Chapter 287: Comparing Arrows
(To affirm, the search for the Tang Dynasty is empty, not based on the official history of the Tang Dynasty, but just borrowed a little bit of background at the time, in fact, in some of the earliest chapters, I have already reminded that Wu Zetian is gone, Shangguan Wan'er is gone, Li Shimin is not the emperor, etc., and even the geography of mountains and rivers has changed a little.) Please take it as a brand new story, otherwise there will be Zhang Fei vs. Yue Fei, Guan Yu vs. Qin Qiong in the future, I will try not to take those familiar names in the future, lest everyone make a drama. )
Just as he was about to reprimand Li Hai, Li Ze was already laughing and said: "Changping grew up in the north, although he has a thin name, but he has not tasted compared with the heroes of the world, the god of the army, the pillar of the country, General Li is even more of a leader, I can ask General Li for advice, Shenggu is happy to be defeated, and it is not impossible to meet friends with martial arts, Your Highness, what do you think?" ”
His subordinates challenged, and the other party responded to the battle, what else could Li Xin say? I can only say: "Point to point, point to point." ”
"Compared with archery, it is not a white-bladed killing, Your Highness is too worried." Li Ze said with a smile: "Please ask the question, but Changping came over today, and he didn't bring a bow and arrow, and asked the soldier and horse envoy to prepare an extra pair of bows." ”
"Nothing to do!" Li Hai asked, "I wonder how many stone strong bows General Chen can make?" ”
Li Xin, who was at the top, said: "Li Shuai, although this king is not good at bowing feathers, he has the habit of treasured good weapons, and there is a good bow hidden in the treasury, so I will give it to General Chen today." Come on, go to the king's arsenal, and take the wrath of the heavens. ”
As soon as these words came out, a look of envy suddenly appeared on Li Hai's face, and Chen Changping was also overjoyed, turned around and bowed to Li Xin and said, "Dare to ask Your Highness, but the Heavenly Fury controlled by Master Lu Lian in the past?" ”
"Have you heard of this bow too?" Li Xin asked with a smile.
"Of course, those who practice arrows, how can they not have heard of divine punishment and the two bows of heavenly wrath. The divine punishment has been destroyed, and there is only the wrath of heaven left in the world, but it has not been shown in the world, and I don't want to be in the hands of His Royal Highness. Chen Changping said happily.
"Your Highness, there is a word for humbling duty." Niu Furen, the defense envoy of the Eastern Capital, suddenly stood up and said: "The sword is matched with a strong man, the beauty is matched with a hero, General Li, and General Chen are all good at making arrows. ”
This is after Niu Furen saw that after Li Hai heard the anger of the sky, his envy could hardly be concealed, so he stood up and fought for his robe.
Sure enough, as soon as the words came out, Li Hai was immediately overjoyed.
Li Xin became more and more unhappy. He originally wanted to use this bow to redeem the rudeness of his subordinates, but as soon as Niu Furen said this, he let him roast on the fire.
"That's great!" Li Ze stroked his palms and smiled: "The divine weapon should have fallen into the hands of the person who is best at using him, Your Highness, hidden in the treasury, it will inevitably destroy the heavens." Changping, are you confident of winning? ”
Chen Changping stood proudly: "Jie Shuai, the last general will definitely make this Heavenly Fury dazzling in the years to come." ”
At this point, Li Xin also knew that the matter was irreparable, so he could only shake his head and smile bitterly, and in a moment, someone was already holding a rectangular box and walking quickly. Just looking at this box is carved from precious red sandalwood, you can know how precious the contents of the box should be.
The crowd moved outside.
Li Hai whispered a few words, and immediately someone rushed away, under the hundred-step tree in front of the hall, three silk silks were suspended, and three bright copper coins were tied underneath, swaying with the wind. Everyone saw that this was the time to shoot these three copper coins.
"In ancient times, there were 100 steps to wear Yang, today we are toddlers in Handan, and 100 steps to wear copper coins!" Li Hai turned his head to look at Chen Changping, "I don't know if General Chen has a different meaning?" ”
Chen Changping shook his head slightly.
The soldier brought two strong bows, each with three feathered arrows.
"General Chen didn't carry a common bow today, Li didn't take advantage of this, these two bows are two-stone bows, which were still stored in the arsenal before, and they were taken out at this time to inspect General Chen." Li Hai stretched out his hand to signal.
Chen Changping shook his head again and signaled that he didn't need to.
Li Ze nodded slightly, although this Li Hai is a little ugly and provocative, but he is a bright and upright person, and he doesn't want to take advantage of people at all.
"Please!" Li Hai made a gesture of please.
Chen Changping walked up to Li Hai, and Li Hai each took a bow at hand, and took out the cow tendon from the box next to him, meticulously installing the bowstring, looking at the movements of the two of them, they are indeed experts in this way.
"Do you come first, or do I come first?" After loading the bowstring and adjusting it, Li Hai asked.
"Whatever the guest wants, please ask General Li to come first!" Chen Changping said.
"Then it's ugly." Li Hai took a few steps forward and stood in front.
At this time, all the civil and military officials who poured out couldn't help but hold their breath, for fear that they would make a little noise and alarm the people who competed. It is Li Xin, who is also extremely contradictory, he hopes that Li Hai will win, and he can also show his style in front of Li Ze, but he is worried that Li Ze is going to lose, and he will inevitably have a temper and hold a grudge. The temperament of such a young man is actually the most unpredictable.
At this time, he was very conflicted in his heart.
