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Not many people know the name Xiao Shiji, but Qi Yizhi, the second son of King Qi, is well-known.Qi Yizhi has just turned [-] this year, he is proficient in the art of war, and he has a large number of capable men under his command, like a cloud of fierce generals.

Everyone stood up, including Lord Mu and his wife.The two walked out quickly, and after a moment of laughter, two young men came over.Muhou and his wife followed closely behind respectfully.

Du Hengshuang's peaceful eyes suddenly lit up, and his brilliant face attracted two pairs of deep eyes for a moment.But it was only a moment's work before he moved away.

Mu Yelai was also stunned.Unexpectedly, she didn't go to him, but he came to her.In the last life, when they had the autumn banquet in Muhou Mansion, Xiao Shiji and the second son of King Qi never came here at all!

Having such a good start, does it mean that in this life, her pursuit will not be so hard?

Thinking of the countless nights of tossing and turning in the previous life, Mu Yelai greeted her with tears welling up in her eyelashes.

A man in a black robe strode over.Tall, with eyes like bright stars, nose like a peak, with a smile at the corner of his mouth, he is so handsome that even the extremely noble Second Prince of Qi Wang next to him couldn't suppress his aura.

It was Xiao Shiji who came over to their female relatives.

Mu Yelai hurried forward, "Xiao...Young Master!"

Xiao Shiji turned a blind eye to her, strode past her, came to Du Hengshuang and Fang Wuniang, and gave Fang Wuniang a deep bow, "Aunt Fang is well."

Fang Wuniang hurriedly smiled and said: "But I haven't seen you for a year and a half, have you been busy recently?"

Xiao Shiji smiled.Suddenly, there were a few more gasping voices from the female relatives.

Du Hengxue quietly pushed Du Hengshuang, "Sister, Big Brother Xiao is here to see you."

Du Hengshuang hummed lightly, his eyes seemed to be glued to Xiao Shiji's body.

I haven't seen him for a year and a half, he seems to be taller and stronger again, and there is a little bit of frost between his brows...

Xiao Shiji turned his head to look at Du Hengshuang, his voice softened involuntarily, "Shuang'er, I just sent a few boxes of things to your house. You can look at them when you get back. Those clothes materials, makeup and jewelry are all from me. It was transported back to the south of the Yangtze River..."

Standing between Fang Wuniang and Du Hengxue, Du Hengshuang and Xiao Shihe talked in a low voice as if no one else was around.

Seeing that the eyeballs of some female relatives were about to pop out, Fang Wuniang smiled and said, "This is the husband-in-law our family Shuang'er has been engaged to since childhood. After next year and the next year, our Shuang'er will be married."

It turned out to be an unmarried couple who were about to get married soon.

Everyone just said "oh", half envious.Half-jealously glanced at the pair of Bi people, and sincerely congratulated Fang Wuniang.

Fang Wuniang was happy, her attitude improved a lot, and she chatted happily with people.

When Mu Yelai saw this scene, his heart was like a knife, and he almost wanted to kill him.But after thinking about it, he still couldn't let go of this enemy from his previous life.I had no choice but to grit my teeth, turned around and walked back, came to Du Hengxue's side, and asked quietly: "Who is that?"

Du Hengxue pursed her lips and smiled, "My brother-in-law."

Mu Yelai curled his lips. He wasn't married yet, so he felt comfortable calling him "brother-in-law", but he couldn't argue with Du Hengxue.He only smiled and asked, "Have you greeted your brother-in-law?" After speaking, he pulled Du Hengxue's sleeve vigorously, "Not even saying hello. How rude." He dragged her to Du Hengshuang and Xiao Shiji.

Du Hengshuang and Xiao Shiji were still whispering, but they didn't see two more people in front of them.

Mu Yelai's face sank like water.

Du Hengxue covered her mouth and smiled softly, whispering in Mu Yelai's ear, "You don't know, when my brother-in-law sees my sister, he doesn't see or hear anyone else. We don't have to bother to say hello. can not hear."

Mu Yelai froze there.

How could this be?

She remembered very clearly that the relationship between Xiao Shiji and Du Hengshuang was not harmonious.When she entered Xiao's mansion, Xiao Shiji hadn't been in Du Hengshuang's room for a long time.

But seeing them now, Mu Yelai felt a burst of sadness and bitterness in her heart, and it was not until a burst of cheers broke out not far away that she woke up.

Mu Yelai clenched his fists in his sleeves.

