Water Margin: You dog official, you still say you don’t know martial arts?

Chapter 853 Li Kui: Uncle Jiu, play with them! [1 more]

"Brother, today is the martial arts test for children!"

Yue Fei explained to Liu Gao:
"All the martial arts children in Neihuang County came to take the exam, so all the people in the city went to the parade ground to watch the excitement!"

That's it!

Liu Gao remembered that in the original novel, Yue Fei, Tang Huai, Zhang Xian and Wang Gui took part in the martial arts examination together.

Therefore, Yue Fei was favored by Li Chun, the magistrate of Neihuang County, who married his daughter to Yue Fei.

Not only that, he also gave Yue Fei a BMW.

It was because Yue Fei had just got this BMW that he went horse racing with Zhou Tong. As a result, after returning, Zhou Tong was sweating profusely and fell ill when the wind blew.

Zhou Tong was already 79 years old at the time, and had no famous doctor around him. He died of illness seven days later.

Fortunately, Zhou Tong has been taken to Cangzhou and has been examined by An Daoquan. Perhaps his life can be extended for a few more years.

Yue Fei no longer had to take the military examination, but since he was already here, he still had to go to the parade ground to see the excitement.

After all, the county magistrate Li Chun was also in the parade ground at this time.

"Let's go and see what's going on."

Liu Gao led his people to follow the crowd to the parade ground. When they arrived at the parade ground, they saw:
That guy, that scene!
The gongs and drums are noisy, the firecrackers are blasting, the red flags are waving, and there are huge crowds of people!
Nowadays, people who are good at doing business come to the parade ground to attend the market, and the tea stalls and wine shops lined up like a farmer's market.

The martial arts children from various towns and villages came in droves.

It is really the case that "the poor are literary and the rich are martial". Many rich men are dressed very neatly, riding tall and fine horses with bright and gorgeous saddles and armor.

Everyone wanted to succeed so that they could go to Tokyo to gain fame and fortune.

Liu Gao and his companions found a tea shed in a prime location, tied their horses to a tree in front of the door, walked into the shed, occupied two tables, and sat down to drink tea.

Yue Fei felt deeply moved when he saw those martial arts children. If he had not followed his elder brother, he would have also taken the exam in the same way.

Even if I passed the exam, I wouldn't know when I could succeed, but after following my elder brother, I have already become the commander of an army.

He has 18,000 Wild Wolf Riders under his command and is invincible!
But then again, it’s a bit regrettable that Yue Fei was unable to take part in the military examination.

In fact, given his current status, he shouldn't have any regrets, but for some reason it is a small regret.

After a while, the county magistrate Li Chun arrived, followed by a group of servants. He entered the parade ground, dismounted, and went to the martial arts hall where he met a young general.

The young general arrived first and greeted Li Chun.

Li Chun was not familiar with the young general. After the greeting, they sat down and were served tea.

Seeing all those martial arts students going to take the exam so lively, Li Chun should have been overjoyed.

After all, if the martial arts child he selected could pass the imperial examination in Beijing in the future, he would be considered his disciple and it would be a great honor for him.

But when the young general arrived, the selected martial arts boys were registered and would be brought directly to Liang Zhongshu by the young general.

This has nothing to do with him, so Li Chun’s mood is not so good.

"General Zhou, why does the resident minister attach so much importance to the military examination this year?"

Li Chun picked up the teacup and asked with a smile.

The young general looked unhappy:
"This is a long story, magistrate, the time has come, let's start the examination."

His words made Li Chun look unhappy.

Li Chun is a county official, how could he be confronted by General Zhou, a mere regular soldier?

However, considering that General Zhou was backed by Liang Zhongshu, Li Chun could only bear it and called out the names in order according to the list:

"Cai Xucun - Liu Kun!"

Liu Gao and his companions could not see the martial arts hall from the tea shed, but they heard their names being called, and a martial arts boy stood up:

"Have!"

The martial arts test will first test archery, then bow and horsemanship.

The martial arts boy from Caixu Village named Liu Kun took a bow and arrow and went on stage.

