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Chapter 78 [078] An Deyi is good at shooting, one arrow falls on his head
Wang Ziteng was skeptical, took an arrow from the quiver of a cavalry beside him, and handed it to Jia Qiang.

Under the suspicious eyes of the surrounding cavalry, Jia Qiang rode towards the opposite side.

Wang Xifeng didn't know what Jia Qiang was going to do, so she became impatient. She poked out a head swollen into a braised pig's head from the car window, stretched her neck, and shouted at Jia Qiang's back:

"Brother Qiang, come back quickly, our enemies are all in front of us, it's too dangerous for you to go there!"

Hearing this, Ping'er was taken aback, and hurriedly poked his head out of the car window on the other side, and shouted anxiously:

"Second Lord Qiang, there is danger ahead, come back quickly!"

When Jia Qiang heard their shouts, she didn't turn her head, but raised her right hand and waved it calmly.

His action was to reassure Wang Xifeng and Heping'er, but at the same time it also confused Zhao Quan and Jin Yiwei who were opposite him. I don't know what he was trying to do?
Are you saying hello?
In full view of everyone, Jia Qiang rode her horse unhurriedly to the crossroads, pulled the reins, and stopped.

Zhao Quan, who was on the opposite side, felt that Jia Qiang looked familiar, but he couldn't remember where he saw him, so he asked:
"Who are you? What do you do?"

Facing the murderous [-] guards in Jinyi, Jia Qiang calmly smiled and said:

"I am Jia Qiang from the Ningguo Mansion. I happened to pass by here today. I asked Mr. Wang just now. Now that I know the cause of this dispute, I want to make a bet with Mr. Zhao. If I win the bet, I will ask Mr. Zhao to retreat immediately." ,how?"

Hearing this, Zhao Quan didn't feel annoyed, but relaxed and slightly happy.

In fact, he regrets it now.

Regretting that he was too impulsive, he led Jin Yiwei to revenge Wang Ziteng in a fit of anger.

If a fight really breaks out, His Majesty will definitely be alarmed. At that time, if His Majesty blames it, it will be a big trouble!
Zhao Quanzheng was struggling to find the steps to go down. Now that Jia Qiang came forward, it was just right for him to go down the donkey.

Although he intended to compromise and give in, Zhao Quan still had a straight face and yelled sternly out of face:

"What do you want to bet? Tell me first, let's listen!"

Jia Qiang pointed to the bell tower in the distance, and said loudly:
"There is a big bronze bell hanging on the bell tower. I will shoot an arrow. If the arrow can hit the rope hanging from the big bronze bell, then I will win the bet. How about it?"

Zhao Quan looked in the direction of his finger, and saw the bell tower in the distance was hidden in the smoke, and a clock could be vaguely seen hanging on the top of the bell tower.

This huge bronze clock is the size of a water tank, and it is suspended by a hemp rope the thickness of a baby's arm.

But because the bell tower is more than 800 steps away from here, in Zhao Quan's vision, the hemp rope is only as thick as a hair, and it is even more unclear when it is hidden in the misty cooking smoke.

Zhao Quan did not believe that Jia Qiang could shoot such a thin hemp rope.

But he has already planned, even if Jia Qiang misses the shot, he will pretend to praise a few words, and then take the opportunity to withdraw his troops to resolve the crisis in front of him.

Having made up his mind, Zhao Quan feigned reluctance and angrily said:

"Sure enough, a newborn calf is not afraid of tigers, and its courage is commendable. Since you want to resolve this crisis, then try shooting an arrow!"

Although Wang Ziteng is Zhao Quan's deadly enemy, he doesn't believe that Jia Qiang can hit the hemp rope either.

No matter how thin the hemp rope is, the bell tower alone is more than 800 steps away from this place, and all the generals in the current dynasty may not be able to shoot so far.

