Chapter 75: If You Lose, Stay
Turning his head, Hanchen sat in the room with a room of cold moonlight, his silver hair refracted the cold light, and his handsome face was also plated with a layer of cold light, without a little anger, like an exquisite sculpture.
When you wake up at night and find that there is someone else in your house, everyone will be frightened.
Shen Bai rubbed his head and sat up, lifted his eyes to look at Han Chen, and said lazily: "I didn't expect the high priest to have the habit of peeping into other people's rooms in the middle of the night, if it was in Zhaoling, you would be easy to be tied up and soaked in a pig cage." ”
Hanchen didn't care about Shen Bai's words, and was obsessed with the question he just asked: "What did you dream about just now?" ”
In addition to the stuffy pain in his chest, he was also a little flustered, Shen Bai raised his hand to wipe the tears from the corners of his eyes, got up and walked to Hanchen and sat down, poured a cup of cold water and drank it in one sip, and then replied: "Originally, I just woke up and remembered, but I was so by the high priest, and suddenly I forgot it, I heard that the high priest of Dongheng Kingdom has the ability to predict the future, so I sat in front of the high priest, and the high priest may have deduced what I dreamed about just now?" ”
There is a night pearl embedded on the top of all the rooms of Dongheng Palace, which can facilitate getting up at night.
The soft light of the night pearl poured down, and Shen Bai's eyes that had just cried were watery and shiny, and they were a little more beautiful than the best gems.
Hanchen stared at her eyes for a while, and said frankly: "You are different from others, I can't deduce it." ”
Shen Bai chuckled in his heart, raised his eyebrows and asked, "How is it different?" Could it be that I am the chosen one, destined to do a great career of earth-shattering ghosts and gods in the future? ”
Shen Bai's tone was full of curiosity and pride, not to mention doing a big career, even if Hanchen let her have one hand, he could take her down within three moves.
If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, Hanchen wouldn't have believed that this person would have shattered the sad and happy face into slag.
Hanchen didn't speak, and kept staring at Shen Bai.
Shen Bai thought that he would feel uncomfortable after being looked at by him for a long time, lowered his eyes and avoided it, looked at the cup in front of him and asked: "The mask worn by the high priest is broken, I guess it shouldn't be a good sign, the high priest didn't come here late at night to kill me unknowingly, right?" ”
Shen Bai hadn't done anything with Han Chen, so he didn't know what he was doing, and immediately added after saying this: "I don't know what unknown calamity that the broken mask is portending, but if you kill me today, High Priest, I'm sure that a war will break out between Dongheng and Zhaoling soon, and every soldier who falls on the battlefield will be the soul of a dead soul who died indirectly at the hands of the High Priest." ”
Hanchen's face was expressionless, he still didn't speak, Shen Bai's eyes widened, and he emphasized seriously: "Don't think I'm threatening you, my father is the prince of Zhaoling, the official residence is the third grade, and he is a courtier that His Majesty relies on very much today, I have a lifelong friendship with our Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the prince of Zhenguo, you dare to move me to try!" ”
When the words fell, Han Chen suddenly raised his hand, Shen Bai subconsciously leaned back to dodge, Han Chen's hand froze in the air, and asked coldly: "Are you afraid of death?" ”
Shen Bai rolled his eyes, isn't this nonsense? Who in the world is not afraid of death?
Shen Bai asked Han Chen rhetorically: "It is human nature to be greedy for life and afraid of death, isn't the high priest afraid of death?" ”
Hanchen withdrew his hand, did not answer Shen Bai's question, stood with his hands in his hands, and said lightly: "You don't have to be afraid, I won't kill you." ”
Shen Bai looked incredulous, but Hanchen didn't say much, opened the door and left quietly.
Shen Bai leaned over to the door to look left and right, made sure that he was gone, and turned his head to knock on Gu Hengzhou's room door.
knocked on the door seven or eight times before it opened, Shen Bai didn't look at it, he directly hugged Gu Hengzhou's waist, and shouted exaggeratedly: "Brother Gu, it's so scary, I had a nightmare just now, and when I woke up, I found that the high priest was sitting next to my bed, it's terrible!" ”
Shen Bai screamed, his head kept rubbing against Gu Hengzhou's chest, and after a while, the back collar was grabbed, and a cold voice sounded above his head: "Let go!" ”
Looking up in surprise, Zhou Jue looked at her with a disgusting expression, and Gu Hengzhou stood beside her with her collar.
Die! Hug the wrong person!
