Chapter 55: The Competition
The two attendants had nothing to do with their master, one shook his head and sighed, and the other secretly stamped his feet, but they could only remain silent. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
Li Jin thought for a while and said: "Although I agree to the competition, I will definitely not be able to compare with you in equestrian riding and archery, and it is reported that the general of qinqi, calligraphy and painting is not very involved." So how can you be fair?"
Li Hui was suddenly very excited at this time, and eagerly took out a copper plate from his arms, and said with a smile: "How about we learn and sell it now?"
The light outside the window happened to shine onto the copper plate through the loosely closed window lattice, and the flashing light immediately reminded Li Jin of the huge competition in the front hall. Li Jin was very curious when he watched it upstairs, and when he heard that he could try it himself, Li Jin was also eager to try it.
"Okay, it's just the detailed rules, and I want General Lao to explain a thing or two. ”
"No problem. ”
After the two sat up and agreed on the specific rules, Li Hui, Li Jin and others came to the small courtyard surrounded by the wooden fence, Jinyun and Xiangxue fixed the copper plate on the silk thread fixed by the four branches in the snowdrift, and Li Jin held a bamboo stick found in the wooden house to make betting utensils, divided into two equal amounts.
After a while, everyone was ready, Li Jin and Li Hui were just about to start the competition, but Xiao Er hurriedly ran over at this time.
"Yo, the two guest officers are also trying their skills here according to the previous rules?" Xiao Er came to the gate of the courtyard, and sighed without waiting for a greeting.
"What's the matter?" Jinyun didn't want his own general to be disturbed, he just wanted to send this little second as soon as possible.
"Don't worry, don't worry, I'll leave after delivering something here. Xiao Er is also a good person, seeing that Jinyun looked like a bad visitor, he immediately expressed his intention with interest, and showed the things he was holding in his hands, and also raised them to show that he was really here to deliver things.
Li Hui had already seen the jar in the man's hand at this time, how could Li Hui have a reason to control himself at the moment of fine wine, and immediately asked: "Hey, this little brother, isn't this wine ordered out today? How can you still give it away, aren't you greedy?"
At the end, Li Hui smiled maliciously.
The little second didn't dare to joke about this, and immediately explained: "This guest officer doesn't dare to make this kind of joke, where do we dare to be greedy for ink in private, otherwise the owner won't pick up our skin." This jar of wine was won by this little boy, and I finally asked about the whereabouts of the little boy, and it was not sent immediately. Don't joke about this kind of thing, or we won't be able to eat and walk around. ”
Not only Li Hui, but even Xiangxue, who had always been nervous, was amused by Xiao Er's ingenious appearance.
"That's good, that's good, you tell me what kind of wine this is, and I'll let you go back. Li Hui just wanted to focus on the wine at this time.
"The guest officer is really asking, don't dare to say anything else, my wine is all from me to the cellar to get it, can you not know this? Don't say it, our wine is all the best wine, and they are all very promising!" Xiao Er said what he was doing, and immediately became energetic, and praised it without hesitation.
"This jar of wine can make this little boy get it, and it is also this little boy's luck. This is this year's newly opened cellar of the aged Jiuhua Liquor, Jiuhua Liquor uses the season's Jiuzhong precious flowers and plants into the wine, using the mountain spring designated by our owner as the basis, this is a five-year old wine, only three bottles are opened every year, this is the first bottle opened this year. If it weren't for this little boy using such a good and rare jade pendant as gambling money, let alone whether we would give it or not, even those guest officials who were waiting for the wine would never let go. As he spoke, he returned the wine jar and the jade pendant to Li Jin.
Li Jin didn't know much about the texture of the jade pendant, but remembered that her mother did it for herself.
After listening to the introduction of the wine, Li Jin was more curious about what was going on in front of him, and he didn't care much about it at the time, so he just put the jade pendant aside, he didn't expect to be so lucky, so he asked.
"Which side won?
When Xiao Er heard this, he immediately came to his senses, and said with a spittle: "Didn't you see the end in front, the battle was fierce......" This saying has a tendency to be unstoppable, Xiangxue is afraid that this little two will not be able to stop for half an hour, so when will she and the young lady return home, so she hurriedly said when Xiao Er was ventilating.
"Alright, alright, our young lady asked you to tell me probably, which one wants you to rap like this. After delivering your things, hurry up and go on your own. "If you are pretentious, you will drive people out.
It's just that Li Hui seemed to be addicted to it, and waved his hand: "Wait, listen to the little brother, the person who invented this kind of play hasn't left yet?" This is a wonderful person, the little second brother may inquire about the origin of this person for me, this is just some hard work." As he spoke, he took out a piece of silver, handed it over, and then said, "The more detailed the inquiry, the better, and when you come and go back to me, according to the content of your inquiry, I will reward you more." ”
"Okay, wait a minute, I'll come when I go. The corners of Xiao Erxiao's mouth had already turned up to the sky, and when he turned around, he rushed out, and he could only see a vague back in an instant.
