Meng Lanruo also noticed the smell of gunpowder between Qi Yasheng and Lin Rufei, but he didn't understand why Qi Yasheng had such deep hostility towards Lin Rufei, did he realize that he was planning to kill Lin Rufei? Ru Fei introduced the idea to her sister
However, although Lin Rufei came from a famous family, she heard that she was too weak to learn swordsmanship since she was a child, and she also had no sword intentions. She might not be able to win against Qi Yasheng, who had cultivated in the Six Realms. Thinking of this, Meng Lanruo reached out and grabbed it. He touched the corner of Lin Rufei's clothes and said, "Young Master Lin, what's the point of watching a big man shoot arrows instead of watching a beautiful girl—"
"Does it look bad for a big man to shoot arrows?" Qi Yansheng looked at Meng Lanruo with a half-smile, "Are you sure?"
Meng Lanruo said confidently, "It just doesn't look good!"
Qi Yansheng ignored Meng Lanruo and turned to look at Lin Rufei: "Young Master Lin said it's okay to take a look, but he's interested. What are you talking about next?"
Meng Lanruo wanted to say something else, but was reprimanded by Meng Youyue, telling him not to be rude to Mr. Qi, Meng Lanruo only showed an angry look, but she still whispered to Lin Rufei, saying that she didn't want to look at it. Do not force.
Lin Rufei slowly nodded in approval.
The shooting range is right next to the horse farm, but it is not as lively as the horse farm. There are all kinds of targets and bows and arrows in it, and it looks like they are often used.
Lin Rufei remembered that when she saw Meng Lanruo yesterday, he seemed to be carrying a longbow on his back, and it seemed that he was really interested in archery.
This Qi Yansheng was obviously a frequent visitor to the Meng family. When the servants at the shooting range saw him coming, they sent a new longbow without him speaking.
The bow and arrow are very beautiful, with vermilion all over and delicate animal patterns. At first glance, it looks like a delicate handicraft, but it is very heavy. It was carried by three servants and brought to Qi Yansheng. He raised his hand, He lifted the bow and arrow with ease, and said with a smile, "Ebony is rare, and ten-thousand-year-old ebony is even rarer. This bow is considered a rare item. I wonder if Young Master Lin would like to try it?"
Meng Lanruo became anxious when she heard this, and said angrily, "Qi Yansheng, what are you talking about, Mr. Lin..." He wanted to say that Mr. Lin was weak, but when he said it, he felt it was too offensive, "Lin How can you play with things like you rough people like to play!"
Qi Yansheng smiled and said, "Young Master Lin hasn't spoken yet, what are you anxious about?" Although his tone was smiling, there was not much smile in his eyes. Instead, he stared at Lin Rufei with a deep expression, waiting for his response. .
"Heh, Qi Yansheng, this name is really ugly." Gu Xuan, who had not spoken much by Lin Rufei's side, suddenly opened his mouth, his voice was a little cold, "Xiao Jiu, promise him."
Lin Rufei heard Gu Xuandu's words, looked back at Qi Yansheng, and said, "You can try."
Qi Yansheng smiled and said, "It's always a little boring to try a bow alone. Taking advantage of this opportunity, why don't Young Master Lin compete with me?"
Meng Lanruo heard what he wanted to stop, but before he could say what he wanted to stop, he heard Lin Rufei spit out three words coldly: "How to compare?"
Qi Yansheng raised his hand and pointed to the shooting range, "I will let a group of pigeons go to the sky, with a total of three feather arrows, let's see... who shoots the best pigeons."
"Young Master Lin, don't compare yourself to him!" Meng Lanruo said angrily, "This guy is very good at archery!"
It was too late to say this, Lin Rufei had already nodded.
Qi Yansheng laughed again. Meng Lanruo thought this smile was very annoying, and he thought in his heart that he must find time to speak ill of this person in front of his sister, and he must not be his brother-in-law.
The pigeon cage was carried out by the servants and placed in the center of the shooting range.
Qi Yansheng raised his hand to draw his bow, aimed it in the air, and said, "Let it go."
When the words fell, the servants opened the locked pigeon cage. The released pigeons flapped their wings and flew into the air. Qi Yansheng smiled and let go of the strings in his hands. The feather arrow turned into a white rainbow and flew towards the sky. The speed was extremely fast, like a streamer, and it sank straight into the pigeons. Then in the sky, several blood lights exploded, and then the feather arrow fell, and the smooth arrow shaft was already covered with snow-white pigeons.
