Chapter 6: Chicken Rib Archery Technique

  Li Qinfu helped Li Tian up, and they went to see the leopard together. The leopard was covered in blood, its face had been beaten until it was unrecognizable, and its entire face was so swollen that it couldn't be identified at all!

  Li Qinxin was shocked in his heart, where did he get such strength just now, and he could beat the leopard into this state! The leopard's head was like that, what about his own hand... He hurriedly raised his hand to look at it, his left hand was still okay, when he hit the leopard, he pressed on the leopard's neck, but his right hand was terrible, it had already swollen up, and the five fingers were swollen like small carrots!

  He let out a cry, hastily examining his fingers. As a doctor by training, he was skilled at examinations. After feeling the bones and pressing the acupoints, he finally breathed a sigh of relief. The bone wasn't broken, it had just swollen up. With some rest, it would be fine!

  Li Tian grasped his arm with concern, looking at his right hand and said: "It won't leave any lingering injuries, will it? Don't be like your dad, you still have to practice archery in the future!"

  "It's nothing serious, just rest for a few days and it'll be fine. The bones are okay, it's just a flesh wound!"

  "Thank goodness your bones aren't broken! As long as you're okay, that's all that matters!"

  The villagers put the leopard on a wooden pole and lifted it up, everyone chatted and laughed together as they walked back from the forest. When they arrived at the place where they had encountered the leopard, Zhao Ba Jin picked up the sheep and was heartbroken to the point of tears. His family only had this one sheep, but it had been bitten to death by the leopard - how could he not be sad?

  Returning to Fu Jiao Village, it was already the second half of the night. From a distance from the village entrance, I saw a piece of torches at the village entrance, and the villagers were all waiting at the entrance.

  Li QIN saw He Shi from afar, He Shi was holding a torch and looking this way. When He Shi saw the villagers returning, her eyes were not good, she stumbled and ran over, shouting: "Where is our master? Where is my son?" The tone was extremely anxious, already with a crying voice, showing that she was worried to death, fearing that her husband and son had encountered an accident.

  Li Qīn's eyes turned red, his heart moved. The past was like a big dream, and it could only be buried in the deepest part of his memory. His life in this world started from here, with the old man holding him and the elderly woman who came to him, they were his parents in this life, the people who cared about him most, and at the same time, he had to care for them!

  Li Qinfu held onto Li Tian and shouted loudly: "Mother, Father and I are here, we're fine, and we even killed a leopard, our family will have meat to eat now!"

  Mrs. He heard him speak, and only then did she discover her husband and son in the crowd, running over, throwing down the torches, holding one hand to her husband and the other to her son, calling out: "Are you alright? Are you alright?" She had been worried for half a night, and now that she saw her loved ones return, she couldn't hold back her tears anymore!

  Li Tiandao said, "This useless woman, what are you crying about? What can we do? On the contrary, it's you who didn't sleep at home and ran out to cause trouble." As he scolded with his words, he used his only arm to pull his wife into his embrace.

  Other women also did the same, pulling their families and asking about their well-being. After learning that their families were fine, they finally put down their worries. Seeing the dead leopard again, they clicked their tongues in amazement, and upon learning that Li Qian had killed it with his bare fists, they were even more astonished. Leopards are one of the most difficult beasts to defeat, and bows, arrows, knives, and guns can hardly hit them. Now, however, this leopard was killed by someone using only their fists, which was something they had never heard of before. After being amazed for a while, everyone praised Li Qian, saying that he had given birth to a good son, and that the young master of the Li family was truly impressive!

  Li Tian and Mrs. He were overjoyed when the villagers praised their son, more than if they had been praising them themselves, and wanted to make them happy. The villagers surrounded the three members of the Li family, carrying the leopard, and entered the village together.

  Arriving at the entrance of his own home, Li Tian, as the village head and also the father of the boy who killed the leopard, waved his hand to calm down the villagers and said: "Everyone, quiet down for a moment, I have something to say. This time going out to hunt the leopard, although it was my son who took action, but without everyone's help, he couldn't have done it alone."

  The villagers gathered at the door of his house, listening to Li Tian say this, immediately fell silent. The people of Fugui Village have always been united, whoever has difficulties in their family, as long as they can help, will lend a hand, otherwise Zhao Bajin would not be able to mobilize the whole village with one call. Now hearing Li Tian's words, it seems that he wants to divide the leopard, everyone is naturally happy, and they all look at Li Tian eagerly, waiting for him to continue speaking.

  Li Tian smiled and said, "This leopard weighs over 100 catties. After removing the skin and bones, it's estimated that there will be at least 60 catties of net meat. In our village of 33 households, let's first allocate one catty of meat per household. Then, for those who sent someone out tonight, about a dozen people, I didn't count specifically, each person can get another catty of meat. The remaining meat, including the heart, liver, lungs, and intestines, can be simmered into a meat soup and shared among everyone. What do you think?"

  Li Tian is the village head, and Baozi is also his son's opponent. Moreover, he divided it fairly and generously, so the villagers naturally agreed, responded in unison, laughed and shouted, and were extremely happy.

  "Alright, let's go back now. Come to my house tomorrow and we'll deal with this leopard!" With that, he opened the door and led the villagers in, letting them carry the leopard inside.