Shen Bai's heart trembled, and he hurriedly let go of Zhou Jue, Zhou Jue took seven or eight steps back, and kept rubbing his arms in disgust: "The surname Shen, you are so disgusting, even if you are a sissy, you will harm people everywhere!" ”
Gu Hengzhou's eyes had been medicated again, and gauze was still wrapped around them, but there was a cold air all over his body, Shen Bai didn't dare to make a mistake, shrunk his neck and said pitifully: "Brother Gu, that high priest is really scary." ”
Zhou Jue was uncomfortable after being hugged by Shen Bai, and when he heard Shen Bai say this, he immediately took over the conversation: "You kid has something wrong with his brain and deserves to be scared to death, Brother Gu quickly throw him out, I will vomit when I see him again!" ”
Shen Bai was not to be outdone, and immediately went back: "Do you think I want to hug you?" I want to throw up now, too! ”
The two stared at each other, and Gu Hengzhou said to Zhou Jue, "Go out and vomit." ”
Zhou Jue was incredulous: "Brother Gu, the person with the problem is him, you let me out?" ”
Gu Hengzhou raised his voice slightly: "Do you want to stay together?" ”
What are we doing together? Beaten?
Zhou Jue's mind instantly appeared that Gu Hengzhou was angry and beat people before, and hurriedly rushed to the door, and did not forget to pinch Gu Hengzhou: "Brother Gu, this surname Shen is not cleaned up, you clean him up slowly, I'll go back and rest first!" ”
After Zhou Jue finished speaking, he also helped close the door very intimately.
The room was quiet, Shen Bai was a little scared, and swallowed his saliva: "Brother Gu, I don't seem to be as scared as before, can you let go first?" ”
Gu Hengzhou didn't let go, and carried Shen Bai to the bed, afraid that Gu Hengzhou would beat his ass again, Shen Bai hurriedly protected it with his hands, and kept shouting in his mouth: "Brother Gu, I was wrong, I shouldn't recognize the wrong person, I won't dare next time, please raise your noble hand and spare me, I ...... Not! ”
Under the hood of a quilt, cover all the words behind Shen Bai in the quilt.
After pulling hard for a long time, Shen Bai finally arched his head, Gu Hengzhou lay down next to her, and asked in a deep voice, "What did the high priest do in your room?" ”
Shen Bai's attention was diverted by the matter, and he hurriedly leaned down to Gu Hengzhou's side and said: "It's still because of the broken mask during the day, I think the people of their Dongheng Kingdom are all chattering, and he is afraid that he is eyeing me now, but because I am an important minister of Zhaoling, he doesn't dare to make a move." ”
Gu Hengzhou frowned: "He wants to kill you?" ”
"I don't know, don't they like sacrifices very much, he and the lord both believe that the mask was broken because of me, and it is possible that he wants to use my sacrifice to appease the anger of the gods." After Shen Bai finished speaking, he hugged Gu Hengzhou's arm, "Brother Gu, that high priest's martial arts are unfathomable, he can avoid the guards and enter my room, it's really unsafe, can I sleep with you?" ”
Afraid that Gu Hengzhou would refuse, Shen Bai added: "Brother Gu, don't worry, for the sake of your reputation, I will go back to my room before dawn and promise not to let others know, okay?" ”
Gu Hengzhou didn't speak, which was considered acquiescence.
Shen Bai grinned secretly, look, look, this person is hard-mouthed and soft-hearted, and he was reluctant to drive her away when he knew that she was afraid.
Staying by Gu Hengzhou's side, the uneasiness in Shen Bai's heart dissipated a lot, and the sleepiness swept back in, she yawned, and fell asleep, and heard Gu Hengzhou ask in a daze: "What did His Royal Highness the Crown Prince tell you today?" ”
"Huh?" Shen Bai snorted, his brain was entangled in drowsiness, and he thought for a long time before he said, "I didn't say anything, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince just blamed me for not taking good care of Brother Gu, let me practice hard with logistics, and don't drag everyone back." ”
It's as simple as that?
Gu Hengzhou didn't believe it, Zhao Che had murderous intent against her last time in the paddock, and this time the two of them almost lost their lives in Hengxiangjiang, and Zhao Che couldn't let her go so easily.
Shen Bai guessed what Gu Hengzhou was worried about, rubbed his arm and whispered, "Brother Gu, don't worry, I won't trouble you." ”
I like you so much, I just want to give you the best of everything, I wish you a smooth and worry-free life, how can I trouble you.
