In the school grounds of the military camp, Yang Ji rode a black Hummer and walked slowly around the grounds. Wherever he passed, cheers sounded like a stormy sea, and almost everyone was fascinated by Yang Ji's archery skills.
Yang Ji listened to the cheers of the mountains and the tsunami, and he couldn't help but feel a little proud in his heart. He suddenly clamped the belly of the horse, and the Hummer neighed, and suddenly shot out, like a black cloud running fast in the field, stirring up clouds of snowflakes. .
When the Hummer passed by a weapons rack, Yang Ji leaned forward, grabbed an arrow kettle with quick hands, and continued to move forward quickly.
Shi Wansui's expression became extremely excited.
As a master of archery and martial arts, Shi Wansui knows very well that the slightest difference can make a huge difference. An excellent general can only perform at his highest level by using the bows, horses, and weapons he is most familiar with.
Compared with martial arts masters, the requirements of a sharp archer are more picky. When he is accustomed to using one kind of arrows, it will inevitably affect the feel and accuracy. He will not easily change other arrows, so he will have people cast them in different sizes according to his own habits. The arrows are consistent in weight and condition. Especially when their archery skills have reached such an unintentional level, they cannot easily change arrows, otherwise it will directly affect the shooting effect.
However, this habit often becomes a fatal flaw of a master archer. Over time, this master archer will no longer be able to use other arrows; if before a life-and-death arrow fight, someone has tampered with his hands and feet and changed the arrows, then this master will not be able to use other arrows. People will be defeated and die. When Yang Ji was fighting arrows before, he used the arrows he was used to. If he couldn't get rid of this problem, he wouldn't be the best archer.
When Shi Wansui saw Yang Ji casually pick up an arrow pot, he knew that he was going to show off his superb archery skills with perfect accuracy for all arrows. He couldn't help but feel more expectant in his heart, and his tiger eyes narrowed slightly. He stood up and stared unblinkingly at Yang Ji, who was galloping on his horse.
Yang Ji placed the arrow pot in the most convenient place for him, took out two standard soldier arrows, and put them on the half-opened wind and thunder bow. He casually shot an arrow. The two arrows were fast and powerful, shooting flatly at the side. in the air.
The war horse continued to move forward. Yang Ji quickly drew out an arrow, stepped on the stirrup and suddenly turned around on the horse. He drew the bow, set the arrow, aimed, and released the arrow in one go. His superb shooting skills and agility made him already on the horse. Even Shi Wansui felt inferior at his age.
The sound of the bowstring sounded, and the arrows were like meteors, chasing the two soldiers who were slowly spreading out to the side and in front.
The arrows came last, and instantly hit the wooden shafts of the first two arrows from the side. There was a "stuck" sound, and the two arrow shafts were cut off and broken by the sharp arrow blades and strong arrow force in mid-air. Scattered everywhere.
The area near the school grounds became silent, and everyone stared at the arrows and four broken arrows on the ground with indescribable shock.
After a long time, cheers and applause like a mountain roaring and a tsunami rushed into the sky. All the soldiers and warriors in the field were completely conquered by Yang Ji's arrow from behind. Even Shi Wansui couldn't help but applaud enthusiastically.
Qin Qiong let out a long breath. He was very proud of his martial arts and archery skills. He thought that his archery skills could be ranked among the top three in the martial arts competitions no matter what. However, the archery skills displayed by Yang Ji made him understand that besides the martial arts competitions, There is a higher peak. When it comes to the superb skills and domineering power of archery, Qin Qiong considers himself inferior to Yang Ji. When it comes to the agile riding skills of "man and horse as one" and the control of "man, horse and arrow as one", he is even worse.
Qin Qiong finally understood why Yang Ji was respected as the number one among the young generation. In addition to Yang Ji's achievements in the art of war and brilliant records, his personal martial arts and archery skills also made the young people look up to him and could not reach them. If he knew that Yang Ji had been thrown into "hell" for training since he was a child, he might think that Yang Ji's achievement was not accidental.
He said with a sigh: "There is no such thing as a famous warrior! His archery skills have reached a level that we look up to, but I don't know how good his martial arts is. I really want to compete with him."
"You're thinking too much!" Cheng Yaojin patted Qin Qiong's shoulder heavily and grinned: "They are the high-ranking King Wei and Muzhou Mu, and what are we? We are ordinary people, why should they compare with us? ? If someone wins, it will be a weak victory, and others will think that he won, which is a matter of course; if he loses, it will be embarrassing. Why bother to compare with you? Is it a stepping stone for you to become famous? "
Cheng Yaojin is not very old, but he understands all the big and small principles, but he can't control his tendency to get into trouble. He is a typical person who heals his scars and forgets the pain.
