The rise of the late Song Dynasty reigns supreme

Chapter 37

County magistrate Li Chun looked at Zhao Gou with a smile, then turned his head to look at Zhou Tong, waiting for his reply.Zhou Tong didn't understand why Li Chun asked Zhao Gou to test his arrow skills, and looked back at Li Chun with some surprise.

Li Chun said with a smile: "Brother, you have five disciples, four of whom participated in the martial arts examination, but one of them has never signed up. I think the elder brother's disciple must be good at archery. Although he has never signed up for the exam, I still want to see it." , I wonder if big brother can agree?"

Zhou Tong understood, nodded and said: "Gou'er, you should show your skills to the adults. Don't lose face as a teacher and show your archery skills to the best of your ability. Did you know that?"

Zhao Gou nodded back and said: "I will not disappoint my master, my lord will just see how the boy shoots arrows, and hope to give some pointers!"

Zhao Gou strode forward, Zhang Xian and others looked at the calm Zhao Gou, and whispered, "Brother Yue, how is Fifth Brother's archery skills?"

Wang Gui, Zhang Xian and others practiced martial arts with Zhao Gou, but they had never seen his archery skills.They all knew that Zhao Gou was proficient in all eighteen kinds of martial arts, and he was taught by Zhou Tong's precepts and deeds.

Yue Fei frowned, and said in a low voice: "I don't know the archery skills of the fifth younger brother, only the master knows. Since the master let the fifth younger brother come out, it must be not bad."

The four of them muttered to each other secretly, and Zhao Gou had already walked to the center of the school field.Seeing how he was eleven or twelve years old, how he dreamed of hitting the arrow stack, they were a little surprised and somewhat suspicious, and all of them stared curiously with wide-eyed eyes.

County Magistrate Li ordered: "Put the stack of arrows forward, it's too far away!"

Zhao Gou shook his head and replied, "No need, just 240 steps!"

"Are you sure?" Magistrate Li asked suspiciously.

Zhao Gou nodded, without replying, he drew his bow and put the arrow on it.The arrows were like shooting stars, advancing rapidly, lined up, and three arrows in a row pierced through the heart, making everyone dumbfounded.

Zhao Gou shot an arrow without even looking at it, as if he knew the result, he turned and left, and returned to Zhou Tong's side, ignoring the stunned expression of County Magistrate Li.

Zhou Tong nodded appreciatively, then looked at the stunned Magistrate Li, and said with a smile, "My dear brother, I don't know how the little disciple's arrow skills are?"

County magistrate Li hadn't recovered from what happened just now, and after a while, he said sincerely: "Brother's disciples are all dragons and phoenixes, and I never thought that such a young body would have such power! It's really hard to judge by appearance." The sea water is immeasurable, amazing!"

Zhou Tong laughed loudly and said, "Since that's the case, the matter is over, so I'll take my leave and come to pay respects to my virtuous brother some other day!"

Li Chun made a bow and said, "Don't dare, let my younger brother come here to tell you about the humiliation."

Zhou Tong replied, "Teach me." Then he said goodbye to Li Chun, and went down to the martial arts hall with Yue Fei and others.Then, he came to the tent again, and went out of the city and returned to the village with all the members.

All the members separated from Zhou Tong and the others and returned home. Only Wang Gui and the others followed Zhou Tong. They were very curious about when Zhao Gou's archery skills reached such a level, and asked one after another: "Fifth brother, How did you learn how to shoot the arrow?"

Zhao Gou said without hesitation: "When the master taught the elder brothers, the younger brother secretly learned from the side, and the master also gave some pointers."

Everyone looked at Zhao Gou in disbelief, and couldn't help but admire him. Even Yue Fei had to praise Zhao Gou's comprehension.He has been with Zhou Tong much longer than Zhao Gou, and he has such archery skills after years of hard training; Zhao Gou just peeked and groped alone, and Zhou Tong occasionally pointed out that he had such an arrow technique, which made the four of them I have to obey.

Zhou Tong returned to the manor, let Yue Fei and others leave, and told Yue Fei to tell his mother about it.After all, making a marriage contract is a major event in life, and you cannot make decisions alone.

After everyone left, Zhou Tong called Zhao Gou and said with a meaningful smile, "What was the longest distance you could reach with your archery skill this morning?"

"Three hundred steps!" Zhao Gou replied truthfully. He knew that he had deliberately concealed his archery skills before, so he couldn't escape Zhou Tong's eyes.

