Chapter Twenty-Eight: Hunting in the Back Mountains
"Raising soldiers for a thousand days and using soldiers for a while, you have been learning archery for a while, the target is dead, the prey is alive, and we will conduct actual combat in today's archery class! ββββHunting in the mountains in a group of two" Zhang Fuzi crossed his hands on his waist, held his head high, and stood majestically in the open space of the mountains and forests
Shang Mingyang looked at Master Zhang's high spirits, and felt miserable, is it too late to take leave now?
Zhang Fuzi's speech did not last too long, only briefly said the rules, told everyone to pay attention to safety and various matters, after the lecture, he said: "Shang Mingyang and Wang Xian, you two stay"
The other students left with bows and arrows in hand, and when Shang Mingchang and Li Zhangyuan left at the table in front of him, they also deliberately glanced back at her and Wang Xian
Shang Mingyang secretly hoped in his heart that Master Zhang would leave her and Wang Xian, the two weakest, because their physical strength was too poor so they didn't have to go? Turning around, Wang Xian also looked expectant.
Zhang Fuzi raised his hand and patted her and Wang Xian on the shoulder: "You two team up, at least give me a pheasant and hare!" β
Wang Xian's body trembled lightly by this slap, his face was complaining, and he asked unwillingly: "Mr. Zhang, how bad it is to kill, what if you encounter a jackal?" β
Shang Mingyang nodded and agreed: "Yes, Master Zhang, besides, we have no power to tie the chicken... What to do if something happens"
Zhang Fuzi glanced at the two of them: "I have been teaching in the academy for ten years, and I have never heard of jackals, tigers and leopards in the back mountains. β
Wang Xian muttered dissatisfiedly: "Why let us team up alone, other students can be together by themselves"
Zhang Fuzi glared: "It's the worst of the two of you, and you want to team up with others to fish and make jokes?" Sit back and enjoy it? After speaking, he waved his hand impatiently: "Others bring three, you two can bring back a pheasant or hare."
Shang Mingyang and Wang Xian responded with a "yes" and set off together with quivers
The two slowly approached the woods, speechless all the way, Shang Mingyang glanced at Wang Xian's thin body, although she was not as tall as a seven-foot man, but she was also taller than ordinary women, Wang Xian's height was half a head shorter than her... Thinking about the accident of the library last time, she is now a man who knows that her classmate is a girl pretending, and she still has the demeanor she should have: "Bow, I'll help you get it"
Looking at the hand stretched out in front of him, slender and fair, Wang Xian was slightly stunned for a moment, his face was slightly red, and he shook his head gently: "No need, I'll do it myself"
Shang Mingyang didn't speak, his eyes swept away from Wang Xian, he reached out to Wang Xian's back, took out the bow and arrow from the quiver, weighed the bow and arrow that was not light, and said lightly: "I'll take it, I didn't let the woman... Eh, you're thinner than me, I'll take it," he was shocked and almost said the wrong thing, and hurriedly reached out and took out the bow and arrow
Wang Xian's back was light, and his eyes looked at him with complicated eyes: "You ......" She heard the female word clearly just now, and sure enough, she was still seen last time, right...
Shang Mingyang looked down at her nervous appearance, sighed, and said solemnly: "Don't worry, I won't say it" After all, she herself can understand it very well
Wang Xian was a little embarrassed, muttering "thank you" in his mouth Shang Mingyang is usually cold-spoken, and there has been no rumor about her during this time, thinking that he is also a righteous gentleman... Thinking about that day, it stands to reason that Shang Mingyang ran into her... She should not be married... Thinking of this, Wang Xian's face turned red, but fortunately, Shang Mingyang suddenly broke this embarrassing atmosphere
"Actually, I'm quite curious about one thing, why would you want to disguise yourself as a man to go to school at the academy?"