He understood that this was a world where money, family background, and connections mattered. It was difficult for local heroes like them to stand out, so when Yang Ji sent out the invitation, he was tempted. Yang Ji, who was at the height of his career, at least did not have to take a ten-year detour. However, before he could speak, Qin Qiong refused to act decisively, which made him feel a little unhappy.
Although Qin Qiong later said that Yang Ji's high position was a huge whirlpool of right and wrong, and it would not be a good thing if they rashly joined the King Wei clan, but after hearing these words, Cheng Yaojin thought it was the most ridiculous thing in the world: they are the only ones There were fifty thousand, if not one hundred thousand, of these unfashionable little miscellaneous fish in Liangzhou. Even if they joined in, even if Yang Ji really fell down in the future, the imperial court would not liquidate small characters like them.
Qin Qiong's mentality gave Cheng Yaojin the feeling that he didn't have the fate of a noble, but he had the pride of a noble. Now he heard that Qin Qiong ignored the huge difference in status and went to the absurd point of going to compete with the superior Yang Ji. He finally couldn't stand it anymore and couldn't help but start sarcastic.
Qin Qiong suddenly blushed after hearing Cheng Yaojin's words.
"Stop talking nonsense." Shan Xiongxin turned around suddenly and glared at Cheng Yaojin fiercely.
Cheng Yaojin respected Shan Xiongxin the most. When he heard this, he shrank his neck and turned his eyes guiltily to Yang Ji, who was riding his horse towards the general platform. He said to himself depressedly and unwillingly: "You are not even allowed to tell the truth. Oh, what kind of world is this?"
At this time, Yang Ji rushed to the general stage and raised the wind and thunder bow in his hand high, indicating that he had something to say. After a while, the long-lasting cheers slowly stopped and the whole place became silent.
Yang Ji handed the wind and thunder bow to Zhu Can, walked to the front of the stage, and said to tens of thousands of soldiers and warriors: "General Shi and I are not trying to prove that we are great, we just want to tell everyone: in front of real warriors, Strong winds and heavy snow are not a difficulty. The greater the wind and snow, the more the true strength of a famous warrior is revealed. If you can't even accept this small difficulty, then I suggest you hand over your fame certificate and quit martial arts, just because the battlefield is There are corpses everywhere and rivers of blood, and you who can only complain are not qualified to be soldiers of the Sui Dynasty. Our army of the Sui Dynasty does not need such trash who only complains about everything."
Yang Ji turned to an employee and asked the time, then continued to say to the warriors: "There are still seven quarters before the official exam time, so let's all disperse. If anyone wants to quit, just pack your luggage and leave through the gate. There will be a guard in front of the gate." Won’t stop it.”
After saying that, he was ready to step off the general stage.
"Your Majesty, please wait a moment." Many soldiers and warriors suddenly rushed to the general stage.
"What's the matter?" Yang Ji stopped, frowned and asked, "Do you want to withdraw from the competition?"
"No!" Everyone saluted and asked, "Your Majesty, your archery skills are unparalleled. Can you tell me the key techniques for learning archery?"
"Archery is the same as martial arts. The most important thing is basic skills. I can teach you some common sense. If you train more diligently in the future, you will definitely make progress. But now that the competition is coming, it's best not to worry about it." Yang Ji immediately squatted down on his horse, He put on a bow-drawing posture and said to everyone: "There are no shortcuts in martial arts, and archery is no exception. And compared with martial arts, archery not only requires strong arm strength, but also does not make the arms tremble, and at the same time, you have to stare hard. Focus on the target. When I first learned archery, I not only held a brick in each hand, but also stared at the sun without blinking. I stood motionless for an hour in a lunge, then opened my bow and shot a thousand times in the air, or shot a thousand arrows. . Wait until your arm strength is sufficient and the arm no longer shakes, then increase the weight of the bricks and the number of shots. If you continue to train like this for a few years, you can still become an expert archer."
Someone asked: "But I wonder how long King Wei has been practicing?"
Yang Ji stood up straight and said loudly: "I have been practicing like this every day since I can remember. If I switch to mounted archery, I will continue to shoot in the air on the horseback, and my arms will stop shaking. The training is precise. It is precisely because of more than ten years of practice that I can now draw the five-stone bow a hundred times in one breath."
When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but gasped.
They originally thought that Yang Ji's bow was two to three stones, but they didn't expect that it was five stones. And from what he meant, it seemed that it was common for him to draw a five-stone bow a hundred times in one breath.
This arm strength is really terrifying.
While everyone was shocked by Yang Ji's arm strength and archery skills, they also had goals and methods for learning.
As a prince, Yang Ji worked so hard, so what reason did he have for not working hard? What reason is there to be lazy?
