Chapter Fifty-Eight: Fight It Down
The eldest grandson, Shunde, thought that Li Shimin was just a child of a few years old.
But he didn't know that his archery came from a family tradition.
When Li Yuan was young, he was "selected by the bird" and won back his wife Dou.
Legend has it that when Dou was young, his hair grew longer than his knees, which was particularly popular.
When he grows up, he is even more graceful and noble, with unparalleled talent and a peerless appearance.
Many wealthy families have come to the Dou family to seek marriage.
Dou's father, Dou Yi, couldn't refuse any of them, so he thought of a way:
Let people draw two peacocks on the screen, and tell the people who come to ask for relatives that whoever can shoot two arrows in the eyes of a peacock will be recruited as a son-in-law.
Dozens of family gentlemen who asked for marriage came to shoot one by one.
It looked like people were about to finish shooting, but no one had all of them shot.
Dou Yi was secretly anxious, if he couldn't shoot and his words had already come out, how could his daughter get married?
He secretly regretted that it was self-defeating.
At this moment, Li Yuan walked out of the crowd.
Dou Yi saw that it was Li Yuan, the Duke of Tang Guo.
Li Yuan attacked Tang Guogong at the age of seven, and Dou Yi heard that he shot a good arrow, so he secretly wished him to shoot it in his heart, so as not to let his daughter miss a good marriage.
Li Yuan really didn't disappoint Dou Yi, and the arrows hit the eyes of the two peacocks.
Among all the suitors, only Li Yuan was shot with two arrows, thus winning the marriage.
This is the origin of the "Bird Screen Selection".
It can also be seen from this that Li Yuan's archery skills are extraordinary.
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Since Li Shimin was five or six years old, he has practiced martial arts with Li Yuan and his eldest brother Li Jiancheng.
Archery has been passed down from home, and now it has been carefully trained by Changsun Sheng, and archery has improved by leaps and bounds.
The eldest grandson Shunde was born with a lot of strength, although he also practiced archery, but he was not proficient, compared with Li Shimin, it was still far from it.
Guanyin saw that Li Shimin didn't speak, and she didn't know if Li Shimin could beat the eldest grandson Shunde.
Seeing that the eldest grandson Shunde was deliberately making things difficult, Guanyin said unfairly:
"Uncle Shunde, your comparison is not fair."
Seeing Guanyin jumping out and singing against herself again, the eldest grandson Shunde secretly screamed that it was not good.
He had already experienced the difficulty of this niece, and he was afraid that she would ruin his plan.
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The eldest grandson Shunde smiled slyly at Guanyin:
"Good niece, what do you say Uncle is unfair?"
"We just want to test the effectiveness of the training, and we don't want to compete for the high and low, but after testing, we can find the shortcomings and improve them in the future."
Guanyin retorted, "You usually practice ten zhang, but now you have to shoot twenty zhang, how can you see the effect of the practice?"
Even though the eldest grandson Shunde is usually full of wisdom, it also made Guanyin ask a speech.
I secretly said in my heart, it seems that this little maid is my nemesis, and I have to be careful when I meet her in the future.
He sneered, "I'm just suggesting that if none of them want to shoot, it doesn't have to be done."
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Li Shimin seemed to have seen the thoughts of the eldest grandson Shunde, and said to Guanyin:
"Sister Maid, Uncle Shunde is also kind."
"Now that we are all proficient in the practice skills of the Ten Feet Arrow Target, we really need to increase the distance of the arrow target to improve the practice effect."
Li Shimin's words alleviated the embarrassing situation, which was equivalent to helping Changsun Shunde relieve the siege.
He continued, "Otherwise, we might as well shoot twenty feet first."
"And then according to their respective conditions, those who can shoot 20 zhang, and when they practice in the future, they will raise the target distance to 20 zhang."
"If you can't shoot 20 zhang, when you practice in the future, you will set the target distance to 15 zhang."
For Li Shimin's proposal, several children deeply agreed.
