Across the Water Margin: Officials of Ximen

The group of children in Yuejiazhuang who played with Yue Fei since childhood, such as Wang Gui, Zhang Xian, Xu Qing and others, also took this opportunity to learn riding and archery with Zhou Tong.Under Zhou Tong's guidance, this group of young people have mastered the art of archery, and they are faintly different from those young people of the same age in other villages who can only fish in rivers and dig eggs from trees.

This group of young people in Yuejiazhuang learned new skills, and they really couldn't put it down in their hands. They would gather together to practice archery every day.Therefore, even though the venue was occupied now, and the master Zhou Tong was sick and unable to supervise everyone, everyone still happily ran to the wasteland by the river to continue practicing archery.

Seeing that both Yue Fei and Zhang Xian had come, all the children talked about the archery competition just now, and they booed one after another, asking Zhang Xian to compete with Wang Gui, and let Yue Fei, who has the best arrow skills, be the referee.

Zhang Xian listened, and did not refuse. He looked at the arrow that Wang Gui hit on the edge of the bull's-eye, nodded, picked up a bow, and pulled it a few times with his hand. After trying out the strength of the bow, he bent the bow and set the arrow. , said in his mouth: "Hit!" When he released his right hand, the arrow shot out, and hit the red heart of the target with a "duh".

"Okay!" All the teenagers applauded in unison after seeing the arrow, and then turned their attention to Yue Fei.

Yue Fei looked at the two arrows in the bull's-eye, and said, "This one Zhang Xian is better."

Xu Qing grinned and said, "Hahaha~ Wang Gui, I told you that your arrow skills are worse than Zhang Xian's! Just now you refused to admit it, how about it, now you are convinced?"

Wang Gui blushed, and said to Xu Qing: "How can we tell the winner with just one arrow? I want to try three arrows with Zhang Xian to see who can hit more hearts!"

Xu Qing laughed and said, "Shoot, shoot, shoot, I'll just watch the excitement. Don't say three arrows, even ten arrows won't help!"

Chapter 274 The Future Officer Corps

Wang Gui snorted, picked up his bow and was about to compete with Zhang Xian.But Yue Fei said suddenly: "Wang Gui, don't listen to Xu Qing's noise, it's distracting."

Hearing this, Wang Gui immediately calmed down.He stood on the spot and adjusted his breathing, and only after he calmed down did he concentrate on shooting the arrow in his hand.Not surprisingly, the arrow also hit the red heart.

Yue Fan and the others applauded again.

Seeing Zhang Xian, the more people came out, he raised his bow...

Soon, both Wang Gui and Zhang Xian shot three arrows, and six arrows were stably inserted into the red heart of the target in front of them.In the end, after Yue Fei's evaluation, Wang Gui and Zhang Xian's arrow skills were very different, and they were tied.

All the teenagers were chatting and joking around Wang Gui and Zhang Xian, praising them for their excellent archery skills, and they have received the true instruction of Master Zhou Tong just like Brother Yue Fei.

Yao Zheng sighed: "Wang Gui, Zhang Xian, among us, apart from Yue Fei, you two are the most outstanding in archery. A few days ago, Master Zhou Tong passed on his treasured bow 'Shooting the Tiger' to you. Yue Fei. I heard that Master Zhou Tong still has a good bow named 'Chuan Liu', I'm afraid it will be passed on to one of you in the future."

The matter that Yao Zheng said that Zhou Tongchuan delivered a good bow to Yue Fei happened not long ago.

One day, when Zhou Tong was instructing the group of young people in archery, in order to demonstrate to them, he shot three arrows in a row at the target, and all of them hit hearts.Zhou Tong said to the young men that if they can master this kind of archery, they can be considered as teachers.

Yue Fei stood up that day and said that he was willing to give it a try.After getting Zhou Tong's permission, Yue Fei aimed at the target and shot an arrow. The arrow actually hit Zhou Tong's arrow directly on the target, splitting the arrow in half.

Zhou Tong was shocked when he saw this, he didn't expect his precious apprentice to be so diligent.Then Zhou Tong thought that he could still teach such a brilliant apprentice when he was getting old, and he was overjoyed again, so he gave Yue Fei his treasured bow "Shooting the Tiger".

This "Shooting Tiger" bow is named after the allusion that Li Guang shot the tiger, and the arrow sank into the stone. As the name suggests, it is a strong bow with great strength.Zhou Tong told Yue Fei that this bow has a strength of four stones, and it can pierce through heavy armor with one shot.Yue Fei is very talented, as long as he persists in polishing his body, he will be able to make this "Tiger Shooting" bow within a few years.

