To the north of Linhuang, the 30,000 palace tent army worked day and night to drive hundreds of giant wooden stakes into the grassland land. These wooden piles roughly form a circular surface, with the inner high and the outer low, the high place is nine zhang nine, and the low place is also three zhang three. After covering the top of the wooden stake with a spliced tarpaulin with a diameter of 100 feet, the temporary construction of the huge dental tent was initially completed.

Under the tent, bustling with gorgeously dressed royal nobles, they meet here to participate in the annual cold food spring festival.

On the high platform to the west of the tooth tent, nearly a hundred horns suddenly sounded in unison, the sound was like a flood, and the sound was like thunder, which made the tooth tent suddenly quiet.

Emperor Tianzuo took the two concubines of Yuan and Wen to the high platform, and Xiao Fengxian, the prime minister of the north, and the second minister of the south, and after they took their respective positions, the kings of the north and south courts, Yelu Wugulin and Yelu Asi, shouted in unison: "Kneel and sacrifice to heaven and earth......"

The people in the audience shouted long live and knelt on the ground, and the two noble concubines knelt down to offer five grains and six animals to the west.

Emperor Tianzuo lit three incense sticks, bowed three times and bowed nine times to heaven and earth, and hundreds of officials and ministers attached to him.

Yeluchun, the king of Qin and Jin, who was also the cousin of Emperor Tianzuo, was left behind in Nanjing, and sang a text to worship the heavens: "The emperor goes to heaven and shines on the earth." The spirit of the land gathers the wind and rain. The common things are born, and the past and the present are beautiful. Shuhui all kinds of things, Xinghuan Xingyu. The fortune of inheriting the sky, the Peize of the earth, the prosperity of the people, and the Liaobo of the country......

After the worship of heaven is completed, it is to worship the ancestors. On the incense case, according to the elder and younger, the spirit cards of the emperors and queens of the Great Liao dynasties are enshrined, and the sacrificial texts in Yeluchun's mouth are one after another, and the emperors and ministers have nine rings and nine rings.

After surviving the red tape, the next thing is the highlight of the cold food spring festival - willow shooting.

The so-called willow shooting, as the literal meaning, is a sacrificial ritual of shooting willow leaves with a bow and arrow. Participants ride horses and stretch their bows to shoot willow leaves swaying in the wind from a distance of 100 paces, which can be imagined as difficult.

Yelu Asi, the king of the North Courtyard, said: "Today's shooting willow is not as good as before, Your Majesty is kind, and the person who wants to take the good shooting will inherit the position of deputy envoy of the Northeast Military Division, and all the monarchs will show their abilities!" ”

Hearing this, the people in the audience cheered, they knew that on the occasion of the use of troops against the Jurchens, whoever won the deputy envoy of the Northeast Unification Army Department would be able to make meritorious contributions and leave a name in history.

Heroes from all walks of life have stepped on the horse and are eager to try.

Sun Xiao, the king of Shun, did not give in, and suddenly sent an arrow to a willow tree in the southwest of the tooth tent, in the middle of the willow leaf, attracting everyone's applause.

Han general Xing Ying was disdainful, and shouted: "There are more than 10 million willow leaves, Xiao Wangsun may be suspected of this arrow, wait for me to shoot it!" ”

I saw Xing Ying pull out the ten-stone big bow and fire two arrows in succession, the first arrow broke the wicker, and the second arrow broke the willow leaves on the willow.

Xing Ying's archery skills were even better than Xiao Tart's, and the audience applauded thunderously, and even Yelu Wugulin, the king of the Southern Courtyard, personally beat the drum to congratulate him.

Su Wei deputy Xiao Yixue said: "My Great Liao War is about to win the world, how can I separate shooting and riding?" So he rode his horse and whipped his horse, and the silver-maned horse under his crotch galloped like lightning in the northeast of the tooth tent, and before everyone could see it clearly, there were arrows that hit the silk again.

Xiao Yu saw that his deputy was in the limelight, and he was about to get on the horse and go into battle, but he was stopped by his uncle Xiao Si first.

"Don't be anxious, child, you are a guard and steady, day and night, sooner or later there will be your day, why bother to fight for the position of commander of the army? You must know that the battlefield is unpredictable, far less stable than this Jingshi, you are a person with a father and a mother, and you should put filial piety first! ”

Xiao Yu was a little unwilling, but when he saw that the old father who accompanied Jun on the stage had a silver thread to hide ink, he had to give up the matter.

