Concubine Chongxi: Binding the Medicine Jar to the Master

Chapter 160
One day later, news came from the palace that the third princess who believed in Buddhism had returned from Mingzhe Temple on the outskirts of Luoyi just to prepare for the annual trip to Mingzhe Temple by the royal family of Heluo.

It is said that every year in the early winter, members of the royal family will go to Mingzhe Temple to worship the Buddha and pray for blessings. They will also choose a princess to shoot down the bodhi fireworks hanging in front of the mountain gate of Mingzhe Temple with bows and arrows, as the beginning of the blessing activity.Therefore, it is very honorable to be responsible for the job of archery, and the princesses naturally hope that this job can fall on their heads.

Every year, before going to Mingzhe Temple, the royal family of Heluo will hold an archery competition to select the princess with the best score to complete this glorious ceremony.Since the three princesses often eat fast and listen to the Buddha at Mingzhe Temple, and are indifferent to fame and wealth, they never do this kind of errand, so usually only the other three princesses participate in the competition.

But this year, there was one more player in the competition, and that was Yin Liehuo.

Today, the weather is still fine, although it is a bit cold, but it is sunny and cloudless.

The venue for the competition was the archery field in the palace garden. Countless royal relatives, civil and military officials came to watch the battle, and Baili Jiuge and Mo Li were naturally among them.

At this moment, Empress Luoxia, accompanied by her two husbands, was sitting in the best view of the archery range, waiting to see her four daughters show off their skills.His gaze, intentionally or unintentionally, glanced at Yin Liehuo, and he was also guessing in his heart whether this daughter, who was rumored to have disabled legs but could actually walk, had other hidden means.

The female officer in charge of the military department saw that the four imperial daughters had arrived, so she handed over the bow and quiver to them.

The four put their quiver on their backs, set up their bows and arrows, and first tried to shoot an arrow to warm up.There were only four swish, swish, swish, and all four targets were hit with red hearts.

Everyone couldn't help applauding. Needless to say, the archery skills of the eldest daughter, second daughter, and fourth daughter of the emperor, I didn't expect the newly returned fifth emperor's daughter to be so good at archery.

When the fourth princess Luo Bingshuang saw Yin Liehuo hitting the bull's-eye, a vicious light suddenly appeared in her eyes, and evil thoughts immediately arose in her heart.

She said to the emperor's eldest daughter and the emperor's second daughter: "You two emperors, we always compete like this every time, and it's a little bit the same. It happens that Xiangsi joins this year. I think we can change the pattern and make the competition more interesting."

The eldest daughter of the emperor and the second daughter of the emperor exchanged glances, motioning for Luo Bingshuang to speak out, while Yin Liehuo also looked at Luo Bingshuang coldly.

Luo Bingshuang said: "In the past, we shot our own targets by ourselves. I think it's better to take turns this time. Everyone shoots all four targets from left to right, and then replaces another person, who also shoots four targets from left to right." Each target has been shot, and it goes round and round. Each person has forty arrows, and shoots ten arrows at each of the four targets. After all the arrows are shot, whoever has the highest number of rings on the targets will naturally be the winner."

After hearing this new proposal, everyone couldn't help discussing it. They felt that Luo Bingshuang's idea was quite ingenious, and the audience was also happy with a change of tricks.

But the insider immediately peeped out of the doorway, Mo Li's brows and eyes flashed coldness, and he sank a little, his dark eyes turned slightly, looking at Yin Liehuo.

Seeing Mo Li's expression changed, Baili Jiuge lowered his voice and asked, "What's wrong?"

The two were sitting on the same wide chair, so Mo Li simply took Baili Jiuge into his arms, pressed against her ear, and whispered, "Luo Bingshuang's set of rules is aimed at girls like Liao Huo."

"Ah? Baili Jiuge also froze.

Then I heard Luo Bingshuang say: "This suggestion is made by me. If the two imperial sisters and Xiangsi have no objections, then I will be the first to shoot the arrow. Then, we will be in order of seniority, eldest sister, second sister , and lovesickness again. How do you all agree?"

Hearing this, Baili Jiuge also understood.It turns out that the way of this set of rules lies in preemptive strikes!

Whoever shoots first can occupy a good position on the target. If the person who shoots later wants to hit a higher number of rings, it must be more difficult than the previous person. Even if it goes round and round, the person who shoots last is always the best. suffer.

