77. Competition
He showed a hint of joy on his face, staring at Lou Qin with interest, and was just seen by Zheng Yuan, Zheng Yuan couldn't help but feel sour in her heart. But after Lou Qin refused to be his concubine, he looked sideways at him, and the two looked at each other, eyebrows flickering......
He kept the corners of his mouth bent, and only when he realized that he was being stared at by her glanced at her, and his smile narrowed at the same time, with a frozen expression. She felt even more uncomfortable, and went to look at Lou Qin again, Lou Qin didn't notice her, her eyes frequently swept to him, and found her in the direction where he peeped from time to time and immediately avoided. "Huh?" Lou Qin sighed lightly and was slightly surprised.
Gongsun Er asked, "What is General Yunlu looking at?" ”
Lou Qin replied: "The minister is looking for a woman who can compete with the minister." ”
Gongsun Er looked around and said with a smile: "The ladies who accompanied me all live in the inner courtyard of the deep palace, blowing flowers and chewing stamens on weekdays, and writing and embroidering groups. Who would dare to compete with someone like General Lou who has been on the battlefield? Let's not talk about the ladies, let's just say that these young sons and daughters, all of them are noble, how many of them can win against General Lou? ”
Lou Qin said: "It is precisely because of this that the minister wants to compete with the girls, and the minister decides not to compete with the sons in the future. Therefore, the minister wants to compete with the girls, and if the minister competes with the girls one by one, it will not prove that the minister is the best among the girls. After that, you will be able to get married, Your Majesty said, is there any reason for what the minister said? ”
Everyone present couldn't help laughing, and Gongsun Er couldn't help laughing: "General Lou is very wise, so I will pick a few people for the general......"
Looking around, how many other women are there? The status of the maids is too low, Gongsun Er will not use them to foil and please a female general, when Gongsun Er left the palace, the concubine took her one, and the others did not bring any female dependents, so the only female dependents to choose are the eldest princess's mansion, the eldest princess is noble, and Gongsun Er will only let the two waitresses brought by the eldest princess accompany her. The concubine hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, the concubine wants to give it a try." ”
Gongsun Er's thick eyebrows frowned: "Concubine Ai is pregnant, according to me, why don't you let the two waitresses of the eldest princess's mansion come out to compete with General Yunlu, the two waitresses usually go out to host your affairs every day, and they are more or less familiar with equestrianism, and they should also know a little bit about archery." ”
The concubine glanced at the eldest princess, covered her sleeves and said with a smile: "The concubine thinks that Gao Wanshi, who has been with your lord for many years, should understand that Cui Wanshi's director is not singing and dancing?" "I can't think of it
The eldest princess immediately answered: "Niangniang's words are wrong, Yuluan, she not only knows how to sing and dance, she can ...... anything"
The concubine became worried.
Zheng Yuan: Your lord will also brag...... I wondered why Lou Qin didn't know why she wanted to find a woman to compete, after all, she knew in her heart that the women here were not her opponents, did she want to humiliate others to show herself? Not like.
"In that case, then let the two servants compete with the general, and hope that the general's subordinates will show mercy."
Zheng Yuan and Cui Yin got up and walked to the front of the stage together, and took the bow and arrows handed by the pawn.
"How does the general want to compete? The general has already hit every shot, and there is no need to compete, the slave and the servant have already lost. ”
Lou Qin stared at Zheng Yuan, who was asking, and looked twice, and said with a smile: "Then tell me, how do you want to compete?" ”
"Why is this Cui Wanshi's voice so familiar?" Li Conghe sat alone in his seat and meditated, muttering to himself, "Where have you heard it?" ”
Qu Boyao's face darkened, why did she say this? Just lose it.