Zhou Tong laughed loudly and said, "Good! Good! Good!..."

When Zhao Gou shoots the arrow, he already knows the result and will definitely hit it.After all, Zhao Gou's usual distance is 250 steps, and he doesn't care about 240 steps at all.Taking into account that Yue Fei became Li County Magistrate's son-in-law and Zhou Tong's face, he chose the same distance and used the technique of three arrows.

Zhou Tong never thought that Zhao Gou specialized in other martial arts on weekdays, and practiced archery occasionally.Zhou Tong didn't ask about this either.The arrow technique that Zhao Gou showed in front of Li Chun made him look good and feel a little proud.

The next day, Li Zhi County ordered someone to write a Geng sticker for his daughter, and sent someone to send it to Zhou Tong.The scribe took the order and immediately set off to Qilin Village to find Wangjiazhuang.

Zhou Tong had already been waiting here, and the servant came in to report to Zhou Tong, and he hurriedly let the scribe come in.The scribe came to the study, met Zhou Tong, sat down with respect, and said, "By order of the master of the family, I send Miss Geng's invitation here, please accept it."

Zhou Tong was overjoyed, so he handed it to Yue Fei and said, "You can take Miss Li's geng post back and offer it in the family hall."

Yue Fei agreed, took it with both hands, hurried back home, and told his mother about it.Yesterday, Yue Fei mentioned this matter, she thought it was a joke and never took it to heart.When Yue Fei took out the Geng stickers, the mother-in-law believed it was true, was overjoyed, paid homage to the family ancestors, and then watched Miss Nian Geng.

The mother-in-law looked at the horoscope of Miss Di's birthday on Geng's post, and found that she and her son were born in the same year, the same month, and the same day, and remembered that Miss's father was a county magistrate, so she must be a lady of everyone, so she readily agreed to the marriage.

The conversation was divided into two parts, and the mother-in-law happily agreed to the marriage; on the other side, Zhou Tong sent a gift to the clerk and said, "Brother, thank you, come from afar, there is nothing to respect, some rice substitutes, don't think it's a bit of an insult!"

The scribe said: "Don't dare!" After accepting the gift, he thanked him and said goodbye and went back.

After a while, Yue Fei told Zhou Tong what his mother had conveyed.Zhou Tong nodded and said, "Come with me to the county early tomorrow to thank my father-in-law."

Uncle Yue responded, "I know!"

So Zhou Tong and Zhao Gou stayed at Wang Yuanwai's house overnight.That night, Wang Yuanwai entertained Zhou Tong in person, and ordered that all the good wine and food be served.Moreover, the mother-in-law was also taken to Wang Yuanwai's mansion by Yue Fei, and had a meal together.

During the banquet, Wang Gui, Zhao Gou and others took turns to fight, and they were bound to get Yue Fei drunk.People are in good spirits on happy occasions, Yue Fei is triumphant, unconsciously drank a few jars of wine, Wang Yuanwai and others laughed and said nothing, even the mother-in-law did not object, allowing the five of them to act recklessly.

Zhao Gou, Yue Fei and others were so drunk that they fell into a deep sleep without knowing it.After a night, they were woken up by servants again in the early morning of the next day, and they followed Zhou Tong again.Originally, the three members were against it, but Zhou Tong said there was nothing to do, so he asked them to go together.A group of them left the village gate, instead of riding a horse, they walked into the city, came to the county gate, and put two thank you notes on the gate of the house.

Li Chun immediately opened the door of the house and came out to meet the inner office.After saluting, Yue Fei thanked him for his kindness, and Li Chun returned a half salute to sit down and talk.After a while, the banquet was set up, and everyone sat and drank for a while, and the servant moved the next banquet out.Seeing this, Zhou Tong said, "My dear brother, we all came here on foot, so we don't need to bring such gifts, and we don't need to bother."

Li Chun was silent for a moment, then said: "Since this is the case, the son-in-law is here, and there is nothing to give away. My brother still has dozens of horses that have not been sold. How about giving your son a horse?"

Zhou Tong said joyfully: "My child is practicing martial arts, and he is missing a ride. If you receive a generous gift, it will be the best. The wine is almost eaten, why don't we go to see the horses together. After seeing the horses, we can continue to drink." "

Li Chun didn't know what Zhou Tong was thinking, so he nodded slightly and said, "Then let's go to the stable!"

