Chapter 39: Transmutation (4)

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"Grass people Qian Cong greets the emperor!" As soon as the eunuch finished speaking, Qian Cong came to His Royal Highness generously and knelt on the ground to salute. Go and see the net. What followed was a slight commotion from His Royal Highness, and the expressions on the faces of the ministers were quite strange, it seems that everyone still has a lot of scruples about Qian Cong's identity, after all, Qian Cong's close relationship with the previous emperor Yuan Zhixun is well known to everyone present.

Zhi Ze's eyes lit up, he stood up from the table, walked down the hall step by step, and in front of the public, he affectionately helped Qian Cheng up, and introduced to the Manchu Dynasty civil and military: "You may all know that in this disaster relief, the home of the wealthy gentry in Beijing, the first to sell grain to the imperial court is the young shopkeeper Qian Cheng of Qian Ji Qian Village. ”

Zhi Ze took Qian Cong's hand and said earnestly: "I have long heard that the reason why Qian Ji can have the status of being the number one today is because of Qian Gongzi's good management. Aiqing's talent, I love it deeply, you might as well go to the imperial court, I am willing to hand over the management of the treasury to you. ”

In the face of the emperor's boasting, ordinary people always feel a little carried away, but Qian Cong looked very calm, smiled slightly, and then bowed down and said: "The grass people thank the emperor for his love, but the grass people's ambition is not to be an official, they just want to be a carefree commoner, and there is nothing else to ask for." ”

originally thought that the other party would promise to touch a soft nail, which made Zhi Ze quite surprised, slightly stunned, and then said with a smile: "Since this is the case, then I will no longer be reluctant, but if there is any difficulty in the future, I hope that Mr. Qian will not refuse." ”

"The grass people dare to disobey their orders. For Zhize's last request, Qian Cong agreed very happily, which also made Zhize quite excited, and motioned to the palace people to add a new table next to the royal table, and motioned for Qian Cong to sit beside him to show his closeness.

After a few glasses of wine, Zhi Ze was already slightly drunk, his cheeks were slightly red, and after looking around at the people of His Royal Highness with misty eyes, he said loudly: "It's just that there is no fun in drinking, I think at the beginning, when I was still the king of the domain, I often feasted with my subordinates, and there were many pleasures in the banquet, but now that I have entered the palace as an emperor, I am a lot more restrained." ”

"The emperor probably wants to throw a pot, right?" I quipped with a smile.

"Although the pitcher is interesting, it is inevitably a little boring after playing for a long time. "Zhi Ze didn't seem to be very interested in my proposal.

"Since the emperor is suffering from boredom, the minister is willing to sacrifice his ugliness in front of His Majesty and show His Majesty the skills of the ministers. At this time, Xun Yi stood up from the table and recommended himself.

His words aroused Zhi Ze's interest, and he looked at him with interest and said, "Xun Aiqing has been in Youzhou for many years, and he must have practiced a lot of martial arts, so let me see it today." ”

After some nervous preparation, at the end of the aisle of the main hall, an arrow target was placed, with a conspicuous red heart painted in the middle, and a small black dot in the middle of the red heart.

Seeing that everything was ready, Xun Yi stepped forward and saluted: "Your Majesty, Weichen is not talented, I am willing to show my archery skills to Your Majesty and your colleagues!"

His idea was very fresh, Zhi Ze stroked his palms and laughed, applauded repeatedly, and ordered to the side: "Quick, go and get my gold-inlaid iron bow!"

After a while, the little eunuch trotted all the way to take Zhize's treasure-like bow and crossbow carefully, Xun Yi solemnly took it, and rubbed his hands on the gilded bow back, his eyes showing love. When the palace maid got the quiver, Xun Yi stood in front of the palace, bent his bow and arrows, and aimed at the arrow target about 100 steps away.

The whole hall suddenly fell silent, everyone held their breath, paying close attention to the bow and arrow in Xun Yi's hand, with so many people paying attention, Xun Yi didn't seem nervous at all, and after calmly aiming for a while, he shot the bow and arrow on the string.

As soon as the arrow hit the target, there was a burst of admiration in the crowd, and it was really a good archery, although it didn't hit the black spot in the center, but it wasn't much worse. Xun Yiyi fired three arrows in a row, all of which hit the red heart, and then he put down his bow contentedly.

"Good archery, Xun Aiqing's skills, it is really comparable to the arrow god Yang Youji who practiced a hundred steps through Yang Shen's skills in the Spring and Autumn Period!" Everyone in the hall couldn't help but praise Xun Yi's archery, and even Zhi Ze, who has always cherished words like gold, couldn't help but praise him.

inadvertently glanced to the side, and found that Qian Cong's reaction at the moment was a little abnormal, only to see him leisurely drinking a glass of Chinese wine, seemingly unaware of everything around him. And this, Zhi Ze also clearly knocked in his eyes.

"I don't know if Mr. Qian has any research on this Yi technique?" Xun Yi was very happy to receive everyone's praise, but when he saw Qian Cong's reaction, he couldn't help but be a little unhappy. He handed the bow in the direction of Qian Cong, and his words were full of the meaning of competition.

"When I was young, I had learned some roughly, General Xun's archery skills were so exquisite, how could the grass people dare to get an axe. For the challenge that came to the door, Qian Cong politely raised his hand and politely declined.

