The air seemed to be frozen, the two children were motionless, and no one else dared to move or make a sound.
Zhu Bai suddenly laughed: "Ha, I won."
Zhu Di frowned and sneered: "Nonsense, if you shoot me in the forehead and I shoot you in the left chest, you will both die. Why do you say you won?"
"I guess you will aim at the biggest left chest in order to win. Sure enough..." Zhu Bai pulled out the arrow nailed to his left chest, and proudly took out the copybook from his arms, "The second-power bow you took
, a two-foot arrow can penetrate this book at most."
Only then did Zhu Yuanzhang see clearly that the arrowheads of the two arrows had been pulled out and wrapped in a ball of glutinous rice stained with red ink.
The breath he had been holding suddenly relaxed, and his legs suddenly felt weak, and he almost sat down on the ground.
Erhu hurriedly supported Lao Zhu.
Zhu Bai seemed not to realize that Lao Zhu had arrived, and then smiled ferociously: "But my arrow can penetrate your skull. Do you think I won?"
Although Zhu Bai was cheating, Zhu Di had just made a fight in front of everyone, and he was so much older than Zhu Bai, so it was hard not to deny it.
He threw the bow away dejectedly: "I lost. What do you want to do?"
These two bastards turned out to be making a bet, which almost cost him his life.
Zhu Yuanzhang shouted angrily: "You two little beasts, kneel down before me."
The palace people sighed secretly: The emperor was really angry. He called his son a beast, then he was...
When Zhu Di and Zhu Bai heard that Lao Zhu was coming, they knelt down in a hurry.
Zhu Yuanzhang was so angry that he raised his hand several times and put it down again. He gritted his teeth for a long time and said, "What are you two bastards going to do?"
The ministers said in front that the vassal king would rebel, but these two guys started fighting behind him. Isn't this just to undermine him and encourage the arrogance of those sour scholars?
But children fighting is something that no one can do without.
He was reluctant to beat his child for this matter.
Zhu Di said: "When I returned to my father, my twelfth brother said he wanted to see the power of the Erli Gong. I will demonstrate it to him."
Zhu Yuanzhang lost some of his anger as soon as he heard this.
Having said that, these two guys are quite accurate in archery.
A good boy will bring good things, and a good girl will bring good luck...
Lao Zhu snorted and turned to Zhu Bai: "What about you? You are usually very articulate, why are you not talking now?"
Zhu Bai originally planned to pretend to be stupid. After all, he was young and it would be better for him to disturb the pool quietly.
When asked by Lao Zhu, he could only raise his head and answer: "Yes, I just want to try the feeling of being hit by an arrow."
In other words, he is looking for death...
Zhu Yuanzhang gritted his teeth: "You want to play, right? Very good! From today on, after noon and before dark, all the princes will go to the school to practice riding and shooting. I will designate a master for you."
Zhu Biao arrived just now, running as if he was about to die. Before he could take a breath, he almost fainted after hearing these words.
He spent the whole afternoon in school every afternoon, but he still didn't want to die.
But all the other princes looked happy: Oh, that's great! They don't have to study the boring Zhu Shengren in the main hall for an afternoon, even if they are allowed to run around the school field for an afternoon, they are willing to do so.
Zhu Bai was also stunned.
Damn it, why is this Lao Zhu’s brain circuitry different from other people’s?
He and Zhu Di were just simulating a life-and-death struggle for Lao Zhu.
Why did Lao Zhu hire a master to teach them martial arts?!!
Wouldn't they fight even more fiercely after that?
Moreover, isn't he just doing bad things with good intentions? He originally wanted to expose Zhu Di's true nature to Zhu Yuanzhang, but in the end, he gave Zhu Di and the others a chance to practice martial arts!
No, he wanted to give up Lao Zhu's idea.
Zhu Bai hurriedly turned around with his short legs to catch up with Zhu Yuanzhang, who was about to leave after saying this: "Father, I am small and young, so I can't beat my brothers."
Zhu Yuanzhang was secretly amused. He turned around and glanced at Zhu Bai: "Why, are you scared now?!"
Zhu Bai grabbed the corner of Zhu Yuanzhang's clothes and nodded quickly: "Afraid!"
Zhu Yuanzhang's face turned cold: "If you're afraid, just practice hard. On the battlefield in the future, the Mongols will not be merciful."
Zhu Bai rolled his eyes and said: "I'm afraid that if I practice too hard at once, His Majesty the Crown Prince won't be able to stand it. Besides, swords don't have eyes..."
When Zhu Biao burps early on the school field, what else will he do?