In the past few days, I have been shooting ten zhang arrow targets, and everyone has hit every shot, and they have hit the bull's-eye every time.
Practicing like this is really not conducive to improving the effect of practice.
The eldest grandson Shunde saw that Li Shimin's proposal was recognized by everyone, and he felt a little lonely.
But no matter what, he still helped himself out of the siege and didn't make himself too ugly.
His favorability of Li Shimin has also increased a little.
When Guanyin saw that Li Shimin agreed to shoot twenty zhang, she instructed her servants to move the arrow target.
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The target is set back in place.
The eldest grandson, Shunde, no longer seems willing to come forward to organize.
It is also inconvenient for Li Shimin to come forward to organize.
For the time being, there was no leader, and no one came forward to organize the next move.
Guanyin said to Li Shimin, "Brother Shimin, you can start, who will shoot first?"
Li Shimin said: "Let's follow the order just now, let Wuao shoot first, or shoot three arrows per person."
After speaking, Li Shimin turned to his eldest grandson Shunde and asked for his opinion: "Uncle Shunde, do you think this is okay?"
Eldest Sun Shunde nodded and said, "Okay."
This short process is actually a very delicate process.
Intentionally or unintentionally, the quiet transfer of dominance was completed.
In the last competition, it was initiated by Changsun Shunde, who took the lead in organizing and formulating rules.
In this competition, Li Shimin, with the assistance of Guanyin, unknowingly took over the leading power of the scene.
He said the rules of the competition, and was approved by the eldest grandson Shunde.
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The eldest grandson is the youngest, and he can't pull the bow at all.
When I shoot an arrow, my posture is distorted, and I shoot three arrows with the strength of milk.
None of the three arrows reached a distance of twenty zhang.
After the three arrows were fired, the eldest grandson Wuao grinned and said to everyone, "I have done my best."
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The next one is Li Shimin's turn to shoot.
He stepped forward and stood quietly.
Keep your eyes on the target, hold the bow in your left hand, and take the arrow in your right hand and place it on the string.
Inhale, hold your breath, draw your bow, aim, fire, every step is methodical.
The arrow from the string flew out and hit the bull's-eye twenty feet away.
Guanyin was the first to jump up and applaud and cheer: "It's hit, Brother Shimin has been shot, it's still a bull's-eye."
Several other children cheered.
Then Li Shimin shot two more arrows, both of which hit the bull's-eye.
Every time an arrow was shot, the crowd was singing loudly.
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Li Shimin shot out, and the eldest grandson, the eldest grandson Zhan, and the eldest grandson Wuji played in turn.
Among the three, only the eldest grandson Zhan hit the target with one arrow, and he did not hit the bull's-eye.
The other eight arrows fired by the three of them either came close or missed.
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Next, it's time for the eldest grandson Shunde to shoot.
Because it was the eldest grandson Shunde who first proposed to set the arrow target at 20 zhang, he originally wanted to embarrass Li Shimin.
I never thought that Li Shimin's archery skills were so good, and he actually hit the bull's-eye with all three arrows, which brought a lot of ideological pressure to the eldest grandson Shunde.
The eldest grandson, Shunde, stepped into the shooting position and easily pulled the full bow.
Eager to get a good result, he aimed for a moment before shooting the arrow.
The arrow hit the target, but unfortunately it missed a little, and it missed the heart by an inch.
The eldest grandson Shunde shook his head, as if he was a little unwilling.
The eldest grandson Wuji and others also expressed regret.
The second arrow was still missed, and it still missed the bull's-eye.
When it came time to shoot the third arrow, the eldest grandson Shunde was a little nervous.
As he pulled the bow, he held his breath and could feel his heartbeat "thump".
He took aim and aim, but he didn't shoot for a long time.
The target was blurred in his vision.
When he released the bowstring and looked at the arrow again, he flew forward over the target.
The eldest grandson, Shunde, was very depressed, his self-confidence was greatly hit, he lowered his head and silently stepped aside.
