In the martial arts arena, He Yan had already slowly drawn his bow.
If you cover your eyes, you can't see anything. If you can't see the prey, you can only "hear" it.
And nothing can hear everything in the world more clearly than a blind man.
During the time she was blind, she had also been depressed. A blind person had many inconveniences in walking in this world, and couldn't even take care of herself, so how could she be the best among people? She had always been hardworking, and she made up for her mediocre qualifications with diligence. But this sudden disaster took away all her efforts in an instant, and even her "mediocre" qualifications became a delusion and turned into ashes.
She remembered that when she was unwilling to give up and despair, someone said to her, "If you really want to be strong, it doesn't matter if you are blind. Even if you are blind, you can still be the most unique among the blind."
This was not a very good consolation, but she miraculously remembered it in her heart. When she was trying to practice doing things without using her eyes, she often thought of this sentence: "Being the most different among the blind people."
She didn't know if she was the "most" different one, but she was different from other blind people. She could take care of herself and even others. She practiced swordplay and dice behind the servants' backs. She could also be naughty and secretly hide a slingshot for children and shoot birds.
A blind man's life is not too bad compared to other blind people.
Since she could do what she could do when she was blind, let alone now, she was just temporarily returning to that time in the past.
The sound of the bell in the forest startled countless birds, and the silhouettes of the birds were reflected in the sky. The young man covered his eyes and smiled, drew his bow and shot an arrow, and the arrow followed the bird's trail and flew straight into the clouds!
A titmouse chirped and was shot by an arrow, falling rapidly. The green feather of the arrow reflected the yellow strip of cloth between the boy's eyes, which was bright and colorful.
He Yan reached out and took off the headband covering her eyes. She didn't even look at the arrow on the ground, as if she had expected to hit the prey. She handed the strip of cloth to Wang Ba and said with a smile, "It's your turn."
There was silence all around, and Wang Ba did not reach out to take the hairband she handed him.
He Yan didn't move for a while. Wang Ba lowered his head. He didn't look at He Yan. He just whispered, "No, I can't do it. You are amazing. I am not as good as you."
There was a mixture of anger and admiration in his words. He was angry because he lost to He Yan and lost all face, but he was admiring because of He Yan's blindfolded archery. He really couldn't do it, and even if he started to learn in the future, he wouldn't necessarily be better than He Yan.
People always have to admit their shortcomings.
The recruits finally came to their senses, but instead of cheering, a voice wailed, "My dry biscuits, my dry biscuits lost! How miserable!"
Another voice said, "I'm even worse off. I picked up ten and lost them all!"
Immediately afterwards, wailing sounds came one after another. It seemed that no one in the huge Liangzhou Guards had won the game by betting on He Yan. Even with the support of Xiao Mai and the other three, the gains and losses were offset, and it was all in vain.
But at this moment, a joyful voice rang out, "Ah! I won! I bet ten pieces of dried meat, haha, I always say that I, Cheng Lisu, have a good eye for people!"
He Yan was about to leave, but was stunned when he heard this. He turned around and looked at Cheng Lisu. He didn't expect that the one who invested ten pieces of meat was Cheng Lisu. But then he thought, if it wasn't Cheng Lisu, who else in Liangzhou Guards would be so generous? Xiao Jue? It would be strange if Xiao Jue would participate in such a gamble.
Cheng Lisu ran to He Yan's side, looked at He Yan with sparkling eyes and said, "Well, Brother He Yan, thanks to you, I finally won once. You don't know, I can't do anything in the capital, I can't do literature, I can't do martial arts, even going to the casino I always lose money, I have never won once. Today is the first time I win, Brother He Yan, I must become sworn brothers with you, today is our sworn brotherhood day, I want to treat you to a drink!"
"Ahem," Liang Ping put his fist to his lips and said, "You are not allowed to drink in the camp."
"Then I'll treat you to tea!" Cheng Lisu held He Yan's hand and looked at He Yan as if he was looking at a long-lost relative, revealing a real closeness.
"That's not necessary." He Yan pulled her hand out and stuffed the hairband into his hand, "I almost forgot about this. Thank you for the hairband, Master Cheng."
"There's no need to thank each other." Cheng Lisu said with a smile. He then remembered something and suddenly turned around and said to Wang Ba, "Hey, who is that? Did you forget something?"
"What?" He Yan was puzzled.
"Have you forgotten your bet?" Cheng Lisu said anxiously, "You made a bet with him. If you lose, you will be the leader, and if he loses, he has to call you the boss. Now that he has lost, he has to fulfill the bet!"
Wang Ba's whole body was stiff.
Everyone around started laughing. Liang Ping turned his back. What happened next was not his business. Xiao Mai and Hong Shan leaned against each other to watch the excitement. He Yan raised his eyebrows and looked at Wang Ba.
Wang Ba walked towards He Yan step by step. He was much taller than He Yan, and He Yan looked too small in front of him. His face flushed red, and even the old scar on his face was so red that it seemed to be bleeding.
He Yan noticed his clenched fists and sighed silently in his heart. Perhaps the boss always takes face more seriously? Asking him to call him "boss" might be more embarrassing than killing this man. He Yan was about to say forget it, but Wang Ba whispered: "...boss."
He Yan: “…”
She raised her eyes to look at Wang Ba, but Wang Ba thought she was going to make trouble, and said angrily: "I have already shouted! It is your own fault that you didn't hear me. I won't shout again!"
"I heard it." He Yan laughed, "I was just surprised that you actually screamed."
"A real man's word is as good as gold, and it cannot be changed. How can I go back on my word!" Wang Ba snorted coldly, "You're lucky this time. In the future... don't come to mess with me in the future!" After saying this, he seemed to feel very ashamed and didn't want to stay here any longer. He turned around and left in a hurry.
He Yan pondered for a moment and thought to himself, this Wang Ba is indeed a man of courage and adaptability.
"Brother He Yan, look at you, you are really amazing!" Cheng Lisu came closer again, "To celebrate, let's go, I'll treat you to tea!"
Before He Yan could refuse, he was pulled away by the happy boy.
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"Mr. Cheng has left with He Yan." On the upper floor, Shen Han asked, "Commander, do you want to chase him back?"
"No need." Xiao Jue said. After watching the competition, he seemed bored and turned to walk out. Shen Han hurriedly followed him. He thought of something and glanced at Xiao Jue again, calculating silently in his heart.
The governor said that He Yan was the unruly one. He didn't believe it at first, but now it seems to be true. Don't look at He Yan's skinny appearance. Now a bandit leader can call him "boss". Isn't it difficult to deal with him? If this continues, he can become sworn brothers with the governor.
However, Shen Han glanced at Xiao Jue's cold face and realized that the governor also looked down on this kid.