After sending Lin Wenchun away, Yan Zhong, who was in charge of socializing back and forth, came to report to Gao Yuan again and received two invitations.

In fact, although Gao Yuan is now sick at home, after the battle to save Luo Huan, his reputation is even more famous, so there is almost an endless stream of people who come to greet and visit every day, of course, most of them are just general visits, all of which are sent by Yan Zhong and Geng Zhong. Moreover, he can receive at least ten invitations every day, either inviting Gao Yuan to participate in the birthday celebration or rushing to the wedding banquet.

Of course, Gao Yuan didn't want to participate in these activities, he had only been an official for a few days, except for Li Mu and Sima Shang, there were few familiar ministers at all, and now he was focused on saving Li Mu's life, resisting the invasion of Qin, and training Zhao Jun, and he didn't have the energy to entertain these contacts, so he also told Geng Zhong and Yan Zhong to turn down all invitations, anyway, he is recuperating now, which is a good reason.

Of course, invitations of a general nature can be declined by Yan Zhong and Geng Zhong, and the invitations of some important officials, although Gao Yuan did not come forward, Geng Zhong also arranged for personnel to prepare gifts and go to the door to congratulate, these things Geng Zhong did very decently, and he would not lose his courtesy. But there are also a few invitations that cannot be pushed back. For example, these two copies now.

The first one was sent by Wu Lie, and Gao Yuan was invited to the Lie Wu Pavilion at noon for a banquet. Not to mention the special identity of Wu Lie and the military who are close to each other, and can eat both black and white in Handan, this time in the rescue of Luo Huan, Gao Yuan and Lie Wu Xing Hall have also formed a good friendship, so Yu Yu Li, Gao Yuan can't turn down this invitation.

Moreover, Gao Yuan's impression of Wu Lie's father and daughter, as well as Zhongsun Qi and other disciples, was also good, so after looking at Yu Dong, he also nodded, and said: "Since it is an invitation from the martial arts hall master, I should also go to the appointment, you go to arrange gifts immediately, call Wang Hu and Wang Bao, and prepare to go out with me." ”

Geng Zhong hurriedly said: "Yes, there is a second invitation, which was sent by Gong Xiaojia, he invited a group of celebrities to gather, and wanted to invite adults to participate." As he spoke, he handed the invitation to Takahara.

Although Zhao Jia did not have any official position, his identity was special, and he was known as the second king of the plains in Zhao State, because he liked to make friends with celebrities and scholars, among the guests, there were many well-known scholars, and Zhao Jia often held banquets attended by celebrities and scholars, so that they could express their opinions, and even open debates. This time, Zhao Jia invited Gao Yuan, which was also such a banquet. Not only gathered several recognized celebrities in Handan, but also two important figures in attendance, Chun Yubo and Chun Yuzhong Xiu's father and daughter.

Gao Yuan finished reading Zhao Jia's invitation and asked, "Who are Chun Yubo, Chun Yu Zhongxiu's father and daughter?" ”

Geng Zhong said: "Chun Yubo is a native of the Song Dynasty, his real name is Liang, because he is proficient in the theory of the hundred schools of thought, so he changed his name to Chun Yubo, and is still recognized by the world. However, he has a strange habit, that is, he will never step into the palaces of the kings for the rest of his life, and if the king wants to see him, he must go out of the palace to meet him. Even the royal palace is reluctant to take a step, and of course it will not be an official from all over the world. ”

Gao Yuan nodded, in the pre-Qin era, many scholars did maintain a pretty good demeanor, after all, the temptation to serve as the prime minister was not something that anyone could resist. Said: "It's really not easy to be proficient in the theory of a hundred schools of thought?" ”

Geng Zhong said with a smile: "In fact, the so-called hundred schools of thought, but the real influence, but there are only more than ten schools, but it is indeed very rare to be able to be proficient in more than ten schools. ”

Gao Yuan said: "What about his daughter? ”

Geng Zhong said: "In fact, his daughter Chun Yu Zhongxiu's fame is even more dog, Ju said that she was born beautiful, and she is intellectually knowledgeable, not under her father, and Luo Mingzhu of Qi and Wu Xiyan of Chu are called the three most talented women in the world." This time, the father and daughter came to the Zhao State after their trip to the Qin State. After a pause, he said: "And Chun Yu Zhongxiu is only nineteen years old this year, and he has not yet been married, and the young sons of all countries dream of marrying her." Isn't it so difficult for adults not to want to meet this talented woman? ”

Hearing him say this, Gao Yuan couldn't help but feel a little moved, because this is the normal reaction of any man, knowing that there is a beautiful woman, of course he wants to take a look, in addition, Zhao Jia's identity is different after all, if he refuses this invitation, it is not beneficial to himself, in addition, Qin State has sent an envoy to Zhao State, the two are official and private, and they came to Zhao State almost at the same time, is there any connection between this? Therefore, Gao Yuan also nodded and said, "Okay, you go and reply, just say that I will definitely come then." ”

Geng Zhong agreed and replied immediately. After Geng Zhong left, Gao Yuan also took the Wang Hu Wang Leopard brothers and a team of guards from the mansion and rushed to the Martial Arts Pavilion.

