At this moment, Nie Cang's body suddenly underwent drastic changes, and he couldn't control it at all, but he stood very tenaciously in place. It was like a wall between the commander of the troops, Achangli, and his Qing soldiers. The look on his face was resolute and filled with an air of inviolability.

Ah Changli was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect Nie Cang to dare to stand in front of him, so he shouted angrily: "What? Do you want to fight against the officers and soldiers? ”

As the son of a general of the Qing Dynasty, Ah Changli was not afraid that Nie Cang would cry and run to the Qing Dynasty government to complain. Because in the eyes of the Jurchens, the Han people were nothing at all.

Ah Changli is still young, and he has fought a few times, but he has not had time to make great achievements. Unlike his father, who fought on the battlefield and had already made a name for himself as an iron army. Ah Changli has always been eager to try, he has many brothers and sisters in the family, and may not be able to take over his father's class in the future, Ah Changli hopes that he is the general who can carry his father's battle flag and continue to fly in the Qing Dynasty.

Nie Cang knew that he was a grass man in the Qing Dynasty, the children of the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty, and none of the generals and tigers of the Qing Dynasty would look down on him. But since he was standing in the city of Beijing, he couldn't let the face of the Han people be so clean and clean.

He was still firmly in front of Ah Changli, and said word by word: "If I'm here, you don't want to arrest people." ”

"Yo ......" Ah Changli couldn't help but shout, and turned back to the children who were racing with him and laughed wildly: "I really didn't expect that the Han people could say such heroic words." It's a pity that when their Han army met our Qing army on the battlefield, they were scared like women who were about to pee their crotch. At that time, why weren't you Han people so arrogant? Ah Changli stretched out his hand while mocking, and the little thumb of his right hand pointed at Nie Cang's nose as if nothing, "Since you want to pretend to be a good man, I'll give you a chance today." The master is standing here, the bow and arrow are also in his hand, I am going to shoot this apple, if you don't want your sister to put it on your head, then good, you can put it on your head! ”

As soon as these words came out, even the Qing soldiers behind Ah Changli changed their faces. Although they looked down on the Han people, the other party was also a Qing citizen, who died casually on the streets outside Beijing, even if they were as powerful as the Qing Dynasty, they had to give an explanation to the people in face. You can't be arrogant and ask the government yamen to make an announcement, saying that you are sorry, someone was suddenly killed by an arrow when she was shopping outside Beijing.

It's not that they don't have confidence in Achangli's archery, but they think that the bow and arrow have no eyes, and if Achangli's arrow is really a little off, then the apple will be on the top of the head. really shot a big hole in Nie Cang's head, and those of them present would not have a good life. When I got home, I was beaten at worst, and I was arrested by the government and interrogated at worst.

Nie Cang ignored him at all, but walked quickly to the horse of another Qing soldier, took out his longbow from the quiver box next to his saddle, and said with a smile: "Borrow your longbow for use." With that, Nie Cang walked back slowly and threw the apple in his hand on the ground. The round apple rolled out of the bluestone steps and disappeared from everyone's sight......

Nie Cang raised the longbow in his hand and said provocatively: "Since you want to shoot an arrow, why don't shoot any apples, come at me, this street is not far." Since you claim to be an archer, you must also have the ability to pierce the Yang in a hundred steps, so why don't you stand on the street casually, and you can choose any position to shoot me with an arrow. If this arrow hits me, no matter where it hurts, even if you shoot me to death with one arrow, I have no regrets. But if you are caught by me with an arrow, I only need this empty bow, plus the arrow you shot at you, do you dare to make a life and death with me? ”

The Qing Dynasty was not strict about life and death, and generally speaking, if two people cut off the corner of their sleeves at the same time, it could be used as a token of the duel. If you need to fight to the death, you can cut a hole with your little finger to let the blood flow down and dye the small piece of cloth red, which can be regarded as a life-and-death duel. Even a duel between a commoner and a prince is just as effective.

Ah Changli's face changed, and he didn't know how to answer. But the two Qing soldiers beside Nie Cang laughed in surprise, one left and one right next to Nie Cang, and the person on the left whispered: "We are officers and soldiers, that's a fart people, how can we make a duel?" ”

Nie Cang shook his head, but still clenched the longbow in his hand, his eyes were full of provocation and disdain, as if he wanted to see that Achangli, a disciple of the general, did not dare to shoot that arrow. The woman on his right was even more anxious, and couldn't help but reach out and grab Nie Cang's arm, and hurriedly said, "It's too dangerous to shoot with them!" ”

Nie Cang didn't accept her kindness at all, but pushed her away and walked back slowly, the longbow in his hand was like juggling and spinning out many petals beautifully. After about thirty or forty steps back, Nie Cang stopped and turned around, looked at Ah Changli in the distance with a smile, and said lightly: "General, you can start now." So saying, he put the longbow on the ground. Immediately, he took out a small meat cleaver from his waist, cut off a small piece of cloth from the corner of the robe, and then made a knife on his little finger, and the little finger of his left hand dripped blood and quickly dyed the small piece of cloth red.

