There will be a holiday in two days. Song Xin planned to stay with his mother at home, but before noon, there was a knock on the door. It was discovered that Guo Miao was here.
When Ajiang saw it was her, he knew that she was no longer angry with Song Xin, and a stone fell in his heart.
As soon as Guo Miao came in, he asked Song Xin with dissatisfaction: "Hey, we agreed, I will teach you archery. I think today is good, let's go?"
Song Xin glanced at her sister, saw her nodding slightly, and said, "Well, okay..."
He followed Guo Miao to a ranch more than ten miles away from Xudu. After asking, I found out that this was the Guo family's ranch, which was dedicated to raising horses for the army. There is a riding and shooting field surrounded by wooden fences in this ranch, which is specially used for the Guo family's children to practice riding, shooting and swordsmanship.
Guo Miao took Song Xin to the archery field. Before he entered, he heard the sound of drums and the cheers of young people. It turns out that there are several young people from the Guo family who are practicing archery. When Guo Miao heard the noise from a distance, her face suddenly became a little unnatural, and she said inadvertently: "Why are they here?"
Song Xin asked: "Who are they?"
"They are the children of my third and fourth uncles. They are usually arrogant and have their eyes above their heads. If they are disrespectful to you later, don't conflict with them and leave it to me to deal with it."
Song Xin nodded. It seemed that the relationship between sons and nephews in this big family was not so harmonious and friendly.
When the young men in the ranch saw Guo Miao riding over from afar, they all stopped what they were doing and walked over, blocking the path of Guo Miao and Song Xin.
A young man asked with a proud look on his face: "Isn't this Sister Guo Miao? Why are you free to come here today?"
Guo Miao didn't seem to like him very much. She chuckled and said, "Guo Huan, you are not studying at home, why do you come here? I brought a friend here to practice archery, please get out of the way."
The nephews and nephews of the Guo family then looked at Song Xin, "Sister, so this is your friend? Seeing how ordinary he is dressed, we thought he was your servant, tsk tsk tsk."
Guo Miao rolled her eyes at him and said, "Okay, I'm done asking. Get out of the way."
"Sister Miao, we haven't seen each other for a long time. Don't leave in a hurry. Oh, this horse is really good. Where did you get it?"
"This is none of your business." Guo Miao said angrily.
Then a young man next to Guo Huan saw Song Xin's mount and suddenly said: "Hey, isn't this chasing shadows?!"
When Guo Huan saw it, his expression suddenly changed, "This is the chasing shadow of my Guo family. Why is it here with you?"
Guo Miao said: "I gave this to him."
The corner of Guo Huan's mouth twitched. He had wanted this Chaiying horse for a long time, but it was just because he was not good at riding and could not control this fierce horse. I never dared to ask for it. But he didn't expect that the thing he liked would be taken over by the boy in front of him. He couldn't bear this tone.
"Sister Miao, this is a horse that belongs to the Guo family. How can you give it away just like you said?" Guo Huan said.
"What family's horse? Uncle Fengzhong gave it to me."
"Uncle Clan just let you ride, and didn't ask you to give it away! Boy, get off here!" Guo Huan's face darkened, and he shouted at Song Xin.
Guo Miao sneered and said, "My uncle gave it to me. What I want to do with it has nothing to do with you!"
But these words could not stop several young men at all. They gathered around and blocked Song Xin's way. But he seemed to be afraid of Zhuiying's bad temper and didn't dare to get too close. When the nephews and nephews of the Guo family saw the way the fierce horse was docile under Song Xin's crotch, they felt extremely jealous, like a kitten scratching their hearts.
Song Xin smiled and said, "It's not that I don't want to give it to you, I'm just afraid that you won't be able to control it."
"Bah, who do you think you are? Why do you despise me?" Guo Huan retorted loudly.
Song Xin wanted to tease them deliberately, so she said, "Okay, do you dare to make a bet with me? If you can let it take you for a lap at this racecourse, I will give it to you immediately. How about it?"
After hearing this, Guo Huan's expression changed and he said, "Is this true?"
"Miss Guo, help us be a witness. If I lose, the horse will be returned to the Guo family, and I will give fifty gold as a gift."
Seeing Song Xin's confident look, Guo Miao nodded to him and said, "Okay, but if you lose your horse, don't even think about taking my horse back."
Song Xin smiled confidently, "This is natural
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Guo Huan was young and vigorous. How could he lose his momentum? He raised his chin and said: "Okay, if I lose, the horse will be yours, and I will give you fifty gold."
