In the middle of winter, most of the vegetation in the courtyard has withered, and only a few plum trees are still flourishing. The white plum trees and the red plum blossoms bloom one after another. They seem lonely and cold, but the two extremes of white as snow and strong as blood are very eye-catching. What is even more eye-catching is the young man not far under the tree.
The tall and erect young man was dressed in black and powerful. Every move he made was extremely serious, and the silver gun he wielded seemed to have tremendous power.
Fang Zilan took Ouyang Zirou to the backyard and saw exactly this scene.
Ouyang Zirou stopped and couldn't help but sigh: "I didn't expect Mr. Shangguan to be so beautiful."
Fang Zilan was stunned when she heard this. When she first met Shangguan Min, the boy had not yet grown up, and she always had a childish look on her face.
However, time flies by, and the original boy's edges and corners have grown, and his eyebrows have become deeper. In addition, he is of mixed race, and his facial features are more three-dimensional than ordinary people. At first glance, he is indeed extremely beautiful.
Ouyang Zirou stared at Shangguan Min intently. Fang Zilan coughed lightly, and then she realized her gaffe and blushed involuntarily.
Fang Zilan couldn't help laughing, Ouyang Zirou lowered her head and said, "Mr. Fang laughed."
"Everyone has a love for beauty. It's a good thing that Zirou is good at appreciating beauty." Fang Zilan said seriously: "Unlike me, I don't think anything about having such a beauty next to me."
"There are so many beauties in Mr. Fang's house. I think I'm used to it, so I didn't realize it." Ouyang Zirou smiled and said enviously: "I followed Mr. Fang along the way, and I met two beautiful sisters. .”
Fang Zilan thought to herself that there were only two beauties in the house - Cong Rong and Xiao Xuan'er, and they happened to be seen by Ouyang Zirou. She really had an indissoluble bond with beauties.
"Master." Shangguan Min saw the two of them and walked over, "Who is this?"
Fang Zilan introduced: "This is Miss Ouyang Zirou of the Ouyang family, and this is the Shangguan Min I mentioned to you."
The two of them greeted each other, and after Fang Zilan explained Ouyang Zirou's purpose of coming, she handed the bow in her hand to Shangguan Min, "What do you think of this bow?"
Shangguan Min looked at it carefully and said: "This bow is exquisitely made and made of strong materials, but it is indeed a little lighter. I wonder if it can achieve the same shooting range as a heavy bow as Miss Ouyang said."
He was right. Fang Zilan nodded slightly and said, "What's so difficult about this? You'll know once you try it."
After saying that, she ordered the boy to bring the archery target over, and also invited Deputy General Cao over. Shangguan Min and Deputy General Cao tried it one after another, and sure enough, the range was the same as that of the heavy bow.
Ouyang Zirou looked at the two of them expectantly and asked, "Master Shangguan, General Cao, what do you think?"
"I think it's good." Vice General Cao praised it very much. Shangguan Min picked up the bow thoughtfully and looked at it again, and then said to Fang Zilan: "Master, is there a heavy bow in the house? If so, please let someone get it. Come here."
Fang Zilan waved her hand, and the boy on the side took the heavy bow with a look and handed it to Shangguan Min. He shot an arrow casually, and the iron arrow passed through the target, causing the target to shake twice.
"Master, look." Shangguan Min put down his heavy bow and walked to where the iron arrow landed. "The force I used was the same as before, but the arrow shot with the bow Miss Ouyang brought did not land so far."
As he spoke, he picked up the iron arrows with both hands and weighed them with the previous arrows. "The iron arrows used in the heavy bow are heavier than the arrows used in the bow Miss Ouyang brought."
Vice Admiral Cao also took the two arrows and weighed them. "They seem to be a little different in weight."
Seeing this, Fang Zilan ordered the boy to bring a scale. After weighing it, he found that the arrow Ouyang Zirou brought was indeed lighter, but only three baht lighter.
"Okay." Fang Zilan patted Shangguan Min on the shoulder, "You can actually notice such a small difference?"
Ouyang Zirou looked at the arrow she brought with her in disbelief, "I made it according to the regulations, how could it be different in weight?"
Seeing that she didn't believe it, Shangguan Min took a few more iron arrows and weighed them. All the iron arrows weighed the same, and were three baht heavier than the arrows she brought.
"Zirou, your arrow..." As soon as Fang Zilan opened her mouth, she was interrupted by Ouyang Zirou, "I know who did it."
Fang Zilan frowned slightly, "Who did it?"
Ouyang Zirou said angrily: "Since I started making weapons, my mother has sent a craftsman to follow me so that I don't have to do everything by myself. There was something wrong when I made the sleeve arrows last time. I thought it was an accident, but I was not willing to accept it. After redoing everything myself, I discovered the problem and traced it to the craftsman, and he promised me there would be no next time..."
"Zirou, please don't get excited." Fang Zilan supported Ouyang Zirou, and Shangguan Min stepped forward and said, "Miss Ouyang, the arrow is not the problem now. The biggest problem is the load-bearing weight of the bowstring."
Ouyang Zirou calmed down, picked up the bow she brought as if she had made up her mind, and handed it to Shangguan Min, "Master Shangguan, please give me a try."
Shangguan Min hesitated and did not take it, "Miss Ouyang, this bow of yours is not easy to make, especially the string, and the materials are even more rare..."
"You know?" Ouyang Zirou looked at Shangguan Min in surprise, only to see him nod, "Yes, I have made a bow and arrow myself. Although I haven't finished it, I know it is not easy, not to mention your bow... …”
He didn't say any more, but Ouyang Zirou smiled and said, "It's worth it to meet a close friend like Mr. Shangguan, even if the bow cannot bear the weight of the iron arrow and breaks."
Her eyes became more determined as she spoke, "If the load-bearing capacity is not enough, I will find new materials and study new manufacturing methods. I have failed to improve the crossbow once or twice. It doesn't matter once more. I just have to start over."
She said it in an understatement, but the three people present were all killers and had special feelings for weapons, so they could understand the hard work behind her.
Vice General Cao couldn't help but said: "Miss Ouyang is already very impressive for being able to do this. The weight of three baht is not a big deal."
"General Cao, there is no need to comfort me." Ouyang Zirou insisted: "I am following the rules, not following the old tradition, but this weapon is the most suitable. If you cut corners, even if it is just half a baht less, it will be dangerous for the soldiers on the battlefield. It will increase a lot. The great Jing'erlang is out there bleeding, how can I, a weapon maker, relax?"
Shangguan Min looked at the person in front of him steadily. He clearly looked like a delicate daughter. However, when he said these words, he was not inferior to any man, and even a little more colorful.
After a while, he slowly said: "With Miss Ouyang's words, I have to help you even though I'm completely devastated."
"Thank you." Ouyang Zirou held the bow in both hands, Shangguan Min took it seriously, and shot the bow in one go.
The iron arrow landed in the same position as when the heavy bow was shot. Ouyang Zirou stared closely at the iron arrow on the ground. Before she could breathe a sigh of relief, she heard a "pop" sound and the bowstring broke.
