"Master, can I get out? I'm dying! Li Rui's whole body was encased in a large wooden barrel, only his head was exposed from the hole, and his head was sweating.

This is one of the "weight loss methods" that the two martial arts masters invited by Li Rui's uncle tailored for him after seeing Li Rui's situation. Gu Qing first began to hear Li Rui say that they steamed the primitive "sauna" for him, and was very afraid that Li Rui would damage his skin or become dehydrated if he was fumigated for a long time, but after she went to see it, she found that these two masters were very old-fashioned, and the water was full of medicines that soothed and cooled the skin, not to mention, and asked Li Rui to drink a little water every quarter of an hour.

The smoke time every day is not long, only a few quarters of an hour.

"Today's start time is going to be extended! You're about to start riding a horse and archery, we're not some of the masters who can easily cut the marrow, so we can only let you lose the fat on your body first! "This master's name is Wang Xiang, he is good at grappling and wrestling, and he pondered that the Xinguo Mansion probably didn't want to practice a battlefield warrior, and it was enough to get some means of self-defense.

"I'm in a hurry!"

"Pee 1 in water!"

"Big!"

"Pull the water!" Little rabbit cub, I let me go to the toilet before smoking, give Lao Tzu this set!

"Master, I, I, I asked the girls to collect your wine at noon!"

"Hmph......" Master Wang had a hideous expression, "Dare to stop our good wine, you Master Jiang will be the first to clean you up!" Do you want to run in circles and run to death? ”

Li Rui shuddered firmly.

Woo woo woo, Master Wu is much more scary than Master Wen!

Li Rui felt like steamed buns on a cage drawer, almost cooked. The day before yesterday, when his grandmother came, he thought that his grandmother would come to save his life, but his grandmother came to the bath twice and went back satisfied, and before leaving, he asked the two masters to put some other things in the water.

Grandma! He's not a girl, what do you want Master to put in the petals! It's rumored that the face is gone, okay?

"Ahh Gu Qing rubbed his nose.

"Mrs. Tai, the spring is cold, it's better for you to bring some warmth." Xiangyun put the fur cloak in his hand on Gu Qing, "Now Young Master Rui can count on you." ”

For a while, she followed Mrs. Tai and Mama Hua every day, and she vaguely knew what Madame's idea was. On the one hand, I feel sorry for Young Master Rui, who lost his parents at a young age, and on the other hand, I am worried that Mrs. Tai's body is deteriorating day by day, and their group of girls are going to fall to the point of being lonely and helpless.

Others don't know what to do, she and Yanyun are close to each other, so naturally it can't be clearer. Mrs. Tai often walks with dizzy eyes, and her hands tremble more and more frequently. A few days ago, I forgot to put salt in a dish, and a few of them secretly tasted it later, and the dish was sweet, and the old lady didn't even taste it!

"I'm not catching a cold, I'm afraid that someone is talking about me, and even the roots of my ears itch." Gu Qing smiled and put on her cloak, and Ren Yanyun put a Zhaojun set on her head.

"Let's go, let's go to Qingcang Courtyard and have a look."

"You are the son of the Gongfu, and you are not a ranger who will break into the rivers and lakes in the future, you don't need to start from Zamabu, and you shouldn't learn the killing technique!"

"Huh? Isn't it? "It's a shame that he knows that he wants to learn martial arts, and he asked Mama Liu's nephew to find a lot of Zhiwei novels for him outside, and these days his mind is full of the kind of "kill one person in ten steps", or "take the head of the head like probing the bag and take things" and the like, but as soon as Master Jiang came, he directly told him that there was no such thing.

"Killing is really done in a pile of people! You are a noble son, do you want to be a butcher? What you're going to learn now is 'Royal' and 'Shooting'! Our children in Liangzhou can all get on a horse at the age of five and draw a bow at the age of eight, but you are now twelve years old and can't pull the bow! ”

"No one taught it before."

"I saw the bow in your house, it was a good bow, but you can't use it now. Let's start with this. ”

When Master Jiang came, he had an iron bow behind him, which was extremely majestic, and Li Rui had been staring at it for a long time.

Could it be ......

Master Jiang handed him another bow in Li Rui's expectant eyes.

