Chapter Eighty-Four: The Banquet of the Shuaifu
That night in the banquet hall of the Marshal's Mansion, Kim Jong-lei and his wife became princesses, set up a feast to entertain Ling Xue and Song Qi, and washed the dust for the two. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info the current hall in the color screen high, the lights and candles are brilliant, shining like day. Kim Jong-lei and Princess Tancheng sat side by side at the top, and Song Qi and Ling Xue sat side by side at the bottom. The dishes on the table are listed, which are nothing more than delicacies, nothing more than seafood and mountain delicacies. There are several maids on the left and right, busy pouring vegetables and wine.
I saw Jin Zhenglei pick up the wine glass in his hand, stand up from his seat, look at Ling Xue, and then look at Song Qi, and said with a spring breeze on his face: "This first glass of wine, I salute Xue'er and Brother Song, and welcome you to Changning City." From now on, you will treat this place as your home, and you don't have to be inhibited. He raised his glass and drank it all.
Ling Xue and Song Qi hurriedly stood up and raised their glasses, said thank you, and toasted the wine in their glasses together. Princess Tancheng also took a drink from the side. Then they each returned to their seats and ate a few chopsticks.
"Brother Song, thank you for taking care of Xue'er along the way. This second glass of wine, I salute you! Kim Jong-lei raised his glass and saluted Song Qi again.
Seeing this, Song Qi got up in a hurry, and said, "Marshal Jin is serious." Xue'er and Daddy Ling have saved my life, and it is my bounden duty to take care of Xue'er. What's more, Cher has always taken care of me this time. Kim Jong-lei and his wife laughed. After laughing, the two drank their glasses of wine.
After eating for a while, Jin Zhenglei raised his glass to Ling Xue again, and said, "Xue'er, your father's great kindness to me, I can't repay it with broken bones." In the future, if you need my help in any way, just ask me and I will do it! ”
"Thank you, Uncle Kim, at this moment I just want to avenge my father, and other than that, I don't have any requirements." Ling Xue smiled slightly.
"Xue'er, please rest assured, I will do my best to help you get revenge!" Kim Jong-lei swore by the sky.
After a few glasses of wine, Kim asked Ling Xue to talk about the escape that day. When Ling Xue heard this, the scene of her father being beheaded by the enemy immediately appeared in her mind, tears suddenly flashed in her eyes, she held back her tears, and said in a somewhat choked voice:
"When Brother Song and I went into the mountains to hunt, we suddenly saw my father being chased by more than 50 soldiers. So we stood at the mouth of the valley and shot arrows at the enemy. At that time, the enemy saw that there were only two of us, so he ordered the soldiers to force their way up the mountain and besiege us. ”
When Jin Zhenglei heard this, he seemed to be very interested in Lian Yu, and hurriedly interjected and asked, "Lian Yu? Are you talking about Zhuge Lianyu? This thing has been lost for hundreds of years. ”
"I don't know if it's Zhuge Lianyu, anyway, Brother Song made it himself, and he can send ten arrows at a time." Ling Xue nodded and said proudly.
Jin Zhenglei listened to Ling Xue's explanation, turned his eyes to Song Qi, held his wine glass, and said to Song Qiyao with a smile: "Brother Song is really a genius!" ”
"The marshal has won the prize! Cher and I made this together. Song Qi hurriedly gave way, and then tilted his neck and drank the wine in the cup.
As she spoke, Ling Xue swept away the gloomy and unhappy look just now, and told Kim Jonglei about the process of their escape with a smile on her face, first telling how the three of them fought hundreds of enemy soldiers bloodily, and then how Song Qi shot the arm of the enemy general Yiheng to temporarily suppress the enemy's attack, and finally how they escaped from Longwei Mountain in a hot air balloon and kite...
When he heard that the three of them had fought a bloody battle with hundreds of enemy soldiers for a long time, Kim Jong-lei applauded! When he heard that Song Qi shot the enemy general in the arm with a repeating crossbow, Kim Zhenglei praised it with joy! When he heard that they had escaped in hot air balloons and kites, he was stunned and did not speak for a long time.
