"Deserved, deserved!" Gao Qi dived to the side, stepped aside and said, "Mr. Zhou, our family is here today, but we are passing on a message for a few nobles." ”

"Oh?" Zhou Yanru's face changed slightly, he naturally knew that since ancient times, collusion between inside and outside was the most taboo thing for the Son of Heaven, not to mention that today's son is by no means a broad-minded master, and there are many people in the palace, as long as the things in the secret room between himself and Gao Qi are spread, he will be ruined, and maybe he will be killed. Thinking of this, his eyes flashed, and he was looking for a way out.

Gao Qi sneaked into Zhou Yanru's appearance, and had already guessed the other party's thoughts: "Mr. Zhou, you don't have to worry, the two sentry outside are our apprentices, and they are the most reliable. ”

was guessed by Gao Qiqian, Zhou Yanru's face became ugly, he coughed lowly, and asked, "But I don't know who asked you to pass on the words, what did you say?" “

"Mr. Zhou, there are not many people in the palace who can move our family, why do you have to say it in person? As for the matter-" Speaking of this, Gao Qi took two steps forward and whispered a few words to Zhou Yanru. Zhou Yanru's face changed slightly, and he forced a smile: "This is a big deal, and it is not something that can be decided by the next person." ”

"Mr. Zhou said he was smiling!" Gao Qiqian laughed, and the eunuch's unique sharp voice echoed in the room, which was particularly harsh: "You are the head of the cabinet, as long as you open your mouth, how can the other gentlemen speak against it?" Besides, this is not a difficult thing, could it be that Mr. Zhou already has other favorite candidates? ”

"No, no." Zhou Yanru hurriedly shook his head, although he had reached the peak of the Ming Dynasty's civil officials, it was still quite taboo to face Gao Qiqian and the behemoth behind him.

"That's it!" Gao Qiqian laughed: "If Mr. Zhou already has someone he likes in his pocket, our family will have to go back and make amends to those nobles, and if he is killed by a stick, he can only admit it, who called our family the life of a slave?" Since Mr. Zhou has no goods in his hands. It's better to fulfill our family this time! Speaking of which, he didn't wait for Zhou Yanru to resign, so he took out a piece of silk paper from his sleeve, stuffed it into Zhou Yanru's hand without breaking up, and said with a smile: "I'm not afraid of Mr. jokes, there is a Zhuangzi here, just near the left of the Beijing Division, Mr. takes it to rest his feet, it is a little bit of that person's mind, don't shirk!" With that, he flashed out of the house.

"Father-in-law Gao. Gao Gonggong! Zhou Yanru pushed the door to chase, but he was afraid of people's attention, so he had to stop, he unfolded the silk cloth and looked at it, there was an address written on it, and he thought it was the Zhuangzi who had just raised his mind. He looked at the silk cloth, looked around, and finally carefully tucked it into his sleeve, and said to himself, "Hong Chengchou." Let's take a look at his resume later! ”

Xifandi, Huangshui Valley.

Huangshui is like an upside-down tree, and its many tributaries are like countless branches, winding between the end of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and the mountains on the edge of the Gobi. Finally, it flows into the Huangshui River, all the way to the east, and after passing through the Sun Moon Mountain, the river suddenly becomes wider. The slowing river creates a wide, fertile valley between Mt. Daban in the north and Mt. Lazhi in the south, which is called the Huangshui Valley. The abundant water source makes the land very fertile, and the altitude of more than 3,000 meters above sea level makes it very dry. The surrounding mountains block out the foehn and wind blowing in the north and west, making the winter much warmer than the surrounding area. Compared with the surrounding plateaus and deserts, it is like a forgotten paradise, overgrown with forests and meadows, as early as ancient times, the Zhou people set out from here to the east, all the way to the east, and established the Zhou for 800 years.

On the sunny side of a small mound, hundreds of shacks were erected, that is, a shallow pit about half a person deep and two or three zhang squares was dug, a wooden frame was erected on it, and then thick hay was spread to shelter from the wind and snow.

Li Zicheng sat on a wooden stake, struggling to read half of the "Zizhi Tongjian" without a cover, for his cultural level, this book is still too obscure and strong, but from the edge of the grinding hair, it is obvious that Li Zicheng has spent a lot of effort on this book.

"Uncle, you work so hard all day, do you want to go to the show?" Li Guo walked in from the outside, compared to a few months ago, his body was much thicker, and he had completely grown into a sturdy man.

