Chapter 24: Mo Liang is talented and shocking
The Thirteen Princes are veterans of pitching pots, and when they pick up the first arrow, they are skilled in throwing the arrows in their hands into the spout. This made him breathe a sigh of relief, and it happened to be off to a good start. He is very confident that he can defeat Chu Xuhua. In this way, Chu Xuhua's purple jade flute, which is the only one in the world, is his.
Chu Xuhua was still unhurried, looking at the arrow in his hand, as if he was a little stunned. But his eyes were clear, and he knew that he was not in a daze. His slender white fingers lightly grasped the arrow, and he threw it with a look of weakness.
Some people saw that he was so weak and weak, but they snickered in private, saying that this arrow must not even be able to touch the spout of the pot. It's just that the world is unpredictable, although Chu Xuhua looks weak, but he is very accurate, and he actually fell straight into the mouth of the pot without the slightest deviation.
Everyone else was stunned, thinking that this arrow would fall in front of the pot, and it must not be thrown into the mouth of the pot, but they didn't expect it to be so accurate and enter the mouth of the pot. And the thirteen princes were also stunned, but in their hearts, they were in the Tao, it must be a coincidence, it was impossible for Chu Xuhua to be so lucky every time. He comforted himself so much.
However, once it can be said that it was lucky, one after another it hit the mouth of the pot like this, which couldn't help but make the thirteen princes secretly shocked in their hearts, for fear that this Chu Xuhua would throw ten arrows into the mouth of the pot like this. Who would have thought that this Chu Xuhua had never encountered this kind of game on weekdays, and it would be so powerful. It is not an exaggeration to describe it as pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger.
Sure enough, Chu Xuhua actually threw nine arrows into the mouth of the pot in unison, without the slightest deviation. The last arrow, as if it had to leave a little leeway, was thrown at random. The face of the thirteen princes became more and more pale, and now when he saw it, he was even more ruddy, as if he had seen some ghost.
"I conceded." Chu Xuhua Shi Ran saluted the thirteen princes, his expression was still indifferent, and he didn't have any joy at this result, and he didn't seem to disdain to get anything at all. And the thirteen princes are even white and ridiculous, but they just lost a game, why bother? Sure enough, people with small hearts are unwilling to let go of the slightest.
The loser wants to give away what the winner wants, that Chu Xuhua glanced at the thousand-year-old ginseng, and said slowly, "The thirteenth emperor brother doesn't have anything I want, just the thousand-year-old ginseng you won from the second emperor brother." When the Thirteen Princes heard this, their hearts ached even more, as if the treasure that had come to their hands had suddenly become someone else's.
He shot ruthlessly, regardless of the situation, and he was about to come to this thousand-year-old ginseng. But he didn't think that the Seven Emperor Brothers were also reckless, and directly took away what he had won so hard. But he couldn't help but give it, because Chu Qingning took out the thousand-year-old ginseng so open-mindedly, if he didn't give it, what kind of face would he have in front of everyone?
So I could only endure the pain and cut my love, and gave this thousand-year-old ginseng to Chu Xuhua. After Chu Xuhua took it, he lowered his long eyelashes and looked at the thousand-year-old ginseng in his hand, but he didn't say anything. He put away the thousand-year-old ginseng, flicked his clothes, and then turned around and walked to Chu Tingchuan's side and sat down, as if nothing had happened.
"How?" Chu Tingchuan saw that his expression was different, although others thought that he had not changed much, but Chu Tingchuan understood very well. Chu Xuhua attached himself and whispered in Chu Tingchuan's ear, "This ginseng is fake." The second emperor brother has never been so open-minded, and he will give away the thousand-year-old ginseng. ”
"That's right." Chu Tingchuan smiled and said kindly, but he was not much surprised.
Chu Qingning saw the two of them talking to each other there, for fear of being seen what clues the ginseng had, so he was always uneasy, but after a while, he saw that the two of them didn't say anything, and secretly breathed a sigh of relief. He knew that this Seventh Emperor Brother knew astronomy and geography, and he had studied medical pharmacology.
Fortunately, it doesn't seem to be seen that the ginseng is fake. It's just that Chu Qingning was a little puzzled, didn't he really see it? The thousand-year-old ginseng aura is naturally different from other ginseng, maybe Chu Xuhua saw it, but he didn't say anything.
Although he had doubts, because Chu Xuhua and Chu Tingchuan did not make a public announcement of this matter, he believed that Xing might have concealed Chu Xuhua's eyes. So I listened to someone else's suggestion to change to another game, and happily agreed.
After throwing the pot, it is the shooting. This is a very common thing, but throwing the pot is just a form of entertainment, but shooting is a real test of people's knowledge. However, no one dared to name Chu Xuhua to guess. There was once a foreign envoy who deliberately made it difficult, that is, he overcame a difficult problem with a shot, and wanted to use it to ridicule the lack of talent in the Chu State.
