Being caught between two waves of people in the corridor, the disciple gritted his teeth and remained silent. His friend beside him also froze for a moment, and then thought to himself in an uproar: What a coincidence, everything he mentioned happened!
Qiong also forgot to take away some books, so she and Sheng Xuanyuan went back to the school room to get them, and listened to the previous conversation without missing a word. Sheng Xuanyuan didn't pay much attention to gossips, but he found it amazing that every rumor about Su Yi's death could be justified.
Lu Lanshan looked Qiong Yi up and down, and smiled breathlessly: "I'm making progress."
"Yes, so there is no need to compete." Qiong Yi did not say all this to her: "It's not like you haven't learned the swordsmanship of our tribe, Youchai. Telling stories behind other people's backs and being heard by others will also affect the young master in this school. interpersonal relationships.”
The disciple obviously couldn't lose face and said angrily: "You can use your power to bully others just because you have the Lu family's name?"
Qiong also became angry and asked with a smile: "How do you say this? I use my strength? You can't beat me with my sword."
"you!"
Qiong also spread his hands.
"You're just a bastard who seduces people just because the Sheng family is strong! I don't even want a woman like you to come to my lips..."
When Qiong Yi's face was slightly condensed, Sheng Xuanyuan slapped her hard, and after a sound of "Pah!——", five red fingerprints fell on the man's face, and he cursed: "Sheng Xuanyuan, you !..."
Qiong Yi held his sword and glared angrily: "What are you! Please be careful what you say! This is a school, not a market place!"
Lu Lanshan was startled at first, then reacted and sneered: "What else can you say to such a person? If you can't argue and fight, you can only use vulgar words." After saying that, she paused and said coldly: "It's bad!"
"Okay, okay." Another disciple hurriedly tried to smooth things over, "It's all my friend's fault! He has an unclean mind and a shallow understanding of ethics and etiquette. I will apologize to everyone for him! I didn't want to offend the Lu Sheng clan, and I didn't want to offend the Xi clan. Miss Yan said disrespectful words." After saying that, she pressed his head and bowed deeply, then pulled him and walked away quickly.
After the two of them walked away, Sheng Xuanyuan looked back and said, "Don't be angry with that kind of person." Qiong Yi tightened his grip on the sword and said, "Humph."
Seeing them turning around to leave, Lu Lanshan said, "Although we were unhappy just now, I still have to say belated congratulations to you two."
Qiong Yi raised his eyebrows slightly: "Thank you?"
"Why the questioning tone? I'm sincere."
"Really? Our relationship is not good enough for you to congratulate me, right?"
"After you get married, I don't need my brother to care about you. It's great that he is farther away from you. Maybe the day you leave the clan will be much earlier. Just thinking about this makes me very happy. Naturally, I want to congratulate you." .”
Qiong was also speechless: "I don't really want to hear what you say.
"I want to say?"
"oh."
"When do you plan to make it public? Remember to get engaged early and leave me alone. Don't mention the Lu Sheng family and take me with you. It will be very annoying."
Qiong Yi looked at Sheng Xuanyuan and replied, "I will find a suitable time to propose marriage to the Lu family."
"Well, there's no need to rush." Qiong also said.
"Okay." Lu Lanshan nodded and said to the female disciple beside him: "Let's go.
The female disciple looked away from Sheng Xuanyuan's face and hurriedly followed Lu Lanshan away.
"You still read it? Don't be embarrassed. Is it that good?"
"It's really beautiful! Are you willing to give this up to someone else?"
"Huh? What do you mean by handing it over to others? It's not mine in the first place."
"You, you! You don't like such a handsome face and tall figure?"
"...I feel a little bit off. Besides, aren't they all in love? Why should I get in the way?"
"oh?"
"I just want the only one. If someone else has it, I won't look down on it."
"Yes, Miss Lu is Miss Lu. Why are you still angry? Just don't call you Miss. Don't walk so fast! Wait for me! Lu Sheng!"
"Don't call my name!"
"Why? Doesn't it sound good? Hey, I'll just scream!"
"goodbye."
"..."
After the two disappeared in the corridor, Qiong Yi still remembered the male disciple's words and spat: "It's really unlucky to meet such a person."
"It's a pity that I didn't slap him again to keep it symmetrical." Sheng Xuan said resentfully.
Hearing what he said was so indignant, Qiong also thought of the swollen half of the man's face and smiled half-heartedly: "Let's go. If you delay for a moment, you will lose a moment of practicing swordsmanship. We shouldn't waste time on such a person."
"Yeah." Sheng Xuanyuan followed her, and after catching up, he thought: You are the one who is dear to my heart, how can you let such a person ridicule and insult you.
"I'll buy you candies to eat tonight." He took Qiong Yi's hand and said, and Qiong Yi was coaxed by him to smile softly: "Okay."
