Everyone was silent for a moment, and the intention to fight Wuji was clearly revealed.
Wan Xin's expression changed. She wanted to step forward but Su Li held her down with her hand. She smiled lightly and said, "General Zhan's words make sense. The princess is a guest, so naturally she cannot be bullied or neglected. In this case, let me compete with Princess Zhaohua. ! It’s just that Mingxi’s archery skills are not good, so I’m afraid she might disappoint the princess!”
The emperor's eyes darkened and he couldn't help but look towards Zhan Wuji. The two women competed in arrows, which was fair on the surface, but losing was not a good look after all. He originally wanted Dongfang Ze to play, even if the princess lost, he would give more rewards and comforts to show the prestige of the Dasheng Kingdom, but unexpectedly, Wuji was so stubborn in this battle that he insisted on letting Su Li play!
Zhan Wuji's expression remained unchanged and he said coldly: "I heard that Princess Mingyu once entered Princess Mingxi's dream every night and learned all the poems, songs and dances. Princess Mingyu taught everything she was good at, and Princess Mingyu taught her everything. When I was young, I learned riding and archery from the Prince Regent, and I learned all the truth from the Prince Regent! I just heard what Princess Mingxi said about the essentials of archery, and I guess that the Princess’s riding and archery skills will definitely be an eye-opener for us! "
Although these words were said in a high-sounding tone, they were frightening to hear! Although the theory of dream entrustment is mysterious, it is not convincing. Su Li relied on her wit to avoid danger many times, but unexpectedly, Zhan Wuji was brought up again, arousing the emperor's suspicion! Su Li's eyes darkened and he said coldly: "General Zhan thinks highly of Ming Xi too much. Although Princess Mingyu has taught her, practicing archery is far from a day's work!"
"With the princess's intelligence and talent, and the fact that she has gained the true heritage of Princess Mingyu, I believe that Princess Mingxi will not insult the prestige of our country, Dasheng!" His face was cold, and his words were genuine, speaking one Mingyu at a time. The princess seems to want to tear open the wounds of many people here to see clearly.
Li Su had practiced riding and archery when he was a child, and his riding skills were quite good, and his archery skills were much better than those of ordinary people. However, the Bian Kingdom is a nation of horses, and the princess of the Bian Kingdom rode horses and shot arrows all the year round. She enjoyed it and won a good reputation all over the world.
. Moreover, this princess shot an ink leopard as soon as she took action! Leopards are the fastest running animals among all animals and are one of the hardest to hunt. It can be seen that her archery skills are comparable to Dongfang Ze's. No matter how confident Su Li is, she also understands that she has little chance of winning if she competes with Yang Xuan.
However, Zhan Wuji had already said this, and even the emperor did not refute it. Su Li knew that if he continued to say it, it would only make people unhappy. Everyone said that Zhan Wuji was loyal and upright and extremely disdainful of party conspiracies and struggles, but what he said today made her look at him with admiration. She felt that this man did not seem to be a person without scheming!
Turning to look at Dongfangze, I saw his eyes moved, and he said with a deep smile: "That's fine, Princess Mingxi is my future princess, and it is reasonable and reasonable for me to compete with the princess on my behalf."
Su Li was startled, Qingmei frowned slightly, Dongfangze whispered quietly without leaving any trace: "I believe Su Su will definitely win!"
Su Li raised her eyes and saw Yang Xuan's beautiful eyes looking at her intently across from her. The light of pride and confidence made the woman look even more dazzling, as if she had already won this competition.
Su Li suddenly smiled, raised his head and said, "Prince Meng will not give up. Su Li is more respectful than obeying his orders!"
Yang Xuan smiled happily and said: "Princess Mingxi is so refreshing! No wonder my fourth emperor brother has always been obsessed with you. Not only are you good-looking, but your personality is not like those coy women that others say. I like you!" When she said she liked it, she smiled sincerely.
Su Li couldn't help but put up her guard. The people of Bian State all felt very mysterious to her. Although they looked harmless, they were anything but simple. Yang Xiao was a good example! And this Yang Xuan gave her a different feeling than Yang Xiao. She intuitively felt that this person was very dangerous.