Qi Yansheng shot three arrows in a row, all arrows and arrows were like this. After the three arrows were shot, the servants ran to the middle of the field and picked up the arrows and pigeons together.
"Master Qi shot a total of fifteen pigeons! There are five pigeons on each arrow." The servant bowed and reported.
"It's a waste." Meng Lanruo was looking for trouble, "Send it to my sister, say that the dove shot by Mr. Qi for her, and let her make soup!"
Qi Yansheng wasn't angry when he heard the words, he just smiled and waved his hand to his servant to obey Meng Lanruo's words.
Afterwards, he looked at Lin Rufei, raised his hand and handed the bow in his hand to Lin Rufei: "Young Master Lin, please."
Lin Rufei reached out to take the bow.
The bow was supposed to be heavy, but Lin Rufei held it in his hand with ease. He fiddled with the bowstring, feeling that Gu Xuandu had walked behind him, and whispered in his ear, "Can you draw a bow? ?"
Lin Rufei shook her head invisibly.
"It doesn't matter if you don't." Gu Xuandu said, "This kind of thing is played by children." He said, getting close to Lin Rufei's body and putting his hand on Lin Rufei's hand, "Teach you once, and you should know it."
As he spoke, he asked Lin Rufei to take the arrow, adjusting his posture while whispering in his ear how to draw the bow.
Qi Yansheng frowned slightly when he looked at Lin Rufei raising the bow. It has to be said that Lin Rufei was almost a complete novice when she first picked up the bow and arrow and posed. She seemed to know nothing about bows and arrows, but gradually Yes, his posture began to change, as if an invisible man was correcting his mistakes.
"Shoulders sink slightly." The shoulders were gently pressed down.
"Look straight ahead." His chin was gently twisted and he looked into the air.
"The center of gravity falls between the feet, the waist can't be soft..." The waist was supported.
"There is no turning back arrow when opening the bow, this is the first arrow, don't worry, come on." The pigeon thumping sounded, Lin Rufei released the right hand that was pulling the bow, and decisively released the first arrow.
I saw the feather arrow shot out towards the sky with a swoosh, passing through the flock of pigeons, and disappeared into the blue sky with everyone's attention.
There was silence in the field, and the empty ground was devoid of a single pigeon's hair.
Qi Yasheng reached out and covered his mouth slightly, using a dry cough to suppress the smile that was about to appear on his lips, and commented: "The shot is good! It's just a little bit off the head."
Meng Lanruo's eyes were full of worry, and she glared at Qi Yansheng angrily, feeling that the more he looked at him, the more he hated him. If Lin Rufei embarrassedly lost this match, I'm afraid she would not be happy to stay in the Meng family anymore.
Lin Rufei didn't realize it, but smiled instead: "To be honest, I have been frail since I was a child, and I have never practiced archery."
"Ah? Never practiced?" Meng Lanruo was shocked. Qi Yansheng's favorite bow, he knows it very well. Ordinary people can't even draw it, let alone archery. If Lin Rufei really shoots an arrow for the first time as he said, although he doesn't hit the dove, This level is already amazing.
The smile in Qi Yansheng's eyes faded a little, he believed what Lin Rufei said, because the first moment Lin Rufei got the bow and arrow, she really looked like a novice who had never practiced.
"It's very interesting to have a chance to try it today." Lin Rufei twisted her shoulders slightly, the scars from the Jiaolong had not healed and still felt a little sore, "It's ugly, everyone, don't laugh."
"Whoever laughs is a dog!" Meng Lanruo gave Lin Rufei a lot of face, and gave Qi Yansheng a blank look.
Qi Yansheng didn't say a word, and gave Lin Rufei a second arrow without saying a word.
Lin Rufei exhaled and took the feather arrow.
Gu Xuandu held Lin Rufei's shoulders and instructed softly, "You did a good job just now, but there are still some details to pay attention to."
Lin Rufei hummed.
Gu Xuandu said: "At the moment of opening the bow, remember to aim at the target you want to hit, and the accuracy of the head when drawing the bow is the most important... Those pigeons fly fast, so you have to estimate their positions in advance. Of course, if The arrow shoots fast enough, and you don’t need to think too much.” Just like Qi Yansheng, the arrow has already shot out before the pigeons are scattered.
