An examiner shouted at the door, and Li Zhen quickly raised his hand, "Here!"

"Come here to register, you are the only one of your state schools left without registration."

Jiu Zhi muttered afterwards, "I'm talking lies with my eyes open. I'm obviously a state scholar and I haven't registered yet, so what's that?"

"I guess they are already confused, let's register together!"

Jiuzhi handed the skinny donkey to his younger brother, and the two of them squeezed to the registration table and handed over the candidate's bamboo card. The examiner spread the registration paper in front of Li Zhen, "Register quickly, you are the first batch of exams, the exam time is coming."

"Uncle examiner, who is the first batch of me?" asked Jiuzhi next to me.

"You?" the examiner was stunned, "What's your name?"

"Wine ambition, wine for drinking, ambition for ambition!"

"The wine is here!" another examiner next to him shouted.

"I'll give in to you all!" Jiu Zhi squeezed over desperately.

At this time, Li Zhen's registration was over, and the examiner pointed to the door, "Go in! You choose bows and arrows in the first shed, the blue shed, don't go wrong."

"Thank you!"

Li Zhen entered the school field first. The school field had been arranged and ten targets were placed, with a range of about fifty steps. Each time, ten people shot arrows at the same time, and five arrows were shot within the specified time. Even if three hits the target, if they want to participate in riding and shooting, all five arrows must be hit by the target.

Five sheds were set up next to them, which were where candidates chose bows and arrows and waited for the exam. The first one was a blue greenhouse.

"Old Li!"

Jiuzhi chased after him, "It's strange, I signed up with you, but why did you get assigned to the eighth batch, but you are the first batch."

"Who knows, maybe it's just a random division! Lao Pang, which shed are you in?"

"The third shed, the red one."

Jiuzhi grabbed Li Zhen again and whispered: "I heard that the rules have been changed this year. Only fifty people are qualified to participate in the riding and shooting. You must be careful and don't lose Jingzhou by mistake."

Li Zhen nodded. He could understand this regulation. Because Wang Xiaojie was present, the quality of the candidates must be ensured so as to avoid the quality of the candidates being uneven like last year.

Last year, 60 out of the 100 candidates riding and shooting were shot off the target and shot arrows. If this situation occurs in front of Wang Xiaojie this year, it will lose all the face of Shazhou.

"I will pay attention. I will see you later. I have something to discuss with you!"

"good!"

Jiuzhi ran away, and Li Zhen entered the first greenhouse. There were more than 20 people in the shed, and there were three rows of bows and archers on the side. There were two examiners, one was responsible for formal registration and the other was responsible for helping select bows and arrows.

The so-called examiners are actually temporary local soldiers who were selected, with a very rough attitude. The examiner was pointed at his nose and shouted.

However, they seemed to know Li Zhen and were quite polite to him. Li Zhen came to the front of the bow frame, and the bow frame was full of step bows.

It is larger than the riding bow used by Li Zhen, and the workmanship is relatively rough, so it is far from comparable to his riding bow. His bow was made by a master for three years, comparable to the bow of a famous craftsman.

The step bow ranges from five dou bows to one stone bow, and it varies from person to person, so you can choose it yourself. Li Zhen is more picky about bows and tried three or four of them in a row, but he was not satisfied. It was too light.

At this time, the examiner who helped select the bow slowly came over and said with a smile: "Do you think Mr. Zhen feel it's not easy?"

The examiner kept a pinch of burnt yellow rat beards, which was quite eye-catching. Seeing that he knew him, Li Zhen smiled and said, "It's all too light, aren't there any heavier ones?"

“It seems like there is a slightly heavier one.”

The examiner took him to the third row, picked up the bow on the edge and said, "This one is the heaviest, no one can choose it, why don't you give it a try?"

Li Zhen pulled the bow slowly, and it turned out to be a two stone bow, which just fitted his arm strength. Li Zhen was overjoyed, "That's it."

The examiner of the rat beard smiled slightly, "Go quickly! The exam is about to begin."

‘Dong!Dong!Dong!’

The drum sounded, just dawned, and the first ten candidates started shooting step by step. Each of them had a quiver pot next to them, and five arrows inside the pot were asked to shoot all before the drum sound ended. Everyone was very nervous, and their hearts and drum beat together.

Li Zhen was very relaxed. This step shooting test was easy for him. He easily hit the bull's-eye with five arrows, which should be a full mark.

"Congratulations to Mr. Zhen for passing the exam!"

The examiner of the Jiaohuangshi Beard appeared in front of Li Zhen and said with a smile: "The results have been confirmed and are currently ranked first. The examiner asked me to inform the young master to go to the university field to prepare for riding and shooting. The riding and shooting will be held there."

"Thank you!"

Li Zhen handed him the bow and walked out quickly. To him, this kind of step shooting had no meaning. He was concerned about riding and shooting.

He is in very good shape today. As long as he performs normally, he will be the quota for entering Beijing.

Li Zhen walked out of the schoolyard and saw Kang Sisi from a distance. At this time, she saw Li Zhen and jumped up happily, "Here, Brother Sanlang!"

Her voice was coquettish and she shouted intimately. Many people around her looked at her side, but she rushed up indifferently and held Li Zhen's arm intimately, "Brother Sanlang, I've been waiting for you for a long time."

