Only then did Li Zhen see Wang Xiaojie's appearance clearly. The first thing he saw was a pair of extremely sharp eyes, as if he could see through his heart. He was about forty years old, nearly seven feet tall, with twisted beards and tiger eyes, with fierce murderous intent, and very powerful appearance.

Li Zhen bowed and said calmly: "Students dare not deceive the general, everything they say is true."

He faced Wang Xiaojie without any fear, his eyes were full of confidence, and Wang Xiaojie also nodded secretly. Ordinary people would be so scared that they kowtowed like pounding garlic when they saw him.

But the boy in front of him was neither humble nor arrogant, and he was decent, but he was not scared by himself, and he had some courage.

Li Zhen left a good first impression on Wang Xiaojie. Wang Xiaojie asked again: "Why do you say that there were personal fraud in this martial arts examination? "

"I dare not hide it from the general!"

Li Zhen said calmly about what Li Jin asked him for, and finally said: "Although he is the patriarch of the student family, his participation in favoritism and fraud is the first thing he has to do is to be disloyal to the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty and to many scholars in Shazhou. Such unfaithful and unrighteous people will never protect students!"

Wang Xiaojie was amused. This was the first time he had seen this young man report his head of the family. He was really brave. If the head of the family learned about this, would he still stay in the family?

Wang Xiaojie didn't know at all that Li Zhen had nothing to do with the family since he was a child. Since the head of the family Li Jin wanted to sacrifice him, how could Li Zhen not resist?

After thinking about it, Wang Xiaojie asked again: "But you have no evidence and you have no evidence. What should I do if you say it without any evidence?"

Li Zhen said with a high degree: "Students are the best evidence. If the three people don't have me in the quota for entering Beijing, then the provincial examination will be a favoritism and fraud."

"What a big tone!"

Wang Xiaojie sneered twice. He turned around and took his treasure bow from the bow stand and handed it to Li Zhen, "This is a two-stone five-dou bow. Can you pull it away?"

"Students are willing to give it a try!"

Li Zhen took the bow and felt it was quite heavy. His arms were strong, and the bowstrings were creaking. He changed his hand and pulled a full bow. Although it was slightly heavier than his two stone shadow bow, he could also easily pull it.

"Students are ugly!"

Wang Xiaojie's eyes showed a look of surprise. It was not only Li Zhen who easily pulled his treasure bow, but his power was amazing, especially Li Zhen's unconscious hand change just now, which made him realize that the young man seemed to be able to draw the bow left and right.

You should know that you can pass the archery training in one year, but to achieve the left and right bows, you will need at least ten years of hard work.

Did this young man start practicing riding and shooting at the age of seven or eight? It is unlikely! Wang Xiaojie drew two more arrows and handed them to Li Zhen, and then ordered his personal guards, "Take my red blood horse!"

Li Zhen also understood what Wang Xiaojie meant. He had to watch himself shoot two arrows with his own eyes before he could believe what he said.

A courage to be strong also came out of his bones. He knew whether he could receive fair treatment, so he defeated this.

...........

The cavalry field was not far from the central army's tent. Li Zhen rode on an extremely majestic red horse. This was a sweat-blooded BMW from Dayuan and one of Wang Xiaojie's spoils to recover Anxi.

The war horse is strong, with long limbs and strong, and its long ponytail flutters in the wind. Li Zhen rode on this war horse, holding a treasure bow in his hand, making him look even more heroic and outstanding in appearance.

Li Zhen stared at his archer target in the distance with sharp eyes. A straight horse path that was 100 feet wide was drawn in the middle of the riding shooting field, which was two hundred steps long. About 150 steps in front of the horse path, a straw man was placed on both sides, about 80 steps away from the horse path.

In other words, he had to run along the horse path, and when he ran to one hundred and fifty steps, he also shot two grass man targets at the same time. Although the horse path was long, the archery area was only twenty steps, and the time for him to shoot archery was only a short moment. This is the highest standard for catching riding and shooting.

Wang Xiaojie sat on the viewing stage. He admired the courage of this seventeen-year-old boy and dared to come to him to appeal. This courage alone is something that ordinary people cannot possess.

And he can also pull out his two-stone five-dou bow. With his age, it is rare to have such strength. There are such talents in Dunhuang City. It would be a pity if they were buried like this.

But Wang Xiaojie is even more looking forward to seeing Li Zhen’s riding and archery skills, and he decided to test him with the highest riding and archery standards in the army.

"General, he is ready."

Wang Xiaojie nodded, "Let's start!"

A soldier waved his flag and shouted, "It's time to start!"

Li Zhen pulled out an arrow and bit it in his mouth. Another arrow was placed on the string. His legs suddenly clamped the war horse. The red-blooded war horse neighed and stepped out with four hooves.

This war horse was obviously faster than his white dragon horse, and its momentum was even more rapid. Li Zhen only felt the wind whimpering in his ears, and the war horse rushed to 150 steps in an instant.

Wang Xiaojie stood up nervously, staring at Li Zhen's every move with a cold look. Hundreds of soldiers watching the warriors also stretched their necks, waiting for the boy to shoot two arrows.