“…… Master, is it fun to tease a disciple? ”

Is this obviously a child's toy bow? He stopped playing this when he was four or five years old!

Master Jiang was amused by his sad and angry eyes.

"With your current physique, pull out a normal-sized bow, the tip of the bow will be blocked by your stomach, and you will be injured by your own bowstring. Fortunately, we now learn the correct posture of drawing the bow and the etiquette of the bow and arrow, and it is okay to have a small bow. The 'shooting' of a gentleman is different from the 'shooting' of a soldier, and we start with how to stand, how to salute, and how to draw a bow. ”

Li Rui let out an "oh" in disappointment.

When Gu Qing arrived at Li Rui's Qingcang Courtyard, Li Rui was already full of tears.

It's not that I'm tired and crying or being reprimanded by the master to cry, Li Rui's hand always slips when he pulls the bow, and it is common for the bowstring to bleed or have a sore nose after hitting it. It is inevitable to cry under the sour nose, which is uncontrollable by ordinary people, and people who have just learned bow and arrow, unless they are talented, it is normal for their faces to be full of tears.

When Gu Qing arrived in the West Garden, he neither let anyone report it, nor did he want to disturb the teaching of the master and apprentice. There is a small school field in the West Garden, not far behind the Qingcang Courtyard, and now it is cheap to practice martial arts for Li Rui. It's just that the small school field has not been used for a long time, and it took several days to clean it up. Now that Gu Qing has come to see it, all kinds of weapons, grass targets and other facilities are decent. It's just that I don't know if it was arranged by the Fang family, or if Li Rui found someone to solve it himself.

He had now established his prestige among his subordinates, and he asked for something, and it was very cheap.

To say that Li Rui, a child, although he is delicate and fat, he has inherited some characteristics of Li Lao Guogong - he is tall and powerful. I don't know if it's because the nutrition is too good, he is more than a head taller than children of the same age. This is also one of the reasons why Gu Qing felt that Li Rui couldn't look directly when he first came.

If the child is white and fat, delicate and cute, even if he is fat, he can still accept it. But this Li Rui is tall and fat, fortunately it is not black, otherwise it will be black and fat, and it is expected that whoever sees it will collapse.

It is precisely because his strength is greater than that of ordinary people, and his skills in practicing bows and arrows need to be sharpened. Master Jiang praised Li Rui for being a good seedling, but unfortunately he was too fat, and at the same time made up his mind to go back and consult with Master Wang, so that he could lose weight as soon as possible.

This Master Wang has been □□ recruit in the barracks for a long time, what lazy guy hasn't seen it? Haven't you been honest for a long time? What's more, the little young master of this mansion is not too squeamish, and he will nag and nag when he suffers, and he won't really do it, otherwise they will definitely pick on his son and leave.

"Grandma!" Li Rui's sharp eyes saw Gu Qing wearing heavy fur clothes, standing at the door of the school yard and looking at him with a smile, he couldn't help but cry out with joy, and then turned his head to look at Master Jiang pitifully.

Master Jiang deliberately kept a straight face, but he quickly broke the work.

"Hey, you've been practicing for an hour? Go and rest. ”

"Thank you, Master Jiang!"

Li Rui dropped his small bow and rushed towards Gu Qing with a single step.

"Slow down, slow down, don't hit the wall!" Gu Qing looked at Li Rui speechlessly and ran over like a small locomotive. Since practicing martial arts in the morning and studying literature in the afternoon, Li Rui's spirit has obviously changed a lot, and he has lost a lot of weight. Now he knows that he is restrained, he doesn't eat big meat and sweet and greasy things, and he has a lot of exercise, but he really has a bit of the prototype of "Wuyue Dynasty Arch", at least, it is not ugly.

Well, I just can't tell if I'm handsome in the future.

"Grandma, why are you here?" Li Rui put it over affectionately, and squeezed Gu Qing with snot, tears and sweat on his face, Gu Qing, who was a little clean, couldn't look past it, so he took a handkerchief and wiped it on the cat.

Li Rui glanced at the handkerchief and smirked embarrassedly.

Gu Qing took out two things from his purse and handed them to Li Rui.

