Approaching noon, more than a dozen riders galloped from west to east, and the sound of hooves covered the long street like a shower.

Han Qian, Feng Yi, Kong Xirong, Li Chong, and Qian Wenxun, the deputy commander of the guard battalion and the army, Guan Bao, the warden of the Hou Mansion and others, greeted the Hou Mansion, and saw a team of chariots and horses galloping from the palace gate to this side.

Soon, a richly decorated carriage was escorted by Guo Rong, Chen De and others, and galloped to a stop in front of the Hou Mansion.

The carriage was covered by the curtain, and Han Qian came forward with Qian Wenxun, Guan Bao and others to pay homage and salute, and saw a plump, tall, and beautiful female official, who lifted the curtain from the carriage and stretched out her hand to lead the young man behind him to get out of the carriage.

The third prince, Yang Yuanpu, was a little pale, his hand shrunk behind his back, biting his lip, and he didn't let the female palace lead him out of the car, but stood in front of the car, looking at the people guarding in front of the Hou Mansion, as if he didn't know how to deal with the large group of his nominal subordinates in front of him, and he was a little timid.

Han Qian stood aside, seeing that Feng Yi couldn't hide that he was about to yawn, knowing that the cowardice shown by the third prince Yang Yuanpu at this time made him a little disappointed.

"Feng Yi, the head of the household department, Feng Wenlan, Han Qian, the son of the secretary and young eunuch Han Daoxun, the deputy commander of the Zuo Shenwu Army, Kong Xirong, the son of the loyal general Kong Zhou, and Li Chong, the son of Xinchangbo Lipu, will all be accompanied and sent by Hou Ye in the future - Hou Ye, you will also be close to the four of them in the future......" Guo Rong turned over and dismounted, cleared his sharp throat, and introduced Han Qian and others to the third prince Yang Yuanpu.

Kong Xirong has always been the only one who looks at Feng Yi, Feng Yi stands there and does not move, and he does not move.

Han Qian was also silent, and when he saw the female official at this time, he secretly stretched out his hand and pushed the third prince Yang Yuanpu, as if urging him to say something, but the expression of the third prince Yang Yuanpu became more stiff at this moment, as if he had been licked by a poisonous snake.

When Han Qian saw this scene, he thought that Feng Yi had just said that except for Chen De, the commander of the guard battalion, Yang Yuanpu was surrounded by people assigned by the Anning Palace, which seemed to be true.

The worship in front of the gate of the Hou Mansion was a little cold.

Chen De, the commander of the guard battalion, is tall and tall, powerful, and quite heroic, but he is related to the princess and Mrs. Wang, and he is the commander of the small battalion at this time, either he is severely suppressed by the Anning Palace, or as Feng Yi said just now, this person is not to be ashamed.

Chen De saw that Han Qian and the others were not enthusiastic enough about the third prince Yang Yuanpu, so he raised his eyebrows and said to the third prince Yang Yuanpu:

"Your Highness hasn't seen your own Hou Mansion yet, the weather is hot outside, Your Highness still goes to the Hou Mansion to rest, if there is anything, wait until you enter the Hou Mansion and then tell us not to be late......"

Everyone surrounded the third prince Yang Yuanpu and entered the Hou Mansion.

At this time, Han Qian and the others were allowed to enter the inner house together.

There are more chamberlains and palace maids waiting in the inner house, and the place is also larger, and there are more than a dozen overlapping courtyards, but they are still too crude, far less than the winding paths of the late Red Mansion, and the scenery is charming.

In the north of the Linjiang Hou Mansion, there is an empty and somewhat barren garden, about eleven or twelve acres of land, not much smaller than the Linjiang Hou Mansion.

The garden was surrounded by a wooden fence, and Han Qian looked at the ruins in the garden, which should have been a small-scale military camp before.

The garden is used as the daily training place of the Hou Mansion guard battalion, and the garrison and stable buildings of the guard camp are built on the northeast corner of the garden, and there are sandwich roads to lead to all parts of the Hou Mansion, so that when encountering the police, the soldiers with knives and bows can be reinforced to all corners at the fastest speed.

