Chen Wenqi walked between the two, bowed down to Zhu Jianpei and said, "Please go back to your seat and rest." After Zhu Jianpei walked back to his seat, Chen Wenqi turned around and said to Abahai: "Envoy Abahai, I understand, you care a lot about the 'tribute'. Regardless of who offered to pay tribute every year, although you paid tribute to the Celestial Empire with some horses, jewelry, and other things, the Celestial Empire also rewarded you with countless silk and satin and rare specialties. You ask yourself, when did your tribute and the court's reward not be a small tribute but a generous gift? Is it really rare for the imperial court to bring the two countries together in this way? For more than 10 years, you and I have lived in harmony with each other in this way, so that the people can live and work in peace and contentment, is this not good? If you wantonly provoke trouble like this, it will damage the relations between the clans and vassals at the least, and at the worst it may restart the war, so are you not afraid of becoming a sinner for the ages?"

Abahai smiled "haha" and said arrogantly: "People in the desert advocate strength. Even if it is natural for us to pay tribute to the Celestial Empire, it is only natural for the Celestial Empire to show us its strength. If the Celestial Empire doesn't have this strength, shouldn't it be rewarding?"

"The strength of the country lies in sticking to the country, governing the society, developing the people's livelihood, and sheltering the people, not to be omnipotent. As the saying goes, the ruler is short and the inch is long, even if you use a skill to stump us, you will infer that the Celestial Empire is not strong enough and is not worthy of being your Mongolian suzerain? After hearing this, the ministers on this side of the court immediately felt a lot more comfortable.

Abahai seemed to be at a loss for words, and said arrogantly: "I know that you are articulate and eloquent. But if you want to be convinced, it's not enough to use your mouth, you also have to show your skills. ”

Chen Wenqi glanced at Fang Dou at the top of the flagpole and said meaningfully: "Your envoy must take out that piece of jade before he stops?"

Abahai put his head on the ground and did not speak.

Chen Wenqi changed his previous harmony, and said: "Have you ever thought about it, as the prince said, 'If the court can't do it, it will give you a color head; 'Do you think there is such a bargain in the world?'

Abahai didn't seem to understand what Chen Wenqi said, and asked rhetorically, "What do you mean by this?"

"Regardless of whether the envoy really doesn't understand or pretends not to understand, I'll be plain. Originally, when a vassal state paid tribute to the suzerain, it should be sincere and respectful, and it should not be rude, let alone abrupt. After the noble envoy came to the capital, his words and deeds were arrogant, he ignored the prestige of heaven, and completely did not abide by the way of the sect. With this alone, the Celestial Empire will be able to cure you of a great sin of disrespect. But today's emperor adheres to the emperor's legacy of 'good-neighborliness and harmony with virtue', and does not have the same knowledge as you, as you wish to know the formation, break the formation, you should stop in moderation, and accept it when you see it. But you still go your own way, you have to make inches of progress, and even get involved in the Celestial Empire, which is unbearable! Take a step back and say, the imperial court can't fulfill the conditions you offer, and if you get the 'color head,' the imperial court may have nothing to say or be helpless; but if your conditions don't stump the imperial court, is it as if nothing happened? If this is the case, one day you will not be convinced, will you not be able to make conditions for the imperial court to comply? In short, if the imperial court is not careful, it will give it to you' And you can offend the court anytime and anywhere, anyway, if you offend, it will be in vain, and you will not bear any consequences, so why not? And once this wind opens, it is inevitable that it will not respond to the east, and other vassal states may compete to follow suit. Therefore, please think seriously about what you should do with yourself if you take the jade as you wish?"

"The Mongolian tributary envoys took the opportunity of the tribute to set up a hidden array, and repeatedly committed arrogant crimes, which not only damaged the prestige of the Celestial Empire, but also opened the wind of disrespect of the vassal state. In order to avoid carbuncles, Mongolia should be given a light punishment to set an example. Xu Ning was anxious, and without waiting for Abahai to speak, he said loudly.

"Yes, the tribute of the vassal state is justified, and nothing is wrong, and it should be punished. ”

"If he acts recklessly, once the feudal kingdom despises the Celestial Empire, it will be a common practice, and there will be endless troubles in the future. ”

The ministers standing on the emperor's left and right were also discussing at this time.

Abahai has no fear, and without a "strange hand" like Bao Yu, no one can take the jade in the fight. You can get the "color head" at your fingertips, how can you be told that you kid is gone in a few words? He said forcefully:

"If you take off the jade, you will be beaten or punished. ”

"You'd better think twice. Chen Wenqi persuaded again.

