Shen Yueshan's guards quickly protected him and were ready to face the incoming person.
Shen Yueshan, riding on a tall horse with the reins tightened, squinted his eyes in the cold wind, watching him tear through the curling cold mist. His blurry figure gradually became clear. That face was so gorgeous and handsome that it would be hard to find another one like it in the world.
Shen Yueshan saw who was coming, raised his hand to wave away the guards, and looked at Xiao Huayong who was approaching. He clasped his fists while riding on his horse and said, "Your Highness the Crown Prince."
The guards looked at each other, dismounted and saluted: "Greetings, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."
"Generals, there is no need to be so polite." Xiao Huayong clasped his hands holding the reins as a return gesture, and then looked at Shen Yueshan, "Your Highness, Yong is here to escort you."
"He's just a mere rat, why bother Your Highness to come in person?" Shen Yueshan didn't hide his suspicion towards Xiao Huayong.
"When the prince came to the capital, he said that he wanted to test Yong's martial arts. Yong came here today to fulfill his promise." Xiao Huayong answered modestly with a smile.
When he entered the palace to see His Majesty that day, Xiao Huayong sent him out of the palace. The two did agree to exchange ideas on another day, but as the Eastern Palace Master, Xiao Huayong could not leave the palace easily, and Shen Yueshan was busy accompanying his daughter, so this agreement has not been fulfilled until now.
"Okay, let me see your skills and see if you are qualified to be my son-in-law!" Shen Yueshan agreed readily, turned his horse's head, and looked at the messy narrow path ahead. "Your Highness, will you choose left or right?"
"Your Majesty..."
When the subordinate heard this, he wanted to advise him, but Shen Yueshan raised his hand to stop him. Shen Yueshan looked at Xiao Huayong with his bright eyes, his chin slightly raised, as if smiling.
Xiao Huayong drove his horse forward two steps, and rode side by side with Shen Yueshan, just on the left hand side: "Follow God's will."
After saying that, he grasped the reins and looked sideways at Shen Yueshan. Shen Yueshan also turned his head and looked over. Both men's eyes flashed with high morale. They shouted at the same time, whipped their horses, their hooves flew, snowflakes splashed, and they rushed up along both sides of the valley.
The fields were vast and white, and the black cloaks fluttered in the wind like eagles flying in the sky. They rushed forward, and sharp arrows flew in front of them, one, two, three...
The arrows were becoming more and more dense, wave after wave, magnified in their pupils. Xiao Huayong rolled over, holding the reins with one hand and hooking the saddle with one foot, and leaning sideways between the horse's belly and the stone wall.
Shen Yueshan drew out his long sword, he just hooked his feet on the saddle and loosened the reins. The sword spun in his hands, leaving an afterimage and blocking all the sharp arrows, but the horse continued to gallop.
When a dense batch of arrows shot at him, he leaned back, his back pressed against the horse's back, the sword in his hand still sharp.
At this time, more stones were pushed down from the top of both sides, and they hit each other with a thud. Xiao Huayong's dark eyes sank slightly. He turned over and dodged several sharp arrows. He reined in his horse and rode in a serpentine route, avoiding the falling stones and dodging the hidden arrows.
Shen Yueshan followed closely behind, watching Xiao Huayong riding away from the others. His tall and straight figure matched the strong and flexible horse. He quickly identified the stones rolling down from both sides and dodged each one accurately, with admiration in his eyes.
Xiao Huayong took out the bone whistle and blew it. The circling eagle aimed its sharp eyes at the ambushed enemy and swooped down, greatly disrupting the enemy's formation. Xiao Huayong swung his whip heavily and said, "Go!"