readx; At the gate of the courtyard, more than a dozen personal soldiers stopped the Byzantine princess Eleoni, who was carrying a bow and arrows, and the soldiers asked her to put her weapons at the door, but Eleoni resolutely refused, and a dispute broke out between the two sides. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

The soldiers were quite polite to Elleni, and the captain Cao Bao was proficient in Turkic language, and said to her: "Your Royal Highness Princess, without the special consent of the general, no one with a weapon can get close to the general, this is our rule, please forgive your Royal Highness the princess." ”

"I heard that your general's archery skills are very good, I specially came to him to compete, put the bow and arrow at the door, how can I compete with him? I can't take it. ”

"How do you know I'm willing to fight you?" Li Qingan appeared at the door with a smile.

Eleoni smiled slightly: "It's very simple, if you can't defeat me, the possible surname of Anthy and Byzantine military cooperation, we don't need to talk about it." ”

Li Qing'an's eyes slowly narrowed, and sure enough, he guessed correctly, this beautiful Western princess is responsible for the task of military cooperation between the two sides, but how could she suddenly leak it, it is strange, Li Qing'an understood in a blink of an eye, this must be because of the trade negotiations between the two sides, the Byzantines may have set a premise, and if no trade agreement is reached, they will not talk about military cooperation.

Li Qingan looked at her, in the dim moonlight, she was wearing a pair of tights and pants, and a pair of high leather boots, showing her Miaoman's body with curves, which was beautiful, Li Qingan smiled happily: "Then please come in!" ”

The soldiers dodged to both sides, and Ellen walked into the courtyard with her head up, she glanced at the environment, and said proudly: "We are better than shooting at night, and archery is the best at shooting in the dark, let's start!" ”

Her bow is very long, put one end of the bow on the ground, pull the bow and shoot diagonally towards a small tree with a large cup mouth sixty paces away, the arrow draws a parabola, hits the body of the tree, and enters the wood for three points, Li Qingan applauded lightly and smiled: "Good archery!" There are really not many women who can shoot you with such an archery! ”

"Among women?"

Eleoni snorted dissatisfiedly: "I am one of the three great archers of Byzantium, and I am the most proud disciple of the Byzantine Archer, and you humiliate me like this?" ”

Li Qingan smiled slightly, just now he can see from Elenni's series of actions of pulling arrows, taking arrows, drawing bows, and shooting that this woman has indeed been instructed by a famous teacher, and her movements are very beautiful, such as flowing water, in one go, it can be seen that she has practiced hard work, and it is indeed very good among young people of her age, but her fingering is still not old and spicy enough, slightly immature, saying that she is one of the three major Byzantine archers, which is inevitably a bit praised, just because she is a Byzantine princess.

"You're aiming for that white scar! But you're off an inch, do you know why? ”

Elleni's face flushed, she was indeed aiming at the small white scar, but for some reason, when the arrow was shot, she didn't even find the feeling, so that it deviated so little, although it was said by Li Qing'an, but she refused to admit it, pouted and said: "Can you see it?" ”

"Do you know why you didn't shoot?" Li Qingan said with a smile.

Ellen refused to admit it, but in her heart she wanted to know, and involuntarily blurted out, "Why? ”

"Because you are nervous, your heart is not calm enough, as an archer, you are a little tender."

Li Qing'an took her bow and arrows, turned his back to the little tree, he turned around suddenly, and the moment he turned around, the arrow came out of the string, as fast as lightning, 'Do! With a bang, in the center of the white scar, Elleni's eyes were stunned, but Li Qingan returned the bow and arrow to her, shaking his head, although this bow is also very long, it is a single bow, and the strength is too soft, but it is not enjoyable.

He said to his soldiers: "Go! Bring me my bow and arrows. ”

A personal soldier pulled his legs and ran away, and brought his bow and arrow in a moment, this huge bow turned out to be the same height as Li Qing'an, and it could be seen that it took great strength to pull it away, this is also a seven-stone bow, it is one of several famous bows collected by Li Qing'an, it seems inconspicuous, but it is made by the three best archers in Anxi for three years, and the arrow is also an iron arrow, only such a hard bow can exert the powerful power of the iron arrow.

