Song Mingyue

Chapter 44 One Arrow Sets the Universe
At the gate of the Zhao Mansion.

A gorgeous two-horse carriage was already waiting at the gate of the mansion, and Zhao Dian and a dozen house slaves were also waiting beside the carriage.

Above the jade steps, Xie Yun personally sent Zhao Hao to the door, looked at Zhao Hao with eyes full of love, adjusted his collar for him, and then said softly: "Little enemy, you have passed the test of the three arts. Moreover, being ranked among the top three will not detract from the reputation of the Zhao family, if we go today, it will be successful or not, so don't worry about it too much."

Xie Yun's worries are reasonable in theory. God knows that in order to participate in recruiting relatives, this friend insisted on practicing bows and arrows in the morning, practicing piano music in the afternoon, and studying arithmetic in the evening. There is only one marksmanship test left, if he fails to pass, I am afraid that Zhao Hao will not be able to bear it mentally.

In the archery test, in addition to skill, physical strength is also required. With Zhao Hao's appearance, he can't even open a three-double bow. How can he pass the test?What's more, there have long been rumors in the palace that the son-in-law of Chenglong Kuai will only be chosen between Zheng Yu and Xie Yu, and it is unlikely that the third person will be chosen.

"The greater the hope, the greater the disappointment." Naturally, Xie Yun couldn't say such words, but she understood this truth in her heart, so she wanted to vaccinate Zhao Hao in advance.

Zhao Hao smiled and said: "Mother, please rest assured, I will marry the daughter of the Wang family today and return home. I am afraid that it will be difficult to explain what happened to the grandfather and uncle."

Seeing his confident appearance, Xie Yun felt a little more uncomfortable for some reason, and comforted him again: "For the shooting test, skills alone are not enough, and you have to draw the bow. My son has just recovered from a serious illness, and his physical strength is hard to continue. , It’s okay if you lose. My son is Tianhuang, he is full of talents and virtues, and he is also handsome. He can’t marry a daughter of the Wang family. In the future, he can marry a woman from the mansion of the prime minister in the capital.”

Zhao Hao was speechless for a while: "Okay, mother, let's go back to the mansion, but just sit in the living room and wait for the good news."

After finishing speaking, he didn't want to get too entangled with Xie Yun in his heart, so he said goodbye to Xie Yun immediately, "Go, baby", and then boarded the carriage, lowered the curtain, and the carriage started slowly.

After walking for more than a hundred steps, Zhao Hao opened the curtains, but saw Xie Yun and a group of servants still standing at the door, looking at this side, and couldn't help being in a mess.

Old lady, I'm going to snatch my wife, not to assassinate Qin, why did I come up with a tragic painting style of "the wind is rustling and the water is cold"...

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Ruihe Garden.

The archery field is behind the racetrack, covering an area of ​​about three acres, and the ground inside the archery field is extremely flat.

To the west of the archery field, a row of archery targets is neatly arranged, sixty paces away.

On the east side, there is a row of bow and arrow racks, and each bow and arrow rack is filled with various sizes of horn composite bows, ranging from three buckets to one stone, and equipped with feather arrows of various sizes.

In the middle of the archery field, there are obvious lime lines, from fifty paces to one hundred paces, every ten paces is a square, and the lines are drawn with thin ropes, and the lines are drawn straight.

Before the time came, quite a few people had already gathered in the archery field, some of the examinees who arrived earlier had already taken their bows and were trying to shoot.

However, in this era when culture was valued over martial arts, for those rich second-generation and second-generation officials who lacked training, archery was the same as horseback riding, and not many were good at it.

What's more, this is the last round, and a small number of people have already passed the four arts, and they don't want to touch the troubled waters of the archery test. Most of them have not even passed the two arts before, and it is meaningless to take the archery test again .

Those who have passed the three arts like Zhao Hao and need to pass the archery test to enter the next round are only a handful of people. There are no more than twelve or thirteen people who are plotting a grand slam.

According to the rules, Zhao Hao only needs to eliminate three people to enter the top ten.

However, things were far beyond Wang Jue and Zhao Hao's expectations.

"Someone said to my father that the friendship between you and me is extraordinary and should be avoided. Therefore, the examiner of this shooting test is no longer a foolish brother."

"It's also humane. The shooting test is the last test. Many people feel hopeless and have withdrawn from the competition. If it is still a little inappropriate to pass the test, those who pass the test must be at least [-] steps away, and three out of ten can be three or four. , my father has allowed it."

"Forgive Brother Yu, I can't help you..."

This was news that Wang Jue felt he had brought to Zhao Hao as bad news, so when he said this, his voice was extremely strenuous and difficult.

Because he knew that Zhao Hao had put in more effort than anyone else.

He knew better, who was waiting for the arrival of the younger sister behind the curtain in the back hall of Yaxuanju.

It's just that he can't do anything about all of this...

Compared to Wang Jue's bitterness, Zhao Hao's expression was calm, even with a bright smile, which made Wang Jue feel more and more uncomfortable.

Fifty steps, at least four bows must be drawn and drawn for a full moon before it is possible to shoot into the target. Zhao Hao's arm strength is absolutely impossible to pull.

"I want a finely crafted six-double bow, brother Xian, please help me with one. At the same time, brother Xian, can you please accommodate the examiner so that brother Yu can be the last one in the queue."

Zhao Hao smiled and only made two requests.