  The villagers were all abuzz, talking about tomorrow's "Full Leopard Feast", and each returned home to sleep, waiting for tomorrow when they could indulge in eating and drinking.

  Close the door, Li Tian said: "Old lady, bring some bandages, my son and I are both slightly injured." As he looked at Li Qin, he continued: "My son is indeed a good boy of the Li family, his hand is swollen like that, but he didn't even cry out in pain!" His own injury was not light, it hurt too, but he didn't mention himself first, instead praising his son. For him, as long as his son was promising, even if his own injury was more severe, it wouldn't bother him.

  It wasn't until then that Mrs. He realized that both of them were injured, and she quickly checked their wounds, her heart aching again as tears fell from her eyes. She found some bandages and medicine, treated their injuries, and applied dressings.

  Li Qian's hand was severely swollen, but after applying the golden creation medicine, he only felt a cool sensation, and the pain immediately subsided. Even in modern times, such an effective medicine is rare. He took the horn-shaped bottle containing the medicine and looked at the dark green ointment on his hand, wondering: "Mother, what's the formula for this medicine? How can it be so effective?"

  He didn't wait for an answer and heard Li Tiandao say: "Isn't it written on the silk book? In the article of striking to kill. This child, doesn't read books carefully!"

  Li Qin murmured, thinking to himself: "I haven't seen it yet, not that I wasn't careful." But he didn't argue back, saying instead: "Then I'll take a good look tomorrow. You two rest now, you've been busy for half the night already."

  He said: "You can also go to bed early and get up late tomorrow. It doesn't matter if you get up at noon, just drink the meat soup directly!"

  Li Qin responded with a "yes" and went back to his own room. He was very tired, lay down on the bed without even changing his clothes, and fell asleep in an instant.

  The next morning, Li Qin was woken up by the noise outside. He opened the window and looked out to see that the whole courtyard was filled with people. The villagers had all gotten up early and were busy dealing with the leopard. It was a rare occasion for the villagers to have something exciting happen, and even more so to have meat to eat and soup to drink, so everyone considered it a big deal and came to the Li's house early.

  Li QIN yawned and thought to himself, "I'd better not go out." He looked at his hands and saw that the redness had faded by more than half. He estimated that in another day, he would be fully recovered. This medicine was very effective, but he didn't know what ancient recipe it was!

  He was a doctor by origin, most concerned about the efficacy of medicine, and wanted to know the formula. He went downstairs to the east house, saw that his parents were not there, so he took out the jade box from the trunk and returned to his own room to take a look.

  Sitting on the bed with a quilt, Li QIN opened the silk book and directly turned to the killing chapter. He found the formula for Jin Chuang medicine and couldn't help but praise it after reading it. The doubts in his heart were resolved. It turned out that there was one herb in this prescription that no longer existed in modern times, belonging to an extinct plant species. He looked at his hand and thought: "No wonder this medicine is so effective! No wonder it was lost two thousand years later, even if the Li family didn't keep it a secret, without the medicinal materials, modern people can't make such excellent external medicines!"

  He lowered his head and looked at the silk book again, remembering that he had seen a special method of making bows last night. This method could make a strong bow before battle, which was unbelievable. He had to take a good look today. Turning to the part marked in red, he read it carefully, but found that although the method was simple, the specific steps and techniques were not very clear, and he had to practice with his own hands.

  He took another look at the small evaluation, and this time he understood that this bow could be quickly made before battle, it was a lifesaving trick of the Li family.

  This bow only needs simple training, and can be made in less than half a time, with incredible strength. Using this bow to shoot arrows can reach 150 steps, just from the range, it is absolutely a top-notch strong bow; Moreover, beyond 150 steps, it can still shoot and injure enemy soldiers wearing leather armor or war horses without armor, in terms of power, it is weaker than the crossbow, but comparable to the strong Han's equipment hard crossbow!

  The advantages stand out, and so do the disadvantages!

  The red character indicates that this bow, after being quickly crafted, has an extremely strong force for the first five arrows shot, comparable to a crossbow arrow. However, after the fifth arrow, the force weakens, and the accuracy is not worth mentioning. It can withstand another five arrows, but if it exceeds ten arrows, the bow will definitely break!

  Li Qinxiao furrowed his brow and thought: "This is a typical disposable hard bow, completely opposite to the concept of making weapons at this time!"

  The craftsmen of the Han Dynasty considered durability and longevity to be the highest standards for bow-making, with a good bow even being passed down through generations. No one would make such disposable hard bows.

  Li Qinfang put down the silk book and thought to himself, "This is indeed a lifesaving trick of the Li family, used in times of war. However, this method of making bows is actually quite clumsy, after all it can only be used in times of war."

  He glanced at the large bow on the wall, since there was already this kind of bow, it's naturally not necessary to use a makeshift method to make a bow, unless one urgently needs to quickly assemble an army and go into battle. But in this situation... Alas, first consider filling your own and your family's bellies before saying anything else, now eating bran still has to be managed by borrowing from others!

  He picked up the silk book and continued to read. Suddenly, Li Qian exclaimed, while reading the chapter on killing with a spear, he found that the Li family's gun technique was surprisingly similar to modern-day quick stabbing techniques. Could it be that over 2,000 years ago, during the Western Han dynasty, soldiers were already skilled in close combat with knives?

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