Chapter 44: The Competition

Let the palace maid send Ziyi back, Xiao Mo returned to the side hall and closed the door, took off the clothes on his shoulders, and saw some red and swollen scars in front of the bronze mirror. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Fortunately, the winter coat was thick and cloak was draped, and the injury was not serious.

Xiao Mo took the ointment and looked in the mirror to apply the medicine.

"Xiao Mo." Ling Tianxu slammed open the door, and saw that his skin was like snow, and the scar was particularly dazzling.

Xiao Mo was startled, quickly pulled up the shirt on his back, and said angrily: "Ling Tianxu! Even if this is your Ziqing Palace, you can't just break in. ”

Hearing the news of her injury, he was so anxious that he left the queen mother and the palace concubines present and hurried back, just because he was worried, worried about her injury, she had a special status, and she couldn't recruit a doctor or let the palace maid serve, only he could take care of her.

"Well, let me see."

"I'm fine, you go out first." Xiao Mo said lightly, she knew that he was in a hurry, although he had known each other to the point of not distinguishing between them, but there was a difference between men and women, how could he not be evasive.

"Give me the medicine."

"Bloodshed, aren't you afraid?" Xiao Mo deliberately frightened.

"I ...... I don't look at it, but I ...... Medicated only. ”

The Ninety-Five, as soon as he heard the blood, he was overwhelmed, Xiao Mo was angry and funny.

"It's nothing about this injury, you go out first, I can wipe it myself, and then a woman pretends to be a man, and that's also a woman." Xiao Mo frowned.

Ling Tianxu was willing to wait outside, and when he saw Xiao Mo getting dressed and walking out, he said with concern: "How can you be injured, does it still hurt?" ”

"It's fine, just a little injury."

While talking, an inner eunuch came in and said: "See Your Majesty, the Queen Mother has a decree, and the guards will be sent to the Bow Pavilion as soon as possible." ”

Xiao Mo and Ling Tianxu's eyes were shocked.

The Bow Pavilion is the training place of the Praetorian Guard Camp, why did the Queen Mother summon her to the Bow Pavilion at this time?

Ling Tianxu said lightly: "You go and tell the Queen Mother that Escort Xiao is injured and needs to recuperate, and he can't go." ”

"Back to Your Majesty, the Queen Mother knew that Escort Xiao was injured, and that injury was nothing to a person who practiced martial arts, so she ordered Escort Xiao to go immediately."

The inner supervisor deliberately emphasized the person who practiced martial arts, it seems that the Queen Mother summoned her with ulterior motives, but how can she hide.

"Father-in-law Lao returns to the Queen Mother, I'll go."

"Xiao Mo......" Ling Tianxu was worried, he was afraid that he had just insisted on leaving and angered the Queen Mother.

Xiao Mo said indifferently: "It's okay, the soldiers will block it, and the water will cover it." ”

The Bow Pavilion is an open flat land in the guard camp, and there is a pavilion named Bow Pavilion in the middle, and when Xiao Mo and Ling Tianxu arrived, there were already many people sitting in the pavilion.

The Queen Mother, Concubine An, Concubine Li, and many concubines who have only seen her but don't know their names, it seems that they came here straight from Ci'an Palace.

Xiao Mo stepped forward to ask for peace: "Minister, see the Queen Mother." ”

"Why did the queen mother summon Xiao Mo here?" Ling Tianxu asked.

Without waiting for the Queen Mother to speak, Concubine Li hurriedly replied: "Back to Your Majesty, Xiao Escort is the Imperial Guard personally appointed by His Majesty, and his martial arts must be successful. Concubine Li's gaze swept to the other side.

Xiao Mo took the opportunity to look, and there was a row of internal guards standing there, all of whom seemed to be masters carefully selected by Concubine Li.

Want to test her martial arts? Xiao Mo pretended to be a guard and was most worried about this, and he was a little apprehensive in his heart.

"Xiao Guard, go ahead." Concubine Li said lightly,

"Xiao Mo was just injured and can't compete." Ling Tianxu's tone was resolute.

Concubine An then said: "Your Majesty, the concubines have all seen it, they were just smashed by a few broken tiles, and that little injury must be nothing to a master like Xiao Huwei." ”

Not to mention that she is injured and thin, even if she is strong and strong, she is not the opponent of these people, martial arts? Not at all!

Xiao Mo arched his hand and said: "Queen Mother, the sword has no eyes, even if it is a fight, but if you are careless and hurt people and see blood, and disturb the holy driver, the ministers and them will be unable to escape the blame." ”

The Queen Mother is Ling Tianxu's biological mother, and she will not be unaware of the fact that her son is afraid of blood.

When the Queen Mother heard this, she didn't speak for a long time, as if she was thinking about whether this was right or not.

Concubine Li said lightly: "The sword has no eyes, you might as well use your bare hands." ”

Xiao Mo squinted at Concubine Li, and now that he is showing off his might, I don't know who knelt pitifully and begged King Jing to be magnanimous that day.

"Then, let's do as Concubine Li said." The Queen Mother held the teacup and lowered her eyes to split the foam.

Xiao Mo hurriedly said: "The Queen Mother ......"

