Poor Family

  Chapter 241 Bow Horse Competition (19)

It turned out that this royal boy was Zhao Gou, Emperor Gaozong of the Song Dynasty. Li Yanqing took a closer look at him, and saw that he was about ten years old, but he was very thin and weak. He is too far away, but his eyes are extremely bright, and his thin appearance cannot conceal his inner wisdom.

  Zhao Gou plucked up his courage and said, "I don't think Li Shaojun should use a bronze bow today?"

   "Your Highness also knows that I use a bronze bow?" Li Yanqing asked with a smile.

"I heard what the guards said. They said that Li Shaojun used a copper bow yesterday, and the range was very far. But yesterday, he only shot three arrows. There is no problem with using a copper bow. But today, there are thirty paper harriers. It is not wise to use a copper bow. I suggest that Li Shaojun change to the old bow and arrow!"

  Li Yanqing secretly admired this young man's thoughtful thinking, and he could see the key point when looking at a problem. Of course he can't use a bronze bow today, and he can draw a bronze bow at most ten times now.

   "Thank you, Your Highness, for your concern. Bronze bows and iron arrows require extraordinary arm strength to use. I am far from being able to open my bows at will. Today I also decided to use my previous bow."

  Zhao Gou blushed, nodded and said, "This way I can rest assured."

"let's go!"

  Beside Zhao Fujin urged: "He is going to shoot arrows soon, so let's not bother him."

  Zhao Gou cupped his fists and said, "I wish Li Shaojun the first place again."

   "Thank you, Your Highness, for your concern, and thank you, Empress, for your concern."

  Zhao Fujin curled his lips, "I don't care about you! I'm just being affectionate."

  She took Zhao Gou and left under the protection of a group of guards.

  Li Yanqing also ignored her, and hurriedly turned back to the shed, but Yang Zaixing was nowhere to be seen. Li Yanqing immediately asked the examiner, "Where are the others?"

   "Yang Shaojun has already played, the military doctor gave him a little poppy just now, and his spirit is much better."

Poppies are opium poppies, which were widely used as medicine in the Song Dynasty. Of course, there is no problem in taking a small amount. There was no saying that there was no forbidden drug in the competitions of the Song Dynasty, but Li Yanqing was still a little worried. He walked quickly to the eaves of the shed, watching Yang Zaixing Contest.

At this time, Yang Zaixing had turned his horse's head and ran back. He was obviously out of shape. Only ten of the fifteen paper kites in the first round were shot down, and most of them were shot in the abdomen. This way, he could only score ten points, depending on his state. , more than two hundred points at most, you must know that the full score is six hundred and ten points.

At this time, Yang Zaixing could hardly stand it any longer. There were paper kites flying in front of his eyes. He only relied on his instinct to shoot arrows, and there were boos all around him. Ten paper kites flew up on the return journey, but he only shot three of them. At this time, there were only thirty steps away from the finish line, and four paper harriers flew up in the sky at the same time, and he missed four of them in a row.

Suddenly, the two paper harriers collided in the air, and one of the paper harriers turned around and flew towards the stands, flying relatively low. In an uproar, the guards and all the officials were shocked. The arrow turned out to be aimed at the emperor's stand.

  Yang Zaixing was only forty steps away from the Tianzi stand. This arrow could definitely hit the stand. Of course, it would not be so accurate, it just hit the Tianzi, but the nature of this kind of shooting arrow facing the Tianzi is already very serious.

   Just at this critical moment, an arrow 'whoosh! The ground flew up to the sky and hit Yang Zaixing's arrow. The two arrows collided in the air and landed together. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Li Yanqing was holding a bow in his hand. He shot the arrow at a critical moment, which made Yang Zaixing Not so much a disaster.

  At this moment, Yang Zaixing couldn't hold on any longer, his eyes went dark, and he fell off his horse. Surprises surrounded him, and several soldiers rushed up and carried Yang Zaixing back to the shed.

  In the stands, Cai Jing glared at Tong Guan and said, "What's going on? He actually shot an arrow at the Son of Heaven. What does he want to do? Captain Tong, how do you explain it?"

  Cai Jing and Tong Guan sat next to the emperor, Cai Jing seized this opportunity and challenged Tong Guan, no matter who the archer was? What is the original intention? But as the top organizer of the game, Tong Guan couldn't absolve himself of the blame for shooting arrows at the Tianzi Stand.

Tong Guan knew that the consequences of this incident were serious, and he was also quite nervous, so he quickly explained to Zhao Ji: "Your Majesty, this warrior played very well yesterday and won the eighth place. Today, he is obviously in a bad state. As soon as he appeared on the stage, I will be in trouble." It was found that he was unsteady on horseback and unable to draw his bow, so he seemed to be ill."

   "Can you shoot arrows at the emperor if you are sick? Tong Taiwei, you are too understating it!"

  Zhao Ji waved his hand to Cai Jing, and asked Guan Tong: "Seeing that he is not very old, is he that Tai student?"

"He is not!"

