215. Pitcher

When everyone's paintings were taken back and shown to the original creators, everyone collectively laughed crazy, and the first three were awarded to Yan Er's "Goose", Min Xuewei's "Jin Se" and a son's "Mountain House Autumn Twilight", and the bottom three were unexpectedly awarded to "Drama Asking Huamen Restaurant", "Early White Emperor City" and "Hermit Doesn't Meet", and everyone even started a fierce debate over which should be the first to last the glorious title of "Early White Emperor City" or "Hermit Not Encountered".

Taking advantage of everyone's heated debate, Yan Qiwuyue pulled Lu Lotus and ran away quietly.

"How can this be reasonable! I am a mountain, a mountain, a mountain, a sea of fire, a little bit like fire?!" Wu Yue was still angry.

"Ahem, maybe the mountain lines you drew are too soft and the mountain tips are too sharp......," Yan Qidao said, "Didn't you find that the mountain is so sharp that it can stab people to death?"

"Then what's the matter with you painting the ape as an old man?" Wu Yue was not convinced, but when he thought that Yan Qi had seriously drawn the old man all over the paper, he couldn't help but burst out laughing.

"The apes all look like that, their faces are wrinkled," Yan Qi obviously felt that his paintings were very realistic, "Besides, the time is too short, and I don't have time to paint the hair on my face, I don't look like an old man." ”

"Hahahahaha...... Wu Yue laughed in fifty steps and laughed endlessly, "The time is short, you can still draw the tree after a long time, and when the time comes, everyone will ask why the old man is all staying in the tree, why the big old man is carrying a little old man on his back, why all the old men are bare-assed......"

Lu Lotus was so amused that she burst into tears, patted Wu Yue and didn't let her say any more, the three of them left the group of scholars far away, planning to find a clean place to eat and drink quietly for a while, but before they could find a suitable place, they heard a burst of cheers from behind Jiuhua Mountain in front of them, Wu Yue was curious, pulled Yan Qi and Lu Lotus over, bypassed Huashan, and saw that it was a group of young people playing pitching pots there.

Two tall pots with thin necks and big bellies with ears are placed two feet away from the people, two people in each group come forward to compare, each throws four arrows for a game, three rounds determine the winner, just won is Wu Ting, the twelve arrows are all cast in the mouth of the bottle, the other person only hit the eight, is being pressed into the mouth of the mouth of the wine, after pouring continue, there is a humane:" It's not much fun to compare like this, why don't you form a team, a few people in each team, draw lots before the first, write the pitcher format on the stick, which one is better than which, the two sides draw the same sign The person who came forward to compare, and finally calculated the total score of the whole team, and the losing team stood upside down and circled the lake - dare to come?!"

"Why don't you dare!, come, come!" "As soon as everyone heard the explosion, the young people were the least afraid of challenges, and they could afford to lose when they won.

"Team up!"

"Write a stick, write a stick, write a bridge, write a lotus, spring sleep, and double fly!" everyone shouted.

The people say "crossing the bridge", "writing", "a lotus", "spring sleep", "double flying" and so on, are the professional terms of the pot, the game of the pot was flourished in the Spring and Autumn Period, flourished in the Song and Ming dynasties, is the most popular game in the wine party, with the cultural accumulation has gradually become an art and learning, Sima Guang who smashed the cylinder even wrote a book "Pot Xinge" specifically to explain the game that has fascinated several generations of emperors, such as leaning on the rod, with a sword, wolf pot, leopard tail, dragon head, goose rank reed, Turning butterflies and so on these terms all refer to the format of arrows and arrows after being put into the pot, and only the Ming Dynasty's "Pitching Pots and Arrows" records that there were as many as 140 kinds of throwing methods at that time.

In addition to the most basic and simplest format of direct pitching pot, the ancients also played a variety of tricks in this game, such as "crossing the bridge" refers to throwing arrows into the pot through the screen; "writing" is to throw three arrows together, respectively into the mouth of the pot and the small ear holes in the two ears next to it, this difficulty is quite large, the small ear holes are much smaller than the mouth of the pot, and it is necessary to throw three arrows at one time, and the three arrows also fall into three holes respectively, only this second method is enough to stump a person.

