The Liu family in Liujiawan can be regarded as a scholarly family, and the grandfather of the owner Liu Chengdong has been admitted to the Jinshi. However, the ranking is not high, not Jinshi and first, nor Jinshi origin, but a Tongjinshi background, and even in the Tongjinshi background, the position is only a little better than Sun Shan. If he is not a Ji Jishi, there is no possibility of entering the cabinet, and his career behind him will be limited. Fortunately, he has not been at fault, and before he arrived at Zhishi, he could be regarded as getting a Zhizhou of Zhili Prefecture.

However, since Liu Chengdong's grandfather, the family's literary atmosphere seems to have been exhausted. After that, the Liu family did not say that they were the same Jinshi, but there were fewer talents, and when it came to Liu Chengdong's generation, the family turned out to be a talent who couldn't pass the exam, and later, relying on the money, Liu Chengdong was able to donate a prison student to himself and his younger brother Liu Chengliang, and he barely kept the Sven lineage. As for continuing the scientific expedition, whether it is Liu Chengdong or his younger brother Liu Chengliang, they all know that they are not that material, and they have long broken off that idea.

As for their next generation, there has been a little improvement in the imperial examination, Liu Chengdong's second son Liu Minxue was admitted to Xiucai when he was sixteen years old, but after two years of participating in the township examination, he fell to Sun Shan. However, he is still not very old, and he is still studying seriously and preparing for the next township exam. As for the other children, they are not the material for reading. Liu Chengdong saw that the world was getting chaotic, so he didn't force them to study, but let them learn business, and even martial arts. These disciples have not made much progress in learning literature, but they are good at learning these. Now the Liu family has become the head of the ten miles and eight townships.

This morning, Liu Chengdong had just had breakfast and was talking to a few juniors about the family's business. But I saw the housekeeper Liu Gui come in with a greeting post, and said to Liu Chengdong: "Master, a group of heroes came outside, saying that they had recently fallen grass in Jinzhong Mountain." Now I heard about the name of the lord, and I specially handed over a letter of worship to visit. ”

Liu Chengdong took the post, opened it and took a look, but saw that it was written "Chen Xuanyi, the owner of Jinzhong Mountain Shenglongzhai Village", so he smiled and handed the post to his nephew Liu Min, who was sitting at the bottom, and said straightly, "This person's words are not bad, even your second brother is not as good as him." But somehow the grass fell into the strong beam. Look at this name, but how does it look like a Taoist priest? ”

The housekeeper Liu Gui accompanied him and said with a smile: "The master clearly sees that this person is indeed dressed as a Taoist priest." ”

Liu Minzhi had already taken the post at this time, and read it: "What my uncle said is that this person's words are quite willow body samadhi. Nowadays, the world is not good, and there are many monks who can't keep the temple. In fact, since ancient times, there has been no shortage of these monks among the strong beams. I don't know what my uncle plans to ......."

Liu Chengdong said: "This Jinzhong Mountain is not far from us. Now that people are politely coming to the door, Minzhi, you and Minzhong will be with you...... Liu Gui, how many people did they come? ”

Liu Gui bowed to the side and replied: "If you go back to the owner, even that Daoist Chen, there are a total of twenty people here, and they all have horses. ”

Liu Chengdong nodded and said, "Then Minzhi, you and Minzhong will also take twenty regiments, go out to meet him, and ask him what his plans are." ”

Liu Min listened directly, then stood up and said, "Uncle, nephew is going." The nephew estimated that this man must have come to borrow food, and if he really opened his mouth to borrow food, how would the nephew answer? ”

Liu Chengdong waved his hand and said, "Just deal with it as before." You can do it. ”

Liu Min answered straight and walked out. When he went out of the house, he asked the servant who was waiting outside to call his brother Liu Minzhong. When Liu Minzhong arrived, he simply told Liu Minzhong about the situation, and then went to the direction of the Zhuangzi Gate. When I arrived at the gate, I saw two sect leaders and dozens of villagers on the wall. Liu Min stepped forward and looked out first, and sure enough, he saw a group of people waiting for a shot. The men had their horses with them, but now they all got off their horses and stood there waiting. Liu Min looked straight at it, then called the head of the spear and stick sect named Wang Ting, as well as more than a dozen Zhuang Ding, explained two sentences, and then took their weapons, opened the door, and walked out.