Don't be afraid, many couples who love each other at the beginning end up as strangers.She couldn't shrink back from seeing the way they loved each other now.She has the experience and time of two lifetimes to ponder over Xiao Shiji slowly. ——This time, he will definitely not be able to escape...

Mu Yelai raised his head and saw that it was the last round of the archery competition with the male guest on the opposite side.

The last round was to shoot the apples on the four maids.

This task is really too difficult.If you are not careful, you will die.

Soon, three of the four male guests who entered the final round gave up, leaving only An Zichang, who was dressed in fancy clothes.

"There's no one else to compare to? Then, wouldn't it mean that I won the No. [-] Scholar at the Autumn Banquet this time without archery?" An Zichang said lazily, twirling a longbow in his hand.

Qi Yizhi was talking to Muhou in a low voice just now, and it just came to an end when he looked up and saw An Zichang's complacent look, rolled his eyes, and called Xiao Shiji over, "Shiji, come, do me a favor, Go and compete with that vanguard generalissimo to see if he is the best or our soldiers are the best."

Xiao Shiji hurriedly waved his hands and said: "This is not good. How can I be as powerful as the Vanguard Generalissimo? - I feel ashamed, admit defeat and admit defeat!"

Du Hengshuang looked at Xiao Shiji and gave up with a smile all over his face. For some reason, that smile stabbed An Zichang's eyes.

"Brother Shiji said that, so you don't take this subordinate seriously? ——Whoever loses wins, you have to compare to find out. If you don't compare, you admit defeat. You look down on this subordinate at all, and want to humiliate this subordinate on purpose." An Zichang Said very bluntly.

An Zi often said that, but Xiao Shiji didn't give him face if he didn't compare.

Qi Yizhi patted Xiao Shiji's shoulder, "Since that's the case, you'll be reluctant, let's try it out. Anyway, you've already admitted defeat, so why not lose again?"

Xiao Shiji had no choice but to nod, "Then I'd rather be respectful than obedient."

An Zichang stood up straight, watching the servants of Muhou Mansion hand over a longbow to Xiao Shiji.

Xiao Shiji took out a green finger ring from his sleeve pocket and put it on.Then put the feather arrow on the longbow.

The arm is straight and the wrist is full of strength, but the feathers of the feather arrow are not moving at all.

An Zichang's expression turned serious. ——Xiao Shiji is indeed a practicing family.Looking at his bow posture, it is exactly the same as Du Hengshuang.It seems to be taught by a master...

Du Hengshuang couldn't help walking towards the men's archery competition.

Du Hengxue also trotted to keep up.

The female relatives were all attracted by the on-the-spot archery competition between the two beautiful men, and surrounded them one after another.

"Since there are only two people in the last round, you can shoot two maids each. Let's see who shoots the most apples and is the most accurate, and whoever is the winner of today!" Mu Hou announced the rules of the game loudly.

scoff!scoff!

A few feathered arrows shot towards the maid on the opposite side like shooting stars.The tail of the arrow pierced through the air and made a swishing sound, the momentum was extremely astonishing.

The maid standing opposite also turned pale.

This is not the first time they have been targeted like this.But it was the first time they had encountered such a powerful Feather Arrow that pierced through the air.

But they can't leave temporarily.

They know how strict the rules of the Muhou Mansion are.Back in Anxi, when Mu Hou was furious, he could drag those maids who had made mistakes to feed the mastiffs!

Compared to being eaten alive by a dog, it would be more comfortable to be shot to death by an arrow.

These maids closed their eyes resignedly to death.Waiting for the arrival of the last moment.

blow!blow!After a few sounds, the apples on the heads and arms of the four maids fell almost at the same time, but they stood there intact, looking at each other, not believing their luck.

They actually narrowly escaped death!

The four maids knelt down to An Zichang and Xiao Shiji who were facing each other, thanking them for their kindness of not killing.

Xiao Shiji was astonished.What's the matter with these maids?What are you kowtowing to him for?

An Zichang didn't think so.He knows it.This is the traditional custom of their Anxi nobles.During the autumn banquet, in order to add some fun to the banquet.Massive shooting of living people is a must-have activity. ——Shooting apples is just a cover.That is to say, when they arrived in the Central Plains, they, the Anxi nobles, restrained themselves a little, and did not dare to go too far.