The third prince Yang Yuanpu was not in high spirits, and everyone accompanied them to have a hasty meal, talked for a while, and was bored, so they had to go to the back garden to watch the guards of the guard camp drill.

Although Emperor Tianyou encouraged the children of the imperial family and the princes to practice riding and archery diligently, the three princes were raised in the palace confinement since childhood, and did not have the opportunity to touch the sword and bow.

When he went to the back garden and saw the guards practicing archery there, Yang Yuanpu's eyes showed interest for the first time, but he asked Guo Rong timidly: "Lord Guo, Ben Hou can also shoot arrows?" ”

"General Chen is the cavalry archery master personally ordered by His Highness to His Highness, whether His Highness can shoot arrows, this has to ask General Chen." Guo Rong turned a blind eye to the caution shown by the third prince Yang Yuanpu in front of him, and pushed this matter to Chen De, the commander of the guard battalion.

"Your Majesty and the concubine have all instructed that His Royal Highness will be in the house, and he originally wanted to learn riding and archery, and His Majesty will also test His Highness's riding and archery practice from time to time in the future - Your Highness can not only shoot arrows today, but also be able to endure hard work in the future, and not let Your Majesty down." Chen De had already prepared, and immediately asked someone to prepare a beautifully made hunting bow, rearrange the arrow target, and ask the third prince Yang Yuanpu to test the shot.

Maybe it was more than an hour of contact, Han Qian and the others were quite restrained and showed due humility and caution, so that the third prince Yang Yuanpu regained some self-confidence, he took the hunting bow prepared for him by Chen De, tried to pull two, and asked Han Qian: "Do you all know how to shoot arrows?" ”

"Of course we've all learned." Feng Yi said with some pride.

"Then you guys shoot me first." Yang Yuanpu said, first replaced the hunting bow in his hand with the tall Kong Xirong.

Among Han Qian and the other four, Kong Xirong is the most sturdy, and he is the son of the general Kong Zhou, so Yang Yuanpu wants to see how his archery skills are first.

Kong Xirong took the hunting bow, pulled two of them, and said disgustedly: "This bow is too soft, change the boxwood longbow, and I will shoot it to His Highness." ”

Chen De frowned slightly, but he still motioned to his subordinates to untie the boxwood bow on his body and replace it with Kong Xirong.

This special boxwood bow in the army requires five fighting forces with one stone to be full.

There are one hundred and twenty healthy soldiers in the guard camp of the Hou Mansion, and everyone is equipped with this bow, which shows that in order to protect the personal safety of the prince, no one dares to do anything in the selection of guards.

Kong Xirong was extremely powerful, and the boxwood bow used by the guards was just enough for him, so he took out three arrows, walked to the arrow target one hundred and twenty steps away, and the three arrows hit the target one after another, to show his extraordinary archery skills, and replaced the boxwood bow to Han Qian: "You want to use this bow to shoot arrows?" ”

Han Qian smiled bitterly and said to Yang Yuanpu: "I don't dare to compare archery with Kong Xirong, Your Highness, borrow me this bow." ”

Han Qian can barely pull the boxwood bow now, but he can barely pull the bowstring, where will there be an accurate head?

The range of the longbow is directly related to the force of the bow with a full string, and a stone bow can shoot an object one hundred and twenty or thirty paces away.

Han Qian took the hunting bow from the third prince Yang Pu, which was a soft bow with no more than four or five fighting strengths, and walked fifty steps away and shot three arrows in a row.

Although all three arrows hit the bull's eye, his archery skills are still far from being comparable to Kong Xirong, who shot the target with a strong bow one hundred and twenty steps away.

Feng Yi is extravagant, mainly because he doesn't like to read, and his temperament is capricious, but he is not unfamiliar with horseback archery. In the era when the martial arts were extremely prosperous, outing and wild hunting were also one of the most common amusement activities of the sons of the family.

Feng Yi picked up the hunting bow, and fifty steps away, all three arrows hit the bull's-eye, and his archery skills were much better than Han Qian's.