The seven people got up and went to the stable at the back together. Li Chun ordered the groom: "Take the pole and wait for the horse."

The groom agreed and stepped forward.When Wang Gui, Tang Huai and others saw all kinds of horses, they couldn't help being fascinated.However, Li Chun these horses are for sale.Horses in the Song Dynasty were relatively scarce, and some officials would also do some selling to make up for their families.However, their family is well-off, and if they want, they can let their father spend money to buy it.

Zhou Tong said quietly to Yue Fei: "You can use your eyesight and choose carefully. This is a gift from your father-in-law, so it is not convenient to return it."

Yue Fei nodded again and again, "I know!"

Hearing Zhou Tong's words, Yue Fei walked to the stable, stared at it carefully.Originally he liked white horses the most, Zhao Gou's mount was brown, but gradually he also felt that horses of other colors are also good, as long as they can fight in the battlefield and have strong legs.So, when he saw a better-colored horse, he pressed his hand. Yue Fei was born with supernatural powers, and when he pressed hard, the horse's feet were crushed.

After picking several horses one after another, the result was the same, Yue Fei was extremely disappointed and shook his head again and again.Seeing this, Li Chun quickly asked, "Are all these horses useless?"

Yue Fei replied respectfully: "These horses are not useless, but these horses are the children of the rich family with gorgeous saddles and bridles. They travel in the spring and enjoy the scenery. At most, they are just transportation. The horses that my son-in-law wants in his heart must be able to ride A horse that wins the battle, wins the battle, is loyal to the country, and fights the enemy bravely, such a horse is a good horse."

County Lord Li nodded slightly, and sighed: "I have sold these dozens of horses, and I am just giving one to my son-in-law for transportation. There is no such thing as a war horse like you said, it seems that I can only neglect it." !"

While he was talking, he suddenly heard the neighing of the horse next door.

Yue Fei's eyes widened suddenly, and he said ecstatically, "It's a good horse! I don't know where it is?"

Li Chun wondered: "You haven't seen this horse, how do you know it's a good horse?"

Yue Fei said: "My lord Yuezhang, my son-in-law heard this horse's loud voice, it must have great strength, that's why I call it a good horse."

"The son-in-law is really good!" Li Chun stroked his beard and said with a smile: "This horse was bought by my family Zhou Tianlu in Beidi, and it has been more than a year now. It is really powerful, but because of his violent personality, see People were kicking and biting, even the horses were afraid of this horse when they saw it, and no one could hold it, so they never sold it, and they were afraid that it would hurt people, so they had to lock it in the next wall."

Yue Daxin said happily: "I wonder if my son-in-law can go and have a look?"

Li Chundao: "I'm afraid that the son-in-law will not be able to surrender him! If he can survive, I will send him to you."

So Li Chun asked the groom to open the door.Seeing that Yue Fei wanted to tame the horse, the groom couldn't help being worried, and said: "Uncle Yue, you have to be careful, this horse has a violent personality, and it bites anyone it sees. You must be hurt by it."

Yue Fei nodded his thanks and looked at it intently, feeling even more joyful in his heart.Then, Yue Fei took off the Haiqing on his body and walked forward.The horse seemed to be spiritual, when it saw people approaching, it raised its hooves and kicked wildly before Yue Fei approached.

Seeing this, Yue Fei flashed hastily; the horse saw Yue Fei dodge, and turned its head back to bite.Yue Fei had no choice but to dodge back again, took advantage of the situation and grabbed the mane, raised his hands to hit him.Counting in succession, each time with all his strength, the horse was beaten so hard by Yue Fei's heavy punches that he let Yue Fei lead him.

Only people can see the horse's physical signs clearly. It is about one foot long from head to tail, and about eight feet high from hoof to back.With a head like a rabbit, eyes like copper bells, ears with small round hooves, a light tail and a broad chest, he is tall and powerful, not much inferior to Zhao Gou's three-color horse.However, the whole body is covered with mud, and the color of the horse is unknown.

Seeing that Yue Fei really tamed this horse, Li Chun couldn't help being amazed, and said: "The son-in-law is really good. This horse is extremely strong. Many people have never tamed it, and they never want to be tamed by the son-in-law. I said before that as long as you can tame it , this horse will be given to you as a gift. Now, I will fulfill my promise, and this horse will belong to your son-in-law in the future!"

Yue Fei was overjoyed and saluted, "Thank you, Mr. Yue Zhang!"

(End of this chapter)