The more Chen Wenqi persuaded him, the more Abahai thought that he was just bluffing.

"Needless to say, the envoy will say it again, if you take off the jade, it will be up to you to beat or punish you. ”

"Alas, I have a hard heart, and I am like a deaf ear. Chen Wenqi said regretfully: "It seems that your envoy will not hit the south wall and will not look back." But if you do what I do, I will take it down. ”

"What?"

"Mongolia is located in the desert and is known for its horse archery. If I take down the jade, your envoy will send someone to show the skill of strong lunge, if I shoot at the arrow target, all kinds of offenses will be written off before you; if I miss the arrow target, from now on, Mongolia will pay double tribute to the Celestial Empire for a year, and the tributary envoys must be officials of more than one grade, and when the tribute is presented, the courtesy must be performed by the monarch and the minister, and this piece of jade must be presented. ”

"Is this true?" Abahai was overjoyed, he only thought that Chen Wenqi wanted to come up with a strange trick such as "catching turtles in the sky and the moon and going to the sea to catch turtles", it turned out to be such a simple thing? This strong bow and strong shooting is our Mongolian's specialty, no matter the distance of the head, it is enough to look at the world, and shooting the arrow target is not like a bag of exploration?

"No jokes. Chen Wenqi said categorically.

"I'm afraid you won't be able to be the home of the imperial court. "Abahai has the chance to win, and he wants to knock on the nail and turn his feet.

The monarch and the ministers were present, and naturally the only one who could be the emperor at this time was the emperor.

Xu Ning shook his head and said in his heart, what are you a nerd, what conditions are you not good at, and you want to hit his strong point? Doesn't this obviously increase his ambition? If it weren't for you knowing the formation and guiding Tai'er to break the formation, I would have thought you were an undercover agent of the Tatars. No, our Manchu civil and military forces can't let him spoil a big thing with a single thought. He hurriedly walked to Zhu Youzhang's dragon case and said first: "Your Majesty, you can't agree." ”

Chen Wenqi came to Xu Ning's side and said in a low voice: "General Xu, you don't have to worry, you don't dare to take the majesty of the imperial court as a child's play." ”

Zhu Youzhu didn't know what "tricks" Chen Wenqi had to take down the jade, but the situation forced him to have no choice but to pin his hopes on him, so he said: "Just according to what Chen Aiqing said." ”

Chen Wenqi stopped being verbose, took off his outer clothes, and walked towards Dianjiangtai.

Could it be that Chen Wenqi is full of martial arts? The Ming monarch and minister secretly cried out for surprise, and they did not know what his martial arts were, hoping that he would "show his hand" but also fearing that his martial arts would be lowly and "missed." Liu Jian hurried behind Chen Wenqi and asked in a low voice, "Wenqi, do you know martial arts?"

Seeing that his teacher cared, Chen Wenqi stopped, turned around and whispered: "Although the protégé is only rough in martial arts, this little thing should not be difficult for the protégé, at least fifty percent sure." ”

Liu Jian was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly pulled Chen Wenqi to Zhu Youzhanglong's case, and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, he said that he is only fifty percent sure, and I am afraid that this matter should be discussed in the long run." ”

Zhu Youzhu was also taken aback, and hurriedly asked, "Why is it only fifty percent sure?"

Chen Wenqi pointed to Bao Yu and another Tatar man standing beside Abahai, and also said in a low voice: "When the minister is taking the jade, I am afraid that these two people will secretly make ghosts. ”

Zhu Youzhu frowned and asked, "Don't you count these two ghosts?"

"Nine out of nine. ”

When Zhu Youzhu heard this, he was immediately relieved and said, "Although you can take the jade with peace of mind, I will arrange this matter." ”

"Yes. After Chen Wenqi finished speaking, he strode towards Dianjiangtai.

"Mu Aiqing. Zhu Youzhu shouted in a deep voice.

"The minister is here. ”

"Speed up the three hundred brocade guards to protect the point of the general and the flagpole, no one is allowed to approach, (whispered to Mu Bin: pay special attention to those two people) No matter who is secretly making ghosts, shoot and kill. ”

"Obey. "Guarding the outside of the school ground, it was the three thousand Jinyi Guard Captains brought by Mu Bin to guard it, and as soon as the Holy Decree was issued, three hundred Jinyi Guard Captains immediately ran into the school ground, surrounded the point and flagpole, and the three thousand Tatar soldiers were isolated to a distance of more than ten zhang.

