Chapter 114

The martial arts academy is located in the middle of Xuanwu Street. The street on the right of the gate is already crowded with students preparing for the entrance examination. The left side of the gate is a little quiet. Those who enter Xuanwu Street from the left are officials or xianjue who came to watch the ceremony today.

Fang Xie led the red horse and Zhang Kuang Mo Xidao all the way, but they were not spared. The tall red horse pushed many people aside. In particular, those royal princes avoided one after another, lest the horse touch their clothes. Most of the children of the rich gentry came by family carriages, but they stopped by the side of the road without entering Xuanwu Street. There is only one who leads a horse to the gate of the martial arts academy.

When he was about to reach the gate, suddenly a noise in front of him came into Fang Xie's ears. He looked down at the sound and found that the noise was because of himself. He whispered. Sure enough, there was no accident. Before entering the gate of the martial arts academy, someone couldn't wait to do something.

A young childe in royal clothes found a professor welcoming guests at the gate of the martial arts academy, pointed to Fang Xie and complained loudly: "How come there are people who don't know the rules? Others come to the martial arts academy to take an exam to show their respect. But the man over there leads an animal and accounts for the way the students walk? First, it's disrespectful to the martial arts academy! Second, it's disrespectful to you, sir! Sir, I ask you to deal with that man!"

Although there were many people, the voice was clearly transmitted to Fang Xie's ears. Zhang looked at him and said with some worry: "When I was at the corner, I advised you to leave the war horse and find someone to take care of it. But you didn't listen and had to lead the horse all the way in. That's good. If the gentleman really taught you a lesson, it's hard to explain. The most worry is to make a bad impression. If the gentleman remembers you, he will be targeted during the exam..."

"No harm"

Fang Xie smiled and led the red horse forward.

Hundreds of eyes looked around because of the cry of the young man in royal clothes. Most young men in royal clothes looked at each other with anger or contempt. It seemed that the students from the army didn't respond. The border troops saw Fang Xie because of the noise and came to say hello.

Fang Xie saluted one by one with his fists. He shouted to his brother on the left and to his brother on the right. Most of the border troops are rude people, and they talk casually when they have friends. These foul words, such as his mother's and his grandmother's, make those royal princes even more disgusted.

A large group of border soldiers surrounded, and Fang Xie seemed to be a leader.

The professor standing at the gate of the martial arts academy narrowed his eyes and looked at Fang Xie, but his expression did not change. He nodded to the accusing young man in royal clothes and said that you should check your identity first, and I will deal with it. The young man in royal clothes sneered at Fang Xie, but didn't leave, but stood aside and waited to see a joke.

The martial arts academy professor in the white robe of crescent moon came to him, glanced at him lightly and asked, "I'm Yan Qing, the professor of martial arts academy. Why did you lead a horse? Someone just said that your beast occupied the way people should go. It's not good."

Fang Xie stopped and bowed to the professor first.

"Student Fang Xie, yes, sir."

"Well"

Yan Qing replied with the courtesy of his elders, and then waited for Fang Xie to answer.

Fang Xie straightened up, pointed to the red horse around him and said seriously: "First answer your second question. If I just said that the beast I was holding meant it, the students would not agree. Others don't know how to treat the students, but in the border city, the war horse is like a student's brother. Every inspection of the border, every pursuit of residual bandits, every exploration of the enemy, and every transmission of military information are inseparable from the war horse. It's not just me, but all the brothers of the border army The younger brothers have the same feelings for the war horses as for their robes. During the war, a piece of steamed bread was broken into two pieces, one for each man and one for each horse. "

"Maybe the war horse is a beast. In his eyes, the war horse is really just a beast with four legs, which is very different from people. Eating grass and being ridden by people are born inferior. People don't know how to wait. But in the eyes of our frontier army, every war horse is a brother who lives and dies together, and even supports and protects each other in the sea of knife mountain blood. If there were no war horse, the students might have died once Fighting. "

Fang Xie looked at Yanqing and said word by word: "If others think that my brother has occupied the way of walking, I'm sorry for my brother. My brother always goes the same way with us when he fights and makes contributions on the battlefield. He doesn't understand the rules of the imperial capital. He doesn't know that after leaving the border city battlefield, he is just an animal and is no longer qualified to go the same way with people with two legs 。”

When Yan Qing heard these words, he gave Fang Xie a deep look. Then he looked back and asked the young man in royal clothes with an ugly face, "what do you think of his explanation? Is it acceptable for him to apologize?"

