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Chapter 584 You Don't Want The Queen Mother To Know You've Been Unfaithful To Her?

"Swoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh—"

Clanking and clanging, the arrows shot one after another, arriving at the target in no particular order, robbing the space.

Li Yan and Hua Rong shot arrows at the same time, the competition between the two was not who shot accurately, but whose arrows stayed on the target more.

In order to increase the difficulty, the red heart of the archery target is only the size of a palm. At this time, a total of fourteen arrows have been nailed to it, exactly seven pairs of seven arrows.

Finally, Huarong's eighth arrow collided with the previous white feather and bounced away, while Li Yan's three consecutive arrows inserted needles in the gaps, completely seizing the last territory.

Hua Rong put down the bow, his arm felt a little sore, but the feeling of going all out made him very fascinated, and he was even more calm about the result: "My archery is far inferior to my brother!"

Li Yandao: "My archery is accurate, purely because of my own martial arts, but your archery is more spiritual, and your talent in archery is stronger than mine. This bowstring strength is just right for you. According to what you have learned so far, you will be able to use it later. Soon you will be able to learn how to fill the bow, shoot the Sirius, and set the nine suns."

While Hua Rong was excited, he was also a little shy: "Thanks to my brother for pointing me out!"

Li Yan said with a smile: "Your marksmanship was taught by my father, you and I can be regarded as brothers, you don't have to be so restrained, practice again!"

The two recovered the arrows, the target had already fallen, and after getting a new target, they began to practice archery again.

When the soreness in his arm reached a certain level, Li Yan asked Hua Rong to stop, and began to exercise energy to activate the blood and get familiar with this overdrawn state.

In an army, archers are generally strong people. After all, if you want to draw the bowstring continuously, the arm strength you need is astonishing. Normal adults often draw their bows fully. After shooting twenty arrows, their arms are sore and weak. Then open the bow, this is the reason why the number of arrows in the quiver is only [-], and if there are too many arrows, it will be useless.

As for those who want to take advantage of it and only draw the bowstring halfway, that is even worse, because the arrows shot are weak and weak, not enough to cause effective damage, and it is tantamount to wasting effort.

Bows and arrows are so strenuous, and hard crossbows are even more difficult. It requires three hundred catties of strength to wind the string. The arms alone cannot pull the bowstring. You can only use your feet to sit on the bowstring and sit on the ground to pull the bowstring.

This kind of action is called "jue Zhang", and this word was later directly derived into the meaning of "vigorous and powerful". It can be seen that the strength required in it is why the god arm bow is so famous. It not only shoots far and powerfully, but also The design also effectively reduces the difficulty of winding.

Hua Rong's marksmanship is also good. He can fight with Suo Chao to the point where he can win or lose in a short period of time, but the most outstanding thing is the arrow method. Li Yan started from a young age to cultivate his endurance as a sharpshooter. time.

According to the training method of bow string strength, Hua Rong shot empty quiveres one after another, and every time he felt exhausted, new strength surged out inconceivably, and so on, until he was about to exhaust his body, Li Yan let him stop and began to relax and rest .

Hua Rong was immersed in this ever-improving pleasure, and even felt that with the guidance of this person, he could almost explode himself half a month ago, and said sincerely: "Brother is not only strong in martial arts, but also can pass on skills to solve confusion. A martial arts gym, I'm afraid it can compete with Yuquan gym!"

Li Yan laughed: "Don't let Mr. Zhou hear your words, or you will think that I discussed with him the method of strengthening the blood, and I want to compete with him for students!"

Hua Rong laughed and said, "Old Hero Zhou won't care. Many martial arts schools in Beijing are supported by him. He hopes that the martial arts will prevail, so that the Western Thieves can be wiped out and Yan Yun will be taken in!"

Li Yan's smile slowly disappeared: "If you want to win a decisive victory abroad, you can't rely on folk martial arts. You still have to strengthen the army and strengthen the country. My father hasn't come back for the past few days. He should be rushing to Wuyou Cave for military exploits. , what is the wind direction in the barracks now?"

The smile on Hua Rong's face disappeared in an instant: "It's not good! Those people who had heard about the conquest of Wuyou Cave and hid far away, after hearing the news that we wiped out Wuyou Cave, all kinds of strange things came out. And these days, the battle achievements have been slow, and they are full of gloating..."