Even Qi Jiguang, who is excellent in archery, can only shoot 650 steps away. He should be the one who can shoot the farthest among all the generals in Ming Dynasty.

Although Wang Ziteng couldn't believe it, there was still a glimmer of hope in his heart.

After all, Jia Qiang could draw the twelve-stone Overlord Bow, maybe he could really shoot so far.

But it's hard to say whether you can shoot such a thin hemp rope.

Wang Xifeng and Heping'er didn't even believe that Jia Qiang could hit it.

But both of them secretly sweated for Jia Qiang. They didn't know that Zhao Quan had secretly planned to withdraw troops, and they thought that as long as Jia Qiang missed the shot, the two sides would start a war.

The soldiers on both sides were also anxious and uncertain, doubting whether Jia Qiang could hit the shot?

In fact, they didn't want to fight, and they all secretly prayed that Jia Qiang could shoot, so as to avoid a bloody battle of life and death.

Under the nervous and expectant eyes of everyone, Jia Qiang bowed her bow and set her arrow, pointing the arrow upwards obliquely, looking in the direction of the bell tower, let go of the bowstring, and shot an arrow.

The arrow pierced through the void, and soon disappeared in the misty cooking smoke.

There was a dead silence in the audience, everyone raised their heads, stretched their necks, and looked at the bell tower.

But the distance was too far, and the bell tower was shrouded in a hazy haze of cooking smoke, so it was impossible to see whether the arrow hit the hemp rope at all.

Just when Jia Qiang bent her bow and shot the arrow, there were two groups of people walking towards this side on the streets on the left and right sides of the intersection.

There were only three riders in one group, they were actually Huang Taiji and his two Jurchen soldiers, they were going to Zhao's blacksmith shop to buy some pots of arrows, they happened to pass by here.

Another group of people is Qi Jiguang's lieutenant general and his [-] soldiers. They are looking for the sharp archer who once shot Qi Jiguang's commander-in-chief's flagpole with an arrow.

Coincidentally, the scene of Jia Qiang shooting an arrow happened to be seen by these two groups of people.

Jia Qiang put the Overlord's bow on her shoulders calmly, and reminded Zhao Quan who was still stunned:
"Master Zhao, you should send someone to the bell tower to check."

"Oh!" Zhao Quan came back to his senses, called a Jin Yiwei next to him, and whispered:
"Go to the bell tower and check. No matter whether the arrow hit the hemp rope or not, you will say that you hit it when you come back. Do you understand?"

"Yes!"

The Jin Yiwei was suspicious and puzzled. He didn't understand why Zhao Quan gave him such a strange order, but it was inconvenient to ask more questions, so he just ran towards the bell tower sullenly.

But he had just run a few steps, suddenly. "Boom!" A loud noise came from the direction of the clock tower.

It was a loud noise when a heavy metal object hit the ground.

Except for Jia Qiang, everyone was startled.

Countless eyes looked in the direction of the clock tower, wanting to know what happened?
When everyone's eyes penetrated the misty cooking smoke and focused on the bell tower, the crowd suddenly exploded, and bursts of exclamations and discussions broke out:
"Damn it! The great bell is gone!"

"It's not missing, it should have fallen!"

"How is this going?"

"I see, the hemp rope must have been shot and it fell off!"

In fact, they guessed right, just now Jia Qiang's arrow directly pierced the thick hemp rope on the baby's arm.

As a result, the hemp rope was pierced with a hole, and the damaged hemp rope could not bear the weight of the giant clock. The damaged part was continuously cracked by the falling force of the giant clock, and finally broke completely, and the giant clock fell down. It fell to the floor, and there was a loud sound of gold and stone colliding.

Everyone was shocked and turned their eyes to Jia Qiang, the eyes were full of shock and disbelief.

Qi Jiguang's lieutenant was shocked, he looked at Jia Qiang suspiciously, and thought to himself:

"Could this person be the sharp archer General Qi asked me to look for?"

(End of this chapter)