"Then let's get started!" Yang Xuan smiled and mounted her horse.
Su Li smiled faintly and said: "How do you want to compete, princess? It would be too monotonous and boring to simply hunt for prey and compare your archery skills."
Yang Xuan immediately asked curiously: "Apart from this, is there any better way to compete?"
Dongfang Ze thought: "I have an interesting idea."
"What is it?" When she heard that there was something interesting, Yang Xuan's eyes lit up and she kept saying, "Say it quickly."
Dongfangze said calmly: "Hunting Flag
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"Hunting flag?" Yang Xuan looked at him curiously, "What is that? I have only heard of hunters hunting animals, never heard of hunting flags!"
A person stood up from behind Xiao Fang, the commander of the Imperial Guard, and said, "Flag hunting is when the guards hold the flag and run back and forth in a fixed area. Whoever shoots more flags wins."
Su Li raised his head and looked at the man. He had a typical warrior figure but a scholar's face. At first glance, it seemed a bit strange, but upon closer inspection, he felt that it fit him perfectly. This person is Yuan Xiang, the young and promising left deputy commander of the Imperial Guard.
Yang Xuan said "Oh", "What's so difficult about this?" There seemed to be some disappointment in her words.
Yuan Xiang smiled and said: "It doesn't sound difficult, but princess might as well give it a try."
Yang Xuan raised her head and didn't take it seriously. I feel that humans can never run faster than a leopard. This would be too unchallenging! She even suspected that Dongfangze came up with such an idea because he was afraid that Su Li would not be able to defeat the beast and would embarrass him. However, when she left the paddock with everyone, Yuan Xiang arranged everything, and the guards carrying the flags ran much faster than she imagined.
On the open field outside the big tent, hundreds of Imperial Guards wearing iron helmets and armor, each holding a small red flag, of different sizes, were running non-stop in a fixed area.
The emperor has ordered that those who do not shoot down the flag will be rewarded, so everyone's running speed will only get faster and faster, making those red flags like vertical and horizontal straight lines drawn in the air, which is very eye-catching. Dazzled.
And those flags, although they are all red, are divided into three types: large, medium and small. The bigger ones are easier to shoot, so one is counted as one; the medium flag is counted as two; the small flag is counted as one. The smaller the flags, the fewer the flags, being surrounded in the middle, and the hardest to shoot.
Su Li stood at the prescribed position and observed quietly for a while, and found that the direction and speed of those people running seemed chaotic, but in fact they were well-organized. For every nine people, six are holding large flags, three are holding medium flags, and among them is a person holding a small flag. No matter how the nine people run, that person is always in the middle. If you look closely, it looks like a strange formation.
"This is the Nine Gates Bagua Array." A deep voice suddenly came from my ears. Su Li was stunned and looked back. Dongfang Ze's face remained as usual, with a faint confident smile on his lips, as if he had never spoken before.
No one around seemed to have heard any sound.
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The emperor and empress sat outside the tent, looking at this from a distance, showing no emotion. Dongfang Zhuo sat next to the queen, looking at her with sad and complicated eyes. Everyone else was sitting at the table, and most of them looked at Su Li with doubts in their eyes. They were all worried that she would lose Sheng Guo's face!
Su Li calmly retracted her gaze. To her right, Yang Xuan was holding a bow and arrow, her head held high, staring closely at the guards running on the field. Her expression was still full of confidence, but her brows were slightly furrowed, and she was a little dizzy.
Wan Xin handed her the bow and arrow, her eyes worried, and Su Li gave her a reassuring smile. Just now Dongfangze's words were transmitted into the secret, and Su Li knew it in her heart. She thought that Dongfangze had been prepared and would not push her out casually. I just didn't expect that there were actually some of his people in the imperial guards who were always loyal to the emperor!
The Nine Gates Bagua Formation was created by a counselor who was proficient in Qimen Dunjia during the founding period of the Sheng Kingdom based on the Five Elements Bagua. It is said that this formation can be large or small, and is ever-changing. The small ones are for entertainment, the big ones are for fending off enemies. Using human formations can disrupt the enemy's sight, and using stone formations can trap thousands of enemies and block hundreds of thousands of troops! It can be called the best formation in the world.
