124. Bet on arrows

The scorching sun was in the sky, but the Daze depression was shady, and the sun passed through the forest at noon, sifting a spot of light. Hu Lie's men and horses were already tired, each unloaded their prey, washed it with the water in the swamp, and roasted it on a fire, while dozens of Daze soldiers prepared their own dry food and sat on the other side to drink.

Deep in the woods, a stag struck out from between the leaves, and saw that its horns were three feet high, shaped like coral, and it moved like the wind, and its body brushed over the branches of the trees as it ran, bringing up a broken leaf. Siyu pursued him from behind, and a series of arrows flew out from his fingers, driving the deer to a dead end, and seeing that he was about to take down the prey, but he did not want to let a sharp string sound, Yan Cao stabbed out of the oblique, startled his horse, and let the animal flee in the chaos.

"Concession." Yan Cao was not ashamed, and even left with a sneer on his face.

Is it tolerable or unbearable! This is the third time that he has always been able to drive away his prey at a critical moment, and then pick up the leak and take it for himself.

Xiyou was annoyed, never expecting that a person with such a temper as Yan Ke would also make a scoundrel, so he dragged his horse and chased after him, shouting, "Hey! ”

"There is no rule before the competition that this is not allowed, and it is useless for you to stare at it. Halfway through noon, if you don't hold on tightly, you'll be hanging. "Yan Ke is unhurried, as idle as a horse. Xiyou looked up at the sun and gritted his teeth angrily: "We'll see!" "Transferred the horse to find another prey, and thought while running: that Yan Ke is not only one of the "two gods" of the white tiger, but also a student surnamed Feng, in public and private, this competition can only win and not lose!

Thinking of Feng Qiwu, Xi You is not angry, according to age, it is just a child who is not worth mentioning, but that child relies on power and luck, he actually sits on several times his own wealth, and controls dozens of times the land of Hu Lie, thinking that although I am from a prestigious family, my status is cut out of real swords and real guns, how difficult it is! Since ancient times, pearl thieves have been thieves, and those who have stolen the country have empty faces, which really makes people angry and envious.

Under the hatred of the fire, Xiyu Dumin's arrow method is very accurate, and he even kills all the way, and the harvest is quite rich, and noon has passed in a blink of an eye, and the day is getting westward, and the summer is long and makes people tired and lazy, not to mention the boring tone of the cicadas in the forest is hypnotic, Xiyou Dumin intends to rest for a while, so he dismounts and walks forward, leaving a line of grass blades dyed bright red by deer blood.

Finding a stream, Siyu buried his face in it, washed away his blood and sweat, and scooped up the water with his hands and drank it violently. I didn't want to drink two sips, but I heard the sound of snorting in my ears, hurrying, and careful, I turned my head to look, oh, what a mighty stag, God help me! I went to pick up the bow immediately, and as soon as I picked it up, I saw that on the side of the deer, Yan Ke was dressed in military uniform, and he had already put on the bow and arrows.

Xiyou smiled maliciously, also relied on the arrow to pull the string, and said, "Accept." ”

When Yan Ke saw him, he only showed a contemptuous expression - he inherited the essence of his teacher, and he mostly looked at people with a pair of nostrils, especially for General Beirong. Xiyou was extremely angry in his heart, and when he was on fire, he laughed, and actually slowly raised the arrow, aiming it at Yan Cao's head.

Needless to say, his archery skills are self-evident, with an iron bow in hand, he treats thousands of troops as if they were nothing, and he has set a record of taking the enemy's head through the triple shield wall, and he has long been famous. The grassland is vast, the battlefield is also large, and the commanders of the two armies are not to mention that they are separated by a mountain, and the obstacles in between them are more than triple shields? That's not a long way to go, let alone a few steps away. I saw that his hunting suit was soaked with deer blood, and it was dyed into a bloody color, and the muscles that tensed when exerting force could be seen in the blood, and there were water droplets hanging on his chin, and he couldn't tell whether it was sweat or water, and his eyes were burning, and he was full of blood. Yan Ke was shocked in his heart: Oops, could it be that he found out that there was fraud? Subconsciously his arm tightened, wanting to strike first.