Li Qing'an saw her staring at her bow and arrow, her eyes were full of surprise, so he handed her the bow and arrow and smiled: "Do you want to try it?" ”

Elleni took the bow and arrow a little unconvinced, her hand sank, she found that the arrow was actually cast with pig iron, in the faint moonlight, the arrow body glowed with black and faint blue light, she took the iron arrow, at this moment she finally understood in her heart, her archery skills and Li Qing'an are too far away, even this bow she can't pull away, she held back her strength, but this giant bow that is a little higher than her was only half opened, her arms trembled, Li Qing'an secretly praised, a woman, can open his bow in half, this is already very good.

He reached over and smiled, "Give it to me, this bow is not for you." ”

Elleni returned the bow and arrow to Li Qing'an with a face full of shame, but the curiosity in her heart overcame the shame, she wanted to see Li Qing'an's archery, this bow reminded her of her master's giant bow, she couldn't pull it away, could Li Qing'an be able to compare with her master?

"General, shoot an arrow!"

Li Qingan took the bow and arrow, and said with a smile: "I'll still shoot that tree scar!" ”

He retreated backwards, until he reached the corner of the wall, which was already one hundred and twenty steps away from the tree, in the eyes of ordinary people, at night, I am afraid that even the shadow of the tree could not be seen clearly, but Li Qing'an wanted to shoot an egg-sized scar on the tree, fortunately, the scar was white, and in Li Qing'an's unusual eyes, the scar was a small white dot.

He raised the bow flat, the two arms competed, the squeak sounded, the bowstring slowly opened, the bow was drawn like a full moon, the arm did not move at all, as if it contained the strength of a thousand jun, next to Elleni's eyes widened suddenly, she was an expert, when Li Qingan used her bow and arrow to shoot arrows, she couldn't see the fame, but when Li Qingan used his bow, his great master-like momentum was revealed, he was as steady as a mountain, the mighty spirit was incomparably strong, and the sharp arrow was terrifying.

Li Qingan's eyes narrowed slightly, at this moment his mind was clear, all the struggle for hegemony, all the uneasiness of the house were far away from him, he only had one arrow in his heart, he felt the power of the arrow, felt the beauty of the power, made him extremely comfortable, as if this arrow also had life, and he had a heart-to-heart connection.

He smiled slightly, the iron arrow came out of the string, the long arrow shaft drew a black shadow in the air, the arrow was not fast, but it seemed to have the power of a thousand jun, silent, straight to the small tree one hundred and twenty steps away, 'click', the arrow shot from the tree scar, the powerful force actually tore the small tree longitudinally two feet longitudinally, the tree scar was shot out of a round hole, the arrow continued to move through the round hole, nailed to the wall a zhang away.

Li Qingan exhaled slightly, he was very satisfied with this arrow, he hadn't shot an arrow for a long time, he thought that archery would become rusty, but he didn't expect it to shoot so perfectly, even he himself was secretly amazed.

Aleni was stunned, her master couldn't shoot such an arrow, this kind of heavy sword without edge, the archery of the great work made her deeply shocked, this is archery, she felt her own insignificance, her heart was surging, she was so excited that it was difficult to suppress, slowly knelt down, at this moment, she suddenly had a higher understanding of archery.

Li Qingan stepped forward, pulled out an arrow from the wall, and handed it to Elleni, "This arrow is for you!" ”

A trace of dissatisfaction with Li Qing'an in Elleni's heart has disappeared without a trace, she only has worship and respect in her heart, she respectfully took the arrow, stared at Li Qing'an sincerely, and said: "I hope this arrow can string together the willingness of Byzantium and Anxi to cooperate militarily." ”

Li Qingan nodded and said, "I hope your father can have the same idea as you!" ”

．．．．．．．． At night, Li Qingan had a dream, dreaming that Mingyue and Wuyi were standing in front of him at the same time and crying, both saying that they were wronged, and the two suddenly grabbed one of his and pulled desperately to both sides like a tug-of-war, he broke free from them in a rage, but found that he used too much force, and both of them fell to the ground and died, bleeding nonstop.

Li Qingan was frightened awake all of a sudden, his heart was pounding with palpitations, and he was sweating profusely, he wiped the sweat from his forehead, sat up, and looked out of the window, a hook-like moon was still hanging in the air, a few dark clouds drifted in front of the moon, and the moonlight became flickering and dimming.

