Chapter 21: The Goddess

When the bell rang at the end of class, everyone had no time to pay attention to what kind of punishment the comrades with the lowest grades had received, and they quietly talked about Yan Qi's performance beyond his own image, and gathered at the side of the shooting range to wait to see the archery duel between Xie Fei and Li Ziqian.

"Yan Qi, why have you never told me about this hand?!" Wu Yue was very dissatisfied and clasped Yan Qi's shoulders and shook them desperately.

"You haven't asked me about this, don't shake it, it's going to be shaken out for lunch......" Yan Qi was dizzy, Wu Yue's strength was not fake, lifting her like a scale was like playing.

"If I don't ask, you won't tell me?!" Wu Yue said angrily.

"Why am I saying this for no reason? Yan Qi hid beside Lu Rong.

"I ...... Then we can play together!" Wu Yue choked.

“…… Why don't we play together now?" Yan Qi wondered.

"You-you're mad at me!" Wu Yue paused.

"Okay, Ah Yue," Lu Rong smiled and relieved the siege, "Before entering the academy, the three of us were at most chatting, enjoying the scenery, and shopping, not to mention that when we go to each other's homes as guests, we must always pay attention to our words and deeds, how can there be any opportunity to play archery?"

"This ......" Wu Yue was stuck, "I won't go to the Riding Archery Club...... I'd better stay in the Martial Arts Club, I don't want to go to my Twelfth Uncle to find myself unhappy, why don't you give up the Riding and Archery Club and go to the Martial Arts Club? Isn't it because I know that the head of the Riding and Archery Club is my Twelfth Uncle? He won't show mercy to my subordinates just because I'm his niece, he-hehe, Xiao Qi, you'll have to suffer it in the future! You should prepare early!"

"What can I prepare? Yan Qi was helpless. Even if she forcibly refused Wu Changge to join the Riding and Archery Club just now, I believe that Wu Changge would have a way to force her in, so why bother with that useless effort.

"Get your bruise medicine ready. Wu Yue smiled wickedly with a vengeance.

"You're white with me. "Yan Qidao.

"It's also strange, you practice archery so well, why are you still so ......" Fat? Wu Yue was thinking about his best friend's love in the end, and he didn't finish his words.

Good archery is not something that has been practiced in this life. Yan Qi lost his mind for a moment.

"Speaking of archery," Lu Rong looked at Yan Qi keenly, "Second Uncle Yan has always been guarding the frontier, who taught Xiao Qi this archery?"

"I learned it from the gentleman who was invited by the government to teach archery. Yan Qi lied.

"But I haven't heard of any of your brothers and sisters having such good archery skills. Lu Rong smiled, showing his disbelief.

"I can't be a genius in a million?" Yan Qidao.

"Look, Xie Fei, they're here!" Wu Yue and Lu Rong decided to ignore the goods and turned their heads to look at the other side of the shooting range.

Xie Fei's great name Yan Qi had heard it from Wu Yue's mouth more than once, in fact, there were very few people in the circle of officials in Beijing who had never heard of this name, and of course there was only one reason - good archery.

When it comes to which type of art is the hottest, most respected, and biggest coffee in the current dynasty, there are three in total: comprehensive martial arts, mounted archery, and dance.

Needless to say, just look at the emperor's harem of three thousand, of which ninety percent of the concubines can dance to know how popular and sought after this skill is in the current dynasty, not only women, men also have dancers, of course, men can not dance as soft and charming as women, men also have men's dances, advocating strength, masculinity, tenacity, and whether it is a man or a woman, the dynasty is influenced by the emperor, the level of appreciation and preference for dance skills, have reached an unprecedented height.

But in the final analysis, dance is still the most suitable for women, so if women want to make a name for themselves, most of them will still choose to learn dance. Women want to be famous, men love to appreciate, created the art form of dance in the high status of the dynasty, and even has overridden the traditional four arts, in this dynasty, a person who dances well is far more likely to get the attention and admiration of the crowd than a person who is brilliant.

