Xiu Chong was full of confidence. He was sure that he had learned riding and shooting since he was a child, and he had worked very hard in recent days in order to be able to defeat the prince of the Great Jin Dynasty. What's more, he had just seen the two princes wasting their time on pleasure.
His posture holding the bow and arrow was quite standard, with his shoulders stretched and broad, his arms straight, and his aim gathered.
Whoosh——
The arrow flew out of the bow and hit the target five meters away, just a little bit away from the bull's eye.
The prince who was watching from the side nodded with satisfaction and was very appreciative of his eldest son's performance.
"My son has been studious since he was young and has practiced archery on horseback for two or three years. It's only natural that the Fifth Prince is defeated."
He Chu held his brother's small bow and arrow in the same standard posture, but the difference was that unlike Xiu Chong who drew the bow slowly, he pulled the bowstring almost instantly, and then with a whoosh, it shot out.
Snap——
The arrow penetrated the target and the bull's eye was completely covered by the feathers.
Xiu Chong was stunned, and the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess also looked pale. None of them had expected that a boy who was only five years old could do this!
Not only did he hit the bull's eye, he even shot it through the bull's eye with one arrow!
What a great force it takes!
There is no way a child could do this!
The prince's face turned pale as he said to Nahan Oren, "Great Khan, this is just a competition between children. It's unfair to tamper with the target."
Nahan Oren sneered.
"Prince, please don't speak without proof. Is this Khan really going to compete with your eldest son?"
It's really ridiculous. If you can't stand losing, you think others are cheating.
When He Chu heard what the prince said, his originally indifferent face suddenly became serious.
He was not afraid of anyone at all and talked back to the prince.
"You dare to accuse my father, the Khan, of this? Then I'll teach you a lesson!"
He Chu pulled out the arrow and shot four more arrows in succession. Each arrow just split the previous arrow in half and hit the bull's eye. Each arrow went deeper than the last. By the fifth arrow, only the feathers could be seen but not the arrow body.
The prince's face became more and more ugly. It had come to this point. Even if the target was thin, it didn't matter. It was a fact that He Chu's arrows hit the bull's eye.
The fact is, his proud son is not as skilled as others, and this son is even a prince of the Jin Dynasty who is a year younger than him!
He Chu snorted coldly and said to Xiu Chong who was standing stupidly beside him: "You want to compete, don't you? Come on, it's your turn."
He is young, but not a fool. He can see that these people are not friendly to his father, Khan, mother, concubine, and even to him and his brother. So why should he give them face?
At this point, how could Xiu Chong still have the courage to draw his bow? He could only keep his head down and digest the crushing humiliation alone.
He Chu shot five arrows in a row, and when Xiu Chong stopped talking, he ran to Nahan Oren and said, "Father Khan, your son has won!"
Nahan Olun patted He Chu's shoulder with his big hand, as if it was a conversation between two men: "Well done!"
Xiu Chong couldn't stand this disparity, and still refused to give up, he ran to Nahan Olun and said: "I don't accept it! Horseback archery is the specialty of you Jin people, do you dare to compete with me in literature?"
If you lose in a fight of arms, you can fight with words. Xiu Chong doesn't believe that with so many years of instruction from famous teachers and great scholars, he can still be inferior to the prince of the Great Jin in the wild land!
He Chu sneered: "I won't compete with the defeated opponent, go and have fun by yourself!"
Xiu Chong rushed to the silent Dai Qin and said, "If he doesn't want to compete, then you come compete with me!"
Daiqin looked at Xiu Chong and felt very bored. The man in front of him was like a disassembled Luban lock. It still looked very delicate, but in fact it was easy to see through.
He was uninterested: "You're not going to compete with me in memorizing, are you? You're so boring."
Xiu Chong, who had really intended to endorse it, said: …
Bai Yuzhi was tickled by her son's blunt words: ...
Xiu Chong gritted his teeth and said, "Of course I'm not that boring! Let's compete in untying the golden ring!"
The golden rings are nine linked rings that most children cannot solve independently. However, Xiu Chong has been playing with them since he was a child and can now solve six rings by himself.
After all, he was afraid of losing, so he deliberately found an object he was good at to compete with.
But when Bai Yuzhi thought about it, he found that Daiqin seemed to have never played the Nine Rings game before.
As expected, Daiqin became interested: "What does it mean to untie the golden ring?"
Xiu Chong: "You don't know how to untie the golden ring?"
He felt a little guilty, but after thinking about it, he decided to save face: "Actually, I haven't played much, but this is perfect! We learn together, it's fairer!"
Daiqin could tell that he was lying, but he didn't care.
Anyway, he didn't think he would lose.
So: "Okay."
Xiu Chong took out two sets of Nine-Linked Rings from his attendant's arms, and it was obvious that he had prepared them in advance.
The Crown Prince and the Crown Princess saw that their eldest son was lying, but they deliberately did not expose him.
Now it's not just Xiu Chong, the crown prince also needs to do something to save face, otherwise not only him, but also the Great Chu he represents will be severely looked down upon by the Great Jin!
So there is no need to care about the upright and gentlemanly way. As the saying goes, all is fair in war, as long as you can win.
Just like that, Xiu Chong held the nine linked rings and said, "As long as I can untie these nine rings, I win. If I can't untie all of them, whoever can untie more will win!"
Daiqin looked at the nine-linked ring in his hand and felt a little disappointed.
This is what is called the solution to the golden ring.
He ignored Xiu Chong and saw that Xiu Chong had devoted himself wholeheartedly to solving the Nine Rings. Dai Qin pulled the golden ring and it was indeed a "golden ring". The golden ring played by the Crown Prince of Great Chu was naturally made of gold.
Daiqin exerted a little force and the gold ring changed its shape.
"I untied it."
Xiu Chong watched Dai Qin directly break all the rings apart and almost screamed.
How could anyone untie the Nine Rings by breaking them?
Moreover, this gold ring is completely closed on the hanging ring rod. Even if pure gold is a metal with very low hardness, it is impossible to pry it open with brute force!
Xiu Chong collapsed: "This is useless, the Nine Rings must be untied!"
Daiqin was puzzled: "Didn't I solve it?"
He showed Xiu Chong the rings on his hand one by one.
Xiu Chong really couldn't stand the successive blows and could no longer conceal his gloomy and angry expression. The resentful look on a seven-year-old child's face was really creepy, and Bai Yuzhi felt very uncomfortable.
Xiu Chongyin roared at Daiqin fiercely: "What do you know? You have completely broken the rules of the Nine Links!"
Daiqin was also getting impatient. No one had ever dared to yell at him. Who was this person? He was stupid, weak, and couldn't afford to lose.
"Haven't you heard of the saying 'one force can defeat ten skills'? And what are the rules? When you are strong enough, you become the one who makes the rules."
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