Now, there are no more scholars on the field who dare to hurt others easily.
Yu Fu watched with great interest, and when there were only five people left in the field, she couldn't help worrying secretly what would happen if Gu Hanmo and Gu Yi fought each other
Whatever they wanted, the two of them were indeed arranged to be in the same field.
There were many people in the arena who were gloating at other people's misfortune, they all smiled and watched the two brothers, how they competed with each other.
Tian Yunpo said: "It seems that only one of the Gu family brothers can enter the top three. Who will it be?"
Of course it was Gu Hanmo.
Yu Fu thought in her heart, but she didn't say it out of her mouth, Gu Yi is her sixth elder brother after all, so she must save some face for him.
Gu Yi, however, knew better than she how miserable it was for him to face Gu Hanmo, and said with a playful smile, "Third brother, I know I can't win, can you just admit defeat?"
Gu Hanmo raised his eyebrows, "Young man of the Gu family, there is no reason to lose before fighting."
Seeing Gu Yi's worried face, the corner of his mouth slightly raised, "Don't worry, third brother will let you, just come!"
After saying that, he stabbed at him with a sword, Gu Yi quickly dodged sideways, and attacked Gu Hanmo with another move. The martial arts of the two came from the same family, and when they met each other, they could tell the superiority at a glance.
How old is Gu Yi younger than him? It's a little immature. Just looking at his martial arts, he is already very good, but he is still a bit worse against Gu Hanmo, a sword-playing idiot.
The scholars in the audience watched them coming and going, and unconsciously stopped their movements, concentrating on studying the way of the two of them.
But Gu's family's martial arts combined with Xianrengu's body skills, not to mention these Beili people, even the Dongling people who came from the same source may not be able to learn a thing or two through watching.
Tian Yunpo is a man who cultivates both civil and martial arts, and whenever Gu Hanmo is on stage, he speaks very little. Yu Fu glanced at him and wondered if he wanted to learn Gu's family's martial arts too with all his attention
She coughed intentionally, "I remember that the grand master can also martial arts, how about using your martial arts to match Gu Yi?"
Tian Yunpo's complexion immediately turned ugly.
She doesn't compare herself to Gu Hanmo, but only to Gu Yi, which shows that she feels inferior to them.
How is he compared to Gu Yibi
Tian Yunpo didn't want to spoil his own prestige with other people's aspirations, so he said: "After all, I am a civil servant, there is no need to compete with these reckless men, hum."
Yu Fu secretly laughed in his heart.
In the end, the result came out on the court, Gu Yi naturally lost to Gu Hanmo, and Gu Hanmo also naturally defeated the remaining candidates and became the number one in the two competitions of horse archery and martial arts.
Yu helped him up, "As long as those who read the test paper on Art of War are not dazzled, I think we already have the champion of martial arts."
She pursed her lips and smiled, glanced at Gu Hanmo and the others, who nodded knowingly, and then she led Tian Yunpo towards the imperial study.
Tian Yunpo said: "That's not necessarily the case. I just inquired about it. The second place in the martial arts competition is also the second place in the riding and archery competition. How he and Gu Hanmo will finally rank depends on the paper on the Art of War. Your Majesty is so sure." Can Gu Hanmo beat everyone including this second place?"
Yu Fu paused, she didn't have much impression of the second player on the field, she just focused on her brother.
Now after Tian Yunpo's reminder, she remembered that the person who had fought hundreds of tricks with Gu Hanmo just now, looked dignified and extraordinary, like a general.
"That person seems to be called Liming? The surname Li is not common, it seems to only be found in the Lingnan area of Dongling."
Tian Yunpo took a deep look at her, "He is indeed from Dongling. It is said that he fled from Dongling to Beili this time, but he is not a refugee, but a wealthy businessman. More importantly, he has a total of Leading a hundred or so clansmen to Beili, Your Majesty understands what I mean, right?"
Yu Fu's heart skipped a beat.