Nie Cang threw the cloth on the ground very freely, and hurriedly said, "If there is death, there is no life." This time, but it was Ah Changli's turn to completely change his face, he just wanted to give the Han people a little color. If you want to talk about a duel of life and death, Ah Changli is not afraid of him. He is from a family of generals, he has been practicing martial arts since he was a child, and he should not lose to this Nie Cang in horseback archery, but once the duel between people reaches the stage of life and death, I don't know what kind of changes will happen. Although he didn't look down on Nie Cang at all, he could let him shoot Nie Cang to death here with one arrow, but he was very embarrassed. It's not that he doesn't have the guts, it's that he doesn't want to cause too much trouble to the family, and his father is still a general. Everyone wants to go one step further, but the competition is very fierce, and the other generals are not inferior to his father in terms of military exploits. If at this time, Ah Changli shot Nie Cang to death with an arrow, I am afraid that he will have a lot of troubles and his father will not be promoted.

The duel of life and death is a good thing to say, but once it is put in the mouths of those who have a heart, I don't know what they will say. Without waiting for Ah Changli to answer, he saw that Nie Cang had already picked up the longbow on the ground, and pulled the bowstring in the void. The crisp sound of the bowstring was like a slap in the face of Achanli.

Ah Changli was a little unbearable, he put down his bow and arrows and also pulled out his waist knife, and was about to swing the knife to cut the piece of cloth on his sleeve, when suddenly, both arms were pulled by someone, it turned out to be the soldier Yong with him. One by one, they anxiously shouted in his ear: "Don't ......" Someone said: "Mr. General, if this is on the battlefield, it doesn't matter how many Han people you kill, but after all, this is outside the city of Beijing." Killing him here would make it seem that our Qing Dynasty is very undignified. Another person said: "As a soldier of the Qing Dynasty, he should charge into battle, and the horse leather shroud, why bother with him here?" "A group of Qing soldiers don't know if they usually see too many women, and at this moment, they are chattering like a group of eight women.

Before Ah Changli could react, he heard Nie Cang in the distance say lightly: "Lao Tzu is a hero, it's just a duel of life and death, and it doesn't mean that I will win, so why are you so nervous?" ”

These words looked inconspicuous, but they seemed to be slapped in the face of these Qing soldiers continuously, crackling and slapping a dozen times. They all stopped talking and looked at Nie Cang with an angry expression. If their gaze could kill, their gaze would have torn Nie Cang into hundreds of pieces.

Ah Changli pushed away the two soldiers who were holding his arms, and shouted: "Don't talk about it anymore, let me come this time." Anyway, it's a life-and-death duel, what are you afraid of? ”

Nie Cang smiled faintly, ignored him, and watched Ah Changli swing a knife to cut off a corner of his robe sleeve, and cut off his little finger to let the blood drip on, and then he smiled and held the longbow in his hand. On the surface, it looks relaxed, but Nie Cang also has a lot of thoughts in his heart, he knows that although these Qing soldiers are arrogant, they can ride and shoot kung fu one or two is really not ambiguous.

He didn't underestimate Ah Changli, he also knew that Ah Changli's arrow would definitely be difficult to block, but he also had his own confidence, and it was impossible to be killed by Ah Changli's arrow so casually. The fight has come to this point, and it is no longer just a matter of face.

Ah Changli put the long arrow on the bowstring and looked coldly at Nie Cang not far away, he could calculate how much time it would take for this arrow to reach the other party, and he could also calculate the deviation of the wind direction. But I don't know why, when the arrow is on the string, he suddenly has a mountain of pressure in his heart. In addition to the pressure of his father's promotion, there was also the pressure of how he would explain to the court once he shot Nie Cang. The more he thought about it, the more panicked his heart became. The two fingers holding the tail of the arrow have long been sweaty, and it is really not too much to describe the current Achangli with sweat. Even the people watching the excitement next to him felt that if he was not careful, the long arrow would be wet with sweat and then fly out of his hand unexpectedly.

Ah Changli took a deep breath, temporarily suppressed the cranky thoughts in his heart, and carefully aimed at Nie Cang not far away, he wanted to fight with his life, and he also wanted to win this duel. I already have the most cautious plan in my heart, it's a big deal, this arrow won't kill Nie Cang, just shoot him and get his face back. Just as he was about to bend his bow and release the arrow, a crisp voice suddenly came from behind him: "If you don't want to die, stop it for me immediately." ”