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Chapter 241 Saint, dare to shoot with the slave family
Hearing that his good friend proposed to his cheap niece Pei Xinru to take off the veil, Pei Ji who was sitting on the side couldn't sit still, he coughed lightly, and whispered to Li Yuan.

"Si Niangzi is the daughter of the Pei family in the east of the river, not Luliuqianghua. The saint must be careful in his words, otherwise if it spreads out, saying that the saint is spying on the family members of his subordinates, it will hurt the holiness!"

"Oh!"

After hearing Pei Ji's words, His Majesty Li Yuan covered his face with his hand in embarrassment, and said in a low voice.

"Pei Qing is right, I lost my word for a while..."

In the end, before Li Yuan could finish speaking, Pei Xinru stood up, fisted with both hands, and said in a heroic manner.

"Since the sage has a destiny, how dare Xinru not obey!"

As she spoke, she turned sideways, held the side of her veiled hat with one hand, and gently lifted her hat up. Then her slightly pointed chin, plump face, and lips with a little vermilion hung on her face. The gut-like nose, a pair of apricot-like eyes, and the brows that were modified but still heroic were exposed in front of Li Yuan bit by bit.

Afterwards, Pei Ji saw that his good friend's eyes became straight in an instant, with an eager expression in them.

"Ah……"

Pei Ji sighed silently.

After all the veils were taken off, Pei Xinru turned her eyes, a pair of black and white eyes rolled in the eye sockets, and then waved her hand lightly, the veil with white gauze was like a Frisbee, It flew from her hand to the corner of the hall, and accurately landed on the top of a shelf with clothes hanging on it.

"color!"

Seeing Pei Xinru throwing his hat, Li Yuan couldn't help shouting excitedly, then raised his hands and applauded.

"Si Niangzi is good at archery..."

"It's just that I often shoot for fun at home, so I'm more familiar with it."

Pei Xinru bowed to Li Yuan's generous bow.

"I dare not be a saint with such praise."

"Si Niangzi, you are really good at shooting..."

After hearing Pei Xinru's words, His Majesty Li Yuan was even happier. He leaned forward and asked tentatively.

"It's similar to my hobbies. I don't know how far Fourth Lady can shoot?"

"The little girl has enjoyed it since she was a child. She asks herself about her arm strength and does not let a man."

Pei Xinru bent her hand and gestured to Li Yuan for her biceps.

"Within twenty feet, do as you please!"

"it is good!"

Li Yuan slapped the cases in front of him vigorously, and shouted excitedly.

"Today I'm going to compete with Si Niangzi, Pei Qing, get someone to prepare!"

After hearing Li Yuan's words, Pei Ji looked at Li Yuan with a strange face, and said in a low voice.

"Saint, you came here today to understand the sentiments of the people, and you will ask these impoverished women one by one about the situation in various places later. Now you leave these poor impoverished women alone and go to compete with the minister's niece or something. , isn't it inappropriate?"

"Experience the people's sentiments, let's talk about it later!"

His Majesty Li Yuan looked at Pei Xinru with an eager look on his face.

"Now I just want to show Fourth Lady whether she is good at shooting or I am good at shooting..."

Unable to dissuade from one direction, Pei Ji immediately changed another angle.

"Saint, you want to shoot, what about these impoverished women who are waiting for you to summon?"

"Are these?"

His Majesty Li Yuan turned his head to look at those thin and plump beauties, hesitation appeared in his eyes, but when his eyes fell on the heroic Pei Xinru next to him again, he immediately made up his mind.

"Let them rest first..."

"saint……"

Pei Ji still wanted to continue working hard, but his Majesty Li Yuan interrupted his words as soon as he could speak.

"Pei Qing, don't do what I want, hurry up and get ready!"

"Yes!"

The helpless Pei Ji could only agree, then beckoned the butler by the door, and gave some instructions in a low voice.

Soon, those women who were waiting to be summoned by His Majesty Li Yuan came out in a file, temporarily moved from the corner of the hall to behind the screen, and stayed with the female musicians.

A few minutes later, the butler walked in with a few servants, two quiver bags, and two identical copper pots.