Then Liu Gao and the others' view was blocked, and all the onlookers stood outside the shed to watch.

"Brother, I'll go take a look!"

Lu Zhishen and Li Kui, two impatient men, went out and squeezed into the crowd to watch.

Yue Fei was young at heart and also wanted to go and see it.

Seeing that Liu Gao did not stop Lu Zhishen and Li Kui, Yue Fei stood up and went into the crowd to find Lu Zhishen.

Huayue Niang actually wants to go too.

But she considered that she would soon become a princess, and she had to hold herself to the standard of a mother of the country. Besides, if she went, wouldn't it be like giving Liu Gao to Qiu Qiongying?

So even though Hua Yue Niang was itching to go, she refused to go.

If she didn't go, Qiu Qiongying wouldn't go either.

So the two of them guarded Liu Gao on the left and right, as steady as a rock.

"Whoosh whoosh—"

There was a continuous sound of arrows being fired outside. Hua Yue Niang was so anxious that she scratched her ears and cheeks because she couldn't see the result.

The main reason is that she comes from a family with a history of archery skills and she is the “best female archer in the world”, so archery competitions are what she loves to watch the most.

Liu Gao: "Want to know the result?"

Hua Yue Niang: "I want to..."

Liu Gao: "I missed the target with one arrow."

Hua Yue Niang was stunned: "How did you know that, sir?"

Liu Gao smiled while waving his goose feather fan:
"My lady, you only hear the sound of bows and arrows, but do you hear the sound of drums?"

It turned out that because the training ground was too large and the target was far away, it was not easy to see whether the arrow had hit the target.

So in order to make it easier for everyone to know the martial arts children's results, people were specially equipped to play drums next to the target.

When an arrow hits the target, a drum is beaten so that everyone knows that the arrow has hit the target.

There was no drum sound. It was obvious that the Caixu village martial arts boy named Liu Kun had missed the target with every arrow he shot...

Hua Yue Niang had naturally never participated in a martial arts test. After listening to Liu Gao's explanation and Qiu Qiongying's laughter, she was shaking with laughter.

Several martial arts boys followed suit, Qiu Qiongying said with a smile:

"Big sister, are you going to win the exam?"

Hua Yue Niang really wanted to give it a try, but then she thought that she would soon be a princess and must be the mother of the country.

This kind of thing is just something I can think about...

At the same time, Li Kui, who was crowded in the crowd watching the excitement, also said:
"Uncle Jiu, none of them are useful!
"If you take the exam, I'm afraid you will win first place, right?"

Yue Fei was also tempted, but he did not sign up. Not everyone can take the exam if they want.

At this moment, the martial arts hall called out:

"Foot Washing Village—Bi Yuntao!"

I ordered three times, but for some reason the martial arts boy didn't show up.

Li Kui instigated: "Uncle Jiu, play with them!"

On a whim, Yue Fei entered the parade ground under a false name and was led to the martial arts hall to perform the salute.

Li Chun asked him, "Why didn't you call the roll three times?"

Yue Fei lowered his head and said, "I am hard of hearing."

General Zhou was drinking tea from a cup and sneered:
Are the blind and deaf brave enough to take the military examination these days?
There is really no one in Neihuang County who can fight!
Li Chun: "Let me test your archery first."

Yue Fei: "Please tell the raft to be moved further away."

Li Chun was stunned: "It's already sixty steps, how much further do you need to go?"

Yue Fei: "It's still farther away."

Li Chun glanced at him and said, "Put on eighty steps."

Yue Fei: "It's still a little further to ask for help, sir."

Li Chun frowned: "One hundred steps."

Yue Fei: "Please stay away from me, sir."

Li Chun couldn't help laughing: "In that case, let's do 120 steps!"

Yue Fei: "Please stay a little further away, sir."

"Grandstanding!"

Before Li Chun could say anything, General Zhou had already slammed the teacup on the table and mocked unhappily:

"How many steps do you want to take? Is 200 steps enough?"

(End of this chapter)