On this day, the breeze was just warm. The new green grass will grow out, but it will extend very quickly, and a vast grassland will be paved early, swaying gently in the sunlight.
The people around started to become noisy, and the number of people increased. Countless pairs of feet were walking up and down on the ground. However, there was no fence set up. These people just used their bodies to form several tight human walls, with flags everywhere. , and soon the grass was completely covered with water.
People eagerly looked into the crowd and saw several soldiers on horseback galloping, each with their bows and arrows, shooting in the same direction.
"well!"
After a burst of fierce cheers from the crowd, several horses stopped in front of the camp, and all the soldiers jumped off their horses.
"Come here!" King Yi sat in the big tent and clapped his hands lightly, "This Zhao officer has hit all ten arrows. He is very brave and more accurate than I just shot. I will never break my promise, so I will reward him." Twenty taels of silver!" After saying this, the guards on both sides took out twenty taels of silver from the box, placed it on a plate, and handed it over.
"Why don't you thank me quickly?" Cun Zhao tightened his robe and shouted.
"Thank you, Your Highness!"
The soldier took a step forward, kowtowed to King Yi, and bowed deeply to Shi Xiushen beside him. Then he took the wooden plate with both hands and retreated.
"This is... Mr. Shi's subordinate?" King Yi slowly tilted his head and looked at Shi Xiushen with his peripheral vision.
Shi Xiushen quickly stood up, cupped his fists and said, "He is my subordinate."
King Yi smiled and said: "Your Majesty has so many powerful generals under his command, I am afraid it will take a very brave and brave officer to control them! You are quite capable."
"How dare you, how dare you."
King Yi laughed again: "Where does the word 'How dare' come from? I just want to learn from Shi Si Jin's martial prowess! Come on, let's have a test."
"This..." Shi Xiushen held down the sword with one hand and glanced at Cun Zhao hesitantly. The latter didn't take it seriously and happily agreed: "Master Shi, why don't you play with the prince for a while? Go ahead."
After Shi Xiu Shen heard this, he said to King Yi: "I can compete with you, but shooting arrows on horseback is too dangerous. If there is an accident, we can't bear it. It's better to compare shooting on foot."
"Then do as you say!"
King Yi readily agreed to his request. He immediately took off his bow, ordered his men to set up the target, and tried shooting a few times. When nothing happened, he separated from Shi Xiushen and prepared to shoot.
Shi Xiu carefully allowed King Yi to shoot first, and watched him take out an arrow from his quiver. He immediately noticed that the arrow's feathers were made of goose feathers, with three pieces attached to them, which looked very eye-catching.
King Yi put the arrow on his bow, fully pulled the string, and looked at the target closely - with a "swish" sound, the arrow rushed over.
"King Yi, the first arrow missed."
The officer in charge of recording took a quick look and saw that the arrow had penetrated into the ground nearby, and he quickly reported it loudly.
King Yi looked around and suddenly looked extremely annoyed, his face flushed. He was so angry that he waved his arms and stamped his feet, trying not to shake the quiver on his waist, and all the arrows spilled out and rolled on the grass. The surrounding soldiers were stunned.
"It's okay, it's okay...it's okay!" King Yi greeted people while awkwardly leaning over to pick up arrows.
Shi Xiushen was shocked and wanted to help him pick it up. Unexpectedly, King Yi was not happy with it. He pushed it away and picked it up. After struggling for a while, the farce was finally over.
"The two of them were punished with five arrows in total, Shi Sijin hit four out of five, and King Yi hit two out of five!" The recorder walked out of the crowd and announced loudly again.
"I think it's the problem with the bow!" King Yi shouted as if he was dissatisfied, and turned to look at Shi Xiushen, "Come on, Mr. Shi, I'll use your bow and arrows, you use mine, let's compare!"
Shi Xiu Shen couldn't resist, so he had to hand him the bow and arrows together, muttering to himself: "I thought this prince was a smart man, but he focused all his energy on having fun, and was obsessed with these small issues. Regardless of your own safety! If this continues, Cun Zhao may succeed! ’ He had nothing to do about it, but his temperament had always been peaceful and calm, so he let it go and did not object to King Yi’s decision.
At this point, the two of them went back and forth, each shooting ten arrows. In the end, Shi Xiu Shen was the winner. King Yi seemed to be convinced, no longer looking for excuses, and praised him in every possible way. Shi Xiu Shen gave in a few times, then took back his bow and arrows from King Yi and asked for his tent.
"Wait a minute!" King Yi suddenly grabbed his thick arm from behind and smiled slightly, "You forgot, you should check the quiver again."
"Counting?" When Shi Xiu Shen heard him mention these two words, he suddenly became alert and stared at him with a lion-like gaze. But his expression still didn't waver at all, and he replied calmly: "Yes." This made everything seem particularly natural. He untied the quiver and checked one by one. These arrows were all carried by him. There was nothing unusual when he checked them. They all had two pieces of arrow feathers stuck together...
'etc! ' He was still thinking like this in his mind, but something novel flashed before his eyes. He immediately rummaged forward with all his concentration, and sure enough, he found a slightly ink-colored piece with three wild goose feathers stuck on it. Arrows!
He quickly covered its arrow feathers and looked at King Yi in surprise! But King Yi just smiled numbly and didn't say anything else to him. Shi Xiushen's heart was in chaos, but he sorted out his chaotic mood in time, lowered his head and thought: "No wonder King Yi acted furiously just now and didn't allow me to pick up the arrow. It turned out that he took the opportunity to hide one and put it away." In my quiver...this is clearly testing me! If I don't say anything when he sees this, he will know what I mean...'
"What? Did you notice something strange?" King Yi raised his eyelids and asked with a smile.
"No," Shi Xiushen quickly put away his surprised face and tied the quiver, "but I want to ask, what do you think of these arrows?"
"Not bad, not bad!" King Yi laughed loudly and returned to Cun Zhao. But Cunzhao didn't realize it, he was still frightened by his anger just now, and kept comforting King Yi.
The competition between the armies continued for another two hours. King Yi was very happy to see it and rewarded him with more than a hundred taels of silver without feeling any distress. In this way, everyone saw the night without knowing it. After reporting from their subordinates, they realized that it was already dark. So King Yi stood up and shouted "dismissed", and everyone withdrew and left in a hurry.
After returning to the camp, Shi Xiu Shen saw that all the troops had rested, so he took out the arrow from King Yi, went to the post alone, and shouted to the guard guarding the door: "I have something to return to King Yi, you Wait and open the door quickly!"
