Haiyan

The weather was wonderful.

In the distance, flocks of sheep are surging on the grassland like snow, marigolds are vying to emerge from the ground, and the wind blows against the ground, looking like waves in the distance, a vast expanse.

Chang Sheng sat on the big black horse and gently shook his two feet hanging beside the horse's belly. His mouth was no longer the shameless tune of the past, but a joyful and lively ballad.

With the ups and downs of the singing, the body is shaking regularly, which complements the crisp ringing of the bell around the waist.

Li Su held the rein with one hand, while the other was quietly hanging on his waist. The young man quietly looked into the distance with his eyes, without saying a word along the way.

Xingchu was originally the highest plain in the entire northern capital, and children of herdsmen often came here to ride horses and shoot arrows. Especially in early spring or late summer, many slaves would drive their master's cattle and sheep here to graze. Li Su was very happy. I seldom go out, I never knew that Chuyuan in autumn is so beautiful.

A whistling sound came from a distance, Chang Sheng stopped humming the ballad and looked up, and saw seven or eight children, big and small, competing in archery competition on the flat ground not far away. Just now, the spear that drew the bow just happened to be set on the ground not far away from the archery kid, which attracted a lot of ridicule from around.

"Shame on you, with such little strength, do you dare to show off your archery skills in front of us in the future?"

The group around the archery kid all booed and laughed, and for a moment, the kid's face flushed.

"This, this was an accident!" The speaking child wiped his snot with his hand. His face and clothes were dirty, with a lot of mud on his face, and his little gray robe was somewhat blackened. Doesn't look like a kid from a rich family.

"Xiao Wu, don't explain yourself, let's just forget that your skills are not as good as others, and you still brag about us all day long, now it's all right, let's show you, let's see if you dare to speak big things in the future!"

Chang Sheng looked at it for a long time before realizing that it was Xiao Wu who "can't get out of bed these days".

I saw that Xiao Wu was very angry at being ridiculed, and his cheeks were puffed up for a moment. He suddenly stepped forward, jumped up, stepped on the foot of the child who laughed the most, and said loudly: " I'm not bragging, when I was with Chang Sheng last time, Chang Sheng praised me for my excellent archery skills!"

The child who was stepped on groaned in pain, turned and pushed Xiao Wu's shoulder, and said fiercely: "What's wrong with Chang Sheng, what's so great about him? He can't even shoot an arrow, and he still praises you? I think he thinks that anyone who shoots better than him will praise others for their archery!"

Xiao Wu was pushed back and staggered back, the snot couldn't hold back, and it flowed out of his nose all at once, but the child didn't find it ugly at all, his small eyebrows were tightly furrowed, and he yelled at the child opposite. Shouted: "I forbid you to say that about Chang Sheng!"

The child was wearing a big golden robe, and he looked to be only eight or nine years old, but he was very tall, standing in front of Xiao Wu by a full head. Hearing what Xiao Wu said, the child immediately raised his head The tall one said arrogantly: "I'm going to say what's wrong with him. As a grassland man, it doesn't matter if he looks like a girl. He can't even do the simplest archery skills, so he just can't do it!"

"you!"

Xiao Wu was in a hurry, without saying a word, he suddenly stepped forward and grabbed the clothes on the child's chest, and started to pull them, and pushed them to the ground fiercely, but he was weaker than the other party, and he was shorter than the other party, so the clothes on his shoulders were covered. People picked it up immediately.

At this moment, there was a burst of cheers all around, only a few children who were with Xiao Wu kept their mouths shut and dared not speak.

"Hit, hit, hit..."

The atmosphere in the neighborhood instantly became high, Xiao Wu was kicked on the heels by the child opposite, his body was unstable, and he fell backwards fiercely, Xiao Wu refused to accept it, jumped up quickly, and continued to wrestle with the child, but it was still the same ending.

After going back and forth like this for a long time, in the end the two were still panting, one standing and the other lying down, both too tired to speak.

"You are not good at archery, and you even lost to me in wrestling. In the future, don't hang out with that little prince. Follow me. I promise you will be more comfortable than following him."