"The directions of the Eight Diagrams of this formation, Qian, Kan, Gen, Zhen, Xun, Li, Kun, Dui, correspond to northwest, due north, northeast, due east, southeast, due south, southwest, and due west."
This is the correspondence of the acquired Bagua directions, which Su Li has read in books before.
Someone lit a stick of incense and the competition officially began.
Su Li picked up the bow and arrow, and heard a "whoosh" sound in his ears. Yang Xuan's arrow was fast and urgent, and shot down a medium-sized flag due south with one arrow. It's really an extraordinary move!
"Princess is so awesome!" the maid in green shouted happily.
Yang Xuan raised her eyebrows and glanced at Su Li. Su Li's face was pale and his eyes were not squinting. He was aiming at another medium-sized flag, but he heard another voice coming from Dongfang Ze: "Go to the southwest and shoot away from the center."
Su Li's arrow was slightly deflected. At this time, the guard whose flag was shot by Yang Xuan ran to that position, revealing the smallest flag surrounded in the middle. Su Li did not hesitate, drew out his bow, and shot an arrow. Small flag in the middle.
Winning the color, the arrow is accurate and impartial.
Everyone was stunned. Even the emperor became energetic almost immediately. He couldn't help but sit up and said with a smile: "This Mingxi looks so soft and weak. I didn't expect that she has such archery skills! Lao Liu has a very good eye." !”
Dongfangze turned around and said with a respectful smile: "My father is wise, otherwise I would never have the chance to get such a beautiful woman."
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"Okay!" The emperor was in a good mood and laughed. Liang Shichu and others also laughed. The Queen and Li Yao glanced at Dongfang Zhuo at the same time, only to see Dongfang Zhuo sitting there steadily, with his back straight, his fists clenched, and his face slightly pale. He has disdained hypocritical responses since he was a child, and now listening to the conversation between the emperor and Dongfang Ze, he can't laugh no matter what! The father who once loved him very much had probably forgotten about him long ago! He couldn't help but laugh at himself, his eyes filled with sadness, and he cast his gaze on the woman he cared about most for an instant.
Zhan Wuji looked confused and surprised, as if he had never expected that Su Li would steal the show with his first arrow. He thought that this woman had won the favor of the princes of several countries based on her appearance and skills, but he did not expect that she really had some abilities.
Yang Xuan was stunned for a moment, the original contempt quickly faded from her eyes, and her expression became serious. Brother Four Emperors said, this woman is not simple, but she still underestimates her!
Reaching out for arrows, three arrows were fired at the same time. In the southwest direction, one, one and two hit, and three red flags fell down in response.
"Good archery skills!"
All around, there was silence. Only Zhan Wuji's loud cheer made people feel abrupt and strange. After receiving the emperor's cold gaze, Zhan Wuji quickly fell silent. The footsteps of the guards who were still running hard seemed to be stepping on people's hearts, and everyone couldn't help but become nervous.
Everyone's eyes were fixed on Su Li, wanting to see if she could also use three arrows to steal the limelight. But Su Li only took one arrow, and everyone couldn't help but be disappointed. The emperor frowned slightly and his eyes darkened.
Su Li seemed unaware and aimed directly in the southwest direction, only to hear Dongfang Ze say again in his ears: "Follow the southwest, She Kun and Dui."
Three flags on a line, one small, one large, one in the middle, pierced by an arrow, and fell to the ground at the same time.
"Good shot!" This time, it was Dongfang Zhuo who applauded. Both sad and happy, the mood is complicated.
The emperor's eyes lit up again and he stared at the field. Xiao Fang frowned and glanced at Dongfang Ze without any trace. There was doubt in his expression, and he thought deeply, paying more and more attention to the competition on the field.
Yang Xuan's complexion changed slightly, and she fired three arrows in succession, hitting three medium-sized flags.
Su Li still shot an arrow, aiming due west, hoping to capture the small flag. However, just at the moment when her arrow was released, Yang Xuan suddenly caught up with the arrow and shot it away quickly, knocking down the arrow that Su Li had just shot.
. The arrow was nailed to the ground with residual force, and the arrow shaft was broken and fell to the side.