No wonder this Luo Bingshuang proposed such a bad move, but also ranked himself first and let Li Huo be the last!
Seeing that the other three princesses were silent, Luo Bingshuang said again: "Since the rules have changed, in order to increase the fun, I think it's better to add a lottery. We have to choose No.1 and punish the last one." No. 1, punish her to kneel and kowtow to No.[-]."

After saying this, the audience suddenly fell silent, and some people whispered, saying that the four princesses started looking for trouble again, so don't let yourself be involved in the game until the end.

Even Luo Xia's expression changed, and she reprimanded: "Bingshuang, it's just a small competition, how can you set up any pretense, are you trying to hurt the friendship between your brothers?"

"Mother, Queen Mother..." Luo Bingshuang was dumb: "My son is also out of interest, and I don't think it's inappropriate. It's worth watching if you have to gamble."

Luo Xia's face turned blue, but she endured a few words of persuasion from an imperial husband next to her.After all, this imperial husband is her favorite man. Although Bingshuang always makes her displeased, she is still her and this imperial husband's daughter.

For the sake of the imperial husband, Luo Xia let Luo Bingshuang go.

And the eldest daughter of the emperor and the second daughter of the emperor didn't know what they were planning, and they had no objection to the second and third archery order, and they agreed one after another.

So, everyone's eyes were on Yin Liehuo.

At this time, Yin Liehuo was wearing a gorgeous dress, and his wavy hair was curled into a flower shape by a water-blue hairpin.Under the delicate makeup, her curly eyelashes are like black feathers, and those charming eyes are full of chill.

Luo Bingshuang deliberately made things difficult, how could Yin Liehuo not see it?Even the lottery of punishing people to kneel was aimed at her.

Yin Liehuo sneered slightly.Luo Bingshuang must not know, he has practiced thousands of needles like rain, and he has also practiced shooting ten arrows at once.This kind of ability was taught to her by Mo Li, and now that she is alone on the battlefield, she cannot let Mo Li down.

What's more, Mo Li said that soldiers come to block, water comes to cover... and she not only wants to block this malicious attack, but also makes Luo Bingshuang regret it.

Thinking of this, Yin Liehuo murmured coldly: "I have no objection, let's start."

Seeing that Yin Liehuo also agreed, Luo Bingshuang secretly rejoiced in his heart, only thinking that Yin Liehuo was a layman.

The female officer of the military department announced the start of the arrow competition.

Luo Bingshuang was the first to appear on the stage, hitting the hearts of four targets from left to right.

Then came the eldest daughter of the emperor and the second daughter of the emperor. The two of them shot down four arrows, and they all hit the red heart.

The last one is Yin Liehuo, just like trying an arrow casually, four arrows go out, and the heart is full.

Everyone couldn't help applauding, the four princesses are really of a good standard!

As if he didn't expect Yin Liehuo's archery skills to be so exquisite, Luo Bingshuang's eyes were filled with deep disgust, but in an instant, Luo Bingshuang laughed mockingly again, thinking that as long as there were more arrows later, Yin Liehuo would not be so good luck.

The development of the matter was indeed biased towards Luo Bingshuang's plan. After the first three princesses had shot four rounds, the red hearts on the target were basically crowded. When it was Yin Liehuo's turn, she also clearly realized that her arrow There is no place to stay.

According to the rules of the competition, the arrow fired later cannot be shot into the arrow fired first. If the two arrows overlap, they must be pulled out, which is bound to be disadvantageous.If so, how should...

Yin Liehuo pondered, a little nervous, but he could only slowly raise the bow and arrow, hold it down, and prepare to shoot.

Xu Shi's heart fluctuated, and he inadvertently pulled the bow too hard, but the bowstring suddenly broke!

When the broken sound hit his ears, Yin Liehuo was so shocked that his heart would jump out of his throat.She quickly put down her bow and arrow, adjusted her breath, and heard Luo Bingshuang's ridicule and the audience's uproar.

"My princess wants to change a bow." Yin Liehuo stabilized his tone, forcing himself to speak smoothly.

She lowered her head and walked towards the female officer in the military department.When passing by Mo Li and Baili Jiuge on the way, she subconsciously looked at them.

"Agni..." Baili Jiuge couldn't help murmuring, knowing in her heart that Agni was fighting alone, and now that the bowstring broke again, she must be very stressed and uncomfortable.So he comforted: "Don't be affected, you have to work hard, I believe in your archery skills!"

"Jiu Ge, I..." Yin Liehuo hesitated to speak.

