Chapter 51 Five arrows in a row
Spring begins to appear, the snow melts and the ice disappears, the plain is green grass, but the mountains in the distance are still covered with white ground and unresolved. Today, the spring breeze is gentle, the sky is clear and the air is refreshing, and white clouds are floating on the blue sky. The new grass growing on the grassland is as moist and soft as a carpet.
Bidusi, the newly appointed Zhang County Magistrate and some local officials rode around Jiming Mountain on horseback. In front of them was a grassland, and several birds flew past the grass. Zhang County Magistrate was a Jinshi in the 12th year of Hongzhi. Although he was a scholar in his thirty-year-old scholar, he was very familiar with riding such war horses in the army.
Bidusi and the magistrate Zhang walked hand in hand, turned their heads and smiled at him, "Bi always thought that the riding and shooting technique in the school was just a false response. He just heard from your master that Lord Zhang used a bow of 200 stones and an arrow within a hundred steps, which was really a perfect match for both civil and military."
He said that, but he glanced at Ma Lian'er inadvertently. Ma Lian'er rode on a red horse, wearing a dark green hunting suit, a dark green thin silk cloak, still wearing white bow shoes, a white belt, and a small scimitar like an ornament under his ribs. He was wearing a cross-body bow and a quiver, and his charismatic outfit with a foreign charm from the outside world made her even more brilliant.
The spring breeze blows on the dark green cloak, and the riding outfit sets off her delicate and beautiful body curves just right. The body curves full of youthful atmosphere are looming in the cloak. Bidusi thought that he would hold this charming little beauty in his arms in two days, and he couldn't help but feel aroused.
He was too lazy to pay attention to the county magistrate, and he wished that he and Ma Lian'er were the only ones on the grassland. They used the ground as bed and the sky as quilt, and it would be better if they were dark and dark. However, he was a magistrate of the court after all, and said that Ma Lian'er was not his concubine now. Even if he had been taken into the room by him, he would be with his colleagues at this time. If he only cared for his beloved concubine, he would be too shi-shi.
After hearing Bidusi's "commendation", the magistrate Zhang smiled reservedly and said humbly: "My lord has been too much. Although our county has learned archery and horses in the school, how can we compare with the archery and the generals in the army? As for the three-stone bow, this county can pull the archery, but it can be beaten by a hundred shots. General Bi must not know that the target in our Fujian school is ten feet in a radius."
A giant target with a diameter of one zhang? Bi Dusi was stunned at first, and then laughed. Most of the officials next to him were northerners or generals in the army, and they couldn't help but smile. Some quickly coughed to hide their smiles. A giant target with a diameter of one zhang would be nothing to brag about if it was said that the arrows within a hundred steps were shot, there was nothing to brag about. The targets in the Southern School were so huge that they really didn't expect.
Ma Lian'er rode on the horse, smiling and laughing. She was dazed and thought about her own thoughts. Ma Ang carefully peeked at her sister's expression. Seeing her calm expression, she also thought that her sister saw Bidusi wearing a helmet and armor. Her majesty and swaggering in front of her was already moved by his heroism, and her heart was put into her stomach.
Ma Lian'er was deceived by her brother in the morning and said she was invited to go out for a hunting trip. Ma Lian'er was happy and didn't want to have a quarrel with her only relative. Besides, she rode and shot almost every day when she was outside the border. Since she returned to the Central Plains, she has not tasted this for a long time, so she agreed happily. Unexpectedly, when she rode the war horses brought by her brother out of the city, she saw a large group of local officials in the army, Bidusi was also included, and then she understood her brother's thoughts.
Ma Lian'er was willing to leave, but in front of many uninformed officials, it would be too rude to do this. I am afraid that as soon as she left, many speculations and criticisms about her would appear. In the past, she could have looked at others with disdain. Now she has regarded herself as a member of the Yang family, but she dare not be as rude as before, so she has to set foot on the grassland.
Last night, I received the hinted acceptance from my young lady. It was a foregone conclusion that she would marry into the Yang family in the future. Ma Lian'er was at ease and sweet in her heart, and she was completely intoxicated by her emotions. Her clear and bright watery eyes, from time to time, were as she thoughts, smiles or shy as she was, and she was indescribably moved with her attractive facial features.
She also noticed the warm gaze of Bidusi when she looked at her. Seeing Bidusi's identity, she not only dared not come close to talk to her, but even glanced at her on excuses to talk to others on an excuse, she quickly glanced at her, as if she was afraid of losing his general's airs, and felt amused only for his hypocrisy.
Brother Yang, alas! Brother Yang!
