she won't live to twenty

After the luncheon, it will be one of the highlights of Qiushou - Sheyu Dabi.

The children of each family showed their heroic postures in the shooting field and won the smiles of the beauties.It's a pity that although such a group of noble children who participated in the autumn hunting looked very majestic in fresh clothes and angry horses, their riding and archery skills really couldn't be put on the table, so they couldn't coax the girls who didn't know martial arts.

Although several sons of military generals will participate this year, in the eyes of Wu Ming, their kung fu is really not enough.

Wuming was not interested in the riding and archery competition, but thinking that Nanyue might like it, he took the little girl to the periphery of the archery field.The two rode on horseback and watched from afar.Unexpectedly, Tang Chiyu also rode a horse and brought Si Lian over.

The two horses were familiar with each other, and they began to shake their heads, wag their tails and neigh continuously after being separated by a certain distance.

"Xiaoqi, are you going to take part in the competition?" Wuming raised his eyebrows, looking towards the center of the shooting field.

A Gaoliang disciple just shot an arrow, barely reaching the edge of the target, and it even drew cheers from around.

"No!" Tang Chiyu shook his head grinningly, "Riding and archery on the Weibei battlefield is enjoyable enough, and now I am asked to come to the autumn hunting competition to participate in the archery competition. Isn't this bullying? And the little ones on the autumn hunting field It's really meaningless."

"Indeed, but..." Wuming was about to say, but how many people in the Zhen Guojun will participate in the competition this year.Just as he opened his mouth, he was interrupted by a loud voice not far away.

I saw a young man in red armor riding a horse, and said disdainfully: "Your Highness Seventh, what you mean is that the Weibei Army is the hero who guards the frontier, and our Zhen Guojun is just a small fight?"

The young man is the grandson of Li Quanran, the great general of Zhen Guo, Li Lian, who has always been at odds with Tang Chiyu before.Now Tang Chiyu went to Weibei for three years, made great achievements in battle, and was named General Yunhui.Li Lian also stayed in the Zhen Guo Army for four full years, but he was still just a little centurion, how could he not be jealous?The sour taste in his voice almost came out.

Furthermore, over the years, the Zhen Guo Army and the Weibei Army have been somewhat tit-for-tat.The Zhen Guojun disliked the Weibei Army as a group of reckless men who could only chop off heads. The Weibei Army felt that the Zhen Guojun was spoiled and raised in the imperial city, and they might not even be able to lift a knife, let alone defend their home and country.That's why Li Quanran came up angrily when he heard Tang Chiyu's words.

Tang Chiyu was dumbfounded, and raised his hands: "Li Lian, don't you fucking talk nonsense, when did I say this in Chinese?"

Li Lian punched the cotton, feeling extremely angry.Just as she was about to turn around and leave angrily, at this moment, the weak woman who had been hiding behind Tang Chiyu suddenly came out.

"Young master, the little girl grew up in Hebei Road. She really only knows that it is the Weibei Army that protects the peace of the frontier. But she has never heard of the Zhenguo Army..." Si Lian's tone was soft, with a bit of naivety, The image of an ignorant little girl is vividly interpreted.

Wuming glanced at her meaningfully.

Sure enough, after hearing her words, Li Lian flicked his spear angrily like a furious tiger, pointing his halberd at Si Lian: "You know what!"

"Back when my grandfather led the [-] Zhen Guojun to the north and captured the Northern Jin Dynasty in one fell swoop, you were still breastfeeding in your mother's womb! If there hadn't been no war in the Central Plains these years, the Zhen Guojun had to stay in the imperial city all day long. Can the Weibei Army be as powerful as it is now?"

Tang Chiyu frowned, and protected Si Lian behind him, but did not refute.

She admired Li Lian's grandfather the most. When she was a child, she always regarded General Zhen Guo, who defeated the Northern Jin Dynasty, as her goal and role model.So for the sake of General Zhen Guo, if she talks about how useless the current Zhen Guo Army is, she will feel sorry and angry, but she will never make a mockery.

Tang Chiyu didn't say anything, but Li Lian was relentless: "In my opinion, you Weibei Army are just a bunch of trash! The frontier has been in turmoil for many years, and your Weibei Army just barely defended it. You are a bunch of motherfuckers who only dare to defend and dare not attack. You bastard! If we were to defend the national army, the northern wilderness would have already been our Great Qin territory!"