These two copper pots are one foot and two inches high, with five-inch belly, seven-inch neck and two-inch diameter. The inside of the pot is filled with about half a pot of red beans.

After they entered the door, Pei Ji got up immediately and took out four wooden arrows made of Zhe wood from the quiver.

These wooden arrows were not equipped with tail feathers or arrowheads. Instead, a round ball was left at the head of the arrow as an arrowhead, and the tail of the arrowhead was cut into a flat shape and painted with white paint to look like a feather.

"saint!"

Holding the Zhe wooden arrow, Pei Ji bowed slightly to His Majesty Li Yuan, and said solemnly.

"Someone has an arrow whistle pot, please Le Bin."

"Pei Qing..."

His Majesty Li Yuan also sat down for a long time, and replied seriously.

"My son has a decree for wine and good food, but also for pleasure, so he dares to say goodbye."

……

That's right, His Majesty Li Yuan talked about shooting with Fourth Lady Pei Xinru for a long time, but he actually didn't mean shooting arrows, let alone shooting other things, but throwing pots.

Touhu is a form of entertainment that appeared in China a long time ago. It originated from archery, so it can also be referred to as shooting.

It is said that in the Spring and Autumn Period, when the Chinese people entertained each other for dinner, the guests were required to shoot with bows and arrows to show etiquette and admiration for martial arts.However, with the development of the times, there are more and more people who can't shoot with bows and arrows or can't shoot accurately. What should these people do if they don't want to be ashamed at the banquet?
As we all know, if you can't shoot correctly, you can only rely on your hands...

So the pitching pot appeared!

In the Sui and Tang Dynasties, throwing pots had become the favorite entertainment method of the rich and powerful in their spare time, surpassing sex.Countless dignitaries flock to it. For example, His Majesty Li Yuan and his first wife, Empress Dou Shi, both like this sport very much. They have to shoot twice with their hands every day if they have nothing to do, which is quite relaxing.

After the host Pei Ji and the guest His Majesty Li Yuan made three concessions, His Majesty Li Yuan finally took the Zhemu arrow in Pei Ji's hand.

"A certain resignation will not be ordered, dare to disobey?"

"saint……"

After finishing the etiquette process before throwing the pot, Pei Ji asked again.

"Where is the jug?"

"This one……"

Holding the Zhemu arrow in his hand, Li Yuan looked at Pei Xinru who was on the side.

"Si Niangzi, how far do you think is appropriate?"

"saint……"

Pei Xinru still replied confidently.

"The slave family just said that within twenty feet, you can do whatever you want!"

"it is good!"

Li Yuan took a few shots and said excitedly.

"Then put ten feet first..."

After hearing Li Yuan's words, Pei Ji shook his head at the servants next to him. Those servants immediately pulled away the rope, measured the position ten feet from the front of His Majesty Li Yuan's table, and then put down the copper pot. The servants beside him also In the same way, he also put down a copper pot for Pei Xinru.

Then, the two servants held the quiver, placed it on the cases of His Majesty Li Yuan and Pei Xinru, and walked away with their hands down.

clap clap clap...

Pei Ji raised his hands and clapped them lightly a few times. Immediately, the music "Beaver Head" rang out from behind the screen. Accompanied by the music, a soft female voice began to sing.

"Great-grandson Hou's family, the four are upright. The great man and the gentleman are the common people. The size does not matter, and the king is in charge. Shoot with swallows, and the swallows will be famous."

Just as the music was playing, His Majesty Li Yuan and Pei Xinru raised a Zhemu arrow at the same time, and when the female voice sang the third word, which was the word Hou in the great-grandson Hou's family, their bodies turned around in time. , with a chic gesture, threw out the Zhemu arrow in his hand.

Dang!

There was a crisp sound from the copper pot in front of His Majesty Li Yuan, and the Zhemu arrow hit the spout accurately, and then fell into the pot.

"color!"

After His Majesty Li Yuan's arrow fell into the copper pot, Pei Ji immediately began to cheer and applaud.

"First!"

Dang!