Zhou Tong also has a good bow called "Chuan Liu", which is named after the allusion that Yang Youji shoots willows, pierces poplars with a hundred steps, and hits a hundred hits.That bow is extremely stable and suitable for quick firing of arrows.Zhou Tong said that he would choose another outstanding disciple to pass on.

In the past few days, the teenagers in Yuejiazhuang practiced arrow competition so actively, and they also wanted to stand out and get Zhou Tong's "Piercing Willow" bow.

Yue Fei heard Yao Zheng's words and said to him: "Little uncle, you stayed in Yaojiazhuang a few days ago, and you haven't met Brother Qiao. Brother Qiao also worshiped Master Zhou Tong as his teacher, and he has taught him as much as possible. I see him He is very talented in Lianzhu arrows, and his archery attainments will be higher than those of Wang Gui and Zhang Xian in time. The master also likes him very much, I am afraid that the 'Piercing Willow' bow will eventually be given to Brother Qiao."

Yao Zheng heard this and said: "Yue Fei, don't call me little uncle here. My sister and brother-in-law are not here, let's be casual. The brothers in Yuejiazhuang and I are called brothers. You and Yue Fan call me little brother." Uncle, what do the other brothers call me? Let’s just call me by my first name in the future! By the way, who is the brother Qiao you’re talking about?”

Before Yue Fei could answer, Xu Qing said on the sidelines: "Yao Zheng, so you don't know Brother Qiao yet! Let me tell you, Brother Qiao's name is Brother Qiao Yun, and he is from Yanggu County, Yunzhou, Shandong. He is about He came to my Yuejiazhuang in July. Because when he first arrived and met us, we were practicing archery. Brother Qiao had an itchy hand, so he competed with us in archery. He shot a few arrows at will, but Zhou Master Tong saw it. Master Zhou Tong asked Brother Qiao who he studied under, and when he learned that Brother Qiao had not been taught by a famous teacher, but had a good foundation in bow and arrow, he admired Brother Qiao very much and took him into his school. In the past few months, you I went out to visit relatives with my family, but I haven’t seen Brother Qiao, so I don’t know there is such a person.”

Yao Zheng asked: "Xu Qing, do you think brother Qiao's archery is better than Wang Gui and Zhang Xian's?"

Xu Qing scratched his head and said, "Here, the strength is comparable, I can't see it."

"Brother Qiao learned archery for a shorter period of time than me, but when he left, his archery skills were on par with those of Wang Gui and Zhang Xian. From my point of view, his talent in archery is higher. I heard that his father was also an archer in the Yunzhou Forbidden Army when he was young, maybe brother Qiao's talent was passed down from his father!" Yue Fei expressed his thoughts on the sidelines.

"But brother Qiao has already left? I haven't even seen his face. How did Master Zhou Tong's good bow pass to him?" Yao Zheng asked puzzled.

"Brother Qiao said that after he left this time, he will come back soon. He has a master in Yanggu County, who is said to be a rare hero in the world. Brother Qiao is going back to find his master, and he will bring him back next time. Pay a visit to our master." Wang Gui interrupted suddenly.

Yao Zheng heard this, and said, "You all say he is great, next time he comes, I will learn from him!"

"Let's not talk about that, let's continue practicing arrows!" Zhang Xian said on the side.

All the young people said yes in unison, lined up in a row, opened their postures and practiced archery.

……

In the afternoon of that day, when the teenagers were still practicing archery under the leadership of Yue Fei, behind them, a dozen horsemen came up the river bank.

After seeing Yue Fei and others who were practicing archery on the river beach, a dozen people on the river bank reined in their horses and stopped.The three leading people pointed at Yue Fei and the others at the bottom of the slope.

These three people are none other than the official Ximen Qing and brothers Jiao Ting and Brother Qiao Yun.Seeing Yue Fei and the others, Brother Qiao Yun immediately introduced them to Ximen Qing one by one.

"Look, senior officials! The person in the white shirt is the Yue Fei Yue Pengju you are looking for. The person in the blue shirt next to him is his younger brother Yue Fan. That person over there is Wang Gui, and that person is Zhang. Xian, that person is Xu Qing, that person is..." Brother Qiao Yun is worthy of practicing archery, with sharp eyes, he identified Yue Fei and his friends one by one in the crowd.

