The Ma family's foreign aid kept wiping his sweat. The huge pressure made it difficult for him to calm down. The three Ma family brothers stared at him like hawks. He knew what his mistake would mean?
He shook his hand gently, swallowed dryly, took an arrow, calmed down for a moment, took a deep breath, opened the bow and nocked the arrow, everything seemed to be the same as usual.
But only he knew clearly that his eyes were a little blurred and sweat seeped down, turning the target fifty steps away into a ball.
He could only shoot this arrow by feeling. At this time, his arms began to tremble and he could no longer hold off. He gritted his teeth, loosened the bowstring, and shot out an arrow with a "whoosh!"
"Four points!"
This arrow was only a little short of the inner circle, but it was still good and scored four points.
The Ma family's foreign aid suddenly breathed a long sigh of relief and felt exhausted all over.
The Ma family rejoiced and hugged each other excitedly. They won. Even if the opponent scored six points with the last arrow, they also won.
Liang Wu suddenly turned pale. He had vowed to take down the Ma family in the morning, but he didn't expect that they themselves would lose.
Liang Huihe patted his son's arm and whispered to comfort him, "It's okay. There will be a sword game in the afternoon, and we still have hope of qualifying."
At this time, Guo Song took out an arrow and shot the last arrow calmly.
He should have squatted down and shot the last arrow from bottom to top, so that the five arrows could be concentric, but he actually shot the last arrow flat, which made many people sigh, and Guo Song also gave up.
At this moment, the atmosphere became weird. The referee was unable to call out the score. Everyone was whispering. The Ma family who was celebrating also felt something strange and stopped.
Li Hui and Zhao Yunlun both looked at the scene on the target in astonishment. The last arrow, Guo Song, actually hit the tail of the fourth arrow, and the two arrows were strung together.
"A series of arrows!" Liang Huihe suddenly shouted loudly.
This is a standard chain of arrows. Instead of shooting in a row, two arrows hit the tail and are connected into one.
Liang Huihe suddenly shouted again: "This is also the five arrows working together!"
Who says not? Aren’t the fourth and fifth arrows a bullseye?
But this kind of situation has never been seen before. The leader of the Ma family suddenly became anxious and shouted loudly: "Either a series of arrows, or five arrows with the same center, it can only be counted as one, not both!"
"Why not? You have to count both ways!" Liang Huihe was also anxious, and he would never give in at the critical moment.
If both are counted, then one arrow is worth seven points, the opponent is worth four points, and surpassing the opponent by three points will result in a tie. For both sides, it is too critical.
Li Hui and Zhao Yunlun discussed for a moment and immediately sent for all the judges. The judges from the seven shooting ranges all rushed to the third shooting range. At this time, the audience outside the door also heard that something strange happened at the third shooting range.
People came from all directions.
All seven magistrates were stunned. They had never seen anything like this before.
The leaders of the two teams were still arguing fiercely, and Li Hui said loudly: "Stop arguing, listen to me."
Everyone quieted down, and Li Hui said to everyone: "This situation has never happened before. It is estimated that even one magistrate cannot decide. Then let the seven magistrates plus me and Captain Zhao, a total of nine people, come to vote and decide.
Is it six points or seven points, do you accept it?"
Liang Huihe nodded, "I accept!"
"What about the Ma family?" Li Hui turned her eyes to the Ma family.
The leader of the Ma family hesitated, "I accept it too!"
"Okay then, let's vote!"
Everyone wrote down their own judgments and handed them to Li Hui.
Guo Song asked Liang Wu in a low voice, "What will happen if we lose the bow game?"
Liang Wu sighed and said: "Losing in the bow game means that the Ma family has won a game in advance in the sword game. In this case, if we want to qualify, we can only win three consecutive games in the afternoon, or three to one. In any other situation, it will be
The Ma family is qualified."
At this time, Li Hui had finished sorting. He was a little surprised. He stood up and announced with a smile: "There are nine votes in total, and all of them agree to give seven points!"
"ah!"
The Liang family immediately cheered and hugged each other excitedly. Liang Wu was even more excited and punched Guo Song on the shoulder, "You kid, you are really awesome!"
Guo Song didn't hear Li Hui's announcement clearly. He smiled slightly and asked, "Is this even?"
"Tie! Jedi counterattack, one hundred and eight to one hundred and eight."
Liang Ling'er was jumping up and down with excitement outside. The cheers from the audience outside were so loud that no one heard what she was shouting?
Everyone in the Ma family looked ashen. The third child, Ma Tianyou, kicked over the wooden platform on which the arrows were placed, and yelled: "You son of a bitch, there is no good thing among the Han people!"
Zhao Yunlun took the lead and grabbed Guo Song's archery target. He said with a smile: "It's unprecedented and unprecedented to take it to the government office for exhibition. I'm afraid this is the only time."
………..
The bow game in the morning is over, but it's still early. The wooden platform needs to be built on the school grounds, and the sword game won't be held until the afternoon, so it will take at least two hours.
