Do you know: I am Xu Jiazi

Chapter 559: Test [Thank you! Goodbye! 43k more to go]

In the Xu family stable,
Hualan and Rong Feiyan stood aside, looking at the newborn foal lying on its side next to the imperially bestowed black colt in the stable on the side of the wooden fence.

Hearing the noises from Rong Feiyan and the others, the foal used all four hooves to try to stand up tremblingly.

Looking at the foal, Rong Feiyan said softly, "It looks a little...hmm."

Hua Qing at the side said with a smile: "Miss Feiyan, you mean to say it's a bit ugly, right?"

Before Rong Feiyan could speak, Hua Lan, who was standing beside her, had already started nodding.

Seeing this, Rong Feiyan smiled and said, "Yeah! This is also the first time I see a newborn foal."

Hua Qing smiled and said, "When it grows a few months longer and is no longer so thin, it will look better. The foal born from your dragon colt looked almost like this."

Thinking about the offspring of the dragon colt that she had seen in Huyan Mansion before, there was some surprise in Rong Feiyan's eyes.

At this time,

Qingcao trotted in, bowed to the people in the deep stable, and shouted, "Alan, the mounts of Master and Brother Qingyun need to be brought out."

Alan, who was standing behind Rong Feiyan and others, responded quickly. After bowing to Hualan, Rong Feiyan and others, he walked towards the stable of the little black colt nearby.

In the past few years since Hualan married into the Xu family, she has met Rong Feiyan on many occasions. When chatting with her sisters-in-law, mother-in-law, and sister-in-law, she has more or less understood what this girl from the Rong family is thinking.

Seeing the look in the eyes of the favorite concubine next to her, and then looking at Hua Erniang who stopped looking at the foal and kept looking out, Hua Lan said, "I think Erniang is worried about her brother. Why don't we go out and take a look?"

A look of joy flashed across Rong Feiyan's eyes, and she looked at Hua Er Niang as if asking for advice.

Seeing Hua Erniang nodding repeatedly, Rong Feiyan looked at Hua Lan and said, "Madam is right."

"Let's go!" Hua Lan said with a smile.

During the time when several people were talking,

Alan had already opened the wooden fence of the stable, and the strong and sturdy little black colt walked out of the stable by itself without anyone leading it. After looking at Rong Feiyan, Hualan and others, he walked out on his own.

Looking at the figure of the little black colt, Rong Feiyan had a flash of thought in her mind: "I wonder if it still remembers me."

Soon, everyone walked out of the stable and saw Xu Zaijing, Qingyun, Hua Rong and four others twisting their waists and lifting their legs to warm up their bodies at the racecourse not far away.

Alan and Xunshu were busy putting saddles on the two horses.

Xu Zaijing looked at the people coming out of the stable, smiled and nodded.

"Xiaowu has been getting up early every day for morning exercises in recent years. I have never seen his skills on the battlefield! Thanks to Second Mother, I can see it today." Hualan said with a smile.

Hearing this, Rong Feiyan's eyes were full of curiosity. She had seen Xu Zaijing play polo several times before, but she had never seen him draw a bow and dance with a spear on horseback!

As she was talking, Hua Lan brought Rong Feiyan and others to the eaves of the wooden house. When Xu Zaijing and the other four started to mount their horses, Qingcao and Yunxiang moved several seats out of the wooden house.

When Qingcao smiled and placed a wooden stool next to Rong Feiyan, the maid Ningxiang smiled at Qingcao, and looking at the wooden stool that was full of signs of use, she was about to take out a handkerchief and spread it on the stool.

But before Ningxiang could pull the handkerchief out of her sleeve, she saw her own girl had adjusted her mink fur coat and sat on it very naturally.

Ningxiang looked at Xibu beside her with some surprise, and Xibu smiled and shook his head slightly.

Hua Lan, who was standing by, took in the scene calmly.

Seeing Rong Feiyan looking at her after sitting down, Hua Lan quickly adjusted her eyes and looked at Rong Feiyan with some confusion and expectation.

Rong Feiyan looked at Hua Lan and said with a smile: "Madam, to be honest, I also have a bow for women at home. When I have nothing to do, I will practice a little to keep fit!"

Hua Lan looked at Rong Feiyan, smiled and nodded, saying: "Miss Feiyan must know more about archery than I do! When I was a girl in the boudoir, the only pastimes I had were tossing pots, playing balls and kicking shuttlecocks."

Rong Feiyan smiled a little embarrassedly: "It was by chance that I started to like archery."

Hua Lan smiled and nodded, "I went back to my parents' home two days ago and heard from my mother that my fifth sister was clamoring for a soft bow, saying that it would be difficult to chat with the ladies without a soft bow. I thought she was talking nonsense! Miss Feiyan is playing around, so it's no wonder!"

Rong Feiyan smiled and waved her hands, saying, "The Fifth Lady of the Duke of Yingguo and Miss Zhengzheng of the Chai family are all playing. I, I don't play such a big role."