When Ximen Qing heard this, he was so excited that he almost fell off his horse.God, you are letting me win the jackpot!This is not buy one get one free, this is buy one get several free!There are a group of little kids down this slope, and they will all be great generals in the Yue family's army in history!

It turns out that these people really have been with Yue Fei since childhood!The official Ximen Qing originally only thought of abducting Yue Fei to board his own pirate ship. Only when he came to Yuejiazhuang in Tangyin County did he know that there was a future officer corps here!

Damn, this one is going to make a lot of money, these teenagers can't let it go!

Chapter 275 The First Meeting with Yue Pengju

"Yue Fei! Yue Fan! Wang Gui! I'm back!"

Yue Fei and other teenagers who were practicing bow and arrow suddenly heard an excited voice behind them.When everyone looked back, they saw a young man jumped off his horse and slid down the grassy slope by the river.

"It's Brother Qiao! He's back!" Yue Fei and the others saw the face of the visitor and ran to meet him.

It was Brother Qiao Yun who came, because he was one or two years older than Yue Fei and others, and all the teenagers called him Brother Qiao.Brother Qiao Yun slid from the top of the river bank to the river beach, grabbed Yue Fei's hand to get up, and hugged Yue Fei and others without caring to pat off the hay on his body.

On the top of the slope, Ximen Qing had also dismounted from his horse. He stood on the slope with a smile and looked at the young people who were fighting with Brother Qiao Yun in the river beach, feeling very happy in his heart.When I left Yanggu County and went to Jiangzhou, I replaced Shi Yong who was going to Tangyin County with Brother Qiao Yun. Looking at it today, my decision was really wise!

Brother Qiao Yun and Yue Fei are about the same age, so they got to know each other very quickly and became brothers.With Brother Qiao Yun in the middle as an emotional bond, Ximen Qing, Yue Fei and others will naturally not break contact.Given time, Ximen Qing will work harder to win over and slowly cultivate the relationship with these young people, is he afraid that he won't be able to catch them all and take them for his own use?

Ximenqing remembered that Yue Fei should have been recruited as a brave warrior when Song and Jin agreed to attack the Liao Kingdom. In the fourth year of Xuanhe, Tong Guantong's privy leader was preparing to attack Yanjing of the Liao Kingdom. After selection, he was appointed as one of the "daring warriors" sub-captain.Before that, Yue Fei had been honestly staying in his hometown in Tangyin County.

In other words, Yue Fei still has five years to study and practice martial arts in Yuejiazhuang. Now that he has established contact, Ximen Qing will naturally have a lot of time to come to win over him and his gang of brothers.

This time, let Brother Qiao Yun continue to hang out with Yue Fei and other teenagers, and let Zhou Tong be his primary goal first!Seeing that Professor Zhou Tong's group of teenagers are all vigorous and energetic, it would be of great benefit if he could be invited back to Yanggu County to teach him a lesson from the group of teenagers in Ximenbao!

When Ximen Qing was lost in thought on the top of the slope, Brother Qiao Yun had already led a group of teenagers up the slope and came to Ximen Qing and the others.

"Senior officials, these are my brothers in Yuejiazhuang. His name is Yue Fei, and this is Yue Fan. The two of them are the sons of the owner of Yuezhuang. This is Brother Wang Gui, this is Brother Zhang Xian, and this is Xu Brother Qing, this is..." Brother Qiao Yun winked quietly at Ximen Qing, and introduced all the friends in Yuejiazhuang to Ximen Qing.

Senior official Ximen Qing greeted the teenagers one by one with a smile, and praised them all.During the conversation, Ximen Qing quietly concealed his special concern for Yue Fei.Heh heh heh~ You can't let Yue Fei know that I, Ximen Qing, an official, came here from Yanggu County mainly for him.Yue Fei, who is still a rough jade, can't be too proud now!

At this time, Yue Fei was also looking at the handsome, tall and burly Ximen official in front of him.Judging from the burly man standing behind him and a dozen other attendants, this high official from Ximen indeed looked like a rich and powerful high official.

Looking at the treasured sword slung around Ximen Qing's waist again, Yue Fei remembered what Brother Qiao Yun said, his master was both civil and military, brave and resourceful, and couldn't help but wonder if he could learn some martial arts from this high official from Ximen this time. ?

"Brother Yun, these are the good brothers you mentioned, right? Didn't you bring them gifts? Now give them to these little brothers!" Ximen Qing said to Brother Qiao Yun.

Brother Qiao Yun heard this, and immediately called the attendants behind him to untie the package that was bound immediately, and put it on the ground to open it.