Poor Family

  Chapter 30 The first round of the ring (4)

  In the Song Dynasty, one zhang was 3.17 meters, and two zhangs was about 6.3 meters. It is impossible to throw an arrow into the mouth of a small bowl six meters away without practicing hard for two or three years.

  But for Wang Gui and Tang Huai, this is the only chance for them to perform, and both of them are vying to answer this question.

  Poverty in culture and rich in martial arts, as the grandsons of two big families in Xiaohe Township, the two are studying at home while practicing martial arts with the house guards. Archery is a compulsory course for them.

  Wang Gui rolled up his sleeves and said: "I shoot arrows at home. I can hit the target five feet away, and I can hit seven arrows with ten arrows. This problem is mine."

   "Nonsense! Last time you archery at my house, you lost to me, of course I will go up." Tang Huai refused to accept Wang Gui.

  At this time, Li Yanqing smiled and asked Yue Fei, "Didn't Fifth Brother also practice martial arts?"

Yue Fei is the neighbor of Wang Gui and Tang Huai, the three grew up together, and he also practiced martial arts with them, but he is talented and smart, and his martial arts are far better than Wang Gui, but after entering the school, Yue Fei has no time to go to Wang Gui's backyard to shoot arrows Instead, he squatted in his small courtyard and ran at night with iron sandbags. His basic skills were very solid.

  Yue Fei smiled bitterly and said: "You can try other things, but I can't compare with these two in archery."

   "Then stop arguing!"

  Li Yanqing stopped the dispute between Wang Gui and Tang Huai, and said to them: "I am the master, of course I will!"

   "You can't!" Wang Gui and Tang Huai objected in unison.

Li Yanqing didn't argue with them either, he kneaded two pieces of paper into small balls, one of which was placed on Yue Fei's table, separated Wang Gui and Tang Huai, threw the paper **** in his hand, and hit seven of them with precision. A ball of paper outside the foot.

   "Why don't you guys try it too."

  Wang Gui and Tang Huai closed their mouths at the same time.

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A four-foot-high copper pot with a thin neck and round belly was placed by the wall. After two yamen servants measured out two feet, they drew a line. The arrows were standard copper pot arrows, about seven inches long, and weighed eight taels. good.

  Li Yanqing discovered that he had this special ability when he was chopping firewood.

  According to the father's description, the former fool should be autistic, and most children with autism have one or two special talents.

  He has pondered over and over again, and has gradually integrated this talent into himself. Today is the first time he has shown it in public.

At this time, the debates in the two arenas of A and B were over, and the Yuli Town School and Tangbei Township School both defeated their opponents without any suspense. 's first shot.

What is even more incredible to everyone is that Lushan Town Academy, which is recognized as the weakest, even scored two points in a row, and still had the upper hand in the final decisive question. I don't know if this student's last blow can rewrite the glory of Lushan Town Academy. history'.

  At the same time, he will also become the third person of Wenshe in Tangyin County.

Liu Zhen, the magistrate, and Ma Fu, the magistrate, also sat on the main stage. They sat on each side. Liu Zhen sat next to the presiding judge. The presiding judge pointed at Li Yanqing with a pen and wrote three words on the paper. , "Prodigy also", presented to the county magistrate together with the couplet.

   After reading the couplet, Liu Zhen was surprised, and he became very interested in Li Yanqing immediately.

Sitting on the other side, Ma Xiancheng and He Zhen quickly exchanged glances. He Zhen told Ma Xiancheng with a wink that if the arrow is thrown, Weinan Town School will be out. Ma Xiancheng promised himself , the group arena ensured that they entered the top three.

  Maxian Cheng’s promise was exchanged for three hundred taels of silver. If the promise was not fulfilled, what would happen to the silver?

   Ma Xiancheng avoided He Zhen's blaming gaze, drank tea slowly, raised his eyelids, and stared sharply at Li Yanqing's slightly immature back, shot two feet, can this schoolboy do it?