Li Jin shook his head behind Li Hui, thinking in his heart how this person could be so discouraged, although his money was all his salary plus the emperor's reward, but Li Jin felt that even if it was spent on fine wine, it was better than such a casual squandering.
It's just that this is really something that has nothing to do with him, so Li Jin is very wise to keep silent.
"General, can we begin?" asked Li Jin.
"Of course, of course, Miss Law has been waiting for a long time. Li Hui said as a bow. Li Jin turned sideways to avoid this salute.
"The general is serious. ”
The two of them stood back beside the square again. Li Jin usually played with pitching pots at family banquets, but the range of the target, the size of the bottle mouth and the size of the copper coin hole are not the same. The arrows that should have been used in the hand are thicker than the chopsticks used in daily life, but at this time they become bamboo sticks with the thickness of chopsticks, which is not only difficult to control the direction, but also difficult to grasp the strength.
Not only does Li Jin feel so, but the general who is used to holding arrows on the battlefield all year round also looks worried, and he knows how difficult this game is. It's just that both of them seem to be very immersed in the game.
The two of them only used one game to determine the winner, and at this time, less than one-third of the bamboo sticks in the hands of the two were left, but five steps away from the two of them, where Jinyun and Xiangxue were standing, the ground used for counting was displayed, Li Jin had put in two, and Li Hui had just invested one at this time.
Li Hui hadn't shown any anxiety yet, but Li Jin was already sweating profusely, and his hands were trembling slightly. It's just that Li Jin used almost all his attention to control his arms and sight, but Li Hui seemed to completely re-evaluate his feelings, and he didn't see how he looked at the copper coins with his heart, and when he threw them, he seemed to be unintentional, and threw them casually.
But as the game progressed, Li Jin only felt that he was unable to exert more and more force, although he found the feeling of delivery, but when it was his turn, his arm seemed to be out of his control and trembling, and he couldn't secretly deliver it according to Li Jin's expectations, and he never hit one again.
On the other side, Li Hui seemed to have slowly discovered the trick, only to see that the closer he threw himself to the center of the copper plate, he almost rubbed the round hole several times. At this time, Xiangxue was so frightened that she almost screamed. And just when there were only two bamboo sticks left in the hands of both of them, Li Hui hit it with a light throw.
At this time, the two were already tied 2-2, and there was still one last chance in their hands, and Xiangxue felt that her heart had jumped to her throat. Seeing her young lady's raised hand trembling and slowly moving forward, Xiangxue felt that it was not a bamboo stick that was dragging on it, but rather dragging her heart.
And after Li Jin finally let go, Xiangxue didn't dare to open her eyes nervously, and directly covered her eyes with both hands. After hearing the sound of bamboo sticks falling to the ground, Xiangxue stretched out a finger to sneak a peek at the results, and there were still only four bamboo sticks lying there quietly in the middle area. Xiangxue was immediately a little deflated, but secretly encouraged herself that Li Hui would definitely not miss, so she turned her gaze to Li Hui's side.
Who knew that at this time, Li Hui had already taken off the bamboo stick, and the thin bamboo strip slid out of a beautiful arc in the air, Xiangxue had a hunch that the bamboo stick might fall into the center of the copper plate, but at this time, Xiangxue saw the little guy in the distance running quickly towards here.
In a hurry, Xiangxue shouted loudly: "Miss, that little second is here again." Li Jin ran to Li Jin's side. The route happened to pass through the branches of the tree that fixed the copper plate, and the breeze brought by the skirt made the silk thread that held the copper plate sway slightly, and the perfect arc in the air could not match the vibration generated by the copper plate, so it was a pity to pass by the hollow in the middle.
Jinyun glared at Xiangxue angrily at this time, but he didn't say anything, as long as his own general would not be coerced, he didn't care.
But the next sentence of his general's words made this squire feel that he would die ten years early because he stayed by his general's side.
"Hey, it's a pity, it seems to be a tie. Well, how about we just ask one person and answer the other?"
Li Jin was frustrated that he had lost a lot of good, but he didn't expect that now there was another opportunity for Li Hui to send him to the door.
Li Jin, who was staring at Li Hui in surprise, didn't understand his purpose for doing this, and stared at his facial expression tightly.
Li Hui smiled freely and said: "It's rare that you won a pot of good wine in a bet, don't you take it out and share it, how about our Q&A is limited to the time when this jar of wine is drunk?"
Li Jin smiled with relief. It turns out that the drunkard only means wine?
"Good. ”
At this time, the little two who came from afar also came to everyone, "Childe, childe, that, I brought you back the news of the person you wanted, and there is good news......" Xiao Er ran out of breath, but he could see the joy on his face, it seems that the news he brought back can bring him a lot of flying windfall.