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Liang Xiao was very angry. Liu Ling was really capable of provoking troubles. He was so good at setting up a bet. Now he had met a tough guy. This Xiu Cheng Zizhong had 100 gold coins at one glance, and directly forced Liu Ling to the dead end.

Even for Liu Ling, five hundred gold is not a small amount. The Marquis with a fief of 1,000 households had a tax income of only twenty gold per year. In "Biography of Merchants", Taishi Gong mentioned many times that many big merchants worked hard for a year only twenty gold per year.

If Liu Ling loses 500 yuan in one go, she will definitely be seriously injured.

Whether it is for Liu Ling or for himself, he must win this game. However, facing Li Jiao, he shot another hundred steps, and he was not sure at all.

Just when Liang Xiao felt a little guilty, someone was attracted to him.

Han Yan rode a peach blossom horse and wore a lilac cloak. She appeared in front of Liang Xiao under the attendants of several knights. Seeing Dongfang Shuo present, he glared at Dongfang Shuo fiercely and looked at the scene again. His entourage stepped forward to inquire about the situation and reported it to him. After hearing this, Han Yan's eyes flashed slightly and said, "I bet Li Jun won a hundred gold coins!"

The crowd was in an uproar again. With the appearance of Xiu Cheng Zizhong and Han Yan, the competition had completely changed and became a big gamble. The two joined forces and directly squeezed Liu Ling to a dead corner, without any room for maneuver.

Liu Ling himself couldn't afford the loss of a thousand gold coins. Even if he asked for help from her father, it would take several months. It is conceivable that neither Xiu Cheng Zizhong nor Han Yan would give her so much time to raise money.

Xiucheng Zizhong sat on the back of the horse, looking down at Liu Ling with a condescending smile, with a smug smile on his lips. Liu Ling frowned slightly, but his face remained unchanged. She walked to Liang Xiao and smiled and said, "Don't worry, this is my own bet, and the winning or losing has nothing to do with you."

After hearing this, Liang Xiao was not much relaxed. He could hear that Liu Ling was actually panicked. The reason why he said this was that he was not willing to let him be affected. Liang Xiao felt his fingers numb. He took a deep breath, turned his head to look at Li Jiao, and his heart suddenly moved.

Li Jiao's expression was indeed a bit unnatural, as if he had just been wet with rain. Seeing him looking over, Li Jiao smiled, trying to make himself look relaxed, but she smiled extremely unnaturally.

Liang Xiao suddenly breathed a sigh of relief and relaxed his nervous mood a lot. It turned out that Li Jiao was not sure, everyone was right.

The center of archery is focused, and the mind is firm. If you are confused, you can only play 30% of the archery skills at most. In such a match between masters, you will almost lose. Li Jiao is indeed a master, but he is not strong enough to win easily. He still has a chance to win, although there are not many opportunities.

The biggest problem now is to see who can withstand such a great pressure. Whoever can withstand this pressure and perform normally will have more chances of winning.

While speaking, someone had already set up arrows and other utensils a hundred steps away. Li Jiao seemed to compete with people with arrows, and they carried everything very well, and they were not shy because of the simplicity.

Taking advantage of this time, Liang Xiao concentrated his energy, removed distracting thoughts, slowly adjusted his breathing, and calmed himself as much as possible.

At this time, Mama Liang brought Li Rongqing and Hu Xijun rushed over. Seeing this scene, she was relatively calm and comforted Liang Xiao and said, "Xiao'er, you can compete with a master like Li Jun for a year. Even if you lose, it is an honor. If you win by chance, you will be on the cake. If you gain or lose, what should you worry about? Just treat it as an experience. As for gambling, it is no big deal. Give the double-sided brocade skills to the master. Are you afraid that you can't be rich?"

After hearing what I said, Liang Xiao truly put down his burden and went into battle with ease.

Liang Xiao and Li Jiao stood side by side. Someone drew two crosses on the ground, which is where the archer stood, called objects. Standing at the intersection of objects, Liang Xiao and Li Jiao looked at each other. Li Jiao sneered: "Thank you, Mr. Liang, for giving gold. Mr. Liu, mainly because of you, lost money."