"I won't!" Xiao Wu said loudly while lying on the ground panting heavily.

"Why are you so stubborn? I can still take you to drink flowers and wine to see beautiful women. What about that little prince? He only treats you like a puppy all day long. He doesn't dare to blatantly go to see a girl. You follow him What's the point."

Xiao Wu shook his head, there were already children around him helping him up, he said: "Even if Chang Sheng treats me badly, he is better than you."

"Hmph, what's so good about him!"

Unconvinced, Xiao Wu pulled another boy beside him over and said, "Xiao Qi, go and tell He Ze whether he is better or Chang Sheng."

Xiao Qi stood in the middle, looked up at Xiao Wu, and then at He Ze beside him, he hesitated for a long time before saying: "Brother Xiao Wu, I, I don't know either!"

There was a burst of laughter all around.

Xiao Wuyi slapped Xiao Qi on the head, and said loudly: "How could you do this? You forgot that last time your mother was seriously ill and had no money for medical treatment. If Changsheng hadn't asked for fifty gold beads from his brother, you Mother is probably dead by now."

"I, I..." Xiao Qi glanced at Xiao Wu and said, "Xiao Wu brother, that golden bead was stolen by Brother Chang Sheng. My mother said that children who steal things are bad children."

"Then you mean that I am a bad boy, my lord?"

A clear voice suddenly came from outside the crowd, everyone turned their heads, and saw a big black horse, and a colorful shadow sitting with its head tilted, shaking the whip in his hand, looking very leisurely , not far behind him, the young man in the blue gown was silently silent.

But at this moment, no one was looking at the tall and handsome boy, and all the children's eyes were focused on Chang Sheng who suddenly appeared.

"Long Sheng!!!"

When Xiao Wu and several other children saw Chang Sheng, they immediately ran to his horse happily, and some of them even stretched out their hands to hold Chang Sheng's ankles, chirping happily.

He Ze saw the shining eyes of the child on the horse, and the high aura just now disappeared without a trace. Xiao Qi even stood on the ground and didn't dare to speak, with his head hanging down, he didn't dare to look up.

Chang Sheng turned over and jumped off the horse deftly. A group of children followed behind. Pushing aside the crowd, the child stood in the middle and lightly tapped Xiao Qi on the head with the whip handle, saying fiercely: " I'll settle accounts with you later!"

Turning his head to look at He Ze, Chang Sheng's face was full of condescension, first he circled around the tallest boy, and flicked the whip in his hand against his ear, then Said: "He Ze, you have been very courageous lately. Those who dare to come to snatch the young master, have they grown taller recently and their spirits have also grown?"

Heze's family is not considered powerful at all, at best they have a little money. His father is in business in Philadelphia. Compared with these other children, he can be regarded as a wealthy family. He is usually in a group of children He is used to being arrogant, so everyone thinks that his father is rich, and they follow him in everything.

Originally, I came to Xing Chuyuan to play today. I saw Xiaowu taking a bunch of children to practice bow and arrow. Knowing that Xiaowu’s family is poor, and he only relies on Changsheng to boast among the children on weekdays, he is ready to kill him immediately. Their vigor is comparable to that of Xiao Wu with bows and arrows.

Unexpectedly, Xiao Wu's archery skills are really stinky to a certain level, He Ze couldn't help but want to humiliate him, and he didn't expect such an unfortunate coincidence that Chang Sheng just happened to come over.

He knew that as soon as Chang Sheng came, no matter how powerful the boy or girl was, they would be overwhelmed by the aura of this child king and dare not continue to be arrogant.

"Changsheng, I, I don't dare." He Ze said hesitantly with his head down. Although he is older and taller than Changsheng, not to mention his strength, as long as this child stands in front of him , Even if he didn't speak, he felt very scared.

"Don't you dare?" Rolling his eyes at He Ze, Chang Sheng suddenly raised his whip and pointed at the children around him, and said, "Tell me, did he want Xiao Wu to hang out with him just now?"

All the children around nodded obediently, and all the expressions of laughing and joking just now became nervous.

