Chapter 30: The Trick of the Soldier (4)
As the saying goes, "things gather by like, people by groups", I think it was a huge mistake for my dad to ask Wang Rengong to be my master, because one gangster ran into another gangster and there were only two of them, either they lost both, or they made waves. Either is not a good thing.
In some ways, Wang Rengong does have the strength to be my teacher, when I officially went to the army for the first time, I happened to see him in the school field to practice soldiers, he shot a sword dozens of meters away from the hanging copper ring, in addition, he also has a martial arts, ordinary people can not easily hurt him, because these two points I admired him so much that I accepted this master in my heart.
This year, the struggle in the East Palace has ended, and the court has restored the surface of peace, and now His Royal Highness the Crown Prince lives in the East Palace, winning the hearts of the people, this year is also the year of the emperor's 60th birthday, in order to celebrate, it may also be because the emperor is more afraid of death the older he gets, the name of the country that has been used for 20 years has been changed to Renshou, and the word "Renshou" sounds a little embarrassing, because as far as I know, the administration of this empire is neither benevolent, nor can this emperor live at all, because he is destined to live for long.
As for the things related to me, that is, I have another younger brother Li Xuanba, and I didn't pay special attention to his birth, and now in addition to watching the art of war, the most important thing is to fool around with Wang Rengong. He's an unruly person, and it just so happens that I have an unruly soul.
At first, Wang Rengong was still serious in front of me, and he had a very simple requirement for me, shooting fifty arrows a day, and shooting it was full, but when my archery posture began to look good, he lowered the requirement to thirty, and when I could barely shoot the target, he only let me shoot ten arrows a day. When I was able to hit the bull's-eye, he simply let me practice once in two days.
I really don't understand his logic. One day when I was practicing archery, eight out of ten arrows were shot outside the target, I was very angry, and when I picked up the arrow next to me and wanted to continue practicing, Wang Rengong stopped me next to me, "Say the good rules, ten arrows in two days, let's stop here today." ”
I refused to put my bow down and argued, "Master, I have performed too poorly today, and I want to practice more." ”
Wang Rengong said: "Don't practice, it's still like this if you practice again, I know you're in a bad mood as soon as you come today." You see, as I expected, usually you can have at least seven arrows hit the bull's-eye, not today, the day after tomorrow, let's go! ”
He came to push me, and I stood still and said, "Master, wait until I finish practicing......"
He snatched the bow from my hand and said with a smile: "Built, you have been in the barracks for less than two months, and your archery skills are already better than most of them, do you know why?" ”
I said, "I only practice archery every day, so naturally it is better." ”
"Oh, yes!" Wang Rengong smiled, "Because of intentions." One of the elements of archery is to be determined, you are impetuous, shooting a hundred arrows will not work, I will take you out to relax, and it will be good to wait for these two days. ”
I waved my hand and said, "Master is right. But ......"
"It's nothing, let's go, let's go."
Under Wang Rengong's coaxing and persuasion, I accompanied him into the city, of course, as soon as I entered the city, I regretted it, because Wang Rengong's purpose was very clear, and he took me to a tavern.
A long time ago, I had a shadow of the ancient wine, and I didn't dare to touch half a drop at all, and I didn't dare to make a mistake when I entered the tavern with him, but I just watched the shopkeeper walk around serving wine very vigilantly.
When Wang Rengong saw me like this, he laughed and said, "Haven't you ever drunk? Don't be afraid, your master is here, and the wine here is not intoxicating, don't worry. He said and shouted to the shopkeeper to take the wine, and then said to me, "Come on, tell me, why are you in a bad mood at a young age?" Come on, come on. ”
The shopkeeper was very active in bringing up the wine, he filled himself with a bowl, poured me another bowl, and then drank the wine in the bowl in one go, and brought the bottom of the bowl over to show me.
I didn't dare to drink, so I excused myself, "Master, I'm not good at drinking. ”
Wang Rengong waved his hand and shouted, "Do you think that people who drink alcohol are born with it?" Tell you, I'm not, but you see me now, if I drink this jar, I won't get drunk, it's all practiced. ”
I looked at him, and before he had drunk two bowls, he was half drunk.
I looked at the clear liquid in front of me, the aroma of the wine hit people, and finally I couldn't help but take a sip, the wine is a good wine, a little different from the first time I drank it, this taste is relatively light.
"Good!" Wang Rengong gave me a wink as he poured a large bowl of wine into his mouth.