"Hmm...," Wang Xian lowered his head and pondered
Shang Mingyang immediately interrupted, "It's okay, after all, you're a girl, it's okay if you don't want to say it"
Wang Xian smiled lightly, "Actually, it's nothing, I love to study since I was a child, but although our Wang family is an imperial businessman, but the learned Confucians look down on our family, let alone teach me a female doll, Yunqi Academy has no class, fortunately, my father also loves me, so he agreed that I went to school here"
"I see" Shang Mingyang nodded, sure enough, it was different from her situation, although she wanted to make this friend, she would not tell her identity because of this
At the beginning of May, the mountains and forests are not hot and dry, and the breeze is still a little cool. The forest is dense, birds and insects are singing, and the students are scattered everywhere in twos and threes, and the two of them are also shuttling through the forest
"I don't know where the other classmates have gone..."Wang Xian asked casually
Shang Mingyang said indifferently: "The left and right are in this mountain."
... Momentary speechless..
Wang Xian muttered in a low voice: "Why don't you have a pheasant and rabbit?"
"Yes" Zhang Fuzi also asked them to fight one, but this one didn't have one, where to fight?
"Shang Mingyang" Wang Xian suddenly blinked, his face was strange, "Have you smelled anything?"
The two glanced at each other and said in unison, "Barbecue!" β
There was a smell of barbecue in the breeze, and the two exchanged glances and followed the fragrance to find - and soon, they saw Ma Su, Chen En, Zhou Yuliang, and Song Anhua who were piling stones around to roast rabbits.
In the wilderness, the four men gathered local materials, picked up stones to make stoves, and used the freshly hunted game for food, and the bows and arrows were thrown aside by them, and the four stared at the roast rabbit meat without blinking, and did not notice anyone coming
"Finally able to fight the tooth sacrifice" Ma Su rubbed his hands: "I've been hungry these days!" β
"You just want to eat," Chen En said angrily
Ma Su shrugged his shoulders, he was already tall, he must be a meat-loving eater, "I don't know if classmate Shang hit the prey"
Zhou Yuliang said with a smile: "I think the master left Shang Mingyang and Wang Xian in the end, and it is estimated that it will be difficult for them to work in pairs."
Everyone laughed when they heard this, Shang Mingyang and Wang Xian were thinner than the other, and Wang Xian couldn't even pull the bow
"When the time comes, we will give them one more" Ma Su thought about it, since the monk Mingyang shook hands and made peace, he punched someone last time, so he should not be worthy
Shang Mingyang and Wang Xian were a little embarrassed when they heard their names for a while, and Shengsheng, who was about to walk over, stopped, Wang Xian gently pushed Shang Mingyang, and whispered, "Let's go."
Shang Mingyang nodded and walked back
The two of them didn't hit a single prey, if they let Ma Su and a few people see it, although they would be kind enough to help them fight a copy, it would inevitably be a little unsightly...
"Although Ma Su and the others are relatively good, they are not too bad" Shang Mingyang took the lead in breaking the silence, and suddenly thought that there seemed to be something bad behind him, and he opened his mouth again: "The Dragon Boat Festival will be in a few days, and the academy will have a few days off, do you want to go back?" β
"I shouldn't go back, my home is in the capital, it's too far to go back" and asked with a wink, "What about you?" β
"My home is in Fanyang, I should go back"
Wang Xian let out an "oh" and suppressed the faint sense of loss in his heart
"What's wrong, are you feeling well?" Shang Mingyang looked at Wang Xian's suddenly depressed expression
Wang Xian shook his head: "It's okay"
The two of them have also been walking for a long time, and Shang Mingyang asked hesitantly, "Do you want to rest?" "After all, it's a little girl, and after walking for so long, even her frequent morning exercise in a short period of time can't stand it
Wang Xian nodded, agreed, the two looked around, decided to rest on the smooth and flat stone in front of them, and strode forward, although it was already summer, there were still a lot of leaves on the groundββββββ
Suddenly, the two of them were in the air, and their hearts were shocked! There was no earth at all under their feet, but only a layer of dead grass on their faces!!!
"Ahββββββββ! β