Gu Changyuan said: "The minister has an idea, it is better to insert the peacock feather on the heads of both sides, and then each of them is the target, let the other party stand thirty steps away with a bow and shoot arrows, the one who shoots wins, if they are all shot, then the one who shoots down the peacock feather wins, if the peacock feather does not fall, then the one with the largest feather curvature wins." If they all land, the one who is far away wins. ”
"Good idea." Gongsun Er readily agreed, and the concubine hurriedly persuaded: "Your Majesty, what if you miss the shot and hurt someone?" ”
Zhang Yaozong whispered to Qu Boyao: "With this bad strategy, he wants Lou Qin to die, and the two of them who can't shoot arrows don't shoot arrows into the flesh?" Majesty seems to know everything. ”
Qu Boyao looked unkind.
Gongsun said: "I believe that General Yunlu will shoot...... The general has never seen any scenes, will he be afraid to be a target? Isn't it? If the two waiters are good for a while, I will allow the two waiters to enter the forest together. ”
Lou Qin said stubbornly: "It's true that the minister will shoot, but the minister is worried about the archery skills of the two servants, what should I do if the general is injured if he can't shoot?" ”
"If she hurts you, let her pay you with her life." Qu Boyao suddenly spoke, his tone resolute.
Zheng Yuan looked back at him with everyone else, and he looked back at her with an indifferent expression.
The eldest princess smiled: "Don't worry, general, they won't hurt the general." ”
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First, Lou Qin faced Cuiyin, and Lou Qin shot down the peacock feather on Cuiyin's head with an arrow. When it was Cuiyin's turn, Cuiyin knew that she couldn't shoot, so she didn't use much strength, so she pulled down her bow at will, and the arrow fell with all her strength as soon as it was issued. Next is Lou Qin vs. Yuluan. Lou Qin didn't blink, an arrow fell, and the pawn came to measure the distance between the feather and the person, and happily reported an amazing number.
It's Yuluan's turn.
Everyone thought that she would be as self-aware as Cui Yin, but she pulled up her bow in style, constantly adjusting to the target on Lou Qin's head, and she didn't shoot for a long time, which made people anxious.
Lou Qin couldn't help but say, "Cui Wanshi, you have to look at it." ”
Is she really going to? He didn't even listen to the threat he had just made, his palms were wet with sweat, and he frequently looked at Wang Zhen. Wang Zhen watched attentively, and only noticed him after a while, and hurriedly shouted at the people on the stage and laughed: "Cui Wanshi, it doesn't matter if you can't shoot, it's tiring to go into the forest to shoot, and there are jackals, tigers and leopards...... A woman like General Yunlu who is more powerful than a man can stand it, if you can't shoot, hurry down, rest well, and talk to the noble concubine and your lord for a while, if you shoot and injure the general, you have to resist your fate! ”
Everyone thought that Wang Zhen was mocking, and laughed. That jade luan did look like it couldn't be shot, and even if it did, it couldn't win.
The palms of her bows were sweaty. He asked Wang Zhen to hint to her not to shoot, and when they all went into the forest, she and her sister would have a chance to say a few words. In fact, she herself was not sure that she would be able to shoot, she was engrossed in staring at the bull's-eye, thinking about what he said before, he was forcing her, he knew that she was not sure of being fully shot,
Did he think she would give up if she threatened her to resist her life and didn't give her a way back? Thinking of this, she gritted her teeth and pulled the bowstring hard, and she heard a sound from deep in the wooden bow, whoosh—
Everyone's eyes followed the arrows.
The concubine's nails secretly pinched her flesh.
"Ahh As soon as he spoke, the hairpin that bound his hair broke, and the hair fell all down, and the peacock feather fell to the ground.
Zheng Yuan froze in place.
The pawn happily reported: "General Yun Lu wins-"
She still lost, and her arrow grazed her scalp and nearly hit her in the head. He was a little incredulous, glaring at the wayward woman indignantly, and he couldn't get angry. Although she lost, he didn't feel relieved.
Lou Qin stroked his hot and numb scalp, his tears were about to overflow in pain, and he grabbed a piece of hair and complained hatefully: "Even if you can shoot the hairpin that binds my hair, how can you not shoot such a large peacock feather, Cui Wanshi, you are so vicious!" ”