Painting Doctor Jinhua

The venue for the game of tossing pots is located diagonally opposite the Ascott. It is also a large hall with various private rooms around it. It is packed with guests, and the atmosphere is lively and full of applause.

"Mr. Li is in my ears!"

Suddenly, a loud shout was heard in the hall, followed by applause and cheers. Fenghuang pulled Xiao Jinyu's hand and hurried over to the source of the sound, finding a private room and sitting down.

The two of them saw that the man playing the game of tossing pot was none other than Li Mi who spoke up for Xiao Jinyu on the street that day!

Touhu originated in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. It was originally a throwing game played by scholars and officials at banquets, and also a form of etiquette. In the beginning, it was just throwing instead of archery, and the rules were simple. After the Qin and Han Dynasties, some people ingeniously set up a screen outside the pot to throw the arrows blindly or sit with their backs to the ground. In the Wei and Jin Dynasties, people made improvements to the pot by adding two ears on both sides of the pot. As a result, there were many more names for the moves of touhu, such as "Yi'er" (almost hitting the target), "Guan'er" (throwing the arrow into the pot ears), "Dao'er" (arrow head facing up, arrow tail falling into the pot ears), "Lianzhong" (the second arrow hits the target), "Quanhu" (all arrows hit the target), etc.

At this moment, the arrow thrown by Li Mi hit the ear of the iron pot.

"Great!" Phoenix shouted happily when he saw the situation on the field.

His shouting immediately attracted Li Mi on the opposite side.

"Hey, this is a fate that can't be broken no matter how hard we try. We meet this young lady again!"

Li Mi was looking at Xiao Jinyu who was sitting in the box opposite and sipping tea leisurely. At this time, Xiao Jinyu did not change her appearance, but covered her face with a black curtain and changed into a black long-sleeved robe, which was different from the white robe she usually wore. The whole person looked a little cold and mysterious.

Hearing his words, Cui Heng couldn't help but raise his head and look across!

When he saw this, his expression was filled with grief, and he was so excited that he seemed to have seen an old acquaintance after a long time. He almost took a step forward and ran to the other side!

Fortunately, Li Mi held him down!

"Sanlang, why do you look like you've lost your soul every time you see her!" Li Mi joked.

Cui Heng finally came to his senses and muttered to himself, "That's right! I was obsessed. She died a long time ago. It's impossible for her to still be alive. Even if she is alive, she can't be so young..."

"You said that every time we meet this young lady, something very thrilling and interesting always happens. I wonder if it will happen again today?"

Li Mi said this with a face full of yearning. Seeing the boy opposite him looking at the iron kettle in the hall with anticipation, he threw away the arrow in his hand and said, "Let's stop here today! No more playing, let the kid play with it! The kid looks like someone I know, but I can't remember who he is now!"

There was a moment of silence in the arena, and suddenly the voice of the commander was heard, "Who else wants to leave?"

"I'll do it, I'll do it!" Phoenix immediately responded.

Xiao Jinyu glanced at him and nodded with a smile.

"Hey, it's a little boy!"

"A young boy is better! He might be even more skilled!"

"Isn't this young man the one who was riding a horse just now? He is an expert at riding a horse! Why is he here playing pot tossing now?"

Amid the surprised sighs of the crowd, Fenghuang took the arrow, and just lightly raised his hand. The arrow drew an arc in the air and landed into the ear of the pot very accurately. When everyone saw it clearly, they found that the arrow head was pointing upwards and the tail of the arrow was in the pot!

"It's a reverse ear! He actually got a reverse ear on the first try!" someone exclaimed in surprise.

Li Mi was also slightly stunned, then he folded his arms and walked forward to take a look with great interest!

Then, another voice rang out in the hall: "Hit!"

Cheers and applause!

Finally, the boy was seen with his back turned, grabbing several arrows and throwing them into the air, and those arrows all fell into the iron pot as everyone watched with bated breath!

"Full pot!"

"This boy is better at pitching pots than riding horses. I'm going to bet on him today! I'll bet one thousand taels!"

"Yes! I thought that Mr. Li was powerful enough, but I didn't expect that there would be someone even more powerful! I'll also bet one thousand taels!"

The boy picked up the arrow and was about to throw again, but suddenly he stopped!

"What's going on? Why don't you vote?" someone became worried.

The boy pulled the young man in black who was sitting behind him drinking tea, and stuffed the arrow into "his" hand!

"Brother Qing, come and play too! It's fun!" said Fenghuang.

Xiao Jinyu wanted to refuse, but seeing Fenghuang looking at her pitifully, she said mysteriously, "If we win, we will get money. I have learned all the rules here. If we help Xinghua Yanyu Tower win money today, I can get a commission from it... Brother Qing, please help me!"

"Then...let's try it!"

It's not just about getting some commission! The world is bustling with people for profit, and the world is bustling with people for profit. Regardless of whether it is for fame or profit, it is always good to have more friends and fewer enemies.

Xiao Jinyu also understood Fenghuang's intention. She smiled slightly and followed Fenghuang to the pitching pot arena. A shooting officer brought a tray of arrows to Xiao Jinyu and let her choose!

"Why did he change someone? Who is this?"

"Yeah! Didn't that boy throw the ball well just now? Can this guy do it?"

When everyone's doubts came, Fenghuang said loudly: "Everyone remember, my brother Qing's surname is Xiao, his name is Jinyu, and he is from the Lanling Xiao family. My brother Qing is very powerful..."