The heart was hit, Gu Hengzhou didn't speak again, and after Shen Bai fell asleep, he scooped the person into his arms.
Like the previous nights, Shen Bai curled up in a ball and shrunk into his arms, like a flimpy pet.
By Gu Hengzhou's side, Shen Bai didn't dream anymore, and when he woke up, it was bright outside, and Shen Bai stared at the bed tent for a long time before realizing that he had been sent back by Gu Hengzhou.
The hour was not early, Shen Bai lay down for a while, and immediately a carp sat up.
As I walked, I couldn't help but think, Brother Gu is not familiar with Dongheng Palace, how can he send me back without seeing with his eyes?
Shen Bai couldn't figure it out, so he asked someone to send hot water to wash.
The guards not only sent hot water, but also sent a set of begonia red silk embroidered koi clothes, the clothes were neatly folded, as well as jade belts, jade pendants, sachets, forehead wipes and other accessories, which were obviously specially matched according to the identity of Taifu's only son.
It represents the face of Zhaoling, and it can't be too cold.
Shen Bai changed his clothes slipperily, and after dressing neatly, he went out energetically.
Zhao Che and they got up early, Gu Hengzhou also changed into an ink-colored silver silk embroidered unicorn dress, the unicorn embroidered very well, majestic, the silver silk refracted a fine light in the sun, which made people unable to take their eyes off, but no matter how good the clothes were, they only set off the people who wore the clothes.
In addition to gauze, Gu Hengzhou stood next to Zhao Che with a cold expression, a silver embroidered double dragon play bead on his forehead lined his forehead like a blade, his cold eyes were frosty, like a cold pine standing proudly in the ice and snow, and the wind and snow were indestructible.
Gu Hengzhou's thin lips pursed slightly, exuding a cold ascetic aura around his body, but Shen Bai's mind was inopportune and remembered his hot and rapid breathing when he was in the lieutenant camp.
When this man is not cold, it is frighteningly hot from head to toe.
Shen Bai could see that Zhou Jue stepped forward to block in front of Gu Hengzhou, frowning and glaring at Shen Bai: "What are you doing stupidly, why don't you give a salute to His Highness?" ”
As Gu Hengzhou's close friend, Zhou Jue consciously took on the important task of protecting Brother Gu from being poisoned by the Shen family.
Shen Bai reluctantly withdrew his gaze, licked his lips and walked in front of Zhao Che to salute: "Please say hello to Your Highness." ”
Chu Yingtian also changed into a navy blue embroidered herring costume and stood behind Zhao Che, after such a long time, the rich sadness on his body was reduced, and when he saw Shen Bai, he smiled kindly, and was very happy that Shen Bai was still alive.
Shen Bai winked at him, then looked at Zhao Che and asked suspiciously, "Is it because His Highness asked everyone to dress so ceremoniously today?" ”
The return gift of this escort is enough to show the national strength of Zhaoling, but Zhao Che deliberately asked everyone to dress up today, most of them are Dongheng people who have made some trouble.
Zhou Jue saw Shen Bai's coquettish appearance last night, and today she doesn't like her anywhere, for fear that if she gets closer to Zhao Che, she will have something that Zhao Che shouldn't have, and scolded with a straight face: "Where are you talking so much nonsense, you will do whatever His Highness asks you to do in a while." ”
Shen Bai glanced at him, and seeing that Zhao Che didn't want to answer his meaning, he walked to the place where Zhao Che was a step behind on the left, and happened to be side by side with Gu Hengzhou.
Zhou Jue couldn't wait for Shen Bai to be 108,000 miles away from Gu Hengzhou, and said faintly: "You see that you are dressed like a moth, stay away from us, and you are not afraid of losing our face in Zhaoling." ”
Shen Bai was born white, this begonia-colored dress is quite colorful, it looks a little exaggerated from a distance, but it makes Shen Bai's lips more and more red and white, and the forehead between her forehead is also begonia color, embroidered with gold thread with dark patterns of waves, which is very eye-catching between the eyebrows, and after a closer look, she found that she has a beauty point, and the shape of her forehead is full but shorter than that of ordinary men, and her eyebrows are slender, not as dense as others, but there is a kind of soft beauty.
What a little girl.
Zhou Jue muttered in his heart, after he finished speaking, Gu Hengzhou also turned his head to look at Shen Bai, Shen Bai rolled his eyes, Gu Hengzhou said lightly: "Be honest, don't pretend to be weird." ”
Shen Bai hurriedly returned to his seriousness, stuck out his tongue, and asked in disbelief: "Brother Gu, can you even hear me rolling my eyes?" ”
The tongue was pink and cute, Gu Hengzhou retracted his gaze and looked ahead, and said, "I can't hear it, guess." ”
Are you guessing so accurately that you don't have me in your heart?
