." Ziying and Guan Ling from Xiangyang, No. 3 is Qi Jianhui, the second-class hereditary son of the Marquis of Xiangyang, No. 4 is Wei Ruolan, who is originally from Yueyang, and Jiang Zining, the second-class hereditary son of the Marquis of Yuan."

After hearing this, Shui Ruoyang said with great joy: "I think these young people are all good, so who should be the number one scholar in this martial arts exam?"

Xining Wangdao: "Back to the emperor, it is Li Tai from Gusu! All his projects are No.1!"

Shui Ruoyang said: "I didn't expect Li Wenzheng, a civil servant, to have such a son with outstanding martial arts, it's not easy!"