While Pei Ji was cheering, there was a crisp sound from the copper pot in front of Pei Xinru, and a Zhe wood arrow also fell into the pot.

His Majesty Li Yuan looked at the copper pot in front of Pei Xinru, then pinched a Zhe wood arrow with two fingers, stretched his body, turned around as if dancing, and sang the third sentence of the second sentence in Lishou. While writing, he threw the wooden arrow in his hand.

Dang!

After a crisp sound, the Zhemu arrow fell into the pot again.

"Love! Even hit!"

"Pei Qing, stop talking..."

Li Yuan glanced at the copper pot in front of Pei Xinru again, then picked up an arrow, danced slowly to the rhythm of the music, and said casually.

"I haven't defeated Si Niangzi yet, you applaud like this, it seems that I have won... hit!"

At the third word of the third sentence, Li Yuan shook his hand, and the Zhemu arrow went into the copper pot again accurately.

"Color! Scatter..."

In the middle of speaking this time, Pei Ji saw His Majesty Li Yuan's warning gaze, and he silently covered his mouth with his hands.

The next four arrows, fifth arrows, sixth arrows, seventh arrows... Whether it was His Majesty Li Yuan or Pei Xinru, they all accurately threw the arrows into the copper pot, and there were two arrows in the middle that fell on the left and right. In the ears of the two pots.

Swish!
His Majesty Li Yuan danced to the music, stuck to the rhythm of the last sentence, and threw the Zhemu arrow in his hand into the pot.

Dang!

Pei Xinru's side was still slow to beat Li Yuan, but she also threw it in step by step.

"color!"

Pei Ji applauded and cheered loudly.

"The sage hits all eight arrows, it's the 'full pot', and the time is a little faster than the fourth lady, so the sage should have won this competition."

"Hahaha……"

Li Yuan laughed happily, then he turned to look at Pei Xinru.

"Si Niangzi, do you also think I won?"

"Although Xinru is also full pot, the saint is indeed one step ahead of Xinru."

Pei Xinru bowed to Li Yuan like a man.

"This game was indeed won by the saint..."

I don't know why, looking at Pei Xinru's gesture of bowing and saluting, and the way she speaks.Li Yuan's eyes fluctuated for a while, as if he remembered something, and the smile he looked at Pei Xinru became softer.

"Si Niangzi, you are too modest..."

Li Yuan sat down behind the cases and looked at Pei Xinru happily.

"You shoot after me every time. You shoot wherever I shoot. I do whatever I want, but you don't. When you see that I change the target, you can change it immediately, and you can still hit it. It seems You are indeed as you said, very good at shooting!"

"Of course!"

Pei Xinru cupped her hands confidently.

"On shooting, I am confident that I am not weaker than others..."

"Hahaha……"

Li Yuan laughed again, and his eyes towards Pei Xinru became even hotter. He raised the wine glasses on the table and said loudly.

"Okay, I can't shoot you, so I'll toast you, win!"

"The sage gave wine, but Xinru dared not say no."

Pei Xinru also raised her glass and replied boldly.

"Drink wins!"

Next, His Majesty Li Yuan, who was a confidant in wine, drank with Pei Xinru for a long time, and the conversation was very speculative, with constant laughter, which made Pei Ji feel a little jealous.

Seeing the congenial look of the two, Pei Ji sighed silently.

As Pei Xinru's uncle, he has to think about the reputation of the Pei family in Hedong, and he can't tell his good friend that this woman is ignorant of the monk, but as a good friend of His Majesty Li Yuan, he feels that he can't just sit and watch Make him a laughing stock.

So, Pei Ji silently closed his eyes.

　In fact, the etiquette of throwing pots is not limited to those written by Mengxin. Before the game, the master also announced the rules, saying: "Shun throwing is the entry, it is better than throwing, winning and drinking. If you are a gentleman, please do it for the winner immediately." , the three horses are established, Qingdoma." After the middle shot is calculated, for example, the middle first, and then the ears on both sides, the score will be higher if you go down the order, etc., and I won't go into details in Mengxin's book. , everyone will just pretend that His Majesty Li Yuan has omitted these red tapes.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)