Shen Bai was secretly happy, and the lord sent someone to invite them over, and the group walked out.
Shen Bai thought that there would be a banquet to show the strength of the two countries today, but he didn't expect the palace people to take them out of the palace directly, at the gate of the palace, the lord and the four princes and the warriors of Dongheng Kingdom were all riding on horses and ready to go, and there were five empty horses next to them, which were obviously prepared for them.
Shen Bai searched carefully in the crowd, and the high priest was not among them.
It was already the third pole of the sun, and the lord said to Zhao Che: "The hour is not early, His Royal Highness the Prince, take your people with you." ”
The eldest prince Duda is next to the lord, his appearance is five points similar to the lord, he is already in his thirties, it is the youngest and most vigorous, and the arrogance on his body can't be concealed.
Dusk Da swept away their group wantonly, and finally his eyes fell on Shen Bai, pointing at Chu Yingtian next to him and sneering: "I thought he was the weakest before, but I didn't expect another weaker one, I know that your Zhaoling men love beauty, but they don't spend all their time rubbing grease and powder, right?" ”
These words are clearly satirizing Zhaoling's male girlishness.
Zhou Jue glared at Duda angrily, he just said that Shen Bai was embarrassed because he didn't want Shen Bai to harm Gu Hengzhou, Duda was a Dongheng person, why did he point fingers at Shen Bai?
Shen Bai was not in a hurry to refute Du Da, and looked sideways at the Lord.
Dongheng is open-minded, people are also arrogant, encourage people to express themselves bravely, they worship the strong, and do not feel that there is anything wrong with the strong bullying the weak.
The lord was worried that the four princes under his knees had not decided the winner, and when he heard Twilight's provocation, he had no intention of stopping it, and he also wanted to take the opportunity to test his four sons.
The lord didn't speak, acquiescing to Duda's actions, Shen Bai was not polite, looked at Duda with a smile and said: "The eldest prince may not know, there is a saying in our Zhaoling, called not to judge people by their appearance, which means that you can't judge a person's appearance, some people are loyal, they may be ruthless, some people are tall and mighty, and they may be stupid like a cow. ”
Shen Bai deliberately accentuated the pronunciation of the words "stupid and stupid as a cow", but Duda couldn't understand the roundabout words, and raised his eyebrows disdainfully: "After talking so much nonsense, you just want to say that you are not weak?" ”
I'm not afraid to scare you to death when I say it, Xiao Ye is the smartest person in Zhaoling, he has served two monarchs, and he has fought with the third prince in the court, and he never knows how to write weak words!
Shen Bai slandered, squeezing out a hypocritical smile on his face: "The ruler is long, the inch is short, and there is no one in this world who is so strong that no one is invincible in all aspects, so easily being judged as a weak person by the eldest prince does make me a little unwilling." ”
Changing a person from Donghengguo here, he may have already fought with Duda, his expression revealed impatience, he stepped forward, looked at Shen Bai condescendingly, and suddenly reached out to grab Shen Bai, but when he was about to touch Shen Bai's collar, Gu Hengzhou grabbed his wrist.
Duda was proud of his tall and big horses, and his strength was much higher than ordinary people, so he tried to earn it, but he couldn't break free of Gu Hengzhou's hand, and his wrist was scratched a little painfully.
The horse under him neighed twice uneasily, and Gu Hengzhou said softly: "Zhaoling is a state of etiquette, and the gentleman pays attention to his mouth and does not use his hands, please respect the eldest prince." ”
The prestige of Zhenguo Gong had already been spread in the surrounding neighboring countries, and Duda knew Gu Hengzhou's identity and didn't intend to provoke him, but he didn't expect Gu Hengzhou to stand up for Shen Bai.
Dusk Da squinted, the air pressure all over his body was released, and seeing that the two were about to fight, Shen Bai said with a smile: "You can't do it here, if the eldest prince wants to compete, wait until he gets to the place, how about it?" ”
This can be regarded as taking the initiative to respond, and Twilight raised her eyebrows: "You compare with me?" ”
Shen Bai nodded confidently: "I'll compare with you, it's enough." ”
Since he thinks that Shen Bai is the weakest, then Shen Bai, the weakest, is compared to him, Shen Bai loses, he loses, if he loses, I am afraid that this face will not be able to be wanted.
