Chapter 5 A Hundred Steps Through the Yang

Shi Min is eighteen years old, eight feet tall, with extraordinary strength, can open a hard bow of 200 stones, thick eyebrows and big eyes, and is lofty. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 infoThe Qiang people are born bloodthirsty and warlike, so Shi Min is deeply loved by Shi Hu, and Shi Hu treats him like a grandson.

Shi Min followed Shi Hu to the school in the palace, and Shi Min knew that His Majesty the Emperor wanted to test whether his strength had grown recently.

"Min'er, your father asked me to take care of you before the expedition, so that you don't waste martial arts, today it happens that both of our grandfather and grandson are free, come, let me see how you are doing."

Shi Min asked with a smile, "I don't know what kind of ability Your Majesty wants to see your grandson?" ”

"Oh? I heard that you are very strong and very good at archery, so show me a hand. ”

"Your Majesty commanded, if your grandson doesn't dare to disobey, then you will be ugly in front of Your Majesty." Shi Min said, and walked to the side, ready to get a bow and arrow.

"Wait!" Shi Hu suddenly stopped Shi Min.

Shi Min turned around suspiciously and asked, "What's wrong, Your Majesty?" ”

"I'm afraid these bows don't fit your hands, come on, bring the hardest bow on the school field." Shi Hu instructed the guards around him.

"Yes." The guards hurriedly ran away to find the hard bow.

"Your Majesty wants to see your grandson's jokes, right?" Shi Min said with a smile.

Shi Hu got up from the chair, walked to Shi Min's side, and replied with a smile: "Where, I want to see how you are, don't worry, if you can't pull this bow, I won't blame you, on the contrary, if you can pull it away, I will have a reward, how about it?" ”

"Is that true?"

"No jokes! Come on, give it a try! ”

The guards had already brought the bow, Shi Min took it with both hands, took it in his hand and observed it carefully, gently pulled the bowstring, a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, and said slowly: "Good bow, this bow is made of bamboo in Nanshan for more than ten years, and this bamboo is also a thousand choices, it is really a good bow." ”

"How can you see that the bamboo used here is a thousand choices? And how do you know that it is made of Nanshan bamboo? ”

"Your Majesty, please see, first of all, this bamboo piece is very tough, the bamboo piece is very wide, and only such a bamboo can be grown on the South Mountain, and secondly, this bamboo node is the same length, and it must be carefully selected to find such a tree to make this bow."

"Shi Yong, is what Min Er said right?" Shi Hu asked the guard next to him.

"Min Gongzi is so knowledgeable at a young age, and he admires him." The guards respectfully bowed to Shi Min.

"Haha! Attaboy! Shi Hu happily patted Shi Min's shoulder, and then asked Shi Yong: "How much is the pull of this bow?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, about one hundred and thirty pounds."

"Min'er, can you pull it?"

"It should be able to pull, grandchildren can try." Shi Min replied.

"Come on! Then try your skills. Shi Hu said, walked to the side with a smile, stroked his beard and waited for Shi Min to shoot a bow and arrow.

I saw Shi Min spread his legs apart, steadied his footsteps, hooked the bowstring with the fingers of his right hand, and exerted force with both arms, pulling this hard bow to the fullest, and the guards next to him were dumbfounded. Shi Min's face was not red or breathless, and he pulled the bow three times in a row, and then turned to Shi Hu and said, "Your Majesty, this bow still doesn't seem to be smooth." ”

Shi Hu was overjoyed when he saw this scene just now, and said: "The hero is a young man, it seems that I underestimate you, this bow requires one hundred and thirty pounds of arm strength to pull, you can pull the bow so easily, it seems that you have to have a better strong bow to try the ability to compare." Shi Yong, is there a stronger bow in the palace than this? ”

"Your Majesty, Young Master Min's divine power is amazing, this bow can usually be pulled, there are only a few people among the guards, in the entire palace, I'm afraid I can't find a stronger bow than this, unless ......"

"Unless what? Don't spit out! Shi Hu asked impatiently.

"Unless the divine bow that Emperor Taizu used when he fought against the Xiongnu."

"That's right! How did I forget that there is such an artifact, go, get Emperor Taizu's divine bow! ”

When Shi Min heard this, he immediately stopped: "Your Majesty, this is the artifact used by Emperor Taizu, how can it be made by his grandson, it is impossible." ”

"Eh, what is this? A good horse with a good saddle, not to mention that you don't need such an artifact, I'm afraid I don't know how big your ability is, don't get in the way, Shi Yong, go quickly! ”

"Yes!"

After a while, Shi Yong and another guard brought a large wooden box, the wooden box was made of golden silk nan wood, and the surface of the box was engraved with the scene of the Qian people riding horses and hunting, and inside the wooden box, it contained the divine bow.

"Min'er, come and try it, don't underestimate this bow, it takes two hundred and fifty pounds of arm strength to fill the bow." Shi Hu greeted Shi Min.

"Yes."

Shi Min said, and walked to the wooden box, the bow in the wooden box, the bow body is bronze, presumably soaked in tung oil to prevent the skeleton of the bow from aging. At both ends of the bow are two wolf heads made of pure gold, and at a glance, you can see that the person who used this bow was murderous.