Li Chong wanted to keep his head accurate, and he didn't dare to pull the boxwood bow too full, so he shot an arrow at about a hundred paces, but the arrows were all hit by red hearts, which made the guards applaud when they saw it.

Although these 120 elite guards are all good at archery, there are only three or five people who can do this, and Li Chong is worthy of being a general.

Li Chong raised his eyebrows, and when he handed the boxwood bow to the guards beside Chen De, he raised his head and looked at Han Qian's side, showing off proudly.

Han Qian ignored Li Chong, he noticed that the eyes of Yang Yuanpu, the Marquis of Linjiang, showed a look of envy and excitement at this time, but his fist was clenched against the outside of his thigh, as if he wanted to suppress the envy and excitement in his heart at this time.

Han Qian suddenly thought: Linjiang Marquis Yang Yuanpu knew that Li Chong would come to his side before, and he was quite looking forward to Li Chong coming to him?

Han Qian was taken aback by what he discovered......

"I'm too inferior to you in archery, and I'm going to learn from you in the future."

The third prince, Yang Yuanpu, may not know how many secrets he leaked about his small actions just now, he took back the hunting bow from Han Qian, and said as if he was looking for steps for himself first.

His body was far from growing, he spoke with a little childishness, and his strength was much less than Han Qian's, so he could only stand thirty steps away and pull the hunting bow halfway, and he also learned from Han Qian and they shot three arrows quickly, but the three arrows all grazed the edge of the arrow target.

Looking at the way he holds the bow, I also know that he has not had the opportunity to touch the bow and arrow before.

Yang Yuanpu replaced the hunting bow with Chen De and said, "General Chen, you come to teach me archery." ”

Chen De is the cavalry archery master assigned by Emperor Tianyou to the Marquis of Linjiang, and since Han Qian and the others are accompanied by the prince, they naturally have to learn riding and archery from Chen De.

Feng Yi and Kong Xirong stood aside with their chests crossed at this time, as if they wanted to see if Chen De had this qualification; Han Qian consciously or unintentionally observed the small movements between Li Chong and Linjiang Marquis Yang Yuanpu......

Linjiang Marquis Yang Yuanpu knew before that Li Chong would come to his side, which Han Qian didn't expect.

Linjiang Marquis Yang Yuanpu knew about the plot of the Late Red Mansion, or was it the people around the Marquis of Linjiang Yang Yuanpu who directly participated in the plot of the Late Red Mansion and told Yang Yuanpu that he could trust Li Chong?

Han Qian is more inclined to think that it is the latter.

Linjiang Marquis Yang Yuanpu is still too young, and he has been confined to the palace since he was a child, and he can't hide anything in his heart, it is difficult to imagine that he is directly involved in the conspiracy of the Late Red Mansion, but if someone else tells Linjiang Marquis Yang Yuanpu that he can trust Li Chong, then who will this person be?

The mother of the Marquis of Linjiang and Mrs. Wang, who has just been canonized as a concubine?

After all, growing up in such a complicated environment as the palace ban, Yang Yuanpu, Marquis of Linjiang, was timid and suspicious, except for Mrs. Wang, Han Qian couldn't think of anyone who could make Yang Yuanpu, Marquis of Linjiang, convinced.

At this time, Chen De held a boxwood bow, stood a hundred steps away and shot three arrows, which were also bullseye's arrows, winning the applause of the guards, and it seemed that he was not as incompetent as Feng Yi sneered at.

However, Han Qian's mind was a little trance at this time, and he really didn't know how mysterious, complex, and huge the forces behind the Late Red Mansion were, and they had already involved the Marquis of Xinchang Li Pu and the princess and his wife, but if he thought about it carefully, if he hadn't involved the Marquis of Xinchang and the princess and his wife, what confidence would the Late Red Mansion have in Linjiang Marquis?

At this time, Han Qian also realized that he went straight to the showdown in the Evening Red Mansion, what an adventure, and it could really be said that it was hard to get out of the Evening Red Mansion alive.