"Hahahaha, the two actually shot down the apple at the same time, tied for the first place! Tied for the first place!" Muhou laughed and winked at the same time.Ask someone to take the four maids who are kneeling on the ground with limp feet down.

A burst of more enthusiastic cheers broke out on the field, and even Du Hengshuang, who had always been cold, applauded to cheer.

Mu Hou waved his hand.Two guards brought up two trays.

Uncovering the red silk covering the tray, twenty gold ingots were stacked neatly on the tray.

"Come on, good things come in pairs this year. In the first autumn banquet of our Muhou Mansion, there were actually two tied champions. It's really gratifying! ——Since they tied for the first place, the two naturally each have a prize of 1000 taels of gold Please accept the two champions." After Mu Hou finished speaking, he stood aside with a smile and twirled his beard.

An Zichang and Xiao Shiji both took the tray generously, held it up and shook it at everyone.

The bright yellow gold blinded everyone's eyes.

Holding the tray, Xiao Shiji came to Du Hengshuang's side, and said with a smile: "I have to go out to do some errands, so help me keep them well."

Du Hengshuang nodded, called Qian Bo over, and put away a tray of gold.

When Xiao Shiji saw Qian Bo, he wanted to salute, but was stopped by Qian Bo's eyes, so he nodded slightly.

An Zichang also came over with gold, and Fang Wuniang said: "Auntie, I'm staying at my uncle's house now, and this will be my accommodation fee, and I hope my aunt will accept it with a smile." Saying that, he also gave away the 1000 taels of gold for nothing. He hesitated and gave it to Fang Wuniang.

Fang Wuniang declined with a smile, but An Zichang insisted on not taking it back.

Xu Shao came over and said with a smile: "Since Chang'er respects you, you can accept it."

Fang Wuniang ordered the servant to come and accept it.

Everyone jokingly said, "The gold in Lord Muhou's mansion is cheaper than Xu Sima's."

Muhou was very happy, and today he flattered the two young dignitaries in the future without making a fuss, what is the loss of a little gold?Besides, they also took a fancy to An Zichang as a son-in-law...

"Xu Sima, I have something I want to discuss with you." Mu Hou called Xu Shao over to talk while the iron was hot.

Mu Yege, the eldest daughter standing next to Mrs. Mu Hou's Madam Cao, knew that her father was going to talk about her marriage, and her cheeks were dizzy with joy.He also ordered people to take the longbow and said: "Young masters have already competed, and we daughters can't fall behind. ——Come on, let's also compete in archery, okay?"

This proposal made Mu Yelai's heart skip a beat.

She knew that Xiao Shiji especially liked to see the heroic posture of women archery.In the previous life, Mu Yelai had archery skills himself, and later he did it for Xiao Shiji's liking.Study archery hard and get good at archery.Now two lives, even the first sister Mu Yege, is no match for her in this life.

Not to mention Du Hengshuang, her arrogance is like a white lotus that is not stained with dust, even holding a pair of chopsticks is tiring.Let alone let her ride a horse and shoot arrows.Whenever she encounters such a moment, she pretends to be sick in bed, which is really contemptible.

It was indeed a good opportunity for Du Hengshuang to make a fool of himself, and it also happened to allow Xiao Shiji to recognize what kind of person Du Hengshuang is in time. Don't wait until we get married to know that this woman is not his good match at all...

"Okay! Okay! We women also have to compete. You can't let the young masters be prettier!" Mu Yelai immediately agreed, and forcefully pulled Du Hengshuang into the arena. "Sister Du, let's go archery together! Come on, I'll find you a soft bow, it won't hurt you."

Du Hengshuang didn't want to show off in public, besides, Xiao Shiji had already shown enough limelight, she wanted to return it.Wouldn't it make people say that the Sima Mansion really doesn't let people?He repeatedly declined and said: "I don't know how to shoot arrows. Don't worry about the third lady."

Mu Yelai laughed from the bottom of his heart.She knew this was Du Hengshuang's weakness!Xiao Shiji likes to watch women archery, but Du Hengshuang doesn't know what to like.It was a good card that was broken by her.

God helps those who help themselves.In this life, Xiao Shiji's original spouse is none other than himself, Mu Yelai!

On the other side of the white curtain, four maids stood there with big water bags on their heads again, waiting for the ladies to come and shoot.

Even men dare not shoot these targets, and even less women.

Only two sisters, Mu Yege and Mu Yelai, stepped forward with bows and arrows and aimed at the water bags on the heads of two of the maids.

