Li Zhen is the first time to have such a lively Chinese New Year's Eve, in his memory, every year on Chinese New Year's Eve is deserted, at that time the family was relatively poor, at most two meat dishes, today such a rich banquet, everyone gathered together to laugh and laugh, lively and extraordinary, but also let him feel the atmosphere of Chinese New Year's Eve.

Li Quan thought about Xiu'er, less than an hour, he took the first step, at this time, Zhao Qiuniang's apprentices began to do all kinds of games, this is an annual tradition, some disciples bring clay pots to fight insects, and there are also shooting knives for fun, but more people are playing Wumu play and pitching pots.

At this time, everyone has been full of wine and food, basically everyone has gone to their own fun, and the most popular entertainment on Chinese New Year's Eve is to throw pots, also known as Wen Shot, that is, throwing arrows into a thin-necked tall bottle a few feet away.

This kind of game is suitable for all ages, with a large number of participants, both famous families and ordinary people are very popular, and even in the palace, it is also the favorite game of palace maids and eunuchs.

Pitching pots generally have color heads, and with the increase in difficulty, the color heads also increase, Zhao Qiuniang has to take out 100 yuan every year as a reward for the disciples to throw pots, the highest color head is a jade hairpin worth 30 yuan, requiring 20 steps and 5 consecutive to get.

In ordinary people's homes, it is generally three or five steps to throw pots, but Zhao Qiuniang's apprentices are all martial arts, so they are basically above ten steps.

Li Zhen is chatting with Zhang Li, Zhang Li looks very much like his father Zhang Ting, and his personality is as calm as his father, or rather dull and boring, he doesn't joke with people, and he doesn't participate in various games, he likes to sit there and drink, and say a few words to Li Zhen from time to time.

Jiuzhi is just the opposite, he is indeed a very interesting person, a little full of food and drink, then wipe his mouth, run to throw pots with the female disciples, he flying knives are very good, so that he soon became the object of worship of the female disciples, a large group of female disciples around him clapped and cheered, making Jiuzhi even more proud.

Li Zhen looked at Jiuzhi from afar, and said to Zhang Li with a smile: "This morning, I accompanied my eldest sister to the Pure Land Temple to offer incense, and I happened to meet Master Lingyin of our Dunhuang Dayun Temple, do you still remember him!"

"Of course I remember that in the summer, I accompanied my mother to Daeunji Temple to make a wish, and chatted with Abbot Lingyin for a while. ”

Zhang Li was very strange and asked, "Why is he in Luoyang?"

He came to raise money for the Mogao Grottoes statue, and he said that the Suo family had stopped supporting the Maitreya statue, and the construction of the Maitreya statue had been stopped. ”

Zhang Li sneered, "The Suo family's promise is the most untrustworthy, how many things have they promised can be done? But there is a special reason for the Suo family's dishonesty this time." ”

"What special reason?" asked Li Zhen with a curious smile.

After Suo Yuanli was killed, it took a lot of effort for the Suo family to climb to the backstage of Wu Chengsi, and as a result, Wu Chengsi also fell, which hit the Suo family very hard, I heard my father say that during that time, the Suo family was like a funeral, and the relationship between the top and bottom was extremely sluggish, and it was not surprising that the Suo family stopped supporting the Maitreya statue. ”

Li Zhen snorted disdainfully and said, "If I didn't guess wrong, the Suo family would be unlucky again." ”

Zhang Li was stunned, "Why?"

Li Zhen took a sip of wine and said slowly: "The reason is very simple, Wu Chengsi was released this afternoon, although it is impossible for the official to be reinstated, but at least he is exonerated from the crime, and the Suo family abandoned Wu Chengsi at this time and took refuge in Lai Junchen, do you think Wu Chengsi will let the Suo family go?"

"You're right, people with two faces and three swords are the most hated. ”

Li Zhen got the news this afternoon that Wu Chengsi was released, and he also heard about the reason for his release, it was Princess Taiping who interceded, and Wu Zetian finally obeyed Princess Taiping's persuasion.

Although it is unlikely that Wu Chengsi will return to power, he will definitely be won over by Princess Taiping, with Wu Chenghe's wealth, it is enough to become a big help to Princess Taiping, and it can be seen from this incident that Princess Taiping is also a very skillful person, and her political mind is far better than Xue Huaiyi, and she is a difficult opponent to deal with.

If Xue Huaiyi is a little smarter, he should persuade Wu Zetian to release Wu Chenghei, so that he will get the favor of the Wu family, and it is not so easy to bring him down, but Xue Huaiyi is ruthless, but in the end, no one supports him, and everyone betrays his relatives.

Li Zhen was thinking about it, when Zhao Qiuniang came over with a person, and said to Li Zhen with a smile: "Ah Zhen, I'll introduce you to a disciple." ”

Li Zhen saw that this person was about fifteen or sixteen years old, very thin, and his figure was about the same as Xiao Xi, but he looked sturdy and very clever than Xiao Xi.

