The next three or four days were quiet, Ma Bencai was busy preparing his goods every day, and he could only see him when it was dark.

Tian Zhiyu and Wu Lihan learned martial arts during the day, practiced internal skills at night, and went to visit Su Yijin after midnight.

Tian Zhiyu could feel that there were several times when he could completely possess her as long as he wanted to, but he also remembered what Wen Suyi said before leaving, so he still kept the last bottom line.

After breakfast that morning, Ma Bencai did not go out unusually, but said to Tian Zhiyu and Wu Lihan: "It's a sunny day today, let's go hunting." ”

"Hunting?" both asked at the same time.

"Yes, the custom of the frontier, in my spare time, I make an appointment with two or three friends, ride a horse, and go hunting in the suburbs. Now the forests and grasslands in the west of Taiyuan Mansion are still covered with thick snow, and those rabbits, foxes, pheasants, and so on that have been fasting for a few days have begun to come out to forage for food, and it is a good time for hunting," Ma Bencai wiped his mouth and said: "Brother Wulihan, you are from Dongyi, you are very familiar with hunting, right?"

Ulihan nodded and said, "We do have this custom, but the general hunting is at the turn of spring and summer and autumn and winter, and winter is relatively rare. ”

"It's not the same here as you are, you hunt to fill your stomach, and hunting here is purely for entertainment," Ma Bencai said, "and hunting can be attended by men, women and children, and it can be described as a celebration of the whole city." ”

"Then what kind of tools are generally used for hunting?" asked Tian Zhiyu.

"Bow and arrow," Ma replied, "Of course, you can also use other tools, but where can other tools be used with bows and arrows?"

Tian Zhiyu was very interested and wanted to participate, so he instigated Wu Lihan to go with him, Wu Lihan saw that Tian Zhiyu was full of interest, and couldn't bear to refuse, so he agreed.

After the meal, Ma Bencai called Lao Qin to go to the warehouse and take out the bow and arrows, Tian Zhiyu saw that the bow and arrows were smaller than those in Cloud City, and they were not heavy to carry, so they should be specially prepared for amateurs.

Ma Bencai went to change into clothes that were convenient for riding, and the three of them set off.

After walking more than ten miles to the west, Tian Zhiyu thought that they were early enough, but he didn't expect that there were already many people on the grassland at this time.

"Brother Ma, is this hunting particular, such as dividing the area, first-come, first-served, etc.?" Tian Zhiyu asked again.

"There are not so many rules, whoever shoots it is whoever, and every arrow has a mark on it, so you can see whose family it is," Ma Bencai looked a little impatient.

"Then among the three of us, isn't the most accurate shot of Brother Wulihan?" Tian Zhiyu said.

Ma Bencai smiled and said, "This is not easy to say, why don't the three of us also have some color?" Take an hour as an example, when the time is up, see who has the most prey and the least, and invite guests to the Spring Pavilion tonight, how about it?"

Wu Lihan doesn't care, as a nomad who grew up on the grassland, riding and shooting is almost an instinct, he looked at Tian Zhiyu, Tian Zhiyu has no experience, but he thinks it shouldn't be too difficult, and he and Wu Lihan have a lot of money, even if they lose the invitation, they can also get up.

Besides, no matter who invites a treat, it is Ma Bencai's money that is spent.

The three of them agreed and set off on horseback.

In order not to interfere with each other, the three of them separated in three different directions, Tian Zhiyu towards the area where the grassland and the woods meet, and in his experience, there should be the area with the most animals.

Once in the area, he searched for prey and soon spotted a rabbit looking around.

This rabbit is gray, so it is particularly conspicuous in the snow, Tian Zhiyu bent the bow and arrows in one go, and shot out after aiming, but unfortunately it was a little bit worse.

Fortunately, there was no one around, Tian Zhiyu thought, how embarrassing it would be. He drew another arrow and aimed it at the gray rabbit again, and the rabbit probably sensed the danger and turned and ran.

Tian Zhiyu didn't want to waste this prey in vain, so he quickly shot an arrow again, and it hit the tree with a "bang".

Seeing that the rabbit was about to run deep into the woods, Tian Zhiyu was anxious for a while, took out a dart from his waist, and quickly threw it out.

