Zong Yanxiao and Wei Shiyu got up early, left the inn, bought a few Hu cakes to eat in the market, and then took a carriage and rushed to Ruizhou City.

Zong Yanxiao sat in the carriage and was uneasy, and sometimes sighed, Wei Shiyu asked, "Zong Gongzi, what's wrong with you?" ”

"Last night I dreamed of my master, he asked me face to face if Ling Ji was dead, I was speechless, kneeling on the ground and not daring to raise my head. Alas! It's all because of my incompetence that I failed to avenge Master. Zong Yanxiao said.

Wei Shiyan said: "Zong Gongzi, you are too worried. We didn't kill the old thief this time, so let him live a few more days. After a while, Yu Gongzi will lead a large army to crusade against Ling Ju, and he will definitely be able to kill him. ”

The two of them entered Ruizhou City and came to the Thorn Mansion. Zong Yanxiao saw Yu Shengwei, knelt down and said: "I am incompetent and failed to kill Ling Ju, please punish the king." ”

"The villain is willing to be punished together." Wei Shiyu also knelt down and said.

Yu Shengwei sighed softly and asked, "Why did it fail?" ”

Zong Yanxiao explained the reason for the failure, and Yu Shengwei asked again: "What happened to the white horse?" ”

"I don't know." Zong Yanxiao said.

"Okay, you two get up, if it doesn't work this time, forget it, we still have a chance, you go down first."

"Thank you."

Zong Yanxiao returned to the place where he lived, and as soon as he entered the door, Shangguan came and said with a smile: "Brother Zong, it's good that you can come back alive." ”

"It's a pity that I couldn't avenge my master, if I can kill Ling Ju, it's worth it for me to die in Yinghui City." Zong Yanxiao said.

"Don't mention it, let's go, let's go to Shengming Tower to drink, and get drunk to relieve a thousand sorrows."

"Okay, Brother Shangguan, junior brother will accompany you."

When the two of them were about to arrive at Shengming Tower, they saw that the street was full of people, and Shangguan Huang said, "What's the matter today?" Let's go, go and see. ”

The two squeezed into the crowd and saw the shopkeeper of Shengming Lou standing in the middle of the crowd, followed by a bartender who was holding a wine jar in both hands.

The shopkeeper stood up straight, clasped his hands into fists and said loudly: "Everyone, you all know that in this Ruizhou City, the wine of our Shengminglou is the most fragrant, and this jar of wine is the wine I have treasured for ten years, and its taste is even more beautiful!" ”

At this time, a man asked, "Shopkeeper, do you want us to compete for money to buy your wine, and whoever pays the highest price will sell it to whom?" ”

The shopkeeper shook his head and said, "No, I will put an arrow target here in a while, prepare a bow and arrow, and let you test your archery skills, and the most skilled archery can get this jar of wine, and I won't take a penny!" ”

Shangguan Huang said to Zong Yanxiao: "This shop is a little interesting, it seems that this jar of wine will belong to the two of us." ”

"Let's not get on it yet, we'll talk about it later." Zong Yanxiao said.

After a while, the shopkeeper set up three arrow targets, and took out three hard bows and two bundles of arrows.

The shopkeeper said, "Ladies and gentlemen, if you shoot an arrow target eighty paces away, and whoever shoots the bull's-eye can continue to compete, and if only one person shoots the bull's-eye, the wine will belong to him." Let's get started, everyone can come and compete. ”

When everyone heard this, they all prepared to come forward to test their shooting skills. Some people can't even pull a hard bow to shoot at the target, let alone shoot at the target; There are also those who can pull out a hard bow, but they can't hit the target at all. Only a few barely managed to shoot their arrows at the target, but all missed the bull's-eye.

"Haha..."Zong Yanxiao heard someone laughing, he turned his head and saw that it was Huangfu Sui.

Huang Fu Sui walked forward and said to the shopkeeper: "Shopkeeper, you should have told me about this good thing earlier, I am going to order this jar of wine!" ”

"Uncle Huangfu, you are here, then let everyone see your archery skills." The shopkeeper said with a smile.

Huangfu Sui picked up the hard bow and feather arrow, put the feather arrow on the hard bow, aimed at the arrow target, shot it, and hit the bull's-eye. When they saw it, they praised it.

Huang Fu Sui said: "Shopkeeper, bring the wine, I'll drink it now." ”

The store was about to pick up the wine, Zong Yanxiao shouted: "The store is slow, let me try it too." ”

"Zong Yanxiao, why are you here? I didn't see you just now. Huangfu Sui said.

Zong Yanxiao smiled, stepped forward, stretched out his bow and arrow, and also shot the bull's-eye. He turned back to Shangguan Huang and said, "Brother Shangguan, come on, it's your turn." ”

"Brother Zong, you can compete with Brother Huangfu, and I won't get involved." Shangguan Huang said.

Huangfu Sui asked the store: "Store, how should I compete next?" ”

The shopkeeper said, "Move the target twenty paces away before shooting." As he spoke, he moved the target.

Huangfu Sui took his bow and arrow, shot an arrow, was not biased or crooked, and hit the bull's-eye.

Zong Yanxiao picked up three feather arrows at once, put them on the hard bow, he pulled the bow hard, and shot the three feather arrows, and the three arrows were fixed on the bull's-eye.

"This boy is really an archer!" The crowd began to praise one after another.