The teams from each family then went back to the city to find a place to have lunch, usually back to their respective castles, but today Liang Huihe was in a very good mood, and he announced on the spot that he would invite everyone to have lunch at the Yellow River Restaurant.
Everyone cheered and rushed towards the city.
The Yellow River Restaurant is near the North City Gate, diagonally across from the market where Guo Song went.
Huanghe Restaurant is one of the three major restaurants in Lingzhou City. It covers an area of five acres and has only two floors. There is no lobby. The first and second floors are private rooms separated by wooden boards and screens, but they are different in size.
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To be honest, this was the first time for Guo Song to enter Datang's restaurant, and he was full of curiosity about everything.
Today was a martial arts fair, and business was booming. The first floor was already full, so they could only go up to the second floor.
Huanghe Restaurant is a public restaurant, not high-grade, and not particular about seating. The room is twenty square meters, with a rectangular table in the middle and a circle of high-foot couches around it.
In the Tang Dynasty, the quality of a restaurant was judged by the height of the couch. A normal couch was only ten centimeters high. There was a mat on top, and you had to sit on your knees or cross-legged.
If the couch exceeds 30 centimeters, it is called a high-foot couch, and you can sit with your feet on the ground. This sitting method is called a kei-sit, which means sitting with your legs spread. It is very unsightly and is generally used by middle- and lower-class people.
Working people like to sit like this.
Therefore, when many high-status people see a couch where high-class students sit, they will think that this is a place where people from the lower classes come to eat. Eating here is disrespectful to their status and indecency, so they will not come.
Huanghe Restaurant has high-legged couches, which are fifty centimeters high. The couches are very wide and can sit cross-legged, kneeling, or of course, with legs spread.
Guo Song sat cross-legged. He was today's hero. Of course he sat next to Liang Huihe, and Liang Ling'er sat next to him. Liang Ling'er was a girl, so of course she couldn't sit with her legs crossed or cross-legged. It was unsightly, so she could only sit cross-legged.
Kneel and sit.
Liang Huihe smiled and said: "Nephew Guo Xian, this restaurant's roasted whole lamb is the most famous. You must reserve it in advance. I have reserved two in the morning. You can order other dishes. You can eat whatever you want!"
Guo Song shook his head, "I've never been here before, so I'm not familiar with it. What do you want me to eat?"
"Then let me have some!"
Liang Ling'er impatiently said to the bartender: "Two roasted whole lambs have been ordered in the morning, and then there will be two pots of Yellow River carp stew, two pots of haggis soup, two plates of eight kinds of game cold dishes, and seven or eight seasonal vegetables and fruits.
So, that’s pretty much it.”
She asked everyone again, "What would you like to drink? Wine or rice wine?"
Liang Wudao: "There is a sword game in the afternoon, so we won't drink wine. Everyone will have a bowl of goat's milk and squeeze some grape juice, and that's it."
Liang Wen suddenly said: "Why don't you give Brother Guo a bowl of deer blood? We will count on him this afternoon."
"Nonsense!"
Liang Wu slapped You on the back of the head and said, "Guo Song is not married, can he drink deer blood?"
Everyone burst into laughter. Liang Ling'er blushed and quietly asked Guo Songdao: "Brother Guo, do you plan to marry a wife and start a family in Lingzhou?"
Everyone pricked up their ears, this was an interesting topic.
Guo Song smiled slightly and said: "Actually, half a month ago, I was a monk and I had never considered marrying a wife. After this competition is over, I may go to the capital. My senior brother is in the capital.
As a viewer, you have a lot of things to deal with.”
Liang Ling'er looked disappointed, "Brother Guo will come to Lingzhou again in the future?"
"Of course I want to come. My household registration is here. Besides, I promised you that I would take you to hunt wild boars, right?"
"what!"
Liang Ling'er suddenly became anxious and almost burst into tears, "You clearly promised me that you would hunt wild boars after the game, why did it change to the future?"
Guo Song patted his forehead and said with a smile: "I'm a little confused, so I'll go twice. I'll take you hunting once after the competition. When I come back in the future, I'll take you hunting again. That's ok now!"
Liang Ling'er then burst into tears and smiled, "That's pretty much it. I was scared to death just now."
Liang Wu whispered to his father: "It would be nice if Ling'er was a few years older."
"Don't say this, it won't be good for others to hear."
In fact, why didn't Liang Huihe think so? If such an outstanding warrior could become the son-in-law of the Liang family, it would be the cornerstone of the Liang family's rise.
such a pity!
Liang Huihe had much more experience than his son. After a deep conversation with his brother, he understood in his heart that the shallow water in Lingzhou could not accommodate the fierce dragon Guo Song.
After a while, the bartender first brought drinks, vegetables and fruits, and eight kinds of game cold dishes were also served.
Just then, someone outside shouted in a rough voice: "We want these two roasted whole lambs, bring them to us!"