At this time, a burst of laughter suddenly came from behind Xiao Yu: "Hahaha! I want to be outside the Dengke Building, and the bloody state of the virtuous brother wanting to beat the envoys of the Song Dynasty is still in front of me, how can I be afraid today? Could it be that the meals in the camp are too vegetarian? ”

Xiao Yu turned around when he heard this, and saw that this person was wearing gold armor, a golden helmet, and the official card on his waist was also detailed and stable, and it was clear which place he belonged to the senior general of the national army: "Xiao... Fourth brother Xiao Gan? You are dressed like this, my little brother has never recognized it! ”

Xiao Gan said with a smile: "Meng Qin Jin King Yelu Chun is wrong to love, as a brother is already the eight divisions of the Nu Army of Nanjing Xijin Mansion, today as the guard of the king of the family came here for the spring festival, I was very happy to see the virtuous brother!" Don't you want to give this willow shooting game a try?"

"I... I also have the duty to protect His Majesty, if my brother is interested, please do so! ”

"Well, when I am victorious, please drink my brother!" After Xiao Gan finished speaking, he immediately turned over his horse and rushed to the willow tree in the southwest corner.

Thinking about it, it has only been half a year, Xiao Gan is already the commander of tens of thousands of troops, and in the final analysis, he is just doing some business as a caretaker, Xiao Hao can't help but feel stunned.

There was another burst of jubilation, Xiao Yu fired three arrows in a row, all of which were hit on a willow leaf, and the technique of arching horses overwhelmed the crowd.

"The fourth brother's martial arts have improved a lot, so there must be a master to guide him!" But before Xiao Yu could finish sighing, he saw three crossbow arrows flying quickly from two hundred steps away from the willow tree, heading straight for Xiao Gan.

"Ahh Xiao Gan was shocked, and the speed of the arrow made him have no time to react. The three arrows grazed the brings of his helmet, adding new wounds to the remnants of the leaves that he had just shot. When the people present saw this scene, they were all dumbfounded, and there was silence for a while under the huge tent.

"Good! Who shot the arrow? Ye Luchun on the high platform suddenly asked.

When everyone heard this, they all looked at the northeast corner of the tent, and saw a man and a rider standing a hundred steps away from the tent, and the person on the horse was burly, but his appearance was not good, and on the bowstring of the longbow in his hand, the pine resin was emitting a trace of smoke.

Emperor Tianzuo smiled and said: "In the end, it was my guard, although I don't know how to do things, my martial arts are still so exquisite, Yelu Zhangnu, talk closely!" ”

When the man on the horse heard this, he hurriedly turned over and dismounted, trotted into the tent, and came to the bottom of the altar.

"The criminal minister Yelu Zhangnu dared to shoot willows and collide with the sacrifice, please punish Your Majesty!"

"Hahaha!" Yelu Yanxi laughed and said, "Why don't you stop this time when you collide with the holy driver? I remember last year's Mid-Autumn Festival night, I and Concubine Wen..."

"Your Majesty!" Concubine Wen interrupted Emperor Tianzuo with her words in time: "The matter in the harem room, please be cautious!" ”

"Humph!" Concubine Yuan was furious.

"Good!" Yelu Yanxi smiled awkwardly, and continued to say to Yelu Zhang: "I have dealt with the past, and today you have hit all three arrows, and I expect that no one will be dissatisfied with the art of arching horses." I have said first, shoot willows today, and those with high skills will be awarded the deputy envoy of the Northeast Unified Army Division..."

"Your Majesty!" Without waiting for Emperor Tianzuo to finish speaking, Xiao Fengxian hurriedly kowtowed and said: "Yeluzhang is a slave who wears a sinful body, and he does not repent after being dismissed and demoted, and he once discussed the affairs of the palace in public after drinking, how can such an unruly person be worthy of a heavy responsibility?" ”

Emperor Tianzuo hesitated, and only spoke after a long time: "Uncle Huang, what do you think?" ”

Yeluchun, the king of Qin and Jin, looked at Yelu Zhangnu, and then bowed to Emperor Tianzuo and said: "According to the foolish opinion of the ministers, since Yelu Zhangnu is guilty of the tongue, let the tongue accept the guilt on his behalf!" ”