"Here, I heard that you are going to shoot arrows today, and grandma has prepared this for you."

"What is this?" Li Rui looked at this ring-like thing.

"You can call it a wrench, a big ring, whatever you want to call it." After Gu Qing heard that Li Rui was going to start learning to ride horses and archery, he began to prepare quivers, riding clothes, reins and other things inside and outside, and personally checked them again and again before sending them to the West Garden.

In fact, these things have been prepared in the mansion for a long time, and the old prince established the mansion by force, how could there be no such things in the mansion? So Fang sent it over early.

Helplessly, Gu Qing had all kinds of precautions against her since she knew that the Fang clan was good and evil. When he first heard that the Fang clan had sent horse harness and other things over, Gu Qing didn't have any ideas. But I can't help but think about it.

The nightlife here is really boring, Gu Qing wears Mrs. Qiu, an old lady, and the quality of sleep is not very good, and she usually has to open her eyes very late at night to fall asleep.

That night, she was counting sheep as usual, and suddenly there was a flash of electricity in her mind, and she thought of the vulgar plots used in various house fighting novels she had read in the past. What "the needle under the saddle startled the horse", what "the incense on the riding uniform will make the horse excited", what "the horse's reins were suddenly broken", the worried Gu Qing didn't even sleep well all night, for fear that Li Xiaopang would fall with a missing arm and a broken leg.

Early the next morning, she went to the West Garden in person and brought all the things given by the Fang family back to Zhiyun Courtyard.

She and Mama Hua checked all the riding equipment, and there was really no problem. Grandma Sun's husband is in charge of the carriages and horses in the house, so there should be no problem right away.

But Gu Qing still didn't dare to use those things for Li Rui, so she had to let Mama Hua open a private vault and take out the set of guys that her husband used before. For this, Li Mao also came over to persuade the old mother, which means that Li Ruixin learned to ride a horse and archery, and he can't use such a good thing, Li Lao Guogong's things are quite commemorative, so it's better to continue to keep it.

Gu Qing expressed the attitude of "Yes, what you said is right, but this is meaningless", and continued to go his own way.

Things are meant to be used! Is it moldy there?

The old man's things were taken out, the reins, the saddle and other things were available, and the quiver clothes were also made in the sewing room, but Gu Qing did not find any trace of the "wrench".

It stands to reason that archery on horseback should be there. Didn't you see that in the costume drama, all the elder brothers and princes carried this in their hands, and when they shot arrows, they plucked the strings, and their posture was handsome?

After asking in detail about Grandma Sun, who had served Li Meng, Gu Qing found out that there was no "wrench" in this world.

The country on this land is based on agriculture, and only a few places produce horses, most of which are still pack horses. Horseback riding and horseback warfare are things that can only be learned by military generals or wealthy people, and the so-called "poor scholars and rich learn martial arts" is the case. Even if the sword soldiers were raised, most of them were foot soldiers, that is, the Hu people invaded the Central Plains in the previous dynasty, and most of the Hu cavalry were heavily armored cavalry spearmen, not rangers like the Yuan and Qing dynasties in her time, so they did not develop something like "wrench".

When people shoot arrows, if they are specialized archers, they will wrap a strip of cloth around the finger of their thumb, and most people still don't need any protection. Rings are often associated with women, and no one has ever thought of putting such a sissy thing on their fingers. Practicing arrows day and night, there will always be a thick cocoon there, and after a long time, I don't care if it is worn out or not.

So when Li Rui blinked his eyes and looked at this wrench curiously, Gu Qing was still a little complacent. The girl can't do the thing of burning glass to make cannons, and it's always no problem to make a wrench for cheap grandson!

She taught Li Rui how to put this object on his thumb and how to use it against the string.

"This prevents you from grinding your skin, and it also prevents the bowstring from hurting your fingers." Gu Qing thought of the Qing court drama in his era, as long as the men rode horses and archery, most of them had this thing. Fortunately, these Qing palace dramas, otherwise she wouldn't have remembered to make this thing.

"It turns out that a few days ago, Sister Qiyun came to her grandson to measure the size of her thumb for this!" Li Rui looked at the ivory wrench on his thumb in surprise, "Is this only me?" Why hasn't my grandson seen it before? ”

I don't know if anyone here is smart enough to come up with this method, but even Mama Hua and Mama Sun said they hadn't seen it, so it shouldn't have been popularized.