"A handful of lotus" is also a difficult trick, which is to throw several arrows into the pot one by one, and the mouth of the pot is so big that it is very difficult to do if you want these arrows to not spread out in the air.

Others like "Linghua poured in", "Wild Goose Double Fly", "Lotus Throw", "Immortal Back Sword", the difficulty is even more perverted, generally no one plays this level, today is purely for the sake of fun, take it out as the topic of the competition, a group of people make a noise and let the sign write.

The person who came up with the idea seemed to be in a fight with Wu Ting, and while forming a team by himself, he urged Wu Ting to form a team quickly, and before Wu Ting could say anything here, more than a dozen sons and daughters of the martial arts family jumped out and shouted to participate in the competition, and the people over there stopped doing it when they saw this, and shouted: "Only one of the martial artists is allowed!

The martial artists had no choice but to stop, only one was allowed to be Wu Ting, and the other teammates had to catch it from the scene, Wu Ting had already caught a glimpse of Yan Qi sandwiched in the crowd and watching the excitement seriously, and waved at her at the moment: "Come, the host has to participate, otherwise it won't give us the guests face." ”

"Look, isn't my third brother here, why do you have to tell me. Yan Qi had to walk over.

Third Young Master Yan: "......"

Wu Ting looked at Yan San, pulled out Xiao Chen, who was standing beside him, and said to the audience: "This Xiao Gongzi only went to Beijing with his father recently, and he will take root in Beijing in the future, and I hope you brothers and sisters will take care of it." ”

This is to introduce Xiao Chen into the circle of the second generation of officials in Beijing, it is better than him rushing to integrate himself, this circle is not so easy to enter, and the children of the rich officials in Beijing have always looked down on "immigrants" from other places , all with the pride of the aborigines of the capital, if you don't enter this circle, you will be excluded and alienated, you want to enter this circle, if there is no person who introduces you, it often takes a few years to be accepted, so Wu Ting's move is tantamount to doing Xiao Chen a big favor, such a big favor is sent, Xiao Chen can't refuse, and was pulled by Wu Ting to join the pitching team.

"Your fifth brother is so cunning that his sweat and pores are full of oil. Yan Qi said to Wu Yue.

"I'm getting more and more aware. Wu Yue sighed and nodded.

A team of six people, this is it, Wu Ting continued to look in the pile of people, is looking for it, I don't know where a large group of people poured over, fixed their eyes, saw that the adults in front of them were full of tea, this time finally collectively moved to the back garden to enjoy the scenery, saw that Jiuhua Shanzi was surrounded by a lot of people, a few curious people came to see what was going on, Wu Ting couldn't help but hook the corners of his lips when he saw this, glanced at a few martial arts children, walked over and gave a salute to the person with a big and round head, and said with a smile: " Lord Qiao, the juniors are teaming up to play pitching pots here, and there are still people in the team, I wonder if the adults can enjoy the light and join?"

"Hey!" Qiao Lezi was startled, how could he see that something was going on!, "Where can I do this, I can't do it, I can't do it, you see, you can find Master Wu, Master Wu, they are in ......"

As a result, a group of children from the martial arts people hugged him and dragged him into the field: "My lord, you obviously want to have fun!

Who wants to play! Qiao Lezi stood on the field crying and laughing, and was about to wipe his feet and slip away, but he heard the loud voice of Wu Changdao coming in from outside the circle: "Little Qiao, play with the children! Give me some face!"

If one of them can't hit Lao Qiao, where will I put my face!

Qiao Lezi couldn't afford to provoke the old Wu family, so he had to think that he was unlucky to stay, but he couldn't be unlucky alone! Seeing the Yan Da Snake Spirit who was still there with a serious look at him, he hurriedly pointed to Wu Ting: "Lord Yan is a good player!"