Song Xin jumped off the horse and high-fived him. Then he handed the whip and reins to Guo Huan.
Guo Huan walked to Zhuiying's side. When the horse saw him approaching, it became a little restless and jumped slightly to distance itself from him. Guo Miao sneered: "Hey, are you going up?"
Guo Huan lost his temper, blushed, glared at her, picked up the riding crop and whipped Zhui Ying, "Beast, I am your master! What are you hiding from!?"
Zhuiying screamed when he was slapped, but he still jumped and moved sideways to avoid Guo Huan. He was so angry that he wanted to whip him again. But as soon as he raised his hand, Song Xin pinched his wrist and said, "Are you going to get up there? If you beat it to death, does this bet still count?"
"It has nothing to do with you even if it's beaten to death. This is my Guo family's horse!" Guo Huan stubbornly tried to break away, but found that Song Xin's strength was so strong that it hurt his wrist.
Song Xin smiled faintly, let go of his wrist, then walked to Zhuiying and patted him gently, and the horse was immediately comforted. Then he said sarcastically: "Master Guo, come up quickly? Do you want someone to bring you a horse-mounting stone?"
"Bah, I'm not afraid!" He boldly approached Zhui Ying. This time the horse was very calm. Guo Huan was secretly delighted and turned over to ride on it.
The remaining young men from the Guo family breathed a sigh of relief, feeling proud after being nervous. Guo Huan was naturally very proud. The last time he rode Zhuiying, he was thrown off and almost broke his ribs.
Then Guo Huan took a deep breath, gently pinched the horse's belly, and Zhuiying began to trot around the racecourse. He turned his head proudly, glanced at Song Xin and Guo Miao and said, "How about it, what else do you have to say?"
Guo Miao's face looked a little ugly, and she touched Song Xin lightly, "Are you really not afraid of losing to him?"
Song Xin smiled and said: "Don't worry, he can't win. The fifty gold is mine!"
These words were heard by a young man from the Guo family beside him. He snorted and said, "Huh, how come cousin Guo Huan can't win? Stop dreaming."
Song Xin just smiled and looked at Guo Huan who was gradually walking away. He seemed to have adapted to chasing shadows and began to gradually speed up. Finding that Zhui Ying was still calm, Guo Huan became even bolder. He raised his riding crop and hit Zhuiying directly.
The horse made a long neigh and then accelerated suddenly. Guo Huan was so frightened that he howled loudly. He tried to pull the reins, but found that the horse would not listen to him at all.
"Save me! Ah!! Stop this beast!"
Guo Huan was so frightened that he was so frightened that he whipped Zhui Ying with a riding crop. It didn't matter if he whipped him, the horse ran faster. His shouts attracted everyone in the ranch. When some people saw Guo Huan on the fierce horse, they were so frightened that they hurried over to stop him. When Zhuiying saw someone coming, he jumped out of the racecourse and jumped violently, trying to throw Guo Huan off.
Song Xin tilted her head and laughed softly: "This is called sitting on happiness."
"What did you say?" Guo Miao heard his muttering and asked curiously.
"It's nothing, I think he can't hold on." As soon as Song Xin finished speaking, Zhuiying hissed and raised his front hooves high. Guo Huan lost his balance and fell on his back, landing in a ball of horse dung with a pop. Go on, this face is completely lost.
Zhuiying shook off Guo Huan, ran back to Song Xin, lowered his head and rubbed his hand.
Guo Miao was dumbfounded, "How did you do it to make it so obedient?"
"What are you doing? Help the young master up quickly!" The people from the ranch rushed to Guo Huan and helped him up. Although Guo Huan was not injured, the stench all over his body made him extremely ashamed. He stared at Song Xin without saying a word.
"You, you let this beast fall and hurt my cousin!" The children of the Guo family were also extremely unconvinced, pointing at Song Xin and scolding him.
"I'm willing to admit defeat! Let's go!" Guo Huan shouted to stop them. Then he ordered his men to take five golden copper blocks and throw them in front of Song Xin.
"Today, I lost. This is fifty gold. But for today's humiliation, I will definitely plot against you!" Guo Huan still refused to admit defeat and kept talking tough.
Song Xingong cupped his hands and said, "It's easy to say. I'm always waiting for you."
"Let's go!" Guo Huan, full of grievance, led the others away.
Guo Miao looked at their backs and sneered proudly, "Huh, finally gone!"
