Chapter 2 Into the Mountains to Hunt Wolves

There was nothing to say all night, and in the early morning of the next day, Li Wenyuan rinsed and cleaned his face under the service of Qiu Niang, and put on clothes under the service of Qiu Niang, saying that it was serving and dressing, but in fact, it was just Qiu Niang handing the clothes to Li Wenyuan, and Li Wenyuan wore it himself, after all, modern clothes themselves are designed based on the basis that one person can wear.

After getting dressed neatly, Li Wenyuan pushed open the door, but was surprised to see that Xue Rengao and Xue Renyue were already waiting outside the door. Today, the two of them are not dressed like yesterday in civilian clothes and a little bit of scholarly weakness, but they have changed into the short fights of martial arts practitioners, although they are still childish, but they also set off the heroic posture of the two, not angry and self-assured. At the moment, I secretly admired in my heart, it was really a tiger father without a dog.

The three of them each turned on their horses and came to the martial arts training ground on the outskirts of the city. This martial arts training ground is extremely wide, with a racecourse where you can practice riding and archery, a shooting range for foot bows, paulownia stakes for short soldiers, a martial arts arena for long soldiers, and even a bluestone ring for martial arts competitions. The Sui Dynasty was still martial, and all the major families had government soldiers, and they would also invite strong generals to teach their children martial arts, up to the founding veteran Zhang Xutuo, and down to the local heroes were the targets for the family to choose.

Xue Ju's family is extremely wealthy, although it is not as rich as the gate valve family, but it is also one of the best big families in Longxi, where the power of the gate valve family is weak, and naturally there is the capital to build a martial arts field, plus Xue Ju himself usually likes to make friends with heroes from all walks of life, and there are even many former generals and nobles who are assigned to the frontier, all of whom have been left by Xue Ju by his own position.

These people practice martial arts in the martial arts arena on weekdays, after all, no matter what kind of martial arts, they can't get rid of the theorem that practice makes perfect. Longxi borders with the East and West Turks, and since ancient times, it has been a mixed residence of Hu and Han, and the folk customs are fierce, and the style of martial arts is better than that of the Central Plains. As soon as Li Wenyuan and the others entered the martial arts arena, they attracted everyone's onlookers, without him, Li Wenyuan's clothes were too different.

Li Wenyuan didn't care about the eyes of these people, turned over and dismounted, and handed over the horse to his subordinates to take care of. I don't know if it's the aura that the traversers have, but after a good night's sleep yesterday, I feel that my eyes are stronger, and I have inexhaustible strength in my body. Came to the target path of the bow, then took off a bow, looked at the material, it was a strong bow made of hardwood, took out a feather arrow and put it on the bowstring, pulled the bow slightly, and let go, the arrow accurately landed on the bullseye sixty steps away.

The standard configuration of the Sui Dynasty army is about five bucket bows, with a range of more than 60 steps, and ten buckets is about one stone, which is about one hundred and twenty catties in later generations. According to the pull force of the bow, it is divided into three classes, with ordinary bows below five buckets, superior bows from five buckets to one stone, and strong bows above one stone.

And Li Wenyuan made this about six bucket bows, although it is not the kind of optimized hard bow that maximizes the energy conversion efficiency as much as possible in later generations, but the physical fitness of people in this era is much stronger than that of people who have been poisoned by purple drunken gold fans in later generations, and there is no problem with using it as a basic enlightenment.

Thinking of this, Li Wenyuan couldn't help but be confused, the history of the Sui and Tang dynasties can be called a group of heroes, and there are many heroes, which is also the reason why he has always been obsessed with it. Like his favorite Sui and Tang Dynasty romances, Yuwen Chengdu can immediately make a three-stone bow, and if he is under the step, he is afraid that he will not be able to pull a stronger bow.

The subordinate retrieved the arrow feather and handed it to Li Wenyuan, and he came back to his senses, put the bow back in its place, turned to Xue Rengao and said, "Eldest prince, I don't know if you have used a bow and arrow before?" ”

Xue Rengao shook his head: "My father has never let me wait to come here to perform martial arts, but only invited the master to come to the inner house to teach me the sword technique, but the bow and arrow have not been used." ”

This is okay, Li Wenyuan breathed a sigh of relief, I don't know what the enlightenment of people in this era is like, but a blank piece of paper is always easier to teach than to take the plate. Moreover, Li Wenyuan is also confident that countless people in his later generations have optimized the archer enlightenment, and the effect will be worse than that of this ancient archer enlightenment.

Li Wenyuan took off the hard bow again and handed it to Xue Rengao, and asked Xue Rengao to stand in a straight line with his feet and his body facing the right side of the bow target. Xue Rengao held the bow in his left hand, took a feather arrow in his right hand and put it on the bowstring, and also learned from Li Wenyuan to pull a full moon, but before he could aim at the bow target, he couldn't support it, and as soon as his back hand was loosened, the feather arrow was already shot, detached from the bow target, and shot to the earthen wall behind the target.