Coming to the door of the Martial Arts Pavilion, the younger brother who was guarding at the door had already received Wu Lie's order, and when he saw the plateau coming, he immediately invited them into the martial arts hall.

When I entered the gate of the martial arts hall, I saw that on the martial arts arena, it was already full of people standing at this time, and from time to time there were bursts of cheers. And Wu Lie took his son Wu Zhanpeng and his apprentice Zhongsun Qi to greet him, of course, Wu Zhanpeng was still hanging his arm.

Wu Lie bowed his hand and said, "Lord Gao is willing to come to the martial arts hall with a face, which really makes the old man have a bright face." ”

Gao Yuan also returned the courtesy: "The martial arts hall master is too polite. ”

Wu Lie laughed, took Gao Yuan's hand, and said, "Come on, let's take a look at the competition between those two girls first, and then invite the adults to come in and sit down later." ”

Gao Yuan was also stunned and said, "Why is there another fight." ”

Wu Lie shook his head again and again, and said, "These two girls, as long as they meet, they have to have a competition, and I have no choice." As he spoke, he pulled the plateau, separated the crowd, and came to the martial arts arena.

Gao Yuan looked, it turned out that this time the two were testing archery, only to see that at a distance of about 100 meters or so, each set up two arrow targets, the length and width were about two feet, in the middle of the arrow target, drawing a red heart the size of a teacup mouth, Li Yinghong and Wu Hongyan stood side by side, each holding a bow and arrows, aimed at the arrow target in front. A disciple waved a red flag and said loudly, "Release." ”

The two of them let go almost at the same time, and the two feather arrows flew out like meteors, bringing out a sharp sound of breaking the air, and with two "grabbing" sounds, they both hit the arrow target in front, and at this time, four or five feather arrows had been inserted into the arrow target.

The two looked at each other, and each drew a feather arrow and put it on the bow of the arrow. Prepare for the next round of shots.

Gao Yuan noticed that the bow and arrow used by the two were not the wooden single bow commonly used in the army, but a compound horn bow. Now Gao Yuan also knows that this compound bow is made of wood, horns or antlers, and then made of glue, tendons, silk, lacquer and other materials, because the horns of animals are an important part of the whole bow, so it is also called horn bow.

However, due to the fact that the compound bow is based on the different force needs of different positions, the corresponding best materials are used, so the use efficiency of the compound bow is much higher than that of the single bow, and the range of the compound bow is much greater than that of the single bow when the bow is pulled with the same force. And compound bows also have a much longer service life than monolithic bows. The service life of a compound bow is at least about ten years, and a high-quality compound bow can even reach twenty or thirty years. The service life of a single bow generally does not exceed three years.

However, the process of making a horn bow is also extremely complicated, because to combine these materials into a bow, different processes need to be carried out in different seasons, such as taking wood in winter, taking horns in spring, smelting tendons in summer, gluing it in autumn, then experiencing the cold of winter, being stringed in spring, and drying at high temperatures in summer. Even a normal compound bow takes at least two years to complete, while a good compound bow often spans five or six years, or even ten years.

It is precisely because of this that the cost of a compound bow is much higher than that of a single bow, and a high-quality compound bow can be worth more than 100 Yi gold, not under a nine-smelting iron sword, so it is still dominated by a single bow in the army, and only a few elite troops can be equipped with a compound bow. And high-quality compound bows are the personal belongings of generals or marksmen.

Although Li Yinghong and Wu Hongya now use ordinary compound bows, the range is much larger than that of ordinary single bows, and their effective range can be close to 100 meters.

At this time, the two of them each bent their bows and arrows, and with the order, they shot the arrow target in front of them one by one, and each arrow could hit the target, and most of the arrows could hit the heart. It also attracted the onlookers to cheer continuously.

Now archery is the weakest link in Gao Yuan's personal martial arts, after all, he has almost never practiced archery before, and archery is also a technique with the least shortcuts, and there is a saying in the modern army: sharpshooters are fed with bullets. In fact, the same is true of the archer. Gao Yuan used to be an excellent sharpshooter, but the way modern firearms are aimed is completely different from the aiming of ancient archery. There is no way about this plateau, Bi Jing has only been in this era for three or four months, and there are still a lot of lessons to make up.

The two of them had five or six more rounds of shooting, and then they both put down their bows and arrows, and two of the younger brothers immediately ran over, took the arrows, and came to the two of them. Both of them shot ten arrows, and seven of them hit the red heart, but Li Yinghong had two arrows closer to the red heart, but one arrow hit the edge of the target, and it was less than an inch away from the target. The other three arrows of Wu Hongyan are more evenly distributed. However, on the whole, it is basically comparable.

Wu Lie smiled and said: "Okay, okay, this time the archery competition, the two of you are evenly divided, next time you will divide the winners and losers, come, Yinghong, Hong Aya, go to the room and rest for a while." ”

The two girls also had no objection to Wu Lie's verdict, Wu Hongya held her father's left hand, and Li Yinghong came to Gao Yuan's side and walked into the main hall of the martial arts hall together.