Liu Heguang walked out slowly from the field, came to Xie Tongyan, and laughed contemptuously at his words, "What's the use of giving him the bow and arrow? It's a waste of good arrows."
Liu Heguang saw Rong Ting's fingers wrapped around the bow, his finger bones were tense and white, and there was a sense of hidden power.
He felt inexplicably frightened. But when he looked at the frail figure of the young man in white sitting in the wheelchair, his fear immediately disappeared.
What are you afraid of? A useless person like mud.
Liu Heguang patted Xie Tongyan on the shoulder and said, "Let's go. Don't waste time on this cripple. The Third Prince and the Seventeenth Prince are shooting arrows over there. Why don't we go check them out?"
Xie Tongyan seemed to be unintentional, but in fact he was intentional. He said lightly, "The archery skills of the Seventeenth Prince are better than those of his third and ninth brothers."
No one knew that Prime Minister Xie and Lord Liu, two important officials in the court, both had close personal relationships with Father-in-law Xu.
The reputations of these three families were all relatively clean and honest. They did not form cliques or engage in private interests, which was very much in line with Emperor Zhaowu's wishes.
On the surface, they had no contact with each other, but secretly they colluded with each other and formed a common force, trying to make the seventeenth prince the final crown prince and seize the imperial power.
Liu Heguang also sang the same tune and spoke well of the Seventeenth Prince.
"If someone hadn't gotten there first, perhaps the Seventeenth Prince would have been Mr. Yan's only disciple this year."
He turned around and looked at Rong Ting, his eyes full of sarcasm.
The so-called "someone" naturally refers to Rong Ting.
This glance made him stop in his tracks.
A few dozen steps away, Rong Ting drew his bow and arrow without knowing when.
The wind blew his high-tied black hair back. His handsome face had an indifferent expression and his movements seemed nonchalant.
But corresponding to the young man's calm expression was the longbow that he pulled to its full length with ease.
The arrow is on the string, this is no joke.
Liu Heguang immediately grabbed Xie Tongyan, and at this time there was a "whoosh" sound.
An arrow pierced the clouds and disappeared.
Liu Heguang breathed a sigh of relief and chuckled, "Who do you think he is? Tsk, what kind of skill is it to shoot arrows in the air? Are you afraid of losing face?"
From a distance, Rong Ting's fingers were tapping lightly on the wheelchair.
one time.
Twice.
stop.
There was a shrill wail in the sky.
A blood goose fell from the sky and hit Liu Heguang in the face.
Liu Heguang was caught off guard by the force that came out of nowhere and fell backwards to the ground.
He smelled the blood goose
The arrow smelled the stench of goose feathers and he coughed a few times, ending up with a mouthful of goose feathers. He spit out "Puh, Puh, Puh" and picked up the goose. He saw the arrow that had pierced the goose's neck.
One arrow to the throat, leaving no way to survive.
Liu Heguang was frightened to the point of feeling cold all over.
Before Xie Tongyan could react, there was another "whoosh" sound, and his body swayed backwards and he fell to the ground, feeling much heavier on his head.
A long arrow pierced his bun, and large clumps of his hair were cut off by the sharp arrow and fell to the ground.
Xie Tongyan had a dazed expression, with an arrow on his head, which looked like a wooden hairpin that had been magnified dozens of times. It was extremely funny.
There was a sudden chill on my neck.
Rong Ting looked down at Liu and Xie.
With an arrow in hand, the tip of the arrow pierced their necks. It can make their skin feel cool, but it won't cause any cuts.
Just a millimeter away from slitting your throat.
Xie Tongyan didn't dare to move and looked up.
The sun was shining brightly, and Rong Ting's face could not be seen clearly in the dazzling white light.
Dressed in white, the figure is stained by light, clean and holy.
But his eyes were cold and cruel.
The tip of the arrow passed by at a speed that sometimes slowed down, sometimes fast, and then stopped at the tip of Xie Tongyan's Adam's apple and spun around.
Xie Tongyan trembled his lips, choked up and dared not move, and said: "There are people watching next to you, you should know the rules!"
Rong Ting curled his thin lips.
It was like hearing a joke.
He looks like such a rule-abiding person?
Rong Ting suddenly loosened his grip and threw all the arrows and the bow into the arms of Xie Liu and the other man.
Because he heard footsteps behind him.
He had mistaken the footsteps once, and he would never mistake them again.
…
The heavy bow seemed to be thrown on the ground casually, and as luck would have it, it hit Liu Heguang's shoulder directly.