A large group of samurai children rushed over again, pushing the big snake essence disease alive into the arena.

"Huh. Yan Zike didn't refuse, just looked at Xiao Chen.

Hey?!β€”β€” Yan Snake Essence Disease likes men and women with good looks and good figures, is this rumor really true?! Qiao Lezi thought to himself in horror.

Pull the adults into his own team here, and not to be outdone, even Lu Jingwei was pulled in in a daze, originally he wanted to pull the long knife over there, but he was strongly suppressed by Wu Yue: "My father can even shatter the pot when he throws a pot, don't let him play!" In fact, he was afraid that Yan Qi and their team would lose, and he didn't want his father and Lu Jingwei to be on the team.

The group went to pull Wu Changge again, but the one who didn't like them at all, so he had to adjust his goal, and pulled Xuandehou and Liu Shenjun, who were in the limelight in the young people's circle recently, into the camp, and finally even invited Qin Yuma to move.

Seeing this, Wu Ting found Kang Shao again, and looked at the other party's camp: Xuandehou, General Liu, Qin Juma, Lu Jingwei, and the kid who mentioned yΓ¬ to team up for a game, surnamed Liu, and his big name is Liu Guanzhang, a very domineering name, and the word of the family is "Taoyuan". Liu Guanzhang was still pulling the sixth person, Wu Ting stopped him with a smile: "There is a girl in our team, how can it be fair that your team must have a girl." ”

Liu Guanzhang is not a student of Jinxiu Academy, and he did not study in the district where Jinxiu is located, so he didn't know that Yan Qi was not good-looking, and he was just an ordinary girl who wanted to save his senses, so he fell for Wu Ting, and sure enough, he began to look for a girl in the crowd of onlookers.

As soon as they saw the situation between the two sides in the field, where did those girls dare to go up, they shook their heads and retreated desperately, and they showed one person backwards: Lu Lian.

Lu Lian's current reputation has long been stinky in the circle of girlfriends, and none of the girls want to see her, and she doesn't want to sit in the hall with her mother-in-law, so she has to take the girl to wander around in the garden by herself, hoping to meet a young talent...... She had never hoped for any good love, which was both a luxury and a bargain for a man of her origin. She just wants to find a good home, which is related to her whole life, being excluded and alienated or something, it is not worth mentioning at all.

Seeing from a distance that there were many young people gathered here in Jiuhua Mountain, of course she would not miss such an opportunity, she walked over slowly, and saw Liu Guanzhang's team pulling people, her mind moved, pretending to cheer for Lu Jingwei, and the girls retreated She only didn't realize it, and she was surprised when she was selected by Liu Guanzhang.

"Lian'er, don't shirk it, come up and let's have fun together. Lu Jingwei also didn't refuse Liu Guanzhang to pull him to participate in order to distract himself, and when he saw Lu Lian poking there with a panicked and shy look, he couldn't help but be amused, and hurriedly stretched out his hand to greet her, wanting to take her to play happily together.

He didn't notice that his other daughter was standing in his sight all the time.

Wu Yue, who was next to Lu Rong, couldn't help but pout when he saw this, and ran over in a few steps to pull Yan Qi and bite his ear: "Win them hard!"

Of course, Yan Qi knew who this "they" was referring to, and nodded his head: "Wait and see." ”

The two teams got together, and the game with the sign was also done, respectively, put it into two lottery holders, each side drew their own, and the two people who drew the same sign formed a game group, and then any one of the two came out to roll the dice, and the two people were the first few to throw a few points.

So the first group of players is Wu Ting and Xuan Dehou, the two of them drew the "writing", to throw three arrows together, respectively into the mouth of the pot and the two ears next to it, in view of the two will kung fu, by everyone elected out of the shooting (referee) asked the distance between the two and the pot to increase, the usual pitching distance is nine feet, the group of people have been stretched to two zhang when the game, this will be directly stretched a zhang, the distance between the person and the pot is ten meters.

