Cold Sword Perched Peach Blossom

Meng Lanruo also noticed the smell of gunpowder between Qi Yasheng and Lin Rufei, but he didn't understand why Qi Yasheng had such deep hostility towards Lin Rufei. Did he find out that he planned to marry Lin Rufei? What did Ru Fei introduce to her sister?

However, although Lin Rufei came from a famous family, she heard that she was too weak to learn swords since she was a child, and her body had no sword intent. Touching the corner of Lin Rufei's clothes, he said, "Mr. Lin, what's the point of watching a big man shoot arrows instead of looking at a beautiful girl—"

"Big men don't look good at archery?" Qi Yansheng looked at Meng Langruo with a half-smile, "Are you sure?"

Meng Lanruo said confidently, "It just doesn't look good!"

Qi Yansheng ignored Meng Lanruo and turned to look at Lin Rufei: "Young master Lin said it's okay to take a look, but he's interested, so what are you talking about?"

Meng Langruo wanted to say something more, but was scolded by Meng Youyue, telling him not to be rude to the young master. Only then did Meng Langruo show resentment, but she still whispered to Lin Rufei, saying that if she didn't want to see it, she would Do not force.

Lin Rufei nodded her head slowly.

The shooting range is next to the racecourse, but it is not as lively as the racecourse. There are all kinds of targets and bows and arrows in it, which look like they are often used.

Lin Rufei remembered that when she saw Meng Langruo yesterday, he seemed to be carrying a longbow on his back. It seemed that he was really interested in archery.

This Qi Yansheng was obviously a frequent visitor to the Meng family, and when the servants at the shooting range saw him coming, they sent him a new longbow made without him asking.

The bow and arrow are very beautiful, vermilion all over, and delicate animal patterns. At first glance, it looks like an exquisite handicraft, but it is very heavy. It was carried to Qi Yansheng by three servants. He raised his hand, He easily raised the bow and arrow, and said with a smile: "Ebony is rare, and ten thousand years of ebony is even rarer. This bow is also a rare item. I wonder if Mr. Lin wants to try it?"

Meng Lanruo became anxious when he heard it, and said angrily, "Qi Yansheng, what are you talking about, Young Master Lin..." He wanted to say that Young Master Lin was weak, but when the words came to his lips, he felt that the words were too offensive, " Mr. Lin, how can you play with things that rough people like you like to play with!"

Qi Yansheng smiled and said, "Young Master Lin hasn't spoken yet, what are you in a hurry for?" Although his tone was smiling, there was not much smile in his eyes, instead he stared at Lin Rufei with deep eyes, waiting for his reaction .

"Oh, Qi Yansheng, this name is really ugly." Gu Xuandu, who had been silent by Lin Rufei's side, suddenly opened his mouth, his voice was a bit cold, "Xiao Jiu, promise him."

Lin Rufei heard Gu Xuandu's words, looked back at Qi Yansheng, and said, "You can try."

Qi Yansheng smiled and said, "Trying the bow alone is always a bit boring. Taking this opportunity, why don't Mr. Lin compete with me?"

Meng Lanruo wanted to stop something when he heard the words, but before he could say what to stop, Lin Rufei said three words coldly: "How to compare?"

Qi Yansheng raised his finger to the shooting range, "I will let people release a group of pigeons into the sky, a total of three feather arrows, it depends... whoever shoots the best pigeons."

"Mr. Lin, don't compare yourself to him!" Meng Lanruo said angrily, "This guy is very good at archery!"

It was too late to say this, Lin Rufei had already nodded.

Qi Yansheng smiled again, this smile was very annoying to Meng Langruo, and he thought in his heart that he must find time to speak ill of this man in front of his sister, and he must not be made his brother-in-law.

The pigeon cage was carried out by the servants and placed in the center of the shooting range.

Qi Yansheng raised his hand and drew his bow, pointed it at mid-air, and said, "Let it go."

After the words fell, the servants opened the locked pigeon cages, and the released pigeons fluttered their wings and flew into the air. Qi Yansheng smiled and let go of the string in his hand.The feather arrow turned into a white rainbow and flew towards the sky at an extremely fast speed, like a stream of light, it sank straight into the flock of pigeons.Then, several streaks of blood exploded in the sky, and then the feathered arrow fell, and the smooth shaft was already covered with snow-white pigeons.