Li Qingan couldn't sleep, he turned over and sat up, put on a coat and walked to the gate, there were two personal soldiers standing outside the gate, loyal to him on duty, Li Qingan smiled at them and said, "What time is it?" ”

"It's already five watches."

Li Qingan nodded, and smiled at them again: "You guys go and rest!" I don't want to sleep anymore, there is a guard outside the gate, there are patrols around, nothing will happen. ”

The two soldiers hesitated, then saluted, and retreated, the courtyard was quiet, he was the only one, he stood on the steps, a gust of wind blew in his face, there was no chill in the wind, with a hint of spring, he was pleasantly surprised to find that it was the southeast wind blowing, the wind blowing from Atami, there was a unique warm atmosphere.

Today is the first day of February, in the future it is already March, early spring is coming, Li Qingxin has a faint restlessness, this is a kind of spring **, ignited in his heart, but when he thought of the contradiction between the two women in the family, this ** was mixed with a trace of trouble, this kind of mixed with troubles made him upset, at this time he wanted to find a woman, and vented the resentment in his chest happily.

At this time, Li Qing'an inadvertently saw the tree that was shot, Elenni's curvy body seemed to appear in front of him again, the body of that Western beauty was full of a fatal temptation, her towering breasts, the slender straight and round legs, the round and upturned buttocks, he remembered the reluctant eyes when she left, there was a kind of boldness full of hints in that look, which made Li Qing'an feel excited, he should leave her tonight, at this moment Li Qing'an was full of a possessive **.

．．．．．．．．． Li Qing'an never fell asleep again, he was lying on the bed and thinking about the white sky, he had just fallen asleep in a daze, and the neighing of a war horse woke him up again, at this time, a personal soldier ran to report: "General, the Byzantine princess has arrived." ”

Li Qingan was startled, he turned over and sat up, and asked urgently, "What time is it?" ”

"It's not quite dawn yet, it's still early!"

Li Qingan breathed a sigh of relief and secretly thought: 'She is in such a hurry to come, doesn't she also want to see herself?' ’

At this time, a bold thought rose in his heart...... Li Qing'an washed up briefly, and then walked out into the courtyard, only to see Ellen practicing archery on the grass, standing eighty paces away with her back to her, and the target was the crack in the small tree last night, which was already filled with five or six arrows.

Li Qingan's eyes fell on her, she was wearing the same tights as last night, last night was red, but today it was changed to white, but it was tighter, revealing her devilish figure, Li Qingan's eyes finally fell on her toned round buttocks, he admired the undulating curve between her hips and waist when she shot arrows, and the bold idea in his heart became even more intense.

At this time, Alleni suddenly turned around, and looked at him with a smile, as if he had seen through his thoughts, Li Qingan was a little embarrassed, he coughed twice and laughed: "Are you here so early?" ”

Ellen put away the arrow, walked slowly in front of him, looked at him with a hint of ambiguity, and said, "Why didn't you go home last night?" Sleep here. ”

"I often live here when I'm busy on business, and that's normal."

"Hypocrisy!" Elleni shook her head and said, "You obviously have other reasons, you have been away from home for so long, and you have only been back for a day, don't you want to be with your family?" ”

Li Qingan didn't want to talk to her about it, so he changed the topic and smiled: "Get ready!" We're leaving. ”

"I'm all set, ready to go."

"Alright then!"

Li Qing'an turned around and ordered his own soldiers, and the soldiers went out, and soon, a wide carriage stopped at the gate, and Elleni couldn't help but ask in surprise when she saw that it was a carriage: "Don't you ride a horse?" ”

Li Qingan shook his head and said, "I have a lot of affairs, I can handle some official business while sitting in the carriage, and besides, we can talk about military cooperation." ”

Elleni looked at him thoughtfully and smiled, "Okay! I'm in a carriage with you. ”

Li Qing'an simply cleaned up, they got into the carriage, hundreds of personal soldiers guarded the left and right, the carriage went south, Li Qing'an was going to the frozen city, about three hundred miles south of Broken Leaf, located in the south of Atina, originally a small city attached to Broken Leaf, now there is the crossbowman training base of the Anxi Army, Li Qingan wants to take Ellen to see the powerful crossbowmen of the Anxi Army.