"Don't move!" His voice was slightly warned, but not murderous. Yan Ke couldn't help but hesitate, and froze for a moment, only for a short moment, he saw the arrow flying, and then something "snapped" and exploded, and a stream of hot liquid splashed on his face, and the smell was fishy.

Be*? No, it's a snake - the dense forest is full of poisons, Yan Yan stiffly turned his head, and sure enough, there was a green long insect on his shoulder, although his head was blown to pieces, but it could be seen that the sharp fangs turned outside, which was terrifying.

Yan Cao lifted the snake and threw it away, and turned to the stream to wash the dirt on his face, the bow and arrow were set aside, and the deer also took the opportunity to escape, and the four hooves panicked, and splashed the earth's water, drenching Yan Cao's head all over his body.

After a long time, he said word by word and slightly abruptly: "Fang Cai's love, this official, return you!" He raised his hand and cut a scimitar into his shoulder, and when he was caught in the shoulder bone, he rotated the angle and pushed the sharp blade as long as a ruler into two-thirds of it. Xiyou was caught off guard, and was stunned, there are still such ignorant people in this world! Thinking about it, a fire rushed to the top of his head, and he kicked Yan Cao into the water in three or two steps, stepped on the wound and said, "Is that enough?" General Ben saved your life. ”

This is a good point, although Yan Yan is ruthless, but he avoids the vital point and has not hurt his life, but if he is bitten by a poisonous snake, there is no one to rescue him in the depths of the dense forest, and the consequences can be imagined. Xiyou Dumin raised his hand, and before he thought about returning the report, Yan Ke said so, how could he not be angry?

"General Ben saved your life, according to the words in the play, you should be a cow and a horse, and promise each other with your body, how can this shallow knife be enough?"

"......" Yan Cao thought he had heard it wrong,

"How?"

An excited spirit returned to his soul, Yan Ke's hand was like the wind, and he said angrily: "Dog."

Thief Ann dares to insult me! ”

Xiyou loves to play with fire, dodged this iron fist, and sneered: "It's you who insulted you, since you stepped into Daze, how much has General Ben been humiliated by you?!" Now get it back with interest! ”

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Thieves watch and fight! Yan Ke can be said to be angry and rushed to the crown, lifting his fist to Xiyou, the blood in his shoulder flowed like a note, and he rushed out in an arc, between a few punches, Xiyou Dumin already had a number, and he was quite comfortable with it, that Yan Ke saw that he couldn't take him, so he fought with his life, pulled out the scimitar in the flesh and threw it over, and then turned his fist into a palm...... Oh no, for the sake of fingering, he went straight into Xiyou's eyes, and then grabbed his wrist while the other party was defending, and went straight to the opponent's crotch with his feet, which was the lower third of the ruined temple

Indiscriminate means!

Xiyou was taken aback, and he didn't care about the mercy of his subordinates, raised his knee to block the severed grandson's foot, and then pushed and turned and pulled, carrying Yan Cao over his shoulder, and fell heavily to the ground, causing bleeding from his mouth and nose.

"You ......" did not come out of the words, but saw that Yan Cao turned over and jumped up, threw a thin line from his sleeve, and did not identify what it was, only felt pain in his neck, and had no time to think about it, so he was busy breaking the restraints with internal force, and when he looked at it, it was a bowstring forged from fine iron, extremely thin and tough, and it had entered the neck for three minutes, and he raised his hand to caress it, and his hands were full of blood.

I saw blood - Xiyou was not surprised, as soon as he raised his eyes, Yan Cao came again!

Xiyou was extremely angry, and gritted his teeth and scolded: "How did I provoke you, I didn't get into your eyes, how did I provoke you, how did I provoke you, and I want to suffer from this flying disaster?" Forget the eight lambs, Lao Tzu will play with you today! Aren't you just going to dig out the eggs? Who wouldn't! As he spoke, he flew in, like Yan Cao, poking people's eye sockets and punching people to take the yin damage path below them - but not as serious and fierce as the other party, but the tricky moves made people dizzy and tired to deal with.