Qi Yansheng shot three arrows in a row, all the arrows were like this, after the three arrows were shot, the servant ran to the middle of the field and picked up the arrow and the pigeon together.

"Young Master Qi shot fifteen pigeons in total! There are five pigeons on each arrow." The servant bowed and reported.

"It's such a waste." Meng Lanruo picked on the other side, "Give it to my sister, just say that Mr. Qi shot the pigeon for her, and let her make soup to drink!"

Qi Yansheng was not angry when he heard the words, he just smiled and waved his hands to signal the servant to obey Meng Langruo's words.

Afterwards, he looked at Lin Rufei, raised his hand and handed the bow to Lin Rufei: "Young Master Lin, please."

Lin Rufei reached out to take the bow.

The bow should be heavy, but Lin Rufei held it easily in his hand. He fiddled with the bowstring lightly, and felt that Gu Xuandu had come up behind him, and whispered in his ear: "Can you draw a bow?" ?”

Lin Rufei shook her head invisibly.

"It doesn't matter if you don't." Gu Xuandu said, "This kind of thing is for children." He said, getting close to Lin Rufei's body, and put his hand on Lin Rufei's, "Teach you once, and you should know it."

After speaking, he asked Lin Rufei to take the arrow, and while adjusting his posture, he whispered in his ear how to draw the bow.

Qi Yansheng looked at Lin Rufei raising his bow and frowned slightly. It has to be said that Lin Rufei was almost a complete novice when he first picked up the bow and arrow and posed. He seemed to know nothing about bows and arrows, but gradually Yes, his posture began to change, as if an invisible person was correcting his mistakes.

"Shoulders are slightly heavy." The shoulders were lightly pressed down.

"Look straight ahead." His jaw was gently twisted, and he looked into the air.

"The center of gravity falls between the feet, and the waist cannot be soft..." The waist was supported.

"There is no turning back arrow when the bow is opened. This is the first arrow. Don't worry, come on." The sound of pigeons fluttering sounded, Lin Rufei let go of the right hand that drew the bow, and decisively released the first arrow.

I saw the feather arrow shoot out towards the sky with a whizzing sound, passed through the pigeons, and disappeared into the blue sky with everyone's eyes on it.

There was silence in the arena, and there was not even a single pigeon feather on the empty ground.

Qi Yasheng stretched out his hand to slightly cover his mouth, suppressed the smile that was about to emerge from his lips with a dry cough, and commented: "The shot was good! It's just that the aim is a little bit off."

Meng Langruo's eyes were full of worries, and she gave Qi Yansheng a bitter look, thinking that this person really became more and more annoying the more she looked at it, and she finally found a playmate, so she just got mixed up by him.If Lin Rufei loses this competition embarrassingly, she probably won't be happy to stay in Meng's house anymore, after all, Qi Yansheng is a guest of Meng's house.

Lin Rufei didn't seem to realize it, but smiled instead: "To tell you the truth, I have been weak since I was a child, and I have never practiced archery."

"Ah? Never practiced?" Meng Lanruo was startled.He knows Qi Yansheng's favorite bow very well. Ordinary people can't even draw it, let alone archery. If Lin Rufei really shoots an arrow for the first time as he said, although he didn't hit a pigeon, he will This level is already astonishing.

The smile in Qi Yansheng's eyes faded a little. He believed what Lin Rufei said, because the first moment Lin Rufei got the bow and arrow, she really looked like a novice who had never practiced.

"It's very interesting to have a chance to try it today." Lin Rufei slightly twisted her shoulders, the scars made by Jiaolong there were still aching, "It's a shame, everyone, don't laugh."

"Whoever laughs is a dog!" Meng Langruo gave Lin Rufei a lot of face, and gave Qi Yansheng a blank look.

Qi Yansheng didn't speak, and gave Lin Rufei the second feather arrow without saying a word.

Lin Rufei let out a breath, and took the feather arrow.

Gu Xuandu supported Lin Rufei's shoulders, and softly instructed: "You did a good job just now, but there are still some details that need attention."

Lin Rufei hummed.

Gu Xuandu said: "The moment you draw the bow, your eyes remember to aim at the target you want to shoot. The aim when you draw the bow is the most important... Those pigeons fly fast, so you have to predict their positions in advance. Of course, If the arrows are shot fast enough, you don’t have to think so much.” Just like Qi Yansheng, the arrows have already been shot before the pigeons scatter, and it’s not impossible for one arrow to pierce five pigeons.

