Chapter 170 Shocked the Audience
Early in the morning, when it was just light outside, Lin Qian heard the chaotic and noisy footsteps.
He opened his eyes irritably and saw Wei Xiaoran lying beside him. He also frowned and opened his eyes.
"Why is it so noisy outside? When did you come back yesterday?" Lin Qian rubbed her eyes and sat up.
The noise outside was getting louder and louder. Wei Xiaoran simply gave up sleep and sat up with Lin Qian. He said, "I think they came back in the early morning. I can't remember exactly. The soldiers had to ensure the safety of the area and were patrolling, so they were noisy."
Bai Zhi and Bai Wei, who heard the noise, lifted the curtain and came in to help Lin Qianhe wash and dress. Wei Xiaoran lay on the edge of the bed and watched, not moving.
"Why can't you pay it back? You will be busy soon, right?" Lin Qian looked back at Wei Xiaoran and asked.
Wei Xiaoran nodded, stretched lazily, and said, "Today, we have to demonstrate the power of the ten-crossbow, and then the emperor will go hunting himself. I have to accompany him, so I can't accompany you."
The hunting lasted for three days. The first day was just to accompany the emperor, the second day was for competition, and the third day was to prepare to return to Beijing.
After listening to this, Lin Qian nodded: "I understand."
They had breakfast in the tent. After the meal, Wei Xiaoran went to the imperial tent, while Lin Qian went to find Zhang Yufang and Zhao Xiu.
After chatting with the two mothers, the noise outside became louder and louder. Soon Chen Rui came in and reported: "Madam, old lady, we should go to the training ground. The emperor has already gone."
When the three heard this, they stood up without delay and followed Chen Rui.
The training ground was on a wide lawn, surrounded by a circle of tables, chairs and benches, and there was also a sunshade shed above, all prepared for the female members of the family.
At this time, most of the female relatives had arrived in groups of three or four. Lin Qian and the other three followed Chen Rui to their exclusive seat.
As soon as Lin Qian sat down, she saw Ge Wenyu. The two families lived very close to each other.
Ge Wenyu waved at Lin Qian and came over to sit next to her. "I heard from Brother Shuo Shuo that he will bring a group of people out today to demonstrate the power of the Ten-Ball Crossbow. I want to watch carefully."
"Really? He never told me this. It seems like he told you this specifically." Lin Qian said jokingly.
Ge Wenyu was not shy at all and nodded generously. Lin Qian liked her personality very much. Thinking of this, she glanced at Princess Ping'an again. She looked unhappy, but also somewhat helpless.
"If, I mean if, if the prince and princess still don't agree with your marriage with Shuo Shuo, what will you do?" Lin Qian lowered her voice and asked Ge Wenyu quietly.
She thought for a moment and said, "I don't know, but Brother Shuo Shuo told me about this. He told me that he would get my parents' approval and wouldn't embarrass me.
He also said that if he couldn't even handle this, how could he take care of me and give me happiness."
Seeing Ge Wenyu's blushing face, Lin Qian couldn't help but give her brother a hundred thumbs up. Good boy, he is a man who dares to act and take responsibility.
The two were about to say something when the emperor, the finale, finally took his seat. Lin Qian sighed in her heart, stood up with everyone else, and knelt down to pay her respects to the emperor.
"My dear ministers, please stand up!" The emperor waved his hand and then sat on the dragon throne. If Lin Qian didn't know the emperor's temper, she would really think that the emperor was very stylish and majestic.
But Lin Qian, who was already very familiar with the emperor, knew that this guy was definitely pretending.
After the emperor sat down, he said, "This time I came to Mulan Hunting Ground, in addition to hunting, there is another very important matter.
Not long ago, General Zhaowu's son, Senior Cavalry Commander Lin Shuo, presented me with a design for a repeating crossbow capable of firing ten times in a row. I had several made, and today, I'll show you how powerful they are.
Apart from Lin Qian and her family, only the people in the Military Affairs Office who made military equipment knew about the ten-repeat crossbow, so no one leaked a word.
When the ministers heard the emperor's words, they all turned their eyes to Lin Shuo who was standing next to Wei Xiaoran.
Lin Shuo is fourteen years old this year. Because of his martial arts training, he has a strong physique and is much taller. Standing next to Wei Xiaoran, who is about 1.8 meters tall, he is not much shorter than him.
She is not bad looking, with thick eyebrows, big eyes and fair skin. Although she cannot compare with Wei Xiaoran, she is pretty close.
As long as one is an official, there is basically no fool, not to mention those who can come to Mulan Hunting Ground with the emperor. They are all experts and each of them is very smart.
Lin Shuo was already a young talent, and now the emperor also looked upon him with a special eye. His future achievements were limitless. Those who had daughters and granddaughters of marriageable age at home had already started to make plans for him.
Just when the officials were making plans, Lin Shuo walked down from the stage. At the same time, another nineteen people holding a strange-looking crossbow walked to the center of the training ground.
Lin Shuo also joined their ranks, holding a ten-shot crossbow.
Opposite these twenty people, about ten meters away, palace servants placed a team of ten wooden men, all of which were the same size as real people.
"Get ready!" Lin Shuo shouted, and everyone raised their ten-shot crossbows in one hand and aimed at the wooden man in front of them.
Three seconds later, Lin Shuo shouted again: "Fire!"
Suddenly, everyone heard the sharp sound of crossbow arrows piercing the air. After a series of dense bangs, the ten wooden figures on the opposite side were already covered with dangling arrows.
Before anyone could even exclaim, another burst of intense noises erupted, one after another, ten times in a row, without interruption. The ten wooden figures on the opposite side had been shot into sieves.
Just when everyone thought that all ten crossbows had been fired, some people even started applauding.
"Change the box!" Lin Shuo said again.
Twenty people were seen moving in unison, one hand holding the ten-shot crossbow and the other hand on the black box above the crossbow.
There were successive clicking sounds, and twenty people were seen hanging the removed quivers around their waists, then replacing the quivers originally hung around their waists and filled with crossbow arrows, and aiming at the wooden man opposite them again.
Another ten arrows were shot up. Twenty people shot twenty arrows each, a total of four hundred arrows were shot. The wooden man on the opposite side was shot into pieces.
Everyone's jaws dropped in shock. Even Lin Qian and others who had known about the Ten-Repeater Crossbow for a long time were so shocked by the power displayed by the Ten-Repeater Crossbow that they were speechless.
"Hahaha! Good! Not bad! Really good! With these ten-repeater crossbows, no one will dare to offend my Yongyao!" After seeing the power of the ten-repeater crossbows, the emperor immediately stood up and applauded, shouting excitedly.
Everyone suddenly woke up as if from a dream and agreed.
"No one dares to offend Yongyao! No one dares to offend Yongyao!" Everyone present shouted.
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