And the riding and archery skill is higher than the dance skill. After all, dance is just a way of enjoyment, it can only be used as a hobby, and can not be used as the foundation of the country, and riding archery is not, the founding emperor is the world on horseback, riding and archery still has an irreplaceable high status in the minds of the people under the inheritance of hundreds of years, all the people have been an important part of the emperor's policy to defend the country, even in the current prosperous era of singing and dancing, we must not forget the beginning.

At this point, there is a sudden eerie equality between men and women. It is appropriate for men to ride and shoot, and it is commendable for women to ride and shoot, and no one here will accuse women who love riding and shooting for violating morals and customs, and not following women's morals, and people will only praise this woman for supporting the army, patriotism, and dedication in times of peace. What's more, the founding queen accompanied the emperor to fight the country immediately, and you laugh at women learning to ride and shoot, doesn't that mean you are laughing at the founding queen?

Therefore, because of the role model + idol role of the founding emperor and his wife, the skill of riding and archery has become a national project, no one does not admire, no one does not dislike, even if there is no opportunity to learn due to conditions, it will not hinder the enthusiasm for this skill. The important thing is that, compared to the dance art, which basically only belongs to the women's stage, the riding and archery skills are tolerant, both men and women, young and old, on this stage, women enjoy the same power and glory as men, no longer have to take men as the sky, no longer have to be bound to women's roads, they can fly as high as men, receive as much praise and worship as men, and of course, you can also find a good in-law family whose whole family is a fan of riding and archery and the founding queen.

Because this activity is a test of people's physical qualities, it is relatively more difficult for women to do well, so female riding and archery masters will also get relatively more praise, which is why the girl named Xie Fei can be so famous, and it is also the source of why a joke small gamble will attract so many people to watch.

Knowing that the students of the four classes of the bet between Xie Fei and Li Ziqian had all gathered at the shooting range at this moment, the riding and archery competition between the two was not as simple as Yan Qi and them standing in place to shoot the target, it was a real riding archery, and it was to ride a horse.

Li Ziqian is a very capable person, went to the school stable to lead his horse over, flew up and neatly, won a lot of applause, and then looked at Xie Fei, a bright red horse suit like a dazzling fire, slender waist tightly bound legs slender, the movement on the horse is beautiful and flexible, the girl's youthful posture is vividly displayed in this mention, vertical and leaping, endless radiance, endless living color, this applause overshadowed Li Ziqian several times.

Li Ziqian was not annoyed when he was in the limelight, he just smiled at Xie Fei: "Hurry up, how about a game?"

"You make the question. Xie Fei's voice is crisp, spicy and cold, tall eyebrows, slanted phoenix eyes, slightly raised lips, and light neck, all of which reveal the girl's arrogance and self-confidence, and the aura brought out by this arrogance and coldness does not even give you a chance to dislike her, just pressing on your head so vividly, what makes you spontaneously born from your heart can only be amazement and envy, and you can only look up and worship.

"Then it's simpler," Li Ziqian smiled, "You and I each tie a walnut to the horse's forehead, and the one who shoots the opponent's walnut first wins, but if you scratch the horse's forehead or startle the opponent's horse in the process, you will lose immediately, what about it?"

"That's it, let's get started. Xie Fei was not ambiguous at all, he turned his horse's head and went to the east first, and Li Ziqian also drove his horse to the west - of course, he couldn't start from the center of the field, otherwise he wouldn't even have room to play.

The two of them manipulated the horses to stand still at both ends of the shooting range, tied up the walnuts that Li Ziqian had prepared earlier, and they didn't know which guy's broken gong voice in the crowd looked at the sky and roared "start", the two of them really clamped their legs between the horse's belly, held their respective bows and arrows and rushed towards the center of the field, and there was a roar of cheers on the sidelines, which provoked the students of other classes who had just finished class to gather here.