If he was serious, it would be such a tease that was almost insulting, which made Yan Cao tremble with anger. "Get out of here!" Suddenly, he pounced on Siyu like a beast, his lips pursed over an extremely thin blade drawn from his bun.

"Okay, go out hunting, bring all the eighteen weapons!" Xiyou already understood a little, and sneered: "Hmph, you can't beat me."

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Kill you! As you spoke, two powerful bodies collided together, and you went back and forth to play a game of power, one side had a blade in his hand, and he hated to be able to get to the flesh, and the other side turned defense into attack, as long as he subdued people, occasionally there were rough panting and roaring, and the wild and bloody air shook in the silent deep forest.

I don't know how long it took, but both of them were exhausted, and they collapsed together in the shallows of the stream, gasping for breath. Xiyu Dumin's mood is not right, it is very wrong, especially when Yan Ke glances at him from the corner of his eye, and then looks at the sky, this wrong mood is simply biting his heart, itchy and numb, hot and irritable.

- Oh, I know, it must have been accidentally swallowed two mouthfuls of deer blood while hunting, and after a fight, the blood was agitated, and a little reaction was inevitable.

Yan Ke's heart was empty, because he was empty and thoughtless, he actually felt a little relaxed, although there was no pain in his body, but his heart was better than he had for a moment. He squinted his eyes like that, thinking about nothing, doing nothing, just staring at the clear light above the trees, forgetting the gloom he had seen.

Xiyou turned his head to look at him, looked at him more carefully than ever, and found that the face that was not beautiful, because he was beaten to the blue nose and swollen face, was actually a little pleasing to the eye - this is really amazing, being beaten like this does not affect the viewing experience, it can be seen that this person is ugly to a certain level.

"Ugly!" Xiyou went crazy, and he just screamed out.

"Why?"

Unexpectedly, the other party admitted this contempt without pressure, and gave such a calm response, Xiyou didn't expect him to answer, and he really didn't know what to say now, so he said for a long time: "If you don't do anything, just call it." ”

"Boring." Yan Ke hated him, stood up and stumbled towards the shore, walking and walking, only to hear a low voice behind him: "The deceased is gone, Yan Zhizhou has always worked hard for the past, why bother?" ”

"Why bother? Hum! Yan Ke raised his head, and saw the familiar disdain under his words: "You naturally don't understand these things." After finishing speaking, a few traces of human breath invaded, ethereal like mist, piercing like ice, and after a while, it enveloped the surroundings, forcing people's backs to chill and murderous!

Xiyou looked around, and there seemed to be some figures lurking behind the forest. Although they were dressed as ordinary hunters, they were light and disciplined, and they were armed with spears and bayonets.

Xiyu thought for a moment, stood up for a long time, and said, "You madman. "It is a felony to call in the defenders without permission, let alone to plan the murder of foreign envoys. And for Yan Cao, it doesn't matter whether he is connected or not, he has long been alone, very happy and very cold between his eyebrows, and there is a little bit of brightness that will be accomplished, like a cold clear sky in winter, cold, bright and clean.

"I, Daze, the army and the people, work together, why worry about the inexhaustible people."

"Are you rebelling against the king?"

Yan Cao didn't say a word, only his ears moved, and he looked to the side.

Outside the forest, the horses' hooves trampled, and gradually people roared and neighed, and the "generals" around them with long and short voices rose and fell.

Yan Ke waved his hand, and the murderous aura instantly disappeared. Wan Chun and Ha Gangmu came one after another, and everyone from Hu Lie arrived, Wan Chun dismounted and said: "General, the matter is urgent, Suo Huan Gongzi ran away with the princess's dowry, you go and chase it!" ”

Xiyou felt ridiculous, a moment ago he was murderous, but this moment it was like a farce, and he scolded: "This black-hearted small."

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Sheng, just run away by yourself, how can you not even let go of the princess's dowry, where did you run away? ”

"Southeast, Gyeonggi."