"I..."

The young man in royal clothes opened his mouth, but he didn't know what to say.

Zhang Kuang looked at the man and whispered in Fang Xie's ear, "this man's name is bi Yuntao, from Jiangnan. He had a good relationship with Wang Ding privately. He didn't show up at keshengju that day, but he must know what happened. It's estimated that he was deliberately targeting you."

Fang Xie nodded and said with a smile, "that's a good name."

Zhang Kuang was stunned. He didn't think there was anything remarkable about the name.

Bi Yuntao blushed and hesitated for a moment. He said to Yan Qing, "I can't say this, but I'm disrespectful to the martial arts academy, the imperial court and my husband. I just want to manage and ask!"

Yan Qing nodded, looked at Fang Xie and asked, "now it's time for you to answer my first question. Why are you holding your horse?"

Fang Xie said, "I heard that the martial arts examination of the martial arts academy had a riding and shooting competition, so I took my horse. Excuse me, sir, does the martial arts academy have such a rule that the horses used for riding and shooting can only use the horses of the martial arts academy, not their own horses?"

"Nonsense!"

Bi Yuntao said loudly, "after entering the martial arts academy, you still have to live here. The house is the house of the martial arts academy. Can you carry your own house and ask your husband if you can't live in your own house?"

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Fang Xie glanced at BI Yuntao faintly, as if he didn't even bother to answer. He hugged Yanqing and leaned over and said, "please solve your doubts, sir."

Yan Qing smiled and said: "As usual, the students who come to the academy to take the exam use the Academy's horses in the riding and shooting competition. No one has ever brought their own war horses before, and no one has asked me such a question. First, the war horses are scarce in our big Sui Dynasty. Second... The war horses raised in the Academy seem to be better than those of the soldiers in the army."

Hearing this, Bi Yuntao couldn't help sneering.

Yan Qing paused and continued: "however, the martial arts academy has no explicit provisions. Candidates can't ride their own horses during the riding and shooting competition. If candidates like, it doesn't seem to matter even riding cattle. The martial arts academy is the most important place to follow the rules. If there are rules, they should follow them. But since the provisions don't say... It should be possible."

"Thank you!"

Fang Xie gave a deep salute.

Bi Yuntao's face suddenly became ugly. He clenched his fists and showed his green veins. He didn't dare to target the professor of the martial arts academy, so he had to stare at Fang Xie.

Yan Qing waved his hand and continued, "don't thank me. I just follow the rules of the Academy. However... Someone said that you were disrespectful to the academy when you led a horse. As a professor of the Academy, I think it's necessary to ask you, but you are really disrespectful to the Academy?"

Fang Xie straightened up and said in a loud voice, "the students have made 21 military achievements in the border city. One is because of their loyalty to his majesty and the great Sui Dynasty. The other is because of their yearning and respect for the martial arts academy. If these two beliefs did not support the students, the students would not be able to bathe in blood - struggle, so they would not come all the way from the border."

After saying this, the border troops on the scene couldn't help clapping their hands: "well said!"

Fang Xie said seriously, "respect is meant to be in the heart, not in the mouth. This world is not a person who speaks awe but actually curses maliciously in the heart."

Bi Yuntao turned pale, pointed to Fang Xie and asked loudly, "who are you talking about!"

Fang Xie smiled and said: "Who am I talking about? I have no obligation to tell you. I'll tell you when I'm in a good mood, but I won't tell you when I'm in a bad mood. What's more... You're blocking the way to the martial arts academy. Is that disrespectful to you? Just now, sir asked you to go to the door to verify your identity, but you stood here. Isn't it disrespectful to you? In addition... You should be glad you're a citizen of the Sui Dynasty. Because you're in the border town , all the enemies who dared to point at our border troops' noses were chopped into mud by us. "

Bi Yuntao's body trembled violently. He pointed to Fang Xie's hand. If he put it down, he seemed to be counselled, but he didn't have the momentum to continue pointing.