"Come on, don't stretch your body too tightly, yes, yes... that's it." Gu Xuandu held Lin Rufei's hand and corrected his mistakes little by little, "Xiao Jiu, you did a good job."
"Shoot." The second arrow shot out. After Gu Xuandu's guidance, the arrow did not fail, and shot down a white dove flapping its wings in mid-air.
Seeing the white dove landed, Lin Rufei felt a little relieved, and she said that she didn't eat another egg, which saved Kunlun's face.
Qi Yansheng breathed a sigh of relief like Lin Rufei. He saw that Lin Rufei was indeed not very good at bows and arrows, and when he hit one, he seemed to have tried his best.
Meng Lanruo spun around in anger, if it wasn't for the fear of being beaten by her mother, she would have drawn out her sword and looked for Qi Yansheng for a duel. Although Qi Yansheng is superb in archery, his swordsmanship is not good, and he is always defeated by his own men.
When the second arrow was released, Gu Xuan directly asked Lin Rufei to take the third arrow. He complained, "I just hate what these children play with, it's very troublesome."
Lin Rufei just smiled.
"But children should be taught more lessons." Gu Xuandu sneered, "In case you don't know the sky is high." He lowered his voice and said coldly, "Come on, let them see the real arrow—"
When his words fell, Lin Rufei also let go of the bowstring in her hand, and the last arrow came off the string, and after making a harsh sound of breaking through the air, it disappeared into the air.
"Where's the arrow?" Meng Lanruo asked blankly.
Qi Yansheng's face was full of doubts at first, but then his expression changed greatly, and he said, "How could—"
The flock of pigeons that had spread out in the sky unexpectedly burst out with red blood flowers, and then fell to the ground one after another, and none of them were spared.
The feather arrow was still missing, as if it had disappeared into the sky.
"Why are the pigeons dead?" Meng Lanruo's eyes were filled with disbelief.
Qi Yansheng turned to look at Lin Rufei.
Lin Rufei's expression remained unchanged, the bow in her hand had been placed on the table next to her, and she was rubbing her wrist lightly, as if she felt that the bow was too heavy.
"There is sword energy in the feather arrow." Qi Yansheng answered Meng Lanruo's question.
"Sword Qi? But Young Master Lin is not..." Meng Lanruo wanted to say that she was not good at swords, but she swallowed the words when they reached her lips.
Qi Yansheng stared at Lin Rufei with deep eyes, as if his eyes were about to make a hole in Lin Rufei's body. Meng Lanruo didn't know, but he knew very well that the reason why sword qi could become sword qi was actually the weapon in his hand. Throughout the ages, there are only a handful of people who can use other objects to wield sword energy. He had practiced for more than 20 years before he could barely attach a wisp of sword energy to the feather arrow, but this Lin Rufei clearly had no sword energy...
Just when the atmosphere was stagnant, the servant had already brought back the pigeons that Lin Rufei had shot. In the count, there were only thirteen pigeons, two less than Qi Yansheng, and he was considered to have lost the competition.
But looking at the expressions of the two, it seems that the loser is Qi Yansheng.
Lin Rufei stretched out her hand to cover her mouth, coughed heavily, and her clothes were swaying, as thin as a gust of wind could blow him away.
Meng Lanruo stepped forward and patted him on the back to help him get in line, and then called the servant to bring hot tea over.
Lin Rufei drank the hot tea and felt a little better, and waved her hand to indicate that she was okay.
"Qi Yansheng, you really have nothing to do. Young Master Lin came to our Meng residence to recuperate. You still have to find someone else to shoot arrows." Meng Lanruo said angrily, "My sister won't stop you!"
"Recovering from illness?" Qi Yansheng was slightly startled, "Young Master Lin is ill?"
"It's just a minor illness." Lin Rufei said, "But I still need more rest. I'm a little unwell, so I'll go back to my room to rest first."
Meng Lanruo insisted on sending Lin Rufei back, but Lin Rufei could not refuse, so she could only let him.
Qi Yansheng stood there and watched the two walk away, with an unclear expression. He glanced down at the longbow placed on the case, and said coldly, "Go and report to Madam, saying that Qi Yansheng has something to ask for."
