Chapter 240 Let’s have more fun! (Part 2)
Cai Xianglan was unwilling to admit defeat and snorted coldly, "Jiang Dazhu, you are deliberately making things difficult for me! This is an absolute painting, you must have copied it from somewhere! No one can match it!"
"Absolutely?" Jiang Chengfeng sneered, "What if someone can match it?"
Cai Xianglan's heart sank, but she still said stubbornly, "Impossible!"
Jiang Chengfeng didn't waste any words and immediately wrote another line on the white paper - Two trees form a forest, and there is a prohibition under the forest, which says: Use axes and saws in the mountains and forests from time to time.
Cai Xianglan's face was gloomy, and she bit her lips so hard that she almost broke them.
Needless to say, Cai Xianglan lost. However, the other scholars present were equally ashamed. The scholars who had just laughed at the peasant woman all hung their heads. It was such a shame that the great scholar Cai Daguo, whom they admired so much, actually lost to a small servant!
Li Anning was not willing to admit defeat. He snorted coldly and said, "Jiang Dazhu, you win! But this couplet is not what our teacher is good at. You are using your strengths to attack his weaknesses. Even if you win, it is not glorious!"
"Your Highness, what you said is very good. It's really damn good!" Jiang Chengfeng clapped his hands and laughed. "You said I am not honorable, but you laughed at that peasant woman just now, are you honorable? You think you are noble and can trample on the dignity of others at will. I dare to ask Your Highness, is it honorable?"
"Jiang Dazhu..." Li Anning wanted to get angry, but after thinking for a while, he held back. "You humiliated my teacher , and I cannot stand with you! Today, I will fight with you to vent my anger for my teacher. Do you dare to accept the challenge?"
Jiang Chengfeng narrowed his eyes and laughed. This damn prince actually wanted to stand up for this old woman? Well, I want to see how you stand up for her?
"Jiang Dazhu, just now the teacher competed with you in literary talent. Now Xiao Wang is going to compete with you in archery and horsemanship!"
As soon as Li An Ning finished speaking, Ye Lingshuang hurriedly dissuaded him, "Young Prince, no!"
Everyone looked at Ye Lingshuang in surprise. Ye Lingshuang's pretty face turned red. She explained, "I'm worried that it's easy to get injured in the archery competition. We're here to have fun today. If something like this happens, it will ruin everyone's mood!"
In fact, she said so much, but she was just covering up. Her real purpose was to stop Brother Jiang from competing with the young prince. She knew that the young prince was skilled in archery and horse riding, and Brother Jiang would definitely suffer a loss if he competed with him.
Li An Ning waved his hand and smiled, "Miss Ye, you are worrying too much! The competition I'm talking about is not a fistfight! It's an archery competition!"
As he spoke, Li An Ning stretched out his hand, and immediately an attendant respectfully handed him a longbow and a quiver.
Li Anning glanced around and pointed at a bare willow tree a hundred steps away. He said loudly , "Do you see that sturdy willow tree? I am going to compete with Jiang Dazhu in horseback archery, and we must shoot that willow tree from a hundred steps away!"
Everyone suddenly realized that His Royal Highness was going to play horseback archery! Most of the people present were children of aristocratic families. In addition to studying, these people also practiced archery and horseback archery. Therefore, when they heard that His Royal Highness was going to play the game of shooting arrows from a hundred steps away, everyone excitedly applauded.
Jiang Chengfeng estimated the distance, which was at most 60 to 70 meters! At the same time, he glanced at Li Anning with disdain. This guy must have investigated in advance that he couldn't shoot arrows, so he asked such a question!
Seeing Jiang Chengfeng's embarrassed expression, Li Anning laughed triumphantly and said, "Jiang Dazhu, do you dare to compete with me?"
Jiang Chengfeng shrugged helplessly, "Your Highness, I am just a small servant. I seldom ride a horse, let alone shoot an arrow! Your competition is too boring!"
"You can't shoot arrows?" Li An Ning laughed, then waved his hand and said, "Since you can't shoot arrows, forget it! How about this - as long as you can ride a horse and stand a hundred steps away, no matter what means you use, even if you throw a stone and hit the willow tree, you win!"
After hearing what Li Anning said, everyone applauded. His Highness the Crown Prince was indeed merciful. He did not limit Jiang Dazhu's methods, and even threw stones? However, these scholars did not understand that throwing stones to hit the willow tree was dozens of times more difficult than shooting an arrow!
Jiang Chengfeng cursed inwardly in his heart. This bastard prince was challenging him in the name of venting his teacher's anger to show his filial piety, and he also deliberately proposed the trick of throwing stones at trees to show his generosity. In fact, he was extremely hypocritical and disgusting!
"Jiang Dazhu, you don't know how to shoot arrows! Let's stop playing!" Young Master Zhao was a little worried that Jiang Dazhu would embarrass himself, so he pulled his sleeve.
"Jiang Dazhu, if you can't do it, just admit defeat!" Li Anning smiled and glanced at Cai Xianglan, saying, "As for the previous agreement between you and the teacher, let's write it off. How about that?"
"You haven't told me what to do after I win?" Jiang Chengfeng said.
"How could you possibly win?" Li Anning looked at Jiang Chengfeng in surprise and said, "I have never considered this situation! But since you said so, let's do this - if you win, I will avoid you next time I see you! If I really can't avoid you, I will treat you as a respectful teacher. What do you think?"
You want me to be your teacher? You wish!
Jiang Chengfeng grinned and said, "Okay! Since His Royal Highness has said so, even though I know I will definitely lose, in order to fulfill His Royal Highness's filial piety, I have no choice but to face the challenge!"
After Jiang Chengfeng said this, the others applauded.
Ye Lingshuang was worried that something might happen to him, so she walked over and pulled his sleeve, whispering, "Brother Jiang, Li Anning is an expert in archery and horse riding, so don't try to be tough. If Ah Hui knew about this, she would definitely be sad!"
At this time, Li Anning's followers had already come forward with two horses. Li Anning looked at Jiang Chengfeng and said generously, "To prevent someone from accusing me of cheating, I'll let someone choose first!"
Jiang Chengfeng was not polite. He took out a small bottle of orchid perfume from his arms, smeared a little on his palm, and walked over to put it under the noses of the two horses. The black horse seemed very calm and licked Jiang Chengfeng's palm with its tongue. However, the white horse sneezed twice, raised its front hooves, and kept neighing, appearing restless.
Jiang Chengfeng's hesitation made everyone present uncomfortable. Someone asked, "Why are you still hesitating when choosing a horse? Are you going to compete or not?"
Jiang Chengfeng ignored him, patted the black horse's neck, and looked at Li Anning, "This one is good! This is the one!"
Li Anning nodded and said, "Okay! I'll use the white horse! How many stones of arrows do you want to use, thirty or fifty?"
Jiang Chengfeng picked up a small stone on the ground and said, "I'll use a stone!"