  Tong Guan quickly said: "His name is Yang Zaixing, he is the descendant of Yang Ye, a famous general of the Song Dynasty, and he is only fifteen years old this year."

   Zhao Ji showed a smile on his face, "It turns out that he is a descendant of the Yang family general. It must have been shot by mistake. Arrange the imperial physician to see him quickly."

  Tong Guan's heart fell to the ground, and he hurriedly said: "Your Majesty is a holy and benevolent monarch. On Yang Zaixing's behalf, I would like to thank Your Majesty for your generosity."

  Zhao Ji laughed again: "The intercepted arrow was shot very well, who shot it?"

   "Your Majesty, it was Li Yanqing who did it."

  Zhao Ji already remembered who Li Yanqing was. He was a friend of King Jia. He saved Di Ji by shooting tigers while hunting. He seemed to have written a few words for the Baoyanzhai rouge shop opened by his father.

  The interest in Zhao Ji's eyes became stronger. He was looking forward to witnessing Li Yanqing's arrow skills with his own eyes.

At this time, Cai Jing saw that the opportunity to attack Tong Guan was so easily dismissed, he was really annoyed in his heart, so he snorted coldly, and was about to sneer at Tong Guan again, but seeing the displeasure on the emperor's face, he held back if.

  At this time, an official stepped forward and whispered something to Tong Guan, and Tong Guan said to Zhao Ji: "Your Majesty, the Xixia envoy wants to apologize to His Majesty in person for what happened yesterday!"

Cai Jing's face changed slightly. Last night his grandson was injured by a group of Xixia warriors, and Xiang Cong was seriously injured. Cai Jing was furious. Of course, he didn't expect that Li Yanqing was responsible for this, but he just thought that Li Yanqing was lucky. , At the critical moment, someone from Xixia actually stood up for him.

   Zhao Ji pondered for a moment and said, "Bring him to see me!"

   Not long after, the Western Xia envoy Jiao Yanjian was brought up by several guards. He knelt down and paid respects, "The Western Xia envoy Jiao Yanjian has come to apologize to His Majesty the Son of Song!"

  According to the stipulations of the Qingli peace talks, Yuan Hao canceled the title of emperor and accepted the canonization of the Song Dynasty. In name, Xixia and Song Dynasty are in the relationship of monarch and minister. Therefore, although Jiao Yanjian is an envoy of Xixia, he still has to perform the ceremony of emperor and minister to the emperor of Song Dynasty.

   "Jiao Aiqing got up and spoke."

   "Thank you, Your Majesty!"

  Jiao Yanjian stood up and said again: "This minister is not strict in restraining his subordinates, which caused them to make trouble after drinking and injured many ministers' sons. This minister is extremely sorry."

   "Both parties are responsible for this matter. I heard that one of you also died, so I don't want to pursue it any further. Let's stop here! After the game, they can also return home."

   "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness. They have already packed up and left Bianjing early tomorrow morning. It's just that this competition is quite regrettable."

   "What regrets?"

   "Reporting to Your Majesty, the lord of our family has specially selected the best archery to come to Bianjing for advice this time, hoping to get the guidance of the number one archer in the Song Dynasty. Unfortunately, I don't have this opportunity. Of course, I am deeply sorry."

  Tong Guan's complexion suddenly changed. It turned out that Jiao Yanjian's apology was an excuse. He actually came to issue a challenge letter. It seems that they were defeated by Li Yanqing's arrow yesterday, and they were not convinced at all!

  Of course Zhao Ji also understood what he meant, so he said lightly: "You go down first! Let me think about this matter."

   "My minister resigns!"

  Jiao Yanjian retreated, and Tong Guan quickly explained: "Your Majesty, the number one archer in Western Xia was defeated by Li Yanqing's arrow yesterday, so you can completely refuse their rude request."

  Zhao Ji was expressionless, as if he hadn’t heard anything, and didn’t say a word. Tong Guan couldn’t figure out what the emperor was thinking, and didn’t dare to say any more. He quickly waved his hand to signal the game to continue.

'when! '

   When the bell rang, Guan Sheng, who came in sixth, urged his horse to rush out

  In the big tent, Yang Zaixing had come to his senses. He still remembered the last arrow he shot, and asked Li Yanqing very worriedly, "Did my last arrow hit the stands?"

  Li Yanqing smiled slightly, "Don't worry! Your arrow was intercepted by me, you didn't cause any trouble, and the imperial doctor came to see you just now, which means that the emperor doesn't care about it."

  Yang Zaixing breathed a long sigh of relief, and was filled with gratitude in his heart, "Thank you Yanqing for helping me out of danger at a critical moment, otherwise I would have really gotten into a catastrophe."

   "They are all my brothers, you are welcome!"

  At this time, an official ran up and said to Li Yanqing: "Guan Sheng has already returned, Li Shaojun, get ready!"

  Li Yanqing nodded and smiled at Yang Zaixing: "Then I'm ready to play!"

   "I wish my younger brother every success and win the first place again!"

  Li Yanqing laughed, "That's for sure!"

  He quickened his pace and walked towards the starting point.

  (end of this chapter)