The martial arts examination in Xiangzhou was held on January 20th. Compared with the grand scale of the martial arts examination, the martial arts examination seemed deserted and almost no one paid attention to it.

On the one hand, it was influenced by the Song people's style of emphasizing culture over military affairs, and on the other hand, the time for the military election was a bit unfortunate. It happened that various lively festivals came one after another. At this time, people were all thinking about the Zhongyuan Lantern Festival, so they naturally had no interest in the martial arts.

Yue Fei, Wang Gui and Tang Huai left Tangyin north on the fifth day of the first lunar month and went north to Anyang County. They needed to register for the exam and had to come early. Li Yanqing was a few days later than them and arrived in Anyang County on the tenth day of the first lunar month. Wu Ju had nothing to do with him. He was purely here to cheer for his friends.

Li Er was also heading north with Li Yanqing. He was studying at Anyang Academy and preparing to take the state school entrance examination this fall. His father held great hope for him and forced him to return to school early and study hard.

Two months later, Li Yanqing came to Tangji Inn again. He saw that the entrance of Tangyin Inn was completely refreshed. An elephant lamp was hung at the door, and there were four unique goldfish lamps next to it.

Although the weather is still cold and the snow in Anyang City has not yet melted, the entire Anyang City has already shown a strong atmosphere of Shangyuan Lantern Festival. Even the "Guo Saner Snack Shop" opposite has hung more than a dozen bowl lamps.

The shopkeeper Wang of the inn was hanging lanterns under the eaves with two friends. A friend suddenly saw Li Yanqing and shouted excitedly, "Look at who is here!"

Manager Wang was so scared that he almost fell off the ladder. He was so angry that he knocked his friend's head hard, "Bastard! Do you want to kill me? If I fall to death, it's not your turn to be the manager!"

At this time, Manager Wang also saw Li Yanqing, and immediately turned angry and jumped off the ladder with a smile and came up. "My little official said that Li Jieyuan would arrive today, and he is indeed here. It's extremely welcome!"

Wang Gui and Tang Huai rushed out of the inn with a gust of wind, "It's finally here!" Wang Gui ran forward and complained, "We'll wait for you in the morning, why are we here now?"

Li Yanqing turned over and dismounted, took off the horse bag, threw the reins to the servant, and apologized to Wang Gui: "I came with Li Er. That boy riding a donkey, he really couldn't run fast."

"Why are you going with that guy? We waited for most of the day in vain, and our necks were sore."

Tang Huai and Wang Gui complained, while taking Li Yanqing into the inn. They booked a yard with four rooms in the yard, just one room for each person.

"Have you not come yet?" Li Yanqing walked into the yard and didn't see Zhou Tong.

"The master has also been here in the past two days. He has gone to Daming Mansion. It seems that something happened to Lu Junyi?"

"Oh! Where is the old monk? Why didn't he see him?"

"I'm here!"

When Li Yanqing turned around, he saw Yue Fei carrying a large crossbow and walking in from outside in a steaming heat. He put the crossbow by the wall and smiled: "I'm going to practice crossbows outside the city!"

"Don't you practice riding and shooting?" Li Yanqing asked with a smile.

"I am weak in riding and shooting. There are regulations in the martial arts exam. If you choose to take the crossbow exam, you can add additional points, which will make up for the lost points in my riding and shooting exam. If the literary exam is a little better, it will be less of a problem to pass the martial arts exam."

At this time, the shopkeeper asked them to have dinner. The four of them sat in the lobby, drinking while telling Li Yanqing about the interesting stories of martial arts.

"There were 35 people participating in this martial arts examination, and a total of ten people were admitted. There were eleven people in our county school alone. Except for the three of us, the others were Huang An's guys."

"That's fine, one of three and a half will be admitted on average."

Wang Gui sighed, "If it were better last year, there were only three candidates last year, but there were ten places, and seven were wasted. I heard from the examiner that the quota will be cut in the year. This year is the last chance."

"Then have you seen your military strategy?" Li Yanqing asked Wang Gui.

"Look! Look!"

Wang Gui quickly said, "I have seen it three times."

"Have you really seen it?" Li Yanqing looked at him with a suspicion.

"Okay! I'm honest, I only read it once, of course, I haven't finished it all, and there are about half of it that I haven't read it at all."

"I guess you'll just look at the beginning!"

Li Yanqing really knew Wang Gui too much. He was the kind of child who could not be a weapon without being beaten. He was strongly restrained by his master in the elementary school and was able to get ninth place in the county school. He was also severely urged by Zhou Tong to achieve success in his martial arts. However, no one cared about his learning of military tactics, so he became careless.

Li Yanqing looked at Wang Gui and said solemnly: "Listen to me, your riding and shooting are mediocre, your archery skills must be lucky to perform well, your sword skills are average, and your weightlifting is not very outstanding. You are basically at a medium level. If you are dragged by military tactics again, then your martial arts will be in danger this time."

Wang Gui lowered his head and said nothing, and Li Yanqing continued to pressure him: "In name, it is recruiting ten people, but do you know how many places have been settled? I guess at least half of them! Things like martial arts are not like papers that can be checked, just the words of the examiner. If you don't hurry up and study military tactics, then you will definitely have no hope for martial arts in the capital. In addition, the number of places for the test will be reduced next year, what will you do in the future?"