"You mean, he has a very high reputation among the people who moved from Dongling, and he needs to be comforted. In this way, the people of Dongling will believe in my sincerity in accepting refugees, especially talented people like Liming, How dare you leave Dongling and come to Beili?"
Tian Yunpo nodded, "That's what I mean."
Yu Fu turned his head away, continued to walk forward, and at the same time said decisively: "It is impossible for me to break the fairness of the martial arts for him, he is no matter what his ranking is. If he violates the fairness in order to buy people's hearts, it will make the common people You can't trust me, the lord."
There was no hesitation in her back, and the wind was blowing under her feet.
Tian Yunpo stood behind her and stared blankly, momentarily stunned, not wanting Yufu to be so determined.
After a while, he suddenly shook his head and smiled.
He knew that this time, Yu Fu was not resolutely upholding fairness for Gu Hanmo and the others, this was her principle and her bottom line, and she would not change it for anything.
He couldn't help muttering, "I hope that Li Ming's written test of Art of War is second, and Gu Hanmo is the first, otherwise this matter will be difficult..."
Back in the imperial study room, Taifu Bao and other veterans were waiting outside the imperial study room, as if they were about to look for Yu Fu, seeing her come back, he said happily: "Your Majesty, the results of the written test have been determined by you generals, after your majesty has seen it If there is no objection, the ranking of the martial arts exam can be determined today. By the way, how is the martial arts exam going?"
Yu Fu waved his hand towards the hall, "My lords, go to the hall and talk slowly."
Tian Yunpo was a few steps behind, and whispered in Taifu Bao's ear, "Gu Hanmo ranked first in both written tests. If there is no accident, he will be the champion of martial arts."
Bao Taifu was thoughtful, and said while walking: "The old man has heard a little bit, the two young masters of the Gu family are very skilled in martial arts, what about the other young master?"
"It's fifth."
Taifu Bao nodded, and the two walked towards the hall.
Yufu took the written test papers and took a look. All the papers were individually bound, and the places where the names were written on them were carefully pasted with kraft paper, so it was impossible to tell who was who.
It's also about fairness.
On the kraft paper was written the ranks set by the generals, the one at the top was the first one, Yu Fu felt bad after seeing it.
This doesn't seem to be Gu Hanmo's handwriting.
Seeing her face change slightly, Taifu Bao said: "Your Majesty, is there any question?"
"It's nothing. My understanding of the art of war and strategy is naturally not as good as that of the generals. Since the ranking of this test paper was decided by the generals, there is no mistake."
She carefully looked at the test paper of the first place. There are three questions in this test. One is to solve the strategy of character array, the other is to talk about the understanding of the strategy of fighting soldiers, and the third is...
Yu Fu narrowed his eyes slightly, he didn't expect that the third question was about Beili, which was about how to arrange defenses for the terrain of Yanming Pass.
This question might not be difficult for the scholars of Beili, but it would be unfair for someone like Gu Hanmo who came from Dongling and didn't know anything about Beili's terrain before.
Yu Fu paused, "Then open the paper and let me see who the top few are."
Yao Lan stepped forward with a paper knife and cut the white paper where the name was pasted. The name on the first volume was very familiar.
Yu Fu glanced at Tian Yunpo, who was also surprised by his crow's mouth.
The first place in the written test was Liming.
Yaolan flipped down and placed Gu Hanmo's and Gu Wenqing's separately on Yufu's left hand.
She took a look, Gu Hanmo was the second, and Gu Yi was the seventh.
"One of the questions in the written test is about Yanming Pass. This is an important pass in the north of my Beili. It stands to reason that Dongling people would not know about it. Isn't this unfair to Dongling's scholars?"
Bao Taifu stepped forward and cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, although Yanming Pass is the city in the north of our Beili, it is also a place where military strategists of all dynasties must fight. There have been many wars. The Dongling scholars naturally don't understand the terrain of Beili. However, if you have some knowledge of the several battles related to Yanming Pass in history, it is not difficult to get a general idea of the topography of this place."