Shen Bai's tone and expression were very poor, and Twilight's fighting spirit was aroused, and many pictures of Shen Bai kneeling at his feet and crying bitterly had already appeared in his mind.
"Good!"
Dusk Da said in a deep voice, Gu Hengzhou let go of his hand, Duda lightly clamped the horse's belly and returned to the lord's side, Zhao Che and they all turned over and got on the horse, and the lord gave an order, and everyone set off outside the city.
The lords seem to be out of the city often, and the people in the city are very calm, just because these little Langjun from Zhaoling are all very handsome, and when they pass by the street, they can't help but look sideways for a while.
Donghengguo is a nomadic country, regardless of men, women and children, equestrianism is very good, after the departure, the people of Donghengguo galloped wildly, trying to leave Zhao Che and them behind, but except for Chu Yingtian, the other four people's riding skills are very good, and even the weakest Shen Bai has not been left behind.
Out of the city, the galloping horse's hooves kicked up a person-high dust on the road, Zhou Jue rode to Shen Bai's side, and spoke in a low voice: "You are crazy, you know that the eldest prince is deliberately provocative, and you still dare to fight?" Your thighs are not as thick as other people's arms, how can you win him? ”
The wind and sand were too big, Shen Bai freed up a hand to cover his mouth and nose, and lowered his body slightly: "Since I dare to respond, I have my own way." ”
Zhou Jue himself was not sure that he would be able to win against Duda, and he didn't believe that Shen Bai, a person who was at the bottom of the martial arts academy in the Tai Academy, could beat Duda, and was about to say something more, when Shen Bai suddenly raised his horsewhip and whipped it on the horse's buttocks.
The horse under him immediately galloped out, Shen Bai instantly surpassed Gu Hengzhou and Zhao Che, Zhou Jue was left behind, and saw Shen Bai rushing into the team of Dongheng people from a distance.
Lunatic!
Zhou Jue scolded in his heart, clamped the horse's belly and chased forward.
The people of Dongheng didn't expect Shen Bai to suddenly exert his strength, and subconsciously let go of the distance, Shen Bai easily rushed to the middle of the lord and Duda.
Although the lord is in his fifties, his riding skills are still the best among all, and he has always maintained the advantage of being half a horse's head ahead of Duda.
Duda has been trying hard to surpass the lord, and suddenly saw Shen Bai, surprise flashed in his eyes, but he heard Shen Bai say loudly: "The eldest prince's water bladder looks very special, I want to make a bet with the eldest prince that I can take this water bladder before I reach the destination, if I win, I will decide the competition later, how about it?" ”
The bladder was made of cowhide, and it was inlaid with a few fine blue gemstones, which was rare and exquisite, and at first glance it knew that it had a very special meaning for Twilight.
Dusk Da was quite conceited, and didn't think that Shen Bai could snatch anything from him at all, so he immediately agreed: "Okay! ”
Even if he wins, he can compete according to Shen Bai's requirements, and he doesn't feel that he will lose to Shen Bai in any aspect.
After the battle of Duda, Shen Bai did not rush to grab things, but said to the lord: "In our Zhaoling, the monarch must be brave and strategic, both civil and military, I heard that the lord is such a person, but I didn't expect the lord's son to be a head and brainless, in my opinion, the prince of your country is not suitable to be the next lord of Dongheng Kingdom." ”
Although everyone in Dongheng Kingdom knew that these four princes had done everything they could to compete for the throne, it was the first time that Shen Bai had said bluntly that Duda was not suitable to be the next monarch.
Duda suddenly became angry, her eyes were as big as a bull, her eyes were full of anger, and she scolded angrily: "Huangkou Xiaoer, what nonsense are you talking about, see if I don't tear your mouth apart!" ”
After Duda finished speaking, he leaned over and wanted to catch Shen Bai, the horses of both of them were galloping forward, the speed was very fast, Duda could only lean over slightly, Shen Bai had a soft waist, and he directly held the horse's neck and lay on the horse's back, perfectly avoiding Duda's attack.
She was not afraid, and continued to comment on Duda: "The eldest prince is impatient, impetuous, and reckless, if it is in our Zhaoling, you will be scolded for being stupid behind your back, and you have too strong desire to win, and you only want to use force to make people surrender, but you have never thought of winning some people for their own use, and they only know that the reckless man who uses force is naturally not as good as the wise man who knows how to use his brain to use others to do things for himself." ”
Shen Bai changed his method to scold Twilight for being brainless, Twilight was furious, and only wanted to grab Shen Bai and screw her head off, riding his horse towards Shen Bai's horse, and watching from a distance the two horses were almost close to each other.
