Chapter IV: Solicitation
Hearing Zhu Cihong so humiliated, the faces of all the soldiers changed. Now those who serve in the army are basically to make a mouthful of food and support their wives and children.
It's not that there are people like Zhu Cihong who can open a hard bow, but now those who come forward are all able to slap horses, and all those who have real materials and real learning have been excluded and have no right to speak at all.
Zhu Cihong saw that everyone's faces were blank, as if they were dreaming, and he was inevitably a little disappointed.
"That's it, I didn't expect that there was not even a single one in the capital who could open a hard bow, and the prince went back. You might as well go home and pick up your baby! Zhu Cihong shook his head in disappointment and said.
Seeing Zhu Cihong turn around and want to leave, a tall man stood up.
Seeing someone stand up, a smile appeared on Zhu Cihong's face. wasted the daytime tongue, and finally provoked one.
"The surname Qi, who made you stand up. Without the permission of His Royal Highness the Prince, whoever lets you step forward without permission will not retreat! When the old eunuch saw someone standing up, he hurriedly scolded.
Subsequently, two people came out of the pile, one left and one right, who wanted to pull the military general surnamed Qi down, and persuaded the military general surnamed Qi in his mouth.
The military general surnamed Qi was unmoved, and the old eunuch hurriedly smiled when he saw this: "Qi Long has a rough and straight temperament, and he rarely works on errands in front of the emperor, since His Royal Highness the Crown Prince wants to see it, then let him give it a try." ”
After speaking, he hurriedly stepped back, came to Qi Long's side, and whispered: "Show it to His Royal Highness the Prince, if you annoy His Royal Highness the Prince, don't blame our family for not protecting you." ”
Qi Long said disapprerovingly: "Isn't it just to pull a bow and shoot an arrow, what's so difficult about this." ”
Zhu Cihong saw Qi Long's confident look, and couldn't help but look at Qi Long twice. Although this person's expression is light, there is a rebellious and fierce look in his eyes. The body is also broad-shouldered and strong, and it can be seen at a glance that he is a general.
"Okay, then show it to His Highness. If you have behaved well, Your Highness will be rewarded. Zhu Cihong said happily.
Hearing Zhu Cihong's order, Qi Long shook suddenly, strode forward, picked up the iron bow, and then according to what Zhu Cihong said, as soon as his arm was forced, he didn't aim carefully after pulling the bow full, and the feather arrow flew out with a sword and followed another sword, and ten arrows had been shot out in an instant. The action is crisp and clean, without any dragging.
Zhu Cihong was almost stunned when he saw this, his movements were so neat and free, he was so handsome and so cool that it couldn't be compared.
Although Zhu Cihong did not learn riding and archery in his previous life, he was also a child of a family, and he naturally dabbled in riding and archery. He also used to go hunting in the mountains, but if he said that Qi Long was so fluent, he was still far behind.
After the ten arrows were shot, Qi Long slowly pulled out the bow again. At the same time, the target began to move irregularly. Qi Long filled the bow with his front foot, and shot the arrow with his back foot. In the turn of an eye, ten arrow feathers shot out one after another in the air, and then looked at the moving arrow targets, all of them were in the middle of the red heart.
"Good, good, good. I didn't expect there to be such a hidden person in the palace! Zhu Cihong praised without hesitation.
Seeing that Zhu Cihong praised Qi Long at the beginning, all the military attaches below also hurriedly applauded. Qi Long's beautiful archery skills completely convinced everyone.
There was a thunderous cheer all around, Qi Long did not have the slightest arrogance on his face, walked in front of Zhu Cihong and bowed silently, and was about to turn around and retreat, Zhu Cihong hurriedly stopped him.
"Wait a minute, your name is Qi Long, right? What is the ministry now? ”
"Returning to His Royal Highness the Prince, the minister Qi Long, the ordinary soldier who is currently guarding the capital city."
"With such skill, it's just an ordinary soldier?"
When Qi Long heard this, he stopped talking. Zhu Cihong also realized that he had poked Qi Long's pain, and the scene was very embarrassing for a while, and at this moment, the old eunuch hurriedly stood up to relieve the siege.
"Your Royal Highness the Prince, do you want others to show archery?"
"What? Is there anyone else whose archery skills are even more superb than Qi Long? ”
The old eunuch whispered, "This... His Royal Highness the Crown Prince doesn't know, although Qi Long's archery skills are superb, but his skills are really not very good, if you ask for martial arts teaching, Qi Long can teach people archery, and it is indeed a little inappropriate to teach people. ”
"Really?" Zhu Cihong guessed in a blink of an eye and thought that this was going to arrange someone to cut off the beard.