Li Zhen looked at the rippling glow of the smile on Sisi's cheeks, and a ray of warmth surged in his heart, and he couldn't help but feel happy.

"Si Si, where is your second brother?"

"He went to the university to occupy a seat, and Sister Quan also came. I saw her just now, and I guess she also went to the university to have a seat. She asked me to tell you that you should put down your package and go into battle lightly."

It turned out that the eldest sister was here too. At this time, he remembered something again and apologized to Sisi: "I will go out for a few days tomorrow. Last time I promised to go to see your dancing competition, I may not be able to go."

Sisi looked sad, "I heard from Sister Quan that you can't go, there's nothing you can do."

Seeing that she was sad, Li Zhen smiled and said, "Or why you go out with us, and your second brother is going there too!"

Sisi slowly lowered her head, "I really want to go! But... this dance competition is very important. I heard that I can go to Chang'an if I dance well. Sorry, Brother Sanlang, I... I really don't want to give up."

Li Zhen frowned, "You are going to Chang'an?"

A hint of panic flashed in Sisi's eyes, and she shook her head quickly, "No! I'm just saying, how could my father allow me to go?"

Li Zhen didn't believe it very much. The little girl was determined to go to Chang'an and Luoyang, so she should not do anything stupid. He reminded him again: "Even if your father agrees, you can't go! You are less than fourteen years old, and it's too dangerous to go to Chang'an alone."

"I won't go!"

Li Zhen was still a little worried. He had time to tell Uncle Kang, so he had to keep a closer look at her.

...........

The soldiers who were fighting in the camp were very fast, and in just one hour, more than 600 candidates in the three examination rooms completed the sprint.

Most of the candidates have ended here, but there are still fifty candidates who want to participate in riding and shooting, competing for three places to go to Beijing.

This is the highlight of the Wuju National Examination. Riding and shooting is held in the Dunhuang University Stadium, which is also the polo field in Shazhou. The polo competition every year will attract tens of thousands of Shazhou people to watch the game, and the grand occasion is unprecedented.

Today's Wuju Township test riding and shooting also attracted tens of thousands of spectators, who filled the surrounding battlefields.

Thousands of soldiers were responsible for maintaining order, and there was a stand in the north, and senior officials from Shazhou sat on the stands.

Including the prefect Li Wuhui, the chief secretary Jiang Yuan, Sima Suo Zhiping, the deputy military envoy Zhang Ting, and the county magistrates of Dunhuang and Shouchang, Li Jin, the head of the Li family, Zheng Lin, etc.

There are two other distinguished guests today, one is the General of the Left Guard and the General Manager of Wuwei Dao, Wang Xiaojie, and the other is Wang Xiaojie's deputy general Su Honghui. Wang Xiaojie is a third-rank rank and has a high position and a powerful position.

The prefect Li Wuqing is only a fourth-rank lower-rank. Not only is he inferior to his official position several levels, but his status in the court is far from comparable. He is even inferior to Deputy General Su Honghui.

Wang Xiaojie sat in the center of the main seat, while Su Honghui sat in the second row. After all, Li Wuqing was the master. He wanted to accompany Wang Xiaojie, so there was no reason why the master sat in the back.

Wang Xiaojie just pretended that nothing had happened. He squinted his eyes and watched a team of dancers dancing on the polo field.

Zhang Ting, who was sitting behind him, also smiled but said nothing. He pretended not to know anything today and would not expose the secret connection between Wang Xiaojie and Li Zhen.

But there is one thing he is unambiguous. In any case, he will never give up the quota for his son.

"Are there any generals in the general's army recommended to go to the capital to participate in the martial arts competition?" Li Wuqing asked with a smile.

"I used to do it, but I haven't considered it this year. After all, I'm going to fight, so I don't have this idea for the time being."

Li Wuhui nodded and said with concern: "I heard that the emperor sent Gao Yanfu to Dunhuang to send an envoy to Dunhuang. It should have arrived in the past few days, but I have no news. I have asked the Zhang army to send an army to greet him. Is it better for the general to send an army to welcome him?"

Li Wuqing mentioned the most upset thing about Wang Xiaojie. He was suddenly shocked, "The envoy said, is the emperor sending Gao Yanfu?"

"This is what the official letter says, isn't it Gao Fujun?"

Wang Xiaojie became even more worried. Gao Yanfu was a confidant eunuch of the emperor and had a high position and power. If something happened to him, how could he bear the responsibility?

He understood Li Wuqing's meaning. Li Wuqing was only responsible for the scope of Shazhou, while Wang Xiaojie was in charge of the entire Hexi, so he should also send troops to greet him.

Wang Xiaojie concealed the concern in his heart, nodded and smiled, "I have sent the army. I have no news for the time being. Gao Fujun should have a palace guard. There will be no security problems. What does Li Envoy think?"

“I hope there is no problem, too.”

At this time, Suo Zhiping stepped forward and bowed, "General, the envoy, will start riding and shooting horses."

Wang Xiaojie was not in the competition venue, so he asked absent-mindedly: "How many people are participating?"

"About fifty people, they are all the best in the Bow Exam and the best archery boy in Shazhou. I believe the general will not be disappointed."

Wang Xiaojie casually agreed, "Then let's start!"
Chapter completed!