Ma Lian'er thought of Yang Ling, and her heart was sweet. Brother Yang didn't care what others were thinking, so how could she think of him? That day, the two of them returned to the city from the mountains. Lord Min and Jiang Ba were all at the top of the city. However, when Brother Yang entered the city, he just hugged the young lady who was crying to tears tightly in his arms, coaxed her, teasing her, as if there was no one around. When his eyes looked at the young lady, it was like looking at the treasure in his heart.
When Ma Lian'er thought of this, she couldn't help but feel warm. As long as one day, he could look at me with such caring and loving eyes, saying that if I wait for three years, I will be willing to wait for thirty years, and if I wait for the rest of my life, I will be willing.
As he thought about it, Ma Lian'er couldn't help but smile slightly.
Jiang Bin, who had been staring at her from the side, looked at her and smiled like a charming smile, and her eyes were straightened. That day, Ma Lian'er came back from outside the city, her dress was dirty and her hair was messy. She was already regarded as a god in his eyes. Now she was wearing pink makeup and dressed in a strong dress, which was so beautiful that she could hold her breath. Oh my God, if she put such a big girl under her body, she would be so fucked by her.
Jiang Bin swallowed, looked up at Bi Chun with hatred, and thought to himself: "Damn, I want to be a general too. I have to ask such a girl no matter what I say, I will not be a waste of my life."
The news that Bi Chun wanted to call Ma Lian'er as his concubine was heard from the personal soldiers in the Bidusi army. Today, Bi Chun invited local bureaucrats to go out for the Spring Festival, but only brought such a woman. In fact, it was not only him, but most of the bureaucrats present also guessed a little.
A fat roe deer suddenly jumped out of the grass in front of him and rushed to the mountain bay not far away. Guan Shouying shouted loudly: "Sir, look at it, there is a roe deer!"
Everyone carried military bows on their backs. At this time, they all held the bows in their hands, but no one took action from the officials. The personal soldiers fired arrows in succession, just blocking the roe deer's way and frightening it to others. Of course, it was left for the general to shoot.
The poor silly roe deer was frightened by the accurate archery techniques of his personal soldiers. The head of the military general Bidusi and the head of the civil servants, County Magistrate Zhang, were holding bows and arrows in their hands, but no one did. They were still pushing me and giving each other, and were humble to each other. They were just talking about official words that asked the adults to shoot an arrow first, win the first prize, and let us see it.
Seeing that they were so hypocritical and polite when they were hunting, Ma Lian'er couldn't help but snorted and turned her head in contempt. Zheng Dapeng, the personal bodyguard of Bidus, rode forward and said to Bi Chun and County Magistrate Zhang: "Sir, Miss Ma is the only woman among us today. I think this arrow might as well ask Miss Ma to take action. Miss Ma is dressed in military uniform, and her archery skills will definitely be extraordinary."
Lord Zheng, who claimed to have three stones, shot an arrow within a hundred steps, was really scared when facing the fat roe deer dozens of steps away, for fear that he would win the first prize if he flew out: the whole hall was overturned, so after hearing Zheng Dapeng's words, he quickly stroking his hands and laughing: "It's great, very good, women are not as good as men, so I'll ask Miss Ma to shoot this arrow. We'll wait and see."
Bidusi was in a deep mood, and his pair of triangular eyes became gentle. He finally had the opportunity to watch Ma Lian'er speak openly without fear of others making fun of him. He looked at Ma Lian'er sideways and smiled, "Miss Ma, how about you please show your skills?" After he said this, everyone immediately dodged a path and left Ma Lian'er in the middle.
In fact, the request for Ma Lian'er to shoot an arrow was really because of Zheng Dapeng's unintentional words that Bi Dusi had just wanted to please her. However, Ma Lian'er didn't know the inside story and said that Bi Dusi had colluded with his personal soldiers and had already set up this situation, and she felt even more disgusted.
She narrowed her eyes, curved like a crescent moon, and said with a smile: "General Bi has experienced many battles and is murderous. Lord Zhang has penetrated the sun for hundreds of steps, and the arrows are shot without any slightest. The little woman carried a bow and was just a bluff. How dare she show her ugly appearance in front of the two adults? I also want to see the courage of the two adults."
Her voice is soft and sweet, but in fact she is just deliberately making her voice a little crisper, but when she speaks it from such a beauty, others will feel coquettish and charming.
Ma Ang knew it was terrible at first hearing. He knew that his sister's temper was the best. He knew that when her sister spoke in this tone, she was about to run out of her patience and was about to get angry. He was about to rush up to smooth things over, but when Jiang Bin heard Ma Lianer's ecstasy tone, his bones softened and almost fell from the horse.