"Then you said that Qi Long's skills are not good, so do you have a suitable candidate?"
"Returning to His Royal Highness the Prince, Li Xiaotian is the head of the martial arts sect under the five military camps, and he is specifically responsible for the training of 100,000 forbidden troops, and his skills are naturally extremely good."
After hearing what the old eunuch said, Zhu Cihong fell into deep thought and glanced at Qi Long. Qi Long's spirit quickly reined down, returning to his previous half-dead appearance. It is estimated that on weekdays, I have seen a lot of similar things, and I have been disappointed.
Zhu Cihong thought for a while and said: "Since this is the case, then let Li Xiaotian and Qi Long have a competition, and the two of them can be distinguished." ”
The old eunuch was a little surprised when he heard it, it stands to reason that he said so, the prince should have screened Qi Long directly, but he didn't expect to give Qi Long another chance. There is no choice but to pin my hopes on Li Xiaotian.
The old eunuch pulled the male duck's voice and said loudly: "Li Jiaotou, then please try it with Qi Long!" ”
As soon as the words fell, a burly man walked out of the crowd, although the man looked at the five big and three thick, and there was a trace of fierceness in his eyes, but his feet were frivolous, and he had obviously been hollowed out by the wine.
The old eunuch walked up to Qi Long and whispered, "Qi Long, if you know each other, you should know how to do it." ”
Qi Long pretended not to hear the old eunuch's words, and proudly stood up on the stage.
Li Xiaotian saw Qi Long on the stage, and naturally he was not far behind, and jumped on the stage as soon as his figure turned over.
Li Xiaotian pulled out a red tassel spear from the weapon rack, and Qi Long pulled out a sword from the weapon rack.
Zhu Cihong saw that the two of them were ready, so he said: "The two of you just need to learn from each other, and accidentally hurt people's lives, just point to it." ”
The two nodded their heads when they heard this, indicating that they understood. Then Zhu Cihong gave an order, and Li Xiaotian preemptively rushed towards Qi Long with a gun.
As the saying goes, one inch is long and one inch is strong, and one inch is short and one inch is dangerous. Li Xiaotian first stabbed Qi Long with a gun, Qi Long's figure flashed to the right, and then Li Xiaotian was unforgiving, and turned into a sweep with a spear, Qi Long did a backflip and flipped behind Li Xiaotian.
Li Xiaotian saw Qi Long hiding behind him, and shot Qi Long with a horse, Qi Long seemed to have expected it, first dodged Li Xiaotian's attack with a flash, and then slashed at Li Xiaotian with a sword.
In an instant, the two fought back and forth for nearly a hundred rounds, and gradually Li Xiaotian was a little physically exhausted, Qi Long grabbed the flaw in Li Xiaotian's move, and kicked Li Xiaotian in the chest, Li Xiaotian instantly took dozens of steps backwards before stabilizing his body.
Li Xiaotian wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, like a wounded beast, and roared in a low voice: "The surname is Qi, this is what you forced Lao Tzu to do." After speaking, he killed Li Xiaotian with a gun, and the offensive was even more fierce than Fang Cai.
Qi Long seemed to have seen through Li Xiaotian's moves, and saw that the moves dismantled Li Xiaotian's offensive one by one. Li Xiaotian jumped straight to his feet, but he had no way to take Qi Long, so he could only wave the spear in his hand vigorously.
Qi Long seemed to have had enough, and when Li Xiaotian stabbed at him, he cut off the spear with a sword and pointed the sword at Li Xiaotian's heart.
Seeing that the two of them had a winner, Zhu Cihong said with a smile: "Okay, good, good, this competition is very exciting, both of them are good, but Qi Long's skills are still slightly better." ”
Hearing Zhu Cihong speak, Qi Long took the sword back. Li Xiaotian retreated into the crowd in a gloomy manner.
Zhu Cihong smiled and said, "Qi Long, are you willing to follow His Highness?" ”
Qi Long knelt on one knee, clasped his hands into fists and said, "Subordinate Qi Long, I have seen His Royal Highness the Prince!" ”
"Alright, get up! Today is not in vain. ”
After hearing this, Qi Long got up and stood behind Zhu Cihong. Zhu Cihong said to the old eunuch: "This person has been taken away by the prince, no problem!" ”
Although the old eunuch was not happy, Zhu Cihong was the prince after all, and he still had this right. I can only hurriedly say that there is no problem.
Hearing the old eunuch say that there was no problem, Zhu Cihong took Qi Long back.