As early as last autumn, there were rumors that the magistrate Jiang Dadao was planning to hire a "Tian" coach with the imperial guards who were named "Tian" to come to the county to teach martial arts. The rumors took several months, but later they were left unresolved. When everyone was desperate, they didn't expect it to become a reality.

Li Yanqing smiled but said nothing. He knew it was true, and it must be Zhou Tong coming.

Wang Gui was the first to jump up and shouted: "Is it true or rumor?"

"It was my father who said that he had just returned from the county and said that Xuezheng had announced it."

Li Er's father Li Zhen took over the position of Du Baozheng of Li Wengui last year. Of course, his words would not be groundless. Wang Gui cheered "Ah!", and Tang Huai shook his fan and said, "They are teaching county schools, not teaching us. Why are you excited?"

Li Yanqing joked: "Didn't Lao Gui get angry just now? He has to hang a rope around his neck and a needle on his butt. He will definitely be admitted to the county school, Lao Gui, right?"

Yue Fei took out a sewing needle from the table and handed it to Wang Gui seriously, "I happen to have a needle here."

The school room burst into laughter, but Wang Gui was not angry and said proudly: "I'm not afraid you are jealous. My grandfather has visited Jiang Zhi County. Jiang Zhi County personally promised me to go to school without the exam. What do you think?"

More than 20 students preparing for the exam in the school were exclaiming, and everyone was envious, but Tang Huai curled his lips and said, "If you don't take the county exam, will the 800,000 imperial guards coaches look down on you? We all take the imperial guards coaches as our teacher, and you are still following the old beetle to sharpen your knife, and you are so anxious!"

Tang Huai's words immediately added some concern to Wang Guiping. Although martial arts is a must-take the subject in county schools, Jiang Dadao also made adjustments. He would not have to take the martial arts exam if he spent money to study in county schools, but.

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Those who sit in the exam seat must have the imperial guards instructor. If you haven't passed the exam in the county, will the imperial guards inviting him to the future?

Li Yanqing patted his shoulder and smiled, "So! It's not okay to steal a coincidence. You should have no problem taking a martial arts test."

Wang Gui suddenly felt relieved and sat down listlessly. Without any chore, everyone began to do their homework quietly.

The county school examination will be held on the fifth day of the second month ten days later. After so many years, everyone knows the basics. The exam itself is not difficult. It is to take the three chapters of "The Analects of Confucius", "Mencius" and "The Book of Filial Piety". The students can only memorize these three chapters and do the questions of the county school examination several times in the past. There is no big problem with knowledge. It is rare to be calligraphy. The county school examination has high requirements for calligraphy. If you fail, it must be that the calligraphy has failed.

As for martial arts, Jiang Dadao is actually quite humane. As long as he is strong, he runs five laps in an incense stick along the county school wall, lifts 50 kilograms and shoots ten arrows, and passes the level.

Therefore, the key to the county exam is calligraphy. On the eve of the exam, everyone practiced calligraphy hard. The room was very quiet and only the rustling sound of writing was heard.

Over the past five years, Li Yanqing's calligraphy has begun to develop from its original upright and beautiful style to copying. The calligraphy of the four masters of "Su, Huang, Mi, and Cai" was popular in the Northern Song Dynasty, and has been copied the most. Li Yanqing is particularly good at writing running scripts. He learns Yan Zhenqing's grandeur and Su Dongpo's purity and elegance. He practices Huang Tingjian and Mi Fu's running scripts hard, and his calligraphy is getting better and better. Even his father Li Daqi and his master Yao Ding are a little ashamed.

It is precisely because of his excellent calligraphy that his father Li Daqi hoped that he would go directly to the test for the test. In comparison, Yue Fei's calligraphy was a little worse, but he only had a little less charm than Li Yanqing's calligraphy, and his basic skills were as solid as he was, second only to Li Yanqing in Lushan School.

Just as he was writing Jingxin, a note suddenly appeared on Li Yanqing's desk. Li Yanqing opened it and it was written by Wang Gui, asking him to compete by the river after school.

For five years, while studying, they did not give up learning martial arts. As their physical development, each of their specialties gradually showed. Li Yanqing still retained the talent of fastness. He practiced the sword technique left to him by Uncle Hu to perfection, and made a sword like lightning, which was extremely fast. The second was the unique skill of hitting stones with one hand, which was within seven feet of the time.

However, in terms of strength, Li Yanqing is not as good as Yue Fei. Yue Fei is born with divine power and takes a strong path, which is quite similar to Uncle Hu's aura back then.

Among the four, Tang Huai likes to practice light skills. He is the oldest, but his figure is the shortest and his body is the fastest and flexible. Wang Gui's characteristics are mixed, he knows a little bit of everything, but he is not good at anything. He even learned to stone from Li Yanqing, but his talent is limited and his accuracy is limited to 1 zhang.

Li Yanqing smiled, wrote the word "correct" on the paper, and then kneaded the notes into a ball. Wang Gui was overjoyed. He had practiced a set of whipping techniques in the past six months, and wanted to try his skills with Li Yanqing.

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After school in the afternoon, four people walked across the official road and came to the Tang River behind the shop. This was also the place where Li Yanqing competed with Wang Gui for the first time. There was a large lawn by the river, and the air was filled with warm breath. A little green bud had grown from the willow branches. The river water had just thawed, and there were very few boats in the river. A passenger ship was moored by the river. The boatman went to buy things temporarily. The passenger was an old man, standing on the bow of the boat with his hands behind his back and looking at the new buds on the willow branches.