"Come on, don't stretch your body too tight, yes, yes...that's it." Gu Xuandu held Lin Rufei's hand and corrected his mistakes little by little, "Xiao Jiu, you did a good job."

"Let's shoot." The second arrow was shot out. After Gu Xuandu's guidance, this arrow did not miss, and shot down a white pigeon fluttering its wings in mid-air.

Seeing the white pigeon landed on the ground, Lin Rufei felt a little relieved, thinking that at least she didn't eat another egg, which barely saved Kunlun's face.

Qi Yansheng also breathed a sigh of relief like Lin Rufei, he saw that Lin Rufei was indeed not very good at bows and arrows, and he seemed to have tried his best to shoot one.

Meng Lanruo was angrily spinning around in place. If she wasn't afraid of being beaten by her mother, she might have drawn out her sword and challenged Qi Yansheng to challenge her one-on-one.Although Qi Yansheng is superb at archery, his swordsmanship is not good, and he is always defeated by his own men every time.

When the second arrow was released, Gu Xuandu directly asked Lin Rufei to take the third arrow, and he complained: "I just hate these children's things, it's very troublesome."

Lin Rufei just laughed.

"But children should be taught more lessons." Gu Xuandu sneered, "In order not to know the heights of heaven and earth." He lowered his voice and said coldly, "Come on, let them see the real arrow—"

After his words fell, Lin Rufei also let go of the bowstring in his hand, and the last arrow came out of the string, and after making a piercing sound, it disappeared in midair.

"Where are the arrows?" Meng Langruo asked blankly.

Qi Yansheng's face was full of doubts at first, but then his expression changed drastically, and he said, "How could it be—"

The flock of pigeons that had already dispersed in the sky suddenly burst out with red blood flowers, and then fell to the ground one after another, and no one was spared.

The feathered arrow was still missing, as if it had disappeared into the sky.

"Why are the pigeons dead?" Meng Lanruo looked in disbelief.

Qi Yansheng turned to look at Lin Rufei.

Lin Rufei's face remained unchanged, the bow in her hand had been placed on the table next to her, and she was rubbing her wrist lightly, as if she felt that the bow was too heavy.

"The sword energy is wrapped in the feather arrow." Qi Yansheng answered Meng Langruo's question.

"Sword Qi? But Mr. Lin is not..." Meng Langruo originally wanted to say that he didn't know how to use swords, but he swallowed the words again.

Qi Yansheng stared at Lin Rufei with heavy eyes, as if he wanted to poke a hole in Lin Rufei's body.If Meng Lan didn't know, he knew very well that the reason why sword energy can become sword energy, the biggest reliance is actually the weapon in hand.Throughout the ages, there are only a handful of people who can wield sword energy with other things.He had practiced for more than 20 years before he could barely manage to attach a ray of sword energy to the feather arrow, but Lin Rufei clearly had no sword intent...

Just when the atmosphere was stagnant, the servant had already brought back the pigeons that Lin Rufei had shot. Counting them down, there were only thirteen pigeons, two less than Qi Yansheng, so he lost the competition.

But looking at the expressions of the two, it seems that the losers are all tired of winning.

Lin Rufei stretched out her hand to cover her mouth, and coughed heavily, her clothes were dangling, so flimsy that a gust of wind could blow him away.

Meng Lanruo stepped forward and patted him on the back, helping him to calm down, and called the servant to bring hot tea.

Lin Rufei drank hot tea and felt a little better. She waved her hand to indicate that she was fine.

"Qi Yansheng, you really have nothing to do. Mr. Lin came to our Meng Manor to recuperate from his illness, and you insist on competing with him in archery." Meng Lanruo said angrily, "My sister is not stopping you either!"

"Healing?" Qi Yansheng was slightly startled, "Mr. Lin is sick?"

"It's just a minor illness." Lin Rufei said, "But I still need to rest more, I'm not feeling well, so I'll go back to my room to rest first."

Meng Lanruo insisted on sending Lin Rufei back, but Lin Rufei had no choice but to let him go.

Qi Yansheng stood on the spot and watched the two go away, his expression was unclear, he glanced down at the longbow on the table, and said coldly: "Go and report to Madam, saying that Qi Yansheng has something to see."