  After Li Yanqing stood on the line, he took a deep breath, slowly closed his eyes, let himself calm down, and looked for the feeling. He suddenly opened his eyes, waved his hand, and the copper arrow shot without hesitation.

  But just as soon as he made a shot, the 'Bang! ' There was a crisp sound, it was the sound of the cup breaking, Li Yanqing's hand trembled involuntarily, but the crisp sound came a bit late, the sound came after the copper arrow was shot, although a little Shaking, but it didn't affect the copper arrow.

  The copper arrow drew a beautiful arc in the air, ‘Boom! ’ With a sound, it was accurately thrown into the quiver two feet away.

  Two things happened almost at the same time. The county magistrate Ma Fu looked at the broken porcelain on the ground in embarrassment. The teacup in his hand accidentally fell to the ground.

  The presiding judge was even more surprised. He didn't understand why the county magistrate's teacup fell to the ground at this critical moment.

  He Zhen's face turned pale, and the four students in Weinan Town covered their faces sadly and began to cry. They were out.

At this moment, cheers broke out in the room, Wang Gui and Tang Huai jumped up, jumping and jumping excitedly, Yue Fei stood up and quickly stepped forward to hug Li Yanqing tightly, they won, even Yao Ding There was also a big smile on his face, and he tasted victory for the first time in five years.

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  Li Yanqing returned to the inn in a daze. He was dizzy from the chatter of Wang Gui and Tang Huai. As soon as he walked into the yard, he was picked up by the shopkeeper of wax gourd in the inn and ran into the lobby.

   "Brother Qing has given us a filial piety and the face of the township chief. Tonight, we must treat him well!"

   "Okay! Alright! Calm down, everyone, and listen to me."

  Yao Ding's voice was loud, and the lobby suddenly fell silent.

   "Today is only the preliminary round victory, we have only taken the first step of the boys' association, now let me calm down and think about how to fight tomorrow, I hope you will also go out in the second step."

   "Master, who are we going to play against tomorrow?" Li Yanqing raised his hand and asked.

  At this time, Tang Zhengzong walked in, and said to everyone in a deep voice, "He Tang Beixiang School."

"What?"

Everyone was stunned. Tang Beixiang Academy won the championship for three consecutive years. Last year, it was only because of a conspiracy that they withdrew early and fell to the last place. Their hearts were heavy when they faced off against the top team in the game.

Tang Zhengzong said to everyone again: "Just now, the magistrate drew a lottery for the halls, from Hall A to Hall C, and Hall B to Hall D. You are in Hall B, and Tang Beixiang is in Hall A, so the rematch between your two Encountered."

   "Stop being depressed."

Yao Ding raised his voice and said to everyone: "The other two are Yuli Township School and Tangyin County School, both of which are equally strong teams for you, and it will be sad to meet any one. In order to maintain physical strength, the shopkeeper specially gives After cooking, you go upstairs to write poems, and the topic has been prepared for you."

  At this time, the shopkeeper came out of the dining hall, clapped his hands and laughed, and said, "The food is ready, let's eat!"

   "Uncle shopkeeper, what's delicious?" Wang Gui asked, rubbing his stomach that was about to be flattened by hunger.

   "Just eat casually at noon, eat meat buns, drink Laba porridge, side dishes are honey-soaked tofu, chicken yuan fish soup and sauced mutton, and have a good meal at night."

Hearing that there were meat buns, Wang Gui and Tang Huai rushed into the dining hall, grabbed one each and stuffed it into their mouths, but Li Yanqing and Yue Fei sat down carelessly, listening to the conversation on the screen with their ears up. .

  Yao Ding and Tang Zhengzong sat in the private seat surrounded by screens. Yao Ding took a spoonful of his favorite thin white fish soup and tasted it, then said to Tang Zhengzong: "Be careful today."

   Tang Zhengzong was startled, "Did something happen?"

  Yao Ding said coldly: "Nothing happened, but Ma Xiancheng's teacup fell too timely today."