At this time, everyone listened to Ma Lian'er's words. He was closest to Ma Lian'er, and all his eyes were immediately focused on him. Even though Jiang Bin was thick-skinned, he was a little embarrassed. Fortunately, he was very anxious and hurriedly smiled and said, "Oh, Lord Zhang said that men are not as good as men, but I remembered Yang Yicheng's wife.
When was women allowed to come on the battlefield? But when the Tartars attacked the city that day, Mrs. Yang disguised himself as a man to help our army fight the enemy bravely on the top of the city. Isn’t it just a Mulan who is as good as a man? Mrs. Yang once shot the Tartars who were challenging under the city with an arrow. When I went down to the city to collect the body, I saw the man’s arrow entering from the back of his neck, swallowing it three inches, passing through his body. One arrow was fatal. It was such a good archery technique, haha, good archery technique.”
Bi Dusi smiled and said, "Yang Yicheng is powerless. I didn't expect that Mrs. Yang is good at martial arts. Miss Ma, don't refuse, why don't you show your skills?" In fact, he doesn't care about Ma Lian'er's archery skills, that is, he just makes her happy and make fun. Even if she fails, she will smile, just a woman!
Ma Lian'er is grateful to Han Youniang and has regarded her as her closest sister, but her psychology is the most subtle. She subconsciously fears that Young Mother will be recognized by everyone and that her future status will no longer be as good as Young Mother. If Young Mother is better than her everywhere, she will feel even less secure.
So when Jiang Bin mentioned that Young Girl's archery skills were excellent, Ma Lian'er suddenly became competitive and stopped refusing. She took off the bow and arrow with her backhand, and leaned back with her right hand, and took out five arrows from the archer. Everyone couldn't help but exclaimed, wondering what she was going to do. Some civil servants who didn't know martial arts even laughed secretly, thinking that she didn't understand archery at all.
Ma Lian'er lifted the reins of the horse, rode a few steps forward, abandoned the reins and lifted the bow, lifted the eagle feathers of four arrows with his right hand, and put only one arrow on the string, taking a long breath, like embracing the full moon, pulling the bowstring and shooting an arrow out.
Before everyone could turn their heads and see if the arrow was missing. Ma Lian'er was like a magic trick. He twisted his right hand and another arrow was placed on the string. His technique was extremely fast. He heard the "stretched" sound of the bow string. Five arrows were like meteors rushing the moon, and one arrow was whizzing out. The arrows and arrows were sequentially completed in one go, making people flawless.
Five arrows were shot out, Ma Lian'er put the bow cross-legged back on her shoulder, turned her head back with a round of horses, and said with a smile: "The little woman failed."
Everyone was stunned. After hearing this, they looked up and saw five arrows rushing towards this side, forming a pentagonal shape to twitch the terrified roe deer in the middle. The distance between the five arrows was almost exactly the same, as if they had measured it.
After a while, a general under Bidusi exclaimed: "The continuous pearl arrow technique! Legend has it that the Tartars's zhebe archer can only use nine arrows at one hand. Miss Ma can actually shoot five arrows in a row. It's amazing! It's amazing!"
Everyone praised them regardless of whether they understood or not. Bi Dusi was surprised and happy, and even more generous. Ma Lian'er glanced at Jiang Bin with big black eyes like a demonstration, with a little pride on his face.
At this moment, a horse rushed towards him in the distance. Everyone turned their heads and looked at him. The man was getting closer and closer. Only when he ran closer did he see clearly that the man was wearing a post station cloak, riding an post horse, running to him to pull the reins, and the crowd was patrolling with anxiety.
When Ma Lian'er saw him, she recognized Han Wei, the eldest brother who was young lady. She hurriedly took two steps and asked, "Brother Han, why are you here?"
Han Wei was sweating profusely, not knowing whether he was anxious or tired, but he raised his sleeves and wiped the sweat on his face, saying, "Miss Ma, I have been looking for you for trouble. Suddenly, a father-in-law came to the capital. After receiving the emperor's imperial edict, Xuan Yangling immediately entered Beijing. The girl and his brother-in-law asked me to tell you, but I don't know where you are hunting. I will run around the right and left."
Before he finished speaking, Ma Lian'er exclaimed, holding his legs and holding the horse's belly, and swaying like flying, heading straight for the rooster crowing without looking back. The officials looked at each other, and the officials of the county government even whispered with strange expressions. When Ma Lian'er heard that Yang Ling had left, she didn't even leave any polite words. She and Yang Ling were not in contact with each other, and if they had no affair, who would believe it?
Bidusi's face turned pale, his pair of triangular eyes shone with light, and his body shook slightly. Ma Ang rode his horse to him and said timidly: "Master Bibi".
Chapter completed!