Hualan smiled and nodded.

Listening to the conversation between the two, the second wife of the Hua family, who was sitting beside them, had an eager look in her eyes.

the other side,
Xu Zaijing was riding on a horse, holding a strong bow in his hand, and he and the other three people let the horses jog to warm up.

Rong Xian, who was riding a horse behind Xu Zaijing and walking side by side with Qingyun, asked in confusion: "Brother Jing, how are you going to test Brother Hua Rong's skills today?"

Xu Zaijing in front smiled, turned his head and said to Hua Rong beside him: "It's simple. When we race horses later, I shoot at the target and Brother Hua Rong will shoot at the same target. How do you think?"

Hua Rong looked at the arrow targets placed around the Xu Family Racecourse and nodded in approval, saying, "Okay! But how many arrow targets do I have to hit to qualify?"

Qingyun behind Hua Rong said with a smile: "Brother Hua, if you can keep up with the young master's speed and hit more than 50% of the targets, you will be more powerful than my master's personal soldiers."

Hearing this, Hua Rong nodded repeatedly and observed the position of the target.

Looking at Hua Rong's eyes, he seemed determined to succeed. Xu Zaijing hit one target, and Hua Rong wanted to follow up with two arrows.

"Try your arrows!"

Xu Zaijing said beside Hua Rong.

"it is good!"

Hua Rong quickly pulled out a feather arrow from the quiver, drew the bow and put the arrow on it, and when the bow arm finished bending and accumulating power, he released his fingers.

"Do"

Looking at the feather arrow nailed above the red center of the target, Hua Rong's eyes were full of surprise.

"Wulang, your arrow is really useful!" Hua Rong exclaimed.

While being amazed, Hua Rong looked at the quiver in front of him with eyes full of admiration, which was quite similar to the look He Guan had in his eyes when he was in Baigao before.

"Haha, Dalang, you don't know! Jing'er's feather arrows are carefully made by the Ministry of Industry. They are not ordinary items!"

"Try again?" Xu Zaijing asked.

"Ok!"

Bend the bow, draw the arrow, and shoot it out.

"Dah!"

This time, the arrow hit the bull's eye.

Seeing this, Xu Zaijing didn't notify anyone and just tapped the horse's belly.

Before anyone could react, the little black horse under Xu Zaijing's seat leaped out at a very fast speed.

"what?"

Looking at Xu Zaijing who had taken three or four steps forward, Rong Xian said, "Brother Jing, aren't you going to yell start?"

Before Rong Xian could finish his words, Hua Rong had already shaken the reins, slammed the horse's belly, and shouted, "Go!"

At the racecourse, Rong Feiyan, Hua Lan and others were sitting near the wooden house.
He was also attracted by the sound of Xu Zaijing changing from a slow walk to a gallop on horseback, and began to look towards the field.

in the field,

Hua Rong, who rode a horse to keep up with Xu Zaijing, was an excellent archer, so he naturally had a pair of outstanding eyes.

At the beginning, Hua Rong's eyes were full of determination to win.

After all, whether in Qingzhou Prefecture or Bozhou, Hua Rong had competed with many military archers, and ninety-nine percent of those who competed with him were defeated by his archery.

Not to mention beating him, there are very few people who can even draw with him.

but,

"Dah! Dah! Dah!"

As the sound continued,

Looking at the ten targets neatly lined up on the sidelines, Hua Rong was shocked when he saw them hit the center of the bull's eye one by one within four or five breaths.

The reasons for the shock were, first, the shooting was too accurate, second, the shooting speed was too fast, and third, the little black colt was running wildly!

Although Hua Rong was shocked, he did not stop shooting as he rode his horse to the target. The first five arrows hit the center of the bull's eye, and the last five were on the target!
Especially when Hua Rong was shooting at the last target, because the shooting speed was a little slow and the mount was running, Hua Rong had to draw the bow and shoot the arrow in the posture of looking back at the moon.

After shooting the last arrow, Hua Rong just turned his head and saw that Xu Zaijing had hit the five targets in front of him again!
Compared with the original ten targets, these five targets are smaller in size and anyone who is hit by them will fall down.

Moreover, when the fifth target fell, a grass ball was knocked into the air and then shot away by Xu Zaijing's sixth arrow.

Seeing this, Hua Rong suppressed the shock in his heart, picked up two feather arrows, followed Xu Zaijing and started shooting, hitting four out of six arrows.

Although two arrows missed, the final target and the grass ball were hit.

Subsequently,

The dozens of remaining targets on the sidelines began to get smaller and smaller, and finally became the size of a palm.

Xu Zaijing continued to ride his horse and shoot with his bow, and every arrow hit the target.

Finally, Xu Zaijing shot the last arrow across most of the racecourse at the ten targets at the beginning.

courtside,

Sitting next to Rong Feiyan, Hua Erniang, who had been eager to try just now, stared at the scene in the racecourse in amazement.