Meng Lanruo sent Lin Rufei back to the room. Seeing that he had rested, she ran out of the room in a hurry.

As soon as he came out, he saw Zhuyin standing in the yard, looking down at something, quietly approached, and reached out to pat Zhuyin on the shoulder.

Zhuyin was frightened by the sudden appearance of Meng Lanruo, and she turned her head and saw that it was her young master, and couldn't help but get angry: "Master, why are you scaring Zhuyin again, Zhuyin's heart is about to pop out of her throat !"

"What are you doing?" Meng Lanruo asked with a smile.

"Oh, I don't know which mischievous guy has harmed the birds in the garden. Didn't I pick them up and bury them together?" Zhuyin complained, "Who is so annoying? Don't hit it all."

Meng Lanruo looked down and saw that there were indeed colorful bird carcasses piled up on the ground, some big and some small, their bodies were almost split in half, dripping with blood, they looked very cruel.Just looking at the dead bird, Meng Lanruo always felt as if he had seen it somewhere before, scratched his head, and muttered, "It looks familiar."

"Familiar?" Zhuyin asked suspiciously, "Young Master, you didn't do this, did you?"

"Me?" Meng Lanruo pointed at herself, then shook her head violently, "No, no, I definitely didn't do it."

Zhu Yin said: "Then why do you feel familiar?"

After thinking about it for a while, Meng Lanruo suddenly asked, "Are these birds as dead as the pigeons in the shooting range?"

"Pigeons in the shooting range?" Zhuyin didn't know why.

"Forget it, you won't understand what I'm talking about with you little girl." Meng Lan looked at Lin Rufei's residence thoughtfully, and murmured, "This young master of the Lin family doesn't seem to be as weak as he looks. .”

After Lin Rufei shot the arrow, her body felt tired, so she hurried back to the house.

"Uncomfortable?" Gu Xuandu reached out and touched his forehead to make sure that he didn't have a fever.

Lin Rufei nodded.

"It's a bit early to use this power." Gu Xuandu said, "But it must be used anyway, and it's better to get used to it earlier."

Lin Rufei asked doubtfully, "Power? Whose power?"

"Of course it belongs to you." Gu Xuandu said, "I'm just a helpless little peach blossom. Could it be that you still count on me?"

Lin Rufei was startled by the description of helpless little peach blossom, staring at her for a long while without saying a word.

Gu Xuandu actually laughed.

"That arrow is my power?" Lin Rufei still couldn't believe it.

"I have said long ago that the soul is the sword and the torso is the sheath. You are too weak, and it is your body that is weak." Gu Xuandu said, "There is no place for a soul that is too sharp."

Lin Rufei didn't understand why.

Seeing that Lin Rufei was in a daze, Gu Xuandu didn't continue to explain, but urged him to take a good rest, heal the wound on his shoulder first, and then talk about other things.

Lin Rufei lay on the bed, recalling that arrow during the day, in fact, he clearly saw where the arrow went.

The arrows with feathers galloped out like a white rainbow piercing the sun, past the flying pigeons, and shot into the blue sky.When it reached a certain position, a thin layer of twilight appeared around it, quickly spread towards the surroundings, and then disappeared instantly.The pigeons were the blood that exploded when they came into contact with the twilight, and then the pigeons fell to the ground.

Lin Rufei didn't know where the arrow went in the end, but it must have been far away if it flew so high.

Lin Rufei was a little tired, she closed her eyes, and her breathing gradually became even.

Gu Xuandu stared at his sleeping face, a slight smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and his figure gradually faded away.

Half an hour later, Gu Xuandu's figure quietly appeared in an alley a hundred miles away from Meng's house.The alleys were noisy and noisy, and children walked through them with bare feet, chasing and fighting with each other with runny noses.

Gu Xuandu bent down, and suddenly stopped a short little girl, he said softly: "Little friend, did you pick up something just now?

The little girl sniffed her nose and looked at the man in red vigilantly in front of her. After hearing the question, she shook her head heavily, and flicked the pigtail tied behind her head back and forth.

"It's useless for you to take that thing." Gu Xuandu showed a bewildering smile. He was very beautiful, and such a smile really made the little girl less vigilant. He said, "Brother takes things with you." Can you change it?"

