Across the Water Margin: Officials of Ximen

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Just as Wanyan Moulianghu was Wanyan Aguda's reliance in internal affairs, at this time the young Wanyan Nianmeiha had become the right-hand man of the King of Jin Wanyan Aguda in military affairs.

Ximenqing listened to Wanyan Gushen's introduction, and he finally recognized the person who came down in front of him. Isn't he the number one god of war in the Jurchen clan, who later took the Chinese name of Marshal Wanyan Zonghan of the Kingdom of Jin?It is said that in books such as Yue Quanzhuan, his name is translated as Nianhan.

This guy is the most important figure in the future Jin Kingdom's demise of Liao Kingdom and Song Kingdom!Wanyan Gushen and Wanyan Yinshuke are all civil and military talents under his command, forming the most elite Western Army in the Kingdom of Jin.

If Ximen Qing wants to fight against the Kingdom of Jin when Song and Jin go to war in the future, then this Wanyan Nianbudou will definitely rank among the top three Jurchens that Ximen Qing will deal with!

I don't know if there is a chance to dig a hole for Wanyan sticky?

Wanyan Nianmudou's Wanyan Shenguo is the eldest son of Wanyan Aguda, the lord of the Kingdom of Jin, and has the closest relationship with his cousin Wanyan Niandao.

After Wanyan Nianmeihe and Wanyan Shenguo went down to the hill and got together with the crowd, they told everyone that the two of them went up the mountain to lurk the night before and successfully hunted a tiger.

Everyone heard the words and looked behind Wanyan Nianmeihe and Wanyan Shenguo, and they saw those Jurchen warriors pulling a colorful tiger by a horse and coming down from their posts.

Seeing everyone's amazement, Wanyan Nian smiled and talked about why he went to Hu Kaishan to hunt tigers at night.It turns out that Wanyan Shengguo's wife, Mrs. Pucha, is pregnant and will give birth within this year.Wanyan Nian did not drink and accompanied Wanyan Shenguo to go up the mountain to hunt tigers in person, and wanted to use tiger skins to make quilts for Mrs. Pucha, hoping to have a boy like a tiger.

Speaking of her unborn child, Wanyan Shenguo also showed a happy smile, pointing to the arrow mark on the tiger's head and said that she shot the deadly arrow with her own hands.Mrs. Pucha will definitely give birth to a Jurchen warrior like a tiger.

Everyone was full of blessings to Wanyan Shenguo, and Ximen Qing also decided to send a gift to Wanyan Shengguo to express his blessing after going down the mountain.

At this time, the nobles of the Wanyan family on Mount Hukai had not expected that Wanyan Shengguo's soon-to-be-born son would historically become the third emperor of the Great Jin Kingdom, Jin Xizong.And at this time, what kind of fate will the people on this mountain face because of the struggle for imperial power?

With the addition of Wanyan Nian and Wuyao, under Wanyan Talan's command, the Jurchen warriors drove the beasts to the central grassland, and the nobles shot and hunted again with great interest, each with different harvests.Ximen Qing shot a rough-skinned and thick-fleshed wild boar to death this time, which also made Wanyan Moulianghu and others applaud.

It was almost noon, and after hunting, they lit a fire on the mountain, peeled a few prey and roasted them, formed a circle, drank and ate meat, chatted, and enjoyed themselves.

"Brother Ximenqing, May [-]th the next day will be my Jurchen's willow shooting festival, and Huining City will hold a willow shooting competition. I think you are very good at riding and shooting. Why don't you join our willow shooting competition as a guest?" Yan Nian didn't drink and suddenly sent an invitation to Ximen Qing.

After hearing this, Wanyan Moulianghu, Wanyan Gushen and others agreed, saying that Ximenqing's brother Ximenqing's arrow technique is enough for a competition.

Ximen Qing's idea at this time is to make friends with these Jurchen nobles as much as possible, and increase his understanding of them, so that he can dig holes for them in the future and trick them into jumping into the river.So Ximen Qing certainly wouldn't refuse the opportunity to make a name for himself.

After everyone had lunch on the mountain, they packed up their prey, and a group of people walked down the Hukai Mountain in a mighty way.

When he came to the edge of Yachuhu Water at the bottom of the mountain, Wanyan Moulianghu said to the crowd: "I've been hunting today, I'm sweating all over, why don't I take a bath in the Yachuhu Water here before going back to the village."

What?These Jurchen nobles want to swim wild in the river?

Chapter 452 Great White Fish Ximen Qing

The officials of Ximen Qing once again experienced the primitive and simple way of life of the civil and military ministers of the Dajin Kingdom.I saw Wanyan Moulianghu, Wanyan Nianbudao, Wanyan Shenguo, Wanyan Talan and other clan nobles standing by the river where the tiger water was drawn out, stripping off their clothes in three or five strokes. "Plop ~ plop ~" jumped into the river.The Jurchen warriors who accompanied them left four or five standing guard on the river bank, and the rest also stripped naked, jumping into the water one by one laughing.

Wanyan Gushen scrubbed himself in the water as if no one was there, and even sang their Jurchen folk songs.

Inspired by Wanyan Gushen, the Jurchen warriors hummed along with him: "Amubama, Saqifei, Tumen, Aniya, Deyijimi. Amubabo, Shang Afei, Abu Kaikshi Durban intensive..."

Although Ximenqing has learned the basic Jurchen language and can communicate with others, he cannot fully understand this folk song.He had no choice but to seek advice from Wanyan Wuye who was still in the shallow water by the river.Because in this group of Jurchen nobles, it seems that only Wanyan Wuye, Wanyan Gushen and Wanyan Moulianghu can speak Chinese, but Wanyan Gushen and Wanyan Moulianghu have already gone to Hexin.