Liu Heguang was secretly delighted that he had subdued Rong Ting, and just as he was taking this opportunity to stand up, he was knocked to the ground by the sudden impact.
The shoulder that had hit Jiang Rao before entering the hunting ground felt a sharp pain as if a bone was broken.
…
Jiang Rao hurried back and looked at the two people shivering on the ground.
He raised his eyes and glanced at Rong Ting again.
His gaze was filled with confusion.
This scene is really strange.
Why are Liu and Xie, who were so arrogant just now, now... so miserable.
The hostility in Rong Ting's eyes completely disappeared.
His eyes were like stars and gentle as the moon, but they blocked her view from looking back. "They asked me to shoot arrows for them, but they were scared of me. I came to change arrows and bows for them. When I saw them collapsed on the ground, I wanted to help them up."
"With arrows?"
"I have limited mobility and cannot hold their hands."
Jiang Rao listened to his words, but her mind was completely blank on the scene of them facing each other.
But she was not suspicious of Rong Ting, who didn't like physical contact with others.
He nodded roughly.
It was all nonsense. Liu Heguang twisted his body uneasily.
It's said to be helping someone, but in fact it's like killing someone; it's said to be changing the bow, but in fact it's hitting someone.
You are amazing.
When Rong Ting heard his movement, he glanced at him sideways and his eyes turned cold.
If it weren't for her presence, he would have had only one concern.
The tip of the arrow must be splashed with human blood to fill the unhappiness in his heart.
He turned back and grabbed Jiang Rao's wrist, "Don't help them, they are covered in blood and dirty."
Jiang Rao had never thought about helping them.
They hit her with a bench, almost making her fall, and called her a little mute and a little country bumpkin.
She was not like Rong Tinghuan who could repay evil with kindness and help others. Their miserable appearance only made her feel that evil would be punished.
I even wanted to move a stool over and sit down there, just to admire their miserable appearance for a while longer.
but……
She has a strong sense of crisis.
Pushing Rong Ting's wheelchair, he wanted to take him away from these two bad guys.
His leg injury has not healed yet, so the only thing he can do is to show off his archery skills and make these two evil guys suffer.
But, what if these two bad guys get up and want to beat someone up...
He definitely can't win.
As for her, let alone.
Even if they were combined, one of them was disabled and the other was weak, who could they defeat?
Jiang Rao assessed the situation and ran away.
Liu Heguang pressed his shoulder, it was so painful that he couldn't get up.
Xie Tongyan stood up first and looked at their backs.
He was so angry at Rong Ting, this guy who turned right into wrong, that he felt anxious and fell to the ground, gasping for breath, his face turning pale and blue.
This is crippled.
In the academy, he always looked gloomy and timid, and never changed his hands.
Why are you suddenly so crazy?
Today, there were common people from Jinling and noble ladies from aristocratic families in the audience. He was humiliated by a disabled person in front of them. He was completely embarrassed!
Xie Tongyan had never suffered such humiliation before. He looked at his servant and was shaking with anger. He pointed at Rong Ting and said, "Hit him! Go after him and hit him!"
But no one dared to move.
There was a commotion in the stands.
Emperor Zhaowu, accompanied by dozens of officials and guards, appeared at the hunting ground.
…
Last night, Emperor Zhaowu stayed at Empress Jiahe's palace as per his monthly custom.
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Empress Jiahe specially burned the incense that Emperor Zhaowu liked.
The smoke of sweet pine incense curled like mist in the tripod. Empress Jiahe gently massaged Emperor Zhaowu's shoulders, making him happy. Then he mentioned the two hunting exams in Bailu Academy.
She had originally wanted to mention it a few times first, and when she got the news that Rong Ting had made a fool of himself, she could naturally go to Emperor Zhaowu to cry and complain.
If her little Seventeen behaved well, she would be able to feel relieved.
It just made up for the humiliation she suffered at the hands of Concubine Yun a few days ago.
Unexpectedly, Emperor Zhaowu immediately made a decision to leave the palace and go to the hunting ground to watch for two hours.
The next day was the officials' day off.
There were not many government affairs to attend to, and Emperor Zhaowu had always been fond of archery, so he arrived at the hunting ground early.
…
As soon as he arrived, students, officials, and common people at the hunting ground all knelt down and kowtowed to him.
Emperor Zhaowu ordered them to stop making formalities and stand up.
He sat down in the center of the platform.
He noticed the goose that was shot down, his eyes lit up, and he asked, "Who shot down this goose?"
Li Ren sent someone to bring Xie Tongyan and Liu Heguang over.
