Chapter 19
After bringing the things back to the cottage, the steel knives were replaced by everyone, and the extra steel knives were sent to the cottage warehouse for storage together with the medicinal materials.
The ten horn bows are made of wild animal horns, sinews, bamboo wood and isinglass. They are all made of fine materials and have excellent craftsmanship.
Li Fei planned to form a ten-man archery team. He didn't know how to do archery, so Black Dog recommended one person to him.
This man is called Sanyan. He has good eyesight. He is a hunter in his family and is good at archery.
Before deciding on the candidate, Li Fei decided to try his three-eye skills first.
There was no archery target in the village, so we had to act cheaply and chose a pine tree as the target. Let's watch the three-eye performance.
Li Fei handed Sanyan a horn bow and ordered him to stand thirty steps away and shoot arrows at the pine trees, intending to test his skills.
Black Bear, Yunyan and Jiang Kun were standing on the left and right of Li Fei. They knew that if this three-eyed man performed well, he could become the next leader of Bailong Village.
Sanyan took the horned bow to the position of thirty steps. After standing firm, he pulled out the bowstring and took out an arrow with one hand and put it on the bow.
Then there was only a "whoosh" sound, and the arrow stabbed steadily into the center of the pine tree.
Li Fei showed a smile on his face and praised: "Sanyan, your archery skills are really good. From now on, you will be the captain of the archery team."
Sanyan said quickly: "Thank you, Master, for your appreciation."
Li Fei then said: "Select nine more people and train them well. If they teach well, I will reward you fifty taels of silver."
Sanyan's eyes lit up and he said, "I will try my best and dare not live up to the high expectations of the boss."
At this time, Black Bear stepped forward and said, "Master, I want to try it too."
Li Fei knew that he had committed the habit of being competitive again, but he didn't point it out and said, "That's fine, then you can give it a try."
The black bear also picked up a horn bow, and easily pulled the string of the bow. After shooting, the arrow flew past the pine tree.
A slight miss can make a thousand miles difference, let alone a miss of more than a slight miss.
The black bear opened his eyes wide and looked at his masterpiece. He tried again unbelievingly, but the result was that it went further.
It was obvious that the shot was aimed at the tree, but it missed the target. What was wrong with it?
The black bear was confused but refused to let go. Li Fei said with a smile: "You have brute strength and are best suited for charging. Why do you dominate it?"
"Master, I often heard from the old people in the village that the great hero Di Qing was proficient in all kinds of martial arts, and he was also proficient in archery. He could draw a 300-pound bow in one go." Black Bear scratched his head, "I also imagine Di Qing.
Like a general, if you ride on horseback and shoot arrows to kill gold thieves, give me this horned bow."
Li Fei rolled his eyes and cursed with a smile: "How can you compare with General Di Qing? Stop daydreaming and put down your horn bow quickly. We are short of everything now. I will give you one when I have extra."
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Di Qing was born into a poor family and was a cavalryman in his early days. He was naturally a great hero in the hearts of the people.
Black Bear's face turned red. Who doesn't have an idol in their heart? It would be great if he could really be like Di Qing.
Everyone looked at the black bear's face and laughed.
Black Bear's face turned dark instantly and said: "Why are you laughing? Be careful, I will sew your mouth shut."
As a result, everyone laughed even harder.
Next, Three Eyes selected nine people, and the archery team was officially established. He did not hide his secrets and carefully taught archery to these nine people.
There were only a few days left, so Li Fei never thought of training them all into sharp archers. At least when fighting, they should not shoot at their own people.
The days passed day by day, and soon it was the day when Hu County Cheng escorted the birthday ceremony.
In order to prevent any mistakes, in addition to the thirty or so people I sent, I also hired bodyguards to escort me. All of them were good soldiers. Together with the bodyguards, there were more than fifty people.
The birthday gift prepared for Cai Jing was very generous, including thousands of taels of gold, plus three beautiful singers. Naturally, the three items at the bottom of the box were obtained from Li Feina.
The average person, Hu Xian Cheng, wouldn't feel at ease sending such an important thing to Bianjing.
At this time, his son Hu Cheng stood up, obviously volunteering to take care of his father's worries, but in fact he just wanted to go to Bianjing to see something.
Magistrate Hu County was naturally happy that his son was so sensible, but he was also worried that he would get into trouble because he was young. Before leaving the city, he gave instructions to him to discuss matters with Head Guard Zhang more often.
Zhang Biaotou has been traveling around the world for many years. He has a plum blossom mole on the center of his eyebrow. He is nicknamed Peach Blossom Evil in the martial arts world. He is very skilled in martial arts. When people in the martial arts world see him, they will give him a bad thumbs up.