"It's still a good dart," looking at the rabbit hit by the dart, Tian Zhiyu said to himself, he rode over, got off the horse and picked up the rabbit, and wiped the dart back into his waist, thinking that if he wanted not to lose today, it would be too faceless, this bow and arrow could only be used sparingly, and he had to rely on his own darts.

Due to the improvement of internal strength, the darts that were already fast and accurate were even more powerful at this time.

Soon Tian Zhiyu hit three rabbits and two pheasants, thinking that this result would not be too embarrassing. He retracted his dart, picked up his bow and arrow again, and suddenly remembered the first day he came to this planet, Feng Sijing led the soldiers of Cloud City to flee under the siege and interception of the Beiyi people.

Both sides are adept at using bows and arrows, and most of the casualties in long-distance pursuits are caused by bows and arrows. Tian Zhiyu thought that if it was himself, the bow and arrow would definitely not work, and now there is no pressure, and none of them can be missed, and it is even more impossible to travel at high speed.

However, his darts are much more powerful than bows and arrows, but the number of darts is limited, and he can't use them to pick them up at the same time during the battle, so it seems that he has to find a way to make more.

He tried the bow and arrow again, trying to inject internal force into the process of archery, and after a few times he found that the strength was there, but unfortunately the accuracy was still lacking.

"Archery is really a sport that needs more practice," Tian Zhiyu said to himself.

Seeing that the time was almost up, Tian Zhiyu got on his horse and began to walk back, his prey were all hunted in the woods, and when he walked out of the woods, he found that he didn't know when, there were already many people on the grassland.

Sure enough, as Ma Bencai said, men, women, and children all carried a bow and searched for their prey on the playground.

With so many people shooting arrows, aren't they afraid of hurting people? Tian Zhiyu thought.

He slowly returned to the place where the three of them had set out, only to see Ullihan arguing with someone.

At this time, Ulhan was single-handed, and there were seven or eight people on the other side, all riding on horses, fanning around Ulhan.

Tian Zhiyu hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Brother Wulihan, what's the matter?"

"When I came back, I saw a pheasant, and I shot an arrow, and when I was about to pick it up, one of them shot another arrow at the pheasant, and then they shot it first, and I reasoned with them, but I didn't expect them to be very unreasonable," Ulhan explained.

"You Yi man, what are you doing in our Dongyang, go back to your grassland to hunt, there is prey there," one of the men shouted in a strange tone, and when his companions heard this, they immediately followed suit.

Wu Lihan was very angry and wanted to step forward to reason with them, Tian Zhiyu grabbed him and looked at the group of people, but he didn't expect to look at it at a glance and find that the one in the middle turned out to be the prince of Jin.

Although he was dressed tightly and wrapped his mouth with a scarf, Tian Zhiyu still recognized it at a glance.

Tian Zhiyu hadn't seen a few other people, but everyone looked like they were hanging children, presumably the fox friends of the prince of Jin.

Just as Tian Zhiyu was about to argue for Wu Lihan, at this time Ma Bencai came back, he saw this situation, first asked the reason, and after Tian Zhiyu explained, he walked up to the group of people and said: "This hunting, everyone should be harmonious, don't make everyone unhappy for a prey." ”

When the group heard him say this, they all laughed and looked very disdainful.

Tian Zhiyu saw that the prince of Jin looked leisurely, slowly took a step forward, and said to Ma Bencai: "Who am I, it turned out to be Ma Bencai and Boss Ma, what, Boss Ma is not good at making a fortune, follow the wild boy to grab a pheasant with us?"

Ma Bencai didn't find out that this was the prince of Jin at first, but he was taken aback when he heard him speak, and hurriedly said: "It turned out to be His Royal Highness the prince, and the old horse was disrespectful and disrespectful." This must be a misunderstanding, a misunderstanding, these two are good friends of Lao Ma, Lao Ma will go over and tell them, this pheasant belongs to the prince of Jin and your friends. ”

At this time, a young man beside the prince of Jin said, "Shizi, who is this person?"

King Jin Shizi said: "Ma Bencai, the richest businessman in Shu Country, Boss Ma." ”

The young man said mockingly: "I said, so arrogant, it turned out to be Boss Ma." Then these three people, one is sparse, one is Yiren, and the other must be a wild seed who doesn't know where it came from, and three outsiders came to spread wild on my Dongyang territory?"