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Guanyin was a little gloating and sarcastically said:
"I thought that Uncle Shunde would shoot better than Brother Shimin, but I didn't expect it to be so far."
Li Shimin was afraid that he would break up unhappily, so he hurriedly stopped: "Auntie, how can you talk to Uncle Shunde like this?"
As he spoke, he glanced at Guanyin.
Guanyin glanced at the dejected eldest grandson Shunde, only to realize that she was a little too much.
She stuck out her tongue at Li Shimin and grimaced.
Then he walked up to the eldest grandson Shunde, bowed his knees with his crossed hands, and said:
"Ah Wan is young and ignorant, and her words collide with Uncle, and I hope Uncle will punish her."
After speaking, he looked at the eldest grandson Shunde and smiled.
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The eldest grandson, Shunde, is not a person with a small belly.
He is used to giggling, but this time the blow was too big, and he didn't slow down for a while.
Looking at Guanyin's naughty and cute appearance, his mood improved.
In an instant, it returned to its original bohemian and humorous appearance.
He laughed at himself: "Uncle has fallen down the frieze in the past few days, and it has been planted in the hands of you juniors one after another, it seems that it is bad luck."
Guanyin's eyebrows and eyes widened, and she said:
"How can Uncle say that he is unlucky? A few days ago, Grandpa praised your old man for his majesty."
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Li Shimin continued: "Uncle Shunde didn't shoot well today, mainly because the time to practice with Uncle Changsun was too short."
"If you practice for more than a month under the guidance of your eldest grandson's uncle, Uncle will definitely surpass the people."
The eldest grandson Shunde said, "It's really fake, is Brother Ji Sheng so godly?"
Li Shimin said: "Shimin doesn't dare to lie to you, Uncle Eldest Sun said that the most important thing in archery is not aiming, but strength."
"On the killing field, if you don't have the strength, you can't hurt anyone, no matter how accurate you are. With strength, even if you miss an inch or two, you can kill and wound the enemy."
"So, Uncle Eldest Sun asked us to put the practice of strength in the first place."
The eldest grandson, Shunde, put on the shelf of the elders and asked:
"Brother Ji Sheng, did you really say that? Are you lying to me that my old man is happy again?"
Li Shimin said, "How dare my nephew lie to you? That's exactly what Uncle Grandchild said."
"Uncle Shunde's strength is already better than that of the people, and under the guidance of his uncle, after some hard training, he will definitely surpass the people."
The eldest grandson Shunde smiled and said, "I love to hear this. It seems that it is the right time to find Brother Ji Sheng to practice martial arts."
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Guanyin saw that he had relapsed into his old ways, and teased:
"Brother Shimin is lying to you, Uncle really believes it."
"Brother Shimin, both civil and military, proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, you can't surpass him."
The eldest grandson Shunde stiffened his face and pretended to be unhappy and said:
"Oh, you little, you fight against me everywhere. I don't believe she can play Go against me."
In the school hall, the eldest grandson Shunde did not read well, and he played Go quite well.
His level of Go is on par with the eldest grandson Wuji, and he is also a leader in the academy.
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The eldest grandson Wuji saw that Guanyin dug another pit and asked the eldest grandson Shunde to jump in.
He hurriedly came out to relieve the siege and said to the eldest grandson Shunde:
"Uncle still don't try to play Go, Shimin and Ah Wan, let me have two sons, I can't win."
The eldest grandson, Shunde, was surprised and said, "Really? Is there such a thing?"
The eldest grandson Zhan continued: "It's not false at all, don't be bored by yourself."
The eldest grandson Shunde listened to the eldest grandson Wuji and the eldest grandson Zhan both say that it was true, so he really believed it.
He pretended to look up to the sky and sighed, "Oh my God, are you still letting my old man live?"
Then he smiled happily and said, "But my old man is happy, this is called: the back waves of the Yangtze River push the front waves, and one generation is stronger than the next."
When everyone saw the funny appearance he made from time to time, they couldn't help but eat and laugh.
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