After Shen Bai rushed into the team of the Dongheng people, the others deliberately blocked Zhao Che and Gu Hengzhou to prevent them from chasing after them, Zhou Jue followed behind the two, stretched his neck and paid close attention to the situation in front of him, seeing this, he couldn't help but exclaim: "That kid of the Shen family is dying, what are you going to provoke that big prince at this time?" ”
As soon as the words fell, Zhou Jue saw Duda stand up from the horse, his eyes widened slightly, he opened his mouth, and before he could make a sound, Duda jumped from his horse to Shen Bai's horse.
When Twilight stood up from the horse, Shen Bai hugged the horse's neck, hooked the stirrup with one foot, and hung the whole person on the right half of the horse, and when Twilight jumped towards his horse, he jumped and hugged the neck of Twilight's horse.
Shen Bai's feet dragged on the ground for a distance, and then he pushed his waist hard, and the whole person turned onto Duda's horse, and directly pulled out the scimitar that Duda inserted in the horse.
Shen Bai immediately had nothing, and when Twilight realized that something was wrong, it was too late to stop it, his eyes were flickered by the bright light refracted by the scimitar, and the next moment, the horse under him was slashed, and he let out a neighing roar, and frantically threw Twilight to the ground.
The horse team behind him didn't have time to stop galloping, Dusk Da rolled to the side in embarrassment, everyone hurriedly pulled the reins of the horse and stopped, the rolling dust dissipated, Duda stood on the ground with a disgraced face, Shen Bai sat on his horse, grabbed the water bladder and raised it proudly: "I will win this bet." ”
The guards of Dongheng Kingdom looked at each other, and the eyes of the remaining three princes looking at Shen Bai changed.
How could this thin, thin-looking young man have such good riding skills? It's like growing up on horseback.
Not only is it riding, but also very amazing courage, just that jump, if Shen Bai failed to hold the horse's neck, he would be trampled into flesh by the hooves of the horse that followed.
Twilight's face was extremely ugly, and she had never been so embarrassed in front of so many people.
Shen Bai ignored Du Da's gaze of wanting to eat people, and turned his head to the lord and said, "The brain is really a good thing, right, the lord?" ”
Shen Bai's hand was so beautiful that the lord felt that he had to appreciate and agree with this sentence: "You are right, everything on this horse and horse is now yours." ”
Shen Bai grinned: "Thank you, Lord Monarch." ”
Zhou Jue was dumbfounded, and asked after a while: "Where did this kid learn riding skills?" ”
Not to mention the martial arts master of Tai Academy, it is impossible to find such a good person in the entire Zhaoling Tomb.
Zhao Che and Gu Hengzhou both looked at Shen Bai with a cold face, and one of the guards of Donghengguo dismounted, gave his horse to Du Da, and everyone set off again.
After driving forward for some distance, Zhao Che said abruptly: "Young Master Shen's skills, you can't learn these skills in the two months in the school lieutenant camp, right?" ”
The last time she was in the paddock, Shen Bai did trap hunting, and the explanation to Zhao Che was that she learned it in the lieutenant camp, but she only stayed in the lieutenant camp for more than half a month, and most of the time she was recuperating from her injuries, Zhao Che didn't believe that she could learn so many things in such a short time, and she could apply what she learned to this extent.
Gu Hengzhou pursed his lips, kept in parallel with Zhao Che, and said after a while: "I didn't teach her anything." ”
There are so many things he doesn't know about this little liar.
Half an hour later, the group stopped in the prairie north of Hengyang City, this grassland is quite large, a piece of green, and there is no edge in sight.
There were more than a dozen tents set up on the grassland, and when they heard the sound of horses' hooves, the people in the tents immediately came out to greet them, and it seemed that they should be the personal soldiers who had been stationed here for a long time.
Everyone dismounted, Shen Bai and the others followed the lord into the largest camp tent, and the soldiers immediately sent hot milk tea.
Milk tea has a very fishy smell, Zhao Che and Gu Hengzhou frowned at the same time, Zhou Jue was even more resistant, only Shen Bai, his face did not change color, and he drank a bowl in one go.