Although the two were reluctant, they did not dare to deceive the emperor, "It is His Majesty the Ninth Prince."
There was a hint of joy in Emperor Zhaowu's eyes, his eyes curved slightly, and he nodded.
He thought that even if Rong Ting's leg injury could be healed, it would take more than a year to recover, and his martial arts and archery skills would decline.
Looking at the wild goose with a bullet through its neck was quite unexpected.
Rong Ting was also called over at this time.
Xie Tongyan gave him a hateful look.
When Rong Ting first entered Bailu Academy, his father reminded him.
The seventeenth prince is the one most likely to become the new emperor in the future and the one they want to win over and please.
Even though the Ninth Prince had disabled legs, he was still a thorn in the heart of Xu Guozhang.
Xie Tongyan felt extremely uncomfortable.
I originally wanted to follow my father's instructions and make Rong Ting a fool of himself, but I didn't expect to help him get in the spotlight.
Thinking about his broken hair again, Xie Tongyan found it even more unbearable.
Our bodies and hair are all given to us by our parents.
Cutting off a person's hair is even equivalent to chopping off his head.
This is naked for him. Naked humiliation.
But when he felt the cold sliding of the arrow tip across his Adam's apple, Xie Tongyan was inexplicably afraid of Rong Ting.
Although she was wearing white, it felt like a cold night.
Liu Heguang glanced at Xie Tongyan's face. Although his hair was not cut, he now smelled like a dead goose, and his clothes were stained with blood, which looked very ugly. He felt humiliated. Seeing that Xie Tongyan was angry, he became even more resentful and dissatisfied, and twitched his lower lip.
Emperor Zhaowu saw that he had something to say. He was always close to the people and did not put on airs, so he asked, "Do you have anything to say?"
Liu Heguang said: "I envy your luck. When I shoot geese, I can only shoot through their necks once out of ten times. But you were so lucky today. I envy you."
They switched the subject and said that Rong Ting's ability in shooting the wild goose was luck.
Xie Tongyan secretly pinched Liu Heguang hard.
How could he be so bold as to question the prince's ability in front of the emperor?
After hearing this, Emperor Zhaowu felt a little uncomfortable and frowned.
But he rarely got angry in public, so he looked at Liu Heguang instead.
Liu Heguang was the Grand Secretary of the Dongge and the grandson of Liu Gao. He had a reputation as a playboy in Jinling, and he had heard of it in the palace.
Liu Gao is a smooth and alert person with extraordinary skills.
Emperor Zhaowu has been somewhat wary of this powerful official recently, and has been thinking of finding an opportunity to dampen his prestige so that he would not forget his master.
The same is true for Prime Minister Xie.
He thought about it and decided that today's incident was a good opportunity.
If Rong Ting could defeat Liu Heguang and Xie Tongyan.
It can serve as a warning to Lord Liu and Prime Minister Xie.
So that they can see that no matter how powerful their descendants are, they cannot compare to his prince, and as his subjects, they can only listen to him.
I just don't know if his ninth son can fight for it and win this time. If his ninth son couldn't even compare to the famous playboy in Jinling...
Emperor Zhaowu looked at Rong Ting with a sharp gaze. "With only one arrow, it could indeed be luck. Li Ren, go prepare arrows and targets for His Highness the Ninth Prince."
He said to Rong Ting: "I'll give you ten chances to shoot arrows. Go and test your current level."
Winning one arrow can be considered a matter of luck, but winning ten arrows can always convince people.
After saying that, he looked at Liu Heguang and Xie Tongyan, "The three of you, go together, each with ten arrows, and compare them with the Ninth Prince."
"When the time comes, the loser will be blameless and the winner will be rewarded."
Liu Heguang's expression changed slightly.
With his half-baked archery skills, when he was hunting geese, he would only hit a goose with one out of ten arrows when he was lucky. Archery was both annoying and boring to him, and over time, he became too lazy to shoot arrows.
I just made those arrogant remarks just now because I felt unfair for myself and Xie Tongyanming. How could I really compare myself with others?
He was a little depressed, but when he thought about the fact that Xie Tongyan, an expert in archery, was there, he knew he wouldn't suffer any loss, and his depression suddenly disappeared.
As they walked into the hunting ground, Liu Heguang bumped into Xie Tongyan's shoulder and said, "I was hit on the arm just now, so I can't use my strength. You are a great archer, so I'll have to rely on you in a while."
Xie Tongyan was quite proud of his archery skills and was very confident. He smiled faintly, agreeing with Liu Heguang's words.
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