Yan Qing looked at Fang Xie with a smile and said, "go in. There are professors who specialize in identity verification. If you block the door again, the students behind you can't get in. If you miss the exam, you can't afford it."

"Yes."

Fang Xie bowed and walked forward with his horse. When he reached the door, he looked at BI Yuntao, who was already red in the face, and asked politely, "can you make way? My horse and I are going in."

Bi Yuntao's angry hand was shaking all the time. He stared angrily at Fang Xie and brushed away from the first World War. Zhang Kuang smiled and said, "aren't you afraid of causing any trouble for yourself?"

Fang Xie shook his head helplessly and said, "even if I kneel down to apologize and beg for mercy, or even crawl down to lick his boots, say I was wrong, and then turn around to confess to everyone, do you think I will have less trouble today?"

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Left side of the gate of the martial arts academy

There were several people standing next to a carriage. They were talking and laughing, but the noise on the opposite side attracted their attention. After looking at the scene over there from noise to calm. One of the men in purple official clothes and beam crowns couldn't help asking curiously, "who's the young frontier army? What a sharp mouth."

"That little guy is a hot man now. Niu huilun, a Bachelor of wenyuange University, and Zhuang Chuyu, a scholar of shuhuage University, fought with each other to rob him. When your majesty left us some old bones to eat in changchunyuan yesterday, they still competed with each other. The fruit was choked by the words of President Zhou. President Zhou said... If that boy is admitted to the martial arts academy, you will win If you can't get into the exam, you will quarrel again and make an appointment to fight in a place. No one cares. "

The man who answered the question was an old man with white hair and beard. He was also wearing purple official clothes and a six beam crown. The old man stood in the crowd and seemed to be highly respected by others.

"Oh?"

The questioner was stunned and asked, "is it the Deputy Fang Xie of the frontier army who offered pinyin annotation and small character method to his majesty?"

The old man is huaiqiugong, the Minister of rites. He is the elder of the three dynasties. He has a high position in the middle of the court. He and Zhou banchuan are called the second elder of the middle of the court. His majesty also respects them.

"Master Mou, you should remember this little guy. He was born in the frontier army, and you are the new minister of the Ministry of war... Anyway, he won a lot of face for the Ministry of war. I witnessed this little guy's ability with my own eyes at the Qionglu in changchunyuan that day. Niu huilun and Zhuang Chuyu were stunned. Even his majesty... Was full of praise."

"The students remember."

It was Mou Liangbi, the new minister of the Ministry of military, who asked. After huaiqiugong finished, he couldn't help but look at Fang Xie again.

Not only him, but also Zong Lianghu, the new military minister standing beside him.

Just at this time, someone came from a distance and said, "even if you have talent and learning, shouldn't you be modest and polite? It's humiliating to be a hero by relying on your tongue. It seems that even if you have talent, you're too impetuous and need to be honed."

The people looked over there and saw that the visitor was Prince Yi Yang Yin.

Huaiqiugong and others leaned down to see the ceremony, and Yang Yin quickly took a few steps to hold huaiqiugong. After seeing the ceremony, Mou Liangbi, the Minister of war, couldn't help shaking his head and said, "how can soldiers lose their pride when they defend the land and open up the frontier? The lower officials dare not agree with the king's words... If the soldiers of the Sui Dynasty are modest and polite, they are gentle... How can they be called the division of tigers and wolves?"

Yang Yin was stunned. After a deep look at Mou Liangbi, she smiled and said no more. After making an invitation gesture, she took the lead in entering the gate of the martial arts academy. Huaiqiugong also looked at Mou Liangbi, and there was a thought-provoking meaning in his eyes. Mou Liangbi didn't understand, but he didn't regret what he said.

In his opinion.

Soldiers, be proud!