Chapter 33033 Your Secret
After apologizing to Du Qingtang, Xie Guang apologized to the students he injured one by one.
Du Qingtang refused to accept it. "If I hadn't behaved properly and hadn't brought the evidence with me, I would have immediately clarified the rumors. I'm afraid that Xie and my cousin would have done what they wanted, ruined my reputation, and been expelled from the academy."
"I hope that Xie will keep his eyes open and choose friends carefully in the future, and not be led by the nose by people with ulterior motives."
Xie Guang hated her hypocritical look the most.
Even now, he still didn't believe Du Qingtang's words. Brother Yuanxian had saved him before, so how could he lie to him?
The only regret is that Du Qingtang is eloquent, but he is unpopular and doomed to fail miserably.
Others echoed.
"You are so bad and stupid. I will never forgive you."
"If classmate Du hadn't intervened in time to stop the arrow, many more people would have been hurt because of you. You don't deserve our forgiveness."
"Student Du, I misunderstood you earlier. I, Wang, would like to apologize."
The students who had previously clamored for Du Qingtang to leave the academy were filled with shame and bowed to her to apologize.
Du Qingtang returned the greeting to show that he would let bygones be bygones.
The solemn atmosphere on the archery field was swept away, and everyone rushed forward, surrounding Du Qingtang in three layers.
They looked at Du Qingtang with curiosity and admiration, chattering and asking questions.
"Student Du, have you really never learned archery?"
"Student Du, could you please demonstrate this again? I've been learning horse archery for two years, but I rarely hit the bull's eye. Could you share some of your experience?"
"Classmate Du..."
"Classmate Du..."
Du Qingtang is certainly not a beginner.
The late emperor was very fond of hunting. During his reign, he would lead his ministers and concubines to the royal hunting grounds every year.
Later, when Emperor Qingyuan ascended the throne, the annual hunting activity continued and became one of the ways for ministers to show themselves and gain the favor of His Majesty.
After serving as an official in the second life, Du Qingtang followed the trend and learned riding and archery.
After experiencing many reincarnations, the horse riding and archery skills that were once perfect have long been forgotten.
With the bow and arrow in hand, I had no other thoughts except the unfamiliarity. It took me several attempts to get back to the feeling.
Du Qingtang expected Xie Guang to interfere, but she still underestimated his despicableness and that he would try to harm her by hurting others.
Although it is a blunt arrow, it will not draw blood when it pierces the body, but it will definitely hurt and leave a bruise.
Fortunately, she performed exceptionally well and shot the ninth arrow, preventing innocent people from being hurt.
Du Qingtang said calmly, "I come from a poor family and have never touched a bow and arrow before."
"Student Du, you are amazing!"
"Classmate Du, can you teach me?"
"Everyone..." Teacher Qian couldn't bear it any longer, "Have you forgotten that there is a teacher like me?"
"Teacher, when you first learned archery, were you faster than classmate Du?"
Teacher Qian choked and said, of course not.
Everyone got the answer from his silence and laughed.
Teacher Qian was extremely helpless and looked at Du Qingtang: "Why don't you demonstrate it again? I was far away before and didn't see it carefully."
Du Qingtang shook his head: "It was just luck before, I'm not completely sure this time."
Teacher Qian said, "It wouldn't hurt to give it a try."
Having said this, Du Qingtang had no choice but to draw his bow and aim at the target.
"call out--"
The arrow flew and hit the bull's eye.
"good!"
The crowd applauded and the cheers continued for a long time.
The way Instructor Qian looked at Du Qingtang was very similar to the way Instructor Sun and Instructor Huang looked at her, excited and full of eagerness: "If you want to make further progress in archery, you can come to me."
Du Qingtang naturally agreed.
The farce was over, and everyone scattered and continued their practice. Only then did Fu Wen find an opportunity to walk over.
Before, Du Qingtang was surrounded by people so tightly that she couldn't squeeze in. She was stepped on several times and her toes were aching slightly.
Fu Wen trotted over to Du Qingtang, his eyes sparkling. "Qingtang, you're amazing! I haven't been able to shoot the bow for several times, and my arm hurts from pulling the bow. Can you help me figure out what's wrong?"
Du Qingtang readily agreed: "The pain in your arm is because of the wrong posture. Try it again and I'll see what's wrong."
Fu Wen drew her bow and drew her arrow. Du Qingtang saw the problem at a glance and walked to Fu Wen to help her adjust her posture.
"Push your right arm down a little bit, and lift your left hand..."
Fu Wen did as he was told, and the effect was remarkable. Although he didn't hit the target, at least he brushed the edge.
Under Du Qingtang's guidance, Fu Wen quickly hit the target and jumped for joy.
"Qingtang, I got it!"
Fu Wen smiled, and Du Qingtang also smiled, with a slight curve at the corners of his eyes.
At this moment, an unignorable gaze fell on her.
Du Qingtang looked over sharply and met Cao Xingcan's eyes. They were both stunned.
Fu Wen said, "To be honest, I didn't expect classmate Cao to stand up and testify for you. I always thought he was arrogant and annoying, but now it seems he's a good person."