"Originally, it was fun and fun at the banquet, Aiqing didn't have to refuse, just go forward and give it a try. Zhize also seemed to be interested, shouting loudly for Qian Cheng to shoot two arrows. Not surprisingly, Qian Cong really refused again. This is nothing unusual, originally he was a thin scholar, if you talk about playing the piano and writing poetry, you may still have some talent, but if you want to say this archery, it is a little embarrassing.

Zhize's face was slightly unhappy, but he didn't say anything, but Xun Hui'er suddenly jumped out and reprimanded Qian Cong in a tone: "You little people, you are so rude, the emperor invited you so politely, you didn't even accept the emperor's good intentions, you really have two hearts!" This girl is really good at observing words and feelings.

"Mr. Qian just said that his archery skills are not as good as the general's, and he has no other meaning, if my sister says so, it will be a bit exaggerated. Seeing that the atmosphere at the scene was suddenly embarrassing, I hurriedly stood up to play a round for Qian Cong: "Your Majesty, Mr. Qian's strength is playing the piano, so you might as well let everyone appreciate his music." ”

"Queen Xie praised her, but please forgive the grass people for being rude, since the early death of the bosom friend, the minister has decided not to touch the piano in the future. What Xun Guiren criticized was that the grass people blindly excused themselves and refuted the emperor's kindness, which was really not what a courtier should do. Since just now, Qian Cong has been silent, but this time he opened his mouth but his words were amazing, the confidant in his mouth, I'm afraid no one doesn't know that it is Yuan Zhixun. Zhi Ze listened quietly, his eyebrows and feet slightly upturned.

"The minister shot a few arrows indiscriminately in front of the emperor, and his archery skills were not perfect, so please don't laugh at him. Qian Cong said, getting up and taking the bow.

"Qian Gongzi! If you don't want to, don't force yourself!" Looking at his clumsy appearance, I suddenly felt a little worried, for fear that he would make some trouble, and the low-level ministers seemed to be very uneasy, although the middle aisle was wide enough, they actually involuntarily leaned back and leaned back, for fear of hurting themselves by mistake.

Qian Cong just glanced at me, with a slight smile on the corner of his mouth, but he walked straight to the front of the hall, took an arrow, and put it firmly on the bowstring.

Whoosh! There was a slight jolt of the bowstring, and when I looked again, the arrow was already stuck in the target. Although Qian Cong, like Xun Yi, is also in the middle of the heart, but this time everyone's reaction was unusually enthusiastic, after all, compared to the battle-hardened general, this kind of thing happened to a weak scholar, it did have a sensational effect.

I was also very excited in my heart, looking at the expressions on the faces of Xun Yi and Xun Hui'er on the side, their two brothers and sisters were almost about to fall out, and their faces were incredible, which made me breathe a bad breath. Looking at the arrow again, at first glance, it seems to be hitting the black spot in the center of the target, but on closer inspection, I still find that it is a little regrettable, and the distance from the black spot in the middle is only a millimeter difference.

Qian Cong ignored the reaction of the crowd, and took the second arrow as if nothing happened, and when the bowstring sounded, it hit the target again, and the second arrow shot was next to the first arrow, and the distance from the center was also within a millimeter. Although there are some regrets, compared to Xun Yi's performance, it is more than one grade better.

I didn't think that this Qian Cheng still had such skills, I secretly admired in my heart, if it was said that the first time it was possible that he was lucky, but two consecutive performances like this are enough to explain the problem, it seems that my worries about him are a little redundant.

After a short break, Qian Cheng put the third arrow on the bowstring, this time, I had some vague expectations in my heart, hoping that he would shoot the black spot in the center, but to my regret, the arrow was shot very close to the center again.

However, the regret did not last long, because everyone was surprised to find that although Qian Cong's three arrows did not hit the center, but on the arrow target, the three arrows were close to each other, forming a closed triangle, and the center of the triangle was the black dot. Coincidence, providence, or did Qian Cong do it on purpose?

"The grass people are brave, and dare to love the emperor to give the grass people an arrow. Just as everyone was amazed by this amazing phenomenon, Qian Cong turned around and asked Zhize to shoot a fourth arrow.

"Please!" Now everyone wants to see what tricks this unattractive young man can play, even Zhize, who has always been accustomed to seeing strong winds and waves, is no exception.

Qian Cong was not as cautious as before this time, twisted an arrow in his hand, and shot it out with a slight aim, accompanied by a piercing sound of iron grinding, and when he looked at the arrow target again, everyone's mouths couldn't help but open wide.

It turned out that the arrow hit the black spot in the middle surrounded by the previous three arrows, and because of the squeezing of the last arrow, the other three arrows all opened slightly in all directions, looking straight ahead, like blooming flowers.

"Since the emperor wants to use archery to have fun, he naturally has to play some tricks to have fun. Qian Cheng took the bow, walked to Zhize with a humble face and saluted, and then looked at Xun Yi, who was a little arrogant just now, and now his face was already blue and white for a while.

Zhize looked at Qian Cong quietly, and said slowly for a while: "Aiqing is so talented, and he doesn't want to be an official, I deeply regret it." This bow is forged from the Iron of the Western Regions, and it is the best of the best, and I have decided to give it to you, how about it?"

"Thank you to the emperor for your kindness," Qian Cong put the bow back into the wooden box held by the eunuch, his face was quite calm: "The grass people are just ordinary people, such sharp weapons are in my hands, but it is a waste of their talents, only the generals who command the army to resist the enemy can make the best use of things, please forgive the grass people for not daring to be partial." ”

After saying this, a subtle smile crossed Zhi Ze's face, and then he raised his wine glass and said to everyone in the hall: "You all drink this cup with me!"

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