When Ling Xue and Jin Zhenglei were talking, Song Qi peeked at Princess Tilting Cheng who was sitting next to Jin Zhenglei, and saw that she was about twenty-eight or nineteen years old, born with smooth muscles and bones, elegant manners, and good character.
While Ling Xue was telling, Princess Na Cheng had been listening intently, smiling silently. When she heard Ling Xue say that they escaped by kite and hot air balloon, Princess Tancheng didn't know whether she was suspicious or curious, and interjected with a smile: "Xue'er, is it really so magical?" As he spoke, he raised his glass to Ling Xue Yao.
When Ling Xue saw this, she hurriedly raised her wine glass in return, and replied with a smile: "It's really so magical!" ”
When Princess Tancheng heard this, she asked where the kites and hot air balloons came from. Ling Xue pointed at Song Qi with a smile and said, "Princess, those kites and hot air balloons are all made by Brother Song. To be honest, there is nothing that Brother Song can't do! ”
Princess Chengcheng was full of praise when she heard this, and then raised her glass to Song Qi with a smile and said, "Mr. Song is really a strange person!" ”
Song Qi hurriedly got up and drank his glass, and thanked him in his mouth: "Princess Xie compliments!" It's just a little trick of carving insects! ”
When Jin Zhenglei heard these words, he immediately looked at Song Qi with admiration, got up and paced in front of Song Qi's table, personally filled Song Qi's cup with wine, and touched the cup with Song Qi, and said in admiration: "Brother Song has such a strange skill, it is really a genius!" Admire, admire! Saying that, he drank three glasses of wine with Song Qilian.
After three glasses of wine, Jin Zhenglei looked at Song Qi with slanted eyes and said, "I wonder if Brother Song is willing to stay in the army and help me and Xue'er in the great cause of revenge?" ”
When Song Qi heard this, he hesitated for a long time, not knowing how to answer, because he remembered what Mingyu had said to him, he must stay away from the war. After thinking about it for a while, he said: "Thanks to the marshal's wrong love, Song is very grateful!" However, my martial arts are low, and I have no power to restrain the chicken, I am afraid that it will be difficult to win the heavy task in the army, and if I miss the marshal's major event, it will not be good! ”
"Brother Song doesn't have to worry too much, there are many people in our army who are powerful and strong in martial arts, and what is lacking is people with skills and wisdom like Brother Song." Kim Jong-lei looked at Song Qidao with earnest eyes.
At this time, Ling Xue came over with a wine glass, and said to Song Qi with a smile: "Brother Song, you just agree, besides, this is a good opportunity, you just take this opportunity to make contributions and achieve a career." ”
The princess also came over, smiled and said to Song Qi: "Mr. Song has such a talent, wouldn't it be a pity to bury it?" ”
Song Qi saw that the three of them persuaded each other like this, and he couldn't refuse, so he agreed: "Master is my savior, and the person who killed Master is also my enemy!" It is also my wish to avenge Master! I am willing to serve the marshal. But I'm used to being lazy, and I'm afraid I don't understand the discipline in the army. ”
When Jin Zhenglei heard this, he was overjoyed, and said to Song Qi with a smile: "Don't worry, I can make special arrangements for you!" Then he ordered the maid to fill everyone's cups with wine, and said to everyone with a smile: "God help me!" Come on, come on! Let's have this drink together! ”
At Kim Jong-lei's suggestion, the four raised their glasses, drank them all, and then laughed heartily...
The next morning, the weather was clear and cloudless.
Behind the White Tiger Hall, there is an open space about 300 steps long and as wide as 200 steps, with curved railing corridors on both sides, and a platform more than five feet high stands just north, embroidered with a flag in the shape of a flying biao fluttering in the wind on the high platform. This is the Marshal's Mansion Martial Arts Arena.
On a tiger skin chair on the platform, Marshal Kim Zhenglei sat steadily, at this time he was wearing a Confucian scarf and azure brocade civilian clothes, with a majestic and elegant temperament. Next to the tiger skin chair, a chair covered with a brocade carpet, sat his fairy-like lady who became a princess. Ling Xue was wearing a light purple daughter's dress, like a lotus flower out of the water, standing beside the princess.
