Chapter 51: Five Arrows

Spring is beginning to appear, the snow melts and the ice disappears, the grass is green on the plains, but the mountains in the distance are still white and icy. Today, the spring breeze is slow, the sky is sunny and crisp, and the blue sky is full of white clouds. The new grass grows on the grassland, and the soil is moist and soft like a carpet.

Bi Dusi, the newly appointed Zhang County Commander, and some military and local officials had ridden around Jiming Mountain, and in front of them was a grassland, and a few birds flew over the turf. Zhang Xianling is a jinshi in the twelfth year of Hongzhi, although he is a scholar in his thirties, but he is also proficient in riding horses in this army.

Bi Dusi and Zhang Xian Ling walked side by side, turned his head and smiled at him: "Bi has always thought that the riding and archery skills in the school house are just a false thing, and I just heard your master say that Master Zhang made a bow of 200 stones, and there was no false arrow within 100 steps, which is really both civil and military."

As he spoke, he glanced inadvertently at Ma Li'er, who was riding on a red horse, wearing a dark green hunting suit, a dark green thin silk cloak, still wearing white bow shoes, a white belt, and a small scimitar like an ornament under her side. Carrying a cross-body bow and carrying a quiver, the sassy outfit with the charm of foreign races makes her even more glamorous.

The spring breeze blows up the dark green cloak, and the riding dress sets off her exquisite ** curve just right, that does not increase or decrease just right, and the body curve full of youthful atmosphere looms in the cloak is very charming, Bi Dusi thought that he could hold this enchanting little beauty in his arms in two days, and he couldn't help but feel very desired.

He really didn't bother to pay attention to the county master, and he wished that there were only him and Ma Li'er on this grassland, and the two of them would take the ground as a bed, the sky as a quilt, and the sky and the earth would be dark. But after all, he is a court member with status, and it is said that Ma Li'er is not his concubine now, even if he has been accepted into the room, he should be with his colleagues at this time, if he only cares about accompanying his own concubine, it will be too shi.

Zhang Xianling listened to Bi Dusi's "compliment", smiled reservedly, stroked his beard and said humbly: "My lord has won the award, although the county also learned the bow and horse when he was in the school, where can he compare with the adults and the generals in the army, as for the three-stone bow, the county can pull it open, but a hundred shots and a hundred hits, hehehe, General Bi must not know, the arrow target in our Fujian school is full of square feet."

A giant target with a diameter of one zhang? Bi Dusi was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then laughed, most of the officials next to him were northerners or generals in the army, and they couldn't help but smile, and some hurriedly coughed to hide their laughter, a huge target with a diameter of one zhang, if it is said that there is no arrow within a hundred steps, there is really nothing to brag about, the arrow target in the southern school house is so huge, they really didn't expect it.

Ma Li'er rode on the horse, her face seemed to be smiling, and she was in a trance thinking about her own thoughts, Ma Ang carefully peeked at her sister's expression, and saw that she looked calm, and when her sister saw the majesty of Bidusi's helmet and armor, she was moved by his heroism, and a heart was put into her stomach.

Ma Li'er was scolded by her brother in the morning, saying that she was invited to go hunting, Ma Li'er had a belonging, she was happy, and she didn't want to be too stiff with her only relative. Besides, she almost always rode and shot when she was outside the plug, but she had not tasted this for a long time since returning to the Central Plains, so she readily agreed. Unexpectedly, when she rode the war horse brought by her brother out of the city, she saw a large group of military and local officials, and Bi Dusi was also impressive, so she understood her brother's thoughts.

Ma Li'er had the intention to turn the horse away, but in front of many uninformed officials, it would be too rude to do so, I am afraid that as soon as she left on the front foot, there will be a lot of speculation and criticism about her, she used to be disdainful of other people's eyes, but now she has regarded herself as the Yang family, but she does not dare to be as careless as before, so she has to step on the grassland.

Last night, I was accepted by the young lady's hint, and it was a sure thing that I would marry into the Yang family in the future, Ma Li'er's heart was down-to-earth and sweet, completely intoxicated with her own emotions, and her clear and crystal watery eyes were indescribably moving with her thoughts or smiling or shy, with her moving facial features.

She also noticed the enthusiastic gaze when Bi Dusi looked at her, and when she saw that Bi Du Si was proud of his identity, not only did he not dare to come close to talk to her, but even when he looked at her and had to talk to others for an excuse, she quickly glanced at her, as if she was afraid of losing his general's frame, and she only felt funny for his hypocrisy.

Brother Yang, alas! Brother Yang!