This is the special food of Donghengguo, but most Zhaoling people are not used to drinking it, and the lord looked at Shen Bai unexpectedly: "Do you like to drink this?" ”
Shen Bai shook his head: "I don't like it, but I saw it in Youzhi before and wanted to try it." ”
Duda happened to be drinking milk tea with a bowl, and Shen Bai changed his words and said meaningfully: "Whether it's a stranger or a new thing, I like to understand it myself before making a conclusion." ”
The milk tea that Duda drank in his mouth suddenly became tasteless, he put down the bowl and glared at Shen Bai, and said in a rough voice: "You won just now, how do you want to compete, when do you want to start?" ”
The face just now was a little big, and Duda couldn't wait to defeat Shen Bai to get back face, otherwise he would be laughed at by everyone when he went back.
Shen Bai looked at Duda with a smile: "The master of the Tai Academy said that failure is not terrible, what is terrible is that you can't find the reason from failure and learn lessons, does the eldest prince now want to understand why he lost just now?" ”
Twilight didn't like to hear about this topic, but the other three princes were very interested, and they all looked at Twilight curiously, all of them were gloating, Twilight was more and more annoyed by it, gritted her teeth and said: "I didn't notice it for a while, so you took advantage of it, and then you didn't have such good luck!" ”
"Luck?" Shen Bai repeated these two words, and his eyes became extremely indifferent, "If you are on the battlefield, the moment I get the knife, I will take your life, do you think you still have a chance to sit in front of me and say that I rely on luck?" ”
Twilight choked, her eyes widened, and her face turned a little red.
Shen Bai knew that he was not convinced, and said lightly: "Our trip is to send a return gift to the lord on behalf of His Majesty, the purpose is to strengthen the friendly exchanges between the two countries, if it is to fight each other, it will inevitably hurt the harmony, do not hide it from everyone, what I am best at is actually writing articles, but this is really too embarrassing for the prince, I know that Donghengguo is still martial, and the comparison is horsemanship, this time I compare archery with the prince, how?" ”
The warriors of Dongheng Kingdom, in addition to going into battle to kill the enemy, the most important thing is riding and archery, Shen Bai and Du Dabi are the same, they don't take advantage of him at all.
Twilight immediately said, "Okay, when will it be?" ”
Shen Bai smiled: "As long as there is a bow and arrow, you can do it at any time." ”
Since I came here today, bows and arrows have naturally been prepared a long time ago.
And they all went out of the tent again, and two bows and crossbows were brought in.
The bow and crossbow of Donghengguo are different from Zhaoling, Zhaoling's bow and crossbow are more inclined to be light and easy to carry, and even specially made small and exquisite bows and crossbows for some young ladies of the family to play with, while the bows and crossbows of Donghengguo are more inclined to be powerful and lethal, so the bows and crossbows that are taken up are very large, half a person high, weighing twenty or thirty catties, and it takes a lot of effort just to pick up such a bow and crossbow.
Shen Bai was not tall, the bow and crossbow could almost reach her chest, Duda picked up the longbow with one hand, pulled it hard until it was full, and then let go, the tight string immediately made a buzzing sound, enough to imagine how powerful the arrows shot by such a bow would be.
Duda was deliberately showing his strength to provoke, but Shen Bai didn't care, carefully observing his posture of drawing the bow and the state of the bow when the bow was full.
After observing, Shen Bai turned his head to look at the lord and said, "I think these bows and crossbows are relatively cumbersome, and the toughness of the bows is not very good, so the strength of the arrows can only rely on the toughness of the strings and the arm strength of the person who pulls the bow, which is not conducive to maximizing the ability of most users." ”
The lord had not thought about this question before, the bow had been so heavy for hundreds of years, and if you couldn't shoot an arrow, it was a problem with the bow, not a human problem.
Shen Bai tried to pick up the bow, but her arm strength was too small, and after only raising it for a while, her arm trembled like words, and Duda sneered: "You can't even hold the bow steadily, how can you compare with me?" ”
Shen Bai put down his bow and said with a calm face: "Since I agreed to compete, I naturally have my own way." ”
With the experience just now, Duda didn't dare to underestimate Shen Bai, and didn't dare to speak disrespectfully.
Shen Bai looked at the vast grassland and said to Duda: "Just standing like this, you can't see anything, it's better to let people go and put ten targets in the distance, and we will each ride on a horse to shoot the target, and the one who shoots the more hearts wins." ”
For ordinary people, it is not easy to shoot the bullseye while standing, Shen Bai still has to shoot on a horse, and her tone is so calm, as if she is a sharpshooter who wears through Yang in a hundred steps.
But just now everyone could see that she couldn't even hold the bow in her hand.
Twilight had never seen such a contest, and his riding and archery skills were the best among the four princes, but there was no guarantee of high accuracy in archery while moving.