On either side stood dozens of generals in armor.
On the opposite side of the high platform, about 150 paces away, a large red arrow target was erected. The red heart on the target is particularly bright and eye-catching under the sun.
In the middle of the high platform and the arrow target, there stood a young man, who was wearing a moon-white brocade robe and a Confucian scarf, with a flowing expression. This person is the newcomer Song Qi.
I saw that he was carrying a black and shiny repeater on his back, and the repeater was full of ten arrows.
On the stage, Kim Jong-lei said in a deep voice to the stage: "Mr. Song, you can start!" Let's open the eyes of these generals! ”
Song Qi bowed to the high platform and said loudly: "Marshal, princess, it's ugly!" ”
After speaking, Song Qi turned around and faced the arrow target a hundred paces away, and then took off the repeater from his back.
He knew in his heart that the marshal was going to test his archery skills. How much he can do under the marshal depends to a large extent on today's examinations.
Although his repeater shooting skills have made great progress now, and shooting stationary targets can almost be said to be to the point of gray hair, today's test is so important that he can't be careless at all.
I saw him holding a string, aiming at the bull's-eye, but he didn't shoot.
Everyone on the stage watched calmly. Most of the generals were not optimistic about Song Qi, they didn't expect that the marshal would be interested in archery, but because of the marshal's affection, they came here to join in the fun.
Whether it is archery or crossbow shooting, which of those generals has not reached the level of 100 shots? No matter how clever Song Qi's archery skills are, can he still surpass them? And their title of general was not earned by shooting targets, but by earning it from the withered heap of eternity.
Everyone saw Song Qi holding a crossbow at the arrow target, and he didn't shoot an arrow for a long time, thinking that he was stage fright. They all scoffed at it secretly.
At this time, Ling Xue was also nervous for Song Qi, and her palms were sweating.
Song Qi also knew that it would be difficult to win applause just by hitting the bull's-eye. He was thinking about how he could be different from ordinary people in archery.
After thinking about it for a long time, I came up with an idea.
I saw that he pulled the trigger five times in a row, and there were five "boom" sounds, and in an instant, five arrows flew straight towards the arrow target like five parallel rays of light.
"Woo~" The five arrows hit the target almost simultaneously, forming a small circle next to the bull's-eye. And the distance between the five arrows on the target is almost the same.
"Good! Good! Five arrows to save your heart! Ling Xue was the first to clap her hands and cheer.
Kim Jong-lei and his wife also applauded.
Although seven of those generals were dissatisfied and eight were not angry, they also applauded the marshal on their faces.
Five arrows in a row, for an ordinary bow and arrow, is very difficult to do.
Today, Song Qi is stained with the light of the repeater. But so what, after all, only he Song Qi can make a repeater in the world, and so far, only this repeater has been born in the world.
Song Qi couldn't help but feel a little proud in his heart.
At this moment, a flock of geese flew from the sky in the west, and they just flew over the martial arts arena. Song Qi raised his eyes to see this group of geese, and suddenly had an idea, and hurriedly filled the repeater with arrows, then raised the repeater and fired ten arrows into the sky in a row.
"Xiu Xiu~!" Ten arrows flew upwards against the sun's rays, towards the flock of geese flying leisurely.
In an instant, the wild geese were frightened, fled in a hurry, and flew away.
"Papa~" Several geese fell down one after another like shoes falling in the air.
Kim Jong-lei didn't know when he came to the edge of the high platform and looked around at the center of the field. I saw a few geese scattered in the field, still fluttering and struggling on the ground. Count to three.
At this time, Kim Jong-lei took the lead in applauding and praising it: "One shot of three geese!" Mr. Song is really a miracle! With Mr. Song joining our army, God really helps me! ”
Ling Xue, the princess of Tilting, also came to the edge of the stage and applauded: "I have only heard of killing two birds with one stone, and I have never seen one shot of three geese!" Mr. Song is really a marksman! ”
At this time, the crowd will not applaud. Although they felt in their hearts that Song Qi was stained with the light of the crossbow and shooting, no matter what, this kid still looked like he had two shots!