"Xiao, Jin, Yu? Isn't that the young lady who tied those assassins to the tree yesterday?"

"She was also the young lady who wanted to return to the Xiao family to recognize her relatives a month ago!"

"Is it the young lady who was hunted down by the assassins sent by the Xiao family mistress for a month?"

"Yes, that's her!"

"It turns out to be her!"

"But can a young lady really play pot toss?"

The voices in the field suddenly became a little noisy. Some people began to doubt and retreat, while others became curious and wanted to try something. Li Mi became even more interested and quickly pulled Cui Heng up to watch the fun together.

"Excuse me, young lady, what are you going to vote for?"

Amidst the unclear mixed voices, a clear male voice suddenly asked loudly.

Xiao Jinyu looked in the direction of the voice and saw that the person asking the question was Li Mi.

"Now that I have played the whole pot, I will go back to the beginning!" she replied.

"Youchu? What is that?" someone asked in confusion.

Xiao Jinyu, also known as Xie Yuqing, once saw a book in her Xie family, in which it was recorded that a famous scholar named Sima Guang had revised the "New Rules of Touhu", which defined "Youchu" as the first arrow entering the pot, the second arrow "hitting", and the last arrow entering the pot "having an end". If the arrow that was thrown into the pot bounces out and then falls into the pot again, it means it returns to the beginning, which is the "Xiaojian"!

And this kind of gameplay has obviously never happened here before!

Xiao Jinyu smiled and said, "That is, make all the arrows in the pot bounce out, and only my arrow will enter the pot!"

As soon as she finished speaking, the whole place fell silent. Li Mi was even more curious and incredulous, and was stunned for a long time!

"How is this possible? This young lady really doesn't know her place, she's just bragging!"

"That's right, did the young lady deliberately make it up just to become famous?"

"I don't believe it. I won't bet on her to win this round!"

"I don't believe it either. I'm betting one thousand taels on her to lose this round!"

There were people shaking their heads and sighing one after another. Seeing these people showing obvious mockery and disbelief, Fenghuang couldn't help but feel angry. Just when she was about to say something, she suddenly heard Li Mi shouting, "Okay, I'll believe the young lady this time. I'll bet two thousand taels. I bet she wins!"

After that, he urged Cui Heng who was standing beside him, "Sanlang, you come too, it's time to win money!"

Before Cui Heng could answer, he shouted, "And Mr. Cui Sanlang, also bet 2,000 taels on her to win!"

Cui Heng glared at him helplessly, but finally did not deny it. He smiled and nodded to Xiao Jinyu.

Some of the guests around them sneered: "Are these two gentlemen stupid?"

"That's right, but he's from a noble family, he's got a lot of money, he can afford to lose!"

"You said that as if I can't afford to lose!"

"It's not that you can't afford to lose, but why should we lose when we can win?"

The sneers and ridicules of the crowd did not make Li Mi nervous at all. Instead, he looked even more excited. At this moment, another voice rang out, shouting, "Wait, there are us too. We bet five thousand taels, and five thousand taels is also for this young lady to win!"

"Who are you?" someone asked.

The person who was shouting hesitated for a moment, then shouted unhappily, "Who do you care who we are? We are Room One, and we want to place a bet! My master is Mr. Gao!"

Hearing the word "Gao", Xiao Jinyu couldn't help but turn her head and look towards a private room slightly higher up. She saw a man in black clothes sitting behind a screen. Like her, he also had his face covered with a veil and was sipping tea silently, as if it had nothing to do with him.

"Another big fool has come!" someone else sneered.

"Young lady, let's start!" Si She said with a smile.

Xiao Jinyu picked up one of the wooden arrows and slowly raised her hand...

"Found it, here, Uncle Seven, she is here!" When everyone stretched their necks waiting for this critical moment, suddenly a young lady rushed into the field in a hurry, and behind her was a thin maid jogging closely.

The two men were about to trot in front of Xiao Jinyu when they suddenly heard a "whoosh" sound, and saw an arrow drawing a long arc and piercing right into the iron pot in the hall. At the same time, the other arrows in the iron pot scattered like water splashes, and all bounced off and fell to the ground.

In the end, the only thing in everyone's eyes was the arrow standing steadily in the iron pot!

Li Mi was so happy that he couldn't stop smiling, and his eyes became brighter when he looked at Xiao Jinyu.

"I got it! This is the real deal!"

The guard in Room No. 1 was stunned for a moment, and then burst into tears of joy. He quickly hugged the black-clothed man's thigh and cried, "My prince, you scared me to death, five thousand taels! If you lose, you can't pay it back even if you sell me out!"

"But luckily she won. If she won, then we will get five thousand taels!"

"It should be 10,000 taels!" The black-clothed man replied, which was rare. The guard was so surprised and happy that he almost fainted, and sighed, "My God of Wealth!"

When some people are happy, naturally some people are sad. The previous contempt and ridicule have now been replaced by regret and disappointment. Some people even slam the table to vent their regret!

Xiao Shiniang looked at Xiao Jinyu with tears on her face. She stammered and trembled for a long time before asking, "Are you... okay?"

"It's okay!" Xiao Jinyu replied, looking through her shoulder, and saw Xiao Xian also coming here in a wheelchair.

Seeing that she was safe and sound, Xiao Xian's eyes revealed a sense of relief and joy as if he had found something he had lost because he was so worried and afraid.

At this moment, a long scream suddenly came from Youmeng Pavilion...