"We're ready to start!"

Wang Gui was very excited and was moving his muscles with a wooden whip, but it looked like a monkey jumping and jumping in place. He learned a master whip method from a martial artist half a year ago, and had long been eager to compete with Li Yanqing again.

"You two testify, I will fight with Lao Li!"

Wang Gui pulled out a posture, which looked a bit like a white crane flaunting its wings and a little bit of Huang Feihong's charm. His palm bent slightly and made a move at Li Yanqing, but Li Yanqing stood casually with a wooden knife, looking at Wang Gui's appearance with a smile.

The other two referees did not do it well. Tang Huai shook his folding fan and recited several poems of Fengyue by Liu Sanbian in a elegant manner. He had never been interested in lyrics, but since he had this folding fan, he had actually memorized hundreds of Fengyue Ci.

Yue Fei was also distracted, chewing a grass stem in his mouth, looking at Tang He in a daze. He was considering his future, whether to go to the state to study, or to go to Xiangzhou with Li Yanqing to try the test for the test at the end of the year?

Wang Gui felt that he was neglected, and he shouted to Li Yanqing with a fierce look: "This is different this time. If you don't be serious, don't cry if you get beaten later."

"Just let the horse come over!"

Li Yanqing shouted, and this sentence attracted the attention of the old man on the bow. He turned to Li Yanqing and found that it was a few teenagers who were competing in martial arts, and he couldn't help but become a little interested.

"Then I'm welcome!"

Wang Gui shouted, and the whip began to dance randomly, as if it had three heads and six arms. He rushed towards Li Yanqing while dancing. The dance seemed to be messy, but when he looked closely, he was quite well-organized.

This is the whipping method that Mr. Lu Wu of the Wang Gui family guards was at the bottom of his whipping method. He was about to resign and return to his hometown in Daming Mansion. Therefore, because the Wang family has treated him well over the years, he taught Wang Gui several real skills, and this whipping method is one of them.

However, Wang Gui only practiced for a few months, and had not yet fully understood the essence of the whip technique. He had only obtained the appearance and lacked a little bit of charm.

The old man on the boat stroked his beard and nodded. The whip method of this young man was a bit interesting, messy and not mixed. It was a famous whip method of the Lu family in Daming Prefecture. It was rarely spread and was actually used by a young man in Tangyin County. It seemed that the small Tangyin County was still hidden and lying on the tiger.

Li Yanqing did not move at all. Wang Gui was almost approaching. He suddenly laughed loudly, his body flashed, his body as fast as lightning, and he stabbed Wang Gui's left shoulder with a sword.

"Good sword technique!"

The old man on the bow of the boat burst into tears, causing the four of them to turn around. Only then did they notice that an old man was standing on the boat.

The old man could see clearly that Li Yanqing's sword was simple and unparalleled, without any fancy things. With lightning-like speed, it became extremely sharp. Even ordinary warriors would never use such swordsmanship. This is a great swordsmanship that has simplified the complex.

The old man was a little stunned for a moment. He never expected that he had seen such a brilliant swordsmanship in Tangyin County, and he used it from a young man.

Wang Gui's face was ashamed to the point of a red cloth. Master Lu told him that he could beat Tangyin County's invincible boys in this random whip method, which made him excited for several nights but couldn't sleep well. Unexpectedly, Li Yanqing used it for the first time.

Wang Gui was both ashamed and annoyed, threw the wooden whip to the ground hard, and cursed: "What a shit master, it's just a liar. If he dares to come again, he will tie him up with a rope and go to the official!"

At this time, the old man walked off the boat, picked up the wooden whip on the ground and handed it to Wang Gui and smiled: "You don't have to be angry. Your whip method is actually very good. It is the box treasure of the Lu family in Daming Mansion. It is rarely passed to outsiders. You are just not skilled. If you practice for a few more years, you can block the sword just now."

Only then did Li Yanqing and the other two realize that the old man was extremely tall. He didn't see it on the boat just now. Now he stood in front of them like a half-iron tower, especially his arms were extremely majestic.

Wang Gui was overwhelmed by the other party's aura and was surprised that the other party actually knew the Lu whip method. He stuttered in a low voice: "You... how do you know?"

The old man smiled and said to Li Yanqing again: "I can't see the origin of your sword, but it must be summarized from the battlefield. It is a killing technique. You need to be careful when using it in the future, especially when holding a real sword, don't use this sword technique easily to your friends, which will cause you to accidentally hurt."

Li Yanqing hurriedly bowed and said, "Li Yanqing remembers the words of his father-in-law," he said.

"Your name is Li Yanqing?"

"That's right! We are students of Lushan School. These are my classmates and friends, Yue Fei, Wang Gui and Tang Huai. Please give me more advice in the future."

Li Yanqing introduced all four friends to the old man. The three of them quickly saluted. The old man nodded, "All of them are good talents. We will see you again if you have the chance in the future."

At this time, the boatman came back from buying things. He smiled and called out, "Master Zhou, we are going to set off!"

The old man got on the boat and waved to everyone. The boat left the shore and headed towards Tangyin County in the north.

"Who is this old man? He actually knows my Lu family whip method." Wang Gui was still very surprised.

Li Yanqing smiled faintly, "If I guessed correctly, he will be the new imperial guard instructor from the county school."

"How do you know?" the three of them asked in unison.

Li Yanqing did not answer, but his heart was like a mirror. His figure was Zhou, but who would Zhou Tong be without an iron arm?
Chapter completed!