"This is grandma's imagination, maybe other people have also made it, but you, I'm afraid it's the only one in the house. If your two masters who have been on the battlefield for a long time say that they haven't seen each other, they probably don't have any. ”

Gu Qing looked at the little fat man's proud face, and touched the little fat man's head with great satisfaction. Hey, they've all grown the same height, I'm afraid I'll have to tiptoe in another year or two.

"Grandma won't bother you to practice martial arts, what is missing is there to let your new little scholar run, grandma will prepare it for you."

Gu Qing came to send the wrench this time, by the way, let's see if Li Xiaopang has gotten along with the master these days, since the wrench has been sent out, Gu Qing is also satisfied and ready to leave.

Li Rui nodded, and reluctantly sent Gu Qing out of the West Garden, and then went back to take the wrench to "offer treasure".

"Master Jiang, look! My grandmother made me a big ring! Li Rui picked up the small bow on the ground and swished it open, his fingers were already a little bruised because of the frequent bow pulls before, and this time he brought his fingers, but there was no feeling of soreness and numbness.

Master Jiang asked for another wrench made of Li Rui's antlers and looked at it carefully.

Li Rui is fat, but his fingers are not very thick, so Master Jiang can't try it with this wrench, but seeing that Li Rui has no previous pain when he pulls the bow, and after seeing the shape of this wrench, he knows its value.

"I heard that Mrs. Qiu had been stationed in the military camp with Mr. Li in his early years, and he was really different from ordinary women. She is an old man who is well-informed and has a loving heart to make this kind of shooting tool for you. It's just that with a cylindrical shape, it still doesn't fit the fingers well, so it's best to make a slope shape and tilt this side slightly to fully function. Master Jiang pointed to the side of the wrench and nodded, "You can discuss with your grandmother and make more improvements." It's a very good thing. ”

Li Rui happily touched the wrench in his hand and decided not to take it off in the future.

Grandma made it for him alone! He's the only one!

When Li Ming comes back, he will show him, and he will be angry!

In the afternoon class, Li Rui still wore the ivory wrench.

The old lady was in a hurry to ask for this thing, and the craftsmen at home didn't know what the old lady was doing this thing for, and thought it was a new jewelry that the masters came up with, so although the time was in a hurry, it only took a day or two to make these two wrenches, but the inside was still polished smooth and meticulous, and the outside was also engraved with some simple patterns, which were worn on the hand, which looked very chic.

Li Rui took this strange thing to class, which naturally aroused the interest of Qi Minghui and Du Dongsheng.

"Li Rui, what is this in your hand?" Mr. Minghui asked.

"This is my grandmother's doing!"

The two gentlemen rolled their eyes in unison.

"Zhilu said that your grandmother made it for you, and I asked you what you did here."

Mrs. Qiu is not the kind of old lady who likes gorgeous dresses, and when the two of them went to the house on the first day to ask for peace, they felt that she was a very simple old lady. The thing on Li Rui's hand will never be as simple as a ring.

"Grandma said, call it a big ring, a wrench, or whatever. This is what my grandmother made for me to draw a bow. Li Rui said with an expression of "I am special and proud", "Use this to ...... the strings"

He gestured to draw the bow, "The bowstring will get stuck here and won't slip off easily, and it won't hurt your fingers." I pulled the bow early this morning, and my fingers were not injured, and Mr. Jiang also said that this is a rare thing! ”

Qi Minghui was itchy when he heard this, and asked Li Rui to take off the wrench on his hand. Li Rui handed the thing to Mr. Minghui with an unhappy face, and stared at his hand with his eyes, afraid that this shameless master would swallow his new treasure.

This master is a weirdo, maybe he really made it!

Qi Yao comes from everyone, and the six arts of the gentleman are naturally complete. He learned arrows when he was young, and he was often miserable, but he was not as easy as Li Rui, and he could still look calm when he read in the afternoon. What's more, this thing has a simple shape, has an ancient style, and is also a very good decoration, so he couldn't help but play with it for a while.

Du Jin thought of something else.

