Chapter 11: Mountains and Seas(1/2)
In an instant, the men all turned their heads and stared at the door of the wing - it turned out that Su Mo'er wasn't sleeping, she had been stealing from her.
"That's right, it's two hundred steps." Jin Shiqi exclaimed, "Mo'er, Bingxue is smart!"
Su Moer in the boudoir regrets it!
She was so fascinated just now that she couldn't help but speak out after she calculated the answer. Now that they heard it, she was really embarrassed. "That Mr. Jin, he wouldn't think that I was..." She couldn't even think about it anymore.
, so anxious that he jumped onto the bed and hid his head under the quilt.
Outside the door, everyone was suppressing laughter. Jin Shiqi only felt happy in his heart.
"Ahem!" Su Mujiang coughed dryly, "Master, why don't you wait a little longer? Wait until dawn before leaving?"
Jin Shiqi knew that the uncle was chasing people away, so he could only stand up and say goodbye.
He held the newly made equipment, thanked him profusely, and turned back to the door three times. When he got to the door and took one foot out, he finally mustered up the courage, bravely and shamelessly, turned around and shouted into the room.
Said: "Miss Su! Will you come to see me compete with arrows tomorrow?"
The room was silent.
The servants and soldiers outside the door stared at each other, and Su Carpenter's face gradually turned red.
Jin Shiqi said passionately: "Miss Mo'er, I competed with Wu Sangui for no one else at all..."
"Sir, it's getting late, please come back." Su Carpenter began to push him.
"Mo'er! You know, I'm here for..."
"Master, go quickly, otherwise I will take action!" Su Carpenter began to exert his strength.
"Mo'er! Mo'er, you must come tomorrow...ah!" Before he finished speaking, Jin Shiqi was pushed out.
"Bang!" The door closed.
Jin Shiqi looked helplessly at the tightly closed door and waited for a while, but did not hear her response.
The snowy night in Shanhaiguan was extremely cold, and he left sadly.
…
The next day, the seventeenth day of the first lunar month.
Although it didn't snow anymore, gray clouds covered the sky and the sun was blocked, and the north wind kept blowing.
In previous years, the weather would get warmer in the first month, and green sprouts should bloom in February. But this heavy snowfall came suddenly, and it continued to fall for several days, accumulating a foot thick. The temperature became colder day by day.
, the cotton-padded clothes of poor people can no longer keep out the wind and cold, and wealthy people also need to put on two or three layers of leather coats.
This is the sixth year of the Apocalypse, and it is really a strange year.
But even though it was so cold, thousands of people still gathered at the Shanhaiguan University Campus at noon.
In the center of the field, there are mostly soldiers and generals, all wearing leather coats, and many generals and servants are guarding them. Some of them like to show off, and there are flag bearers carrying flags with the battalion number and the general's flag written on it.
When some officials working in Shanhaiguan City heard the news, they also sat in sedans to watch the excitement. Their horses, vehicles and sedans were parked scatteredly inside and outside the fence, as if they were going to a market.
Those on the periphery were mostly military households and civilian households from several nearby camps, standing in groups in the wind and snow. But the largest number were craftsmen households, because this archery competition originated from "Su
"The carpenter was captured by General Jin Guan", so almost all the people from all the offices and offices in the carpenter's camp came to watch the fun, and they were talking and laughing——
"Oh, Blacksmith Feng, you come here all the time? There is ice on the ground, so walk slowly."
"Zhou Brick, have you heard? Mr. Gao wants to investigate the poor people in the household, saying that he is investigating people who pretend to be false and defraud people of wages."
"Weifanjiang, are you here to watch the excitement? Who do you think can win?"
"Carpenter Li, you are not talking nonsense, of course it is Mr. Wu! It is said that Mr. Wu is the god of arrows. When he shoots geese in the sky, he has to shoot the left eye but not the right eye; when he shoots roe deer in the forest, he has to shoot the left eye but not the right eye.
When he shoots pheasants in the field...he also has to shoot the left eye and not the right eye! That golden scoundrel is not even worthy of carrying his shoes!"
"Korean medical worker, help me look at this corn..."….
"Wang Jijiang, stop here. Were you the one who hooked up with my mother-in-law last night? Damn it, I want to compete with you in archery!"
"Look, Captain Li, that's Wu Sangui, what a handsome young man!"
I saw a group of cavalry running mightily from the direction of Guancheng, slowly passing through the crowd of onlookers, and stopping in the center of the university grounds. The young general in green robes and silver armor in the front of that group of cavalry was Wu Sangui.
At this moment, Wu Sangui was in a bad mood.
Yesterday he went to the Jin Mansion to expose his shortcomings, show off his martial arts, challenge the bullies, and finally forced the Jin Shiqi to jump over the wall and agree to compete with arrows. It was really an extremely beautiful scene. He was so excited for a long time after returning home that he woke up laughing in the middle of the night. But there was nothing
It occurred to me that this news had been circulating in Shanhaiguan for a long time, but this morning it had changed.
Everyone is rumoring that the two young men competed with arrows to snatch a prostitute named Chen Zhuzhu.
More detailed news: It was because Wu Sangui was not good at bed. The beaded beauty kicked him out of bed and turned to Jin Shiqi's arms. Wu Sangui became so angry that he was forced to use a bow and arrow to save his face.
"I've been fooled!" Wu Sangui gritted his steel teeth, "Jin Shiqi used that prostitute as a bet, but he had such sinister intentions! It doesn't matter that he himself is notorious, it makes me look bad too!"
