Chapter 53: Archery
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When a few little buku saw the princes coming, they hurried forward to serve.
"Go and bring me the bows and arrows that you are accustomed to, and set up the target, and I will show my cousins a good performance today. Yinzhen said magnificently.
"Fourteenth brother, it's up to you. Don't shoot away. Ying Qi smiled on the side. Bao Bai stayed quietly and behaved very ladylike.
"Brother Starling, Brother Jiu, will you come to both hands?" Yinzhen first consulted his brothers' opinions.
"No, you can play with Lao Shi. Yinxi shook his head.
Soon Xiao Buku set up the target, Ying Qi took a look, it seems that it is indeed not very far, it is estimated that it is about ten meters, that is, according to them, it is only twenty steps.
"Fourth sister, we shoot from close to far. You watch. Yinzhen had already taken the bow and arrows, pulled the bowstring full, and only heard the sound of "whoosh", and the arrows had already flown out.
"Right in the heart. "When the arrow hits the target, Xiao Buku will come forward to check. Then put aside the target with the arrow and replace it with a new one. If it is not appropriate, it will be taken off so that the princes will check it later, and it also has the meaning of showing off.
Yinzhen stepped back, Yinzhen stepped forward, took a bow and shot an arrow, and naturally went straight to the heart.
"Wow, that's awesome!
Yinzhen laughed, "Ten more steps back." So little Buku immediately went to move the target.
Both of them hit hearts again. It was only after moving fifty paces that there was finally a deviation. The two also relaxed a little.
A few people next to him watched and tasted the tea and pastries sent by Xi'er by the way.
"Fourth sister, I'm like this at the moment, okay?" Yinzhen was shooting arrows, and Yinzhen came down to talk to Yingqi while drinking tea.
"Brother Fourteen, you guys are awesome. So far. Ying Qi put her hand between her eyebrows and looked into the distance. "I can't even see the target clearly. ”
"You little sweetheart. Come on, if you're interested, I'll teach you two. Yinzhen was very happy, someone appreciated him so much.
"Can I too?" Ying Qi blinked her eyes wide, this was an unexpected surprise.
"Of course, of course. Naturally, we grassland sons and daughters should be good at horseback archery and everything. By the way, can you ride a horse?" Yinzhen nodded.
"No, I've never ridden a horse. Ying Qi pouted.
"I'll teach you next time. The big sister is interested in coming too. Yinzhen looked at Bao Bai next to him, and Bao Bai quietly bent his knees slightly to show his gratitude.
Ying Qi shrugged, estimating that Yinzhen was just talking, and Bao Bai's quietness was obviously not the right fan of Yinzhen.
"Let's try archery first. Come, get a small bow and arrow. Little Buku came down at once, and soon came with a small bow and arrow. At the same time, the target was moved to the five-step position.
It's basically two numbers smaller than the one used by Yinzhen. It looks very sophisticated. The whole bow body is made of pineapple wood, and the door is also carved with a hollow pattern, which is estimated to be used by princesses and nobles.
The slingshot string is very elastic and rounded, so that it will not hurt the hand due to impropriety. The weight is not very heavy, only about two catties, for Yinzhen and these men, it is completely a toy.
At this time, Yinzhen had already stepped aside, gossiping with Yinzhen and Yinqi, and gave up the territory to Yinzhen and Yingqi, two cousins.
"Come, stand in this position. Keep your left shoulder at the target, feet shoulder-width apart. Holding the bow in his left hand and leaning forward slightly. Ying Qi stood carefully according to Yinzhen's teachings.
"Put the arrow on the emplacement. Yinzhen saw that she couldn't find where the arrow platform was, so he hurriedly pointed to her.
The feather pointed at him, and the tail groove was buckled to the bowstring. The right hand is fastened with the index finger, middle finger and ring finger, the index finger is placed above the tail of the arrow, and the middle finger and ring finger are placed below the tail of the arrow. The left arm sinks, the elbow is rotated inward, and the bow is pushed with the left hand, and it is fixed"
"Yes, that's it. It's time to open the bow. Pull the bow away with the force of the left shoulder push and the right shoulder pull, and continue to pull until the right hand "tiger's mouth" is in the lower jaw position, aiming at the point on the target, you can see it. Seeing that Ying Qi nodded, she continued to speak: "After aiming, the right shoulder continues to be strengthened, and the three fingers of the right hand that are holding the string are quickly opened. Shoot!"
only heard Yinzhen's shout, and the bow and arrow quickly shot at the target.
"Third lap. Little Buku stepped forward to inspect and replied.
"Not bad. The first time, it didn't even fall to the ground. Yinzhen patted Yingqi's little head in praise.
"It's so fun! Brother Fourteen, I'll play again. Ying Qi remembers that she used to shoot a dart and always disappeared, but this time she had such a good result in archery for the first time.
"Well, you'll come back on your own. Yinzhen nodded.
The second time it fell directly on the left side of the target, Ying Qi was a little speechless, tried again, but it was the line in the center, but it fell halfway. Ying Qi couldn't help but be a little frustrated.