"Villain Wang Jie, see Brother Li!" he knelt down on one knee and saluted Li Zhen very skillfully.

Li Zhen immediately realized something, Zhao Qiuniang sat next to Li Zhen and whispered: "He used to be a hidden guard under me, and his father was the owner of the chain lock shop. ”

The chain lock shop is the first lock shop in the south of the lock shop, selling locks for generations, and half of Luoyang's locks are made by them, and they are very famous in Luoyang.

"What did you mean by once?" Li Zhen asked lightly.

Wan Guojun wanted to pull him over, but he refused to agree, and as a result, Wan Guojun found an excuse, beat him fifty times, and dismissed the internal guard. ”

Li Zhen nodded, and hurriedly smiled and helped Wang Jie up, "Brother Wang, please get up!"

At this time, several of Zhao Qiuniang's apprentices surrounded him, and one of them smiled and said, "Is Wang Suolang coming to perform again?"

"Get out of the way!"

Zhao Qiuniang scolded with a smile and drove away a few apprentices, and smiled at Li Zhen: "Today is Chinese New Year's Eve, I asked Shiro to perform a unique trick for you." ”

Li Zhen suddenly became interested, and even Zhang Li came up, Wang Jie took out more than a dozen locks from the skin, including thick door locks, delicate animal head locks, and miniature locks as small as thumbs, he smiled and said to Li Zhen: "Please ask Brother Li to check the locks." ”

Several of Zhao Qiuniang's apprentices slipped back again, surrounded Li Zhen's side, and said gossipingly: "Brother Li, don't check, this kid has real skills." ”

Li Zhen took a general look, and saw that more than a dozen locks were locked very tightly, so he nodded, at this time, Wang Jie took out a copper needle with a ring, the copper needle was about two inches long, he put the ring on his index finger, and said with a smile: "I started!"

His expression became solemn, he picked up the largest lock, gently stabbed the copper needle into the keyhole, only to test it twice, only to hear a 'click!', and the lock popped out.

He picked up another lock, and in the blink of an eye, he opened the copper lock, and in less than a tea time, he opened all a dozen locks, and everyone around him applauded.

Li Zhen picked up the lock in surprise, looked at it carefully, and asked with a smile: "Are these all the locks sold by your lock shop?"

Wang Jie shook his head, "None of these locks are the locks of our locks, of course, I can also open our locks." ”

Zhao Qiuniang smiled on the side: "Even the lock Shiro of the palace can be opened, but there is only one lock that he can't open, Ah Zhen, you should have seen it." ”

Li Zhen remembered the Purple Cloud Pavilion Underground Palace, it should be there, otherwise Shangguan Wan'er wouldn't have to look for herself, he couldn't help but praise: "Brother Wang has a stunt!"

"How is it?" Zhao Qiuniang hinted at Li Zhen: "Can he re-do it?"

Li Zhen trusts Zhao Qiuniang very much, and Li Zhen, the person she recommends, will generally accept it, not to mention such a person with unique skills, he smiled happily: "Of course there is no problem, after the New Year, let's come with Sister Qiuniang!"

Wang Jie was extremely moved in his heart, he didn't expect that he would have to return to the internal guard one day, and couldn't help crying: "Thank you, Brother Li!"

"You're welcome, come on, sit down and have a drink. ”

Wang Jie sat down and poured Li Zhen a glass of wine, at this time, a cheer broke out from the pitcher in the distance, and everyone looked at Li Zhen, Li Zhen couldn't help but be stunned, how to pull himself up.

Several female disciples ran over with a smile, pulled Li Zhenjiao and said with a smile: "Brother Li, throw arrows with us!"

A group of male disciples also ran to pull Li Zhen, under the coaxing of everyone, Li Zhen had no choice but to get up and come to the quiver, he saw that the podium was empty, and couldn't help laughing: "You have won all the prizes, what are you pulling me to do?"

"Brother Li, the best prize is still there! ”

Li Zhen saw a box at the top of the podium, and he asked with a smile: "What is that?" ”

Jiu Zhi stepped forward and pulled Li Zhen aside, and said in a low voice: "Lao Li, give me a face, give me this award!"

"Why should I give it to you?"

Li Zhen rolled his eyes at him, "You kid has made so much money, do you still want to eat it all?"

"Nope!"

Jiu Zhi was so anxious that he said to him again and again: "The prizes I voted for are all given to them, I don't have them myself, I just want this jade hairpin, it is a matter of my brother's life, you let my brother this time!"

"A lifelong event?"

Li Zhen was strange, he followed Jiuzhi's gaze, but now Ah Ling was looking at Jiu Zhi shyly, his eyes were full of anticipation, he couldn't help laughing, "Did you kid promise Ah Ling anything?"

Jiu Zhi scratched his head, his face flushed, which reminded Li Zhen of the situation when this wine brother pursued Cui'er, so he smiled and patted Jiu Zhi's shoulder, "Don't take it so seriously, it's just an arrow." ”

Jiuzhi can't say it, in his opinion, this is not as simple as throwing arrows, it is rare for a beautiful and lovely lady to like herself, if she loses face in front of her, how can she win the heart of a beauty?