Nameless sneered in his heart.Standing and talking without pain in the back probably refers to people like Li Lian.He grew up in the imperial city, and he has never seen what the yellow wind in Weibei looks like, he never knew how crazy the horse thieves in Weibei were when they slashed people, he never knew that those barbarians in the wasteland would fight desperately for an acre of land. to what extent.

The temperature in Weibei is extremely low, and it is full of wind and sand all day long.But in the wilderness further north, the environmental conditions are even more difficult.Those barbarians grew wildly in the wasteland, and the wasteland could not support them, so they desperately squeezed to the south.If the Weibei Army hadn't been stationed in the north and killed batch after batch of barbarians, what kind of chaos would have become in Daqin!

In the past year, the barbarians were so afraid of being killed that they reluctantly returned to the wasteland.But Wuming knew that according to the trajectory of the original text, two years later, for some reason, the barbarians would launch an even more terrifying, crazier, and even more desperate attack on the Central Plains.At that time, Zhen Guojun, who had been pampered and raised for many years, had long since died.

Hearing Li Lian's insults to the Weibei Army, Tang Chiyu, who had repeatedly retreated, also burst into anger in his eyes.

"The Weibei army is trash? When the Weibei army was throwing their heads and blood on the battlefield, you were eating and drinking hot food in the imperial city, and now you are going to call us trash instead?" Tang Chiyu also unceremoniously drew his sword and pointed it at Li Lian.

The gazes of many people around them turned from the shooting field, staring at the two people who were at war with each other.

Li Lian instinctively wanted to raise his halberd to fight Tang Chiyu, but he gradually calmed down as he felt the gazes from around him.Today's Autumn Hunting Ceremony is an auspicious day, if he really fights with Tang Chiyu, His Majesty will be furious!Tang Chiyu is His Majesty's favorite Seventh Princess, of course nothing will happen, but what about him?

Li Lian snorted and put away his halberd: "Your Highness, how about this? I represent the Zhen Guo Army, and you represent the Weibei Army. How about we compete in the shooting field?"

Tang Chiyu sneered disdainfully.

Li Lian said sharply: "Is His Highness the Seventh Prince afraid?"

"I'm afraid of your mother!" Tang Chiyu scolded, and helped Si Lian off the horse, "Bow! Arrow! Better than your mother!"

Immediately someone handed the bow and arrow.

Not to be outdone, Li Lian flicked his horsewhip, and the two horses rushed towards the shooting field.

Wuming looked at their backs and sighed with a half-smile.

"Sister Wuming, are you worried about His Royal Highness the Seventh Prince?" Nanyue sat in Wuming's arms, couldn't see her smile, only heard her sigh, and couldn't help asking with concern.

"No, I'm worried about Li Lian." Wuming chuckled lightly, "I'm worried that he will lose too badly and lose the face of General Li."

……

Shooting in the field.

Tang Chiyu wore a red shirt and rode a white horse, full of heroic spirit.

Li Lian wears a thick red armor and rides a black horse. He is also very handsome.

One is the Seventh Princess of the Qin Dynasty who has returned from Weibei, and the other is the leader of the younger generation in the Imperial Army in the Imperial City. Who is better?The side of the shooting court was soon surrounded by a sea of ​​people, and boos continued one after another.

The rules of the competition are very simple. There are ten archery targets of different heights on the meadow. The contestants need to ride horses galloping along a path a hundred steps away, and at the same time draw their bows and shoot at the targets.The two compete, and the one who hits the most arrows wins.If the number of hits is the same, the one with the shortest time wins.

The referee took out a copper plate and was about to throw it to decide the order of playing, but Tang Chiyu squinted his eyes and laughed frivolously: "Li Lian goes first."

Li Lian "tsk": "Your Highness the Seventh Prince is afraid?"

"Yes, I'm really afraid." Tang Chiyu laughed flamboyantly, "I'm afraid that if I play first, you will lose your confidence in the competition."

"Sharp teeth and sharp mouth, I will show off my tongue!" Li Lian flicked his horsewhip and rushed into the riding and shooting range.

Not only Li Lian, but even the people watching the excitement around thought that His Highness the Seventh Prince was just venting verbally.When Tang Chiyu left Beijing, she was just a delicate little girl. Even if she often committed crimes and committed crimes in the streets, she was just relying on His Majesty's favor.Even if she stayed in Weibei for three years, how could her riding and archery skills be any better for a girl?