Concubine An Guifei immediately raised her lips and said: "Escort Xiao shirked like this, it didn't mean that he didn't know martial arts at all, but he didn't have extraordinary kung fu but mixed into the palace as a guard, this is a crime of bullying the king." ”

She was brought back to the palace by Ling Tianxu, where did the crime of bullying come from, Jiang Zhi meant nothing more than to accuse her of deceiving the Queen Mother, so that the Queen Mother would not let her go.

Xiao Mo calmly thought about countermeasures, but Ling Tianxu was anxious, raised his eyes and saw the plaque of the bow pavilion, and had a plan.

"Queen Mother, the sword has no eyes, fists and feet are ruthless, just fighting, why dance the sword and make the sword, since you have come to the bow pavilion, let them compete and shoot arrows."

He was amazed at Xiao Mo's ability to penetrate Yang in a hundred steps, and he expected that he had some chances of winning than archery.

Ling Tianxu's face can be described as gloomy, Concubine An realized that she and Concubine Li targeted Xiao Mo, which would inevitably make Ling Tianxu unhappy, so much trouble just to let Xiao Mo show his feet in front of the Queen Mother, whether it is martial arts or archery, and compete with the master of the inner world, Xiao Mo should definitely lose, since Ling Tianxu agrees to the competition, she might as well follow Ling Tianxu's wishes, and save a little bit of the king's heart.

"Then according to what Your Majesty said, let Xiao Guard learn archery skills with them, Xiao Guard, as a royal guard, must be good at archery." An Guifei said with a smile.

An Guifei was the first to agree, Concubine Li followed and compromised, and the Queen Mother acquiesced.

Seeing Ling Tianxu walk into the bow pavilion and sit down, Xiao Mo was helpless, just because he had no bottom in his heart.

The formation swings out......

"Which of you comes first?" Concubine Li glanced at the guards.

A few guards are eager to try, after all, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, if they win Xiao Mo, maybe they will be able to go to the royal front on an errand, the imperial guard only obeys the orders of the saint, and can be honored as an adult, which is a rare fat difference.

"It's cumbersome to compete one by one, so you might as well have Deputy General Jiang and Xiao Escort directly learn from each other." An Guifei said.

"Your Ministers obey."

Xiao Mo glanced at the person who was standing at the head of the line and replied, he could become the deputy commander of the Praetorian Guard at a young age, either he was talented, or he was stained with the light of the family, and from An Guifei's words, he heard that he was also surnamed Jiang, and An Guifei hit him, presumably in addition to being his own person, he was also quite confident in his kung fu.

Xiao Mo couldn't help but admire Jiang Zhi's strategy of killing two birds with one stone, if she lost, Concubine An Guifei could not only use the Queen Mother to remove her as a thorn in her side, but also let the Jiang family's relatives become officials and knights. Jiang Zhi's scheming is much better than the reckless Concubine Li.

"Lord Xiao, please."

Xiao Mo thought for a moment, and Vice President Najiang had already stood in front of him and politely made a gesture of "please".

Xiao Mo turned his eyes and looked at the two arrow targets, which were much closer than the distance to the big tent last time, and it was not difficult for her, but if both of them hit the bull's-eye, who should lose and who won?

"Lord Xiao first?" Vice President Jiang asked.

"Xiao Mo has just arrived, so let's invite Vice President Jiang first." Xiao Mo said, let's see how capable this person is.

Deputy General Jiang did not postpone it, his expression was confident, he took the bow and arrows handed by his subordinates, and opened his bow calmly, aiming at the middle of the arrow target, ready to attack.

Xiao Liu's heart is mentioned in his throat, everyone in the palace knows that Deputy Jiang is good at martial arts, and his archery skills are even more powerful, his ability is greater than that of Wang Dutong, but he is a relative of Concubine An, because the concubine is not favored, he has been wronged to be the deputy commander for many years, and he has not come out of the day, can he still seize this opportunity to perform well? In other words, everyone has to do their best, Xiao Mo has met a strong opponent.

Xiao Mo didn't know the inside story, and watched silently, his heart calm.

Ling Tianxu saw her calmly coping, and his tense heartstrings loosened a little.

With a "whoosh", the arrow instantly left the string.

Straight to the bull's-eye, without the slightest deviation.

Deputy Jiang turned to Xiao Mo and bowed his hand: "Accept." ”

"Vice President Jiang is good at archery." Xiao Mo smiled.

Xiao Mo took the bow and arrow, and immediately smiled, only to feel that it was not good, this bow ...... It's so heavy!

The bow and arrow she borrowed last time was for shooting animals, light and flexible, and this bow knew that it was a war bow at a glance, and she was now weak and had no strength, and it was difficult to hold it, let alone draw the bow and shoot arrows.

Xiao Mo held the bow and arrow in both hands, hesitated for a long time, and had to start trying under the urging of Concubine Li and others.

Xiao Mo struggled to hold the bow in one hand, put the arrow on, and didn't pull it away much with all his strength, and was tired and sweating profusely in the cold wind.

This scene, the guards standing nearby and Deputy General Jiang could see it clearly, if it weren't for the presence of the holy driver, I am afraid that they would have to laugh.