At this time, Chen Wenqi had already jumped onto the platform, breathed for a while, and then used the "Yi Marrow Gong" method. Although he has only practiced to the third-level realm, and he can't send and receive the Gang Qi at will, he can really feel the full amount of True Qi at this time, and it circulates freely in the body.

Chen Wenqi stood a foot away from the edge of the platform, took a breath slowly, and used the first type of "dragon and snake flying" of the trick of "the water of the Yellow River comes from the sky", only to see his body slowly rotate, and then turn faster and faster, and then a long whistle, using the second type of "pulling onions on dry land", this is the first practical application since Chen Wenqi practiced the blade sword technique and "Yi Marrow Gong", in order to be safe, he will bring his skills to the extreme that can be achieved at present. Soon, the square bucket on the flagpole was able to look at each other, Chen Wenqi did not dare to slack off, and took advantage of the remaining momentum of "pulling onions on dry land", and used the third type of "steady steps", one step, two steps...... Five steps, six steps, Chen Wenqi's right hand has already reached into the square bucket, grabbed and grabbed, and the piece of jade has been firmly grasped in his hand. When the jade was in his hand, Chen Wenqi's heart was wide, and his left palm was gently pressed on the flagpole, and his body was rotated from the original head and feet to the front and feet of the head and feet and flew back to the top of the platform.

It's not as fast as it was then, it's really just between pitches. Just when Chen Wenqi jumped more than a zhang high in a "dry land plucking onions" and everyone was extremely surprised, Bao Yu, who was standing more than ten zhang away from the Jiangtai at the point, grinned contemptuously. But it's not so easy to get to the flagpole outside the zhang. Unless...... Hmph, forgive you kid for not thinking of the mechanism on the old man's arm. It wasn't until Chen Wenqi took six steps out of the void that he was shocked. However, the situation in the field changed rapidly, Bao Yu was surprised, and a cloud of yellow dust rose up on the stage, and Chen Wenqi was nowhere to be seen. Bao Yu was secretly happy, haha, this kid is really angry, he fell from a high altitude, and he didn't fall this time?

Bao Yu here secretly gloated, and the dust and fog on the stage gradually dissipated. I saw Chen Wenqi standing on the platform for a long time, and the jade bi in his hand was intact.

Chen Wenqi stepped off the stage, came to Aba Hai again, and said in a slightly mocking tone:

"You must have not forgotten what you just said, right?"

Although Abahai was angry that the "color head" in his hand had ruined this kid, he had to retreat with his whole body, and he only shot another arrow. said coldly at the moment: "I haven't forgotten." How can you tell me how a strong bow can be shot?"

"Simple. Your envoy sends a man to shoot three arrows at once, and only one arrow can hit the target. Chen Wenqi said seemingly lightly.

"It's easy. Abahai snorted coldly and shouted into the distance: "Ulihan, you let him see the archery skills of our desert warriors." ”

"Yes. Out of the crowd came a burly man with a big waist and round sideburns who was the Tatar man standing beside Bao Yu identified by Chen Wenqi.

Chen Wenqi hugged his fist at him and said, "General Wulihan, please wait and wait to put the arrow stack under you." He turned to Ma Wensheng and asked, "Master Ma, is there a divine arm bow in the school field?"

"Yes. How many do you want?"

"A bow, a pot of arrows, a stack of arrows, and two small flags are enough. ”

Ma Wensheng immediately ordered the soldiers guarding the school yard to bring a stiff bow with ox tendons, a pot of two-foot-long arrows without buckles, a wooden wolfskin arrow target, and two small red flags.

Chen Wenqi has been practicing military martial arts with his fifth uncle Chen Xiangshan since he was a child, and riding and archery is an important subject. He started with the softest stone bow and gradually practiced to the hardest Divine Arm Bow, so he was familiar with the performance of the Divine Arm Bow: this bow was three feet three inches long, the string length was two feet five inches, and the full bow pull force was four stones and six buckets, and the range was 240 steps.

Chen Wenqi handed the jade bi to Xu Pu, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, turned around and took out a buttonless arrow from the quiver, wrapped the two small flags in his sleeve, took a few steps forward, and inserted the buttonless arrow in an open and uninhabited land. Then he ordered the soldier to carry the arrow stack bravely, and asked Abahai to send one person to follow him to Wangnan and go straight, stop at 241 steps, set up the arrow stack, and leave the two men to serve as target reporters temporarily, each holding a small flag, and instructing them to raise the flag after the archer had shot. If there is an arrow on the arrow stack, the small flag will be held upright, if there is no arrow on the arrow stack, the small flag will be stretched out to the left and right, and one person will return after speaking.