No one saw Tang Chiyu with scars all over her body, no one saw her rough skin and calluses on her hands, everyone knew that she was a spoiled princess, just a woman.

Such is the atmosphere in the capital.

Some people even thought that the Seventh Prince knew that he was no match for Li Lian, so he verbally humiliated him, facing the loss too badly.Think His Highness the Seventh Prince is really deep-minded and extremely vicious!

Not far away, Wuming chuckled and shook his head.She knew that Tang Chiyu had a straight temper and definitely did not mean to humiliate Li Lian on purpose, but... She really thought so.

……

At the same time, Li Lian has drawn his horse-drawn bow!

He put his legs between the horse's belly, holding the bow in one hand and pulling the string in the other, showing a full posture.Although the horse was not running fast, it was very stable, I don't know how much higher than those Gaoliang boys before.

Before Li Lian shot an arrow, there was bursts of applause from the crowd, and many girls looked straight at him.

The corners of Li Lian's lips curled up, and the feathered arrow flew out!

It landed firmly on the target.

Then the second arrow, the third arrow, the fourth arrow...

For a total of ten arrows, although none hit the bull's-eye, none of them missed.You know, his horse has been running slowly from the beginning to the end, without stopping for a moment, he draws the bow sideways, and it is extremely difficult to hit ten arrows.

"Li Lian! Well done!" The crowd cheered.

Li Lian turned his horse's head and waved high-spiritedly to the crowd.He turned his head, wanting to find Tang Chiyu's figure, his eyes subconsciously changed from arrogance to disdain.When Tang Chiyu is on the field later, it may be difficult for ten arrows to hit five arrows.

However, the moment he looked at the shooting field, the smile on the corners of Li Lian's lips froze, and the disdain in his eyes became panicked.

I saw the white horse rushing into the shooting field like a blizzard, without any intention of slowing down!

And Tang Chiyu was wearing a red dress and sitting on the horse, his figure was as steady as a pine, without any swaying.

She drew the string and drew the bow extremely neatly, arrow after arrow, almost without any pause.

Every time an arrow is shot, there is a sound of "shua" piercing the air, and the wind marks on the tail of the arrow are sharp!Li Lian couldn't see Tang Chiyu's face, but he could imagine the look in her eyes just by watching her draw the bow.

Tenacious, focused, and shining like ice.

If Tang Chiyu's target is not the target... but Li Lian himself.

Cold sweat dripped from Li Lian's back.

He lost.

After ten arrows were shot, the white horse rushed out of the shooting field without slowing down.

On the target, ten arrows hit the bull's-eye.

The crowd was in an uproar.

Outside the crowd, Nan Yue also blinked in surprise, her small mouth was slightly opened, and her face was full of longing.

Tang Chiyu's martial arts were not as good as Wuming's, but the basic archery skills he practiced on the battlefield were no worse than Wuming's.

Wuming waved his horsewhip, led Nanyue to another empty space, and rubbed her head with his hand: "Little Nanyue, do you want to learn archery?"

"Well, sister Wuming, I..." Nanyue originally wanted to say that she thought Tang Chiyu was very handsome and powerful just now, but when she turned her head and saw Wuming's slightly playful expression, Nanyue immediately changed her words, "I want my sister to teach you how to do it." Me! My sister's arrow skills must be much better than His Royal Highness Seven!"

Only then did Wuming narrow his eyes in satisfaction, and nodded lightly: "That's right."

She took out her bow and arrow, and explained to Nanyue gently and patiently.

After a while, Tang Chiyu also picked up Si Lian and came over.Tang Chiyu was in a great mood. Seeing Wuming teaching Nanyue how to draw a bow, he also enthusiastically wanted to teach Silian.

Si Lian shook his head weakly: "Your Highness... I can't learn it."

Seeing Si Lian's weak look, Tang Chiyu immediately lost interest, and said with hatred, "You are always so weak, and you refuse to learn martial arts. After leaving me, no one will protect you, what should you do? "

Si Lian hugged Tang Chiyu's waist, and lay softly in her arms: "I...I will not leave Your Highness."

Tang Chiyu rolled his eyes helplessly, and couldn't bear to push Si Lian away, so he looked at the sky in distress and let out a long sigh.

The sixth prince, Tang Zhi, walked to the edge of the open space at some point, squinting at Wuming and Nanyue.