Li Wenyuan took out another feather arrow, handed it to Xue Rengao and said, "Although the eldest prince is born with divine power, whether it is a step bow or a riding bow, it is all skillful. Childe only pulled seven points full this time, with the arrow in the bow and the right eye on the left. ”

This time, Xue Rengao slowly pulled the bowstring, and when he found the bow target, he pushed it with his front hand and put it with his back hand, and the arrow was firmly inserted into the bow target in an instant. "Childe is very talented, so if he shoots 100 sticks every day, he will definitely be able to shoot a hundred steps away at night within three years."

Letting Xue Rengao practice archery on the side, Li Wenyuan turned to Xue Renyue and said, "Little boy doesn't know if he has ever practiced martial arts?" ”

Before Xue Renyue could answer, a man dressed as a Hu man next to him spoke: "My virtuous nephew is quiet by nature, and he has never practiced martial arts in Pingsuli, but he only studies poetry and books. ”

Li Wenyuan looked for prestige, and wondered in his heart, this person is dressed as a Hu person, why is it very polite to say angry words? At the moment, he clasped his fists and said: "I have just arrived here, please forgive me for being unreasonable, I don't know the name of Mr.?" ”

"It's me who is abrupt, the eldest grandson surnamed Zhai, who has just been ordered to go to the Western Turk tent to bring back this year's cattle and sheep, so he is dressed as a Hu person. Passing by here, I heard that General Xue had invited a martial artist to teach the two sons archery, so I was curious to come and watch, after all, this is still unprecedented. The man dressed as Hu Ren returned the salute and said with a smile.

Zhai Changsun! Here it comes! There is little record in history of a capable minister under Li Shimin, who served under Xue Ju in his early years, and later Xue Ju died of illness, Xue Rengao was brutal by nature, so he turned to Li Shimin and formed the world-famous Xuanjia Army with Zhang Shigui. Because he later died before the Tang Dynasty unified the world, there is no detailed record in the history books.

"Ah, it turned out to be Lord Zhai. I have admired it for a long time, and I have heard about the reputation of Lord Zhai in the next morning, and I have not been allowed to visit, but when I see it today, I am fortunate to have three lives. Li Wenyuan still has a good impression of Zhai Changsun's character in history, and immediately said two polite words.

"Mr. praised falsely, Xiao Ke still has official business, so he has to go to the county government to restore his life first, and he will definitely visit when he is free." Zhai Changsun said, exchanged names with Li Wenyuan, and rode away.

After listening to Zhai Changsun's words, Li Wenyuan also asked curiously: "The little boy likes poetry and books?" At the beginning of the troubled times, the bandits were still in trouble, and they didn't have any skills, so they weren't safe. ”

Xue Renyue smiled slightly after hearing this, and said in a slightly childish voice: "Sir's words are wrong, although I have no power to restrain the chicken, but in the midst of strategizing, I can win thousands of miles away." Martial artists and the like, exhausted their efforts, but one hundred and twenty steps of bravery, An Ke said that scholars are useless? ”

The more Li Wenyuan listened, the more surprised he became, the second son of Xue Ju, who was not obvious in the history books, could not imagine that he would have such a grand ambition at such a young age. At that moment, he also had a heart of love for talent and said: "That son is willing to learn the art of war?" Although he is not good at the art of war, he also has some opinions. In troubled times, there is always something more real than that. ”

In this way, he set a daily itinerary, every three days Li Wenyuan taught Xue Rengao and Xue Renyue the art of war, and the rest of the time was to follow Xue Ju to ask for martial arts and practice horse lance. In Xue Ju's words, the long soldiers to the short soldiers are all based on their own strengths to attack the enemy's shortcomings, and there is no special training skills, Li Wenyuan has already passed the best time to build the foundation and marrow, but I don't know why the physical fitness is not inferior to the people who have a famous teacher since childhood, and the two of them have to practice in the mud pond until late at night every time they practice the lance method. After returning to the house, he fell asleep in the medicine provided by Xue Ju in the service of Qiu Niang, and after three years, he became a small law, in Xue Ju's words, he entered the shackle period, and then if he could break free from the shackles, he would be able to have the courage of ten thousand enemies, if he couldn't, he could only linger at this stage for a lifetime, and he would not be able to improve, and finally he would be a low-level officer.

After three years, Li Wenyuan finally understood why the Sui Dynasty's gate valve was so powerful. Because ordinary people work hard all their lives to be full, only the children of the gate valve have enough financial resources to learn literature and martial arts. Not to mention anything else, in the past three years, Li Wenyuan has made no less than 100 bad horse lances, and without him, he has practiced too hard. Now his appetite can be eaten and sown in the future life, but he still doesn't have any fat, but is getting stronger and stronger, all thanks to Xue Ju's medicinal liquid and techniques.

