Chapter 10: Practice Shooting
Pei's self-return to Jiangdong, perhaps because of the lack of adaptation to the water and soil, he fell seriously ill again, but after the illness recovered, his complexion improved day by day, and his cheeks gradually plumped. On this day, she got up in the morning and asked first, "Can Wenyue return?" "Last night, Pei Gai originally said that he was coming back to have a banquet, but then he turned yellow again, and changed it to go to Director Wang's house for dinner, and he didn't return until it was dark - did he stay in Director Wang's mansion?
- If she is still in the Hu camp, Pei should not go home, or even just entertain guests and not sleep, Pei will not go to bed, she is not at ease. But now that it's back in Jianye, there's no need to worry too much.
Yun'er replied that I sent someone to ask early in the morning, and Lang Jun came back in the middle of the night and did not stay overnight.
Pei Shi nodded, she knew that Pei Gai had tended to sleep late and wake up late recently, so she didn't bother him yet. Someone happened to come to report that the king had come to bow and ask about his life, so Pei Shi first came to the mirror, tidied up his appearance, and then ordered: "Please come in." β
The "big king" they are talking about naturally refers to the new king of the East China Sea, Sima Qila, who is only thirteen years old and is still a child. At that moment, Sima Qi came in and kowtowed to his "grandmother" to say goodbye, Pei asked him about his homework, and then let him go.
- Pei Gai, the "King of the East China Sea", is false, although he was born in a family, he has no reputation in academics at all, and it is impossible for Sima Rui to let him teach his son. Sima Pei's succession brought with him a lot of well-educated people, such as Langzhong, Shilang, Dianshu, Dianshu, Dianshu, Dianwei, Xueguan, Dianshu, Zhishu, etc., forming a complete set of auxiliary teams - for now, it may be said that it is the "education team".
Sima Yi bowed down and retired, not mentioning it since he went to school, and said that Pei's waited until the sun was three poles, and then he came to find Pei Gai. The Donghai Mansion and the Pei Mansion live next to each other, and the middle is even more simply opened, as if there are two courtyards in one house, so the Pei family is almost one step away.
Pei Ren had already come up to greet him, and Pei asked him, can my nephew get up? Pei Ren replied: "The lord is practicing shooting in the backyard. β
Pei Shi frowned slightly, and immediately took Yun'er over to visit. I saw that only Pei Gai and a man in short clothes were in the courtyard, and Pei Gai also took off his long clothes and knees, etc., and stood proudly on the side of the courtyard with his left side, holding a bow in his hand, his left hand was like Tuo Taishan, and his right hand was like holding a babyβbut the string was empty, and there was no arrow in sight.
I saw the short-clothed man holding a bow with one hand, and kept pointing at Pei Gai: "You can lean forward slightly, but your waist can't collapse...... Left arm extended...... Don't shrug your right shoulder...... If the posture of the bow is correct, you will get seven or eight points for archery, and then practice shooting with arrows, you can get twice the result with half the effort. β
Seeing Pei Gai's bare shoulders and oily face, it is estimated that he is all sweating, his eyebrows are twisted, his nose is crooked, and his mouth is full, how ugly and ugly his expression is. Pei Shi was a little worried, so he heard Pei Cai ask: "I don't know how long it will take to open the bow like this?" The man replied casually: "Wang Fu is a beginner, it doesn't take too long, one meal is enough." β
Looking at Pei Gai's expression, he almost cried: "My arm is about to break, how can I endure a meal?!" β
Seeing this and hearing this, Yun'er wanted to step forward and save Pei Gai by reporting the news of the arrival of the concubine of the East China Sea, but was stopped by Pei Shi pulling her sleeve. After a while, I heard Pei Gai crying: "I really can't do it...... If the string is loosened at this time, will it hurt the flesh and skin? β
The man sighed softly: "If the string is loose, the flesh will not hurt, but this bow hurts ......" and then shook his head: "That's it, please put the bow away slowly." β
Pei Gai relaxed his bow and rested on the stone bench next to him, and then wrapped his arms around his chest, rubbing his sore muscles uncontrollably. Only then did Pei Shi gesture to Yun'er, Yun'er took two steps forward, raised her voice and said, "The princess of the East China Sea has come to worship the princess." β
When Pei Gai heard this, he quickly turned around, hurriedly put his left arm back into his sleeve, and then bowed down: "Aunt is here, my nephew is disheveled, and he has lost his manners, so please forgive me." β
Pei Shi waved his hand and said it was okay. immediately took out a silk handkerchief from his arms, handed it to Yun'er, and motioned for her to help Pei Gai wipe his sweat. Pei Cai hurriedly snatched the handkerchief to wipe himself, and in a trance seemed to return to the horse farm in Xuchang City, when he was learning to ride for the first time, Pei Shi also watched from the sidelines, and then asked Yun'er to serve the handkerchief and hot water when he was resting......
"Lord, drink some water." But this time it was Pei Ren who brought the hot water.
As for the man in short clothes, he had already followed behind Pei Gai, kneeling on the ground, Pei Gai wiped his sweat with one hand, took the water bowl with the other, glanced at him slightly, and then introduced to Pei Shi: "This ancestor is a young man Feng Tie, and his nephew has invited him to teach archery." β
"Villain Feng Tie, meet the concubine."
Pei Shi stretched out his hand: "No need to be polite, get up." Then he asked, "Did Zu Shizhi also come south to Jianye?" "Pei Gai said yesβ" King Langya summoned him to serve as a sacrificial wine for the Zhendong Army. β
Pei Shi gestured with her eyes and ordered everyone else to retreat, she walked up to Pei Gai alone and asked in a low voice, "Why did Wen Yue think of learning to shoot?" It's just right for me to live here in peace, do you still have the intention of going north? β
At that time, the scholar Yunwen Yunwu, the gentleman had "archery" in the six arts, but the problem is that not everyone has the qualifications of both civil and military, as far as Pei knows, Pei should not even be able to ride a horse well in the past, let alone archery? And looking at the way he looks today, he should also be a beginner...... Then why did you suddenly remember to practice archery in your twenties?