He knew very well that Li Zhen's archery skills were far superior to his own, and if he refused to let himself, he would definitely lose today.

At this time, the pitcher had been placed twenty steps away, and the two sides were crowded with Zhao Qiuniang's disciples, and everyone was eagerly looking forward to Li Zhen throwing arrows, and someone shouted: "Five consecutive hits!"

Li Zhen picked up a gold-coated bronze arrow and smiled at Jiuzhi: "Old fat, you come first!"

Jiu Zhi bit his lip tightly, his expression was extremely nervous, the copper arrow swirled in his fingers, he found the feeling, and threw the green copper arrow in his hand, 'Dang!' sounded, the copper arrow hit the heart of the pot, and there was applause next to him, Jiu Zhi secretly slapped to Ah Ling, seeing her slapping excitedly, cheering for herself.

His heart welled up with great joy that someone finally liked him again.

At this time, Li Zhen also stood on the edge of the casting line and said with a smile: "I haven't voted for a whole year, and my hands are a lot rusty, so I may not be able to throw!"

That being said, the copper arrow in his hand drew a beautiful arc and shot into the copper kettle with precision, attracting cheers from everyone.

Although pitching is a game suitable for all ages, it is difficult to really shoot to a high level, especially in the five consecutive middle schools twenty steps away, which is basically difficult to do, and those who can shoot must also have high archery skills.

Jiu Zhi is good at throwing knives, which is similar to pitching pots, so pitching pots is also his strength, but since he was a child, he has not won Li Zhen once.

After throwing four times in a row, Jiuzhi's face became pale, his hands were trembling slightly, his spirit was about to collapse, he threw four consecutive hits, this was already his limit, and if he was asked to throw the fifth arrow, he couldn't do it at all.

Li Zhen didn't have the slightest pressure, he threw four arrows with ease, this kind of projection twenty steps away was really not difficult for him, and he could easily throw ten arrows.

At this time, Li Zhen glanced at Ah Ling, saw that her fingers were tightly twisted in her handkerchief, worried about Jiuzhi, and looked at Jiuzhi's nervous appearance, Li Zhen couldn't help but laugh secretly, so he reminded him in a low voice: "The middle finger is slightly raised." ”

Jiu Zhi's hand shook, the copper arrow came out of his hand, his face suddenly turned like ashes, he knew that this arrow was not good, Li Zhen also saw that the arrow was too weak, and it couldn't hit the copper kettle at all.

For the sake of the brothers, Li Zhen decided to help him once, and the gold-coated copper arrow in his hand also flew out, extremely fast, catching up with the green copper arrow of Jiuzhi, only to hear the sound of 'dang!', the two arrows collided in the air, and everyone exclaimed.

But in the end, the result was beyond everyone's expectations, only to see Jiuzhi's green bronze arrow bounce on the edge of the copper kettle and slide into the kettle, while Li Zhen's golden bronze arrow hit the body of the kettle and fell to the ground.

After a long while, there was thunderous applause all around, and although the last arrow was unexpected, the winner was divided, and Jiuzhi shouted 'Ah!', and jumped up excitedly, and he won.

At this moment, Jiuzhi rushed to the podium regardless of a qiē, snatched the box containing the jasper hairpin in his hand, ran to Ah Ling, and said cheekily: "Ah Ling, this is for you!"

There was a burst of laughter in the lobby, "Ah Ling, take it quickly, or we'll snatch it." ”

Ah Ling's face was flushed with shame, she took the box and ran into the back room, and the laughter in the lobby became louder.

Even Zhao Qiuniang saw that Jiu Zhi liked her little apprentice, she shook her head with a smile, and said to Li Zhen: "You have good intentions today!"

Li Zhen had already sat back in his seat, picked up his wine glass and said with a smile: "The beauty of adults, Sister Qiu Niang is not allowed to embarrass them!"

Zhao Qiuniang also smiled slightly, "I have never cared about this kind of thing. ”

At this time, Jiu Zhi walked over with excitement on his face, poured a wine for Li Zhen, and said respectfully: "Thank you Brother Li for fulfilling the little brother!"

Li Zhen glanced at him, "You kid still know how to thank me!"

Jiuzhi scratched his head and smiled: "How could I not know?"

Li Zhen drank all the wine, and said to him with a solemn face: "There is a reason why I have fulfilled you, since you have joined the internal guard, you must strictly abide by the rules of the internal guard, and you are not allowed to go to the Qinglou again, if you can't do it, quit the internal guard as soon as possible, lest I punish you severely with military discipline." ”

Jiu Zhi nodded silently, although he was a little greedy for money and lustful in his bones, but he knew that internal guards and Qianniuwei were not the same thing, internal guards were extremely strict, and it was difficult for ordinary people to join, he got this opportunity because of Li Zhen, if he didn't cherish this opportunity, he wouldn't even have a place to buy regret medicine

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