Wang Gui's face turned pale. After a while, he asked Tang Huai in a low voice: "Old Tang, how many times have you read the art of war?"

Tang Huaibi made three fingers, "At least three times!"

Wang Gui's face turned pale. He could no longer eat, so he pushed the bowl and ran to the backyard.

Yue Fei sighed, "Old Li, you hit him too hard like this."

Li Yanqing shook his head, "It's because he lacks blows that he indulges himself like this. If he doesn't control him, he will really have no hope."

"But he is just reading a book now, isn't it too late?"

Li Yanqing didn't say anything. As long as Wang Gui was really willing to learn, there was always a way.

After dinner, Yue Fei and Tang Huai went back to their room to study. Li Yanqing was really worried about Wang Gui, so he left the inn and walked towards the Gongyuan. He remembered that there was a bookstore opposite the Gongyuan, selling various exam books.

Soon, Li Yanqing came to the bookstore and saw the sign saying, "Gongshi Bookstore!"

"What books do you want to buy for a little official?"

As soon as Li Yanqing walked into the bookstore, the guy smiled and greeted him. It was the off-season for the exam, and there were not many scholars who bought books. The guy's attitude was particularly enthusiastic.

"I want to buy martial arts books, are there any?"

"You mean the art of war?"

"Yes! Are there any questions for the Xiangzhou Martial Arts Examination Examination in recent years?"

"There is only the first question for the military strategy test, so let me think about it!"

The guy thought for a long time and suddenly laughed, "There is really a copy, but it's just a handwritten copy. It's a little expensive. Do you want it?"

"Show me first."

The guy went upstairs to find books. Li Yanqing looked at the bookstore and saw that the bookstore was quite large, full of various books. There were more than a dozen stacks of best-selling books on the table near the door, basically all kinds of popular vernacular novels, "Travels of the North", "Biographies of the Ten Kingdoms", etc.

He suddenly saw an extremely familiar novel: "The Complete Biography of the Great Sage Monster Hunt", which was a total of five thick books. Li Yanqing picked it up. The author was still a little boy in Lushan. It was still engraved with the "Silinyuan Bookstore" and it was a collection version.

"Do you want to buy one?"

Another guy walked up quickly and said with a smile: "This set of books has always been selling well. A set of books costs only 500 cents, which is much more cost-effective than the previous single book. There are only five sets left in the store."

Li Yanqing smiled and said, "Then buy one!"

"Okay! I'll wrap it up for the little official immediately."

After a moment, the guy before walked up with a few books and said, "I found two types of martial arts. These three are collections of test questions for the provincial martial arts exams in previous years. There are also the selection of test questions for the Jiewei Ju exams in Xiangzhou. There are only handwritten copies, and there are too few people who buy it, so it is not worth it."

Li Yanqing took the handwritten book and flipped it. It was exactly the book he wanted, and then asked, "Is this book in Xiangzhou still available?"

"I copied only two copies in total, and I sold one copy the year before yesterday, and only one copy was left. There are many people in the provincial examination. Do you still want it?"

Li Yanqing thought for a while and said, "I want this handwritten book, so I will buy two more copies when I save the trial."

"Okay! The little official wait, come soon!" The guy ran upstairs.

Soon, Li Yanqing came out of the bookstore with two bundles of books and returned to the inn.

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At night, the lights in Wang Gui's room were still on. He sat at the table and focused on reading. Today, Li Yanqing's words deeply stimulated him, and he began to study hard.

However, there are only eight days left before the martial arts trial. He still has to practice swords and arrows during the day, and only study at night is a bit too late.

Although the literary test in the martial arts examination is the simplest, as long as you memorize Sun Tzu's Art of War, you can basically get better, but the problem is that you need to take time to memorize it. What Wang Gui lacks the most now is time.

At this time, Li Yanqing appeared in front of his room and said with a smile: "I'm very hardworking now!"

"Don't bother me, I'm reading a book!" Wang Gui said with a angrily voice.

Although Li Yanqing's words during the day woke him up, it did hurt his self-esteem, which really made him a little angry.

"I'll help you. I have a shortcut to give you some advice. Do you want it?"

"shortcut!"

Wang Gui's eyes lit up, and he immediately threw away the dissatisfaction in his heart. He ran forward and smiled and said, "Old Li, what shortcut?"

Li Yanqing sat down and gave him the handwritten copy he bought, "This is the answer to the questions in the last five Xiangzhou martial arts. I just read them carefully, and I found that the questions are basically repeated. Don't read the books. Just read the questions I have checked twice, and I will probably be able to get the exam!"

Wang Guizheng was dizzy when he saw it. He couldn't remember a sentence for a long time. Li Yanqing actually found a solution for him. He was overjoyed and grabbed the book and flipped it out impatiently.

Wang Gui became more and more excited as he read it, and couldn't help but cheer. Not only were there test questions, but there were detailed answers on it. Wang Gui couldn't remember it when reading books, but if he looked at the answers, he could remember it once.

At this time, Tang Huai, who was living next door, rushed over to hear the news. When he saw that Wang Gui had actually gotten a review question, he immediately asked to participate in the sharing. The two started a fierce argument. Seeing that the situation was not good, Li Yanqing turned around and left, and fled the scene in time.
Chapter completed!