Meng Lanruo sent Lin Rufei back to the room, and when he saw that he had rested, he ran out of the room in a hurry.
As soon as she came out, she saw Zhuyin standing in the yard with her head lowered, scanning something, she quietly leaned over, reached out and patted Zhuyin on the shoulder.
Zhuyin was frightened by the sudden appearance of Meng Lanruo, "Ah", she turned her head and saw that it was her own young master, she couldn't help but get angry: "Master, why are you scaring Zhuyin again, Zhuyin's heart is about to pop out of her throat. !"
"What are you doing?" Meng Lanruo asked with a smile.
"Oh, I don't know which naughty guy has harmed the birds in the garden. Didn't I pick them up and bury them." Zhuyin complained, "Who is it that hates so much? Not one hit."
Meng Lanruo looked down and saw that there were piles of colorful bird corpses on the ground, some large and small, their bodies were almost split in half, dripping with blood, and they looked very cruel. Just looking at the appearance of the bird's death, Meng Lanruo always felt that she had seen it somewhere, scratched her head, and muttered, "I always feel a little familiar."
"Familiar?" Zhuyin asked suspiciously, "Young master, isn't this what you did?"
"Me?" Meng Lanruo pointed to herself, then shook her head violently, "No, no, no, it's definitely not me."
Zhuyin said: "Then why do you feel familiar?"
Meng Lanruo thought about it for a moment, then suddenly said, "Are these birds dead just like the pigeons in the shooting range?"
"Pigeons in the shooting range?" Zhuyin didn't know why.
"Forget it, talking to your little girl, you don't understand." Meng Lan looked at Lin Rufei's residence thoughtfully, and muttered, "This young master of the Lin family doesn't seem to be as weak as he looks. ."
After Lin Rufei shot that arrow, her body felt tired, so she hurried back to the house.
"Uncomfortable?" Gu Xuandu reached out and touched his forehead, making sure he didn't have a fever.
Lin Rufei nodded.
"This power is used earlier." Gu Xuandu said, "But it is always used, and it is better to adapt earlier."
Lin Rufei asked suspiciously, "Power? Whose power?"
"Of course it's yours." Gu Xuandu said, "I'm just a helpless little peach blossom, can it be that you still count on me?"
Lin Rufei was startled by the description of the helpless little peach blossom, she stared at her for a while without saying a word.
Gu Xuandu laughed.
"Is that arrow my power?" Lin Rufei still couldn't believe it.
"I've said it long ago, the soul is the sword, and the torso is the sheath. You are too weak, and it is your body that is weak." Gu Xuandu said, "There is no room for a too sharp soul."
Lin Rufei couldn't understand why.
Gu Xuan saw Lin Rufei's eyes dazed, and did not continue to explain, but urged him to take a good rest, heal the wound on his shoulder first and then talk about other things.
Lin Rufei lay on the bed and recalled the arrow in the daytime. In fact, he clearly saw where the arrow was going.
Feathered arrows galloped out like a white rainbow across the sun, passed over the soaring pigeons, and shot into the blue sky. When it reached a certain position, a thin layer of shimmering light swayed around it, spreading rapidly towards the surroundings, and then disappeared instantly. The flock of pigeons was the blood flower that exploded when they touched the shimmer, and then the pigeons fell to the ground.
Lin Rufei didn't know where the arrow ended up going, but if she wanted to fly so high, it must have landed far away.
Lin Rufei was a little tired, she closed her eyes, and her breathing gradually became even.
Gu Xuandu stared at his sleeping face, the corner of his mouth curled into a small smile, and his figure gradually faded away.
Half an hour later, Gu Xuandu's figure appeared silently in an alley a hundred miles away from Meng's house. The alleys are noisy and noisy, and children walk through them barefoot, chasing and fighting each other with their runny noses.
Gu Xuandu bent down and suddenly stopped a short girl, he said warmly, "Little boy, did you pick up something just now
The little girl sucked her nose and watched the man in red in front of her vigilantly. After hearing the question, she shook her head heavily, and the pigtails tied at the back of her head followed.
"It's useless for you to take that thing." Gu Xuandu showed a bewildering smile. He was very beautiful, and smiling like this really made the little girl less vigilant. He said, "Brother takes things with the same Can you change it?"
