Chapter 102: Proposed Evacuation and Dedication (5)
On this day, the breeze was also warm. The new green grass will grow, but it will extend very quickly, and a vast meadow will be laid early, gently swaying in the sunlight.
The voices of the surrounding people began to be noisy, and the number of people increased, and countless pairs of feet walked up and down on the ground, but there was no fence, these people only used their bodies to form several tight human walls, and planted flags everywhere, and soon the grass was covered with water.
The people looked eagerly into the crowd, and saw several soldiers on horseback galloping, each with his bow and arrow, shooting in the same direction.
"Good! Good! ”
After a fierce cheer, several horses stopped in front of the camp, and the soldiers all jumped off their horses.
"Someone!" King Yi sat in the big tent and clapped his hands lightly, "This officer Zhao has hit all ten arrows, and he is very brave and resolute, and he is even more accurate than our side." The king will not break his word, so he will reward him with twenty taels of silver. With that, the guards on both sides took out twenty taels of silver from the box, put them on a plate, and handed them over.
"Why don't you thank you soon?" Cun Zhao tightened his robe and shouted.
"Your Highness!"
The military man took a step forward, kowtowed to King Yi, and gave a deep look at Shi Xiushen on the side, and then held the wooden plate with both hands and retreated.
"It's ...... Lord Shi's subordinates? King Yi slowly tilted his head and looked at Shi Xiushen with his remaining eyes.
Shi Xiushen hurriedly stood up, clenched his fists and said, "He is the subordinate of the contemptible people." ”
King Yi said with a smile: "Your Excellency has fierce generals like clouds, I'm afraid it takes a brave commander to be able to hold it!" You're not small. ”
"How dare you, how dare you."
King Yi laughed again: "Where did you come from? I'm just trying to learn the martial arts of Shi Si Ban! Come on, you and I will have a try. ”
"This ......" Shi Xiushen held down the sword with one hand and glanced at Cun Zhao hesitantly. The latter didn't care, and happily promised: "Master Shi, why don't you play with the prince?" Go ahead. ”
Shi Xiu listened cautiously, and said to King Yi: "I can compete with you, but it is too dangerous to shoot arrows on a horse, and if there is a real accident, I can't afford it." It's better to compare foot shooting. ”
"Then do as you say!"
King Yi boldly agreed to his request, immediately took off his bow, ordered someone to set the target, tried to shoot a few times, and when he saw that there was nothing to do, he separated from Shi Xiushen and prepared to shoot arrows.
Shi Xiu cautiously allowed King Yi to shoot first, watched him take out an arrow from the quiver, and immediately noticed the arrow feathers of the arrow—it was actually made of goose feathers, with three pieces glued, which looked extremely eye-catching.
King Yi put the arrow into his bow, drew the string, and looked closely at the target—and with a 'whoosh', the arrow rushed over.
"King Yi, the first arrow, missed."
The officer in charge of recording saw that the arrow had pierced the ground on the side, and hurriedly reported it loudly.
King Yi looked left and right, and suddenly looked extremely annoyed, and his face was flushed; He swung his arms and stamped his feet in anger, not wanting to shake the quiver at his waist, and all the arrows were spilled and rolled in the grass. The soldiers around him were stunned.
"It's okay, it's okay...... It's okay! King Yi beckoned to the people while leaning over to pick up arrows in embarrassment.
Shi Xiushen was shocked, and hurriedly wanted to help him pick it up, but who knew that King Yi was not happy, pushed it away, picked it up with care, and tossed for a while before the farce was over.
"The two of them were punished with a total of five arrows, Shi Si Ban shot four out of five, and King Yi shot two shots out of five!" The recorder stepped out of the crowd and announced loudly again.
"I think it's a bow problem!" King Yi shouted as if he was not convinced, and turned his head to look at Shi Xiushen, "Come, Master Shi, I will use your bow and arrow, you will use mine, let's compare and see!" ”
Shi Xiu was stubborn, so he had to hand him the bow and arrows together, and muttered to himself: "I thought this prince was a smart man, but I didn't know that I focused on amusement, and I was entangled in these small problems in every way, completely ignoring my own safety!" If this continues, I am afraid that Cunzhao will succeed! He was helpless about this, but his temperament was always calm and calm, so he let it go and did not oppose King Yi's decision.
In this regard, the two went back and forth, and each shot ten arrows, and in the end, Shi Xiushen was the best. King Yi seemed to be convinced, no longer looking for excuses, and praised him in every way. Shi Xiu gave in a few times, and then retrieved his bow and arrows from King Yi and wanted to return the big tent.
"Wait!" King Yi suddenly grabbed his thick arm behind him and smiled slightly, "You forgot, it's time to count the quiver again." ”
"Counting?" When Shi Xiushen heard him mention these two words, he suddenly became vigilant and stared at him with a lion-like gaze. But his face still did not fluctuate in the slightest, and he replied lightly: "Yes." "It all makes it feel so natural. So he untied the quiver and examined them one by one, and the arrows he had carried with him were all unusual, and they were all two feathers sticking to them......
'Wait! He was still thinking like that, but something new passed before him, and he immediately searched forward with all his attention, and sure enough, he turned out an arrow with a slight inky color and three feathers of geese sticking to it!
He hurriedly covered its arrow feathers and looked at King Yi in surprise! And King Yi just smiled and didn't say anything more to him. Shi Xiushen's heart was chaotic, but he sorted out his chaotic mood in time, lowered his head and thought: "No wonder King Yi made a violent move and didn't allow me to pick up the arrow, it turned out that he took the opportunity to hide one and put it in my quiver...... This is clearly testing me! If I do not say this, he will know my heart......
"What? Do you notice something unusual? King Yi raised his eyelids and asked with a smile.
"No," Shi Xiushen quickly put away his surprised face and tied his quiver, "But I want to ask, what do you think of this arrow?" ”
"Not bad, not bad!" King Yi laughed and returned to Cun Zhao. And Cun Zhao didn't realize it, he was still terrified by his anger, and kept appeasing King Yi.
The competition of the armies continued for two more hours, and King Yi was very happy to see it, and rewarded more than 100 taels of silver, and he did not feel distressed. In this way, everyone unconsciously saw the night, and after the subordinates reported it, they realized that it was dark. So, King Yi got up and shouted "dismiss", and they all withdrew and left in a hurry.
When he returned to the camp, Shi Xiushen saw that all the troops had rested, so he took out the arrow of King Yi, came to the post station alone, and shouted to the guards guarding the door: "I have something to return to King Yi, you wait to open the door quickly!" ”