After Spring and Autumn

Chapter 36 Shooting the Eagle
"Young Master Yi, can you be reluctant?"

"Hmph, how can I take this mere property seriously." Zhuanyi is a person who cares about face, after all, he can't do something that breaks his promise and gets fat.

The butler rolled his eyes and whispered in his ear, Zhuo Yi's eyes lit up when he heard it.

While waving his followers to retreat, he said to Meng Di: "There is still another match."

"Oh, there are quite a lot of rules in your country of Wu."

Zhuan Yi blushed, pretended not to hear, and continued: "This is an archery competition."

While talking, someone raised a big black and inconspicuous bow, "As long as you can draw this bow, you will win, if you can't open the bow, hehe, you must return the cart.

"I don't know what the young master uses as a lottery prize?"

"How about just using this bow?" Fearing that Meng Di would not know what to do, he hurriedly boasted.

In fact, this bow is really extraordinary, with the body of the bow made of [-]-smelted steel cast by generals, and the tendons of the thousand-year-old dragon in Taihu Lake as the strings, it was made by several top master craftsmen for more than ten years. It is said that when the bow was completed, thunder fell from the sky, The sun and the moon are dark.

It is impossible to verify whether the legend is true or not. This bow was later presented to the king of Wu. Wang Daxi rewarded the person who offered the bow.

But later the King of Wu realized that he had been fooled. The bow was very heavy, the body was too hard, and the tendons were so tough that ordinary people couldn't open the bow at all.

It must be known that archery is a skill, and brute force alone is not enough. A few generals in the court thought they were good at shooting, and forcibly opened their bows, which either hurt their arms or hurt their hearts.

Angrily, King Wu put it on the shelf, and found an excuse to behead the person who offered the bow.

After Helu came to the throne, he was grateful for Zhuanzhu's contributions and took great care of his son. He knew that Zhuanyi would not be able to succeed in writing or martial arts, and he liked to hunt on horseback on weekdays, so he gave this bow to him.

Anyway, in his eyes, this group of people with determination, not to mention hurting themselves, would be good if they could hold a bow, just use it to show off.

Although Zhiyi can only make a small and soft bow, he always brings this bow to the market every time he travels, bragging about it to everyone.After a long time, I gradually felt tasteless, and this time I did not intend to bring it with me, just to embarrass Meng Di.

Oh, it turned out to be an iron tire bow!Meng Di's eyes revealed a strange color.In the previous life, Li Ling's grandfather, the flying general Li Guang, had used an iron tire bow and passed down the method of opening the bow.

Iron tire bows cannot be used without special training, but the range is extremely long, and if paired with iron arrowheads, they are almost indestructible.

Legend has it that Li Guang saw a boulder as a lying tiger when he was patrolling at night, and when he shot an arrow, it sank into the stone.

Seeing Mengdi groaning silently, Zhuanyi felt uneasy, and secretly regretted that he had exaggerated the bow just now, and was worried that Mengdi would not dare to gamble.

"Okay" Unexpectedly, Meng Di responded immediately, and reached out to take the iron bow.The bow is dim and dull, but if you look carefully, there is a dignified aura.

Caressing the bowstring, recalling the experience of hard training to draw a bow in his childhood, he shouted in a deep voice: "Arrow."

Zhuan Yi saw that the fish had already taken the bait, and he was already overjoyed.He also didn't care to be surprised that when Mengdi got the bow, his expression was completely different from before, and he hurriedly asked people to take out a pot of feather arrows specially prepared for iron bows.

With the bow in his left hand and the string in his right, Meng Di looked up into the sky.

Spring in the south of the Yangtze River is the season for eagles to forage and breed. Black dots hover in the sky and make "chirp" calls.

Meng Di stood still and watched quietly.

Everyone didn't know why, so they also raised their heads until their necks became sore, but they didn't find anything unusual.

Zhuanyi already had the winning ticket in his hands, he coughed lightly when he saw this, and was about to open his mouth to make some jokes.

Suddenly, Mengdi took a deep breath, raised his bow to the sky, withdrew his right leg and bent his left leg into a lunge. The bowstring in his hand was slowly drawn at the same time until it was like a full moon.

There was an ear-piercing whistling sound of "Woo", a shrill cry came from the air, and a black dot fell in response.

It's an eagle!When the black spots fell in front of their eyes, everyone screamed in their hearts, but no one dared to make a sound.

At this time, discussing whether to shoot the bow has become a joke. Eagles are very common in Jiangnan, but I have never heard of anyone who can shoot them down. It is very simple, the range is not enough, far from enough.

Zhuo Yi felt bitter in his mouth, opened his mouth but couldn't speak, hesitated for a while, cupped his hands slightly, and left with his entourage.

This is not his previous style, at least he has to explain a few scenes.But today I was really scared, I was afraid that the other party would start to be ruthless.

My group, not to mention whether they could escape the maid's bamboo branch, anyway, they definitely couldn't escape the arrow shot by the iron bow.

"Wait a minute" Meng Di handed the bow to Xiang Lie to put it away, and made a distant sound.

Zhuo Yi hurriedly stopped, turned around with difficulty, and said bitterly, "What orders does the strong man have?"

All the followers are also trembling, they can't run away, no matter how fast they are, they can't beat the eagle's speed, can they?

"Young Master Yi first gave you property and a precious bow when we met for the first time. Meng Di couldn't lose his manners. Why don't you sit down and chat with each other?"

"No need, no need, there is still some urgent matter in the mansion, and we will make a special trip to entertain the strong men another day."

"Huh?" Meng Di reached out to take the bow.

"Well, my younger brother suddenly remembered that the affairs of the mansion are not urgent, it's better to drink with the strong man first." Zhuanyi immediately changed his words and ordered his followers to fix the banquet quickly.

The broiled fish is ready-made, and Zhuo Yi and his party brought their own fine wine. After the two sat down again, Meng Di smiled slightly and said, "Do you want my maid to accompany you?"

"How dare, how dare, don't dare to bother my sister, the younger brother can pour wine for the strong man." Zhuan Yi is a character who can bend and stretch.

"I don't dare to be the son's sister." Su'er still looked calm.

"Okay, all of you go down." Meng Di smiled, Su'er was the same in front of her, and she didn't know how to be stubborn.

In fact, Mengdi has a good impression of Zhuanyi. Although he is a little domineering at heart, he is quite authentic in his work and knows how to look at the limelight.

At this time, only the two of them were left in the bamboo house, and Zhuo Yi gradually let go.Zhuan Zhu was originally a brave and ruthless person, and he also made many friends in the Jianghu.

Zhuo Yi is also quite like his father in these aspects. After a few rounds of drinking, he would call each other affectionate.

After going back and forth, they chatted in the city of Gusu, and stopped eating in desperation and distress, and then told a news that surprised Mengdi.

Fugai proclaimed himself king.

Taking advantage of the fact that King Helu of Wu and the elites of the country were in Chu State, Fu Gai secretly returned to Gusu with thousands of subordinates and proclaimed himself king.

Fugai is good at fighting, but he doesn't know anything about governing the country, and he has no capable talents under his command.

As soon as he returned to Gusu, he directly occupied the palace and enjoyed himself all day long.

This is why Meng Di has never heard of this matter all the way.Except in Gusu City, few people probably know that the King of Wu has been replaced.

Zhuoyi knew that his family was loyal to Wu Wang Helu, and if his husband wanted to take someone into action, he would be the best choice, so he slipped out of the city under the persuasion of the housekeeper to avoid the limelight.

Meng Di could only be speechless about this, Fugai was such a joke, when Helu's army came back, they didn't know how to write the word "dead".

(End of this chapter)