After dressing as a widow

Gu Lin walked to another maroon horse, grabbed the saddle, stepped on the pedals, and his thin body landed on the horse's back like a flying swallow.

He is tall and long-legged, and looks particularly light and agile.

But Chenxia Academy is full of children from aristocratic families who have been dealing with bow horses since childhood. One can tell from his movements that he is not used to riding horses. He just learned the movements without any enthusiasm.

The people in the academy didn't know where they found two pieces of cloth, and handed them to Gu Lin and Ji Lizhi. Gu Lin took the cloth strips, covered his eyes and tied a knot in the back of his head. I heard the rustling of people around me, the chirping of birds in the forest, and the sound of the wind.

According to the rules of the competition between Ji Lizhi and him, when the two of them shoot arrows, the horses under their legs cannot stop, otherwise they will lose regardless of whether the three arrows hit or miss.

Gu Lin held the rein in one hand and the longbow in the other.

The people watching from the sidelines couldn't help holding their breath, for fear that they would affect Gu Lin's performance because of themselves.

Suddenly, the academies on both sides stood with beautifully embroidered purses, fans, books and other things: "The fifth competition of Huaishan Academy, Chenxia Academy, Ji Lizhi, Gu Lin, starts now."

"Drive." With the same voice, Gu Lin and Ji Lizhi urged the horse under their crotch at the same time. The horse immediately spread its hooves and ran away in the not spacious field. Use the direction of the sound to identify the position of the other party, and control the horses under you to avoid collisions.

Suddenly, the things in the hands of the academy students were thrown into the air, a purse with jade beads in it, and a folding fan.

"laugh--"

"laugh--"

Two arrows shot out like meteors catching up with the moon, hitting the folding fan and the purse in mid-air, and shot into the pear blossom forest with remaining momentum.

"Aaaaaaaaaa!!!"

"Hit it, Gu Lin hit it!"

"Ji Lizhi also won!!!"

"..."

After shooting the arrow, Gu Lin controlled the reins and turned the horse's head. His tall nose bridge was half covered by a cloth strip, but the horse's speed was not slow at all. It made people wonder if he had a third eye, otherwise how could he be so slow? Not afraid of bumping into a tree and being thrown off by a horse.

Lin Zhen looked at the young man on the horse, and remembered the young man's appearance just now, no matter galloping on the horse or bending the bow to shoot the arrow, it was like flowing clouds and flowing water.

Maybe others don't know, but in the past two years, it was not me, Lin Xiaoyao, or even the waiter who came to work in the store, but Gu Lin who woke up the earliest every day.

He silently drew his bow in the backyard a thousand times in the morning and evening, rain or shine.

There are a lot of bows that he has broken, just like those brushes that are bald when writing, they are piled up in a big pile.

Lin Zhen knows that Gu Lin is very talented and a smart kid, but Gu Lin is also a hardworking kid, he has his own success and a place he wants to reach.

Second arrow.

The third arrow.

The surrounding sounds made the birds in the forest flap their wings and fly away. Judging from the sound, Ji Lizhi, who had hit all three arrows, frowned slightly, and took off the cloth strips covering his eyes.

The people from Chenxia Academy had weird expressions on their faces. They saw him take off the strips of cloth and came over to receive the bow and arrow.

"Where are my arrows?" He asked Shen Wenxuan who came to receive the bow and arrow.

Anyone who has been in contact with him knows his temperament, Shen Wenxuan is a little afraid to look at him: "Shen Lezhi went to pick it up."

Soon, the people who went to retrieve the three arrows came back. In order to ensure that no one cheated on the way, the people who retrieved the arrows crossed each other, and the arrows they retrieved also maintained the same appearance as when they hit the object and were not pulled out.

Shen Lezhi and another student put six arrows in front of Master Ren and the old man. Everyone stretched their necks and looked over. They saw that among the six arrows, there were three with white tail feathers, three with black tail feathers, and three of them with white tail feathers. What the tail feather arrows hit were a folded fan, a purse, and a finger. I don't know who put the finger in. The hole in the middle is just big enough for the arrow's head to pass through. miss.

And the three arrows with black tail feathers also hit an exquisite purse, a jade ring, and a small object carved from walnut.

Both Master Ren and the old man had seen the arrows they used before the competition. Gu Lin used the one with white tail feathers, and Ji Lizhi used the one with black tail feathers. .

Master Ren nodded with joy, and said to the old man at Chenxia Academy, "It seems that your Chenxia Academy and our Huaishan Academy have drawn a tie in this round."

The old man was somewhat surprised by this result. Who is Ji Lizhi? He is the most outstanding young generation of the Ji clan in Bingzhou. A student was even in a tie, and whoever said it would believe it.

But after all, the old man is an old fox who has been working for so many years, and said: "Chenxia Academy and Huaishan Academy are like a family, and they are both places that students all over the world yearn for. There is no dispute, so there is no need to argue about their superiority. It is just for students to play together. , to learn from each other.”

Master Ren snorted in his heart, you didn't have this attitude just now.

He stood up, walked to Gu Lin's side, looked at Gu Lin: "Very good, you are indeed a student of our Huaishan Academy A working."