"Hey, I said, I thought it was because I was getting old and my ears were not working well." Chang Sheng stretched out his hand to caress the thin horsewhip, and sighed.

"Chang Sheng, I wrestled with him just now, and he hurt me!" The young Xiao Wu suddenly ran over to interject, and it was clear from his tone that he wanted Chang Sheng to vent his anger on him.

But unexpectedly, Chang Sheng slapped him on the head suddenly, and said fiercely: "You still have the face to say that you were beaten? You deserve it, you really lost me!"

"He, he's so tall and strong, how could I beat him!" Little Wu was very wronged—it was, He Ze didn't know what he ate to grow up, and his body looked like a ten-year-old. For a boy of three or four years old, Xiao Wu often has no food or clothing at home, and he is already thin and small. Compared with He Ze, he is simply beaten.

Chang Sheng's eyes widened, he raised the whip in his hand high, and was about to hit Xiao Wu on the head, when he saw the child on the opposite side, he shrank his head reflexively, and suddenly felt that what he said seemed quite reasonable, and at the moment he clearly Sneered: "It's really useless!"

Turning to look at He Ze, Chang Sheng said loudly: "Hey, why did you wrestle with Xiao Wu just now?"

A six or seven-year-old child around said loudly first: "Xiao Wu lost the archery match with He Ze. Xiao Wu was not convinced, so he hit He Ze first."

"Did I ask you!" Chang Sheng yelled at the child, which made the child shrink back with a sullen head.

"He Ze, let me ask you, why did you wrestle with Xiao Wu?"

He Ze Nuonuo said: "Yes, I told Xiao Wu not to be with you in the future, as soon as Xiao Wu got angry, he hit me, and then I got into a fight with him..."

"Oh."

Chang Sheng nodded meaningfully, and continued: "Then do you think it's your fault or Xiao Wu's fault."

Chang Sheng asked lightly, but He Ze didn't think so in his heart. At this time, even if it was Xiao Wu's fault, it couldn't be said to be Xiao Wu's fault, so he hurriedly said, "It's my fault."

"Count you acquainted!"

Chang Sheng snorted arrogantly, Xiao Wuyi was very proud of hearing this, stood behind Chang Sheng and made a face at He Ze with his neck stretched out and his head raised.

"I heard you just said that I can't shoot arrows?"

"I, I'm talking nonsense..."

Changsheng sighed and shook his head, turned around in front of the surrounding children, and said loudly: "Those who say I don't know how to shoot arrows, don't you know that those who are truly capable never shoot easily, such as I……"

A certain child said shamelessly, "How about this, I took in an apprentice a few months ago, and I taught his archery and horsemanship. In order to let you know that I am not bragging, I let my apprentice show off first." Here are a few hands for you, after you have seen my apprentice's ability and my strength as a master, you will understand."

"Chang Sheng, when did you accept an apprentice, why didn't I know?" Xiao Wu scratched his head and asked in a low voice, but was frightened back by Chang Sheng's stare.

Chang Sheng turned around and gradually walked out of the crowd. A group of children were standing there waiting, and saw Chang Sheng standing under the young man's horse and talking. Sheng jumped up suddenly, and hummed a few more words before the boy finally got off his horse.

But it was obvious from his face that the young man was very attractive, and Chang Sheng was like his follower.

After groaning for a long time, Li Su gradually walked into the crowd, glanced at the seven or eight children who were several years younger than him, and suddenly a trace of boredom burst out of his heart, but Chang Sheng grabbed his sleeve.

"Look, this is my little apprentice. Don't look at him as a Han Chinese, but he is actually very talented. His archery skills are [-]% to [-]% of mine."

Li Su watched the dough-like child bragging to everyone, and his expression was very expressive when he spoke. Suddenly, he let out a muffled laugh, and was forced back.

"Isn't this the proton of Xihan!"

I don’t know who murmured softly. Chang Sheng was about to speak, but Li Su preempted him: “I’m a Han Chinese. I only knew lyrics and books since I was a child, but I didn’t know how to ride a horse-drawn bow. I'm afraid I won't be able to personally experience it in this life, the prince's archery is very good, I'm afraid I can't even match his three-point skill."

