Early the next morning, Mo Lin got up and went to the palace, recently, the Turks have been leading troops to harass the territory on the border of the Tang Dynasty, delusionally hoping that the emperor will cut some territory to them, the foreign envoy has been negotiating, but the negotiation has not been successful, I have heard that the Turkic leader Arna. The Great Khan of Shiji also had to come to the Tang Dynasty in person to discuss the territorial matter, so the emperor was also very sad recently, so he kept summoning the major generals and civil and military officials to discuss this matter.

When Mo Xingyao was eating food with his mouth wide open in his sleep, he was awakened by the gentle cry of his mother in his ears, he sat up, rubbed his eyes and looked at his mother in front of him, his mother was smiling and said to him, "Yao'er, you see that the sun is drying your buttocks, it's time to get up now, Qinglong came early in the morning, has been waiting for you outside, when your father came back yesterday, you were already asleep, your father, today I went out to teach me, today you are going to the West Cross Academy to learn archery, behave, get up quickly." , After eating breakfast early, hurry up and follow Qinglong to learn archery. ”

Mo Xingyao looked at the burly and tall figure of Qinglong outside the house, his mouth pursed, and he rolled his eyes, Qinglong really hated, he came and waited so early in the morning, who he hated, who did he have to come, yesterday he dreamed that he would punch Qinglong to the ground, he was still smiling very happily in his sleep, he didn't expect to wake up and be reprimanded by Qinglong, the general specially explained, when Qinglong was teaching the young general, he didn't have to care about his identity as a young general, but when he was a primary school student, he should be strict when he should be strict.

Seeing that the young general got up, the servants hurriedly waited for the young general to put on his clothes and jacket, and waited for the young general to wash up, so he asked the people in the back kitchen to serve breakfast, Ye Wanqiu saw that Mo Xingyao was dragging his feet in breakfast, knowing that this little clever was delaying time, she hurriedly said, "Yao'er, if you don't eat quickly, it's almost noon, I won't tell the general, but Qinglong will make a small report." ”

Mo Xingyao saw his mother say this, he could only nod helplessly, he sped up the speed of eating breakfast, and finished breakfast in a while, thinking that this matter was unavoidable, he could only go out of the house, looked at Qinglong standing outside, and rolled his eyes again, Ye Wanqiu came out and smiled at Qinglong, Qinglong saluted Mrs., Ye Wanqiu called Yan'er, "Yan'er, take the young general's water cup and pastries, and wait for him to eat when he is hungry and thirsty, Qinglong, this young general is only eight years old, you will let him rest for a while if he practices for a while, You can also understand my feelings as a mother, he really doesn't like these horseback archery. ”

"Madam, I know, don't worry, I will take care of the young general." Qinglong replied, in fact, he is a straw sandwiched between the general and his wife, the general explained that his training of the major general must be strict, and his wife explained that he can relax a little bit every time he can loosen up the major general, this scale is really difficult to control, so for him, every time he finishes training, when he sends the major general back, it is his most relaxed day, but every time he trains the major general, he is very happy, that is, every time he accompanies the major general, it is the girl Yan'er......

Mo Xingyao walked forward with his hands behind his back like a little adult, Qinglong and Yan'er followed behind him, and walked a long way, Qinglong really couldn't say anything when he thought about it, and held back for a long time before he spoke, "Are you thirsty?"

Yan'er heard Qinglong say this, hurriedly ran forward, squatted down and handed the water cup to the young general's mouth, saw the young general drank a sip of water, only then stood up, turned his head and smiled at Qinglong, Qinglong looked at Yan'er's sweet smile, and suddenly he was in a trance, he had nothing to say, he asked Yan'er if he was thirsty, but he didn't expect Yan'er to think that he was asking the young general if he was thirsty, he saw Yan'er holding a food box in his hand, and hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Yan'er girl, I'll hold the food box for you, this food box is also quite heavy." ”

"No need, Qinglong soldier, you are the leader of Tang Tang's general's side, how can you take the food box for me, a servant, this is seen by others on the road, but you have to chew the root of your tongue." Yan'er heard Qinglong say this, a flush appeared on her face, and she hurriedly waved her hand, expressing her refusal, Qinglong cared about her so much, she was naturally very happy, but in the General's Mansion, Qinglong, as the general's personal guard, was naturally higher than her lady's personal maid, and naturally she couldn't take the food box for her, and the servants and servants of the General's Mansion were sometimes idle, if they saw it, they would have to talk nonsense.

"Sister Yan'er, you see that your hands carrying the food box are red, hey, Qinglong, I order you, hurry up and take the food box, if you don't take it, I will go back and tell my mother that you bullied Sister Yan'er." Mo Xingyao listened to their voices with his ears pricked up in front, he often deliberately walked in front and listened to the two of them talking behind him, so that sometimes he could occasionally hear his father's comments on him, and sometimes he could hear whether his father had been troubled recently, whether he was in a good or bad mood, if he was in a bad mood, then he would be very well-behaved, so that he would not have to be scolded.

