I'm in the Red Mansion

Chapter 185 Hunting in Tiewang Mountain!
This level of difficulty is extremely difficult.

Anyone who can hit the target from a hundred steps away is considered an archer.

What's more, what Lin Daiyu wanted now was to hit the hole of a copper coin hanging a hundred steps away.

I'm afraid most archers can't do this.

However, compared with Jia Cong's archery skills, Lin Daiyu's requirements were much more lenient.

After all, when Jia Cong was competing with Baturu of the Qing Dynasty, he drew his bow and shot arrows from a distance of 150 steps.

Now Lin Daiyu has widened the distance to one hundred steps.

I guess Lin Daiyu is afraid that if the difficulty is too high and she misses the target, she will lose face in front of her sisters?

Jia Cong couldn't help but look at Lin Daiyu with a smile.

Just at this moment, Lin Daiyu was looking over subconsciously.

Their eyes met in mid-air, and Lin Daiyu hurriedly lowered her head and looked away.

Jia Cong smiled, and immediately stood 120 steps away, saying with a smile: "Just wait and see me shoot."

After saying that, Jia Cong raised his bow, took out an arrow with his backhand, put the arrow directly on the bow, and shot the arrow out at a high speed.

It happened so quickly that the first arrow had just flown out.

Jia Cong had already taken out the second arrow, then put the bow on and the second arrow flew out immediately afterwards.

Moreover, the speed of the second arrow was even faster than the first one.

Therefore, although the second arrow was fired later, it actually began to catch up with the footsteps of the first arrow little by little.

The distance between the two arrows is gradually shortening.

Of course, in the eyes of the girls, it was just a matter of a moment.

They also find it difficult to see the subtle difference between them.

They just saw two arrows shot out.

The next moment, the red string that tied the copper coin seemed to break, and the copper coin began to fall downwards.

However, the next moment, the second arrow passed through the hole of the copper coin, and then flew forward with the copper coin.

It kept hitting the trunk of the willow tree in front, and the tail of the arrow kept shaking.

The women couldn't help but exclaim and walked forward.

When they saw the red rope that was cut by an arrow and the copper coin stuck in the middle of the arrow, they couldn't help but marvel at it.

Xue Baochai couldn't help saying, "I guess the archers in ancient times were no better than this, right?"

Tanchun couldn't help but say, "Third brother's archery is truly amazing!"

Shi Xiangyun couldn't help but say, "Third brother, your archery skills are the best in the world! Third brother, how about you teach me how to shoot arrows?"

Jia Cong couldn't help but laugh and said, "Sister Yun, archery is not so easy to learn. Why do you, a girl, want to learn archery?"

Shi Xiangyun said unconvincedly: "In ancient times, there was Hua Mulan who went to war for her father, and there was Mu Guiying who led the army, and there were also Liang Hongyu, Qin Liangyu and other female generals!"

"As women, they can fight in battle, so why can't I do the same?"

Jia Cong said helplessly: "Well, if you want to learn archery, I won't stop you. Archery requires arm strength."

"When you can lift a 150-jin stone lock with both hands, it won't be too late to come and learn archery from me."

Hearing this request, Shi Xiangyun was dumbfounded.

It is true that she has a generous personality, but her body is still that of a delicate young lady from a wealthy family.

Not to mention a 150-jin stone lock, she might not even be able to lift a 50-jin stone lock.

Brother Cong is clearly making things difficult for her!

Shi Xiangyun immediately pouted, looking very unhappy.

Seeing this, all the girls couldn't help but laugh.

After collecting their bows and arrows, everyone went into Qiu Shuang Zhai to have tea and chat.

Tanchun suddenly said, "In order to choose a son-in-law who is both civil and military, Dou Yi, a great general of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, painted two peacocks on a folding screen and asked young talents to shoot them." "Whoever can shoot the peacock's eyes can be recruited as a son-in-law. In the end, Li Yuan, the first emperor of the Tang Dynasty, was chosen as the son-in-law."

"Now Sister Lin is no less capable than her. She chose Third Brother Cong with a red thread and a copper coin."

"The red thread represents the matchmaker, which means a marriage can be made even after thousands of miles of effort. The copper coin represents the betrothal gift."

"The copper coin is round on the outside and square on the inside, which means that men are responsible for the outside world and women are responsible for the inside world..."

Hearing this, Lin Daiyu could no longer hold back and rushed over to tear Tanchun's mouth.

Tanchun begged for mercy and dodged quickly, while the other girls clapped and laughed.

At this moment, Xue Baochai's face looked somewhat gloomy.

If mother had not looked down on Third Brother Cong's humble family background, perhaps they would have been engaged or even married by now?
However, if you miss that opportunity, you will miss it for the rest of your life.

Look at how the maid makes fun of Lin Daiyu again and again.

I’m afraid they are really going to accomplish something good.

After the girls joked around for a while, they finally left happily.

……

In the imperial study in the palace, Emperor Yonglong asked, "My dear companion, have you made all the arrangements for the hunting?"

Dai Quan hesitated for a while, but still advised: "Your Majesty, I have something to say, but I don't know whether I should say it or not."

Emperor Yonglong said, "You can speak freely."

Dai Quan couldn't help but say, "It is too dangerous for Your Majesty to personally participate in the hunt. I still think it is better for Your Majesty not to participate in the hunt."

"A son of a rich family would not walk on a dangerous wall or sit in a hall, not to mention that Your Majesty is a master of ten thousand chariots."

Emperor Yonglong said calmly: "The reason why I want to hold this hunt is to catch the clown hiding in the dark."

"If I don't give them a chance, how can they take the initiative to jump out?"

"Okay, stop talking. Your duty is to arrange this hunt."

Dai Quan said helplessly: "Yes, Your Majesty, I obey your command."

Emperor Yonglong suddenly remembered something and could not help but tell Dai Quan, "By the way, the boy from the Jia family is good at archery."

"Give orders to have the boy from the Jia family accompany you on this hunt."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

……

Soon, Jia Cong received an imperial order to go hunting with the emperor at Tiewang Mountain on March 28th.

March 28th!

Tiewang Mountain?
Tiewang Mountain!
Suddenly, Jia Cong thought of this plot.

In the book "Dream of Red Mansions", Mr. Cao used the writing style of the Spring and Autumn Period and only mentioned this matter briefly.

However, the news that was accidentally revealed was shocking.

In the 26th chapter of the Red Mansion, there is this passage:
Xue Pan saw some bruises on his face and said with a smile, "Who did you punch in the face again? You've exposed yourself."

Feng Ziying laughed and said, "Since I injured Captain Qiu's son, I have remembered that I will never get angry again. How can I punch again? This face is from the day before yesterday when I was hunting at Tiewang Mountain and taught a falcon to take off a wing."

Baoyu asked, "When?" Ziying replied, "I left on March 28th and came back the day before yesterday."

All the factors are in place, on March 28th, the hunt will begin in Tiewang Mountain!
The wound on Feng Ziying's face was definitely not caused by a falcon's wing.

I guess there must have been a rebellion during the hunting on the iron net.

Jia Cong could also guess who was rebelling.

Prince Yizhong, my goodness, really doesn't have much time left.

I guess this time's hunting in Tiewang Mountain is the plan of this old thousand-year-old to rebel, right?

(End of this chapter)