I saw that the two men each posed with a bow, the arrow was already on the string, and the horses were looking for angles and opportunities, but they were not blindly rampage, sometimes rubbing shoulders, sometimes circling back and forth, sometimes chasing back and forth, sometimes flashing left and right, the horse under the crotch seemed to be one with the man, and it was not clumsy and sluggish at all when it moved and jumped, and it was just right and flexible with its owner.

This situation caused the audience to marvel again and again, it is not easy to shoot a walnut with an arrow, the walnut is still tied to the forehead of the horse, and the horse is not stationary, nor does it do the same horizontal movement, it is constantly moving and jumping, the walnut is therefore upside down and left and right, to shoot the opponent's wild rhythm of the walnut on the back of the same bumpy horse, it is difficult to compare to the sky!

The onlookers were aware of the difficulty of the bet, so they became more and more nervous and expectant, and did not even dare to make a sound for a while, lest they distract the attention of the two people in the field, thus ruining a good show, and the two people in the field were also engrossed in the moment of tension, constantly circling and probing, patiently looking for the best angle and timing.

This is not only a test of archery, but also a test of riding, two people flexibly and skillfully manipulate the horses sometimes galloping and sometimes stopping sharply, in this irregular repeated speed change process, it is very easy to make mistakes and flaws, but also very easy to appear opportunities.

The two of them repeatedly circled for a long time with a stick of incense, and saw Li Ziqian suddenly make a move, and an arrow flew out like lightning and flew out of the walnut that went straight to Xie Fei's horse's head, Xie Fei was not in a hurry, pulled the reins with the situation, manipulated the horse's head to avoid, and immediately returned an arrow, but the arrows of both of them were missed, and they were "pounced" into the ground.

The audience immediately stopped the sound after shouting, and continued to focus on the situation on the field, but saw that the two of them were rushing towards each other at the same time, so close that they almost collided together, and after a dazzling spin, they heard a crisp sound of "pop", and they didn't know how Xie Fei made his hand, but he had already shot the walnut on Li Ziqian's horse's head, and the arrow smashed the walnut and flew straight forward, until it was inserted diagonally into the soil.

When everyone saw the result, it was already a few breaths later, and the applause exploded, Xie Fei sat straight on the back of the high horse, calmly accepting the cheers and admiration from all directions, but the slightly picked corners of her eyes accidentally revealed her pride and enjoyment at the moment, even if someone noticed it, it would only be replaced by more enthusiastic applause and praise, because such pride is completely deserved by this girl!

Although Li Ziqian lost, but he was defeated by the beauty arrow, but he also had the willingness to die under the peony flower and be a ghost, so he jumped off the horse without saying a word, walked under Xie Fei's horse in a few steps, knelt on one knee, patted his shoulder, and smiled at Xie Fei: "Please!"

Xie Fei stepped on Li Ziqian's shoulders and got off the horse in the louder coaxing of the onlookers, with a cold look and a slender waist, like a supreme and noble princess, I don't know how many teenagers' hearts were broken for a while, and how many girls admired and worshipped.

"Great! It's wonderful!" The girl Wu Yue was so excited that she grabbed the fat Yan Qi's shoulder and shook it vigorously, "Did you see it? Did you see it? How accurate that arrow was just now! How bold the shot was! God, how did she do it! She is worthy of being the number one archer in the whole Kyoto Girls' School! She is worthy of being the top of the All-Beijing Women's Riding and Archery Competition for three consecutive years! It's just amazing! Don't you say?!"

"Stop, stop, you're going to kill me. Yan Qi struggled to break free from Wu Yue's clutches, "Yes, yes, she is the most powerful, okay eldest sister, please let go." ”

"You can too, Xiao Qi!" Wu Yue continued to be excited, "You practice hard under my twelfth uncle! You may be able to catch up with Xie Fei in the future!

"Is it good to catch up with her?" Yan Qi asked.

"You...... What benefits do you want?" Wu Yue stared at her.

"I don't want any benefits, so why should I catch up with her?" Yan Qi asked.

…… That's enough. Wu Yue didn't pay attention to this thing anymore, but just watched Xie Fei from afar with admiration in front of him and left the shooting range.