Wanyan Wuye translated the ancient folk song to Ximenqing, which roughly means: "Cut down big trees, burn hundreds of millions of springs. The court will be completed, and the lotus will be blessed!" Real people can cut wood and build houses.

The Jurchens used to have no houses. They dug holes in the ground and covered the holes with branches to shelter them from wind and snow, and used them as places to live.After they migrated to the Chuhushui River and settled down under the leadership of Wanyanbu, they gradually learned to log and build houses on the ground.This folk song sung by God Wanyan Gu is just a quaint song reflecting the history of the Jurchen ancestors.

Ximen Qing was fascinated when he heard that, Wanyan Moulianghu suddenly shouted to him: "Brother Ximen Qing, why are you still not in the water? Could it be that our warriors from the Great Song Kingdom can't swim?"

After hearing Wanyan Moulianghu's words, all the Jurchen men in the river looked up to the sky and laughed.

Of course, the official Ximen Qing can swim, no matter in the previous life or in this life, the official Ximen Qing is a good swimmer, and even an expert in mandarin ducks playing in the water!It's just that, in the face of these simple, honest, hospitable and open Jurchen men in the river, the official Ximen Qing from a civilized country was not used to these dozens of strong men bathing in the same river naked for a while.

Under the urging of everyone, Ximen Qing left a few guards on the shore, and he and Jiao Ting also stripped naked and jumped into the water.

"Hee hee~ Here comes a big white fish!"

"Where is it? Let me take a look!"

"Look, why is the man talking to Wu Ye so white?"

"Oh! What a great white fish! But what a handsome man he is!"

"Hee hee hee~ I don't think his figure is worse than Nian Wuhe's! Where did such a good-looking guy come from?"

"I'll ask Mou Lianghu tomorrow, which tribe is this man hunting with them!"

"Why, are you tempted by that man?"

"Bah! I think you are staring at him without blinking!"

"Shh~ Keep your voice down, don't let them hear you and disturb our sisters' bathing."

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Ximen Qing and others, who bathed and sang in the tiger water, did not notice that there were several young ladies swimming and playing in the river upstream in a bend covered by reeds.At this moment, they were secretly looking at Ximen Qing and the others hiding behind the reeds.Ximen Qing, whose skin was obviously much fairer than that of the Jurchen men, immediately caught their attention, and the girls could clearly see his whole body.

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Because he agreed to participate in the willow shooting competition held by the Jurchens in Huining City, after Ximenqing returned to the city to rest for one night, he found Boda and Sandu the next day and asked them about the details of the Willow Shooting Festival .

Boda and Sandu told Ximen Qing that May [-]th was the heavy fifth day, and the Jurchens would hold a grand celebration, not only to worship the sky and shoot willows, but also to hold a polo match.

The two Bodas said that the rules of the willow shooting competition are: Fan Zhong will put two rows of willow branches on the side of the polo field after the fifth day of worship.The willow shooters in the competition are ranked in order of rank, and each person prepares a scarf of different colors, which is tied to a willow branch for identification. During the competition, they can only shoot the willow branch that they identify.

Those willow branches used in competitions will first use a knife to peel off the bark at a few inches from the ground, and the point without bark is the target of the archery.

When shooting willows, a two-person team is used as a team.First, one person gallops in the lead and runs towards the willow branch, and the second person gallops behind and shoots the willow branch with a featherless horizontal chisel arrow. Pick it up, don't let it fall to the ground.

The result of the game is judged based on the player who can shoot off the willow branch and catch it with his hands.Those who can shoot off willow branches but cannot catch them are the next best.If the location where the willow branch is broken is not at the place where the bark was peeled off, but at the green place;

Because this willow shooting is a game of warriors fighting with martial arts, whenever someone shoots willows on the field, drums must be beaten off the field to cheer them up.

After listening to Boda and Sandu's explanation, Ximen Qing thought to himself, this willow shooting competition is quite difficult!It is difficult to win in such a game if you are not a marksman who can penetrate Yang with a hundred steps.Fortunately, I learned the skill of marksmanship from Zhou Tong, so I won't embarrass me, the official Ximen Qing, in front of these Jurchens.

However, the person who cooperates with me cannot choose Jiao Ting.Although Jiao Ting has improved a lot in his riding skills, he is still good at fighting on foot, and he may not be agile enough on horseback.How about inviting Brother Ma Kuo to form a team with me, with his martial arts horsemanship, he should be able to catch the willow branch I shot off.

By the way, today I still need to practice the featherless horizontal chisel arrows to get familiar with this kind of arrows.

While Ximen Qing was still pondering about the willow shooting competition, Boda and Sandu explained to Ximen Qing the polo competition in the Kingdom of Jin.

The Khitan people in the Liao Kingdom liked to play polo, and regarded it as a means of training soldiers' martial arts, and often organized polo games in the army.After the Jurchens learned how to play polo from the Khitan people, they soon fell in love with this kind of sport that can train soldiers.There is a dedicated polo field in Huining, the capital city.

There are wooden walls on both sides of the polo field, a small hole is opened under the wall, and a net is used as a bag, which is used as a goal.During the game, the two teams ride horses and hold bow sticks to compete, and hit the ball with sticks, and the one who hits the net wins.

There are two types of goals: single and double. The balls are made of wood and painted red.Playing on horseback is called "Da Da", and playing on donkeys and mules is called "Small Da".

After Ximen Qing inquired about the competition rules of the Willow Shooting Festival from the two Bodas, he sent the two away, and immediately went to the Song Envoy's camp to invite Ma Kuo to participate in the celebration competition of the Kingdom of Jin.

"Does the Jurchens want to play polo too?" Ma Kuo, Ma Zheng and Hu Yanqing's eyes lit up.

Chapter 453 Everyone Loves Playing Polo