Chang Sheng dared Li Su's bragging skills, and said in his heart: "I didn't expect this kid to be quite good."

Children are really easy to deceive, everyone believes Li Su's words.

Under the curious gazes of all the children, Li Suzhen picked up the bow at the side and aimed at the rabbit that had been gnawing grass in the haystack in front of him.

Just aimed at the target, bent the bow and strung the string.

Snapped!

With a crisp sound, the eagle-horned bow in his hand was snapped in the middle by Li Su, but the string hadn't been pulled out a bit.

"Give me the bow instead."

Xiao Wu quickly handed him another bow.

Snapped!

There was another crisp sound, and the horn bow snapped from the middle.

"Wow, he is so strong, such a hard bow was broken by him after only two feet."

There are children below who have already started talking in low voices.

Li Su threw the broken horn bow in his hand, and said in distaste: "How can a bow with such low toughness be on the table?"

"You ruined my two good bows. I have a shark shell bow. My father spent a lot of money to buy it from the north. You can pull it away!"

As He Ze said, he suddenly ran away from the spot, and when he came back, he was struggling to drag the huge curved bow hidden behind the grass.

"Give you!"

He handed the shark shell bow to Li Su. The bow was black and shiny, and the ancient Teng Wen was outlined with golden lines on the back of the bow. A black goshawk was soaring in the center of the back of the bow, looking majestic and majestic. terrible.

The young man stretched out his hand to catch it, but he felt that the bow was full of weight, and the string was thick, round and tight. He tried to pull it, but it really didn't work without using all his strength.

"Li Su, don't lose the chain!" Chang Sheng said in a low voice, Li Su ignored him, put the silver arrow on the string, raised his arms straight, and aimed at the prey in front of him.

Slightly——

A string of strings was played slowly, and all the children held their breath and stared at the young man in the crowd with their eyes wide open. Everything around them seemed to be still, the wind stopped blowing, and the flock of sheep stopped gnawing grass. , even the rabbit who was targeted seemed to be stunned.

A familiar feeling gradually surfaced in Li Su's heart—three years ago in the Gyeonggi Palace, he surrounded the Haizhou Assassin with Liang Guoying's adopted son Liang Xiao, and the feeling of aiming at the enemy was the same as now, a little exciting, a little nervous, and more, still excited .

Whoosh!

A loud bang suddenly broke through the air, and the strength of the young man's hands was so strong that the off-string arrow sparked in mid-air. With a bang, the bowstring bounced, and the spear accurately passed through the prey's head, and then Along with the long arrow, it was fixed on the ground far ahead.

Heze was very surprised to be able to pull the shark shell bow, and the speed and aim were so in place. In an instant, the surrounding shouts almost exploded.

"How about it, isn't my apprentice very good?" Chang Sheng proudly stood in front of He Ze.

"Brother Changsheng, your disciples are already so powerful, so aren't you even more powerful?"

"It's Chang Sheng, you are too powerful."

"It's really amazing, no wonder Xiao Wu and the others follow you all day, and I want to follow you in the future."

"I think so, I think too, Chang Sheng, you are so powerful, you should accept me as your apprentice too."

"Take me, take me, I will listen to you in everything from now on."

……

The children rushed over and surrounded Chang Sheng, Li Su stood aside and quietly looked at Chang Sheng in the middle with a proud and condescending expression, and couldn't help but bend the corners of his lips.

He Ze walked over with his lips pursed, looked at Li Su expressionlessly, and said, "I obey you, and I also obey the third prince, not because you are his apprentice, but because someone as powerful as you is willing Being by his side shows that he really has something we kids can't compare to, and I won't speak ill of him behind my back in the future."

Li Su smiled lightly, and said indifferently, "It's good that you understand."

He Ze nodded: "This bow is given to you, you are the first person I saw with my own eyes who can draw this bow."

Li Su contemplated for a moment, raised his eyebrows, then turned his head and left without saying anything. He Ze wanted to call him, but seeing the young man's stern and proud back, he couldn't say a word, so he had to hold the huge The bow stood still.