"Well, that's true. The prince practices alone, not with other brothers." Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at Zhu Biao, then took out the corner of Zhu Biao's hand, poked Zhu Bai's forehead with his index finger, and said every word.
Say, "Okay! Okay! Practice!"
Zhu Bai stood there stunned, his heart racing.
Ah, grass!
Why does the plot always not go according to my plan?
Doesn't Lao Zhu just want me to wait to be beaten?
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Zhu Yuanzhang was obviously very angry with the two princes, so he issued two imperial edicts after returning home.
One is the stipulation that no one in the backyard of the palace, except for the guards and the chef in the kitchen, is allowed to carry bladed objects, let alone shoot arrows in the inner courtyard of the palace. Otherwise, if you are caught once, you will be served with twenty boards until you are beaten to death!
The other is that princes who are seven years old or older will go to the school to practice martial arts every day starting from today, and each prince will be assigned a martial arts teacher.
Fifteen days later, the princes compete in martial arts.
Those who are at the bottom will be punished by the master for one month's salary, and the prince will be punished by kneeling for one hour.
The top three will be rewarded with three months', two months' and one month's salary from their masters in turn, and the princes will be rewarded together.
There will be no reward or punishment for others. The prince will not participate in the competition.
Everyone secretly thought about it: excluding the prince and the ninth prince who died young, there are ten princes who are over seven years old.
In other words, the princes who participated in the competition were all older than Zhu Bai.
Moreover, the apprentice cannot learn well and brings trouble to the master.
The fact that Lao Zhu appointed a master is very knowledgeable.
The prince's master is his cousin Zhu Wenzheng.
It was Lao Zhu who said that Zhu Wenzheng was picked out along with the prince.
Then Tang He, Mu Ying, and Guo Ying became the masters of the second, third, and fourth princes respectively.
These three military generals have outstanding achievements, but they are never arrogant about their achievements. They usually speak and act very cautiously.
The three princes are usually very skilled. If nothing unexpected happens, they will definitely be in the top three.
The three generals were sitting and waiting for their reward.
Zhu Bai's height is less than the waist of his first four brothers.
After only practicing for fifteen days, he was asked to compete with several brothers, clearly bullying him.
When the time comes, Zhu Bai will take turns being beaten by his nine brothers. No matter how naughty he is, he will be beaten into obedience.
Isn't this because Lao Zhu was reluctant to take action and could only ask Zhu Bai's brother to teach the rebellious son for him?
Lan Yu is the prince's in-law, but she is pointed out to be Zhu Bai's master.
On the surface, it was Lao Zhu who thought highly of Lan Yu's ability and assigned him the weakest prince.
In fact, anyone with a discerning eye would understand that Lao Zhu was trying to find an excuse to punish Lan Yu.
This time, Lan Yu, who was usually straightforward and arrogant, panicked and went to Li Shanchang to plead for him for the first time.
The cunning Li Shanchang said nothing.
The fine and salary are not a big deal. If Lao Zhu always harbors a grudge, Lan Yu will be the second Liao Yongzhong.
Now that he is interceding for Lan Yu, isn't that just rushing to the tip of the knife?
When Lan Yu saw that all her good words had been said, Li Shanchang remained silent. Finally, he got annoyed and said with wide eyes, "We started the rebellion together from our hometown. Mr. Li is a scholar and understands this truth better than me."
Li Shanchang could only sigh when he saw that his words had reached this point: "You have to change your straight temperament and be more low-key and kind. Now besides begging the emperor to let King Xiang not participate in the competition, there is nothing else to do."
There’s a solution.”
So, now it was Lan Yu who was kneeling outside the imperial study room asking to see the emperor.
Zhu Yuanzhang did not invite Lan Yu to go in to talk, but asked Er Hu to come out and send a message: "There is still half a month to practice, Master Lan, don't worry about it being too early. Although the sun is bright in the sky, the Mid-Autumn Festival has passed, and the ground is too cold. Master Lan is like this
You get sick easily, so you should go back and rest."
Lan Yu usually didn't like to ponder the meaning of other people's words, and now she had to rack her brains to think about it.
Tsk, does Lao Zhu mean that the emperor's favor was so great that he was heartbroken by a minister who didn't know what was good for him?
He prostrated on the ground and said, "I am scared. I don't know why I have betrayed the grace of God. I beg your Majesty to forgive me."
Before he could get up, Zhu Yuanzhang had already led someone out of the imperial study and left.
When Lan Yu saw it, she became more and more frightened.
He made it clear that he would never forgive and would not even give him a chance to explain!
It's over, it's over, my life is at stake.
He shouldn't have taken a few gulps of yellow soup and talked nonsense at that time!