A young warrior approaching the general platform saluted Yang Jiyao and said loudly: "Starting from today, I will practice archery for ten years according to the method taught by King Wei."
Suddenly there was a burst of ridicule around, and someone said contemptuously: "Hou Junji, if you insist on ten days, I will invite you to drink and burn knives for ten days without getting drunk."
"Who says I can't persevere? I couldn't get it right before." A young man named Hou Junji argued loudly.
Yang Ji glanced at Hou Junji and said to everyone: "It's almost time. Let's prepare for the exam! Future generals, I hope you will get good results in the exam."
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Soon, heavy snow fell.
Goose-feather-like snowflakes fell in the garden of Prince Wei's Mansion, and the lake surface, which was already dense with water vapor, became gray due to the heavy snow. The nine-wind bridge flying over the lake leads directly from the shore to the island in the lake. There is an exquisite and elegant three-story loft built on the island. Looking down from the upstairs, I could see the remaining lotuses swaying gently and gracefully.
The double push-carved windows on the top floor of the small building are wide open. The furnishings in the building are very simple. A few scrolls of landscape paintings with wild pen and ink are simply hung on the white walls, but every table, table, couch and column all have an ancient feel.
There was a red clay stove not far from the window. The soup on the fire had just boiled, and tiny bubbles appeared in the water. There were tea sets and tea leaves on the small square table next to the stove.
Xiao Ying, who was graceful and elegant, knelt down on the couch and gently picked up the warm jade cup with a bamboo clip and put it into a small porcelain basin filled with boiling hot water.
Pei Shuying, who was kneeling opposite, watched Xiao Ying wash the cup with interest.
Xiao Ying smiled and said: "This water is called 'Wei Yousheng' when it first boils. When others make tea soup, they will add oil, salt, green onions, pepper, mint and other things. But A Niang and Lang Jun only like pure tea. It has a delicate fragrance, so except for a cup of water, no other condiments are used. In this way, the tea smells refreshing and refreshing. There is a slightly bitter taste in the mouth, but it turns out to be extremely sweet. Over time, I got used to it and no longer drink it with all kinds of flavors. Sencha."
Pei Shuying smiled and said: "I also know a little about how to drink tea, but I have never tried the drinking method that the princess mentioned. I must try it today."
The boiling water in the soup was gushing like spring beads. Xiao Ying used a delicate ladle to scoop out a ladle of water, poured some of it into the teapot with long tea leaves, closed the lid, and poured the water over her head. Pour into bucket. Then he used bamboo clips to stir the water in the water elegantly, until the water flowed in one direction and a vortex appeared in the middle, and then he stopped what he was doing. Xiang Pei Shuying said: "When the water boils three times, add back the half ladle of water and you can make tea."
When the water boiled again, Xiao Ying added the remaining half of the ladle of water back to Tangli, picked up a towel and wrapped it around the armrest of Tangli, moved it to the iron rack on one side, filled the boiling water with a ladle, and poured it slowly. Enter the teapot.
A pot of fragrant tea soup was brewed, and the two washed cups were filled to seventy percent. Then she placed the teapot on the tea tray. She made a gesture of inviting tea to Pei Shuying, picked up the cup and took a sip. He smiled and said: "Tea is the first of all herbs and the flower of ten thousand trees. It absorbs the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, the essence of the sun and the moon. It does not occupy any of the five elements of metal, wood, water, fire and earth. However, tea that belongs to wood is not only exposed to all the wind and sun. It has to be exposed to the sun and rain, fried in copper pots and iron pots, roasted by fire, soaked in boiling water, and served in teapots before it can become fragrant. Think about how much suffering and grievance it has to endure before it can enter us. In people's mouths? Its experience tells us that only after suffering first can we get back to the sweetness. In fact, it is not only the case with tea, but also with us. If a person does not have the quality of hard work and an open-minded spirit, then he There is no fragrance that people appreciate and like; if a person has a narrow vision and a narrow mind, he will be like that in this life! Therefore, tea tasting is actually an attitude towards life."
Pei Shuying took a sip of the tea soup without any condiments in her tea cup. She tasted it carefully and found that it really had a different kind of fragrance, which was refreshing and refreshing. She was about to praise her when she suddenly heard Xiao Ying's words, She was stunned for a while. After a while, she sighed in admiration: "The princess is so understanding."