When I was in Huying, I learned to ride a horse in order to run away, and I had no choice but to do it, but now we live well with Jiangdong, you say that you want to continue your studies and settle accounts, and you can also say that it is to revive Pei's industry, and you want to learn calligraphy and articles, and you can say that it is for the ambition of your ancestors, but you start to learn archery...... You don't want to cross the river to the Central Plains to fight, do you?!
Hearing Pei's question, Pei Gai's eyebrows couldn't help frowning slightly, and his eyes were blazing, as if projecting a blazing fire: "The ancestral tombs are all in the east of the river, how can you ignore them?!" β
"There are many generals in Jiangdong, such as King Langya and Wang Maohong...... By the way, didn't Zu Shizhi cross the river? He is a good general, so why should he make an appointment to cross north? β
Pei Gai shook his head and said truthfully: "According to my nephew, Jiangdong is all rats, but if you want to secede the country, you have the idea of recovering your homeland?" Although Zu Shizhi has ambitions, after all, he is alone, so he wants to find an opportunity to go north side by side with his nephew, expel Hulu, restore the Central Plains, and save the grave of his ancestors from the stench! β
If Pei said that he wanted to save the country, the nation, or save the people from fire and water, Pei could persuade him again, and if he said that he wanted to save the grave of his ancestors, Pei would have nothing to say...... After all, it was also the ancestral grave of her mother's family. And for the Chinese scholars, the ancestors are supreme and great, this is natural political correctness, what words can you refute?
But she couldn't help but have a sour nose and tears in her eyes: "The battle is dangerous, how can I bear to go to the ...... If there is no danger and the great sect is cut off, what face will I have to go down to the earth to see my father? β
Pei Cai hurriedly comforted Pei and said, "Aunt and relax, since she has come to Jiangdong after a hundred deaths, she will not easily waste her life." On the battle array, fighting to the death often means living, and if you are afraid to retreat, it is easy to die. Besides, the news of my brother has not yet been confirmed, and he may still be in the world, and there is no danger of extinction......"
Pei Shi shook his head again and again, and said I don't have any illusions about your brother anymore, and his chances of still surviving may not be more than one percent...... But she has been with Pei Gai for a long time, and she also knows that although this nephew is very respectful to herself, he has a big idea, and he will never change his plan because of the persuasion of his aunt, and he is not afraid of death, so persuasion is also in vain.
Thinking about it, he could only make a final request to Pei Cai: "Qing should marry first, give birth to an heir, and then go to a dangerous place, otherwise it will be a great unfilial piety!" β
Pei Gai frowned, and said in his heart, why did he talk about my marriage again? I want to prevaricate, but there is no reason - people in this era take "no queen" very seriously, and asking themselves to get married and have children as soon as possible is also politically correct and irrefutable. So I had to bow down: "It's all up to my aunt's arrangement." β
Pei Shi asked: "Still talking to Qing about the women of the Sima family, or are they from the high families such as Wang, Xi, Xun, and Cui...... Oh, now only the Langya Wang clan is left......"
Pei Gai shook his head: "I'm alone in the south today, I'm afraid that Qi will not be a coincidence." β
The term "Qi Da Fei Couple" comes from "Zuo Biography", saying that Qi Duke wanted to marry his daughter Wen Jiang to the prince of Zheng Guo, but was politely refused, and suddenly said: "Everyone has a coincidence, Qi Da, not my puppet." "There is a gap in family background, I am not worthy of the princess of Qi Kingdom, and marrying is easy to cause trouble.
Pei Gai means, don't look at me, Hedong Pei's family is a first-class family in the world, but after all, the family is separated, and only one of my men ran to Jiangdong - Pei Si's father and son can't be counted - I want to marry the Wang family who is in charge of Jiangdong, this is not appropriate, right?
Pei Shi glared: "Nonsense." Could it be that the daughters of the Wang family can only be closed forever? "In addition to the Wang family in Jiangdong, who else is stronger than my Pei family? According to what you said, who else can be worthy of the girls of the royal family now, except for marrying the princesses of the domain, they can only be old virgins for a lifetime?
In fact, the marriage with the Wang family, politically, is indeed more advantageous, Pei Gai is just naturally averse to arranged marriages and political marriages, so he just finds an excuse to refuse. He turned his brain, and suddenly came up with another reason: "Men and women are married, depending on the family background and family background, and they must also be in love, at least they must know the other party's temperament, whether they are good women, and they can't all listen to the words of the matchmaker." I don't know if Jiangdong has the custom of facing the water on the sun? β
The so-called "Shangsi Day" originally refers to the first day of March, which can be regarded as the "Marriage Day" handed down from ancient times. In the Wei and Jin dynasties, this festival was fixed on March 3 every year, and the main content was no longer the blind date and marriage between men and women, but changed to a spring outing and a waterfront trip (a sacrifice held by the waterside in spring and autumn to cleanse the unclean). In the past, in Luoyang, on this day, all sergeants and girls would go to the shore of Luoshui to have fun. You must know that ordinary women in the family, especially unmarried women, go out, and the chances of being seen by men are pitiful, but on this day, they will fall out of the nest, even if there is no name for blind dates, it will inevitably form a lot of blind dates.
So Pei should ask, I don't know if there is such a custom in Jiangdong? I want to take advantage of this custom and try my luck to see if there is a girl who can match her eyes and marry her.
When Pei Shi heard this, he couldn't help but bump into it angrily......
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