Chapter 48 fourth quarter

In Bianjing on September 10th of the fifth year of Xining, the sky was clear. The first skill competition of Baishuitan College attracted the attention of countless students in Beijing.The gymnasium is a ring-shaped open-air building that people have never seen before, and it is completely free to the public. Although the opening ceremony was simple, in the eyes of the people at that time, it was also a major event in Tokyo. Quanzhi Kaifeng Prefecture Chen Yi, Zhimi Pavilion Shi Yue, and Baishuitan Mountain Chang Sang Chongguo gave brief opening speeches——Shi Yue and Sang Chongguo's cooperation is quite tacit, and there is almost no rift between the two.Then, five hundred musicians invited from the band staged a large-scale sword dance. The five hundred swords shone dazzlingly under the sun. The neat dance, the passionate rhythm, and the magnificent momentum made the students present Aftertaste for a long time.Finally, the list of competition items and competitors is announced. For small events, students of Baishuitan College form teams according to grades and departments to arrange the rounds of the competition; There are only four teams participating in the competition, all of which are freely combined.

The competition items on the first day are mainly the preliminaries of some individual competitions.Tian Liewu was dragged here by Lu Dashun early in the morning to watch the excitement, but he felt that the trip was worthwhile, knowing that it would take half an hour to walk from his place to Baishuitan.Lu Dashun likes to watch the excitement. He went to watch equestrian and fencing alone, but Tian Liewu was more interested in archery and marksmanship. At this time, he found the venue for the archery competition alone. The archery competition is divided into two groups: archers and crossbowmen. In the Song Dynasty, archers and crossbowmen were the main arms of the Song army, and they were also the main support of the Song army against cavalry.And archery is also one of the six arts. In ancient times, nobles gave birth to children, and they had to shoot an arrow in each direction to show the man's ambition. In the Song Dynasty, this custom had long since disappeared, but although there were not many scholars who could hold a bow , but there are not many in absolute numbers.Therefore, in the first skill competition of Baishuitan College, relatively more people participated in the archery competition.

When Tian Liewu walked to the side of the archery field, it was already the second group of ten players. The ten targets were all fifty steps away. The ancient system of one step is about 1.3 meters now, which is more than 60 meters range.The bows in the hands of the archers are typical Chinese hyperbolic and recurved compound bows.At this time, the ten archers stood at their own positions, holding the bow in their left hand, nocking the arrow, pulling the bowstring with the ring-wearing thumb of the right hand, pressing the thumb with the index finger and middle finger, and aiming at their bull's-eye.

Tian Liewu himself likes archery very much. He has always believed that the key to archery lies in single-mindedness, body shape and footwork, rather than second.Looking at these students at this time, some of them have very strong arms, their bows are fully drawn, and the place where their fingers draw the bow forms an acute angle with the bowstring;As for those who could concentrate their minds, he didn't see any of them, so he couldn't help shaking his head slightly.The referee waved the flag and shouted "Shoot", and seven arrows left the string and landed directly on the target-the entire archery field was silent!Tian Liewu opened his mouth even more and couldn't close his mouth - because of the ten-person match, only seven arrows were shot, and three bows were pulled apart, and one archer was hit in the face by the bow, bleeding!Such a dramatic change made the referee who presided over such a game for the first time dumbfounded and didn't know how to deal with it.

A young man in a silk robe walked quickly from behind Tian Liewu, picked up the remnant bow on the ground and looked at it for a while. It was clearly engraved with a line of official script "Supervised by the Military Weapons Supervision Bow and Crossbow Academy". He was silent for a while, and then heaved a long sigh , said to the referee: "Calculate the results of the first seven players, and the three players will change their bows and re-compete, and the first place will enter the semi-finals." Originally, only the first place in each group was allowed to enter, this group because of this accidental change, Had to let two people enter the rematch.

Tian Liewu heard the referee say to the young man in a respectful tone: "Yes, Master Shi Shan." Only then did he realize that the person in front of him was Shi Yue Shi Ziming, who was famous all over the world.He couldn't help but look at Shi Yue more, and it happened that Shi Yue raised his head and his eyes met, making Tian Liewu quickly bow his head. Unexpectedly, Shi Yue had already walked up to him, and asked with a smile: "This brother invites you." Tian Liewu didn't expect Shi Yue to greet him, so he couldn't help being surprised. Fortunately, he often sees officials, so he made a quick bow, and said, "I've met Mr. Shi."

Shi Yue nodded and saluted, and said with a smile: "There is no need to be polite. I saw you shaking your head just now, but can you tell from their bows that these bows are going to break?" It was only then that Tian Liewu knew that Shi Yue had been here for a long time. Seeing his misunderstanding, his face flushed slightly, and he replied, "Responding to Mr. Shi's words, the younger one just shook his head, because he felt that these officials' archery was useless, not because he could see that these bows were bad." "So that's how it is." Shi Yue is a layman when it comes to archery. When he meets an expert at this time, he can't help but ask with great interest: "But I want to ask for advice. I don't know why they can't get the point of archery?"

Seeing that Shi Yue was so easy-going, Tian Liewu couldn't help but became more courageous, and said loudly: "The key to archery is not the body shape and technique, but the concentration in the mind. I see that although these officials have correct postures, they still feel that they are not enough. So I feel that his archery technique is not of a very high level." Hearing that what he said made sense, Shi Yue couldn't help asking curiously: "How is your archery?" Tian Lie Wu replied loudly: "I have been fond of martial arts since I was a child. I can hold a bow with one stone and five fights. Within fifty steps, I can hit a hundred shots."

