Returning from Yuncheng was much smoother. In the early morning of the fourth day, Li Yanqing arrived in Bianjing. He and Zhou Wenyuan divided the road in Chenqiao Town. Zhou Wenyuan returned to Bianjing City, and Li Yanqing rushed to the military camp on the north bank of the Wuzhang River.

It was exactly the tenth day since he left Bianjing. When he left, the military camp was still an empty camp. Now when he came back, there seemed to be many soldiers in the military camp. Generals transferred from all over the place had arrived one after another. On the vast military field, thousands of soldiers were training spear formations.

There were more than a dozen soldiers standing in front of the military camp gate. Li Yanqing rushed to the camp gate and turned over and dismounted. He was about to step forward to ask the soldiers to inform him, but someone shouted behind him, "Is it Yanqing in front?"

When Li Yanqing turned around, he saw dozens of steps away, veteran Zong Ze and a civil servant rode toward the camp. Li Yanqing hurriedly led his horse to meet him, "Elder General, long time no see!"

Zong Ze smiled and said, "Yanqing was ordered to travel far, thank you for your hard work."

He also introduced the civil servants around Li Yanqing, "This is the Minister of Rites and the Minister of Xuzhou, and you should know."

It turned out that this person was Zhang Shuye who wiped out Song Jiang in history. Li Yanqing couldn't help but look at him carefully. He was about fifty years old, with a slightly pointed chin and a brown skin, but he was tall and looked very thin and powerful. In history, Zhang Shuye was also famous for his talent in civil and military affairs.

Li Yanqing hurriedly bowed with his fists, "Sir, please see Mr. Zhang!"

Uncle Zhang replied with a smile and said, "I have heard of Li Tanhua's reputation for a long time. When I saw him today, he was indeed a handsome talent and was well-deserved!"

"The Minister of the Secretariat has been awarded too much, and I hope the Minister of the Secretariat will give me more support in the future!"

"Haha! Li Chanjun is a handsome general. If he has a handsome support, we don't have to interfere."

Seeing that he was talking interestingly, everyone laughed together. Zong Ze said to Li Yanqing again: "The martial arts competition has begun today. Mr. Zhang and I are about to go and observe. Should Li Zhanjun go and see together?"

"There are important things to report to the Grand Marshal."

Zhang Shuye smiled and said, "Since that's the case, you should go with us."

Li Yanqing changed his mind, "Could the general begs to watch the martial arts?"

"He was not going to see the martial arts, he was the general judge of the martial arts, and he asked him to serve as the boss. He probably wanted to pick some young talents from the martial arts!"

Since Zhong Shidao was also at the martial arts scene, Li Yanqing of course had to take a look, not to mention that there were several of his good friends participating in the competition, Li Yanqing nodded, "Then let's go together!"

The three of them turned their horses and ran towards Bianjing with more than a dozen cavalrymen.

The martial arts are divided into two parts: the literary test and the martial arts test. First, the martial arts test and then the literary test. There are five items in total, including weightlifting, marksmanship, foot shooting, cavalry and military tactics. The weightlifting was tested in advance ten days ago, and the foot shooting and marksmanship had also ended yesterday. The riding and shooting test will be tested today and tomorrow, and the military tactic will be tested on the last day.

There were more than 1,000 people participating in the Wu Ju Ju Ju, and about 100 people were admitted. In addition to the martial arts scholars, there were also people who passed the martial arts examinations in various places. But in fact, most of the scholars who participated in the Wu Ju Ju Ju came from three places, including the northwest, Hebei and Bianjing, and there were very few scholars in the southern part. This was also because the imperial court only required that Hebei and the northwest states establish prefecture martial arts, while the southern states basically did not.

In addition, the living environment is also different. The northwest and Hebei prefectures and counties organized a large number of civil archery clubs. The scholars have heard of them since childhood and are full of interest in martial arts. The soldiers in the south have no pressure on war and have focused on studying since childhood. There is basically no way out for martial arts, so some people jokingly call it: "Southern, Civil, and Military."

As for Bianjing, it was because a large number of meritorious children were families of military generals. The family tradition allowed them to become officials with martial arts. Many officials had served as guards in the palace for many years and had sufficient qualifications. After passing the martial arts examination, they could officially become officials and start their careers. Therefore, the martial arts examination was extremely important to the meritorious children and officials in the capital, and almost 30% of the reference scholars were them.

Li Yanqing, Zong Ze and Zhang Shuye came to the martial arts riding and shooting venue. A stand that can accommodate hundreds of people has been built at the end of the north. Nearly a hundred military officers were sitting in the stands watching the riding and shooting exam. This year's martial arts examiner is the Privy Councilor, while the bow and horse chief examiner is Zhong Shidao, and several other deputy examiners also sit in the first row.

Li Yanqing walked up and bowed to Master Zhong, "I am humble and join the commander!"

"Ah! You're back."