Liu Minzhi led his subordinate Zhuang Ding to greet them, and said to those people: "The contemptible person is Liu Minzhi, the nephew of the owner of the village, I don't know which one is the owner of Chen Zhai." ”

Xuanyi took two steps forward and said, "Young Zhuang Master, the poor road is Chen Xuanyi." ”

Liu Min looked at Xuan Yi for a moment, and said, "I don't know if the owner of the village comes to the village, what advice do you have?" ”

"I don't dare to give advice, but Poor Dao is now building a village in Jinzhong Mountain, and he is also a neighbor of Guizhuang." Xuan Yi said with a smile, "Poor Dao has always heard from friends on Green Forest Road that Master Liu Zhuang is a righteous man and a man who squandered money, and there are many heroes in Zhuangzi. Poor Dao has long wanted to come to visit, but the cottage is newly built, and things are messy. Until today, I have time to come, and I hope that Guizhuang will not blame the poor road, thinking that the poor road is arrogant and rude. A few days ago, my second brother Zhang Biao shot a leopard on the mountain, and an arrow shot into the eye, leaving a complete good skin. Poor and thoughtful, only a hero like Liu Zhuang is worthy of this leopard skin, so he came with this leopard skin. A small gift, not a tribute, but also hope that your village will smile. ”

After saying that, Xuan Yi waved his hand, and someone picked up a leopard skin.

"The ancients said that if you don't do anything, you won't be punished. How does this work? Liu Min pushed straight back.

Xuan Yi said with a smile: "Poor Dao and Guizhuang are neighbors, and the so-called distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors. It's just a little bit of meaning, just talking about the heart. In addition, the poor road village has just been built, and there is a little shortage of food, and the poor road has no other way but to ask Guizhuang for help. If Guizhuang can borrow a little food to the village, the village will be grateful. When the village has a little more money on hand, he is willing to return it with interest. ”

The so-called equal abundance, even the principal and interest are returned, in fact, it is a euphemism that Shenglongzhai will share the spoils with Liu Jiawan after getting the money and grain in the future.

Liu Min listened directly, but did not speak, only glanced at his brother with his eyes. Then Liu Minzhong shouted: "The one with empty mouth and white teeth asked us for food." But our food is not blown by the wind, and not everyone can borrow it. If it's not a hero......"

Liu Min hurriedly interrupted him and said, "What did Min Zhong say! These two village masters can shoot leopards, and the arrows are shot into the eyes, without damaging the leopard skin, this kind of martial arts, how is it not a hero? ”

Liu Minzhong still looked unconvinced and said: "I don't believe it, shooting that leopard can't be just a coincidence, how can there be such a divine archery!" ”

Liu Minzhi hurriedly interrupted: "Minzhong, don't talk nonsense!" Then he turned his head to Xuan Yi and smiled: "Master Chen, my brother, I can't study, I have studied martial arts for a few days, and I don't know how thick the sky is." If you offend, please also ask Haihan. My family admires heroes with strong martial arts the most, and now I have met heroes like Chen Zhai and Zhang Zhai, which is really a thousand joys. I don't know if Master Zhang Zhai can show his kung fu, so that my uninformed brother can know that the sky is high and the earth is thick. ”

This was to be expected. Xuan Yi turned back to Dang Shouyi and smiled: "Second brother, people want to weigh you." Show someone else. ”

Dang Shouyi did not speak, but stepped forward, took off the carved bow from his back, looked around, and saw that there was a big tree about fifty or sixty paces away, so he pointed to the tree and said, "Look at the easternmost branch of that tree." ”

And they all looked that way. Dang Shouyi took an arrow, opened the bow like a full moon, the arrow went like a meteor, and an arrow was nailed to the small branch.