Several young men who were good friends with Wu Sangui also came over, and they all said things like, "Young Master Wu is invincible in archery, and his victory will be without any suspense."
There was a guy with a straight heart who actually said: "Brother Wu Xian, some people say that you are dueling because of a bitch. Some of them believe it, but I definitely don't believe it! When I see people, I say: I, Brother Wu Xian, am handsome and talented. He sees
The winner must be a eldest lady from a good family, as beautiful as a flower, delicate and smart..."
"Brother, please stop talking." Wu Sangui frowned.
"Brother, don't worry, I believe that Chen Zhuzhu must be yours. You are a talented man and a beautiful woman, and we will be a good couple for a hundred years..."
"Brother, shut up!" Wu Sangui was trembling with anger.
He thought bitterly: "When Jin Shiqi comes, why not just shoot him to death with one arrow!"
Several soldiers stationed here rushed to report, saying that the archery targets and the like were ready, and the venue was clean, and it was only Mr. Jin who was here to embarrass him. Looking around, he saw that the archery targets had already been arranged on the venue.
It is the "ten paces", "twenty paces", and "fifty paces" specifications that are common in the military. There is a circular fence outside the ten paces target to limit the galloping range of the horses.
But seeing the sun rising, it was already noon, and Jin Shiqi hadn't come yet. Wu Sangui thought to himself: You bastard, don't miss your appointment, it will ruin everything!
…
On the same campus, another group of people from Jin Mansion were also worried.
Master Toutian, the martial arts instructor of the Jin family, also arrived. He saw that all the Jin family soldiers and servants were there, and Jin Shiqi and his friends were also chatting together. But the protagonist did not come.
"Young Master?" Master Tian asked Butler Sun quickly, "Did you scare him away?"
Steward Sun quickly replied: "This morning, the eldest son called Captain Wang, who was guarding the gate, and picked three soldiers who knew how to shoot. They went to the back mountain together. I don't know what they were doing."
"Nonsense! Why is Captain Wang also following this nonsense?"
"The eldest son gave each of them a tael of silver, and they went away happily." Butler Sun's eyes suddenly lit up, "Hey, here it is, the eldest son!"
Sure enough, Jin Shiqi and four soldiers were riding horses and were coming from the north hillside.
Those horses walked slowly, because Jin Shiqi had never ridden a horse in his previous life, and today he realized that riding a horse is really not easy. It was okay to walk slowly while riding, but he was jolted when he ran a little. His body was not at all good.
He couldn't sit firmly on the saddle, and his thighs had to strain to rise and fall with the bumps of the horse. After running back and forth for several times, his thighs and buttocks were bruised and swollen...
After a long time, he arrived at the university campus and saw a sea of people everywhere. Jin Shiqi's heart was filled with excitement.
"Great! They all came to see me!"
He looked around, trying to find the little girl Su Mo'er in the crowd. But looking around, he saw thousands of people crowded together like a market, and almost everyone was wearing thick cotton clothes, big hats, and all wrapped up.
With such a face, you can't tell who is who!
But he soon saw his relatives and friends in Jin Mansion.
Unexpectedly, Master Tian and Butler Sun also came, as well as two personal soldiers, Mr. Bai. The eldest son was really flattered. However, the second brother Jin Shijun and the third brother Jin Shipeng did not come. Those two boys must have thought that their brother was good at archery.
It's boring, it's embarrassing, it's miserable.
However, all his "other brothers" are here. Not only are the "Ten Young Masters of Longwu" gathered together, but there are also some other "Hakka" army generals, and their Shaanxi calls can be heard from a distance.
Beishan Dandan, Shanxi Huaduo accent. There are also some junior military officers who usually cannot speak, also came to cheer.
These "true brothers" all called Brother Jin's name hotly, "Brother Jin, you are so heroic today!" "Brother, no matter success or failure, you are our dearest brother!" "Brother,
I...I'm so nervous!"
Among the crowd, Master Tian frowned sadly. With sharp eyes, he had noticed that the bow in Jin Shiqi's hand had changed its appearance - it had become weird. But in an instant, he discovered that the four soldiers accompanying Jin Shiqi, they
His face actually looked happy.
Master Tian quietly went over and asked Captain Wang who had just dismounted: "Are you going to practice archery with the eldest son?"
"He didn't practice archery, he asked us to shoot." Wang Qichang said with a smile, "He calculated the distance, the height of the target, and so on. He kept calculating on the paper. Anyway, I don't understand. The young master is so troubled.
He spent the whole morning and finally recorded it in a book. Later he shot a few arrows with that bow."
"With that bow? How's your shooting, Master?"
Captain Wang looked around, leaned over and whispered something. Master Tian had no expression on his face and just nodded.
Jin Shiqi finally got rid of the entanglement of his brothers and friends, and walked straight to the center of the university grounds with a bow and an arrow. An eye-catching competition was about to begin, and the scene gradually calmed down.
"Brother Jin Shi!" Wu Sangui faced him with a fist, and then stared at the bow in his hand in astonishment. There were several strange things on the bow. "What are you holding... a plow?"
"You see clearly, you will be defeated by this bow!" Jin Shiqi almost poked Wu Sangui in the face with his bow.
"I saw it, it's the 'Four Dou'." Wu Sangui laughed loudly, "It's exactly half of my little green python." He said as he shook a small green bow made of unknown precious wood.
To be continued...