Li Yanqing had two swords, one of which was a thick-bone short sword, which he usually carried with him and placed in a horse bag. The other sword was the imperial guard sword obtained when he joined the Scholars. The sword was two feet and eight inches long and weighed three kilograms, and he had been hanging on the wall.

The magpie never touched it, and the wife of Ju and Uncle Zhong would not touch it. Now it is placed on their own table. Needless to say, Xiaoqing must have pulled out the sword from the wall.

Li Yanqing suddenly became interested. He knew that Aunt Hu actually had martial arts skills, but he never showed it. Did Xiaoqing learn a few things from her father or grandmother?

At this moment, there was a chattering sound from the door. Li Yanqing quickly put away his sword. He saw two little ladies walking in with laughter, but saw Li Yanqing sitting in the room. They were stunned at the same time.

The magpie scratched her head in confusion, "When will the little official come back? Why don't I know?"

"I just came back. Is the magpie teaching Qing'er to read words?"

"Qing'er also wanted to read the story of the Great Sage's Monster Hunting, so I taught her to read. Qing'er recognized thirty words in one morning, much faster than me."

Li Yanqing nodded and said to Qing'er: "Every word must be written repeatedly and read repeatedly so that you can remember it. You must remember the thirty words you learned in the morning before going to bed, otherwise you will forget most of them tomorrow."

Qing'er quickly gave a blessing, "Thank you for your guidance!"

Seeing that she called her 'Brother Qing' on the road yesterday, Li Yanqing changed her words to be a little official. She probably wasn't embarrassed to speak. He didn't care and said to her gently: "Today I put your household registration in, and I gave my clan girl the name. She died of illness at a very young age, but she didn't cancel the account. From now on, you call him Li Sanniang, don't forget!"

At this time, Qing'er had already found that the sword on the table was gone. Her face turned red and she couldn't help feeling embarrassed. She lowered her head and whispered: "Thank you, little official, no! Thank you, brother, Qing'er remembers it."

Li Yanqing took out the sword and handed it to her along with the scabbard on the wall, "If you like it, I'll give it to you."

"Thank you, brother!"

Qing'er took the sword, and she also had a sword, which was lighter than this sword. Unfortunately, she was taken away by the officers and soldiers. This sword was also good, but she was a little uncomfortable with her. However, since it was given to her by the elder brother, she was embarrassed to refuse.

At night, Li Yanqing sat at the table reading a book. At this time, the magpie brought a bowl of tea in. Li Yanqing took the tea bowl and asked with a smile: "How is Qing'er?"

"She is writing! She is serious, over and over again, so that she can learn the Thousand Characters in a month."

"It's not that fast. It's not enough to just recognize words. You have to be able to read and write sentences. After learning the nine hundred words I've taught you, it will take at least half a year."

"That's faster than me!" The magpie muttered in a low voice.

"She seems to be able to do martial arts?" Li Yanqing asked tentatively as if nothing had happened.

The magpie hesitated for a moment, not knowing whether to say it, Li Yanqing said lightly: "Does the magpie still hide it from me?"

Magpie cursed herself, she turned around and looked at the door, stepped forward and lowered her voice, "She is so powerful in sword dancing! Magpie's eyes were blurry, and she only saw a light, but she didn't allow me to tell anyone."

"Why?"

"She said that her father was arrested because of his martial arts skills. She didn't want to follow her father's old path again."

Li Yanqing was a little surprised. Qing'er was only eight years old, and she actually felt like seeing through the vicissitudes of the world. Li Yanqing suddenly realized that although Qing'er didn't speak very much, she was actually much more sensible than he thought.

As time passed day by day, Li Yanqing spent most of his time practicing his master's copper bow and iron arrows. His strength was also increasing day by day. From the beginning, he could only shoot three times at a time, gradually increasing to five times, and in just ten days it increased to seven times.

Thinking of the pain when practicing arching before, but now it is much easier. Li Yanqing finally realized that arching three times is actually an extremely important threshold. It will be much easier for him to improve further after crossing this hurdle.

Understanding this, he was more motivated to practice archery. He went out early and came back late every day, practiced his archery skills in the woods behind his home, and his understanding of archery skills became deeper and deeper.

However, Li Yanqing still had a little regret. Although he gave the sword to Qing'er, Qing'er never practiced the sword again. He spent most of his time reading and recognizing words with the magpie.

That afternoon, he went to Lushan School to greet his master. After leaving the school, it was already dusk. Li Yanqing came to Lushan Tavern and found a seat by the window on the second floor.

The shopkeeper stepped forward and clasped his fists and smiled, "A rare guest! Welcome Jie Yuan to the store."

"The shopkeeper is so polite. I just come for a simple meal. If it is convenient, I will give me three dishes and a pot of wine. The dishes are free, and the wine will make you the best bottle-scented!"

The shopkeeper smiled and said, "Don't worry, little official, I will definitely let the little official taste the best wine and food in our store."

The shopkeeper walked away quickly. Li Yanqing looked out the window, but was thinking about Anyang's test. Today is January 25th. In terms of time, the martial arts test should have ended the day before yesterday. However, he had no news and did not know how his three good friends did the exam. And the master's injuries should have been cured!