"What do you know, there are university questions here, and it is up to them to fight with soldiers." Li Zicheng sighed: "It's a pity that I was very naughty when I was young, and I knew that I was playing with my companions on the river beach all day long, and I didn't even recognize all the words, otherwise I wouldn't be so laborious to read now." “

"How can it be so mysterious, it's not those big turbans that coax us to be blind." Li Guo laughed: "If I look at this war, it depends on who has great strength, good martial arts, and is not afraid of death, who can win." “

"You're wrong!" Li Zicheng shook his head and said, "I used to be the same as you thought, thinking that it was enough to be able to punch and fight, but after experiencing more things, I gradually understood some truths." Since ancient times, heroes and heroes, it is not enough to be able to rush, but also to be able to be knowledgeable, and come up with a way to govern the country and secure the country, so that the people will obey you, otherwise you will rush to kill and kill all day long, what day is it a head? “

While Li Zicheng was talking to Li Guo, a voice came from outside, half like a ballad and half like a mantra: "The bow is light, the arrow is long, and the arrow is angry." Open the bow posture, and divide the front and back into yin and yang; When the arrow goes out, there is a little work, so what's the use of being busy! Li Guo laughed when he heard it: "Uncle, that Hong Jiaotou dropped his bookbag there again, and he shot arrows, and he was still playing tricks." “

"You can't say that!" Li Zicheng shook his head and said: "That Hong Sect leader has the ability, but sometimes it is a little detouring, and most of the brothers were farmers who didn't know a single word before, where do they know that, it will naturally be half the result when they teach." "This guy has some ability, so he feels that no one in the army has ever surpassed him, and there is no one in his eyes on weekdays. If my uncle is free today, why don't you show your hand and give this guy some color! It turned out that the head of the Hong Sect in Li Guo's mouth was originally a border army, but because he owed too much salary, he killed the general manager in a fit of rage, and became a deserter, so he had no choice but to follow Li Zicheng. This man is a good arrow. So Li Zicheng asked him to teach archery in the army, and he had read the "Thirteen Chapters of the Archery Sutra", and regarded the mantra in it as a god. He knew that his uncle had been good at riding and shooting since he was a child, so he tricked Li Zicheng to compete with the head of the Hong Sect to extinguish the other party's prestige.

"That's it!" Li Zicheng sat in the shack for a long time, and his body was a little tired, and he just wanted to go out to relax his muscles. He stood up and said with a smile: "It's not a way to see them blindly teaching and practicing dumbly, let's go over today and see the methods of the head of the Hong Sect!" ”

"If my uncle is willing to make a move, it will definitely be good!"

The uncle and nephew of the Li family walked out of the shack and walked towards the shooting range, but it was a flat meadow, and there were more than a dozen straw men as targets fifty paces away, and more than 20 men were lining up, taking turns to shoot arrows at the target. Li Zicheng took a closer look. The brows couldn't help frowning, it turned out that although these men were well-proportioned, with broad shoulders and broad backs, and powerful arms, they often missed the target. Some of them drew their bows like a full moon, but the arrows landed a few steps away from the target. The crowd of onlookers laughed. The man's face was flushed with laughter, and he threw the bow in his hand to the ground, and scolded: "How can I shoot such a soft bow?" “

"Pick up the bow!" Don't wait for the head of the Hong sect to open his mouth to reprimand. Li Zicheng stepped forward and shouted, his face, which was always smiling on weekdays, was full of frost at this time, and the man did not dare to disobey. I had to bow my head and pick up the bow. Li Zicheng took the bow from the man's hand, pulled it, turned to the head of the Hong sect and asked, "How many forces is this bow?" (The unit of bow tension in the Ming Dynasty, a force is about nine catties and four taels)

"Tell King Chuang, this bow is of six forces."

"How do you use such a soft bow? How do I go into battle to kill an enemy? Li Zicheng frowned, he was born with superior arm strength, and the bows he used in battle on weekdays were all twelve strengths, so he naturally felt that this bow was very soft.

