Chapter 754
Extra 9
Chapter 754 Extra 9
Yan Shu didn't say anything about Lu Zhang's departure without saying goodbye; she just pursed her lips and walked away.
Originally, she didn't have any particular feelings about this matter, but in the following days, even though the marriage selection event was imminent, the conversations in her family always seemed to revolve around Lu Zhang and the things Lu Zhang had done this time.
After hearing it so many times, Yan Shu gradually felt a strange sense of unease in her heart.
She originally thought she knew her ex-husband very well, but it turned out he had so many sides that she hadn't seen.
The feeling of thinking you've figured someone out, only to find you've overlooked many aspects, is really a little unpleasant.
But then I thought about how this person used to follow me around like glue every time we met, and now, in less than a year, he can calmly ignore me when we meet again...
That's true. It's normal that I can't see through such a fickle person!
Yan Shu gritted her teeth, glanced down at the book in her hand, and tossed it aside in annoyance.
The marriage selection event is the next day. Knowing that few Jie people have the ability to write and write, why are you flipping through books looking for test questions?
The next day, the capital of Jie Kingdom was bustling with people from early morning, even more crowded than during a festival.
The daughter of the Jie King, Princess Yan Shu, is holding a marriage contest. Last time, all the warriors who signed up returned empty-handed, and the princess was forced into marriage with a sense of injustice. Fortunately, she divorced him and returned not long after. Therefore, this time, even more Jie men signed up to participate in the marriage contest than last time.
It wasn't just the men from Jie; some men from other countries who had close ties with the Jie generals and knew them well also registered with the generals' guarantees.
In addition, the number of onlookers was so large that it was impossible to count them all.
Everyone in Jiedi knows that the prince has several sons who are skilled in riding and archery and are incredibly brave, but he only has one precious daughter. The princess has been pampered since childhood and is also very beautiful, with a spirit that is no less than that of men.
Everyone was curious about what kind of handsome man the princess would ultimately choose as her husband.
So before the sun had even risen into the sky, the streets and alleys near the marriage contest were already packed with people.
The men who had registered arrived early, each dressed in fine clothes and carrying their best and most suitable weapons, hoping to show off their skills and win the princess's heart when they went on stage.
Some even carried several wolf and fox furs on their shoulders, intending to present them as gifts to the princess to increase their chances of winning.
They were eager to show off, and even when they were chatting with each other, they were always subtly showing off their abilities.
Among the crowd, a man wearing a veiled hat stood out as particularly quiet and unassuming.
He was dressed in an inconspicuous gray cloth robe, with a sword hanging at his waist. He was quite tall and imposing, but he was rather inconspicuous among a group of burly Jie men.
He stood quietly from beginning to end, not talking to anyone around him, like a shadow in the crowd.
Finally, after a long wait, the training ground where the arena was located opened its doors, and the warriors outside rushed in, eager to show off their skills.
They were quickly dumbfounded.
During the last marriage contest, there was clearly a ring where warriors would challenge each other to choose the bravest one, who would then compete with the princess in martial arts selected by her.
This time, surprisingly, there's no arena!
This left many of the warriors who had rushed in somewhat bewildered.
"Clang~~~~~"
A gong sounded, and the crowd fell silent. A burly man dressed as a guard from the royal palace cleared his throat and addressed the crowd: "This marriage contest is divided into three stages."
The first challenge is archery. The second challenge is military strategy.
Warriors who pass the first two levels will meet the princess in the third level, where she will personally give them questions to answer.
The ultimate winner will have the opportunity to become the princess's husband!
"What?! There's even military strategy?!" A muscular burly man in the audience looked on in surprise. "Aren't we here to compete in a contest? Wasn't the last marriage contest just a series of contests?"
"You said it yourself, that was last time." The guard from the Prince's mansion gave him a cold glance, clearly displeased. "The rules were set by the Princess herself, so naturally we must follow the Princess's rules."
Anyone who wants to back out now can simply turn around and leave.
Upon hearing this, the people below the stage looked at each other in bewilderment, and a buzzing of discussion arose.
It's true that the Jie people are always brave and good at fighting, but when it comes to military strategy and tactics, they are not so effective.
Not to mention those convoluted strategies and tactics, even the densely packed characters in the military books are enough to make half of the Jie people give up.
The fact that the princess's marriage proposal now requires a test in military strategy has truly left these people dumbfounded.
But since we've already come all this way, turning around and leaving would seem cowardly and embarrassing.
Besides, just because you can't do it doesn't mean someone else can. We're all pretty much the same, so who's really that much worse than whom?
With this thought in mind, those who had already considered giving up silently pulled back the leg they had already stepped out.
Since it's something that none of us are good at anyway, we might as well take a gamble. What if we're bad at it, and the others are even worse? Well, among the worst of the worst, we'll pick the best one... so we'll still have a chance!
Almost all of them held this thought, and ultimately did not give up immediately, choosing to stay.
So everyone handed in the plaques they had been given when they qualified for the marriage contest, and they began to line up for the first round of archery competition.
The first archery competition consists of three rounds.
The first round was a normal target shooting game, and less than 10% of the participants were eliminated on the spot due to poor accuracy.
The second round was more difficult, requiring everyone to shoot at the target while riding a horse at high speed.
After this round, another 20% of the participants were eliminated.
In the third round, the difficulty increased dramatically. The warriors had to ride horses and shoot at the target while running. The target was a red water sac suspended in mid-air, surrounded by many black water sacs, all of which were swaying back and forth in the air.
In this match, a full half of the warriors were eliminated because they accidentally shot the black water sac.
After the first round ended, the training ground became much more spacious, and with half the people gone, the air circulation was much better.
"Warriors who have passed the first test, please follow me over there to challenge the second test!" the guard announced loudly, raising his hand.
The man in gray stood in the crowd, silently following the others towards the second stage.
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