Chapter 64 Royal Shooting Liaoning Envoy

On the morning of the third day of the lunar new year, the king was ready to wait for the bodyguards sent by the palace to pick him up.

Today's clothes are carefully selected under the moon. Watching Wang side change his clothes and walk out of the room, Yuexia was stunned.

I saw that the hair was tied on the king's side, and the white silk scarf tied the bun, wearing a snow-white straight robe and a wide belt with silver embroidered moon-white auspicious cloud pattern at the waist, which was only decorated with a white jade pendant. The cover is covered with pure white fox skin, and the snow-white slender fox on the cot trembles in the breeze.

Looking at the face next to the king, his facial features are handsome and angular. The eyebrows are beautiful with a little unruly face, but under a pair of sword eyebrows is a pair of black and white eyes, full of affection, the nose is like hanging gall, the lips are red and the teeth are white, and the smile is slightly upturned. Unexpectedly, I felt that the deer in my heart was bumping wildly, and my face was red.

Wang squeezed his eyes at the moon and said, "What's the matter? Is it because your father-in-law is too handsome and likes it very much? Yuexia was hit by him and turned his face shyly. The king just teased her a few more words. Lu Shenyan came in and said that the bodyguard next to the king had arrived.

The king followed the bodyguards to the Nanyuyuan. When he entered the garden, he saw the spectacle. The forbidden military courtyard in the city was well listed. The seat on the stage was the position of Emperor Renzong and the Empress. The emperor had not come at this time. The prince, prince, princess and lady should have been listed behind the seat. However, Renzong had no words, but when he saw Zhao Zongshi standing behind Renzong, he remembered that he had heard recently that Renzong wanted to establish a crown prince,

The two shorter viewing stations in the east and west of the main station are the positions of envoys of various countries. Secondly, the seat of the civil and military officials. The general manager of the stand saw that the king had arrived, so he arranged his seat. Naturally, it was relatively close to the side, but it could also be seen clearly.

At this time, officials were seated one after another. With the sound of a clear sound, the band played. Then the emperor's wre came. Emperor Renzong went to the Lord to watch the empress dowager and sat down on the throne. The king saw that today's emperor was wearing a crown and a red robe. Very majestic.

The king distinguishes the envoys of these countries from the viewing platform on that side: the ambassador of Dayao is crowned with a golden crown, the back tip is like a big lotus leaf, wearing a purple narrow robe, and a golden waist (wearing ornaments). His deputy envoy was wrapped in gold belts, such as Hanfu. When the ambassador worships, he uses Khitan etiquette to stand on his left foot, kneel on his right foot, and worship with both hands on his shoulders, that is, kneel on one leg without kowtowing, and both hands on the shoulders at the same time. The deputy envoy knelt down with Han Li.

Ambassadors and deputy envoys of the State of Xia all wear short golden crowns, wear crimson narrow robes, and bow with forks.

The envoys of Goryeo (present-day North Korea), Nanpan and Jiaozhou are the same as the etiquette of the Han people.

The messengers are all long-kered, with a high nose, wrapped in silk, and dressed in robes.

Yutan envoys all wear small golden felt hats, golden silk robes, belts, and come with their wives.

The five surnames of Nanman entered the dynasty, which is a bun with a monk's salute.

In addition, envoys from Zhenla (present-day Cambodia), Dali, Dashi (Persia) and other countries also traveled thousands of miles to the Song Dynasty to congratulate them. They all kneel down like the emperor according to the etiquette of the Han people.

Seeing this scene, the king couldn't help sighing that this scene was spectacular for the first time in his life, not to mention that he could only watch the handshake on TV in his previous life.

However, in the observation, the king found that there was no ambassador of the Japanese country. He was thinking about what the little devil was doing, and the archery competition began.

The envoy of the State of Liao Dynasty tried the crossbow to shoot arrows. He first put the crossbow about 200 meters away from the grass target, and then a Liao man wrapped in a footless head in a brocade jacket came forward, stepped on the crossbow, danced, set arrows, and aimed. After a set of movements, he was extremely skilled.

Liao Shi stepped up proudly and aimed at it. The trigger in his hand was loosened, and the crossbow arrow shot out like lightning, shooting the red dot in the bullseye, which immediately attracted everyone's applause.

When the applause rested for a while, a member, Song General, also stepped forward. He saw that the man was burly and his arms were thick and round. At first glance, he was a person who had been trained for a long time, and his two slightly pouted eyelids were occasionally unfolded, and his eyes were extremely fierce. This look swept over the crowd that had just finished cheering. The crowd suddenly felt that There is a little chill all over.

When everyone stopped shouting, the Song general stepped on the crossbow, danced, hit the arrow, and aimed at the arrow without the help of others. It turned out that the arrow had flown out in a moment and also hit the bullseye. The cheers were thunderous.

The king couldn't help asking who the official sitting next to him was. The official said, "This man is a son of the world. The deputy envoy of Zuo Zangku was appointed as a magistrate in Cheongdong City on the recommendation of his father.

When Wang heard Zhong's name, and when he heard about this fifth uncle in Yanzhou, he had a little admiration in his heart.

But when he saw the ambassador of Liao, he came forward and arched his hand to Emperor Renzong and said, "Do you dare to ask if this general who shot arrows just now is a seed?"

Renzong sat on the throne behind the stage. He had seen the situation under the stand for a long time. Seeing the envoy of the State of Liao coming forward, he said, "Xiao Ying, the envoy of the State of Liao Province, sent you to celebrate the New Year for the first time this year of the State of Liao. No wonder you did not know the general of our dynasty. The general who just drew was the general.