Hong Jiaotou said with a smile: "This is how the shooting method of this dynasty is taught, these people are beginners, if they are suddenly given a strong bow, they have not mastered the important method, what is the use of not shooting?" Although this bow is not hard, as long as it is used properly, it is enough to kill people in fifty steps. Speaking of this, he looked at Li Zicheng's face and said, "If the king doesn't believe it, let the villain give it a try!" “

"Okay, I'll let you try!" Li Zicheng handed the bow to the other party. I saw Hong Jiaotou take the bow, test the bow strength, take out three arrows from the quiver, hold the bow with the left hand, buckle the string with the right hand, one arrow on the string, and the other two stay in the left hand, and even the bow is fixed. I saw that his four flat posture was standing, his jaw was vertical, his body was upright, his demeanor was calm and leisurely, his eyes did not look at the bow, but he looked at the target in front of him, his front hand was like pushing Mount Tai, his back hand was like a tiger's tail, and his arms were used at the same time, and the bow was pulled like a full moon. I only heard the sound of the bowstring, and the arrow had already swished out, hitting the head of the straw man, and before the cheers of the crowd could be spoken, the head of the Hong Sect fired two arrows in a row, hitting the head of the straw man, splashing the broken grass all over the sky.

"Good!" Li Zicheng couldn't help but high-five and praised, he is also a knowledgeable person, knowing that the hand that the head of the Hong Sect just showed is the real kung fu of killing the enemy on the battlefield, you must know that in front of the two armies, life and death are just a matter of breathing, like the head of the Hong Sect holding two arrows in his hand, he can shoot three opponents in a row in the blink of an eye, which can not only save his own life, but also often force the enemy who has rushed in front of you to retreat in panic and turn the situation around.

"Let you all laugh!" The head of the Hong sect made a group and handed the bow back to the man in Fangcai: "The shooting method of this dynasty is different from that of the previous dynasty, and the bow force is lighter than that of the previous dynasty, which is not without reason. It is naturally good to have a strong bow and a sharp arrow, but the battle array is in a hurry, and how many people can tear the bow to the fullest? What's the difference between shooting out and a soft bow if you don't get it? As long as you shoot accurately, you can still kill the enemy where the armor of its face and ribs does not reach! “

"Makes sense!" Li Zicheng nodded, he also intended to let his subordinates around him learn more, so he asked: "You just said that his bow is not full, but I just saw that you are looking at the target, so how do you know that the bow is full?" “

"Tell the king, there are all in this mantra, the bow must be flat, the bow must be full, the length of the bow and the arrow have certain rules, when shooting the arrow, the eyes only need to look at the target, as long as the finger holding the bow touches the arrow, it is naturally full, why use the eyes to see." Speaking of this, Hong Jiaotou said with a smile: "Although this archery is a martial art, it is different from dancing knives and guns, the most important thing is to be calm, the most impatient can not be, as the saying goes, 'anger opens the bow, breath and releases the arrow", it is said that the bow must be opened with force, in order to be able to pull the bow full, and the arrow needs to be calm, before it can be shot. ”

"And how do you level the bow?"

"The mantra says that it is to be as level as it is, of course, you can't be so calm in the battle formation, it should be high or low."

"Why do you say that?"

"If you shoot low and fall in front of the enemy, the enemy will think that you are cowardly and cannot draw your bow, and your courage will naturally increase; And even if he misses someone, flying over his head can scare him, and maybe even shoot the person behind him. ”

Hearing this, Li Zicheng nodded, turned to his subordinates who were watching and said, "Have you heard it, it is your blessing to meet a good master like Hong Jiaotou, these are all life-saving things when you go into battle, you have to practice hard for me!" ”

"Yes!" Everyone responded in unison, Li Zicheng was about to turn around and leave, but he saw a subordinate running over quickly, with an anxious look on his face, obviously he had something important to say, he waved his hand and said, "Yufeng, talk to the side!" ”

"King Chuang, God Yikui and Don't Stick to the mud are dead!"

"What? Is this serious? ”

"Yesterday I took a team of brothers to rob a single gang caravan, and I listened to what the people inside said, He Ren Longhuo merged with Shen Yikui and Bu Mu, saying that the two of them secretly had antipathy, and now people in Shaanxi are panicking, and there are large and small poles everywhere." The little leader said this, his face full of excitement.

"Hey, the two of them didn't listen to me, they died a lot, and they also killed a lot of their brothers!" When Li Zicheng said this, his face showed a hint of sadness.

"You deserve it, damn ghosts can't listen to the living." The man spitted: "King Chuang, let's go back, as long as you put up your banner, the people who come to join the army are not the same as flowing water?" (To be continued.) )