In the end, Mu Yege shot three arrows before hitting a large water bag on the head of a maid, but still won a burst of cheers.Of course, although she is not as good as An Zichang and Xiao Shiji just now, but even among men, there are not many people who can do it with the arrow she showed.

Here, Lord Mu Hou mentioned An Zichang's marriage to Xu Shao, and wanted to betroth his eldest daughter, Mu Yege, to him.

Xu Shao felt that this marriage was well matched, but even though An Zichang was his nephew, he would not listen to his uncle, so he beckoned An Zichang over, "Zichang, Lord Muhou wants to tell you something. Marriage." He told about Muhouti's marriage.

The smile on An Zichang's face remained undiminished, and he said slowly: "I had a wish to marry a woman who is skilled in archery. Today is just a coincidence, so let me, An Zichang, compete in martial arts to recruit relatives. Nuo, just like before, if there is Any lady who can shoot the apple on the maid's head is a good match for me, An Zichang. No matter whether she is ugly or beautiful, old or young, I will marry her!"

Mu Hou's expression turned pale, "Marshal An, don't make jokes about Xiao Ke."

An Zichang said sternly: "How can you joke about a lifelong event? —— Please Muhou prepare human targets and apples."

Muhou flicked his sleeves, "Get ready, don't go back on your word!"

An Zichang smiled and said: "I don't go back on my word, but Muhou has to keep it a secret. If everyone knows what I said, so many girls present are crying and shouting to shoot people. But it's not enough."

Mu Houweng said angrily: "Understood." He just secretly told his eldest daughter Mu Yege to know.

Mu Yege was even more delighted when he heard it.She has done a lot of shooting people and apples at home.Out of the ten arrows, there are always one or two hits, so he hurriedly said: "Father, don't worry, my daughter will give Daddy a good face this time!"

Soon the four maids filed in with the apples on their backs, and stood in front of the white curtain again.

Mu Yege opened his longbow, aimed for a long time, and shot an arrow, hitting a maid's heart.

The maid screamed and fell to the ground dead.

"What bad luck!" Mu Yege gritted his teeth and raised the second arrow.This time, she didn't shoot the maid, but she missed it completely.

"I don't believe it, I still can't hit it this time!" After seven arrows, Mu Yege stomped his feet and set up the longbow again. This time, he suddenly found the touch, and shot the arrow, which happened to hit the apple on the maid's arm. Shoot down!

Whoa!

The applause from the arena rang out again.

On the eighth time, Mu Yege finally hit the apple.

Mu Hou's face brightened a bit, and he glanced at An Zichang proudly.

An Zichang stood there with his hands behind his back, smiling and shaking his head.

Mu Yelai also stepped forward holding a bow and arrow.

Swish!

She shot five arrows and hit an apple on the arm of a maid without any casualties, which was better than Mu Yege's ability.

There was another burst of cheers on the field, louder than the ones given to Mu Yege just now.

Lord Mu Hou was even more proud, looking at An Zichang's eyes, just like a father-in-law looking at a son-in-law, the more proud he looks.

An Zichang sneered, walked over and forced the longbow in his hand to Du Hengshuang, "Ms. Du's arrow skills are like a god, let us ordinary people open our eyes today." He lowered his voice and said, "I'm waiting for you!" Watching a good show, don’t you like to slap your face in the face the most? Why are you pretending to be gentle and gentle outside, so you know that you are in Xu’s den..." While looking at Mu Yelai and Mu Yege wink.

Du Hengshuang happened to see Mu Yelai's look of contempt towards him, and he was very worried, and he didn't want to be looked down upon in front of Xiao Shiji.

Pulling the longbow from An Zichang's hand, Du Hengshuang stepped forward.

An Zichang quietly stepped aside with a smile on his lips.

Xiao Shiji hurriedly took out another smaller jasper finger puller from his sleeve pocket, walked over and put it on Du Hengshuang's thumb himself, "Calm down, just like practicing at home before, don't be distracted by others. Archery Most avoid distractions."

Du Hengshuang nodded, raised his eyebrows and raised his bow, without even gesturing, raised his hand and shot three arrows, shooting down the three apples on the head and arms of a maid standing in front of the curtain at the same time.

There was a sudden silence on the field, and even the sound of the wind blowing the treetops was very clear.

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Five thousand words, including the addition of He's Bi, which was rewarded by Smiling Qingsha the day before yesterday.Ask for pink tickets and recommendation tickets.

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