Liang Xiao responded with a smile. "Thank you for giving the horse to Mr. Li. This green horse looks a little more divine than the one given by Brother Zun. I am really ashamed of it."

Li Jiao's eyes twitched. He knew that Li Danghu gave Liang Xiao a horse. Although the horse was good, it was just an ordinary mount, worth only 8,000 yuan, and could be bought everywhere. How could it be compared with his green horse worth ten gold? If he lost this green horse, even if he had ten gold, he would not be able to buy the same good horse in a short period of time.

More importantly, he really can't afford to lose. If he loses, the Li family will become a victim of Liang Xiaocheng's fame. Unless his father Li Guang comes forward in person to challenge Liang Xiao. But Li Guang is a famous figure for many years, how can he take the initiative to challenge a younger generation?

Li Jiao handed the bow to his right hand and rubbed his left hand against his clothes, rubbing away the cold sweat from his palm.

"Is Li Jiao nervous?" Liang Xiao saw it and did not miss any opportunity to attack Li Jiao.

"Aren't you nervous?" Li Jiao glared at Liang Xiao and retorted.

"Nervous." Liang Xiao smiled. "But my hand is not tide yet. Li Jun, this hand cannot be tide. If it slips, with Li Jun's bow power, the winner will be in danger of his life."

The winner is a person standing near Jianhou, responsible for reporting whether to shoot or not and where to shoot. In order to avoid being accidentally injured, a slack is usually placed in front of him. The slack is made of leather, and even if it is shot through, its strength will be greatly reduced and the winner will not be seriously injured. The slack is several steps away from Jianhou, and Liang Xiao is worried about the winner, which means that Li Jiao will off the target and will be very serious.

Li Jiao was furious and took a slap in a low voice while whispering: "You'd better worry about yourself. A real man, don't you feel embarrassed to use these tricks?"

Liang Xiao slowly put a bone-made final on his right thumb and said slowly: "You fight without pronouncement, and suddenly attack, are you embarrassed to lose?"

Li Jiao had already pulled out his bow and aimed at the target in the distance. He was about to shoot when he suddenly heard this sentence. Strictly speaking, he really wanted to fight undeclared today. Under normal circumstances, there was absolutely no way to force the other party to fight on the spot, but the agreed time and location were usually decided by the one party to fight.

Why did he challenge it on the spot today? Li Jiao was a little confused for a moment.

The area between the bow and the crossbow is that the bow cannot last long and must be fired immediately after being pulled open. This is especially true for those who use strong bows. Drawing the bow for a long time not only consumes physical strength, but also affects the bow's strength. The moment the bow is pulled to the point of fullness, the strength is the strongest. If it can be pulled quickly, you can also use the elasticity of the bow to increase the range, which is the so-called "drawing the bow hard and shooting arrows lightly."

Li Jiao was disturbed by Liang Xiao at the moment when he was about to shoot the arrow, and he was distracted. The opportunity to shoot the bow was missed. Logically, he should relax the bowstring and do it again to ensure the consistency and integrity of the movements. But in front of so many people, it was the first time. If he did this, he would be weak invisibly, and would even give people the impression that he would not even dare to shoot the first arrow.

Li Jiao's face turned purple with anger. He glared at Liang Xiao fiercely, took a deep breath, pulled it hard, and let go of the bowstring.

"Buzz!" The arrow feathers left the string.

As soon as the arrow flew out, Li Jiao had an ominous premonition. The arrow was shot too hard and its power was seriously insufficient. Not to mention shooting the arrow, I was afraid that it would not be able to even shoot a hundred steps away. Sure enough, the arrow lost its strength just after flying more than 80 steps and slowed down. But at this time, a breeze blew, and the arrow turned around and landed horizontally on the ground, four or five steps away from the arrow.

"Ah--" There was an uproar around him, and the screams were like slaps in the face, slapped Li Jiao hard on the face, making his face hot.

Li Gan, who was escorting the formation, froze his face when he saw it. For Li Jiao, the first arrow shot in the air, which has never happened before. Before going out today, you should tell me the good or bad luck.

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