Wuming held Nanyue's hand tenderly, leading her to gently caress the body of the bow, and pulled the bowstring.Nanyue's palm was very soft and her strength was not strong enough, so she shot an arrow crookedly.Wuming didn't dislike him at all, the smile in his eyes was warm.

The arrows on the horse's back were used up, Wuming ran to retrieve the shot arrows with light work, and patiently taught her the second round.

And Nanyue's cheeks always had a slight dimple, obviously she was just a small and soft girl, but she had a beautiful and confident demeanor, which made people want to take a second look.Every time Nanyue looks at Wuming, her clear black eyes are full of joy, and there is no trace of deceit.

When the two of them interacted together, it was as if they were in a small independent world, and outsiders couldn't get in at all.

Tang Zhi suddenly let out a long breath, turned and left, hiding the playful light in his eyes.

……

In the evening, the autumn hunting finally came to an end. Everyone packed up properly and left the hunting ground in an orderly manner following King Qin's dragon chariot.

Today's autumn hunting went well. Sitting in the chariot, King Qin glanced at the civil and military officials behind him, and then at the abundant prey behind the dragon chariot. A satisfied smile appeared on his wrinkled face.

This year is the 15th year of the Qin calendar, and it is the No.15 year when he ascended the throne and changed the year name to the country name.The entire Qin Dynasty was in its heyday, the civil and military officials in the court each had their own merits, the rivers and lakes were in good weather, and there were continuous bumper harvests everywhere.That's great, that's great...

Qin Wang squinted his eyes, raised his hand and stroked his beard slowly.

Suddenly, I don't know what happened behind, and the team of officials became noisy.King Qin opened his eyes suddenly, waved his hand to signal Long Nian to stop: "What's going on behind?"

Soon a guard reported: "Return to Your Majesty! Nanbo Yuannan's second lady is missing, and she said she hasn't come back since morning..."

"Oh?" King Qin frowned slightly. The autumn hunting grounds are very large, and every autumn hunting, there will always be some sons and daughters who cannot be found suddenly.However, the prey in the hunting ground have been screened layer by layer, and there are no ferocious beasts. Usually, the guards are asked to look for them in the hunting ground, and the person can be recovered safely within the next day at most.

However, as soon as King Qin's dragon chariot stopped, the row, which was already noisy and incessant, immediately became more chaotic.

King Qin rubbed his brows impatiently, leaned down and ordered: "Go, send more people to find the second lady of the Nan family. Mr. Nan is dedicated to the country, so I can't let him down! The rest of the people go... ..."

Before King Qin finished speaking, he suddenly sensed something, and his eyes suddenly became sharp.

Among the chaotic crowd, a short feathered arrow flew out from nowhere and pierced his life!

The feathered arrow was very short and small, but its murderous aura was extremely strong, and the tail of the arrow even left a white mark in the air.

Unstoppable and unstoppable.

It appeared too fast, too sudden, and too eerie.

Before the commander of the guards even had time to shout out the words "there is an assassin", the arrow was about to touch King Qin's forehead.

However, at this moment, a hand was stretched out from nowhere.

He easily grasped the feathered arrow that was only a piece of paper away from King Qin's forehead.

Then snap off.

The owner of the hand is a middle-aged man with a broad face. He has a very ordinary appearance and a very ordinary figure.But it was not ordinary at all, easily grasping that lore feather arrow.

"Your Majesty, forgive me, the escort came late." The man knelt down in front of the dragon chariot, his voice was extremely simple and honest, and it was very recognizable.

"Ha! Please, Aiqing, I should be the one who wants to thank you for saving your life." Qin Wang smiled and stretched out his hand, and after helping the man himself, his face was as cold as ice.

He looked at the commander of the guards and sternly said a word: "Check!"

The team behind was in a commotion again, and countless black figures suddenly emerged from the mountain forest, densely surrounding the entire hunting ground.

In the crowd, Wuming stared at the back of the middle-aged man, a little lost in thought.The arrow just now appeared so strange that even she might not be able to block it, but that man broke the arrow so easily.

Wuming calculated in her heart that if they faced each other head-on, she might not be able to hold on to the five moves.

"He is the first-rank master in the palace, Wang Tianba, my father's guest under the throne." The master patted Wuming on the shoulder and explained.

"The one who can stab me to death with just one finger?" Wuming asked.

The master smiled kindly and nodded.

Although Wuming is very talented in martial arts, but after all, he is too young and has only learned martial arts for ten years.Although her martial arts can be ranked among the top five in Jianghu, she is still many years behind the realm of those four great masters.