The little girl looked at the beauty in front of her hesitantly, and said in a childish voice, "What would you give me in exchange?"

Gu Xuandu took out three things from his arms, a tattered book, a small sword, and a red candied haws that looked particularly attractive: "Would you choose one?"

The little girl's gaze was immediately attracted by the candied haws, her black grape-like eyes sparkled, and she muttered, "Do you really want to change it?"

"En." Gu Xuandu nodded.

The little girl hesitated for a while, and moved towards the candied haws with her dirty little hand, but before she could hold it, she heard a slight humming sound from the small sword next to her, so she froze slightly, showing some hesitation.

Gu Xuandu squatted halfway without urging, but just looked at the child with a smile.

The little girl gritted her teeth, as if it was difficult to choose between the two, and finally stomped her feet and pointed: "I want this!"

Gu Xuan smiled gently, and handed the seemingly ordinary little sword to the little girl.

The little girl took the toy she liked in her heart, instantly beamed with joy, and then took out what Gu Xuandu wanted from the small bag she was carrying.

It was a feather arrow, the arrow was made of silver, and engraved with a huge word fierce, it was the one that Lin Rufei shot.

"Go." Gu Xuandu took the arrow and patted the little girl's head lightly, "Remember to treat it well."

The little girl didn't know why, so she turned around and ran away, sniffling snot.

Gu Xuandu lowered his head and stared at the arrows in his hands, rubbed them gently for a moment, and said to himself: "The arrows shot for the first time naturally have to be kept carefully, but it's just a pity..."

Three arrows, but in exchange for two bunches of candied haws.

At any rate, there is a bunch left, so let's leave it to the young man at home who doesn't like to take medicine.

As soon as Lin Rufei woke up, she saw Gu Xuandu sitting by the bed, eating candied haws he got from somewhere, with white teeth and red lips, crunching the candied haws he bit.

Seeing that he was awake, Gu Xuandu gave him a saliva first, then asked him with a smile if he wanted to eat candied haws.

"You bought candied haws?" Lin Rufei's mouth was dull, and she thought it would be good to try it, so she blinked her eyes and said obediently.

"Neng, there are still a few left." Handing the remaining candied haws to Lin Rufei's lips, Gu Xuan pursed his lips and smiled, "Try it?"

Lin Rufei was taken aback when she saw this, opened her mouth slightly, and was about to say something, but the candied haws had already been stuffed into his mouth.

Sugar is very sweet, hawthorn is sour, it melts in the mouth, diluting the dullness in the mouth, Lin Rufei's protest also melts into water along with the candied haws.

"Is it delicious?" Gu Xuandu asked with a smile.

Lin Rufei nodded and took another bite.

"It's fresh, I stared at it." Gu Xuandu said, "I just found out that I didn't bring any money with me, so I took some other things to make do with it."

Lin Rufei asked in a daze, "You went out?"

Gu Xuandu nodded.

"What did you go out for?" Lin Rufei asked.

"Going to catch ghosts." Gu Xuandu babbled nonsense.

Lin Rufei frowned and looked at him: "It's broad daylight, what the hell are you chasing?"

Gu Xuandu said: "It's easy to catch ghosts in the daytime..." He looked outside the door, "Stop talking, someone is here."

Sure enough, as soon as Gu Xuandu and Lin Rufei stopped communicating, there was a knock on the door. Lin Rufei came in, and saw Meng Langruo come in with a ghostly head, and whispered: "Mr. Lin , have you rested? Can I come in?"

"Come in." Lin Rufei said.

Meng Lanruo rushed into the room and said happily: "I just sued my mother about Qi Yansheng, so that he can pick on you if he has nothing to do. Hmph, you annoying guy."

Lin Rufei smiled and said, "Young Master Qi has no malicious intentions."

Meng Lanruo said: "Let's not talk about him, let's talk about Mr. Lin, do you know Luochunlou?"

Lin Rufei shook her head.

Meng Lanruo lowered her voice: "That's the biggest flower building here. Just tonight, there will be an oiran competition there. I got two vouchers to enter... How about..." He showed a smile that only men can understand , "How about, let's go join in the fun."

The author has something to say: Gu Xuandu: Tell me again where are you going?

Lin Rufei: Look at the oiran.

Gu Xuandu: Isn't I the leader of the flowers? ? ?Why do you go to see other people? ?

Lin Rufei: ……………