Ma Li'er thought of Yang Ling, her heart was sweet, Brother Yang didn't care what others thought, and what they thought of him, then the two of them returned to the city from the mountains, Lord Min and Jiang Jiang were always in the city, but when Brother Yang entered the city, he just hugged the crying young lady tightly in his arms, coaxed her, teased her, if there was no one around, when he looked at the young lady with his eyes, it was like looking at the treasure in his heart.

Thinking of this, Ma Li'er couldn't help but feel hot in her heart, as long as one day, he could look at me with such caring and loving eyes, and said that if you wait for three years, you will wait for thirty years, and you will wait for a lifetime, and I am willing.

Thinking about it, Ma Li'er couldn't help but smile lightly.

Jiang Bin, who had been staring at her from the side, looked at her touching smile like a peach bud, and his eyes were straight. That day, Ma Li'er came back from outside the city, her dress was dirty, her hair was messy, and she was already regarded as a celestial in his eyes, but now she wore light powder makeup and a strong dress, and her beauty was breathtaking. Oh my God, if you crush such a big girl who doesn't slip away.

Jiang Bin swallowed his saliva, looked up at Bi Chun hatefully, and thought to himself: "Fuck, if I were also a general, I would ask such a girl for nothing, and I wouldn't live in vain in this life."

Bi Chun wanted to ask Ma Lian'er as a concubine, he also heard some rumors from the mouth of the soldiers in the Bi Du Si army, and now Bi Chun invited the local bureaucrats to visit Chun, but only brought such a woman, in fact, not only him, most of the bureaucrats present also guessed a few points.

A fat roe deer suddenly rose from the grass in front of him, rushing to the mountain bay not far away, Guan Shouying shouted loudly: "My lord, look there, there is a roe deer!" ”

These people all carried military bows, and at this time they all raised their bows in their hands, but none of the officials did anything, and those pro-soldiers fired arrows in succession, just blocking the way of the roe deer and scaring it to others, prey? Of course, it's left to the shogun to shoot.

The poor stupid roe deer was frightened by the accurate archery of the soldiers, and the head of the military generals, Bi Dusi, and the head of the civil officials, Zhang County, were both holding bows and arrows in their hands, but no one did anything.

Ma Li'er saw that they were so hypocritical and polite when they hunted, and they had no fun in hunting, so she couldn't help but snort secretly and turned her head away with disdain. Bi Dusi's personal guard Zheng Dapeng galloped to the front, and ordered Bi Chun and Zhang Xian: "Ladies and gentlemen, Miss Ma is the only woman among us today, I think this arrow might as well ask Miss Ma to shoot, Miss Ma is dressed in military uniform, and her bow and horse archery skills must be extraordinary."

Master Zheng, who is known as making the hard bow of three stones and the arrow within 100 steps, is really a little stunned in the face of the fat roe deer dozens of steps away, for fear that an arrow will fly out and really win the jackpot: the hall is full of inverted lottery, so after listening to Zheng Dapeng's words, if he encounters amnesty, he hurriedly stroked his palm and smiled: "Very good, very good, women don't let me have eyebrows, just ask Miss Ma to shoot this arrow, I'll wait and see."

Bi Dusi was in the middle of it, and his triangular eyes became gentle, and he finally had the opportunity to watch Ma Li'er speak in a grand manner without being afraid of being ridiculed and criticized. At that moment, he looked sideways at Ma Li'er and said with a smile: "Miss Ma, how about you please show your skills?" When he said this, the crowd immediately opened the way and left Ma Li'er in the middle.

In fact, it was really because of Zheng Dapeng's unintentional words that Bi Dusi temporarily wanted to please her. But Ma Li'er didn't know the inside story, and said that Bi Dusi had colluded with his own soldiers, and he had already set up this bureau, and he was even more disgusted in his heart.

Her eyes narrowed, bent like a string moon, and said with a smile: "General Bi has experienced a hundred battles, and his murderous aura is compelling. The little woman carrying a bow is just a bluff, where can she dare to show her ugliness in front of the two adults? I'd like to see the courage of these two adults. ”

Her voice is soft and sweet, in fact, she just deliberately made her voice more brittle, but from the mouth of such a beauty, others feel angry and indescribably moving.

Ma Ang knew that it was bad when he heard it, he knew his sister's temper best, and knew that as soon as his sister spoke in this tone, it was when he was about to run out of patience and was about to get angry. He just wanted to rush up to make a round, but when Jiang Bin next to him heard Ma Li'er's bone-eroding tone, his bones were soft, and he almost fell off the horse.

At this time, everyone listened to Ma Li'er's words, and he was the closest to Ma Li'er, and suddenly all eyes were focused on him, Jiang Binrao was thick-skinned enough, and he was a little embarrassed. Fortunately, he was very anxious, and hurriedly smiled: "Ouch, Lord Zhang said that women don't let me have eyebrows, but I think of Yang Yicheng's wife here."