"Of course, this is really difficult for the scholars of Dongling. But take a look, your majesty, the first two Liming and Gu Hanmo are both from Dongling. It's difficult!"
What Taifu Bao said was also reasonable, Yu Fu secretly sighed in his heart.
Tian Yunpo lifted the papers of the two of them and took a closer look, "It's not easy now. Gu Hanmo is the first in the martial arts test, and Li Ming is the second. The written test is the other way around, so it depends on the comprehensive score. To determine the ranking, which of the two of them is the best martial arts champion?"
Everyone couldn't help showing embarrassment.
Both Gu Hanmo and Li Ming are not ordinary people, one is the son of Gu Hou's mansion, and they have a brother and sister relationship with Yu Fu. The other is a representative of talented people who fled to Beili from Dongling. To a large extent, his treatment determines how Dongling and the influx of people will treat Beili's court.
Is it sincere and trustworthy, or is it simply not polite to them
Yufu was also in trouble.
She didn't want to offend these talented people from Dongling, and she didn't want to let Gu Hanmo Mingzhu secretly cast him. With his talent, the champion of martial arts must be him.
"I think it's better to wrong Mr. Gu for this matter, and take care of the emotions of Dongling's people."
"No, as a military commander, martial arts and skills are more important. What if this dawn is just talk on paper?"
Everyone couldn't stop arguing, and finally their eyes fell on Yu Fu, waiting for her to give a definite answer.
After a while, Yu Fu suddenly stood up, "It's getting late today, Zhu Qing will first summarize the results of the martial arts test and the written test to set a tentative ranking, Rong Zhen will think about the number one and the second place. Zhu Qing, go back and rest first."
After finishing speaking, he stepped out of the imperial study room, and everyone saluted and sent him off.
Taifu Bao sighed, "If this matter were replaced by the old man, I would not know how to choose, it would be embarrassing for His Majesty..."
The light in Tian Yunpo's eyes flickered, and he didn't know what he was thinking.
…
When it was getting late, he quietly left the palace in a carriage, turned left after exiting the palace city and disappeared, and finally stopped in front of the Gu residence.
The people in the mansion had already made preparations, Gu Jiuge took Qi Zhou and others to greet him outside the door, and when he saw the carriage, he hurried forward to help him.
Yaolan got off the car first, and everyone supported Yu to help him down, Yu Fu said: "Second brother doesn't have to come to greet him outside the door in the future, he is a monarch and minister outside, and he is still a family when he returns home, why should he be so polite?"
Gu Jiuge smiled, "Okay, then next time I'll let Gu Yi come to greet you. After the elder brother comes back, let the elder brother come to greet you in person, and we don't have to worry about it."
Yu Fu's face was reddish, and he gave him a reproachful look, and everyone walked towards the upper room in the mansion.
Gu Jiuge said: "You gave us a wink at the Martial Arts Field, so I knew you were coming back for dinner tonight, so I specially ordered the people below to prepare a lot of your favorite food. Recently we often eat Beili's dishes, and it's a shame I haven’t eaten Dong Ling’s dishes for a long time.”
Yu Fu smiled and said: "It's nothing else, I'm afraid the West Lake vinegar fish can't taste that way, and there is lotus leaf and lotus pond soup. Speaking of it, I miss the time in Lin'an."
"I've done all of this, and you can try it later."
The two entered the room, only to see that Gu Hanmo and the others had already arrived, but Yin Jiyao and Su Yunyan were not there.
Gu Yi saw her doubts, and hurriedly came up to him and said, "Second sister-in-law is cooking, and Yun Yan doesn't know anything, so it's a waste of help, which makes second sister-in-law still have one dish to cook. Xiaoyu help you sit down quickly , let's wait."
Yu Fu looked into the room, "The general is not in the mansion, the upper room is empty, but you are still eating here."
Gu Jiuge said: "We are all used to it, not to mention that father will come one day, we are all waiting."
Gu Yidao: "Xiao Yufu, let's have a good drink or two in a while, to celebrate the third brother winning the champion! I can't do it, the third brother is too far away."