At this time, Mo Li, who had been pondering for a long time, spoke, and he sent the voice into Yin Liehuo's ears with his internal force, only for her and Baili Jiuge to hear: "Strength doesn't mean being aggressive, it can also mean being unexpected. Turning the world around with one move is the so-called death and then fast. Girl Lihuo, you should appreciate these words carefully."

Yin Liehuo looked at Mo Li, speechless, there was still this nostalgic feeling in his eyes, and he wanted to read the message he wanted to convey from the bottom of his eyes.

But Mo Li just smiled warmly, just like his courteous treatment of everything, which made Yin Liehuo's anticipating heart turn cold.She laughed at herself, that's right, this is her own battle, and Mo Li also wants her to quickly take charge of it.

Thinking of this, Yin Liehuo withdrew his gaze, continued to walk towards the female officer of the military department, changed his bow, turned around and returned to the competition position.

Standing here again at this moment, Yin Liehuo recalled Si Moli's words carefully, thinking carefully, suddenly all seven orifices were fully opened, and he realized it immediately.

Yin Liehuo drew the bow and shot the arrow, and with a flick of his finger, he hit the first target.

This time, everyone was in an uproar.It turned out to be the fourth ring? !
The three princesses also did not expect this situation, Luo Bingshuang showed a gloating smile.

Yin Liehuo continued to shoot arrows, and then scared everyone even more.Four Rings!Three Rings!Second ring!What happened to the five princesses?
"Haha..." Luo Bingshuang laughed loudly: "Xiangsi, a broken bowstring is not a serious matter, is it hard to bear?"

Seeing Luo Bingshuang talking so much, Luo Xia frowned frequently, but let her go.

Then the competition continued, and after the other three princesses shot the tenth ring, they could only shoot the ninth and eighth rings, but they were all very accurate.

But Yin Liehuo carefully observed the target every time he shot an arrow, and sometimes even bent over to check.Everyone didn't know what she was looking at. Anyway, when the arrow shot out, the number of rings was undoubtedly very low, even one ring came out.

This made Baili Jiuge's heart hang, he couldn't help grabbing Mo Li's hand, and said anxiously: "What should I do, won't people kneel and kowtow when the fire hits?"

"Don't worry, Jiu Ge." Mo Li only smiled resolutely: "Wait and see, the best show is yet to come."

After the first three princesses shot all forty arrows, the nine and eighth rings were also occupied, leaving Yin Liehuo's four arrows ready to go.Everyone is not optimistic about Yin Liehuo at all right now, they only watched her shoot an arrow towards the first target!
It was the third ring again, and everyone sighed again and again.

Baili Jiuge also sighed, but before the sound stopped, he was shocked by what happened next.

I saw that the target suddenly cracked, and then broke into two halves. The lower half and the arrow above it all fell to the ground, leaving only a small piece on the upper part, with three arrows stuck in it alone.

This this!Baili Jiuge gasped.

Yin Liehuo shot again, one arrow went out, and the second target was broken into three pieces, leaving only two arrows on the small piece.

Shoot again, the third and fourth targets are broken one after another, leaving only Yin Liehuo's arrow!
Baili Jiuge finally understood, it turned out that Agni was just studying the angle, thinking of shooting the target!This requires an extremely precise arrow technique and just the right amount of strength. Being able to do this already shows that Agni's archery skills are far superior to those of the other three princesses.

I didn't expect Agni to hide so deeply!Baili Jiuge showed a bright smile and said to Mo Li with a smile: "So this is what you said when pointing Lie Huo, you two are quite black-bellied!"

Luo Bingshuang's face was as white as silk paper, and she shouted: "Xiangsi, this... what are you doing?!"

Yin Liehuo said coldly: "The fourth sister came up with the rules, and the fourth sister also said just now, whoever has the highest number of rings on the target will be the winner." He said to the female officer in the military department: "Come and count !"

Luo Bingshuang was so angry that she was about to faint, those targets fell off, and now the targets are just those fragments, and there is no arrow on them at all!

Sure enough, the female officer of the military department announced: "His Royal Highness the fifth emperor has eighteen rings in total, Her Royal Highness the eldest daughter has sixteen rings in total, Her Royal Highness the second emperor has eight rings, and Her Royal Highness the fourth emperor has zero rings."

The audience was stunned, how could they have expected such a result?Unexpectedly, these five princesses could turn things around in such a way.

Luo Bingshuang gritted her teeth and roared: "Luo Xiangsi, you, you..." Sensing that everyone was looking at her, Luo Bingshuang anxiously called Luo Xia and her husband: "Mother, Father! Xiangsi is a foul! "

Luo Xia glanced at the imperial husband, although she really wanted to take care of her feelings, she also felt that Luo Bingshuang owed her a lesson, so she said cruelly: "Bingshuang, it's because you are inferior in skills, I can't help you."