Chen Wenqi took out three buckless arrows from the quiver, handed them to Wu Lihan along with the divine arm bow, stretched out his hand and made a gesture of "please shoot", and retreated to Abahai's side.

Wu Lihan relied on his own archery skills, and threw down two arrows, the meaning is very clear, and one is enough to shoot the arrow target. Walk to the place where the buckle is inserted and stand, put the tail of the arrow on the string of the bow of the divine arm, hold the bow arm with the left hand, buckle the string with three fingers of the right hand, and pull the right side of the body slightly, and pull hard, and the hard bow of nearly five stones suddenly opens like a full moon. I saw him take a slight glance at the arrow target, and let out a soft "go", and the unbuckled arrow shot towards the arrow target in the distance like a meteor, which was really "the bow opened like the autumn moon in the sky, and the arrow went like a meteor landing". Ulihan was very confident, loosened his strings, abandoned his bow, turned around, walked to the place where he had stood, and waited for the target to raise the flag.

The two target reporters generally ran to the arrow stack to take a look, and then stretched out small flags to the left and right on both sides of the arrow target.

Abahai and Ulihan were taken aback. Ulkhan in particular is as absurd as hearing that the Mongols could not ride horses or drink mare's milk. But if you don't believe it, Xiaoqi's signal clearly indicates that it was not hit.

Ulhan shook his head, picked up the Divine Arm Bow that had just been discarded on the ground with a blank expression, picked up a buttonless arrow, and walked back to the place where the buttonless arrow was inserted. Arrows, bows, loose strings, "whoosh-", the boltless arrow flew towards the arrow stack again with the sound of breaking through the air. Ulihan did not move this time, and after shooting the arrow, he stood in place and waited for the signal of the small flag.

The two small flags seemed to be intent on opposing him, and they still stretched out to the left and right. Ullihan was so surprised that he was about to stick out his eyes, how could it be? How could it be? Without saying a word, he turned and picked up the last of the buttonless arrows, and pulled the bowstring apart and pulled it apart until it could no longer be pulled.

However, the two small red flags are still stubbornly stretched out from side to side - still missed.

Wu Lihan roared, threw the divine arm bow in his hand more than three feet, and the person rushed towards the arrow target in the distance, and when he looked closely, three unbuckled arrows were placed in front of the arrow target a foot away, and the difference between the front and back could hardly be seen.

Wu Lihan is a master of archery, and at a glance, he knows that the arrow target is out of the range of the divine arm bow, no wonder he didn't shoot! He secretly exhaled, and his heart was relieved: it was not that he was not good at archery.

Wu Lihan walked back quickly, saluted Abahai, pointed at Chen Wenqi and said, "Lord Jinong, it was he who secretly made trouble and put the arrow target out of the range of the Divine Arm Bow. First of all, he had to clear himself from Abahai and keep his "reputation" for the rest of his life.

The people in the court originally disagreed with Chen Wenqi for letting the Tatars shoot arrows, thinking that he was completely taking advantage of his strengths. Now that I heard that he had put the target of the arrow out of range, I was even more puzzled, how could such a little trick be concealed from others? And once it was exposed, what would be the face of the Celestial Empire? But at this time, the wood has already become a boat, and the rice has been cooked, so let's see how he copes with this situation.

Abahai heard that it was Chen Wenqi who was making trouble, so he laughed instead of being angry, and said to Chen Wenqi in an almost mocking tone: "It turned out that the respected driver was secretly 'helping', so is this 'achievement' considered Wulihan or honorable?"

Chen Wenqi said with a smile: "What did Abahai's envoy say?

Ulihan was already relieved, he was not an envoy of the tribute mission, as long as Abahai knew that it was not his own archery skills that were not good, and other things had nothing to do with him. As soon as he heard that Chen Wenqi had pushed the matter on his head again, he couldn't help but be anxious, he walked up to Chen Wenqi angrily, pointed to his nose and said, "You said my archery skills are not good?" He turned around and waved his hand at the people of the Chenggong Mission, "You go and ask them, if my archery skills are second in Mongolia, who dares to call them first? If you secretly put the arrow target out of the shooting range, even the gods will not be able to shoot it." ”

Chen Wenqi smiled on his face, but he showed no mercy on his lips: "You are embarrassed to claim to be the first in Mongolian archery." If, when two armies face each other, you do not shoot at the enemy, but complain that the enemy does not come close to your range, will it not be a great joke in the world?"