Before the Han Dynasty, the arrows used were mostly thorn wood, the pot was full of red beans, and the arrows would be firmly inserted in the beans when they fell in, but later the gameplay of the pot throwing game became diversified, the pot no longer contained beans, and the arrows were also made of elastic bamboo, and the Guo Sheren of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty were very good at throwing the pot with bamboo arrows, and the arrows would bounce out after being thrown into the pot, and after popping out, he could catch it with his hand and throw it again, and then bomb it, just like this, it was enough to repeatedly catch and throw hundreds of times without a mistake, which was also a kind of magic skill.

Wu Ting and Xuandehou are ten meters away from the pot and throw three arrows at the same time, not only to ensure that these three can enter the mouth of the pot and the ear of the pot respectively, but also to ensure that the bamboo arrows that enter the mouth of the pot do not pop out, which is not only a test of accuracy and angle, but also a test of people's feel, and the feeling of this kind of thing is not that you can play the pot throwing game with martial arts, which must be a skill that can be practiced more.

I saw these two people standing behind the throwing line, each with nine arrows, each of them threw three arrows, three arrows each time, listened to the shooting order, both arrows shot, swish, the first round of two people a total of six arrows, all fell into the spout and ear of the pot!

"Good!" The crowd cheered in unison, but they didn't delay when they saw that the two of them had been thrown one after another, with nine arrows per person for a total of eighteen arrows, and all of them were allowed to enter the pot!

"Fifth brother, you are amazing!" Wu Yue clapped his hands desperately under his head, and turned Lu Lotus next to him with his elbow, "Look! Is my fifth brother powerful?!"

"Awesome. Lu Rong nodded.

The second group has been replaced in the field, but it is Yan Qi and Qin Yuma, and the two of them have drawn a lot of "Yan Shuang.Fei", requiring the left and right hands to open the bow together, and at the same time take the arrow to throw the pot, which is also three rounds.

"Miss Yan Qi hasn't seen you for a long time. Qin Zhijue looked at Yan Qi with a smile.

"Aang, long time no see. Yan Qi stood side by side with him behind the throwing line.

"I still regret that I didn't see Miss Yan Qi participate in the Houyi Festival. Qin Zhijue unhurriedly pulled out two arrows and pinched them in his hand, one left and one right.

"Oh. "Yan Qidao.

"On September 15, I wanted to hold a hunting banquet with a few friends, and invited a lot of young people who can ride and shoot well, I wonder if Miss Yan Qi would like to go with you?" Qin Zhijue was talking to Yan Qi, but his eyes were casually squinted and aimed at the pot in front of him, and when he heard the order of the shooting, his hands shook slightly, and the arrow was put into the pot accurately.

It may be simple to throw a pot with the right hand, but it is difficult to practice with the left hand to achieve the same Cheng dΓΉ, and it is even more difficult to throw with the left and right hands at the same time, but Qin Zhijue is extremely easy to throw, which is more flexible and coordinated than using two hands to hold a spoon and send food to his mouth at the same time.

"Ah, I'm sorry, I'm not interested in that. Yan Qi said, and the two arrows in his hand were also thrown, although they were not as easy as Qin Zhijue, they were also accurate.

"Then I can only regret this," Qin Zhijue smiled, "I hope to have the opportunity to ask Miss Yan Qi how to make the Wind Feather Arrow." As he spoke, he shot the last two rounds of four arrows in succession, all of which went into the pot.

"Oh. Yan Qi also threw his remaining four arrows into the pot.

"Wow-" The two of them only cared about talking, and they didn't pay attention to the crowd who were already surprised-Qin Zhijue didn't say anything, this wooden-faced girl's pitching skills are actually very good......! No wonder the arms are fleshy.

The two sides of the first two groups actually voted for a tie, and everyone hurriedly turned their eyes to the members of the two sides who played in the next group, but saw Qiao Lezi slowly walking forward with an embarrassed expression, and his opponent ...... Lu Jingwei.

God wants to play with me!