Li Ze didn't have this idea at all, looking at the three copper coins swaying in the wind, he was quite worried about Chen Changping. He had never seen Chen Changping play this kind of game, and at this time, the three copper coins a hundred steps away were a little blurry in his eyes, and they were even more swaying, and it was unimaginable to shoot them. If he were to shoot three arrows, he would not even be able to touch the rough edge of the copper coin.
turned his head to look at Chen Changping, but saw that his expression was calm, and when he saw Li Ze's gaze, he even smiled and nodded, and his heart was settled.
He doesn't care about winning or losing, but winning is naturally better than losing.
Who doesn't want to lose face!
Li Hai retracted his breath, the arrow was full of bows, accompanied by a whooshing sound, an arrow was shot, a light sound of ding, a copper coin on the far left immediately fell in response, without waiting for the onlookers to cheer, the second arrow shot out again with lightning speed, and with another ding, the copper arrow was shot down. In the thunderous cheers of the crowd, the third arrow came out again and hit again.
Retract your bow and breathe. Li Hai turned his head and looked at everyone, his face colorful. Today's wind is a little messy, and he did his best to these three arrows, but fortunately he didn't make a fool of himself.
Chen Changping smiled and walked forward, walked under the big tree in the distance, took the copper coin from the hand of the attendant, and actually tied the copper coin to a line, and everyone was confused, is this going to pierce three coins with one arrow?
It seems to mean to take advantage!
Chen Changping, who walked back, said with a smile: "General Li's magic skills, three arrows and three falls, but if I do it according to this, it is still difficult to distinguish the winner from the loser, so I will change the trick to make everyone laugh." ”
After that, he summoned Li Mi and whispered a few words in her ear.
Li Mi nodded, strode away, and after walking to about sixty or seventy steps, he turned around and looked at Chen Changping.
Everyone was in an uproar, because at this moment, Li Mi was right in the middle of Chen Changping and the three copper coins hanging in a line. Not to mention the others, even Li Ze's face changed slightly, what is Chen Changping going to do?
Before everyone could react, Chen Changping had already opened his bow and set up an arrow, and with a whining sound, he didn't see how he held his breath, and the feather arrow had already come out of the string.
In the shocked eyes of everyone, the feather arrow was shot out in an arc in the air, bypassing Li Mi from the left, just shooting the first arrow, and the second arrow came out of the string, but this arrow bypassed Li Mi from the right, two arrows one after the other, accompanied by two dings, two copper coins flew high. The third arrow had no tricks, but this time Chen Changping shot not a copper arrow, but a silk silk tied to a copper coin.
Chen Changping put away his bow, turned his head to look at the stunned people, and bowed down and said, "Sacrifice ugliness." ”
After a long time, Li Zecai applauded, followed by Li Xin, and then, everyone present couldn't help but applaud. Li Hai had already made everyone's eyes unstruck by before, but what Chen Changping showed at this moment was the real magic skill.
Li Hai stood stunned for a moment, put down the bow in his hand, walked to the front of the hall, took the box containing the wrath of heaven from the hand of an attendant, walked to Chen Changping, and said: "General Chen's magic skills, Li Mou lost and was convinced, and he practiced diligently in the future, hoping that one day, he could compete with General Chen again." ”
After taking the box, Chen Changping also bowed down and said: "With a good hand like General Li urging him, Chen will not dare to slack off a little, and look forward to the next competition." ”
The contest ended with Li Ze's victory, but the next wine inevitably became a little ridiculous, and it ended soon. Li Ze and his entourage waited, but this time it was sent out of the imperial city by Changshi Pei Ju personally. The group rode slowly on horseback, Li Ze looked back at Chen Changping, who had become a little stupid because of the wrath of heaven, and asked with a smile: "This Lu Lian, is it very famous?" ”
He really didn't know who Lu Lian was, and in those years, his focus could not have been on a craftsman.
Gongsun Changming nodded and said: "Lu Lian is a master craftsman in the early Tang Dynasty, and he has made countless famous bows in his life, but there are only two pairs of his highest achievements, one is divine punishment and the other is heavenly wrath. The divine punishment was obtained by the three princes that year, and the wrath of heaven was obtained by the crown prince. Later, the three princes rebelled, and the bow shot countless of the prince's subordinates, and after the prince eliminated the three princes, he cut this divine punishment into two and buried it with the three princes, and since then there has only been the wrath of heaven in the world. It is not an exaggeration to call it the head of the world's best bows. Unexpectedly, this bow fell into the hands of Li Xin, and Chen Changping picked up a cheap one this time. ”
"Divine punishment? When you hear the name, it has an ominous meaning! Li Ze shook his head and said: "Looking at Chen Changping's appearance, I'm afraid that even if I get a good bow, I am reluctant to take it out and use it!" ”
Gongsun Changming laughed, if he got such a treasure, he would naturally be reluctant to take it out.
"How is Mr. Gongsun's observation of the gods?"
"The generals are still very good." Gongsun Changming nodded and said: "Even though Li Hai has a provocative intention today, his mind is quite passable. The combat effectiveness of the Shence Army can still be regarded as the first class in the world. ”
"Can you keep Luoyang?"
"It's hard to say." Gongsun Changming shook his head: "Just looking at Pei Ju's hard work this time, it can be seen that the infiltration of Luoyang by people with a heart is already quite deep, and it is difficult to say whether he can hurt the enemy this time." ”
Li Zele stopped his horses, looked back at the magnificent Ziwei City, and said after a while: "Time is running out!" ”