Chapter 21 The landlord’s family has no surplus food!
Pingyang Marquis Mansion, martial arts training ground.

Today is the day for the guards to compete.

There was a large empty area in the middle of the grass next to it, and the guards inside were wearing short coats and were divided into groups of two to compete with each other.

There is no time limit for the fight.

The winner will spontaneously look for the next opponent, and the loser will leave and watch.

The sooner you win, the more chances you have to pick your opponents and have a short break.

So as soon as the fight started, the scene became very heated.

Some powerful people eliminated their opponents at the beginning, then looked at each other with fear, retreated to the edge of the circle, and looked for suitable opponents.

After finding the next target, the person who wins first can wait next to the target group.

As long as one of them is eliminated, the fight will begin immediately.

However, these guards are very familiar with each other, so until now, Yang Wenyuan has not seen anyone take advantage of others' victory to launch a sneak attack, which really wastes Yang Wenyuan's good intentions.

Probably because they saw Yang Wenyuan was there, they became quite polite and waited until the other side was ready before starting the competition.

This was not Yang Wenyuan's original intention.

Between life and death, who cares whether you attack secretly or not, just attack directly!
Yang Wenyuan didn't let them fight in order because he wanted them to adapt to the situation and train their ability to respond to changing circumstances.

As a result, one by one, they all started to be polite, which made Yang Wenyuan speechless.

At the beginning, Yang Wenyuan was eager to try, and wanted to let the winner fight against him every time to exercise his practical combat ability.

After all, Yang Wenyuan's golden finger is quick recovery. He is a very qualified punching bag and is not afraid of being beaten at all.

If you want to beat someone up, first learn to be beaten.

Yang Wenyuan was ready to be beaten.

But it backfired.

As the only heir of Pingyang Marquis Mansion, these guards did not dare to put in any effort when fighting with Yang Wenyuan, for fear of getting hurt and cutting off the main bloodline. After one or two times, Yang Wenyuan lost interest and just practiced some moves with them after training every morning, which was better than nothing.

Compared to close combat, Yang Wenyuan is better at archery.

With the help of his personal guards, his golden finger that makes him not afraid of getting hurt, and a little bit of science brains, he was able to learn everything he knew.

Today, Yang Wenyuan’s archery skills are so good that he can hit the target from a hundred paces away.

In close combat, he didn't dare to use force, but he had no worries about archery.

The guards all wanted to show themselves in front of Yang Wenyuan.

However, all the guards present were no match for Yang Wenyuan. They could only watch as Yang Wenyuan continued to hit the bull's eye a hundred meters away until the arrows in his hand were exhausted. Not a single arrow fell, and all of them hit the bull's eye.

The guards were filled with envy.

How great it would be if I had such archery skills?

At least he has to become the chief of the personal guards of the Marquis' Mansion, right?
In the Great Zhou Dynasty.

The status of archers is much higher than that of ordinary soldiers. They are a high-end military force and a scarce resource.

If they had this skill of archery, they would be sought after wherever they went and promised high positions (head of the personal guards or head of the archers in the army) and generous salaries.

But on second thought, this is also a good idea.

The young marquis' safety is more guaranteed.

After rewarding the personal guards who won the competition, Yang Wenyuan hesitated for a while, and then ordered to reward the top three personal guards with an opportunity to take a medicinal bath each.

Amid the resounding shouts of "Thank you, Lord Marquis, for the reward!" from his personal guards, Yang Wenyuan returned home to practice calligraphy.

Although Yang Wenyuan has a golden finger, he is not afraid of getting hurt.

But just in case, he still takes a medicinal bath once a day.

However, the personal guards did not receive such good treatment and could only soak in Yang Wenyuan’s bath water.

It’s not that Yang Wenyuan is reluctant to spend money or is unwilling to invest, it’s just that the landlord has no surplus food!

And not only are the medicinal materials expensive, but it is also because it does not conform to the national conditions. After all, in today's Great Zhou, which noble family would pay for free medicinal baths for their subordinates?
Even when they sell medicinal bath packages to their subordinates, they have to make a profit in the middle. How can they provide medicinal baths for free?

Therefore, Yang Wenyuan could only distribute benefits to his personal guards every now and then in the name of rewards.

It can’t be too much, it can only be given to a few people.

This was only possible because Yang Wenyuan braved the world's disapproval and faced the strange looks from people around him.

Pingyang Marquis Mansion, study.

Yang Wenyuan was practicing calligraphy with a pen in hand.

After returning from Sheng's house a few days ago, Yang Wenyuan accepted Sheng Hong's calligraphy as a favor and used it as a "guide book" to copy and practice calligraphy.

Not to mention anything else, Sheng Hong's calligraphy is the best.

Otherwise, the emperor would not have praised him in public for his "beautiful handwriting".

Yang Wenyuan originally thought that practicing calligraphy was nothing special and it was just about copying famous calligraphers' calligraphy. Who would have thought that there was so much knowledge involved.

When I first started learning calligraphy, I followed Sheng Hong’s instructions.

Avoid using smooth paper that does not retain marks or absorb ink.

I would rather have paper that is a little rough and yellow than pure and white.

Sheng Hong also explained some other basic knowledge, and Yang Wenyuan followed his instructions one by one.

Yang Wenyuan first practiced large regular script, using light yellow Yuanshu paper.

On the table.

Yang Wenyuan was practicing calligraphy while Changqing was grinding ink beside him.

After Yang Wenyuan finished writing the word "Lan", he suddenly remembered something and turned to Chang Qing and asked:
"By the way, is there any news from Yuan Wenshao?"

When Yang Wenyuan was PUAing Yuan Wenshao that day, Changqing was also waiting outside the door, fearing that Yuan Wenshao might suddenly attack and hurt someone, so he could stop him in time.

Don't get me wrong, Changqing was mainly afraid that his son would not be able to control his strength and hurt someone.

Hearing what Yang Wenyuan said, Changqing naturally understood what Yang Wenyuan wanted to ask.

"Yuan Wenshao didn't seem to have that intention. After that day, he didn't even go home and went back to Bailu Academy to study."

Yang Wenyuan was not surprised at this result at all.

Yuan Wenshao was a foolishly filial person.

Otherwise, in the original story line, Hualan wouldn't have been disciplined and troubled by his mother every day, and he would just watch from the side, observing coldly, and then say a few words of comfort afterwards.

He may be a good son, but he is definitely not a good husband.

"White Deer Academy, is he studying there too?"

Yang Wenyuan was surprised. He didn't expect it was such a coincidence that Yuan Wenshao also went there to study. He didn't know if he would meet Gu Tingye.

Yang Wenyuan added some ink with his brush and thought to himself: Bailu Academy is so small, these two people should meet.

Enemies are extremely jealous when they meet.

Although Yuan Wenshao fled overnight after being attacked by his verbal attack, Gu Tingye was young and energetic, and without his own social connections, he would definitely not give in. It was possible that the two of them would start a quarrel after just a few words.

But don’t worry.

Gu Tingye has been practicing martial arts since he was a child, so Yuan Wenshao is definitely no match for him.

I just hope Gu Tingye won’t be impulsive when the time comes.

If a fight broke out and Yuan Wenshao was injured, and the news got out, it would make them seem like they were "kicking a dog when it's down".

Thinking of this, Yang Wenyuan remembered Zhu Manniang who might appear at any time, and suddenly felt unlucky. He even lost the mood to practice calligraphy.

"Changqing, why hasn't Mr. Zhuang come yet? I need to study!"

(End of this chapter)