Li Yan sighed: "Don't worry about the few, but the unevenness. Don't worry about those yin and yang weirdos. Don't worry, the military exploits will definitely be recorded in the names of each of you."

Hua Rong gritted his teeth and said, "We can afford to wait, and we also believe that Lin Tiha and Coach Zhang will win the battle for us, but with such a delay, the families of the casualties may not be able to wait..."

Even if the thieves in Wuyou Cave were completely demoralized, and the [-] forbidden troops who wiped out Wuyou Cave were as powerful as a rainbow, casualties would not be avoided in that head-on confrontation.

Li Yan remembers very clearly that nineteen people were killed in total, and another nine people were severely disabled. He has been paying attention to these people. Bo Fen mobilized the people around him, and now the families of the dead, if the imperial army is not responsible, he will resettle them.

This is not empty talk, Li Yan said directly: "I recently got the dividends of the Sui'an Medical Center, and it is inconvenient for me to give more, so I took two hundred and eighty guan, ten guan for each household, to solve the urgent need first."

Hua Rong was moved and clasped his fists heavily: "Brother, don't worry, I will definitely send this money to the family members of the comrades who died in battle."

Thinking of the topic of the main store that he talked about with Lu Junyi a few days ago, Hua Rong couldn't help being even more moved: "I heard that my brother has never spent a penny to eat and drink in the main store, but he can take such care of me and other soldiers. It's really admirable." !"

Li Yan's face darkened: "Who did you listen to? This is slander, and I can only get in and out!"

Hua Rong didn't dare to say that Lu Junyi always admired this kind of behavior, but just laughed.

Li Yan warned again: "My little money is still a drop in the bucket, especially the deduction of military pay is common, corruption is extremely serious, and most of the forbidden soldiers are struggling on the poverty line. You can't just give it to your family members, and you have to pay attention to it in the follow-up, otherwise other The soldiers may not know what to do to those old and weak women and children, and if necessary, they must organize and take action against the Forbidden Army who entered Wuyou Cave together."

Huarong heard that Li Yan wanted him to lead the other forbidden troops, he hesitated to speak, and finally said in a low voice: "To tell you the truth, brother, after this incident, I don't want to stay in the Beijing camp anymore, I want to go to the third The class courtyard participated in the test shooting court."

To put it bluntly, the trial archery is to test the archery and archery skills in front of the officials. As long as the test results are excellent, you can be recorded as a rank official.

As soon as Li Yan heard it, he understood that according to Hua Rong's original route, he should have taken this shortcut to be promoted to a low-ranking rank, and then he could become the deputy governor of Qingfeng Village.

Don't think that this road is easy. With Huarong's talent for archery, there are not many people in the world who can match it. Normally, if you want to rely on test shooting to get high in the court, it is not much more likely than the chance of being a Jinshi. Horses cross the level of the log bridge.

Li Yandao: "With your archery skills, you can naturally stand out from the crowd in the test shooting, but it's a troubled time recently, so let's take it easy."

Hua Rong didn't hesitate at this point: "Okay! Listen to brother!"

Li Yan said again: "As for the matter of organizing the imperial army, you may not be used to it now, try it, even if you have passed the test and obtained the official rank, you still have to learn how to lead troops and employ people."

When Hua Rong thought it was indeed the case, his slightly autistic temperament also mustered up his courage: "Yes!"

Just as he was talking, there was a noise outside, and the voice of cheering was so loud that it could be heard clearly even here.

Huarong listened attentively, his eyes became gentle: "Tianning Festival is coming soon, this is a variety show on the street, my little sister likes to watch it the most."

Li Yan said: "Then take your sister to have a look, but pay attention to safety."

For ordinary people, the advantage of the emperor's birthday is that the whole country is on vacation, the government and the public enjoy together, there are all kinds of juggling on the street, and various celebration programs.

For birthday stars, the process is more complicated. Take Zhao Ji's birthday on the tenth day of October as an example. First, on the eighth day of October, the Privy Council envoys will lead military officials with a military rank above Wulang to go to Xiangguo Temple to hold a "blessing feast" to pay homage to the Buddha. Pray for Zhao Ji's birthday;

Then on the tenth day of the lunar new year, the governor of Shangshu Province led civil officials above the missionary level to go to Xiangguo Temple to hold a "Saint Zhai Banquet", and then prayed to the Buddha for Zhao Ji's birthday.