After thinking for a while, he seemed to suddenly come to his senses, and said to Chen Wenqi: "Are you saying that since the enemy does not approach me, I will approach him? Yes, this reason is simple, wait for me to come again." "After that, when you pick up the bow and the claspless arrow, you have to pass over the claspless arrow stuck in the ground, approach the target and shoot it again.

Chen Wenqi stretched out his hand to stop Wu Lihan, and said with a smile: "Neither nor either." If you get close to shooting, how can you get the number one archery master in Mongolia? It quickly became clear to him that if there was no limit to the distance of archery, a three-year-old child could also poke an arrow directly at the target.

"Ulihan, stand aside for now. He drank Ulihan and stepped forward and said, "I heard the emperor say that he is the champion of the new department, isn't it? Could it be that the champion of the Celestial Empire is a scoundrel?"

Chen Wenqi asked knowingly: "Oh? I keep respecting you as a 'noble envoy', but you are a scoundrel when you accuse you." The envoy said, "What's the 'scoundrel'?"

"Isn't this little trick of secretly placing the target out of the range of the Divine Arm Bow?"

"Hahaha-" Chen Wenqi burst out laughing.

"What are you laughing at, could it be that Ben Envoy is wrong?" said Abahai angrily.

First, when an arrow target is placed in front of a large public, how can a person 'secretly' make trouble? Second, the bow and arrow are very important, but the bow and arrow are dead, but the person is alive. Who said that the Divine Arm Bow could only shoot two hundred and forty paces and not farther?"

"So, you can shoot farther?"

Chen Wenqi was noncommittal, laughing and not answering.

Wu Lihan boasted of his excellent archery skills, and stood in the distance and said unconvinced: "General Ben has been practicing archery for decades, and the range of the Divine Arm Bow is more than two hundred and forty steps, this is the first time I have heard of it, and it is simply unbelievable. ”

"The world is so big, there are no surprises. Just because you don't know much doesn't mean it's not a fact. Chen Wenqi sneered.

"Then please show your skills and let General Ben see and understand?"

"Hehe, I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint General Ulihan, your family Jinong may be thinking about a year's double tribute. ”

"What do you mean?" asked Abahai pretending not to understand.

"Take the square bucket jade under it, and your envoy will send someone to shoot with a strong bow. Now that the jade bi in Fang Dou has been taken down, but General Ulihan missed three arrows, what he said just now is still in his ears, Abahai's envoy won't forget it so quickly, right?"

"If you put the target out of range, how can you hit it? Abahai said indignantly.

"Why did the envoy go back again? Again: Who decreed that the Divine Arm Bow could only shoot two hundred and forty paces and not farther?"

"Do you want to shoot an arrow to convince the envoy?" said Abahai.

"It's not impossible to shoot at the bottom, but - it's the same as teaching you how to shoot an arrow. In that case, in addition to the double tribute for one year mentioned below, the envoy must give the next 'lottery'. ”

After Chen Wenqi said this, everyone in the court covered their mouths and laughed. It turned out that Chen Wenqi was using his own way to govern his body, and designed to lure Abahai into the court.

Abahai was choked and couldn't speak, Chen Wenqi's words were just what he had said before, and he really couldn't be scolded for being rude.

But Abahai didn't believe how Chen Wenqi could shoot an arrow target outside the range, this kid is false and real, this time nine times out of ten is a fraud, if I am bluffed by him, won't I be blinded by the geese pecking all day long? He pulled Almu and Ulihan to his side, and asked in his ear: "Think about it, is there really no other way to shoot at the arrow target?"

Ullihan didn't think about it, and said with certainty: "No." ”

"So, that kid must be a fraudster?"

Almu thought for a moment and whispered, "Absolutely." ”

"So you're going to take a gamble with him?"

Almu and Ulihan nodded in agreement.

Abahai made up his mind, came to Chen Wenqi's side, and said, "You said to listen, what kind of 'color head' do you want to make?"

"Abahai's envoy had to gamble with the Celestial Dynasty before, and how about using Ningxia Zuotunwei, Ningxia Youtunwei and Ningxia Qianwei (hereinafter referred to as Hetao Sanwei or Sancheng - author's note)?"

Emperor Zhu Youzhu and the military generals of Wenchen standing on his left and right, when they heard this, their eyes suddenly lit up and their blood was full of blood - this touched the hidden pain in the hearts of the Ming monarchs and ministers.