Du Qingtang didn't expect Cao Xingcan to do this. No matter what the reason was, she accepted his favor.
Thinking of this, Du Qingtang nodded to Cao Xingcan.
Cao Xingcan narrowed his eyes and pulled the corner of his mouth in an ambiguous manner.
......
Half an hour passed in a flash.
Led by Instructor Qian, the students in Class D moved to the stable to select horses.
"Xie Guang, you stay here and clean up the place. Come back to class after you pick up the arrows."
Xie Guang: “…Yes.”
"Look, Xie Guang's face has turned blue."
"It's what he deserves. He did such a bad thing."
Du Qingtang was not interested in Xie Guang's ordinary face and was dragged by Fu Wen to choose a foal.
"The reddish-brown color looks good, and it looks very heroic and energetic."
"Then I'll choose white."
Du Qingtang once raised a white horse named Zhuifeng in her mansion. She liked Zhuifeng very much and would comb its hair whenever she had time. Unfortunately, it was hacked to death by the beast Xia Qixuan, and even its body was not left intact.
The white pony came over and tried to rub against him.
"Be good." Du Qingtang gently stroked its soft mane and took the reins from the man in charge of the stable with a gentle look in his eyes.
"Your father died young, your mother was weak and incompetent, and only knew how to support her family. Your eight sisters are all ordinary women."
A deep voice suddenly sounded, Du Qingtang restrained his smile, and watched Cao Xingcan approach step by step with cold eyes.
Seeing Du Qingtang's thorns standing up, his eyes sharp and his expression cold, Cao Xingcan couldn't help but sneer: "You grew up in this environment, only studied for two years, yet you can write beautiful articles and shoot arrows with unwavering accuracy. Are you really not afraid of arousing suspicion from others?"
The night before yesterday, the people Cao Xingcan sent to investigate Du Qingtang came back.
As Du Qingtang said, he was born in a rural farming family, without a privileged family background and no knowledgeable scholars to teach him how to read and write.
But a voice in the dark told Cao Xingcan that Du Qingtang must have some unknown secret.
In the past two days, Cao Xingcan has been observing Du Qingtang.
Watch her read and listen to lectures, watch her draw the bow and arrow over and over again, and not get discouraged when she misses, but keep trying.
Like tens of millions of farmers' children in the world, she worked diligently and hard, and dreamed of changing her destiny through studying and taking the imperial examinations.
During the horse riding and archery class, when Xie Guang approached Du Qingtang stealthily, Cao Xingcan almost immediately understood his intention.
As expected, Du Qingtang's arrow missed the target, causing a riot.
Cao Xingcan felt disgusted with Xie Guang. He regarded Du Qingtang as his rival, but he would never use despicable means to win. He wanted to defeat Du Qingtang fairly.
But the premise of all this is that Du Qingtang can continue to study at Qingyuan Academy.
So he stood up and testified on her behalf.
After hearing what Cao Xingcan said, Du Qingtang's displeasure disappeared in an instant.
She did deliberately lead Xie Guang to take action during the horse riding and archery class so that she could strike first, completely get rid of Xie Guang, and nip all troubles in the bud.
Rather than having his plan discovered, Du Qingtang was more concerned about Cao Xingcan's secret investigation of him.
He offended her.
Fortunately, every skill she mastered was acquired from her previous life. Even if Cao Xingcan turned Taoyuan Village upside down, he would never find any clues.
Thinking of this, Du Qingtang was fearless: "Is it difficult to do something that only requires hands?"
Cao Xingcan: “???”
Just having hands will do?
Is Du Qingtang mocking him?
Because he loses to her every time.
Cao Xingcan was dissatisfied with her blunt answer. He locked his gaze on her face, not missing a single change in her expression. "How dare you say you haven't plotted against Xie Guang?"
"From what I know, the Yuan family not only signed an IOU to sever the relationship, but also paid a house as compensation. So your cousin deliberately twisted the truth to lead Xie Guang against you. But others don't know the truth of the rumors. If these things spread within the academy, it will definitely affect your reputation. It's better to take the initiative and eliminate the trouble once and for all."
"This morning, you said in front of Xie Guang that you were not good at riding and shooting, just to lure Xie Guang into the game."
"Don't deny it, and don't try to quibble. If you didn't set up this scheme, why would you be carrying around IOUs and documents severing ties?"
Unfortunately, he was about to be disappointed. Du Qingtang remained unmoved throughout the entire conversation. "This is nonsense. Just because I've beaten classmate Cao a few times, do I have to endure your malicious speculation?"
"That's not at all..."
"Qingtang, I'm fine now. Let's go!" Fu Wen came over from the other side, leading the chestnut horse. Du Qingtang left Cao Xingcan aside and went to meet him. "I'm fine too."
Seeing Du Qingtang about to leave, Cao Xingcan reached out to stop him but was dodged. He simply gave up and said, "Du Qingtang, one day I will dig out your secret!"
Du Qingtang stroked the white horse's mane gently and said without turning his head, "I'll wait and see."
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