"These words were actually said by my husband! And he is indeed such a strange man." Xiao Ying said to Pei Shuying with a smile: "Most men in this world like to control everything in their own hands, and never allow Their wives say more; some men are also wary of their wives, fearing that she will do something that will disgrace them. But my husband is not like that. He has no regard for the affairs of the house that I manage. Asked; At the same time, he also allowed Rumei to show up in public and be his bodyguard. This is not because the husband has no bodyguards, but because he is worried that Rumei will have nothing to do at home and feel depressed. A man like this who thinks about women and treats women as human beings A peerless man, even if he doesn’t have the double body of King Wei and Liangzhou Mu, is still very popular and popular with women, don’t you think so?”
Pei Shuying felt uncomfortable listening to Xiao Ying "showing off her husband", but when she heard the last sentence, her heart suddenly beat wildly and she felt extremely guilty. She hesitated and said: "I think so!"
Xiao Ying pondered for a long time, as if she had something to say, but felt uncomfortable saying it.
Pei Shuying saw her, and her heartbeat became even stronger. She wanted to hear it but was afraid of it. After putting down the cup, her body still kept a kneeling posture, but her buttocks were lifted away from her calves, and she was hanging on the couch, looking like she was ready to escape at any time. .
Xiao Ying suddenly said: "Is anyone in the mansion talking nonsense today?"
Pei Shuying was stunned when she heard this. She never expected that Xiao Ying hesitated for a long time and asked something like this. Looking at Xiao Ying's eyes, she shook her head happily: "No, no, your tutor is excellent."
"It doesn't matter!" Xiao Ying glanced at her with a half-smile, and suddenly said: "You are my 'sister', it doesn't matter if you live here all your life."
Pei Shuying's face suddenly turned red, and she stammered, "W-what sister?"
"She is the kind of sister who will never be separated for a lifetime." Xiao Ying said with a smile: "Actually, if you think about it in detail, I am like Mei Xiao, but she still wants to call me sister, and she is also my sister who will never be separated for a lifetime. This is the rule in the world, and I also There is no way. And you are younger than me, so calling me sister from now on is not too much, right?"
Pei Shuying's face turned purple and black, and she didn't even dare to answer the question. It wasn't too much to ask her to call Xiao Ying sister, but after bringing Liu Rumei to the table, the meaning of "sister" completely changed.
She sat back down under her calves, and her body seemed to have been deboned. If the couch hadn't been wide enough, her body would have slipped to the ground. She was like a frightened deer at this moment, trembling with fear. Authentic: "Princess, what does this mean?"
Xiao Ying sensed the panic, uneasiness, expectation and other emotions in her heart from her wandering big eyes, and said softly: "Three years ago, we were both the candidates for my husband's marriage proposal, but it's just that The fortune tellers said that we were not compatible with our husband, so we could not become husband’s wives. The saint later gave my husband’s and my birth dates to Zhangqiu Taiyi, Qihui, Xie Hong, and Seng Can respectively. They gave judgments for both of us, and the judgments they gave were neither contradictory nor contradictory. Moreover, the four of them were in separate directions, and they did not know that the sage came to them at the same time. Therefore, the judgments they gave came from their hearts. So I became Princess Wei."
"That's it." After hearing Xiao Ying's words, Pei Shuying felt really depressed. She hated the prime minister in Daxing City and complained about her irresponsible parents. If her parents were more serious and responsible, her and Xiao Ying's current situation might be reversed.
However, it was useless to say anything. Besides, this was fate and providence, so she just complained a little. Now she was more concerned about what Xiao Ying wanted to say.
When Xiao Ying mentioned this, she felt funny and happy in her heart, and she was even more grateful to Yang Guang. If it hadn't been for him, she wouldn't have been able to marry Yang Ji, a good man like her. At this time, I put myself in Pei Shuying's shoes and thought about it. I didn't need to guess to understand the depression in her heart. She suppressed a smile and said: "Although I got the first step, you and Lang Jun are also destined people. Otherwise, you wouldn't be here either." They will get together again and again, and as long as you get together, there will always be a political enemy who will be unlucky."
Xiao Ying stared at Pei Shuying with soft eyes and continued: "My husband has a life-saving grace for you. Your affection for him is understood by Rumei and I. Since you have affection, you can also bring misfortune to your enemies. So I sincerely hope that you will become my lifelong sister. Are you willing?"
"I, I do!" Pei Shuying felt as if she had drank a jar of soju in one breath. Her whole head was dizzy. She used all her strength to say her answer, and then burst into tears. She didn't know why she was crying, but letting the tears flow would make her feel better.
"That's good!" Xiao Ying showed a relieved smile. The reason why she wanted to accept Pei Shuying as her 'sister' was, on the one hand, to get Pei Ju as a strong help for her husband; on the other hand, she believed in God's will. And fate, since Yang Ji and Pei Shuying can bring bad luck to their enemies for eight lifetimes as long as they come together, then let them just get together as a pair, so that they can bring bad luck to all Yang Ji's enemies.
