Jiaochu

Chapter 51 The Bow Sinned in the Taiye Pond ([-])

The banquet did not end until the second watch, and it was almost the third watch when those officials who lived far away returned home.The Wei Mansion is neither close nor far from the palace. It takes about half an hour to walk, and riding a carriage can shorten the time by nearly half. However, a quarter of an hour after leaving the palace gate, Wei Qing's carriage did not stop at the Wei Mansion. Instead, he turned into an alley at the previous intersection and finally stopped outside the door of a house deep in the alley.

The boy in the car knocked on the door. After a while, the boy inside opened the door. Wei Qing walked in and entered a moon cave door. A quiet and elegant courtyard appeared in front of him.

There is a cherry blossom tree planted in the center of the courtyard, but there are no other flowers or trees.

A woman stood under the cherry blossom tree and looked at the moon in the sky. Wei Qing took off his cloak and put it on the woman, called her Yingying, and told her to go back to her room to rest early as it was late at night and it was cold outside.

When Wei Qing was about to leave, Yingying reached out and grabbed his robe, raising and lowering her eyes. Wei Qing always looked calm. When Yingying took back her hand, he told her to rest early and left. .

After returning to the room, Yingying folded the cloak carefully. Not long after lying down on the bed, she stood up again and put the folded cloak on the hanger beside the bed. She kept staring at the cloak until the moonlight set in the west. , she closed her eyes and fell asleep without realizing it.

After the morning session the next day, Yanjiang paid special attention to his surroundings, and sure enough he saw Ye Lingxi hiding behind a pillar and quietly waving to him. After he quietly passed by, he told her about Yanfei's situation without Ye Lingxi asking questions.

"Fei'er is fine. Her fever subsided in the middle of the night. She even drank a bowl of porridge in the morning. She will recover after a good month's rest."

"Uncle, didn't you say yesterday that Brother Yan has liked reading military books since he was a child? These are some military books I found from the library."

Ye Lingxi handed the three wrapped military books to Yan Jiang. Watching Yan Jiang put all the military books into his spacious court robe, he thought that the sleeves were wide enough to hold things.

"Besides the military book, there is nothing else you want your brother to take back?" Yan Jiang once again showed a gossipy and obscene smile.

"Uncle, what is your relationship with Sister Xiniang? How far has it developed? Have you ever sent a token of love?"

Ye Lingxi's move of "treating others with their own medicine" made Yanfei unable to resist. He found an excuse to escape, but after taking two steps, he stepped back.

"You already call me sister Xiniang, why do you still call me uncle? Isn't this generational hierarchy messed up?"

"Uncle, when you marry someone, you can call me whatever you want."

For the first time, Yanjiang felt that he had been defeated by a little girl, the kind who hated meeting her too late.

Half an hour later, Ye Lingxi appeared in the Imperial Garden again. Mrs. Xu was on holiday today. Her plan was to see the flowers, feed the fish, take a nap at noon, and visit the Emperor and Bai Hu in the afternoon, and have dinner. Later, he went to see Brother Sanhuang to practice martial arts.

After looking at the flowers for a while, a pair of jade-colored butterflies as big as a round fan immediately attracted her attention. She chased the butterflies through the flowers and willows, but was stopped by someone when she was not paying attention.

Ye Lingjue came over wearing a moon-white casual suit, ready to take her to practice archery.

"Second brother, if you have other things to do, go ahead and do it. Don't worry about me. I already know how to shoot and can practice by myself."

"I have nothing else to be busy with. The butterfly has flown away. Do you have anything else to be busy with?"

"Uh..." "Let's go then."

"..."

After arriving at the martial arts training ground, Ye Lingxi found that Zhao Ce was also there, still practicing archery, which surprised her a little. She thought he had already gone to have fun, either fighting crickets or betting big and small.

Seeing Ye Lingxi walking over, Zhao Ce straightened his back subconsciously and pulled the bow harder. With a whoosh, the arrow firmly penetrated the bullseye. Zhao Ce raised his chin proudly and glanced at Ye Lingxi quietly. Seeing her staring intently at the bullseye, I felt even more proud.

When Zhao Ce picked up the second arrow, Ye Lingjue's voice came over.

"Lingxi, come over here."

So, Zhao Ce walked behind Ye Lingxi with a bow and arrow as if nothing had happened.

The guard brought a bamboo bow. Zhao Ce took a look at it and said, "The bamboo bow is too light and the arrow cannot shoot far."

"It's better to be lighter. It's not heavy in the hand at all." Ye Lingxi said as he picked up the bamboo bow, skillfully picked up an arrow and put it on the bamboo bow. When he pulled the bow string, Ye Lingjue stretched out his hand. She raised her elbow a little higher, and after Ye Lingxi fully drew the bow, there was a whoosh, and the arrow hit the short target in front of her, but it failed to stick firmly and fell to the ground.

"What I said is right, try this one instead." Zhao Ce handed over the dragon tongue bow in his hand, with the word "ce" engraved in the middle of the bow arm.

"Let me try."

Ye Lingjue took the bow with one hand and put an arrow on it with the other, leaving Zhao Ce no chance to express his objection.In order to test the power of this dragon tongue bow, Ye Lingjue gathered strength and stretched the bow string to the limit, and even the bow arm deformed. Zhao Ce was frightened when he saw it, and kept telling Ye Lingjue to be careful, fearing that he would His precious bow broke.

There was just a whooshing sound, and a gust of wind blew by. The arrow was so fast that even the afterimage could not be seen clearly, and it shot through the bull's-eye in an instant.

"Second brother, I'll give it a try too." Ye Lingxi was attracted by the power of the arrow hitting the target, and wanted to experience it for himself.

"You can't draw this bow now. When you can hit the target, I will change it to a light bow for you." Ye Lingjue said as he handed the bow to Zhao Ce, who quickly snatched it back into his arms. After checking the bow string and arms, he couldn't help but mutter, "Your Highness just used too much force. If it breaks, there will be no way to repair it."

"Wouldn't it be enough to replace the bowstring with a new one?" Ye Lingxi said.

If someone else said this, Zhao Ce would definitely roll his eyes at the other person, despising the other person's shallow knowledge, and add "what do you know?" However, when Ye Lingxi's clear and big eyes looked at him, he was quite proud. He said, "This dragon's tongue bow has only one string, and there will never be another string in the world."

"Is it so powerful?" Ye Lingxi looked at the bowstring of the Dragon's Tongue Bow curiously. Except that it looked a little thicker than ordinary bowstrings, there was nothing special about it.

Zhao Ce felt even more proud when he saw that Ye Lingxi was interested. He was about to tell her about the origin of the Dragon Tongue Bow, but there was a muffled thunder in the sky, and the originally clear sky was suddenly covered with dark clouds. With a bang, a bean-sized The raindrops hit Zhao Ce's forehead, and then there was another loud bang. A big raindrop hit his head, and then it hit his shoulder again. It was as if he was preparing for the coming heavy rain. Play the overture.

(End of this chapter)