For the last ten arrows, Hua Er Niang, like Hua Lan and Rong Feiyan, followed the arrows as they moved from left to right.

To Xu Zaijing's surprise,
Hua Rong, who was following behind him, actually still had some strength left at this point. He drew the bow with all his strength, and after the arrow crossed the racecourse, he hit two out of ten targets!
Hua Rong was breathing heavily, looking at Xu Zaijing who was in a relaxed state, with a slightly frustrated look in his eyes.

Just now, he was following behind and saw that Xu Zaijing's arrows never missed their targets. As for himself, he didn't have the energy to count how many arrows hit him. He just kept shooting arrows with all his strength.

Behind Xu Zaijing and Hua Rong,

After Rongxian and Qingyun finished shooting arrows, they hurried to see a few of them.

After watching the last ten arrows of Xu Zaijing and Hua Rong, Rong Xian rode beside the surprised Qingyun and said, "Qingyun, did Jing Geer use all his strength to test the skills of Hua Jia Dalang?"

Seeing Qingyun shaking his head, Rongxian said in disbelief: "Brother Jing is already in this state, and he hasn't used his full strength yet!?"

Qingyun nodded and said, "Second Master, if you want to practice archery in the morning, you usually have to do six or seven more rounds like this."

"six"

Rong Xian didn't finish his words, and choked up. Then he shook his head in frustration and said, "Ah, Brother Jing, he is really amazing!"

Talking
Rongxian and Qingyun came to Xu Zaijing's side.

Hua Rong was still panting, looking at the two men and said, "Second Master, Brother Yin, how much did I win?"

Rong Xian scratched his head and looked at Qing Yun.

Qingyun looked at Hua Rong with admiration and said with a smile, "There were sixty-five targets in total, and Dalang, you hit thirty-nine of them."

Xu Zaijing nodded and smiled, "Well, that's great! When I came to the racecourse, I heard from Brother Xian that this was your newly bought mount, so I got the mount, bow and arrows, and the venue at your expense."

Hua Rong shook his head and said in frustration: "Wu Lang is too modest."

Qing Yun looked at Hua Rong and advised him, "Da Lang, don't be so discouraged! Do you know who I just mentioned can reach half of your archery skills?"

Without waiting for Hua Rong to ask, Qing Yun said: "There is one named Di Jing, who is now the commander of an army. Another named Lu Junyi is now with my prince and has a bright future. As for the rest of the personal soldiers, if they can get 30% of the score, they will be very impressive."

Hearing Qingyun's words, Rongxian's eyes lit up, and he rode his horse to Hua Rong's side, patted Hua Rong on the shoulder, and said, "Hiss, Qingyun said that, you are still a talented general!"

After being persuaded by Qingyun, Hua Rong felt less frustrated and his expression became much more relaxed.

Xu Zaijing said with a smile: "Brother Hua, I saw you picked a silver spear just now. Take a break and let's fight again!"

Looking at Xu Zaijing's expression, Hua Rong bowed in response.

When the four of them rode their horses to the wooden house, Rong Feiyan first looked at Xu Zaijing with admiration, and then said to Rong Xian: "Brother, how is it?"

Rongxian raised his chin proudly and said, "Sister, how could the person I picked be bad? Apart from other things, Hua Rong's ability is this!"

As he spoke, Rong Xian gave a thumbs up.

Rong Feiyan glanced at Xu Zaijing and saw him nodding in affirmation with a smile. Rong Feiyan couldn't help but smile and said, "That's good!"

Looking at Xu Zaijing's eyes, Rong Feiyan turned around a little embarrassedly, held Hua Erniang's hand, and repeated: "That's good!"

Hua Erniang's eyes were full of joy when she looked at her brother, and her eyes were full of awe when she looked at Xu Zaijing.

Subsequently,

Hua Rong rubbed his arms and relaxed for a while, then picked up the silver spear and went to the field to fight with Xu Zaijing.

Xu Zaijing seldom made any moves, but was mostly on the defensive. He gradually discovered that Hua Rong's skills on horseback were no less than those of his cousin Zhu Qinghu.

Rongxian rode on horseback and watched with Qingyun. Seeing Xu Zaijing's defense with ease, Rongxian asked with some concern, "Qingyun, is Hua Rong's spearmanship on horseback a little average?"

Qingyun shook his head: "Second Master Rong, the moves of the Hua family elder brother are swift and powerful, and his horseback spear skills are outstanding."

Rong Xian nodded and said, "By the way, Qingyun, I forgot to ask you just now, how does your archery compare to Hua Rong's?"

Qingyun looked at Rongxian a little embarrassedly and said, "My Lord, I can barely hit fifty targets."

"What, fifty?"

Seeing Rong Xian's surprised expression, Qing Yun said, "It's just practice makes perfect."

Rong Xian smiled and shook his head: "My God, it seems that you showed mercy when you beat up those servants of mine."

Qingyun cupped his hands somewhat embarrassedly, indicating that Rongxian was right.

(End of this chapter)