One night, Li Wenyuan came back from practicing martial arts, took off his clothes under the service of Qiu Niang, and soaked his tired body in the medicinal solution. It's been three years, and no matter how good the clothes are, I can't wear them for three years, and the ingenious Qiu Niang made clothes for Li Wenyuan, which also fit.

Li Wenyuan didn't immediately sink down who was going this time, but said to Qiu Niang, who was reading a book on the side: "Qiu Niang, your slave contract is in the hands of General Xue?" "Qiu Niang has been in a very good mood since she came to serve Li Wenyuan, Li Wenyuan has no sense of master and servant. directly gave Qiu Niang an equal status with herself, if it weren't for Qiu Niang's insistence on serving Li Wenyuan, he would even be ready to get the medicine himself, but it is really comfortable to be served by someone, no wonder they all want to be promoted and make a fortune.

Qiu Niang was stunned, put down the book in her hand, and her lark-like voice sounded pleasantly: "Yes, the slave contract of the slave family is indeed in the hands of General Xue, but according to the law of the Great Sui, it is the slave contract of the master and the mother of the woman." ”

Li Wenyuan nodded, didn't speak again, and began to close his eyes and think about how to get Qiu Niang's slave contract in his hands. Qiu Niang served him for three years, but others could take it back with a word, and she was a little unhappy in her heart.

Qiu Niang saw that Li Wenyuan closed his eyes and stopped talking, his eyes dimmed a little, but she stopped talking and continued to read the book quietly.

Li Wenyuan has long had a plan in his heart, and every winter here is full of snow, and the cold is biting. I also heard that there is a kind of white wolf in the local area, which appears in the hundred wolf peak in the north of the city in autumn and winter, and is so vicious that even the spotted tiger has to retreat for three points. However, the leather is soft and warm, and many noblewomen love this kind of leather very much, but the hunting is extremely risky, and every time the emperor pays tribute, he has to take the lives of a dozen hunters.

Li Wenyuan asked from Orion about the route into the mountain and the location of the wolf's den, so he took a hunting bow and a homemade empty tube bamboo arrow. This kind of bamboo arrow is made by him according to the records of later generations, specially used to hunt large prey, after all, no matter how fierce the prey, as long as it is shot, the blood in the body will flow out of the empty tube, even if it has three heads and six arms, it will also obediently bleed to death, and will not affect the value of the skin because of the large wound.

Over the years, Li Wenyuan has found all the animals in the vicinity and tried them one by one, and the results are very good, so this time he is ready to challenge the most vicious white wolf. As Orion said, the white wolf is dangerous because it appears in packs, and it comes out in winter to dig a bear hole.

It had just snowed, and Li Wenyuan was wearing a lily coat and a homemade cotton suit, squatting next to a tree at the downwind outlet. In the past three years, Li Wenyuan relied on his own memory and made a cold-proof clothing in imitation of later generations, which gave him the capital to enter the mountain. Unlike later generations, the temperature is still very low in winter, and it is no joke to freeze to death. In the winter of the past three years, Li Wenyuan could see poor people frozen to death on the street every day when he went out.

Not long after, there was a strange noise, and it was on the side of the bear cave that Li Wenyuan had explored in advance. Li Wenyuan was overjoyed, climbed out of the hole in the tree where he lived, climbed the tree, used his riding and archery skills, clamped his legs tightly between the tree trunks, and looked into the distance.

I saw that the wolves really appeared near the bear hole, there was a relatively large wolf picking up the snow at the mouth of the bear hole, and soon a hole for wolves to enter and exit was dug out, at this time the larger head wolf retreated, another white-haired wolf climbed in, and the rest were hiding in the snow on the side.

After a while, I only heard an angry roar, and something flew out of the mouth of the bear cave and hit the trunk of the tree opposite, shaking down countless snow, and I saw that it was the white wolf that had entered before, and the corners of his mouth were foaming with blood, and he was already too dead to die.

A brown bear crawled out of the bear hole in a rage, stuffing back the intestines that had flowed out of its body, and preparing to completely shred the wolf's corpse to vent its anger. At this time, only a wolf howl was heard, and the remaining lurking white-haired wolves attacked together, and they opened their huge mouths to bite the injured brown bear.

Rao is brown bear has rough skin and thick meat, and he can't resist the sharp teeth of the wolves, so he uses brute force to shake off the white-haired wolf on his body. A few old wolves were thrown off and crashed into trees and rocks, and inevitably broke their bones and tendons, but more white-haired wolves pounced desperately.

In about an hour, the brown bear's blood stained the snow around the bear cave red, and with another wolf roar, the wolves let go and retreated, licking the blood between their teeth. I saw the wolf walk to the brown bear who had no strength and only had his last breath, and bit the throat of the brown bear in the unwilling gaze of the brown bear, and tore it outward, and the pain of the brown bear was gone.

The wolves went up one after another to eat the bear's carcass and feasted on it. Between the splashes of blood and flesh, Li Wenyuan was also ready, stretched out his bow and arrows, and aimed at the wolf.