On this day, Zhang Si held a martial arts competition.
During the competition, the prince's cousin Zhang Tida shot an arrow through three drums and won countless applause from the audience.
When it was the prince's turn, he thought the bow was too weak, so he went to the arsenal to get the good bow used by his ancestors, pulled it across his chest, and shot an arrow through seven iron drums. The audience around him cheered and applauded thunderously. , everyone shouted the prince's name, "Zhang Zhongliang, the best in the world! Zhang Zhongliang, the best in the world!"
The cheers resounded through the sky and lasted for a long time. Everyone saw that the prince's martial arts skills were unmatched, and they all raised their glasses to celebrate that the future king would surely rule Nanzhao.
Zhang Si looked at the prince, looked at the audience, and smiled proudly.
In an instant, the backyard turned into a boiling ocean.
Zhang Si was really happy beyond words when he saw that the prince had such strong martial arts.
He said to himself: "My son is very smart. He is the best in the world in reading, debating, arithmetic, algebra, etc., and is known to everyone near and far. But his ability in archery is not known to the people around him. I want to make the people of the world know about him." Everyone knows that he is not only the best in literature, but also in martial arts."
So Zhang Si immediately issued an order to the whole country and notified neighboring countries: Prince Zhang Zhongliang will hold a martial arts performance in the back garden in seven days. Anyone who has courage among the people of his own country and neighboring countries can participate in the martial arts competition. Suddenly, there was an endless stream of challengers from home and abroad.
On the seventh day, the guards were the first to leave the city and rush to the backyard to participate in the competition. At that time, there was an elephant standing at the city gate, blocking the city gate. When the attendants and sergeants around the guard saw this, they were afraid and stopped and did not dare to move forward. The guard asked: "What's the reason for stopping?"
The attendant replied: "There is an elephant blocking the gate. Everyone is afraid of it and dare not move forward."
After hearing this, the guard immediately rushed to the front, approached the elephant, and struck the elephant's head with his hands. The elephant immediately knelt down on its feet. So the sergeant and everyone jumped over the elephant and walked out of the city gate one by one.
Immediately afterwards, Peng Danian, the commander-in-chief of the three armies, led a group of people to pass through the city gate. The sergeants and attendants around him were also stopped by the appearance of the elephant.
Peng Danian asked the person in front, "Why are you stagnating?"
The attendant replied: "The guard was fighting the elephant with his hands. The elephant was kneeling at the city gate and hindering walking, so everyone stopped."
After Peng Danian heard this, he immediately moved forward and threw the elephant to the roadside with all his strength. More and more people were watching, all crowded together, watching this spectacular scene.
At this time, Prince Zhang Zhongliang also walked out of the palace and wanted to go to the back garden.
The prince's attendants were even more numerous, surrounding him in front and behind, sandwiching the prince in the middle.
After finally walking into the city gate, I saw a group of people gathered on the roadside watching.
The prince felt strange and asked, "What are these people looking at?"
The attendant replied: "Just now, the guard fought the elephant with his hands, causing the elephant to kneel down in the city gate and hindering walking. Later, Peng Danian came out, raised his hand to overturn the elephant and threw it to the roadside, so pedestrians gathered around. Let’s watch together.”
The prince immediately thought: now is the time to show his divine power.
The prince then got off the sedan chair and came to the elephant. He grabbed the elephant with his hands and threw it out of the city. At the same time, he ran towards the outside of the city at a faster speed and still caught the elephant firmly with his hands. No harm was done to the elephant.
At that time, the people watching in the city and outside the city were amazed when they saw this magical power, thinking that this kind of magical power was something that no one had ever seen or heard before. Suddenly there was cheering and thunderous singing.
At this time, Zhang Si passed by and couldn't help but be deeply impressed by the prince's strange power.
After a while, the back garden was filled with people participating in the competition, as well as spectators from far away. The back garden is solemn and solemn, all the drums are beating in unison, and the cheers shake the heaven and earth. After the archery competition between the prince and many people, there was a sumo wrestling competition. The guards and Commander-in-Chief Peng fought against each other, no matter the outcome.
Finally it was the prince's turn to compete with the guards and Commander Peng.
The prince held the bodyguard and Commander Peng in his hands and knelt down on the ground at the same time. Because of his loving heart, neither of them felt any pain when they knelt down on the ground.
At this time, the onlookers all saw the prince's extraordinary power. They all praised in unison: "Not only does Zhang Si's prince surpass all others in knowledge and wisdom, but his bravery and physical strength are also unparalleled. He is truly the world's most talented man in both civil and military affairs." one person."
Zhang Si, who worked hard day and night for the future of the country, finally had a rare and comfortable smile on his face. The reputation of the prince spread abroad, and the people in the surrounding countries were all impressed and respectful.
Life in the palace is happy and rich, but no matter how rich the life is, once it becomes a ritual, it will gradually become monotonous.
Over time, the prince became familiar with this kind of life of luxury and pampering, and he even became bored by it.
Life is peaceful, but the human heart does not turn into a pool of stagnant water because of a peaceful life. On the contrary, in such a peaceful life, the prince's rich thinking gradually made his mind full of depression and contradictions. In order to get rid of this peaceful atmosphere, Break away and do something meaningful.
Life began to have twists and turns, and the leisurely life in the palace could no longer tie down the young, active and flexible mind.
Prince Zhang Zhongliang wanted to go on an outing in the countryside, and Zhang Si readily agreed.
Once, Zhang Si personally led the prince and the ministers around him to inspect the national border. After the inspection, they did not go back to the palace directly, but continued to watch the scenery and visit the mountains and rivers.
As they walked, they came to the land directly owned by the king. At this time, everyone was a little tired, so they stopped and sat under the Jambu tree to rest while watching the farmers working in the fields.
The prince was very happy to see nature so fresh and beautiful. He left Zhang Si and ran to another forest alone.
He wanted to be alone for a while and enjoy being alone.
It happened that at this time, the colorful sunlight fell dotted down from the shade of the trees through the branches and leaves, and shone on the prince's face, making it look very warm and mysterious.
The prince closed his eyes and let the sun shine on his face. He contentedly accepted the tranquility and warmth of nature, and his energetic soul felt waves of comfort and comfort.
"Great nature, let my restless heart settle in your broad and broad chest." The prince prayed silently.
Time passed by minute by minute.
After a long time, when he opened his eyes, an incredible and unfortunate scene suddenly unfolded in front of him: a bug fell from the tree and landed just at the feet of the prince. The bug did not fall to death, but hit the ground. Get out of here, struggling to get up...
Just when the worm was about to struggle, suddenly, an unknown bird flew down from the sky, pecked the worm to death, picked it up, and quickly flew to the sky.
When the prince saw this scene, a feeling of compassion suddenly arose in his heart. He immediately thought: All living beings can be pitiful and eat each other; this should not be the case in a compassionate world. Is there any way to escape from this mutually devouring world full of cruelty and sin? The prince sat in the shade of a tree, letting the sun shine in, and fell into deep thought about this problem for a while.
Zhang Si realized that the prince was not around, so he sent his attendants to look for him. After a while, the attendant came back and reported, "The prince is sitting under another forest and resting."
Zhang Si immediately went to the forest with many ministers. From a distance, I saw the prince sitting under a tree, as if he was meditating, deep in thought; I also saw the tree where the prince was sitting bending its branches, covering the prince's body. The scene is strange and solemn.
At that time, Zhang Si and other ministers were deeply moved by this scene. Zhang Si walked up to the prince, held his hand and asked, "Your Majesty, why are you sitting here alone?"