Renzong used the word draw to show the demeanor of a great country. Everyone can see clearly that Liao is two people shooting arrows, and one of our general has already hit the target. I have given you face.

How did you know that Xiao Ying, the ambassador of Liao, looked up to the sky and laughed and said, "I think I won this time."

Renzong smiled and said, "Tell me the truth and listen."

Xiao Ying said with a disdainful expression, "Although this is my first time to come to the Central Plains, I heard that when I shot last year, it was also this kind of general who came to shoot with me. Any ambassador in Liao can be shot. Is there only this kind of general after General Di in the Song Dynasty?

After he finished speaking, he laughed at the team of Liao's envoys.

Seeing that this man was so arrogant, he was deliberately difficult for the envoy of Liao. It turned out that there were naturally crossbowmen in the forbidden army. It would be wrong to say that no one could shoot arrows, but it would be different to say that the generals of the Song Dynasty, or the generals of the same level as the ambassador, would be different. You can't compare with soldiers who practice day and night, which is a loss of appreciation.

So Renzong smiled and said, "I don't need to answer these questions."

Xiao Ying said, "I have always asked the ministers of your country to be fickle. If the emperor doesn't admit what I said, it's fine. Is it a draw?"

Renzong looked at the scoundrel of the messenger of Liao, and it was a draw. What's the matter?

I thought to myself: I had heard that the Liao envoy was going to make things difficult in this shooting, and it was true. He had long seen the king sitting at the end, which was not too close, but among these officials in purple and green costumes, the white suit was particularly eye-catching. This handsome and straight young man would attract people's attention wherever he walked. Emperor Renzong had a plan in his heart.

Emperor Renzong ordered the king to stand up, and then said to Xiao Ying of Liao, "You may have heard of Wang Ruowu?"

Xiao Ying shook her head: "I have heard of the civil servants and generals of your country, but I have never heard of the king."

Renzong ordered people to call the king. The king walked in front of the stage and said, "The grass-civilian king knocked to the emperor." Emperor Renzong gave the king a flat body.

Xiao Ying saw that Wang was really not very old. And he said that he was a grass-sbys, so he turned around the king and looked around twice. Seeing that the young man next to the king is very handsome, he just doesn't look at himself. At least he is also an ambassador. He asked Renzong, "I don't know why Emperor Song called this child?"

Renzong asked, "Did you hear what the ambassador of Liao just said?"

Wang's heart is most annoying for others to call him a child. He looked at this ambassador of Liao. Xiao Ying is also burly, but she is slightly fat. She is as old as 40 or fifty years old as me. She has a big face, a big nose and a big mouth, and a shy stomach.

"The common people heard it, but they still didn't understand where he said he won."

Xiao Ying sneered and said, "As soon as one soldier in our country surrenders, we can open the bow. There are many crazy soldiers. There are only one or two generals in your country. Isn't this a win?"

Wang side sighed and said, "This ambassador, do you know that if you have two soldiers and one general, you may not be able to be worth my general Song? You have more soldiers than me, but there are more people in the Song Dynasty?"

The king continued, "Civilians like me will shoot arrows, and I'm afraid that you will have many soldiers."

Xiao Ying squinted at the king with cold eyes and said to her heart that the little child actually spoke wildly. He was disdainful from the psychology. There were also a lot of discussions among envoys in various countries. Wang thought that he would not use a crossbow himself. He saw Xiao Ying's disdain and said, "Does Ambassador Xiao dare to compare bows and arrows with me?"

Xiao Ying said, "What's the difficulty?" Renzong ordered people to set up the target, and each person prepared a bow and three arrows, each with three arrows at the bull'seye.

Xiao Ying knew in her heart that she underestimated the enemy, but when she saw that she didn't lose, she said, "This is one shot per person, at most a draw."

Which Wang asked with a smile, "May I ask Lord Xiao Gui Geng?"

Xiao Ying laughed and said, "Little baby, I'm twice as old as you"

Wang also laughed: "If according to Ambassador Xiao's algorithm just now, doesn't the ambassador lose?"

Except for the envoys of Liao, the other messengers were watching the bustle. The officials of the Song Dynasty were naturally annoyed by Xiao Yingzhi's arrogance. Seeing Wang ask Xiao Ying's age, Xiao Ying threw herself into the net and went on to let Wang find a handle, which was also a relief. I laughed loudly when I heard this.

Renzong also smiled. Seeing that Xiao Ying was speechless, he said, "This shooting is entertainment, not to win or lose. Even so, it is a draw. Everyone is happy.

Xiao Ying saw that Renzong said so and also smiled to show the demeanor of Liao and returned to the table. Emperor Renzong gave the envoys of the Liao Dynasty Han costumes, brocade jackets and so on. He also rewarded the king with silver saddles, horses, clothes, gold and silver utensils.

The matter of the king's imperial shooting is known among the envoys of various countries. Let's not talk about how the envoys of various countries talked about the king's side when they returned to China. At the end of the imperial shooting, the king came out of the southern imperial garden and rode on the horse rewarded by the emperor on the imperial street. The people in the city have learned that the king's side was accompanied the shooting of the Liaoning envoys. They all cheered on both sides, and I had already heard of the name of the king here.

The king rode on a high-headed horse in high spirits. Behind him, a pair of envious eyes are looking at him, and in the near future, the man is about to become the new king

(Note: Although the people of the Northern Song Dynasty are colorful, strictly speaking, the people can only wear white, especially on such occasions, white has been forbidden since the Southern Song Dynasty)