"Ha, I think he misses his old lover, and he brings something back to invite merit, but he can't kick him! - Listen to me, that kid spent a lot of money on General Ben, and he must not run away!! "Immediately give the order to return, vigorously and resolutely, and gather everyone in a short time." Yan Zhizhou, it seems that today's competition is inconclusive, but when he has another opportunity in the future, he will definitely accompany Zhizhou to the end. ”

Yan Ke saw all this in his eyes, and he was angry and anxious, and he also got on the horse, and said: "The princess's dowry must not be lost, the general wants to chase it, and it is the duty of the official to do so—come!" Everyone is following General Siyu! ”

"Yes!" There was a response in the woods, and I don't know when there were so many more.

Along the way, Yan Cao's men and horses were copied in the rear of Hu Lie in the shape of a crescent, and there was a tendency to compress the encirclement, which was simply a dagger. Out of the city is only a few miles, suddenly a white flag in the sunset of the sun, reflecting the reckless distant mountains are extraordinarily magnificent, Suo Huan is sitting on a white horse, holding the reins, there is a slight idle smile on his face, there are a few low-level left-behind warriors at his feet are counting the boxes, and some passers-by are helping to move things. Xiyou flew forward, knowing in his heart that escaping was just a pretense, and now that all the people and goods were gathered outside the city, there was no need to go back to Daze to die.

Yan Cao looked at Suo Huan, his eyes piercing, like a knife: "It's hard for you, I only ran a few miles for most of the day." Suo Huan knew that he hated himself at the moment, and he didn't care about sarcasm, and said: "It's not easy to drag these bulky family things to run a few miles, don't be afraid of adult jokes, villains don't know how to control horses, only these few miles are running out of the way - naturally, I also rely on the Lord to leave a convenient door, otherwise don't say a few miles, even the gate of the Zhizhou Mansion can't get out." He instructed the warrior at his feet and said, "Don't do it, I don't think it's bad, you have worked hard all the way to catch the car, go and get a reward from your general." ”

Hearing these words, Yan Cao's face became worse and worse, and he clenched his old fists and saw that he was about to rush out, and was pressed down left and right, and said: "No, there are many eyes and ears outside the city, and go back and make another plan." ”

Having said so, Yan Cao understood that once he went back this time, he would never have a chance. Over there, Xiang Suo Huan covered his mouth and laughed, and said: "Lord Yan, what did you say to them - I asked them to receive the reward, but they didn't dare, saying that there were medicinal materials falling on the house, don't you know that the demon star of this son will retreat, and in the future, he will not be able to use those medicinal materials, but Yan Zhizhou's blood and qi are surging and cannot return to his heart, and he will be able to come in handy when he goes back." - It's really nice to see things stupid like this. ”

"You—" Yan Cao shouted, holding his heart, if he hadn't held it right and left, he would have fallen off his horse.

Suo Huan turned his head to Xiyou and said with a smile: "What are you staring at me for?" Didn't I know that I was proficient in the Rong language, and I could even speak the local dialect of the Turkic, Manchu, Mongolian, and Chinese, Western, and Eastern tribes? ”

Yan Ke had been a slave in the Rong tribe for many years, how could he not understand their words, and before he went back, his face was already red, and his seven orifices were smoking, and it seemed that he was in urgent need of the medicinal materials that nourished blood and qi, calmed the liver and awakened the brain. The foot was fast, when he led more than 100 horsemen to rush into his mansion before it was dark, Master Jiang saw that he was in a messy shape, his expression was terrifying, the tables and chairs everywhere were folded, and the bowls and lamps were flying, so he knew that something was wrong. Hurriedly retreated from the crowd, offered herbal tea, and said: "The little one has been clarified, it is really a hundred secrets, it turns out that the secret envoy actually recognizes the cheap male prostitute, and after knowing the master's plan, the two of them will join together to do this trick......"

"You're useless!" Yan Ke knocked over the tea bowl with a loud bang and shouted, "Where is the secret? ”

"The little one knows that the secrecy is not strict and the care is not effective, so that the thief can succeed, and now he has made the conviction, and the thief has been detained outside the hall and left to be disposed of by the adults." As soon as the words fell, a man with a big tie was rushed into the door and hit Yan Ke's feet.