Yan'er and Qinglong, who followed behind the young general, looked at the young general who crossed their waists, stretched out their little fingers, and pointed at the young general of Qinglong, Yan'er covered her mouth, and looked at Qinglong with a smile, Qinglong raised her eyebrows, spread her hands, and looked helpless, Yan'er saw the young general say this, she could only hand the food box in her hand to Qinglong, if she didn't listen to the young general, the young general would have to find a reason to stand there and not leave.

Qinglong took the food box in Yan'er's hand, bowed down slightly and said, "Young General, the sun is shining this day, we have to hurry up and go to the West Cross Courtyard, otherwise it's almost lunch time, I'm afraid I won't have time to practice, and when the general comes back in the evening to ask, I can't talk back." Qinglong looked at the young general whose face gradually turned red, and held back a smile, sure enough, when this little guy heard the general, he couldn't help but start to be a little scared.

"Hmph, I know how to scare my father into scaring me." Mo Xingyao snorted, turned around and walked towards the West Cross Courtyard, Yan'er and Qinglong looked at each other and smiled, the two of them silently followed behind Mo Xingyao, fortunately, Zhiqiu Courtyard is not very far from the West Cross Courtyard, the general specially ordered someone to open a small door on the high wall connecting the West Cross Courtyard to Zhiqiu Courtyard, so that it is convenient for the young general to go to the West Cross Courtyard for training on weekdays, and there is no need to go around to the front yard, it is too far, he is an eight-year-old child who walks such a long way, he is definitely unwilling, of course, there is one of the most important reasons, I am afraid that the young general will run out of the General's Mansion, Because he is so good at running, although he has never run out, he has to guard against it.

When they walked to the West Cross Courtyard, Yan'er hurriedly stepped forward to take the food box in Qinglong's hand, and the soldiers who were training saw the Major General walking into the West Cross Courtyard, and they all clasped their fists and saluted, "Meet the Major General." Mo Xingyao raised his chin and waved his hand, and Qinglong said to the soldiers, "Stand down and continue training." The soldiers retreated one after another, the two people compared their skills, the archery of the archery, Mo Xingyao walked into his training ground with his hands behind his back, his training ground was also specially ordered by the general to build for him, the bow and arrow and the arrow target are specially made small versions, the distance between the archery place and the arrow target is also shortened, everything is set according to the height and age of the major general.

Mo Xingyao walked into the training ground, picked up the bow and arrow specially made for him, and began to draw the bow, he squinted one eye, looked towards the center of the arrow target, let go of his hand, thinking that he would be able to shoot, but he didn't expect that the arrow was disobedient, and shot straight to the wooden stake next to him, the bullseye missed, and even the side ring was not hit, Mo Xingyao sighed softly, thinking to himself, obviously I shot at the bull's-eye, why do I always take off the ring and run to other places, this arrow is really disobedient, it seems that I am really not an archery material.

Qinglong looked at Mo Xingyao a little depressed, immediately stepped forward, squatted down, pulled the bow and arrow next to him, and said to the young general, "Young General, you look at me carefully, use the thumb of your right hand to buckle the string of the bow and arrow, pull the bowstring with the strength of the thumb, the index finger and middle finger are naturally buckled on the thumb, the tail of the arrow is stuck in the finger socket of the thumb and index finger, stand up straight, and shoot at the arrow target, first hold the bow and arrow in the right posture, why do you hold the bow and arrow like this?" In fact, this is a very natural method, because the strength of the human thumb is the greatest, so it is the most labor-saving to shoot arrows with this method. ”

Mo Xingyao looked at the green dragon next to him, and also learned the appearance of the green dragon decently, he tried hard to stand up straight, squinted his eyes, and with a whoosh, the arrow flew out, and with a snap, it still landed on the wooden stake next to him, Mo Xingyao saw this, patted his little head, and sat on the ground.

Seeing this, Yan'er hurriedly walked into the training ground, picked up the young general, and comforted softly, "Young general, you are too powerful, you see that you have listened to the words of the Qinglong general, and this second archery has improved a lot." ”

"Sister Yan'er, don't make fun of me, I didn't shoot a single ring." Mo Xingyao shook his head and looked at Sister Yan'er with a wry smile, this Sister Yan'er, in the end, is a girl, she doesn't know how to shoot arrows at all, he missed all of them, and said that he shot well.

"How dare Yan'er make fun of the young general, young general, look, the first time you shot an arrow, you shot at the stake, far away from the arrow target, you look at this second archery, although it is not an arrow target, it is still a stake, but this time the stake is the closest to the arrow target, which means that the major general is getting closer and closer to success, you can learn from the Qinglong leader again, maybe after a few times, you can shoot the arrow target." Mo Xingyao looked at Sister Yan'er with a sincere face, Sister Yan'er had never deceived him, think about what Sister Yan'er said, what Sister Yan'er said just now also makes sense, the arrow shot this second time is indeed closer to the arrow target than the arrow shot for the first time, which means that he is shooting better and better, thinking that he is motivated again.