As he spoke, facing the onlookers and the family members who came together, he announced the result of the tie between the two academies. The Huaishan Academy students and their family members who had been tied for two rounds before the fourth round were very satisfied with the result. After all, they all saw with their own eyes that Gu Lin won Shen Lezhi very beautifully in the fourth round, and in the fifth round, he tied with the student from Chenxia Academy who was so impressive at first glance.

As soon as Master Ren finished speaking, the students of Huaishan Academy rushed to Gu Lin's side, surrounded Gu Lin, and even threw him into the air.

"Hahahahaha." Help, that kid is too funny. When he was thrown up, he still had a cold face. Compared with the students below, he is very funny.

Maybe he laughed too happily, Gu Lin who was thrown up noticed him and looked at him.

Lin Zhen squinted his eyes with a smile, and gave him a thumbs up, you are great.

Gu Lin's cold face was like ice melted by the warm sun, his brows and eyes relaxed.

The people from Chenxia Academy left at some time, and seeing the sun was about to set, Huaishan Academy also counted the number of students, divided into two teams and walked down the mountain just like when they came.

Lin Zhen still walked with those husbands and wives, it was different from when he came, those people who had not greeted him because of his appearance and not rich clothes came up to talk to him one after another, and they never left Gu Lin.

Especially for a few of them, they didn't even hide it, and asked Lin Zhen if Gu Lin was married, and they had a good girl in their family.

Lin Zhen was afraid that the kid would be weird again, so he hurriedly said: "Although he is young, he has his own ideas, and I can't be his master."

"He told me that he has a favorite person, and he will marry him after he gets some merit in the exam."

"Gu Xiucai already has someone in mind?!"

"Which girl has such a good fortune?" Those who asked about the marriage were frustrated, but anyone who watched the archery competition today was not tempted. It is a pity that such a good young man is not worthy of his own daughter.

Lin Zhen smiled and didn't answer, he didn't know who this kid liked.

It stands to reason that he goes to school one morning, comes back after school, eats, washes, practices calligraphy and reads when he comes back. Apart from going to the bookstore to search for books and copy books, I really don’t see him having any private time, almost every day, every moment. Under my eyes, if something happens, I will definitely be able to detect it.

Don't be the daughter of a teacher in the academy, right?

Lin Zhen shook his head, the child is old and has his own ideas, maybe he will be able to be an Ah in a few years.

The long team arrived outside the city gate, and after they broke up, they took their families home.

Gu Lin, who was already the focus of everyone, walked up to Lin Zhen in the voice of "Gu Xiucai" all the way: "Uncle Lin, let's go home."

At this moment, the sky is a bit dark, everything looks like a layer of gray fog, Lin Zhen felt that Gu Lin's gaze on him was very heavy, so heavy that it almost fell on him.

And he was already a little taller than himself, and he would be taller and taller in the future, this damn oppressive feeling.

Lin Zhen hummed, and walked back shoulder to shoulder with Gu Lin. Suddenly, Wang Qin and Huang Yuwen ran up, "Uncle Lin, Gu Lin, we are with you."

They also saw Gu Rin's two archery competitions today, and they were extremely admirable, especially Wang Qin, whose voices were all screaming.

He looked at Gu Lin and said, "Gu Lin, how did you practice, why are you so good at archery?"

Lin Zhen was afraid that his little boy would talk about the day to death as soon as he spoke, and said: "He draws his bow a thousand times every morning when he gets up, and it's the same when he comes back at night. He has never stopped since the day he entered Huaishan Academy."

"!!!" Wang Qin and Huang Yuwen's eyes widened, unable to believe it.

The six arts of a gentleman, rites, music, archery, censorship, calligraphy, and mathematics, are the courses offered by Huaishan Academy, but they still focus on the classics of the imperial examination, poetry and theory, and not many people spend time on it, as long as they can fool the past. .

Wang Qin and Huang Yuwen didn't expect that Gu Lin would draw the bow so many times sooner or later, and it would take years to draw it again.

Wang Qin and Huang Yuwen, who were still a little sour, bowed their hands to Gu Lin, unable to say anything else.

They parted ways with Wang Qin and Huang Yuwen at the entrance of the alley. The two had spare money at home, and the shop they bought was also in a good section of the road. Lin Zhen's shop was on a street dedicated to business.

I didn’t feel it when I was on the road, but when I got home, Lin Zhen only felt his feet hurt so badly, so he quickly poured water to soak his feet, and just as he took off his socks and put one foot in, Lin Zhen suddenly let out an “Aww”!

Gu Lin, who was taking clothes in the room and was about to go to the bathroom to take a shower, rushed out when he heard the voice, "Uncle Lin!"

Lin Zhen was sitting on the stool, with one foot on the ground, and the other still wearing shoes and socks, his eyes became slightly wet physiologically due to the pain.

Seeing Gu Lin rushing out, Lin Zhen felt a little embarrassed that his elder Fan Er was lost, and waved his hands: "It's all right, I didn't notice that there were blisters on my feet, and it hurts a bit when I was scalded by hot water."