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"Is this your uncle's son?" Song Xin asked.
"Well, they are the children of the third uncle and the fourth uncle. They always target my eldest brother and me. They want to drive us out so that they can occupy my share of the land. If my uncle hadn't been protecting me, we, brother and sister, would have been I have been bullied by them for a long time.”
Song Xin nodded. He had also heard this from Xia Ren, but it was Guo Miao's family matter and he couldn't comment too much. They came to the school grounds, where there were many archery targets at different distances, and many servants were waiting on them.
"Song Xin, do you know that archery is also divided into civil and martial arts?"
Song Xin shook his head, "I don't know, can you tell me something?"
"The so-called civilized archery focuses on rituals and music, and whether it can hit the target is secondary. Every time you shoot an arrow, you must listen to the music of the musicians' drums, and your posture must be elegant."
"Oh, it turns out that when I first arrived, I saw Guo Huan and the others practicing with the sound of drums. Were they also practicing shooting?"
Guo Miao nodded, took a bow and held it in his hand. The Guo family's entourage stepped forward and handed over three feather arrows. Then he returned to his seat, took a small drum, put it on his lap, and began to beat it rhythmically.
Following the beat of the drums, Guo Miao carried something with her, held the bow in front of her, took out the arrows, and bowed to the guests. Then the rhythm of the drums became slower, and she took a step forward, looking sideways at the target. Stand with your feet slightly apart, pick up the arrow and read the string.
The drummer stared at her movements, and the drum beat changed again. She followed the drum beat, clasped the arrow with her left hand and put it into the 爭 (Kuo), checked it firmly, and straightened her mind. She raised the bow, led the bow forward, leaned on the position, and then released her right hand. , the arrow flew out with a whoosh and hit the bullseye.
Song Xin couldn't help but marvel after watching this series of actions. Guo Miao wears a red corseted Hu suit, with a graceful figure and extremely graceful and stretched movements. Archery is no longer a killing skill, but an extremely beautiful ceremonial activity.
Song Yu couldn't help but praise her in the mountains and rivers, "Well, this girl's archery skills are really good."
"How's it going? What do you think?" Guo Miao looked at Song Xin and asked.
"This is the first time I've seen her in my life. I didn't expect the girl to be so good at archery. So what is martial arts?"
Guo Miao smiled softly and said: "The so-called martial arts shooting means riding a horse in armor, firing a hard bow, and shooting live chickens and sheep. This is what generals who go into battle to kill the enemy should practice. This soft bow is also used to shoot grass. Duo, it's useless on the battlefield."
Song Xin took the bow she handed him and pulled it. Sure enough, he pulled it open easily.
Guo Miao asked: "By the way, are you going to accompany Mr. Cao to Piyong soon?"
"Exactly."
Guo Miao chuckled and said: "When I got there, all I met were dandies from the noble clan. They were so thin that they couldn't draw a stiff bow at all. I don't know what the prime minister was thinking, but he insisted on sending the young master there too, so that he could learn how to draw it. To what."
Song Xin said: "We can't guess what the Prime Minister is thinking. However, there must be a reason for your actions just now, right?"
Then Guo Miao explained the steps just now to Song Xin one by one, and then she explained the tips on how to follow the drum beats. As a practitioner, Song Xin is inherently smart, so he can naturally master these things as soon as he is taught them.
Then he followed Guo Miao's instructions and finally hit the bullseye.
"Have you really never practiced before?" Guo Miao was surprised to see that he had done well.
"I have only learned some basic skills from Brother Wei Ziming before, but this is the first time for me to hear these steps."
Guo Miao said: "You are really smart. No wonder the prime minister chose you to be Mr. Chong's attendant."
Song Xin felt a little embarrassed after being praised like this by her, and said, "This is a good lesson from your master, haha."
Guo Miao also laughed, "By the way, when you go to the battlefield, how many stones can you shoot a bow?"
Song Xin thought for a moment and said, "I don't know. I just grab it and use it. Anyway, I have never encountered a bow that couldn't be drawn."
"Hehehe, boy, you are so crazy when you talk, haven't you encountered a bow that you can't draw?"
Hearing this, Song Xin and Guo Miao turned around at the same time and saw a young man about nineteen years old looking at them with disdain. Behind him were Guo Huan and others who were returning.
When Guo Miao saw this person, her face darkened and she said, "Guo Mu, this is my friend, please stop being so rude here!"
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