Yan Cao pulled out his knife and asked: "This official has never been difficult for the sake of working with you, why do you want to repay virtue with grievances and partner with men to harm my good deeds?!" ”

The secret envoy laughed, then suddenly shut down and said coldly: "Yan Cao, this is up to me." If it weren't for the fact that I took care of the friendship of the past and concealed what you did, do you think you still have your life to fight here? I warn you, let me go, or ......"

"How else?" Yan scolded him, slapped the knife on the case, and said: "Let you go, I will, but before that, this official will attack the family team at night, and personally cut off the head of the thief, and comfort my heroic spirit in the sky above Daze!" ”

"Sure enough, you have to be ready to resist the fate—Yan Cao, do you know what I have in my sleeve?"

Without instructing, Master Jiang immediately turned over his sleeve, took out a wooden box and handed it to Yan Cao, Yan Cao took it and took it, then changed the color, fell backwards under his feet, and sat on the chair, Master Jiang was surprised in his heart, only to see the wooden box fall in response, and a pitch-black arrow fell out of it.

The arrows are very ordinary, cold and glowing, they were obtained when they used to suppress bandits in the Misty Mountains, and the two of them went crazy after drinking and broke into the thieves' lair alone. He opened the way, and after he broke it, it was seamless, but the thieves were very poisonous, and he habitually attacked hidden arrows, and he was defenseless after drinking, but fortunately he was alive, but he was able to break the arrow shaft and pretend to be fine, aiming not to destroy the morale of the front. Although he won narrowly, he was frightened after he woke up, and sighed that such a brave man was by no means the ability of a general, he was especially ashamed, and he abandoned the respect of the general, and said: If it weren't for your rescue, Qiwu would have annihilated this small battle. He took away the arrow taken out by the medical officer, and promised that no matter what happened on the official road in the future, he would be blessed.

The doctor said that if the arrow was deflected by an inch, it would destroy his arm, and that he would never be able to hold the arrow again. Yan Ke's ability lies in this, if he can't hold an arrow, it is really more uncomfortable than death, but fortunately, his arm is saved, and he is also prosperous in exchange for official luck, which can be regarded as a good deal with a lot of profits. At this time, the words are especially heard, but the situation is very different.

The secret envoy struggled to stand up and said, "Your Excellency the Prime Minister commanded, if you still don't listen to this thing, he will cut off your kindness, and all kinds of past events will be written off, and the envoy can completely cut it first and then play!" Lord Yan, you are lucky, so that the Prime Minister owes you a life, and promises you a prosperous and prosperous future, in the past, which slave-born captive could sit in your position, or did things under the account of the Prince of Annan. It's all your painstaking gains, because it's worth it to catch it all on the spur of the moment? They are not the leaders of the tyrants, so why do you want to be so narrow-minded and exterminate people? ”

Master Jiang couldn't bear to listen to what he said, so he stepped aside and bowed his head deeply. What he knows a little is that they are a little stubborn and self-serving, and they disdain to deal with the world, and often offend people, so they have a bad reputation in the officialdom. Although the envoy's words are not so straightforward and ugly, they also have that meaning, and because of the euphemism of the words, they are a little more subtle and obscene, and they are disgusting to listen to.

Yan Ke stood with his hands down and said, "The sound of horses' hooves outside the city is still vibrating, and the blood on the stones on the long street has not dried up." Glory and wealth are not my wishes, and I will not return if I do not kill the enemy. The child surnamed Feng has no faith and no righteousness, how can Yan be conspired? A knife was sent to the side of the secret envoy's neck, his eyes were cracked, and he shouted: "How do you understand my hatred!" ”

A hot blood poured on his forehead as a slave mark, blue marks, red blood, extremely dazzling, the few cronies present were frightened and silent, Yan Ke also lost his strength and was a little depressed, Master Jiang followed him to see the world, and waited until the secret envoy was out of breath, so that the eyes were cleaned up, and he was silent for a long time, and moved forward to ask for instructions: "My lord, let's do it...... Still not doing it yet? ”

"......" he squeezed his bloody hands, and his tone was ten years old, "let's disperse." ”