Zhong Shidao was shocked and happy, "Yesterday your subordinate Yang Liang ran back to ask for help, saying that the Liangshan Army was searching the spies on a large scale. He was caught and escaped again. He said that you were trapped in Xucheng. I was very worried!"

"The situation is indeed very tense, and Bei Yi escaped by chance, but Bei Yi has indeed found a lot of information."

Li Yanqing was about to retrieve the information, but Zhong Shidao quickly stopped him and gave him a wink. Li Yanqing understood and nodded, "I will report it when I go back!"

At this time, Li Yanqing bowed to Gao Shen who was walking not far away, and Gao Shen smiled and said, "The leader of the bow and horse competition will also judge it. Let's see how the martial artists of this year are?"

"There are special forces in the game to watch!"

Zhong Shidao said to Li Yanqing again: "Tang Huai and Niu Gao have passed, both scored up and down, and the accuracy was pretty good, but they were slightly inferior to the left and right."

"Master, how many grades are considered qualified?"

"This is not necessarily the case. In the last martial arts examination, there must be three of the five exams, and the minimum cannot be lower than the middle school entrance examination to be considered to pass the martial arts examination. This year, one hundred people are admitted. If everyone's grades are good, then the admission requirements will be improved. However, now it seems that it is similar to the last martial arts examination."

At this time, a bell rang, and five more scholars came out on horseback, holding quiver pots on their backs, holding bows and arrows in their hands, preparing to start the exam. Li Yanqing saw Yue Fei and Wang Gui at a glance. Yue Fei was the second to appear and Wang Gui was the fourth to appear. Li Yanqing hurriedly asked Master Zhong, "How did Yue Fei do the exam before?"

Mr. Zhong stroked his beard and smiled and said, "Yue Fei is not bad. He is tied for the first place so far, especially his shooting skills are very good. He got a high score in the best. However, you know another one, Yang Zaixing."

"Does Yang Zaixing also want to take the martial arts exam?"

"He passed the martial arts examination a few years ago and is qualified to participate in the martial arts examination.

As he was speaking, the first person had already passed the finish line, shooting three arrows in total, eighty steps outside the fixed target, and requiring one arrow to be shot from left to right.

At this time, Yue Fei came on the stage. He urged the horse to run quickly. He set his bow and arrows away from eighty steps to shoot at the wooden man's target. He hit the wooden man's chest with an arrow. Li Yanqing nodded and shot well, and he could see that he had worked hard.

After running dozens of steps, the second arrow shot out. The arrow was slightly off and hit the shoulder hole. Yue Fei then changed to holding the bow with his right hand, pulling the string with his left hand, and shooting towards the wooden target on the other side. This arrow shot into the legs, and the two arrows did not hit the vital point, which means he had no chance of getting along with the superiors. However, riding and shooting has always been Yue Fei's weakness. As long as it is not bad, it is not a big problem to pass the martial arts and Jinshi.

Gao Shen next to him said: "The arrows are not smooth enough, the riding and shooting are not skillful enough, and the two arrows are not hit the key point, but two stone bows are used, which can be used to make the upper hand."

Zhong Shidao also agreed with this score. Although he was Li Yanqing's friend, he showed no mercy at all. He also gave Yue Fei a mid-to-high score. He sighed slightly: "Compared to shooting skills, riding and shooting, I'm afraid he won't be able to get the chance to be the first one."

Li Yanqing also knew in his heart that Yang Zaixing was able to enter the top ten of the cavalry and shooting competition. With this alone, he was the top martial artist this year. However, there was no top martial artist, the second place, and the second place in the martial artist, and he didn't even have a martial artist. He just passed the selection examinations of the Ministry of War and the Privy Council.

Yue Fei also knew that he performed well, so he shook his head and soon the third player ended, and the third arrow failed, which meant that he could not even get the score, and he was very likely to be eliminated.

At this time, Li Yanqing felt a little nervous. Wang Gui appeared. Among the four friends, he and Wang Gui had the deepest friendship. In the Hedong Army, Wang Gui was once his subordinate.

As the commander shouted, Wang Gui rushed out, he controlled the horse with his legs, and shot the arrow calmly. The arrow hit the chest, "Okay!" Li Yanqing cheered softly, Wang Gui was very calm when he shot the arrow. Sure enough, the more important the exam was, the more outstanding he performed.

Immediately afterwards, Wang Gui shot the second arrow, still hitting the chest. At this time, Wang Gui had already run sixty steps. He changed his right hand to hold the bow, and suddenly lay on the back of the horse, lying down and shot an arrow. However, the arrow did not hit the chest, and only hit the shoulder hole.

All the audience laughed. The scholar was very interesting. He even used a fancy archery move, but it seemed that he had backfired.

Gao Shen shook his head, "I am smart and can get the best, but I have to play tricks for the top and bottom."

Mr. Zhong hesitated for a moment, but scored a high score of the upper and middle class.
Chapter completed!