The war horse had just jumped over the shooting line. Li Zhen controlled the horse with his legs, stabilized his body, and drew his bow like a full moon, shooting an arrow.

Without looking at the result, he immediately changed his bow to his left hand, pulled out another arrow from his mouth, his body was slightly elevated, and another arrow shot out like lightning. The war horse ran past and rushed over twenty shooting lines in an instant.

There was a silence around, and then applause was like thunder and cheers sounded. Li Zhen shot two arrows from left to right in just twenty steps, his movements were as smooth as flowing water. The two arrows hit the bull's eye, which amazes the soldiers.

Two soldiers ran to the audience with the straw man, shouting loudly with excitement, "General, both arrows are in the middle of their eyebrows!"

Wang Xiaojie stroked his beard without saying a word. He was moved. He had never seen such a wise boy riding and shooting. There was such a talent in Dunhuang. How could he let go easily?

At this time, Li Zhen rode his horse slowly, he turned over and dismounted and raised the treasure bow high, "Thank you, General Bao bow, so that the students can do their best!"

Wang Xiaojie nodded, "Go back to the big tent and talk!"

The two walked quickly to the door of the tent, but happened to meet Zhang Ting, deputy envoy of Doulu Army. Zhang Ting is the Zhang family among the four major families in Dunhuang. The Zhang family has been generals in Shazhou for generations and is the most powerful local snake in Dunhuang.

Although the provincial examination of the martial arts examination was under the responsibility of Sima of Shazhou, Zhang Ting, as a local military envoy, also participated in it.

Zhang Ting knew Li Zhen and knew that this young man was quite good. Just now, he happened to see Li Zhen's riding and archery performance. Li Zhen's superb archery skills made him amazed.

But he was also very surprised. How could Li Zhen appear in the Tang Army camp? How could he perform archery skills for Wang Xiaojie? What happened here?

Zhang Ting knelt down on one knee and bowed to Wang Xiaojie with his fists, "I will meet the general!"

"Envoy Zhang Jun, please get up!"

When Wang Xiaojie saw Zhang Ting, he felt a little embarrassed. Zhang Ting came at this critical moment, and some things were difficult to confront in person.

More importantly, Wang Xiaojie had the idea of ​​cherishing talent towards Li Zhen, and the young man confronted Zhang Ting, which could only harm him.

Wang Xiaojie thought about it and smiled gently at Li Zhen, "I want to discuss military affairs with Zhang Jun. I know what you said. Let's go back and rest first! Prepare for tomorrow's provincial examination, and I hope you don't disappoint me tomorrow."

Li Zhen had achieved his goal, and it would be meaningless to say more, so he bowed to the two of them and said goodbye. Wang Xiaojie looked at him and walked away, and then said to Zhang Ting: "Let's talk in the account!"

Wang Xiaojie walked into the tent and ordered his personal soldiers to retreat. Then he said to Zhang Ting: "Don't be restrained, sit down and talk!"

Wang Xiaojie was appointed as the general manager of Wuwei Dao, and Dou Lu Jun also belonged to his jurisdiction, so he was naturally Zhang Ting's immediate superior.

Wang Xiaojie took a sip of hot tea and pondered for a moment: "This young man's archery skills are very clever, does Zhang Junzhi know?"

"Of course I know that he is not only skilled in archery, but also plays excellent polo. I plan to let him participate in the Shazhou polo team."

"Is that so? But I know he will participate in the martial arts provincial examination tomorrow. Can't he get a quota for Beijing with his riding and archery skills?"

Zhang Ting felt a little upset. He had been in the officialdom for more than 20 years and had enough sensitivity in the officialdom. He realized that Wang Xiaojie might have known the matter of the quota. He could not be sure whether Li Zhen said it, but someone must have leaked the matter to Wang Xiaojie.

However, it is normal for such a place to be included in the quota of the township tribute. It is a trivial matter in any prefecture and county. If this kind of opportunity to make a name for the children of powerful families, will it still be given to the children of poor families? Zhang Ting believes that Wang Xiaojie will not make a fuss about this.

He smiled and said, "Tomorrow's provincial examination mainly tests foot shooting and riding and shooting. It is estimated that Li Zhen has no big problem, but the performance of riding and shooting on the spot is very important. If he performs abnormally, he may not be able to get a quota for entering Beijing, although I also appreciate his archery skills."

What Zhang Ting said makes sense. On-the-spot performance is indeed an important factor affecting riding and shooting, which makes Wang Xiaojie unable to refute.

In fact, Wang Xiaojie didn't want to ask about any internal transactions in Shazhou. It was a matter of the Ministry of War and had nothing to do with him, but if he was asked to write a letter of recommendation, it would be related to his vital interests.

Wang Xiaojie pondered for a moment and said, "Since I promised to write a recommendation letter, I will naturally not go back on my word. However, I must see his riding and shooting skills with my own eyes. I can only write it if I meet my requirements. Otherwise, if the emperor blames me, Wang Xiaojie, cannot afford it. Does Zhang Junzhi understand?"
Chapter completed!