Ma Bencai dared to be angry and didn't dare to speak, so he had to bring a smile and said: "The sons have misunderstood, they have misunderstood, let's leave, and a few sons have fun." ”

Wu Lihan and Tian Zhiyu were also very angry, and were about to step forward to help, but the prince of Jin said: "Old horse, don't go, otherwise others will say that our brothers are bullying." Otherwise, choose one of the three of you, and choose one of us, and let's compete with each other, and whoever wins the pheasant will be whoever, how about it?"

"There is no need to compare, there is no need to compare, several sons are all marksmen, and there must be a few sons who are powerful," Ma Bencai didn't want to cause trouble, and hurriedly said.

"Hey, Boss Ma, you can't say that, you still have to compare, or we won't be at ease with this chicken," King Jin obviously wanted to cause trouble, and deliberately provoked again and again.

"Okay, then let's compare, we are willing to gamble and lose," Wu Lihan stood up and said, Wu Lihan has a low-key personality on weekdays, but after all, he has the blood of the grassland people, and he really doesn't want his brother to be insulted, so he agreed to the challenge of the prince of Jin.

Tian Zhiyu was also reluctant to back down, but he also knew that he couldn't compete too blatantly with the group of sons and brothers opposite, and those who could play well with the prince of Jin should not have a simple family background.

However, since the other party has proposed a competition, his side cannot back down, otherwise it will appear too weak. He looked at his side, Ma Bencai's horse had four rabbits, two pheasants, and a white fox, while Ulhan's horse had six rabbits and five pheasants, not counting the controversy on the ground, in terms of archery, Ulhan must be the best of the three.

When the prince of Jin saw them take the bait, with an evil smile on the corner of his mouth under the scarf, he turned to a person on the other side: "Uncle Qiu, then I will trouble you to make a move." ”

The man was in his forties, and unlike the Jin prince and the others, he only wore ordinary clothes, and his face was all exposed. His hooked nose with upside-down eyebrows, plus triangular eyes, how to look at how to feel yin.

He rode out on horseback, arched his hand towards Ullihan, and did not speak, with a proud face.

Seeing that this was the case, Ma Bencai had to sigh and retreat to Tian Zhiyu's side, but the worry in his heart gradually increased.

The two players were about to go to the competition, and the prince of Jin behind him spoke again, and everyone heard: "I said Boss Ma, if we move the crowd, just for this pheasant, it will make everyone laugh when we say it, why don't we add some other colors?"

Ma Bencai was already worried, and when he heard the prince of Jin say this, he couldn't help but say: "Your Royal Highness, a small bet, a small bet, if we lose, I am willing to go to the house to make amends to the prince and the prince, and let the prince punish him." ”

The prince of Jin Wang looked like an adult, and said with a smile: "Boss Ma said that he laughed, the matter on the hunting ground will be solved on the hunting ground, where is the reason for you to go to our house to apologize?" It's just that a pheasant is really not enough, so let's bet another five thousand taels of silver, what do you think?"

In fact, the silver horse is not distressed, even if he gives the prince of Jin 5,000 taels of silver, he is willing, but after this silver is used as a lottery, he will not please himself whether he wins or loses. If you win and offend the prince and the princes, your business in Taiyuan will definitely be affected in the future, and if you lose, with the temper of the prince of Jin, you will definitely make everyone known, and you will have no face in Taiyuan.

At this time, he couldn't say no, so he had to say: "Since the prince has spoken, Lao Ma is willing to take a small gamble with the prince, but I just hope that no matter whether he wins or loses, His Royal Highness the prince will be merciful." ”

The prince of Jin laughed and said: "Don't worry, Boss Ma, I'm not that narrow-minded person, no matter if you win or lose this game, if you return to Taiyuan City, your grievances will be written off." ”

"That's good, that's good. "Ma Bencai has already regretted very much that he brought Tian Zhiyu and Wu Lihan to hunt today.

The prince of Jin was about to announce the start of the game between the two people, and the angry young man beside him said, "Shizi, look, is it Su Yijin over there?"

When the prince of Jin heard this, his eyes immediately looked in the direction pointed by the young man's finger, and he saw several women in red clothes riding horses, smiling and walking towards here, and the leader of them was Su Yijin.