At such a distance, an arrow hitting such a target, although there is still a gap with the legendary 100 steps through the Yang, (in fact, the 100 steps through the Yang is just a legend, considering the air conditions to the disturbance of the arrow, such an accuracy of hitting is almost impossible) but it is still very difficult. Shooting such an arrow, the party is also very complacent.

"How? Can you still see it? Xuan Yi asked with a smile.

"There are so many sprigs on the east side, who knows which one you're going to shoot?" Liu Minzhong still looked unconvinced. In fact, Dang Shouyi had already said earlier that it was "the easternmost branch", not "the easternmost branch", and it was indeed "the easternmost branch" that was shot, so Liu Minzhong's words were a bit of a mess.

"It's easy." Dang Shouyi said indifferently, "Then shoot another arrow, it's still that little branch." ”

After saying that, he drew his bow, mounted the arrow, took aim, and with a "whoosh", shot another arrow.

The arrow, however, was unusual, and it went straight to the tail of the arrow that had just been pierced into the branch, and the arrow split the shaft of the arrow in half, and then firmly nailed it to the branch.

This arrow immediately stopped all the people around him. From sixty paces away, an arrow hitting such a small target, which was still gently trembling in the breeze, was completely beyond everyone's imagination. It is the ancient legend of "a hundred steps through the Yang", which seems to be inferior to this arrow.

Liu Minzhong's mouth was wide open, and he completely lost the ability to speak; Liu Minzhi's eyes were straight, and his face became pale; The hands of the master who had come with them trembled. After a long while, it was probably time to have half a pillar of incense, Liu Min reacted directly, and cheered loudly: "The second village master is so sharp!" Li Guang's reincarnation is nothing more than that! ”

Liu Min shouted, and everyone else also came to their senses. Liu Minzhong was stunned: "You can shoot like this, no wonder you can shoot a leopard in the eye with an arrow!" What a miracle shot! ”

The others followed suit.

After they all praised, Xuan Yi stepped forward slowly and said, "Everyone, I don't know if my brother's craftsmanship can still be seen?" ”

"Yes, yes, I've never seen such a miracle shoot!" Liu Minzhi hurriedly said.

"I wonder if we are eligible to borrow a little grain from your village?" Xuan Yi asked unhurriedly.

"Naturally, that's not a problem. We admire heroes like the owner of the village and the owner of the second village the most. Even if you eat less, you can't treat all the heroes badly. Liu Minzhi hurriedly said, and then he asked a little hesitantly: "I don't know how much grain Lord Chen needs to borrow?" ”

Xuan Yi said with a smile: "The food in the village is a little insufficient, but there is not much shortage. If your village can lend us forty or fifty stones, we can borrow a little from other places, and this year it will be enough. When our own grain is harvested, we can return it to Guizhuang in double amount. ”

What Xuan Yi said was actually a gentleman's agreement reached between Liu Jiawan and the strongest cottages around. It means that Liujiawan allowed Chen Xuanyi's Shenglongzhai to "borrow" forty or fifty stone of grain from each of the other Zhuangzi in this area, and then divided the "borrowed" grain in half with Liujiawan. In ordinary cottages, the conditions for "borrowing" grain from Liujiawan are much harsher, and it is generally necessary to give Liujiawan sixty to seven percent of the grain borrowed from other Zhuangzi.

If there is no Dang Shouyi's miraculous arrow, Xuanyi's request, it is estimated that Liu Minzhi will definitely not agree, and in the end, most of them will be able to get an agreement that is similar to other people, each Zhuangzi can borrow ten or ten stone of grain, and the borrowed grain will be divided into six or seven percent to Liu Jiawan. But now that he has this arrow, Liu Minzhi didn't even bargain, so he agreed directly.

After the two sides reached an agreement on this key issue, Xuan Yi and the others quickly took their leave and left. On the way back, Xuan Yi exclaimed: "The party general's divine shooting is really unparalleled in the world." ”

Dang Shouyi shook his head and said: "If you want to say that I shot that branch, I am still eighty or ninety percent sure, but this arrow is completely blind, to be honest, I still feel like I am dreaming." ”