Everyone's expressions changed. Dongfang Ze squinted his eyes and looked at Yang Xuan. A cold light flashed from his deep eyes.
At this point, the number of flags between the two people is equal and the game is tied.
Yang Xuan looked up at Su Li and smiled brightly. Su Li didn't speak or show any displeasure. Instead, she smiled lightly back at Yang Xuan. She knew in her heart that she could not activate her inner strength to increase the speed of the arrow. There were so many masters here, and as Su Li, she must not let others see that she had good martial arts skills.
Her mind was spinning rapidly, and she calmly took out three more arrows. The direction she had just aimed at had changed, and she aimed in another direction. She fired several arrows at the same time with a few whoosh sounds. Yang Xuan then added another arrow, keeping a close eye on her movements. When she let go, she also shot out the arrow.
Three arrows fell, two fell, and one hit the flag. Although it was a big banner, Su Li had the upper hand.
Yang Xuan no longer focused on her, but concentrated on her, firing arrows frequently. In a short while, many red flags had been shot down in the field.
Su Li followed closely, no longer needing Dongfang Ze's pointers. She could see the subtle direction of the formation, grasp the changing patterns, and gain extra rewards with every arrow.
Everyone outside the field watched with bated breath. This competition was truly exciting. Yang Xuan's archery skills can be easily understood at a glance, as he grew up on horseback and among wolves. Having been hunting all year round, she has a keen intuition that ordinary people don't have, and she also has a ferocity that is unique to hunters. Everyone present is frightened and convinced. Su Li's archery skills are considered to be the best among women, not even inferior to many of the men present. However, her arrows are not strong enough, and her speed is slightly inferior to Princess Zhaohua's due to lack of internal strength, but she is better. Stable and accurate, there will always be extra surprises.
After the stick of incense burned out, the competition was finally over.
The emperor signaled Yuan Xiang to lead people to count the banners. When the results were obtained, Yuan Xiang looked strange and stepped forward to report: "Your Majesty, the flags shot down by Princess Zhaohua are four in the small size, seventeen in the medium size, and seventeen in the large size." Fifty-eight. The small one counts as five, the medium one counts as two, and the final number of flags is one hundred and twelve."
Everyone was amazed, and the emperor's expression changed slightly. There had never been such a number of flag-shooting competitions among the Imperial Guards in the past dynasties. His eyes darkened, but the emperor smiled and said: "Princess Zhaohua, she is indeed worthy of her reputation!"
"His Majesty Shenghuang, thank you! We Bian women have been riding horses and shooting arrows since we were young. In fact, there are many people who can't lose to Zhaohua. Zhaohua only borrowed the name of the princess to become famous all over the world.
! "Yang Xuan smiled very proudly, but everyone was shocked. They thought, if the women of Bian State are so powerful, what about the men
Last time the fourth prince of Bian Kingdom, Yang Xiao, came to court, he behaved absurdly and looked irregular all day long. He did not do much in Sheng Kingdom. Therefore, many people thought that such a prince could be valued by Emperor Bian. He must be from the royal family of Bian Kingdom. There is no one left in this generation! However, this time the princess came to court, it was really a surprise.
The emperor's eyes darkened, he nodded and said with a smile: "The Bian Kingdom is famous all over the world for its riding and shooting. If all the women of our Sheng Kingdom are as shameless as the princesses, I will not worry about the troubles from the border!" The emperor seemed to be sighing, looking at him. Looking at Su Li, there is a hidden meaning.
Su Li raised her eyes and looked at Yang Xuan's energetic face. The pride seemed to be not for Emperor Sheng's praise of her, but for her own country.
She is proud of her family and country, and her sisters who are more powerful than her. Such a woman, even if she is not open-minded, is not narrow-minded, and she is smart and capable. She is really different! At this time, Su Li began to appreciate her a little. Turning to look at Dongfang Ze, I saw his eyes flickering, as if he couldn't help but look at the princess a few more times.
Yang Xuan smiled openly. She had no idea about the numbers Yuan Xiang said. She only knew that over the years, she had never lost in the art of riding and shooting.
The emperor turned to look at Yuan Xiang and asked, "How is Princess Mingxi's performance?"
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