Shi Yue was taken aback. The fighting strength of a crossbow in the Song Dynasty was about ninety-two and a half catties per stone, which was equivalent to one hundred and seventeen catties in modern times. Arm strength is amazing.Later generations Yue Fei and Han Shizhong are famous generals, it is not surprising that they can lift three hundred catties, but this person in front of him is by no means a famous person, calling himself a "little man" in front of him shows his humble status.He has been in the Song Dynasty for nearly three years, and he has never seen any of the legendary martial arts masters. Duan Zijie knows martial arts, but Shi Yue doesn't know whether he is good or bad.Shi Yue has never witnessed the kung fu of those guards with equipment in front of the imperial court, so he doesn't know how to look closely.At this time, hearing Tian Liewu claiming to be able to draw a bow with one stone and five buckets, he naturally became curious.He smiled and said, "The two sets of competitions will be over soon, and there will be some free time. Can you show me the test shooting?"

Tian Liewu is not stupid, a senior official like Shi Yue, even if he knows Chen Yi in Kaifeng Mansion, he still has to give some face.That was something that he would not be able to curry favor with even if he wanted to. Although he never thought of currying favor with the powerful, but when the opportunity came before him, how could ordinary people not be tempted?Immediately nodded in agreement. After a stick of incense, the next two groups of shooters finished the competition. These people saw the lessons learned from the past, and each of them was cautious, for fear that they would be hurt by these "bad bows", and they dared not try their best to pull up the bows.Provoking some knowledgeable people to frown, Pan Zhaolin walked beside Shi Yue and let out a long sigh.

After the referee announced the list of winners, Shi Yue called the referee, said hello, and asked Tian Liewu to pick a bow and arrow.The onlookers heard that someone was going to perform archery in front of Shimi Pavilion, and they were all curious. There were still a few competitive players who were eager for skills, so they told the referee and asked to compete with Tian Liewu.Even Shi Jian couldn't bear the childish nature, and said to Shi Yue: "My lord, let me try it too." Shi Yue taught Shi Jian to write and read, and also taught him to ride a horse. Sometimes Pan Zhaolin would teach him how to play chess and Danqing when he was bored, but he had never seen him shoot arrows before, so he couldn't help but feel a little strange: "You Can shoot arrows?" Shi Jian glanced at Pan Zhaolin and nodded.Seeing him like this, Shi Yue knew that it was Pan Zhaolin who taught him, so he couldn't help laughing, and said, "Then you go." Although Shi Jian and him were not inseparable, they stayed by his side most of the time, because they knew how to shoot archery. , is not much better.But Shi Yue knew his childish nature, so naturally he wouldn't stop him.Speaking of being young, Shi Jian followed Shi Yue, seemingly stable and meticulous on the surface, but in fact he was playful and active in his heart, with a strong curiosity; Tang Kang was just the opposite, he seemed lively and generous on the surface, and often Going out with friends, talking wittily, but inside he is quite prudent, steady and thoughtful, which is completely different from ordinary teenagers. Shi Jian saw that Shi Yue agreed, so he stepped forward to pick up a bow, he was not strong enough, he could only draw it half way, but his aim was good, he shot the arrow straight to the heart.Seeing that he was so accurate at such a young age, everyone couldn't help applauding.Shi Yue also expressed his appreciation slightly. Tian Liewu and the others saw the sword being shot out, how can martial arts practitioners be content to be lonely?The so-called "wuwu has no second", the desire to strive for strength and victory is absolutely inevitable for warriors.Tian Liewu took out an arrow from the sword barrel, put it on the bow, shot out with a "swish", hit the heart of the heart, penetrated three inches into the wood, and hit the arrow target straight.In order to show off, he drew out three arrows at a rapid rate, without stopping, and fired continuously, the arrows were all in the bull's-eye, and there was a burst of applause. The other few people are all scholars who went to Beijing to participate in the provincial examination. They are usually conceited of all-round talents in civil and military affairs, so they deliberately want to show off in front of Shi Ziming, who is well-known all over the world, and don't want to meet a sharpshooter like Tian Liewu. He can hit the red heart within ten steps, but his skill is not enough to shoot arrows like Tian Liewu.And what is there to brag about just hitting the red heart?Even that little book boy can hit hearts. Seeing that they were downcast, Shi Yue couldn't help smiling.He naturally understood what these scholars were thinking, and immediately said a few words of comfort, Fang said to Tian Liewu: "You are really a sharpshooter. Don't dare to ask for your name?" Tian Liewu was very proud, seeing Shi Yue asking, but he didn't dare to lose his courtesy, and replied respectfully: "Return to Mr. Shi, the younger one is called Tian Liewu, and he is the head arrester of Kaifeng Mansion." Shi Yue said with a smile: "So it's Mr. Chen's person, so it's easy to handle. I want to invite you to teach two children how to learn archery for me. I don't know what Tian Butou wants?" "This..." Tian Liewu couldn't help hesitating a little. Although it was a rare and good opportunity, what he wanted most was the opportunity to go to the front to kill the enemy, not to be a senior official's house guard. Seeing his hesitation, Shi Yue thought that he was worried about the errands of the Kaifeng Mansion, so he smiled and said: "Kaifeng Mansion's headhunters, you continue to do it, I will say hello to Mr. Chen, and I will come to teach the children when I have time every day, and they can't do it all day. Follow you to learn archery. Every month I will give you three pennies to subsidize your family, is that okay?" Three pens a month is by no means a small amount, the most important thing is to curry favor with Kamishi Yue, the future will naturally be very different.Even if he had no money, Tian Liewu would do it, so he agreed immediately without any hesitation.