Since ancient times, the great marksman is almost the elite of the elite in a barracks, because in the chaos of war, a farmer can go into battle to kill the enemy with a weapon, but the archer is not able to be fast. If the newly recruited soldiers want to be diligent in learning arrows, most of them will have their fingers injured and delay their training; However, if you continue to bandage the wound, the wound will often stick together with the cloth and other cloth, and it will be painful to tear it open. Behind every good archer is often a memory made of blood and tears.

The appearance of this wrench can solve this problem. Especially for beginners, this object can soothe the fear of learning arrows at the beginning, and it can also help people not lose their head due to pain when aiming, which is indeed an excellent creation.

Du Jin and Li Rui talked in detail about the various benefits of this wrench, and Li Rui said Mr. Jiang's suggestions for improvement, and Qi Yao couldn't help nodding on the side. Whether something is useful or not is only a matter for connoisseurs. Veterans who have been on the battlefield for a long time say that it is useful, so it must have its benefits.

"If this thing is used by dignitaries, it is naturally made of gold, silver and jade, so that it can show its identity and reflect its martial style. If it is promoted in the military camp, the wooden horn porcelain pottery can be used, the cost is cheap, and the production is also easy. There are many good things in this world, but the difficult thing is that this good thing can be both elegant and vulgar, both practical and decorative. ”

Qi Yao said with a smile, "It's time for your mansion to show your face, I advise you to find more old generals and veteran soldiers in the mansion to study and study, make this finger crest the most suitable for use, and then let Uncle Ling make a break and recommend that it be promoted in the army." ”

"This ...... Is that okay? It's just a finger ......."

"It's not just a finger sleeve. Your house has just taken off filial piety, and your uncle Ding Wei has just returned to the court, and he can't do anything, even if the saint wants to use him, he can't find a chance. Now that the world is peaceful, your uncle is serving in the military department, and both sides are used to small fights at the border gates, so there is no fighting. Now this matter of armament, whether it is big or small, depends on how the saint wants to act. If the Holy One wants to use your uncle, this little finger can make a great article. ”

Li Rui's eyes widened.

"Don't stare, this is the great luck of your uncle who is dozing off and sending a pillow!"

Li Rui looked at the wrench in his hand with some unwillingness.

"This is obviously my grandmother's ......"

Du Jin patted Li Rui's brain.

"At this time, one is prosperous, and one is lost! Only when your uncle stands up will your grandmother and your brother have a good life. If the Faith Kingdom Mansion does not occupy a position above the court at this time, even the Holy One will give up on you. In this world, there are few wealthy families who have passed three generations, and there are many nobles who have lost in two generations, which is the reason why there is too much infighting and lack of talent. ”

Mr. Minghui continued: "Besides, if it is written in the fold that your grandmother took pity on you when you were young, so she made this thing, and then your uncle saw the object and presented it, wouldn't it be an honor for the whole house?" Zuci Sun Xiao, uncle and nephew love and care about everywhere, otherwise they would not have found this thing. This is a reward, and your grandmother is afraid that she will also be rewarded. ”

Li Rui showed a smile at this time.

"You little child, you have such a small heart. When a husband acts, he should be willing to give and take, and you are reluctant to let your uncle take advantage of it. Our second lesson is ......"

"The disciple is not careful." Li Rui interrupted the words of the two masters for the first time.

He said with a blank expression, "It's just that some people are born with too good luck, and everything that others exchange their lives for, he can get while sitting at home." Now he wants more, and there are people who continue to send it to him......"

Du Jin and Qi Yao both understood who Li Rui was talking about.

"Now even his grandmother's hard work for her grandson is obviously not contaminated with fame and fortune, but it will also become a stepping stone for him to advance, and the disciples are inevitably some, some ...... It's just sad. ”

Although Li Rui knew in his heart that if they wanted to maintain this kind of wealth, as the uncle of the family, they must stand firm. But grandma tossed this thing, but she didn't want the house to take out the Lu to invite pets.

If it was for this, I'm afraid my grandmother would have made it a long time ago.

Now that a loving heart has become a tool, he is just unsettled!

The two gentlemen glanced at each other, and the "second lesson" could not be continued.

There was only a sigh.