Every year of the Manchurian-Mongolian cavalry and archery competition, the winner can not help but get the rich rewards of Kangxi and the Mongolian Khan, and those who have other honors can also claim the reward in person.

Therefore, many Manmeng nobles who were good at riding and archery looked forward to showing their skills at this time, even if it was not a reward, it was a great honor to show their faces in front of the emperor and the Great Khan.

After noon, the banquet is dozens of meters away and the colored ball is hung high, this colored ball is a traditional riding and archery game, the colored ball has a square hole on all sides, from the front view, it is very similar to the copper coin in the outer circle and the inner square, but except for the middle square hole can shoot into the arrow, the rest of the place is made of iron sheet, and it falls down when it is shot.

The rules of the game are also very simple, anyone who is willing to participate in this competition can ride a horse and try it, and the one who shoots the most arrows into the air wins, and there is a special person next to him who is responsible for counting the number of arrows shot into each person.

As soon as the crisp gong struck, everyone who was drinking and feasting here couldn't help but get up and set their eyes on the arena over there. I saw a group of knights dressed in various auspicious costumes of the Manchurian and Mongolian tribes riding horses around the colored balls hanging in the center, and at the same time holding bows and arrows.

Suddenly, a flaming red-maned horse flew over the heads of the crowd and headed straight into the shooting field, and the horse swirled like a red lightning bolt around the colored ball.

When he looked into the distance with his sleeves propped up, he suddenly saw the red-maned horse, and his heart couldn't help but be shocked......

The crowd watching the arena from afar set off an uproar and cheers, and the spectators were impressed by the superb riding and archery skills of this young man riding a red-maned horse, and could not help but applaud.

I saw the man sitting on the horse, although he was not very old, but his arms were extremely strong, and he drew his bow at the colored ball in the center of the field like a full moon, and the arrow was not missing, and every shot was sure to hit.

After a few rounds, the square holes on all sides of the colored ball have been pierced with his colored feather arrows, how can others still shoot into it?

In the end, the young man actually lay on his back on the horse's back, supported the bow with his foot, and when he passed under the colored ball, an arrow swished and hit a very small gap in the middle of the red ling.

Although Kangxi was some distance away, he could see it clearly. Seeing this scene, he was also very surprised, and couldn't help but praise again and again: "I don't know who this young hero is? is young, but his riding and archery skills are so superb and spicy, why have I never seen this person in previous years? ”

Seeing Kangxi's praise, the Great Khan of Jiri Mutu didn't feel that his face showed pride and joy, and said with a smile: "That's my younger brother, named Bagen, he grew up with me since he was a child, and his temperament is as casual and unrestrained as a steppe wild horse, and he didn't pay much attention to these activities in previous years, and never followed, so Bogda Khan didn't see him." Somehow this year, he suddenly asked to come with me, and I wanted to bring him to see the world, so I came with me. ”

Kangxi listened in his ears, his eyes always followed Bagen's shadow like red lightning, nodding slightly, his eyes full of approval and appreciation.

In the next few competitions, Bagan won the top spot without any surprise.

When the sunset dyes the meadow golden, the competitions are over one after another, and there is no need to care about winning or losing. Kangxi stood up excitedly and said loudly: "Spread Bagen to come to me." ”

A eunuch's sharp voice had already summoned him out again and again, and after a while, he saw a red-maned horse with a shiny luster, Bagen dismounted outside the tent, strode around the bonfire, and came to Kangxi and Ji Ri Mutu knelt down in front of him to salute, Kangxi turned sideways and said to Li Dequan: "Give me this bowl of imperial wine to the warriors." ”

"Huh!" Li Dequan carefully picked up the gin wine bowl in front of Kangxi, slowly walked to Bagen, who was kneeling on one knee, and said: "The emperor rewards the imperial wine, heroes, please!" ”

Bagen didn't speak, but arched his hands upwards and took a sip of his neck tonight.

Kangxi just looked at it from a distance in the afternoon, and felt that this person was extremely brave and very fond of it, and when he saw Bagen closely, he saw that his body was burly but his tendons were strong and well-proportioned, and he did not have the fat of the Mongolian warriors, and his eyebrows were thick, his eyes were bright, and he was fierce and righteous, and he liked it more and more.

Kangxi said to the inner supervisor on the side: "The agate Ruyi paid tribute by Silla has a total of six handles, and I gave one to the Queen Mother, and when the crown prince celebrates his birthday, I give him a handle, and today I will take one handle and give it to the Lord Bagan!" ”

As soon as Kangxi's words fell, I saw Ba Gen, who was kneeling on the ground, opened his mouth directly, his voice was loud, and the four seats were clearly audible, and he saw Ba Gen's eyes shimmering at Kangxi, and he said: "Dear Bogda Khan, as long as you win the competition, you can make your own request, I don't know if I can ask for a reward myself?" ”

The Jiri Mutu Khan on the side knew in his heart that the agate Ruyi that Kangxi gave to Bagen today was already an unusually important reward, and when he saw Bagen refusing, he unconsciously sank his face and said: "Bagen, Bogda Khan has given you a grand reward today, you should immediately thank you and retreat!" ”

Kangxi saw that he actually rejected the priceless agate Ruyi, and offered the reward himself, and felt that this person was very interesting, so he waved his hand at the auspicious day Mutu, and asked with a smile: "This is the rule of the past, it should be so, I don't know how the hero asks for a reward?" ”

Bagen raised his face, glanced behind Kangxi, suddenly stood up, glanced around, and saw that the outer guards had bows and arrows in their hands, and stepped over in a few steps and grabbed the bow and arrow in the guard's hand and aimed it at the center of the main hall to shoot.

Everyone present was shocked and stood up one after another, and Concubine Yu, who was sitting next to Kangxi, turned pale with fright, and shouted: "Inner guard!" Protect the Emperor! The guards on both sides drew their knives with a whoop.

The Great Khan of Jiri Mutu was also shocked, and pointed at Bagen and rebuked angrily: "Bagen! How dare you be so rude, why don't you put down your bow and arrows quickly! Come on, quickly take the bow and arrow from the prince's hand! As soon as the words fell, the Mongolian guards on the side wanted to hug Bagan and surround him.

But they had the arrow in Bagen's hand fast, only to hear a pop, the arrow "swished" and flew out, only to see an arc crossed, and a pom-pom made of colored silk hanging on the big tent above Kangxi's head fell, impartially, and fell into the arms of the sleeve standing behind Kangxi, holding the tray.

Huai Sleeve was startled, and when she raised her head, everyone's eyes were already focused on her alone.

Huai Sleeve crossed the heavy gaze, and then looked at Bagan, he was using those burning eyes to lock her face deeply, this is such a gaze, it turns out that there is someone secretly paying attention to him all the time, this person is Bagen.

The sleeves omitted the implied affection in Bagen's eyes, and a pair of moon eyebrows frowned slightly at Bagen, and there was a slight anger in his eyes.

Bagen's cold and hard facial features showed a hint of softness, he still put his bow on the ground, knelt down in front of Kangxi again, and said, "Dear Bogda Khan, what I want is this woman!" ”