Hu Xiancheng deliberately asked his nephew Hu Ren to accompany him. After all, Hu Ren had practiced some boxing and had traveled around the world, so he could help him more along the way.
Unfortunately, Hu Ren had been staying at home for many days. He claimed that he had caught a cold and could not go out, so Magistrate Hu County had no choice but to give up.
After leaving the city, Hu Cheng rode on his horse and led the team forward in high spirits, feeling as happy as a monkey out of its cage.
Two hours later, the autumn sunshine was not too warm, and there was a constant cool breeze on the road. As everyone was walking, it did not feel stuffy.
There is a simple thatched hut on the roadside in front, which is actually a tea stall. It is open-air on both sides and has two or three broken tables underneath. If pedestrians are tired, they can drink some tea and rest here.
There were two customers sitting at the tea stall. The man was short in stature. Needless to say, his appearance was not that ugly. He looked honest and honest.
The woman sitting next to the man is beautiful and enchanting. She has a small cherry mouth, crescent eyebrows, and a plump body. She is a beauty.
There were large and small bags next to them, probably planning to move somewhere else.
Men are all the same. They can't walk when they see a beautiful woman, let alone Hu Cheng.
Hu Cheng looked at the woman on horseback and suddenly shouted: "Isn't that Pan Jinlian?"
Naturally, he had met Pan Jinlian when he was in Qinghe County, but this woman's reputation was not very good and she was too ostentatious. Hu County Magistrate did not want him to provoke this woman for fear that she would ruin the reputation of the Hu family.
Seeing his expression, Zhang Biaotou couldn't guess what he was thinking, so he reminded him: "Master Hu, don't stir up trouble."
"I know, how could I have missed something big?" Hu Cheng said, "I'm just curious. Pan Jinlian seems to be preparing to move, but I don't know where to move."
Zhang Biaotou thought to himself, even if they want to move, it has nothing to do with you.
There were only a few pedestrians on the official road, and there were also people driving bullock carts, most of them in a hurry.
The team stopped briefly, and the guards and escorts drank tea at the tea stall before continuing on their way.
Here, Pan Jinlian saw Wu Dalang's lackluster look, and felt angry, and couldn't help but said: "Da Lang, let's just follow this team. There are many of them, so we don't think we will be in danger."
Wu Dalang didn't have any ideas. He would just do whatever his wife said, so he nodded.
He quickly got up, packed his luggage, put it on the cart, let Pan Jinlian sit on it, and pushed the cart forward, following Hu Cheng and his group at a distance.
He had no choice but to leave his hometown this time. He couldn't stand the judgment of his neighbors and wanted to start a new life in a new place.
Not long after, the team reached a forest. Hu Cheng's ears were sharp, and he faintly heard a cry for help. He stretched out his hand and stopped.
"Go and see what's going on in the woods?"
Upon hearing this, a bodyguard got off his horse and quickly entered the woods nearby. After a short while, he saw him helping a woman out.
This woman is also very beautiful, with fine eyebrows and beautiful eyes. She only wears a short dress on her upper body, revealing a large area of skin, which is as tender as white jade. It seems that her feet are injured and it is difficult to walk.
When Hu Cheng saw this woman, his eyes suddenly straightened, and he thought to himself, maybe today I met a beautiful woman again because of my fate. God has been so kind to me.
Before he could open his mouth, Guard Zhang said: "Sir, the origin of this girl is unknown. I'm afraid there might be a scam, so I'd better leave her here and don't worry about her."
The most fearful thing in this wilderness is rescuing strangers, especially charming-looking women. Being alone is even more deceitful.
"Boss Zhang, what you said is wrong." Hu Cheng said with a smile, "I don't think this woman is a bad person. Besides, she is alone, so she won't be able to cause any trouble."
Zhang Biaotou insisted: "Young master, you can't. If this woman has any accomplices, she may be in serious trouble."
Hu Cheng waved his hand and said: "My master has decided to keep this woman to recover from her injuries. Isn't it too late to send her away after she recovers? Okay, I have made my decision, no need to say more."
As he spoke, he couldn't wait to get off his horse, walked up to the woman in a few steps, reached out to lift her chin, raised a smile on his lips, and asked: "What's your name?"
"Little girl Zhao Ruyu, thank you for taking me in, sir." The woman blinked her eyes and spoke in a pitiful voice.
"Ruyu Ruyu, she really lives up to her name, come with me." Hu Cheng pushed away the guy who was in the way, personally helped the beauty up, and walked towards the carriage.
In fact, the carriage was not far away from him, but he walked very slowly, full of warmth, and naturally he was distracted.
There were three singers sitting on the carriage. They were gifts for Prime Minister Cai. He didn't dare to make any plans. Miss Ruyu had nothing to do at night, so she just took them out to play together.
Chapter completed!