Turning the tide in the Red Chamber

Chapter 118 [118] Amazing arrow skills

No one is optimistic that Jia Chen can win this competition.

After seeing Cao Bianjiao's three-stone strong bow, everyone looked at Jia Chen again.

However, when they saw Jia Chen's hands were empty, they were stunned again.

what happened?

Seeing this scene, everyone was puzzled.

It's time for an archery competition. Where's your bow and arrow?

Under everyone's doubtful eyes, Jia Chen put his hands behind his back, looked up at the tall building beside him, and asked Lu Xiangsheng:
"Master Lu, I heard that there is a strong bow in Luoyang City called the Sunset Bow, can you borrow it?"

As soon as these words came out, the people around were shocked.

Are you kidding me?

This sunset bow is said to be the bow of Xu Da, a general of the Ming Dynasty.Xu Da once shot and killed countless enemy soldiers with this bow, which shocked the world.

"This bow, four stones. Can Jia Chen really draw it?" Someone next to him raised a question.

Everyone looked at Jia Chen with strange eyes.

It's fine if you don't bring a bow and arrow, what kind of bow is not good to borrow, a sunset bow?

You are not grandstanding, are you?
This is four stones!
Not four fights!

What is the concept of four stones?
A stone is about sixty catties.

Four stones are two hundred and forty catties!

can you pull it off
Wouldn't it be embarrassing if you couldn't pull it apart?
Lu Xiangsheng also secretly sweated for Jia Chen.

Where is this better than archery?
This is more embarrassing, right?

After a while, Cao turned into a jiao piercing through the Yang with a hundred steps, and the arrow hit the ridge.

Win the house.

what about you?
Don't talk about archery, I'm afraid you can't even draw the bow?
I thought Jia Chen was both civil and military, but now it seems that he is just an immature reckless man!

Lu Xiangsheng was so angry, he never thought that what Jia Chen wanted to borrow was this four-stone strong bow, if he couldn't draw this bow, how could he get off the stage?
On weekdays, this sunset bow would never be loaned out. After all, it is a precious collection. It is not enough to collect and maintain it normally, so how can it be borrowed?
But Jia Chen is an imperial envoy, so what he said was equivalent to an imperial decree, how could Lu Xiangsheng dare not obey?
In desperation, Lu Xiangsheng had no choice but to order his men to fetch the sunset bow.

Jia Chen looked down at the sunset bow in his hand, and saw that it had a strange blue-purple metallic luster all over its body, with exquisite patterns carved on it, and it was cold in the hand, which made people's spirits shake and their minds clear.

Both the bow body and the bow string seem to have a lot of background.

Cao Bianjiao glanced at the bow in Jia Chen's hand, and snorted coldly: "Huh! Such a good bow fell into your hands, it's really buried, it's called a shining pearl!"

Hearing his cynicism, Jia Chen chuckled lightly and said:

"Whether it's the secret casting of the pearl, you'll know in a while."

Everyone stared at Jia Chen, dubious.

At this time, Lu Xiangsheng waved the command flag in his hand, and shouted softly: "I announce that the arrow competition will start, each with ten arrows! Let it go!"

"I'll come first!"

Cao Bianjiao yelled violently, drew his bow and set an arrow.

Squeak!

Accompanied by a tense sound, he fully drew the three-stone strong bow in his hand.

Seeing this scene, there was a gasp in the surroundings.

Everyone's complexion changed slightly, secretly thinking that Cao Bianjiao is really powerful.

Under the surprised eyes of the people, Cao Bianjiao shouted again, let go of his fingers suddenly, and shouted:

"middle!"

The bow opens like a full moon, and the arrow flies like a shooting star.

With the sound of the bowstring breaking, the arrow turned into a streak of light, and was nailed straight to the center of the target with lightning speed.

"Tuk!"

With a sharp sound, the arrow plunged deeply into the target.

The tail of the arrow was still shaking slightly. Seeing this situation, the people around cried out in surprise.

"Good archery!"

People were full of praise and admiration.

This Cao Bianjiao can't be a nephew named Cao Wenzhao, he really is a general!
But it wasn't over yet, I saw that Cao Bianjiao kept moving his hands, strung his bow again and again, and shot the arrows in his hands.