The little girl hesitantly looked at the beauty in front of her, and said in a milky voice, "What would you exchange with me?"
Gu Xuandu took out three things from his bosom, a tattered book, a small sword, and a bright red candied fruit that looked particularly attractive: "Do you choose one?"
The little girl's eyes were suddenly attracted by the candied haws, her black grape-like eyes shone, and she murmured, "Do you really want to change it?"
"Yeah." Gu Xuandu nodded.
The little girl hesitated for a while, and her dirty little hands went towards Tang Hulu, but before she could hold it, she heard a slight humming sound from the small sword next to her, so she was slightly stunned, and showed some hesitation.
Gu Xuan was half-squatting, not urging, but just looked at the child with a smile.
The little girl gritted her teeth and seemed to have a hard time choosing between the two. Finally, she stomped her feet and stretched out her hand: "I want this!"
Gu Xuan smiled softly, and handed the seemingly innocuous little sword to the little girl.
The little girl took the toy she liked in her heart, smiled instantly, and took out what Gu Xuan wanted from the small bag she was carrying.
It was a feathered arrow, the arrow was made of silver, and it was engraved with a huge fierce character, which was the one that Lin Rufei shot.
"Go." Gu Xuandu took the arrow and patted the little girl's head lightly, "Remember to treat it well."
The little girl didn't know why, so she turned around and ran away.
Gu Xuandu lowered his head and stared at the arrows in his hands, rubbed gently for a moment, and said to himself: "Of course, every arrow shot for the first time must be kept well, but it's a pity..."
Three arrows were exchanged for two strings of candied haws.
After all, there is a bunch left, so let's leave it to the little boy at home who doesn't like taking medicine.
As soon as Lin Rufei woke up, she saw Gu Xuandu sitting on the edge of the bed, eating candied haws that she got from somewhere, with white teeth and red lips, and the ice candy haws crunched.
Seeing that he was awake, Gu Xuan gave him saliva first, and then asked him with a smile if he wanted to eat candied haws.
"You bought candied haws?" Lin Rufei's mouth was bland and tasteless, thinking it would be good to try it, so she blinked her eyes and thought obediently.
"Hey, there are still a few left." Handing the remaining candied haws to Lin Rufei's lips, Gu Xuan pursed his lips and smiled, "Try it?"
Lin Rufei was stunned for a moment, opened her mouth slightly, and was about to say something, but the candied haws had already been stuffed into his mouth.
The sugar is very sweet, and the hawthorn is sour. It dissolves in the mouth, diluting the indifference in the mouth. Lin Rufei's protest also turned into water along with the candied haws.
"Is it delicious?" Gu Xuandu asked with a smile.
Lin Rufei nodded and took another bite.
"It's fresh, I made it after watching." Gu Xuandu said, "I just found that I didn't have any money with me, so I took something else to make do."
Lin Rufei was stunned and said, "You went out?"
Gu Xuan nodded.
"What are you doing out?" Lin Rufei asked.
"Going to catch ghosts." Gu Xuandu scoffed.
Lin Rufei frowned and looked at him: "What the hell are you catching in the middle of the day?"
Gu Xuandu said: "The ghosts are easy to catch in the daytime..." He looked out the door, "Don't say anything, someone is coming."
Sure enough, Gu Xuandu and Lin Rufei had just stopped communicating when there was a knock on the door, Lin Rufei came in, and saw Meng Lanruo come in with a ghostly head, and whispered, "Young Master Lin. , are you resting? Can I come in?"
"Come in." Lin Rufei said.
Meng Lanruo jumped into the room and said happily: "I just sued Qi Yansheng with my mother and asked him to find fault with you. Hmph, annoying guy."
Lin Rufei smiled and said, "Young Master Qi doesn't have any malicious intent."
Meng Lanruo said, "Don't talk about him anymore. Speaking of Young Master Lin, do you know Luochunlou?"
Lin Rufei shook her head.
Meng Lanruo lowered her voice: "That's the biggest flower building here. Tonight, there will be an oiran competition there. I got two vouchers to enter... It's better..." He showed a smile that only men can understand, " Well, let's go have some fun."
The author has something to say: Gu Xuandu: Say it again, where are you going
Lin Rufei: Look at the oiran.
Gu Xuandu: Isn't the chief among the flowers me? ? ? What are you going to see other people do?
Lin Rufei: …