"I'm not inferior to others!" Luo Bingshuang was anxious, pointing at Yin Lie and shouting: "You deliberately broke the target, it's not really a skill at all, I think you are doing this kind of heresy because of your own inability!"

"Bingshuang, you!" Luo Xia jumped up.How can this daughter say such things in public? It's too unfair!

Yin Liehuo whispered softly: "Mother, please be safe and don't be impatient, you will hurt yourself if you get angry." He looked at Luo Bingshuang coldly, without saying a word, just walked to the quiver next to him, and took out four arrows. , together on the strings.

Everyone showed a look of surprise.The fifth princess is going to shoot four arrows at once?
The next moment, with a flick of the fair-skinned finger, four arrows were shot out in unison, and all of them accurately hit the four arrows shot in the round just now, piercing through!

The audience was silent.

Arrows can pierce arrows, which is already extremely strong in archery, not to mention four arrows fired at once, all hit!This made Baili Jiuge amazed.

This time, the bow in Luo Bingshuang's hand fell to the ground, her face was so ugly that she gritted her teeth and trembled.

But Yin Liehuo didn't even look at her, he just looked at Mo Li lightly, saw his gentle smile, and nodded.

The second daughter of the emperor applauded and boasted: "Acacia's archery skills are really impressive. I chose you to go to Mingzhe Temple to shoot down Bodhi flowers. You are really well-deserved. Isn't it, eldest sister?"

The eldest daughter of the emperor replied calmly: "Exactly."

Seeing this, Luo Bingshuang was so angry that he pointed at the eldest daughter and the second daughter, "Eldest sister, second sister, you...you actually speak for her?! Obviously the three of us should be on the same front!"

As soon as she said this, she completely exposed the ghost in Luo Bingshuang's heart. It was obvious that she made a special trip to target Yin Liehuo, and she thought that the two imperial sisters would help her.

The queen daughter smiled contemptuously, unloaded the quiver, and hummed: "Bingshuang, as the princess of Heluo, we must keep our promises, and this can show our heroism in Heluo. Therefore, I would like to bet and admit defeat. You should also kneel and kowtow to Xiangsi."

"Second Sister!" Luo Bingshuang cried out.

"I would like to bet and admit defeat." The eldest daughter of the emperor also said.

Luo Bingshuang was so anxious that she was about to cry, and subconsciously asked her father for help, but the imperial husband couldn't disobey Luo Xia, so he could only look away and accept this reality with pain.

The howls of the audience kept getting louder, and they pressed on Luo Bingshuang's back in unison. She couldn't stand it anymore, bent her knees, and knelt down. Tears of humiliation swirled in her eyes, and she finally gritted her teeth. Kowtow to Yin Liehuo.

Yin Liehuo only approached her slowly, and said with a soft smile: "Miss Huang, get up quickly, the ground is too cold after all."

While speaking, he stretched out his hands to support Luo Bingshuang's shoulders, and led her to stand up.In the eyes of everyone, they only felt that this was a scene of sisters and friends, and some even praised Yin Liehuo's generosity.

But Yin Liehuo only smiled coldly, and murmured in Luo Bingshuang's ear with a freezing voice: "Sister Huang, your knowledge is too shallow, it's better to harm others less in the future, otherwise you will be self-sufficient." , isn't it a pity?"

"You!" Luo Bingshuang raised her hand, and when she was about to hit Yin Liehuo, her wrist was suddenly pricked by something, and her whole hand was numb immediately, causing her to cry out in pain.

"Sister Huang, are you okay? Be careful." Yin Liehuo quickly took Luo Bingshuang's hand, and calmly withdrew a flying needle that had been released just now.

Luo Bingshuang's hands returned to normal, and Yin Liehuo also backed away and walked towards Luo Xia.

This time the arrow competition ended with such an unexpected result. According to the results of the competition, the person who went to Mingzhe Temple to shoot down the bodhi flower this year was Yin Liehuo.At the same time, the audience continued to speak well of Yin Liehuo, not only praising her for her superb archery skills, but also praising her for being open-minded and repaying grievances with virtue.In contrast, it was Luo Bingshuang's self-indulgence.

Baili Jiuge laughed to relieve his anger, and hurriedly went to meet Yin Liehuo after the show was over, but when he was about to reach Yin Liehuo, he suddenly bumped into a strange person.

(End of this chapter)