Soon, the bartender brought the wine and food. Li Yanqing poured himself a glass of wine and started drinking it. After drinking a few glasses of wine, there was a loud bang on the street outside, which scared the drinkers. He turned to look at the street together, and then the sound of firecrackers came in succession.

Everyone ran to the window to look around. Li Yanqing also looked over and saw dozens of big firecrackers in front of Wang's grocery store. The guys were busy lighting them. Wang Wanhao, who was standing beside him, couldn't even close his mouth.

Li Yanqing's heart moved, and he quickly put down his chopsticks and ran over. Wang Wanhao from afar waved to Li Yanqing and smiled: "Brother Qing, good news!"

"Mr. Wang, but did Agui pass the imperial examination?" Li Yanqing asked anxiously.

Wang Wanhao grinned and said, "Man-wai Tang just received a letter from Feige from Anyang. My Agui high school is second!"

"ah!"

Li Yanqing was shocked and happy. Wang Gui was actually ranked second in high school. It seemed that the book he bought for him had worked. He quickly congratulated Wang Wanhao. Wang Wanhao stroked his beard and laughed, and was extremely proud. Who said that his grandson was not good? Although he didn't say anything, he would give himself a face every time at critical moments.

At this time, Li Yanqing asked with concern again: "Where is Tang Huai and Yue Fei?"

"They also passed the exam. Tang Huai ranked fifth in the exam. The Yue family brother seemed to be third. The first place was the son of Xiangzhou Tuanlian. It was obvious that he was in a relationship. In fact, my Agui should be the first place. It's really disgusting!"

Wang Wanhao was originally full of joy, but when he thought of this, he was extremely angry again. It was obvious that his grandson was the number one Wu Jieyuan, but he was beaten by the children of officials. How unfair this is.

Li Yanqing thought Yue Fei could win the first place, but unexpectedly got the third place. Needless to say, he must have been dragged down by riding and shooting. Although shooting crossbows can add points, riding and shooting is the main item.

"When will they come back?"

"Agui also wants to drink with the prefect. He is quite busy. It will take a few days! Brother Qing, I will have to hold a good wine to celebrate when I look back, you must come."

"Of course, I will definitely arrive."

At this moment, firecrackers were set off in front of the Tang family inn, and a large red banner was pulled up, "Congratulations to Tang Huai for his fifth place in the martial arts examination in high school!"

Tang Lian stood at the door and began to accept the celebrations of the villagers with a smile. Wang Wanhao was stunned for a moment, turned around and ran back to the store. He only heard him shouting: "Is the banner still there last year? Find it out for me!"

Two days later, Wang Gui, Tang Huai and Yue Fei returned home grandly. Although the value of the martial arts exam is far inferior to that of the imperial examination, the Wang family and the Tang family have a huge influence in Xiaohe Township, and the two families each took out a thousand jin of money to create momentum.

Under the temptation of a lot of money, Lushan Town still formed a grand occasion with all the people empty. Thousands of villagers welcomed three Jieshi Wu Juren to return home with praise. The atmosphere was extremely warm, no less than that of Li Yanqing when he passed the exam.

In the Lushan Restaurant, hundreds of guests gathered to celebrate Wang Gui, Tang Huai and Yue Fei's Wu Ju High School. In an elegant room on the third floor, Wang Gui and the other two got rid of the toasts from the guests and told Li Yanqing about the process of the martial arts.

Wang Gui's face turned red and his face was filled with the joy of success, as if he was still immersed in great glory.

"When it comes to it, we have to thank the book Lao Li bought. There are all military art test questions. The three of us probably got full marks. There are still several candidates who are illiterate and sit there in a daze. It's so damn interesting!"

Tang Huai also laughed and said, "I have counted and there are eight people in total that can't read."

Yue Fei was not as proud as the two of them. He whispered to Li Yanqing: "This martial arts exam is really messy, there are all kinds of people, and many things are annoying. Luo Hui, the first place in the exam, is an officer in her thirties. She is about the same age as Luo Tuanjian. She is obviously a substitute, but the examiner doesn't care about it. Moreover, the martial arts skills of the candidates are generally very bad. Most of the candidates are riding on horses and shooting archery at all, not riding and shooting at all. Speaking of which, the disciples taught by the master are good at riding and shooting, but unfortunately only Huang An, Li Bo and Zhang Long passed the exam."

"That's great, there are only ten places in total, and six disciples brought out by the master will pass. By the way, how is the master's injury?"

"The master is still healing his wounds in Anyang. He told you not to worry. He will go back to the capital directly. See you in the capital then."

Wang Gui reached out and put his hand on Li Yanqing's shoulder and smiled, "Old Li, you don't know yet! We were admitted to the Ministry of War martial arts in Anyang, and we were asked to report to the capital before the tenth day of the second month."

"It was March in previous years!"

"I said I would do three months of strong training in advance, so we discussed when we would go to Beijing. To be honest, I was a little impatient."
Chapter completed!