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"Li family?" Liang Xiao stopped, ignored the sharp arrow pointing directly at the door, and looked at the angry young man in front of him. "Are you the son of General Li?"

"He is my second brother Li Jiao." A voice came from behind. Li Gan walked quickly with a horse whip and looked at Liang Xiao with a smile. "He is the best shooting skills among my brothers, second only to my father. If you beat him, you will be qualified to challenge my father."

"Why should I challenge General Li?"

"Hey, when you were in Weiyoro's office, weren't you going to challenge my father?"

Liang Xiao looked at Li Gan with a surprised look and suddenly laughed. He probably knew what was going on. Li Gan must have been dissatisfied, but he knew that he was not strong enough. He then took Li Jiao, the best archery art among the Li brothers, to challenge him to get back this face for the Li family.

"I was indeed ready to challenge Lingzun at that time, but unfortunately the officials of the Lang Office did not dare to face the challenge, so they had to leave it alone in the end. Your brother Li Danglu was also present at the time, and you could see clearly that you seemed to be present, right? Why didn't you see you come out to face the challenge?"

Li Gan was embarrassed, laughed dryly, and turned his head away.

Seeing this, Li Jiao couldn't help but feel suspicious, but she couldn't ask in person. He stared at Liang Xiao and shouted word by word: "Don't talk nonsense, should you respond to the challenge?"

"So what if you face the challenge, so what if you don't face the challenge?"

"If you meet the challenge, I will compete with you. Step shooting, riding shooting, you can choose, and I will accompany you in the shooting marquis or life and death. If you dare not, then leave Chang'an and don't talk to my Li family again."

Liang Xiao raised his eyebrows. Li Jiao is domineering enough, and he actually wants me to leave Chang'an. Isn't it mean that I have a broken future? Should I give up everything because of your Li family's face?

"What if I win, do you have to leave Chang'an and go back to your hometown in Longxi?"

Li Jiao was stunned and hesitated. After a moment, he nodded vigorously: "Natural."

"Liang Xiao, don't be fooled by him." Liu Ling rode a white horse and ran along the water. He happened to hear the conversation between Li Gan and Liang Xiao, and immediately grabbed the conversation. While speaking, she had already rushed to Liang Xiao. She was wearing a fiery red cloak and a tight white outfit. The well-cut clothes outlined her curves just right, heroic but charming.

"Master Liu Weng?" Li Jiao recognized Liu Ling and did not dare to be careless. He quickly put away his bow and bowed. He looked very respectful, but he refused to give up. "Master Weng said this. If I lose, I will definitely leave Chang'an and will never go back on my word."

"You can leave Chang'an, but this does not affect your official career. Whether you go to war with your father General Li or be appointed as an official, what's the difference between being in Chang'an or not? Liang Xiao is not the case. If he returns to Jiangdu, his chances of becoming an official are slim. Do you think this is fair?"

Li Jiao was embarrassed, but refused to give in. "The master said, how to fight to the bet is fair?"

"Get a gambling money." Liu Ling smiled at Liang Xiaoyanran. "This is the fairest."

Li Jiao thought about it and agreed immediately. "Yes. However, I want to add another condition: If he loses, he will not be allowed to use the name of the Li family to talk about things in the future."

Liu Ling turned to look at Liang Xiao: "Liang Xiao, what do you think?"

Liang Xiao smiled. "Yes. But I also need to add a condition: If you lose, the Li family will not make trouble in the future and provoke it. I am very nervous and have no time to receive you. Of course, if General Li comes to the door in person, I will definitely accompany you."

Liu Ling laughed "puffed" and turned to look at Li Jiao. Li Jiao suppressed his anger and nodded vigorously. "How to compare?"

Liu Ling rushed to say, "Let's shoot straight. Liang Xiao competed in Weiyanglang's office to shoot straight. Since Li Jun was not convinced, he would still compete the same way, so as not to lose if someone loses, and there will be troubles and excuses."

Li Jiao nodded confidently. He also had this intention. Liang Xiao made a stunning shot at the stand-alone shooting, and he had to fight back. Liang Xiao had once shot twelve arrows and hit seven arrows, and he also hit a swan and hit a single arrow, but Li Jiao was not worried. His shooting skills were the best among the three brothers of the Li family, second only to his father Li Guang. He was sure to hit a six or more arrows. As for Zhonghu and Zhong, he felt that it was a matter of luck. Even if Liang Xiao shot again now, he might not be able to hit it.

What's more, he asked Li Danghu that the normal level of Liang Xiao's shooting of 100 steps was 30% or 40% of the hit rate. He had a great luck in Weiyanglang's office that day. Luck could not always be with him. He chose such a public competition to make Liang Xiao look shameful and let others know that his glory that day was just a good luck, not a real skill.

Before the two had discussed the details of the gambling battle, a circle of people had already surrounded them. Both men and women were all excited, and even women were even more excited than men. Needless to say, General Li's second son was at a young age and was handsome, and was the object of many Chang'an-age girls' youth. Liang Xiao was younger, but he was also tall and handsome, and especially his pair of ape arms, which aroused the curiosity of many people.

"Hey, this boy has such long arms." Someone was full of curiosity.

"What do you know? This is called ape arms, and is naturally good at shooting." An enthusiastic person immediately answered. "General Li Guang is known for shooting because he has a pair of ape arms. Although his three sons are very good at shooting, none of them can surpass him. They are all because they cannot inherit his ape arms."

"The Li family has no ape arms, but this young man has a pair of ape arms. Could it be that this young man is also General Li's bloodline?"

"It's rare and strange. Is it true that those who have ape arms in the world belong to the Li family?" Someone dissatisfied and argued: "The ape arms are the essence of heaven and earth. Since the Li family has General Li, there will be no second pair of ape arms. Otherwise, wouldn't God prefer the Li family too much?"

The people around him were talking, and the gossip was flying, but Liang Xiao had no time to pay attention to these. Although with his ears, he could hear the discussions of these people around him clearly. However, when facing Li Jiao, he did not dare to be careless.

He himself knew that the results of Weiyoro's office that day were of great luck. He was not sure whether he could be replicated successfully today. He was just forced to do this and could not slap himself in the face, admitting that it was luck that day.

Seeing Liang Xiao silent, Liu Ling guessed what was in his heart, jumped off his horse, leaned over to him, and said softly: "I'm not sure?"

"I'm really not sure." Liang Xiao nodded in real terms. "But I will do my best."

"I'll help you." Liu Ling smiled proudly and walked towards Li Jiao slowly. "Li Jun, since he was a bet, it was interesting to add some lottery tickets. Do you think so?"

Li Jiao glanced at Liang Xiao disdainfully. "The Master Weng is right, I don't know what Liang Jun wants to bet?"

"Liang Xiao said, he is missing a good horse, he has a crush on your mount."

Li Jiao's face sank. "My green horse is a good horse in Longyou. It is worth ten gold. Can he afford to bet?"

Liu Ling turned around and waved. Lei was walked over and placed a deer-skin bag on the ground and untied it. There was a large stack of golden cakes inside. At a rough look, it was at least fifty gold.

Li Jiao's face immediately changed.

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