"It's stupid. "Next to Yin, I looked anxious.
"It's okay, try again, just practice more. You're so small, it's the first time to again. Instead, Yinxi comforted on the side.
Yinzhen couldn't look at it, so she simply stepped forward and taught her how to sink her arms and how to open the bow hand in hand.
After practicing like this for nearly half an hour, I was able to shoot five targets in a row.
"Hehe, great, I can!" Ying Qi jumped up happily.
The crowd laughed too. Only Yin? muttered, "It's stupid." I haven't shot a single bull's-eye. ”
"Tenth cousin, did you hit the bull's-eye the first time you studied?" Ying Qi was a little provocative and tentative.
"Of course, don't talk about me, just the first time Xiao Fourteen learned to shoot the bullseye in two clicks. "Yin?" seems to have some disdain for her, and also a little arrogant.
"You are men, of course, you are born with a talent for riding horses and archery. I'm a girl, and I'm born to cook and embroider. Will you?" Ying Qi was unceremonious, choking several people with one sentence. A few masters don't know how to embroider or anything like that. Cook quickly, gentleman cooks far away, that's what all men practice.
"We, as men, might learn from your little ladies?"
"It's not a question of whether you should learn or not, but whether you can learn it. This is called talent. Do you know the talent? Your chefs are all men. One sentence choked Yin?
"Haha. Old ten, you have met your opponent. Yinyu was even more smiling on the side.
"Hmph!"
"Alright, alright, we have to go back. It's time for E-Niang to eat. "Yinzhen came over to play the round.
"Brother Starling, Brother Ninth, Brother Ten, are you going to have dinner with us?" Yinzhen politely invited.
"No, I'm still going out of the palace. Lao Jiu and Lao Shi went to my house to eat today. I'm not going to make an appointment with you, after all, tomorrow is Concubine De's birthday, and it is estimated that you won't be able to leave today. Yinyu replied.
"Well, that's right. Then I'll take my cousins back to my mother's first. You'll come to me early tomorrow too. Yinzhen thought about it, so he nodded and agreed.
"Go, go. Yin waved his hand impatiently.
"Fourth sister, goodbye!" Yin Yu waved at Ying Qi with great interest.
"Eighth cousin, ninth cousin, tenth cousin, goodbye! Welcome to my house to play!" Ying Qi directly came with a farewell sentence that later generations were accustomed to. As Bao Bai pulled her water sleeves, she hurriedly followed Bao Bai to salute.
"We will definitely come. Yin Yu laughed.
"What a strange little girl!" said Yin.
"It's funny. Yin Yu replied to him.
"It's funny, but she's still a little girl. Yin?, she belongs to Niu Colu's family, are you free or look at it. Yinxi thought for a while and said.
The three of them chatted and walked away.
"Let's go. Yinzhen took the two of them back to Yonghe Palace.
"Huang Eniang, let's come back. With Yinzhen's shouting, everyone who was talking in the hall looked at the three people who had just come in.
Sure enough, he is the fourth prince, the future emperor. Ying Qi looked at the familiar person in front of her, looking strange and familiar.
The cold and resolute look on her face reminded Ying Qi of the man she met for the first time, but seeing a shallow and almost imperceptible smile in her eyes, Ying Qi couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, she was still a big treasure in her own family. There is still a little bit of humanity in my heart.
Fortunately, although Yinzhen has always been ruthless and cruel, Yingqi has always trusted Yinzhen's feelings are extremely rich, otherwise there would be no brotherhood for his thirteen emperor brothers in history.
"I've seen the fourth brother. The moment he saw Yinzhen, Yinzhen immediately lost his voice, and the whole person became solemn. Ying Qi beside her felt as if the hedgehog had met a natural enemy, and directly erected a spike.
The two brothers are still so young, how can it be so difficult to get along. Today's Yinzhen makes Ying Qi feel his enthusiasm and generosity, he is an excellent big brother, why can't he get along with his own brother.
Thinking of the years when Yinzhen was imprisoned in the future, Ying Qi couldn't help but be a little silent.
"I've seen the Four Princes!" followed Bao Bai and Ying Qi and saluted.
"Excuse me. Fourteenth brother, I just told Huang Eniang, you skipped class again today, this is not good, after all, class is a rule issued by the emperor, you always don't listen to the literary master, how can you be motivated. Yin Zhen said.
"Fourth brother, I'm not a civil servant, I'm going to become a general in the future, so of course I should learn martial arts first, and then learn some messy things when I have time. "Yinzhen doesn't care.
"That's not good, I'm also good for you......" Yinzhen was about to say something, but Concubine De had already spoken: "Okay, okay, it's going to be dinner soon, let's go down and clean up quickly." ”
"Then we went. Yinzhen only stopped, Yinzhen hurriedly agreed, and quickly turned around and went to the side hall. Xi'er took Bao Bai and Ying Qi to another side hall to change clothes.