Arrows are like shooting stars chasing the moon.

After several soft beeps, Cao Bianjiao shot ten arrows.

Everyone was shocked.

Without exception, these arrows all hit the bull's-eye.

"Such a magic arrow can be compared with Xue Rengui, a famous Tang Dynasty general."

"It is estimated that it is not much worse than Lu Bu, the number one fierce general in the Three Kingdoms period!"

"There are many generals in the Great Zhou Dynasty, but the number of generals with such archery skills is probably not more than one hand!"

Amidst the applause and praise of the crowd, Cao Bianjiao roared loudly, waving his right arm and beating his chest, majestic and tyrannical, extremely wild.

It seemed that he wanted to vent out all the pent-up anger just now.

Seeing this, Lu Xiangsheng shook his head with a wry smile, and sighed inwardly:
"This Cao Bianjiao is really amazing in archery, and he has never failed to do so. Jia Chen must have lost this round. Even if he changed to a bow that he was comfortable with, he would never win. What's more, Jia Chen actually wanted to use the sunset bow. I'm afraid he won't even be able to pull it away!"

At this moment, Cao Bianjiao has become an unparalleled archer.

People looked at Jia Chen with mocking eyes, waiting for him to make a fool of himself.

Many people's eyes were full of sarcasm and disdain, thinking that Jia Chen could not win, and he might not even be able to draw a bow.

Lu Xiangsheng frowned, wishing he could play instead of Jia Chen.

Under the eyes of everyone with different expressions, Jia Chen walked forward slowly.

Everything around him seemed to turn a deaf ear, he unhurriedly took an arrow from the pot, and put it on the bowstring.

Taking a deep breath, Jia Chen pulled the bowstring.

Lu Xiangsheng stared closely, but found that the bowstring was only slightly opened, and then it didn't move anymore.

Seeing this scene, Cao Bianjiao laughed wildly with the onlookers.

Among them, Zhang Yang laughed the most arrogantly, gloating at other people's misfortunes.

Some upright people couldn't help sighing.

No wonder Jia Chen couldn't pull away.

This is a four-stone bow!
How can Jia Chen, a pampered son, get away?

It is reasonable not to pull it apart.

No shame, Jia Chen is already pretty good compared to those helpless dudes.

Seeing this expected scene, Lu Xiangsheng snorted, feeling extremely uncomfortable.

It is really as expected!

Although Lu Xiangsheng already believed that Jia Chen would lose, but at this moment, he was still very uncomfortable.

Just now Jia Chen won the competition again and again, but he didn't expect that he was defeated in the arrow competition.

Seeing Zhang Yang laughing so wildly, Lu Xiangsheng really wanted to slap his face.

But Zhang Yang is the prince's brother-in-law, so he really can't beat him in public.

However, at this moment, Jia Chen made a new move. He put the bow and arrow on the ground, turned to Lu Xiangsheng and asked, "Is there any wine?"

Lu Xiangsheng twitched his lips, and thought to himself: You are about to lose, and drinking is a fool?
However, he just complained in his heart and didn't dare to say it.

Jia Chen is the imperial envoy, how could Lu Xiangsheng say anything?

"There is wine." Lu Xiangsheng replied with a complicated expression.

"Bring it!" Jia Chen ordered.

Lu Xiangsheng had no choice but to order his subordinates to bring a jar of wine to Jia Chen.

Jia Chen took the wine, lifted the lid, then raised his head and poured the wine from the jar into his mouth.

Such astonishing arrogance made everyone around them slightly moved.

A man should be bold when drinking!
Even if Jia Chen loses, just because of the domineering spirit of drinking at him, everyone will think that he is a reputable man!
After a while, a whole jug of wine was poured down by Jia Chen.

After filling the wine in the jar, Jia Chen smashed the wine jar to the ground, looked up to the sky and laughed:

"Hahaha! Good wine! Happy!"

After laughing out loud, Jia Chen's eyes suddenly changed.

The momentum of the whole body is rising steadily.

The next moment, he suddenly shouted violently, raised his arms, and stretched his bow.

The ape's arms stretched out, his expression was normal, and it seemed that he didn't use much effort.

Squeak--crack!In a tooth-piercing sound, the bowstring of the sunset bow was stretched to the full by him!
(End of this chapter)