Few of the ministers present at that time could guess it, and they didn't dare to speak. Only this Chu Xuhua stood up, and it was effortless to guess what was covered. It is precisely because of this that the father loves these seven princes very much. It was only because of him that he did not lose face in front of foreign envoys.
But Chu Xuhua is very low-key, and he is extremely unshowy in everything, so only that time let people know that Chu Xuhua is full of knowledge, which is not comparable to ordinary princes. But such a person is only close to Chu Tingchuan, and it is really hard to imagine what clues there are, so that Chu Xuhua, who was originally arrogant and unwilling to approach anyone, took the initiative to approach Chu Tingchuan.
Shooting this will allow everyone present to participate in it. Of course, there are also direct names who are asked to guess. Of course, those who guess correctly are rewarded. Unlike pitching, the prize is given by the questioner and cannot be claimed.
Chu Qingning came up with the question first, he asked the maidservant to put an object under the cover, and among all the people present, only the two of them knew what was in the cover. So that others can guess. For those who are proficient in the "Zhou Yi" hexagram, they can use the hexagram to judge what is covered. If you don't know how to do it, it's hard to guess.
The person who asked the question, standing aside, slowly gave an unclear hint, "Far away in the sky, but close at hand." It is not as beautiful as Fanghua, but it is independent of heaven and earth, and it is in contrast to it. "It's really hard to find any clues from this hint. However, everyone was talking, but if someone stepped forward to answer, they fell silent.
Chu Qingning was so humiliated by Mo Liang, naturally he held a grudge, wanted to continue to find trouble with Mo Liang, and was afraid of provoking the topic he put on, so he thought about it and said, "If we are the only ones who guess what is in the background, we are not interested, why don't we also let all the concubines participate together?" ”
As soon as the words fell, someone clapped their hands and said yes.
vaguely knew that Chu Qingning wanted to find fault again, but Chu Tingchuan was still smiling to see what tricks Chu Qingning would play. And Mo Liang was still so calm, as if he turned a deaf ear, as if no matter what Chu Qingning said, it had nothing to do with her, poured a glass of water and wine, and drank it with a bit of chivalrous spirit.
When the concubines heard this, they were all overjoyed, eager to try, and began to slander in their hearts, what is in this. If you guess correctly, you will not only be appreciated by the princes, but also rewarded. What woman doesn't want to be a little better, more eye-catching, and let others only look at her?
It's just that most of them are beautiful jasper raised in the boudoir, and they haven't seen anything like "Zhou Yi" and "Liuyao", so how can they be dividators? I stupidly wanted to draw any conclusions from the prompts, but I couldn't figure it out, and I didn't dare to say the answer in my heart directly.
"If so, what is the reward?" Maybe he was a little drunk, Mo Liang listened to the voices of the discussion on the side, and couldn't help but feel a little irritable, and wanted these guys to shut up. Chu Qingning's eyes narrowed slightly, and there were deep waves. He only felt that this prey had taken the bait.
The prince, who only listened to the question, replied slowly, "Two night pearls." As soon as the words fell, everyone was in an uproar. This night pearl is also a rare treasure, it was rewarded with two as soon as it was shot, and I have to say that this prince is very confident in what he hides. No one could guess it, of course, Chu Xuhua was excluded.
"Okay, then bet you two night pearls." Mo Liangwu poured a glass of water and wine, and after drinking it all, she stood up, her eyes were still clear and cold, and she was not confused and dazed because she drank a lot of wine. She swept around the crowd and said slowly, "But there are people who carry copper plates and bother to borrow them." Although it is borrowed, the tone does not have the slightest meaning of borrowing.
However, the princes present will not be stingy with a few copper plates. But where will they carry their gold and silver treasures with them? What's more, it's a copper plate, and generally all you bring when you go out is silver, who will bring a copper plate?
"Xiao Liang'er, but you have to fight hard." Chu Tingchuan's tone was lazy, and he slowly threw a few copper plates towards Mo Liang. Mo Liang's expression did not change, he raised his hand, and lightly took the copper plates and held them in his hand.
Divination with copper plates is a common occurrence. Chu Tingchuan never thought that Mo Liang was also proficient in the art of "Zhou Yi". But I don't know what Mo Liang's ability is. It is very rare for a woman to study and be proficient in "Zhou Yi", so everyone's thoughts are the same as Chu Tingchuan's, and they are very curious about Mo Liang's divination technique.
Mo Liang is also unhurried, his eyes are still clear and cold, and he seems to be able to see clearly what is in the cover. But everyone knows that there is no way to penetrate the eyes, and the secret smile in his heart is probably a bluff. But for Mo Liang, it is not known whether it is a bluff or not.