Wuming let out a "tsk" and asked the Second Master, "Did you see where the hidden weapon came from just now?"

"That thing is quite creepy. It is possible in the crowd or in the woods." The second master said in a low voice, "Even I didn't notice its trajectory, let alone others. This assassin... I'm afraid I won't be able to catch it." Here we go."

Wuming lowered his head to think for a moment, and for some reason, Si Lian's face suddenly appeared in his mind.

The second master once said that Si Lian's skills are treacherous, and his internal strength is definitely not low.But today in Qiushou, Si Lian deliberately provoked the relationship between Tang Chiyu and Li Lian, Wuming saw it.

Wuming raised his head and looked in Tang Chiyu's direction. Si Lian was still sitting softly behind Tang Chiyu.She seemed to be frightened by the assassination, and her figure became more and more lonely and pitiful. Tang Chiyu sighed and simply took her into his arms.

It was also at this time that Si Lian suddenly raised his eyes to look at Wuming as if he felt something.

Si Lian's eyes were also filled with panic, and there was no trace of deceit.

Nameless smiled at her through the crowd.

Si Lian seemed to be terrified, and immediately put his head into Tang Chiyu's arms, without looking at Wuming again.

Wuming bowed her head, her eyes flickered, she seemed to know who the assassin was.

Secretary Lian.

……

into the night.

Inside the Sixth Prince's Mansion, the lights were brightly lit.

Tang Zhi sat in an empty and secluded garden, sipping wine, roasting a hare with his own hands, the scene was inexplicably strange.

"Autumn Equinox, what do you think of Changning now?" Tang Zhi squinted his eyes, facing an empty garden, and asked with a chuckle, "Why, is it still a 'witch girl misleading the country'?"

Soon, a hoarse voice came from the deserted garden: "...Yes."

Tang Zhi shook his head and smiled: "But I really like it."

"Autumn Equinox, do you understand the feeling? I can't see through her, but I am deeply attracted by her, I want to own her, I want to hold her in my arms to torture, I want to listen to her begging for mercy. And I want her Whipping me, insulting me, wanting to surrender at her feet—do you understand the feeling of this?" Tang Zhi stood up frantically, swept his sleeves across the table, and spilled wine on the table.

No one answered.

Tang Zhi walked barefoot to the center of the garden, his cheeks flushed slightly.He raised his hands, staggered around in the middle of the garden a few times, raised his head and laughed, and it took him a long time to calm down.

"The first time I saw her was Qiushou two years ago. At that time, she had just returned from Weibei, her skin was darker than now, and there were still scars on her arms. You don't know the autumn equinox, her eyes when hunting... so Beautiful, how fascinating! I fell in love with her at that time."

"If she is not the princess, if I am not the prince, I will definitely marry her." Tang Zhi's eyes suddenly went crazy, "Hahahahaha... marry her, when I sit on that chair, I will definitely marry her as the queen."

"I don't know who the assassin is today...why didn't he succeed? I'm already...can't wait."

There was still no response from the empty garden.

Cold wind blows.

Tang Zhi's tone finally returned to normal: "Autumn Equinox, do you know? She always acts softly and coquettishly in front of her father, like a child. In front of Seventh Sister, she is extremely heroic, and her aura is no worse than Seventh Sister's. In front of that little girl from the Nan family... what is that little girl's name?"

The hoarse voice finally sounded again: "Nan Yue."

"Yes, Nanyue." Tang Zhi said softly, "She is so gentle in front of Nanyue. I can't tell which one is the real her. I really want to be with her Let's dig out her heart together, so I can take a look. By the way, about the autumnal equinox, speaking of Nanyue, what do you think of that little girl?"

Tang Zhi recalled Nanyue's beautiful side face when she was shooting arrows, and the smile on her lips became weird.

He observed Wuming for two full years, and he had never seen her be so intimate with anyone.But Nanyue was different, Tang Zhi investigated, Wuming and Nanyue had only known each other for two months, but they seemed to have known each other for a lifetime.

Tang Zhi felt indescribably sad, but instinctively felt that the picture of the two of them together was so beautiful.

It was so beautiful that he wanted to treasure it, but also wanted to crush it with his own hands.

The voice of the dead man Autumn Equinox sounded again. This time, he said four words: "clear, weak, kind, and brave."

"Kind and brave... What a wonderful little girl." Tang Zhi smiled and looked up at the boundless night sky.