Chapter 262 Practice makes perfect
Li Yan put down the wiped arrow bow and looked at the soldier, "In the past, there was a teacher in our village. He told me a story called "Practice makes perfect". Do you know what it means?"
The soldier shook his head, and then heard Li Yan laugh and say, "It means: I am so good because I have used too much. If I relax, it will not be so good, so I have to practice every day."
He pulled Kongxian away, gestured to the distance, and asked with a squinted eyes, "As for the two young men you mentioned, I don't know them, so what kind of interest can you have in them?"
"Practice makes perfect?" Xiaobing opened his eyes and suddenly became interested. "That means that if I practice diligently, will I be as powerful as a centurion one day?"
Li Yan naturally nodded in agreement.
At this time, Yan Zhou took Yun Yizhu to walk around the military camp. Facing the curious or visiting eyes, the two looked as usual, as if this was the same freedom as their home.
"Yan Zhou, do you know where Li Yan was arranged?" Yun Yizhu followed Yan Zhou, looking around at the stationed army. Every soldier had a firm look on his face. The soldiers here had experienced the real battlefield and witnessed the real death. Even some young recruits had more or less exposed to the cruelty of the war.
This military camp is quite large. It was the first time Yan Zhou came here. He didn't know the area here, but he knew something about Li Yan. After all, he wanted to send him a letter, so how could he not know his commander?
"Li Yan has now become a centurion under the commander of a deputy commander named Liu. I believe that with his ability, he will rise higher one day." He remembered some news from Li Yan that his subordinates had previously reported to him. It has to be said that if Li Yan had not had a bad background, he would probably have become a general now.
Yun Yizhu nodded, then stopped a soldier who was about to pass by and said, "Where is your Vice President Liu's tent?"
The man pointed in a direction, said a few words to Yun Yizhu, and then hurriedly left with a spear. He had to go and change shifts with people right now.
Yun Yizhu and Yan Zhou smoothly found the tent of Vice President Liu after asking the two people. Coincidentally, Vice President Liu happened to be in the tent. The two explained their identities and then started chatting with Vice President Liu. I don’t know why he mentioned that he had a sharpshooter under him, who could take the head level of a thousand meters away. The two expressed their great interest in this person and asked to see the sharpshooter at a glance.
Because their identities were concealed, one said that they were under King Rui, the other said that they were following his subordinates, and because they were allowed to enter the military camp by Song Wu, Vice President Liu did not doubt them at all. Instead, he was happy because his subordinates attracted attention and took the two to find Li Yan.
Yun Yizhu sighed slightly. It is really rare for people like Vice President Liu to be happy that his subordinates are attracted to him, rather than being afraid that the other party will steal his position and try to belittle the other party.
When Vice President Liu brought the two over, he did not arrange for anyone to inform Li Yan in advance, and the three of them heard Li Yan's words. Vice President Liu was naturally proud of his subordinates' hard work, but his other words might offend these two envoys from the capital. Vice President Liu smiled at Yan Zhou and Yun Yizhu in embarrassment and explained: "My subordinate is usually too addicted to practice, so he is not interested in many things around him, and he has no intention of looking down on the two envoys."
"No need to explain to Vice President Liu. We do not mean to blame your subordinates. Instead, we appreciate him very much. We just want to talk to him." Yan Zhou replied to Vice President Liu in a faint tone.
After hearing this, Vice President Liu was worried, thinking that these two people were going to settle the score with Li Yan, but he could not refuse Yan Zhou's request, so he had to wink at Li Yan desperately when he left. Li Yanquan regarded it as not seeing it, and his attitude was still as usual, and he did not be more respectful because Yan Zhou's identity was higher than him.
When Vice President Liu left, he took the soldier away, and when the soldier left, he couldn't help looking at the two people curiously. The detective Vice President Liu took away with force.
"I wonder what the two messengers are asking me for?" Li Yan put down the bow he had just wiped and asked them in a humble and arrogant manner.
Yan Zhou pulled up an arrow placed in the arrow bag, and while looking at the arrow, he said, "Liu General Liu said that your archery skills are good. It just so happens that I am good at archery. Why not compare with us?"
His tone was filled with some disbelief and some provocation, fully expressing his doubts about Li Yan's archery technique that was praised by everyone. If a person with a poor temper was probably already inspired by him, he would have agreed impulsively.
But Li Yan is not an impulsive person. On the contrary, he is a very knowledgeable person in his judging situations and a very calm personality. So he did not agree to Yan Zhou. Instead, he said: "Forgive me, I did not shoot archery for a fan competition. Before entering the army, I raised my bow to make a living, but now I am to be able to survive in the war and let myself and my brothers around me survive."
"Oh, isn't it to defend the country?" Yun Yizhu suddenly inserted into the conversation between the two and asked in a slight tone.
Li Yan paused, and then said honestly: "I don't have such noble ideas at first, why do you use such a reason to fool you?"
Yun Yizhu was speechless. Li Yan didn't look stupid, why was he so honest? If it weren't for them, he would probably offend people with such an attitude. Vice President Liu was afraid that he didn't pay attention to it, and his subordinates were actually quite stubborn.
"So honest." Yun Yizhu quietly said, since Li Yan was unwilling to compete, she said to him mysteriously: "If you compete with him, I will tell you something, about your son." Her eyes lit up since Yan Zhou had just made the competition request, and she was looking forward to the competition between the two.
Yan Zhou looked at her little movements with amusement. He just said that he wanted to compete with Li Yan. On the one hand, he wanted to try his temperament, and on the other hand, he really wanted to see what the archery technique that Song Wu praised was like, but if Li Yan didn't want to compete, he wouldn't force him.
Before they came, they had planned to tell Li Yan about Li Jiang. After all, they were the son of others. They kept hiding and not talking about it. What was it? But I didn’t expect that Yun Yizhu was used to make the transaction that Li Yan promised to compete. Is it to help him achieve his goal? Yan Zhou couldn’t help but feel a little confused in his heart, as if he had a mouthful of honey in his mouth.
Chapter completed!