When I saw him like this, I didn't know where the courage came from, so I raised my head and drank the whole bowl of wine clean, and said to Wang Rengong, "Master, I had a nightmare last night. ”
Wang Rengong said: "Let's hear it." ”
I remembered the dream I had last night, and unconsciously began to drink bowl after bowl, and after drinking a lot, I asked, "I dreamed of many people, they are all in danger, and I want to protect them but I can't, I can only watch them being killed, and I feel very useless." ”
Wang Rengong listened to the "snort" and said disdainfully: "Just this little is worth your sadness here?" And is it still a dream? Even if this is true, the battle is still fought, and life is not the same, don't you say? ”
His playful look made me angry, but my anger at him didn't last long, and it quickly shifted to another person — one who, to tell the truth, just underplayed.
Originally, Wang Rengong and I were sitting by the window, because it was spring, the weather was sunny, and there were people coming and going on the street, and I was talking about when I was holding the short sword given to me by my father in my dream, but I couldn't move at all, when suddenly there was a "dang" sound, and a cold arrow grazed my forehead and nailed to the table between me and Wang Rengong. I was half drunk and my scalp was numb, and I touched it with my hand and found blood on my hand.
At first, I thought it was an assassin, Wang Rengong was much more experienced and calm than I was, and he pointed to an attic outside the window and said, "Cut diagonally, where the arrow is shot." ”
I looked up and saw a man standing in front of the window of the attic opposite, indeed holding a bow in his hand, looking at me with a wicked smile on his face, as if he were showing off his might.
Wang Rengong also saw him, and said in a low voice: "He is the eldest son of the right guard general, Yu Wenhua, we can't afford to provoke him." ”
I looked at the blood stains on my fingertips with a little drunkenness, and said, "Why can't you mess with it?" I'm going to mess with it. ”
Wang Rengong listened and said, "Don't drink too much. Don't say I didn't warn you, if you want to mess with him, you have to find a way. He had several guards around him...... Wait, he's coming downstairs. ”
I closed my eyes and thought about it carefully, and said to Wang Rengong, "Master, how many guards are there around him?" ”
Wang Rengong looked at it for a while and said, "Five." ”
I shook my head and said, "Whoever fights, win with the right and the odd...... Well...... The change of Qi Zheng is invincible and ...... poor"
Wang Rengong pulled me and said, "Nerd, now is not the time to study. ”
I wiped the blood that spilled from my forehead again, shook my head and said, "Master, I don't care what kind of messy Yuwen he is, he is so evil, I have to teach him a lesson." ”
Wang Rengong said: "Do you have a way? ”
I nodded.
Yu Wenhua glanced inside as he passed by, I looked at him, and found that he was looking at me defiantly, and smiled at him, and his original evil smile disappeared suddenly, and he glared at me coldly.
When I walked out of the tavern, I was a little floating, swaggering after them, walking a short distance, and being taken to an alley where no one was around, Yu Wenhua suddenly turned to look at me, and sneered: "You still dare to follow me?" It's not a small amount of courage. ”
My intuition told me that Yu Wenhua deliberately chose this place to teach me a lesson, so I sneered and asked, "Lao Tzu is not frightened, do you dare to fight me alone?" ”
He was a little stunned when he heard this, and then laughed, "Just you? Okay, get out of the way! Little rabbit, Uncle Ben will teach you a lesson today. He waved his hand, and the five guards around him stepped aside.
He walked towards me step by step, I suddenly felt that this scene was familiar, but my mind was a mess and I couldn't remember anything, I slowly stepped back, and after a few steps back, I only heard an "oops", and one of the five guards behind him had already fallen to the ground.
To be honest, I didn't see how Wang Rengong did it, because when Yu Wenhua looked back, there was no one else in the back except for the remaining four guards who were scared.
He looked back at me angrily and said, "You did that?" ”
I nodded, pointed to the ground on my forehead, and said, "So what?" If you shoot an arrow at random in the street, if you shoot someone to death, won't you be in ruin of people's lives? Plus you provoked Lao Tzu. You probably don't know who Lao Tzu is, Lao Tzu told you, how dare you provoke me, you're finished! ”
I walked towards him, and he walked towards me, and before he could raise his fist, I pulled my leg back and ran.
He laughed wantonly and rushed forward, before the laughter fell, a bamboo stick stretched out from the corner of the alley, which hit his feet, Yu Wenhua and fell to the ground with a "whew", I turned around, picked up the bamboo stick handed to me by Wang Rengong and beckoned to him. Of course, he couldn't struggle, because Wang Rengong was holding the arrow he had shot earlier, and it was stuck in his neck.
Before the four guards who came behind him could get closer, a layer of cloth was covered over their heads, and by the time they took off the cloth on their heads, Wang Rengong and I had already run away.
Wang Rengong sat on the green grass and gave me a thumbs up with a smile and said, "Little clever ghost, where did you learn all these messy tricks?" ”
I ran all the way, and I drank too much alcohol and just wanted to sleep, so I had to say, "I learned from books." ”
Wang Rengong shook his head in disbelief, "There are still these in the book?" Tell me about it? ”