Shi Min picked up the bow with his left hand, and instantly felt that the weight was not light, and secretly said in his heart: It is really a rare good bow. Shi Min took the bow, walked to the school field, held it with his left hand, pulled the string with his right hand, and exerted his force violently, the bow body "squeaked", and it was a full bow again.

Shi Min was overjoyed, jumped up, jumped next to the arrow cluster, quickly pulled an arrow, took the bow, pulled the string, only heard the sound of "whoosh", the arrow flew out, and hit the bull's-eye in the distance.

Shi Min's series of actions were completed in one go, and Shi Hu and Shi Yong, who were watching, couldn't say a word in shock, and it took a while to react.

"Good! Good! Good! Shi Hu said three good words loudly, then applauded vigorously, happily took Shi Min's hand and said: "Tiger father has no dog, your courage is better than your father, I have the courage of your father and son, why worry about the world?" ”

Shi Yong and several other guards on the side were also full of admiration.

"Shi Yong, this is one hundred and fifty steps away from that target, right?" Shi Hu asked.

"Back to Your Majesty, about one hundred and eighty steps."

"What a hundred and eighty steps! The Han people have a word to describe what is good archery? What are the steps? Shi Hu scratched his head and asked.

"Returning to Your Majesty, it's called a hundred steps through Yang." Shi Yong reminded in a whisper.

"That's right! 100 steps through the Yang! Hahaha! What kind of ability is that guy wearing Yang in 100 steps, my grandson is wearing Yang in 180 steps! Better than him! ”

"Your Majesty has won the prize! Commander Stone, put this bow back in its place. Shi Min handed the bow to Shi Yong with both hands.

Shi Yong was about to take over the hand, but Shi Hu stretched out his hand to stop him: "Slow, don't put this bow back, since Min Er can pull away Emperor Taizu's divine bow, then this bow will be given to you Min Er." ”

"Your Majesty, this must not be, it must not be done!" Shi Min was shocked, and quickly knelt down on one knee, raised the bow above his head with both hands, and begged Shi Hu to take back his life.

"Why not? Get up and speak! With that, Shi Hu pulled Shi Min up and said with a smile: "The sword is given to the hero, Taizu must be happy to see this artifact used by a young hero like you." Don't shirk, take this bow, and I have something else to reward you. ”

"And the reward? No, no, no, the grandchildren can't receive any more rewards. Shi Min hurriedly excused himself.

"You don't joke, just now you pulled the Nanshan bamboo bow, I have an appointment with you first, you pull it away, I naturally want to reward you. Shi Yong! ”

"The minister is here!"

"Go and fetch the goose feather armor."

"This ......" Shi Yong looked a little embarrassed.

"What is this? Why don't you go soon? Shi Hu glared at Shi Yong.

"Yes......" Shi Yong hurriedly stepped back, and then glanced at Shi Min secretly.

"Your Majesty, what is the Wild Goose Lingjia?" Shi Min looked puzzled.

"Haha, it's naturally a treasure, you'll find out later!" Shi Hu smiled and sat on the chair, cocking Erlang's legs. Shi Min stood beside him with a puzzled expression.

It didn't take long for Shi Yong to hold a two-foot square brocade box, kneel on one knee, and hold the brocade box in front of Shi Hu with both hands.

"Here, let's see if it fits." Shi Hu shouted to Shi Min in the wood.

Shi Min walked to Shi Hu's side with a puzzled look on his face and picked up the armor. With Shi Yong's help, Shi Min quickly put on the Yanling armor. Shi Min took a closer look at this armor, the middle of the armor was like the shape of an eagle, and the texture around it was like a wild goose, no wonder the name was Yan Ling Armor.

"Good! You wear it just right! Shi Hu stroked his beard with a smile.

"Your Majesty, whose armor is this? Although his grandson's knowledge is short, he can also see that this armor is by no means a vulgar thing. Shi Min asked seriously.

"You kid has eyesight, this armor is the armor I wore when I fought in the Quartet, the years are not forgiving, I am already the year of the armor, rather than let this armor rot in the corner, it is better to give it to you, if you go to the battlefield in the future, you can also conquer the world for me."

"Your Majesty, this can't be helped, this goose armor is Your Majesty's beloved thing, and Your Majesty has given Emperor Taizu the divine bow with your Majesty's love, how can your grandson accept Your Majesty's armor again, absolutely not." Shi Min said as he wanted to take off the Yan Ling armor.

"Don't move, don't take it off." Shi Hu got up and pressed Shi Min's hand, and then soothed: "Jun Wu joked, have you forgotten?" This is what I gave you, you can't shirk it, besides, I didn't give you the Yanling armor for nothing, you can use this armor to make contributions to me one day, and don't live up to my expectations. ”

Shi Min knelt down in front of Shi Hu, clasped his hands into fists, and said loudly: "Sun Er will definitely live up to His Majesty's love!" ”

"Get up, get up." Shi Hu smiled and pulled Shi Min up, then pulled Shi Min and said, "I am very happy today, you stay in the palace and have lunch with me, don't shirk." ”

Shi Min nodded hurriedly: "Obey." ”