When were women allowed on the battlefield? But the Tatars attacked the city, and Mrs. Yang disguised herself as a man to assist our army in fighting bravely at the head of the city, isn't it just a woman who doesn't let her eyebrows go? Mrs. Yang once shot an arrow to kill the Tartar who challenged under the city, and when I went down to the city to clean up the corpse, I saw that the man's arrow entered from the back of the neck, swallowed three inches out, passed through the body, and an arrow was fatal, it was really a good archery, haha, a good archery."

Bi Dusi smiled when he heard this, and said: "Yang Yicheng has no power to restrain the chicken, I didn't expect Mrs. Yang to be a good martial artist." Miss Ma, don't shirk it, why don't you show your skills too? "Actually, Ma Li'er archery skills, he doesn't care, that is, to make her happy, to have fun, even if she misses, he has the right to laugh, woman!

Ma Li'er is grateful to Han Youniang, and has regarded her as her closest sister, but people's psychology is the most delicate, and subconsciously she is deeply afraid that the young lady will be recognized by everyone more than her, and her future status will be unattainable to the young lady, if the young lady is better than her everywhere, she will be even more insecure.

So when she heard Jiang Bin mention that the young lady's archery skills were excellent, Ma Li'er suddenly became competitive, and immediately stopped refusing, took off the bow and arrow with her backhand, and reached back with her right hand, and actually took out five arrows from the quiver, and everyone couldn't help but sigh, not knowing what she was going to do. Some civil officials who don't know martial arts even snickered secretly, and they thought she didn't know archery at all.

Ma Li'er lifted the reins of the horse, galloped up a few steps, abandoned the reins and lifted the bow, and carried the carving of four arrows upside down in her right hand, only put one arrow on the string, took a long breath, like holding the full moon, pulled the bowstring away, and shot an arrow.

Everyone didn't have time to turn their heads to see if the arrow was missed, Ma Li'er was like a trick, his right hand was twisted, and an arrow was put on the string, the technique was extremely fast, only to listen to the bowstring "taut" sound, five arrows were like meteors catching the moon, an arrow was swishing out, and the arrows were chained, all in one go, which was flawless.

Five arrows were shot, Ma Li'er put the bow back on her shoulder with her backhand, turned the horse's head back, and said with a smile: "The little woman missed."

The crowd was stunned, and when they heard this, they looked up, and saw five arrows rushing towards this side, forming a pentagonal shape around the frightened roe deer, and the distance between the five arrows was almost exactly the same, as if they had been measured.

After a while, one of the generals under Bi Dusi exclaimed: "Lianzhu Arrow Method!" Legend has it that the Tartar Jebel Archer can only shoot nine arrows with one hand at the fastest, and Miss Ma can even send five arrows in a row, which is so powerful! It's amazing! ”

Everyone praised what they didn't understand, and Bidusi was surprised and delighted, and he didn't hesitate to praise it. Ma Li'er's big black eyes glanced at Jiang Bin like a demonstration, with a little smugness on her face.

At this moment, a horse galloped in the distance, and everyone turned their heads to look, only to see that the man was getting closer and closer, and when they got closer, they saw that the man was wearing the livery of the post station, and rode a stagecoach, and ran to the front to hold the reins, and the crowd was patrolling with an anxious face.

When Ma Li'er saw it, she recognized Han Wei, the eldest brother of the young lady, and hurriedly took two steps forward and asked, "Brother Han, why are you here?" ”

Han Wei was sweating profusely, and he didn't know whether he was anxious or tired, he raised his sleeves and wiped the sweat on his face, and said: "Miss Ma, I was looking for you so hard, suddenly a father-in-law came to Beijing, and he was ordered by the emperor to announce that Yang Ling would enter Beijing immediately. My sister and brother-in-law asked me to tell you, but I don't know where you are hunting.

Before he finished speaking, Ma Li'er exclaimed, grabbed the horse's belly with her legs, and flew like a horse, and went straight to the rooster without looking back. The officials looked at each other, and the officials of the county government were even more whispering, with strange expressions. As soon as Ma Li'er heard that Yang Ling was gone, she didn't even leave a word of etiquette and surname, she and Yang Ling were not related, and they didn't have any reason, if you want to say that the two have no personal relationship, who will believe it?

Bi Dusi's face was pale, his triangular eyes were prismatic, and his body trembled slightly. Ma Ang rode to his side and said timidly, "Lord Bibi."

Bidusi sneered, turned around and stretched out his bow and arrows, the bowstring roared, and the sharp arrow swished through the roe deer trapped in the five arrows and did not dare to move.

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