In fact, Sun Shan is not the most outstanding person among this group of martial artists. There are two candidates in this group whose martial arts are really amazing.
Sun Shan chose three out of five in the first test and perfectly avoided archery, which he was not good at.
Due to his own strength, he chose wrestling and spearing. After five matches, everyone saw that he was very brave and his spear could make tigers angry, so no one dared to challenge him again.
So he passed the first exam smoothly, but when it came to the second exam, he had difficulties.
Su Yizhao and other examiners waited in the examination room for more than half an hour, and finally the candidates who had passed the first test arrived.
"I heard that one of them is named Guo Qing, and he is very good at riding and shooting." Tan Junhao next to Su Yizhao added.
Su Yizhao immediately understood that Guo Qing and Tan Junhao had a close relationship, so saying so was giving him some face.
"There are many candidates participating in the martial arts competition this time, and there are many outstanding ones among them. Let's take a closer look later, there will be many surprises."
Su Yizhao did not follow what the other party said. Guo Qing was definitely not on her list.
But if she can get by, it's not like she can't sell face. After all, officialdom is all about personal relationships.
"Huh? That Sun Shan is here." Someone reminded.
"It is inevitable that he will take the riding and archery test in the second round. I'm afraid he won't be sure."
Everyone was talking about it, and Sun Shan first came to several examiners and bowed.
Su Yizhao looked at him. In such a cold weather, he was only wearing a thin jacket, with his chest slightly open. His arms with rolled-up sleeves were knotted with veins, and even his fists were as big as a sand bowl.
"Sun Shan! Let's start!" the official on the side urged, and then ordered someone to hand the long bow to him.
Sun Shan looked a little sad when he took over the longbow. He had actually practiced hard for several years, but his results had always been mediocre.
Sighing, Sun Shan got on his horse, pulled up his long bow as he marched, took aim, and shot.
Just a moment later, a small flag was raised on the opposite side. It was orange and it was the third ring.
Each link has corresponding chess pieces of different colors. This is Su Yizhao's suggestion to Su Jinxun, which saves the trouble of running around.
Immediately record it on the side, three rings.
Sun Shan felt happy at first, and then felt a little depressed.
There are three opportunities in total. If the combined number of the three rings is less than ten, then it is too much.
When the first arrow hit the third ring, he performed extremely well, and the last two arrows were probably suspended.
"good!"
There were cheers from the side, and Su Yizhao immediately turned around to look, and found that someone had hit the nine rings with an arrow.
This was a young man wearing purple clothes. Su Yizhao took a look at his face from a distance and found that he was not someone he had inquired about before.
The young man drew his bow and shot again, and the second arrow actually hit the bull's-eye. He was truly an expert archer.
"Who is this person?" Su Yizhao asked the clerk beside her. There were so many people that she couldn't remember it all at once.
"Sir! This person's name is Zheng Dan. He passed the archery test in the first round and achieved great results."
Su Yizhao nodded, "Steamed eggs? This name is really special."
Seeing the other party riding a tall horse with a high-spirited look, I couldn't help but feel a little envious.
These all require talent. Su Yizhao has practiced for many years, and his best result so far is only eight rings.
The last arrow is still the bull's-eye, and that's the end.
Looking at Sun Shan, his second result was four rings, which made him so happy that he almost jumped off his horse.
The last game was still three rings, so I barely passed it.
Sun Shan was so happy that he actually passed the riding shooting, which he did not expect.
Su Yizhao glanced at him and saw a young man wearing royal blue clothes walking over. She nodded invisibly towards him.
This son is the eldest son of Liu Chang. He is seventeen years old. He knows some kung fu and is very dexterous in movement. He is also good at archery.
Not worrying that Liu Teng would not pass the second game, Su Yizhao stopped paying attention to him.
The martial arts exam lasted for three days. After the first exam was completed, the candidates went back to wait for news.
The list of candidates who have passed the examination will be posted outside the Yamen. These candidates will be designated by the Emperor himself as the top scholar in the imperial examination two days later.
After finishing the martial arts affairs, Su Yizhao could think of Sheng Lanqing, whom she had forgotten.
It seemed that we still had to find out what happened between Sheng Lanqing and Su Wenqing. Asking Su Wenqing would definitely not work. He would not tell her, otherwise he would have told her already.
After much deliberation, Su Yizhao decided to wait until his next bath break before going to the temple.
There was an expected sound from the window sill. After Su Yizhao fed the last bit of meat floss to Xiangsi, he wiped his hands with a handkerchief.
As soon as I picked up the tea bowl and took a sip, I heard Xiangsi say: "Your old sweetheart is here to see you again."
A mouthful of tea sprayed on Xiangsi, and Su Yizhao was horrified, "Who did you learn this from? If you don't learn from the good ones, what did you learn?"
Xiangsi looked disgusted and said, "Look at you, you don't like to be clean at all. Please wipe it for me."
"The woman who guards the courtyard in your house often tells her old sister that an old sweetheart is looking for her."
Su Yizhao was speechless for a moment, but what surprised her was that there was no room for this in this deep mansion, and yet Chen Cang was still able to secretly seduce him, which was amazing.
It's just that this woman is a gatekeeper. If she has an old friend, she will easily make mistakes. It seems that we need to find an opportunity to transfer the woman to other positions.
When Zong Zeming came in, he found Su Yizhao actually wiping Xiangsi's body with a handkerchief.
"This little thing doesn't like to be clean, doesn't it? Doesn't it want to take a bath?"
Xiangsi suddenly became angry, "If your old sweetheart hadn't come here, how could she be so excited? Would I be like this? I obviously take a shower every day."
It's a pity that Zong Zeming didn't understand. He only saw Xiangsi's teeth and claws, and thought he said that the little thing didn't like to be clean, so the little thing became angry.
Su Yizhao smiled and went straight to the point without explaining.
"Have you found the books related to the previous dynasty that I asked you to find?"
She has read all the relevant information about Wenyuan Pavilion, and even bought it a few times from Unofficial History, but unfortunately she rarely had the chance to buy it.
"What do you want these for?" Zong Zeming took out three thin books from his arms, "I just bought these three for now, you can read them first!"
Su Yizhao quickly took it and opened the first book. When he saw the story of the late emperor's entanglement with those beauties, he immediately wanted to roll his eyes.
Putting these three books on the desk temporarily, Zong Zeming suddenly said: "There is going to be a war at the border!"
Su Yizhao nodded when he heard this, "The feudal lords and kingdoms have repeatedly tested the throne, and a new khan has succeeded to the throne. A war is inevitable."
"My father has sent a letter, saying that the border war will start by next month at the latest."
"So fast?" Su Yizhao was very surprised.
"Yes! Our secret conversation reported that Chartu has already made arrangements."
Su Yizhao frowned lightly. If there was a war, the people would suffer.