The shopkeeper smiled and said to Huangfu Sui: "Uncle Huangfu, do you see if this wine should belong to this son." ”

Huangfu Sui was a little angry, he flicked his sleeves and said, "Shopkeeper, what are you anxious about, I have to compete with him again." ”

"How do you compare?" The shopkeeper asked.

"Move the target twenty steps further." Huangfu Sui said.

When the crowd heard this, they began to talk about it, and they felt that it was difficult to shoot the bull's-eye from a hundred and twenty paces away.

The shopkeeper listened to Huangfu Sui's words and had no choice but to do so.

Huangfu Sui shot another arrow, although he hit the target, but did not hit the bull's-eye, he angrily threw his bow to the ground.

Zong Yanxiao took a deep breath, opened his bow and took an arrow, aimed at the bull's-eye and shot it, just hitting the bull's-eye.

Everyone was stunned, the shopkeeper took the wine, handed it to Zong Yanxiao, and said, "Childe, I didn't expect your archery skills to be so exquisite, this jar of wine belongs to you." ”

Zong Yanxiao put down his bow and took the wine. Huangfu Sui looked unhappy and stomped his feet in a hurry.

Shangguan Huang walked over and said, "Brother Huangfu, your archery skills are good, but they are still slightly inferior to Brother Zong. Don't be angry, let's drink this wine together. ”

Huangfu Sui said angrily: "His archery skills are good!" The archery is good, why didn't you shoot the old thief Ling in Yinghui City with an arrow? ”

Zong Yanxiao listened to it and knew that Huangfu Sui was making fun of himself, so he couldn't help but be a little angry, but he tried his best to restrain his emotions.

Shangguan Huang saw that the situation was not right, and said, "Brother Huangfu, you can't say that, what kind of person is Ling Ji?" can be killed so easily, this can't be blamed on the sect brothers. ”

Huangfu Sui sneered and said, "So what? It's because he doesn't have the ability to do it himself, if I go, I would have slaughtered Ling Ju a long time ago. ”

When Zong Yanxiao heard this, he couldn't help it, threw the wine on the ground, pointed at Huangfu Sui and asked sharply, "Who do you say has no ability?" Make it clear to me! ”

"I'm not talking about anyone else, I'm talking about you! If you really have the ability to come back and do something, you can find someone to kill Ling Jiao! Huangfu Sui roared.

Zong Yanxiao said: "Huangfu Sui, don't deceive people too much, if you are not my senior brother's righteous brother, I have to teach you a lesson." ”

"It's not a small tone! Come on! As he spoke, Huangfu Sui wanted to rush over, but Shangguan Huang stopped him.

Zong Yanxiao glared at Huangfu Sui and turned to leave. Shangguan Huang complained: "Huangfu Sui, what are you doing!" You're going to get into trouble. ”

Zong Yanxiao directly found Yu Moyuan and said, "Senior brother, I'm here to resign. ”

"What's going on? Brother, why did you leave all of a sudden? Yu Moyuan was a little curious.

"Senior brother, don't ask, I have my own way to go."

"Senior brother, where are you going to leave here?"

"The country of Chu is so big, there is always a place for me."

"Senior brother, I know your temperament, since you want to leave, I won't stop you, if you want to go back to Ruizhou City in the future, you can come back at any time. There is one more thing, you must not go alone to avenge the master, you can't kill Ling Ju alone. ”

"Farewell, senior brother." After speaking, Zong Yanxiao left quickly.

Shangguan Huang ran over panting and told him what happened outside Shengming Tower, Yu Moyuan instantly understood and said, "No wonder Yan Xiao wants to leave." ”

"What, Brother Zong is leaving?" Shangguan Huang was a little surprised.

Yu Moyuan nodded and asked, "Where is Huangfu Sui?" ”

"He's still drinking in Shengming Tower."

"Go, follow me to him! After so many years, his competitive temperament has not changed at all! Yu Moyuan became a little angry.

Huangfu Sui drank three pots of wine alone in the private room of Shengming Building, and he was so drunk that he staggered out of Shengming Building and fell asleep on the ground.

Yu Moyuan and Shangguan Huang rode to Shengming Tower, and saw Huangfu Sui drunk and fell to the ground, Shangguan Huang turned over and dismounted, and carried Huangfu Sui on horseback.

Yu Moyuan said: "Shangguan Huang, you send Huangfu Sui to his house, and I will go to see him at night." ”

Huangfu Sui slept for several hours before he woke up, and when he opened his eyes, he saw Shangguan Huang.

"You sent me?" Huangfu Sui asked.

Shangguan Huang nodded and said, "Do you know, Zong Yanxiao was angry with you. ”

Huangfu Sui patted his head and said, "Oh, I was also angry at the time to say something like that." Alas, my eldest brother must have been angry when he found out. ”

"I'm really angry!" Yu Mo entered the room far away.

When Huangfu Sui saw that Yu Mo was coming, he quickly stood up and said with a smile: "Big brother, brother, I did something wrong, I must change it, I will invite Zong Gongzi back and apologize to him." ”

"It's late!" Yu Moyuan walked in front of Huangfu Sui, "My junior brother has a clear love and hate, and his temper is stubborn, even if you find him, he will not come back with you." ”

When Huangfu Sui heard this, he lowered his head, not knowing what to say.

"Second brother, you are competitive and reckless, if you continue like this, you will still cause trouble, and you must change. You've done something wrong this time, and I have to punish you! ”