Tang Zhengzong also heard that Ma Xiancheng was suspected of intentionally interfering with the competition, so he nodded and said: "Sure enough, I was right. He Zhen's visit to Ma Xiancheng last night was meaningful, but Weinan Town has already been eliminated. I think there should be no more surprises, he is the county magistrate after all!"

  Yao Ding didn't say anything, he drank the wine in his glass slowly, glanced at Li Yanqing through the crack of the screen, and then said slowly: "Brother Qing's father is Li Daqi."

  Tang Zhengzong opened his mouth wide in shock, and looked back at Li Yanqing in panic, before recovering after a while, "No way! Ma Xiancheng still remembers what happened a few years ago?"

  Yao Ding snorted disdainfully, "It depends on what happened. I guess a county magistrate will remember this kind of thing for the rest of his life."

   "That's right!"

Tang Zhengzong said thoughtfully: "Originally, he was about to be promoted to the county magistrate, but because of that incident, there was a scandal of taking the exam for him. Although the dirty water was poured on Li Daqi, he was still affected, and he had no chance of promotion. Yes, if he knows that Brother Qing is Li Daqi's son..."

   After a pause, Tang Zhengzong said again: "However, there are rumors in the county that Liu Zhixian and Maxian Cheng are at odds. Has Master Yao heard of it?"

  Yao Ding smiled faintly, "I teach in a remote area, and I don't hear anything outside the window. How can I know these gossips."

"This matter is really not just speculation. Last year, when Wang Xianggong, our transfer envoy on the West Hebei Road, passed through Tangyin County, someone sent a letter of inspection, telling Liu Zhixian to use the opportunity of dredging the Yongji Canal to steal 3,000 guan. The relationship between Liu Zhixian and Bianjing is nothing but the matter."

Tang Zhengzong's voice was getting lower and lower, and his body was getting closer and closer to the table, as if he was talking about a major event that would be executed by the government if he heard it, but he didn't notice that his sleeve was caught in the fish soup on the table .

  Yao Ding frowned, and quickly pulled his wet sleeves out of the fish soup, and looked at the fish soup that he had just taken a sip of, this is the most famous thin white fish in Tangyin County! In winter, you have to sell it for a consistent price.

   "Ah! I'm so sorry, I asked the shopkeeper to make another copy, which will be charged to my account." Tang Zhengzong waved to the shopkeeper, ready to explain to the shopkeeper.

"No!"

  Yao Ding pulled him to sit down, and continued the topic just now, "I seem to understand what you mean, do you want to say that it was Ma County Prime Minister who voted for the magistrate's inspection letter?"

At this time, the shopkeeper came to clean up the fish soup bowls, Tang Zhengye quickly closed his mouth, and after the shopkeeper left, he lowered his voice and said: "If Liu Zhi County falls, then Ma County Chancellor will take over, and he will be the biggest beneficiary Anyway, since then, the conflict between the two has become a bit public, I think Liu Zhixian must know something."

  In fact, Yao Ding is very clear about the conflict between Liu and Ma. This involved party disputes. Liu Zhixian was a protégé of Wang Jinggong in his later years, and Ma Xiancheng was a fellow villager of Sima Xianggong. After Cai Jingli set up the monument of Yuanyou party members, it was difficult for Liu and Ma to work together.

  However, these two people in the court kept their words light, and fought back to fight, but the higher-ups were too lazy to take care of it. It wasn't just fighting for power and profit as Tang Zhengzong said.

It's just that Yao Ding doesn't care about the infighting in Tangyin County's officialdom. Anyway, even if the county magistrate or county magistrate is dismissed, his son will not be able to be promoted. On the contrary, he only met a good student in half his life. He must protect Li Yanqing well. up.

"I think Brother Qing is only a six-year-old child. Although Ma Xiancheng is not the prime minister, he is not so small that he can't even accommodate a six-year-old child! Take a step back and say, there are really some small shoes. We just need to withdraw from the game and go back to the countryside, there is no need to compete with them for this false name."

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  【Lao Gao writes the book with heart, and I implore everyone to vote more, Lao Gao thank you everyone! 】

  (end of this chapter)