The carriage went very slowly, Li Qing'an sat in the carriage and reviewed two copies of the river express mail, which had just been delivered, Bukhara broke out again in the bloody conflict between Zoroastrians and Islamic Shiites, and more than 100 people died, this is indeed a headache, the root cause is that after the Zoroastrian temple in Bukhara was demolished by Da Shi, a huge mosque was built, because the leader of the Ali sect was buried there, making it an Islamic holy place in the river area, but its original site was also a holy place of Zoroastrianism, and the holy places of the two religions overlapped, In order to fight for this holy land, it has become the source of continuous bloody conflicts between the two factions, and now Lifei Yuanli proposes to forcibly demolish the mosque and restore the temple, but Li Qing'an does not approve, and now the Hezhong region is unstable, and excessive means will trigger a Shiite uprising, giving Da Shi an opportunity, so he approved the four words on the report: 'Maintain the status quo!' ’

Sitting opposite Li Qing'an, Ellen was a little bored, she was half-lying on the soft mattress, watching Li Qing'an's every move with interest, she had a good impression of Li Qing'an, Li Qing'an's teasing of her yesterday morning annoyed her, if it was someone else, she would have had a seizure, but Li Qing'an gave her a good impression, although annoyed, but she still decided to 'forgive' him, and last night's arrow competition, Li Qing'an's superb archery skills conquered her, worship, admiration in a young woman's heart was transformed into a kind of admiration, It kept her awake all night, and all that flashed in her mind was his vigorous figure when he shot an arrow, so that she came running before dawn.

At this time, her eyes fell on a crossbow above Li Qingan's head, she looked at this crossbow curiously, she had never seen it before.

Li Qing'an finished the report, he saw Elleni's eyes on the top of his head, so he put down the pen and took down the crossbow from the wall, this is a standard Tang crossbow, exquisite workmanship, is hung on the carriage as an ornament, he handed the crossbow to Elleni and smiled: "I heard that the Byzantines don't use this kind of weapon?" ”

Ellen shook her head and said, "I feel like a bow, but I really haven't seen it." ”

In fact, the crossbow appeared in Europe during the Western Han Dynasty, and then it was lost again, and it did not reappear until a thousand years later, so it is reasonable that Ellen has not seen a crossbow, which is one of the reasons why Li Qingan took her to see the crossbow army.

He knew that after several battles between the Anxi army and Da Shi, several advanced weapons of the Tang Dynasty would inevitably be transmitted to Da Shi, including crossbows, he had already gotten news from the river, Gao Xianzhi had three hundred crossbowmen among the soldiers captured in Tocharo, and Da Shi had already gotten the crossbow arrows in their hands, which is why Mansur came to Datang to get more advanced crossbow techniques, in fact, even if they couldn't get it, they could imitate it, Li Qing'an thought about this matter for a long time, he knew that the crossbow had caused panic in Europe in history, If the Arabs were allowed to get sharp crossbows, it would not only break the balance of power in the West, but also make the Arabs become more powerful in the process of conquering Europe, and in turn threaten the security of the East.

Li Qingan pulled the crossbow on the string in front of Elleni, handed it to her, and said with a smile: "Try it!" ”

"But I won't use it." Ellen took the crossbow and said suspiciously.

"Come on! I teach you. ”

Li Qingan came behind her, held her arm with one hand, and asked her to hold the bow and crossbow well, "Yes, that's it, head up and hold your chest high!" ”

His hand slid to her waist and gently pressed her waist, "The waist must be straight, this is very important." ”

He pressed his palm on her hip again, "It's going to be straight up here, too." ”

The amazing elasticity of her buttocks made him a little reluctant to let go, but he still reluctantly let go, held her with both hands, he almost half held her in his arms, whispered in her ear, held her hand, bent her jade finger with his index finger into the hanging knife, and whispered in her ear: "Yes! Hold it down and listen to my commands. ”

Elleni's gaze glanced back at him slightly, and a seductive eye wave flashed in her deep blue eyes, and a smile tugged at the corner of her mouth.

(To be continued)