Hearing the words "Wu Zhuangyuan", Yufu's face froze.
Gu Hanmo said indifferently: "Don't get carried away, the ranking depends on the written test paper, I may not be the champion. I usually read a lot of military art, but I don't have many history books. I still don't know enough about Yanming Pass, I'm afraid the answer is still not good."
Yu Fu hurriedly said: "Yanming Pass is the pass of Beili, it's normal that the third brother doesn't know much about it. What's more, you answered very well, and your written test paper came second."
Gu Hanmo smiled, "Finally, I didn't embarrass my father."
"Dongpo pork is here."
There was a smell of stewed meat, Yin Jiyao personally brought the dishes up, and Su Yunyan followed her bouncingly.
Yin Jiyao looked at Yu Fu with a smile, "Dongpo pork needs to be stewed for two hours, it will taste better when the juice is gone, sit down and taste it."
"Okay, you've worked hard, sit down quickly."
When everyone was seated, Gu Jiuge didn't think it was a big deal to watch the excitement, "So it's cooking Dongpo meat, no wonder it takes time. Just now someone said that it must have taken so long because Yunyan didn't help. It seems that Yunyan has been wronged."
Gu Yi winked at him and twisted his neck, but before it was too late, Su Yunyan grabbed his ear, "Did you say that?"
"I'm wronged, I didn't say it, I really didn't say it!"
Gu Yi has already learned to lie to save his life when facing Su Yunyan's rage, and then immediately changed the subject, "By the way, Yu Fu, you just said that the third brother was the second in the written test, so isn't he the champion of martial arts?"
Everyone looked at Yu Fu for a while, Yu Fu thought for a moment, "The first place in the written test is the second place in the martial arts competition, so now the courtiers are different about this, and I don't know how to rank them."
"Second place?"
Gu Hanmo said: "But that young master named Liming? He once talked to me, and we had a good conversation. He is also from Dongling, and this time he led hundreds of clansmen to Beili. His reputation among the people is very high.”
Gu Yidao: "That's not good! In order to appease the refugees like Dong Ling, the imperial court will give Li Ming the position of champion of martial arts?"
Gu Jiuge frowned, "Sixth brother, don't talk nonsense. It doesn't matter whether the champion is the third brother or Li Ming, it's fair, but there is some tendency on the basis of fairness. Okay, let's eat when all the dishes are served. Forget about politics."
Gu Jiuge didn't want to embarrass Yufu, and also cherished the rare time when the family had a meal together.
It was only then that Gu Yi realized that he had said the wrong thing. Yufu is now Beili's queen, and she represents the imperial court. Some things can no longer be said without any scruples like before.
Knowing Gu Jiuge's kindness, Yu Fu raised his glass to everyone with a smile, "It's been a long time since I've had such delicious Dong Ling dishes, thank you Ji Yao and Yun Yan. I'm in a good mood today and I want to drink two cups. Do you want to go together?"
Gu Jiuge quit drinking a long time ago, and now thinking about the reasons for quitting drinking, it is a bit ridiculous.
He raised his glass and said, "Naturally. I'm just having a drink to enjoy myself. The elder brother is not here. I want to watch for my father and see that you don't drink too much."
Su Yunyan yelled: "Second brother was the one who drank the most in the past, but now he restrains us, no no no, we will be punished with a drink!"
Gu Jiuge raised his eyebrows, "Punish as you please, I still have enough."
After finishing speaking, he raised his glass and drank it down, and lit the bottom of the glass to everyone.
Yu Fu raised his bottle and chanted: "Accompany you drunk and laugh thirty thousand times, don't sue Li Shang!"
Everyone toasted to each other, when Ye Yufu drank too much and directly stayed in Gu Shubai's courtyard, Gu Jiuge ordered someone to inform the palace, and soon, the brigade of imperial forest troops surrounded Gu's mansion tightly.
Yu Fu didn't know what happened, she hugged Gu Shubai's quilt and slept until dawn.
It smelled of him, very similar to hers—but different.