Dusk Da was a little hesitant, but Shen Bai didn't care about his answer, looked at the Lord Monarch and said, "If I win this time, can I exchange something with the Lord Monarch?" ”
Shen Bai's performance just now had already impressed the Sovereign, and when he heard Shen Bai's request, the Sovereign didn't question whether it was possible for her to win over Duda, but just asked her, "What do you want to exchange?" ”
Shen Bai did not hide it, and said frankly: "I want to bring a blacksmith from your country back to Zhaoling, in exchange, I can tell the lord how to transform the bow and crossbow to be lighter and more flexible, after the transformation, the arrow can shoot farther and penetrate stronger." ”
Shen Bai came this time for Dong Hengguo's forging technology, Dong Hengguo's current forging technology is actually not very good, and it will reach the point of perfection in a few years, but she can't wait so long, and it is not worth the trip to bring the current forging technology back for Chu Yingtian to study well.
Shen Bai's request is very bold, but the quid pro quo offered is also very tempting.
Twilight was keenly aware of the danger and said eagerly, "Father, you can't promise him!" ”
Shen Bai was not surprised that someone would stop him, and asked faintly: "The eldest prince is so anxious, do you think I will win you by luck again?" ”
No one can win by luck all the time, Shen Bai didn't win by luck just now, so naturally he won't pin his hopes on luck at this time.
Dusk Da choked, neither wanting to reveal his country's forging technology to Shen Bai, nor admitting that he was afraid that he would lose to Shen Bai.
Duda was speechless with a stiff neck, and Zhou Jue gave Shen Bai a help: "Why doesn't the eldest prince speak?" We just want a blacksmith, not your armory, what are you so afraid of? And the person you picked is the weakest one among us, if you are even afraid of him, how can you be embarrassed to compete with other princes for the throne? ”
Zhou Jue's poisonous tongue skills are on par with Shen Bai, and Du Da is so angry that his face is red and his neck is thick, and his breathing is urgent.
Shen Bai and Zhou Jue are so stunned, which also makes the lord's face gloomy, it's okay to lose, but it's not okay to lose!
The lord responded to the battle for Duda: "Okay, if you win, we will make this deal, if you lose, you have to stay in Dongheng Kingdom!" ”
This is directly going to detain people, how can this work?
Zhou Jue's eyes widened, and Zhao Che and Gu Hengzhou spoke at the same time: "No!" ”
The tone of the two of them was eager, the lord looked at Zhao Che and Gu Hengzhou with interest, and Duda felt that he had moved back to Yicheng, and deliberately said to Shen Bai: "Your master doesn't seem to believe that you can win." ”
This kind of competition, in addition to fighting strength, also fights the psychological endurance of both sides.
Shen Bai's mentality was very stable, unaffected in the slightest, and nodded calmly: "I accept the proposal of the sovereign, if I lose, I will stay in Dongheng Kingdom." ”
Zhao Che glared at Shen Bai coldly: "This palace said no, you dare to disobey this palace's orders!?" ”
He took out the majesty of the crown prince, and the momentum he exuded was a little compelling, Shen Bai was not afraid, and said softly: "If I can't even win this little competition, I don't deserve to go back to Zhaoling to serve His Highness again." ”
There are many, many more difficulties and dangers that she will face in the future, and it will never stop there.
Shen Bai's tone was firm, and his eyes were amazingly bright, and Zhao Che didn't know what else to say for a while.
Shen Bai looked at Duda again: "I can start the competition at any time, are you ready, Your Royal Highness?" ”
Obviously, she is much shorter than Twilight, but standing in front of Twilight at this time, her aura is not weaker than Twilight, as if there is no huge difference in physical fitness between the two people, and they are equal opponents.
The lords have already responded to the battle, and Twilight naturally has nothing to say.
The people below brought the horses, Shen Bai rode the one he had just snatched from Duda, and Duda's was the lord's mount.
The guards set up ten targets on the left and right sides of the grassland in the distance, and issued thirty arrows to the two of them, and the two of them could set off on horseback at the same time, shoot one target on one side, and then check the target situation after shooting.
When everything was ready, Shen Bai and Duda each turned over on their horses with their quivers and longbows, and when a whistle sounded, they both waved their horsewhips at the same time and galloped forward.
When the first target was approached, Duda drew an arrow and took the bow, Shen Bai hooked the saddle with one foot, and the whole person lay on his back on the horse, with one foot on the bow, and pulled the bow with both hands!