On the twelfth day, the Zaizhi, the prince, the clan, hundreds of officials, and envoys from all over the world entered the palace to celebrate their birthdays, put in wats to Zhao Ji, paid homage, danced, and shouted loudly at the same time: "Tianning Festival, the ministers are too much to celebrate, Wishing you a million years of life!"

The musicians in Jiaofang on the upper floor of Jiying Temple began to imitate the singing of birds, and the sound of birds and birds sang in the hall, just like a gathering of phoenixes and phoenixes. Let's celebrate together inside and outside!"

The birthday celebration officially began, and the officials began to offer nectar, alcohol, and longevity wine to the emperor, and then had a birthday feast that was strictly divided into dozens of steps, etc...

This is a historical process, but Li Yan always feels that this year's Tianning Festival will not be so peaceful.

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"Guo Silang? Guo Silang?"

In Funing Palace, the Empress Dowager looked at her slightly reproachfully: "What's wrong with you today? You're in a trance!"

Guo Kai came back to his senses, and said with a wry smile: "This old slave has been feeling unwell for the past few days, and I hope the Queen Mother will forgive me!"

Only then did the Queen Mother feel relieved, she waved her hand and sighed: "Don't blame me, don't blame me, I was sick a few days ago, but I've recovered recently, you all fell ill, especially Brother Eleven, you're going to go to heaven It's the day of Ning... Alas!"

Guo Kai pursed his lips, and the scene where Tong Guan whispered in his ear not long ago suddenly appeared in his mind: "Master Guo, you don't want the Queen Mother to know that you have been unfaithful to her, do you?"

He really didn't expect that Tong Guan would be like this. He was so flattering to him during this period of time. Whether it was jewelry or valuables or mansions in Beijing, he could get whatever he wanted. The most important thing was the eyeliner in the palace. He was immersed in unparalleled pleasure.

As a result, suddenly, Tong Guan turned his back on him and threatened him in turn. If he didn't follow the requirements, he would report him in front of the Queen Mother, and he would die together!

Guo Kai was so panicked that he almost fell ill, and then he succumbed faster than Tong Guan at that time, and he followed his request, taking advantage of this suitable opportunity to speak: "I don't know if I should say something or not?"

He casually said to the Queen Mother: "Let's talk!"

Guo Kaidao: "Before when the Queen Mother was ill, the officials tried their best to pray for the saint. Now that the saint's body is not in good condition, the Queen Mother can also pray for the officials, with a motherly heart."

Raising his brows to the Empress Dowager, he showed a look of approval: "If you don't tell me, the old man also has the same intention!"

She originally agreed to remove the curtain in July, but she has been greedy for power and has not returned it, which has aroused the dissatisfaction of some courtiers. While still attacking Zhang Dun, the officials gradually pointed the finger at him.

Thinking of Zhao Ji's pure filial piety, repeatedly expressing that he is too young to stabilize the government, the queen mother is very pleased, but thinking of the princes who have died since the founding of the country, especially the sudden death of the first emperor Zhezong, he can't help but feel worried.

Not to mention that Zhao Ji is soft and obedient, but this is the only one among the descendants of Shenzong who has no mother. Any other high-ranking person may have his position affected.

Therefore, the Queen Mother wished from the bottom of her heart that Zhao Ji would recover from illness and live a healthy life, just like the word "Ji", it is best to have more children to make the cold palace lively.

Unexpectedly, before the first Tianning Festival, Zhao Ji was actually ill, so no matter in order to completely quell the unfavorable remarks from the government and the public, or sincerely want Zhao Ji to get better, it is necessary to pray to the Queen Mother, but the form is still to be discussed.

Obviously, the form of praying is the most important thing. Guo Kai took a deep breath and didn't know how he said it, but he did say it: "The old slave heard that praying at Daxiangguo Temple is particularly effective recently. Zen Master Qing presides over it well, and many believers enter the temple to fulfill their vows, and the Queen Mother can also enter the temple to pray for the longevity and blessings of the Buddha and the official family..."

(End of this chapter)