These two requests were naturally not difficult for Wang Jue. Due to the guilt in his heart, he agreed without asking the reason.

With the sound of a bell, the final round of the Six Arts Examination finally began.

However, the process of the exam was not exciting.Out of the dozen or so contestants, less than half of them could hit the [-]-step target.

The one who ranked first, shot a sixty-step target, opened five bows, hit seven out of ten, and aroused the applause of the audience, but this person had not passed any of the previous five assessments.

Xie Yu ranked second, shooting [-]-step target, [-] out of [-], and then changed to [-]-step target, [-] out of [-].

Zheng Yu ranked fifth, shooting [-]-step targets, [-] out of [-], barely passed the test.

In the end, it was finally Zhao Hao's turn to appear, and it was also the last round of the three-day Six Arts Examination, the last one.

"The last one, Mr. Zhao Hao!"

There was an uproar in the audience, and dozens of pairs of eyes looked at the young man dressed in white and carrying a longbow, who came lightly.

Zhao Hao smiled lightly, quickly took off the white shirt on the outside, and threw it to Liang Lie who was at the side, revealing the black jacket inside, coupled with his slender figure and 1.7 meters tall, he looked majestic and heroic.

He Shi Shiran punched the surroundings, which immediately caused applause from all around, especially many people already knew the significance of this shooting test to Zhao Hao, and it was no big deal to watch the excitement, so they all applauded.

Zhao Hao raised the refined six-double longbow, and signaled the servants of the palace beside him to go get the arrows, and at the same time, he glanced around.

He saw Wang Jue and Xie Yu standing side by side, looking at this side full of concern, and immediately smiled brightly, waved his longbow to signal to the two, and then his eyes fell on the northwest corner of the arrow field. on the two of them.

The purple clothes are still like crimson, and the woman is disguised as a man, just like the first time I saw him.

Zhao Hao suddenly felt an inexplicable feeling in his heart, warm and a little bit astringent.

He raised his longbow again, and waved it three times to signal that side.

At this moment, a man rushed over with a longbow in his hand: "Young Master Zhao."

Zhao Hao turned his head suddenly, but saw a man with the appearance of a domestic slave, holding a longbow in his hand, and handed it to him: "Our third son of the Zheng family, I heard that Mr. Zhao has always been good at using two bows. I am afraid that Mr. Zhao will not be able to use the bow of the palace. , I specially asked someone to make two bows, and please accept it with a smile."

Zhao Hao's expression remained unchanged, he just signaled to Zhao Dian, and the man was picked up and thrown three or four meters away like throwing garbage.

At this moment, Zhao Hao had already received a feathered arrow, quickly put the arrow on the bow, and aimed at the target fifty paces away.

"Using the Dali Pill (small), the host's arm strength will increase by 9 jin, and the remaining effective time: 59 minutes and [-] seconds."

When the bow was drawn to the full moon, there was a bang, and the arrows went straight to the target like shooting stars.

Benedict~
Hit the bullseye!

In an instant, the audience was silent.

ho ho ho ~
I don't know who led it, and then there was another burst of applause.

At this time, Wang Jue was still staring at Zhao Hao dumbfounded, his mouth became an O shape, and Xie Yu beside him also had an incredible expression on his face.

"Damn it!" Among the crowd, Zheng Yu was already in a state of trance.

"Please move to sixty steps!"

A sound came, although it was not loud, it was enough to shake the audience again, those attendants did not dare to neglect, and hastily moved the target sixty steps away.

Zhao Hao didn't dare to procrastinate, and quickly took the feather arrow from the attendant beside him, nocked the arrow, and shot it one after another.

One arrow, two arrows, three arrows... eight arrows.

Arrows hit the bullseye!

The crowd watching around, from the initial cheers and applause, gradually became silent.

A total of nine arrows, the arrows hit the bull's-eye, the first place is a certainty.

Daliwan (small), remaining time: 1 minute and 15 seconds.

"Move to seventy steps!"

The target took another ten steps back.

However, Zhao Hao made an astonishing move, suddenly ran back more than a dozen steps, and then rushed forward suddenly, while running, he bent his bow and set an arrow, and the bow stretched to the full moon!

The moment he rushed to the waiter, he suddenly turned around and aimed at the target, let go of the bowstring, and the feathered arrow shot out suddenly.

Benedict~
Feather Arrow hit the bull's-eye again!

The whole place was dead silent.

Dali pill (small), remaining time: 0 minutes 0 seconds, the effect of the medicine disappears.

Like a deflated ball, Zhao Hao threw the Six-Double Bow in his hand high and sat down on the ground.

"Brother Zhao!"

Wang Jue let out a cry of joy like a howling wolf, and rushed over as if flying, picked up Zhao Hao who was on the ground, and then lifted it high.

"Cousin!" Xie Yu also reacted, followed Wang Jue's footsteps, and followed up to support Zhao Hao's legs who were in the air.

ho ho ho ~
There were as many as 30 to [-] servants from Zhao's House and Xie's House, and they rushed together one after another, holding Zhao Hao high in the air.

Among the crowd, only Zhao Dian looked stern, with a pair of eagle eyes like lightning, ready to strike at any time, and punish those who did harm to Zhao Hao.

In the distance, Zheng Yu stared at Zhao Hao who was being lifted up in the air in a daze, as if he was stupid.

In the northwest corner, the man has gone away and returned to Yaxuan Residence.

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