Seeing that her expression finally softened, Sheng Xuanyuan breathed a sigh of relief: "What I told Lu Lanshan just now that I wanted to propose marriage to the Lu family was not just following her words, nor was it a passing thought. I meant it sincerely. Something that I have been considering for a long time.
Qiong was also startled.
"Did you know that every spring among the five tribes, a Spring Festival feast is held?" he asked.
Qiong Yi came back to her senses. She didn't know why he suddenly changed the topic, nodded and said: "I know, it's already the tenth day of March, isn't the Spring Festival banquet already overdue?"
"Yes, but that is a banquet held by each clan. After the Qingming Festival, when the flowers bloom, there will be a banquet of the five clans called 'Jin Fang Fei', and all the direct members of the clan will be present." Sheng Xuan paused. After a pause: "Come with me, Qiong Yi."
Qiong also knew that he didn't like crowded occasions, but she could go to such an important banquet if she wanted to. Just as she was thinking about it, he continued: "At that time, I will propose marriage to your master."
Qiong was also stunned.
After Sheng Xuanyuan walked two steps away, he found that she was still standing where she was, and turned around: "Huh?"
"What's wrong?" he asked when he saw that she was motionless.
"I..." Qiong Yi was a little nervous for some reason, her eyes flickering, but when she fell into his eyes, she saw his sincerity clearly and directly: Sheng Kyung, he is serious.
She hesitated and said: "Sheng Kyung, to be honest, it was too sudden. For me, and for you. But I..." She paused: "I didn't mean to reject you. After all, we are in Guangzhou." Yang has... tied up his hair, but when you said it like this, it suddenly escalated to a matter between two clans, which really made me a little scared." By the time he said the last word, he was spitting out words one by one. .
Sheng Xuanyuan could understand her feelings. When he first considered this matter, he was not uneasy: "I know that getting engaged is no child's play. If you are really worried about this, I will... take it easy. How about I take you to meet my family during the Spring Banquet?"
"You know I'm not in a hurry." Qiong Yi took his hand, her eyes purple, "Let's do it step by step."
He nodded.
*
"Thank you, sir. Sir, please go slowly!"
Sheng Xuanyuan, who took the candy from the vendor, turned around and handed it to Qiong Yi. She took the candy leaf, weighed it up, took a bite, nodded with a smile and said it was delicious, and then handed it to his mouth.
Sheng Xuanyuan took a small bite, it was as sweet as honey, and he said: "After dinner, let's continue to practice archery at the school field."
Qiong also nodded: "Okay."
Half an hour later, the two came to the school field.
There were wooden targets that were as tall as a person in a row. A hundred meters away, Sheng Xuanyuan held the long bow tightly, took out the last long-feathered arrow from the quiver behind his back and placed it on the bow. He aimed with half-squinted eyes and then fully pulled the bowstring. "Stop—" the arrow whistled, and suddenly there was a clang sound of piercing into the wood. He put down the bow and pursed his lips, but the arrow did not hit the target.
"Ah, another one missed." Qiong Yi pulled the light bow in his hand, "Look at me."
In half an eye's sight, the tip of the arrow rose slightly toward the bull's-eye. She used her inner strength to open the bow, and her movements were clean and neat. She took aim, released the arrow, and then closed her hand without any sloppiness. After a "brake" sound, the arrow shot into the wooden target with a "clang".
"...I didn't hit the bull's-eye either." She paused and smiled: "It's not a mistake for a beginner, right?"
"Yes." Sheng Xuanyuan moved his arms, "There's nothing wrong with your posture anymore. Can you still use this light bow?"
In the nearly half month since she returned to Qingfeng Town from the Su Family Mansion, Sheng Xuanyuan happened to take Qiong Yi with her when she was practicing archery. At first, he gave her his long bow, but found that her arm length and strength were not compatible with this bow at all. He ordered a light bow and taught her how to use it.
"Take a ride. But what I want to play is the crossbow machine." Qiong Yi plucked the bowstring and said.
"Crossbow arrows..." Sheng Xuanyuan pondered for a moment: "Crossbow arrows are easy to use, easier to use than bows for mortals, and more powerful, but not necessarily for monks. If you like it, I will give it to you later. Bring one."
Qiong Yi smiled and rolled his eyes and said, "Okay."
Sheng's Jichen swordsmanship is known by everyone, but his archery skills are even more powerful than his swordsmanship. In the past few days of learning archery at the school, Qiong Yi saw basically all the children of the Sheng family. They were all very skilled in archery, which made her feel like a beginner. However, it was rare to have both arrows and swords, and it would be hard to put in the effort to master one of them. On the other hand, apart from Sheng Xuanyuan, she has not seen any disciples whose archery skills are comparable to those of swordsmanship.
"My clan attaches great importance to riding and archery skills, but we don't like crossbows... very much." He said, and then said: "I quite like it."
"Have you secretly made custom orders?" Seeing that it was getting late, the two of them packed up their arrows and chatted before leaving. "Well, at first I looked at the crossbow diagram in the book and thought about it on my own, but it didn't work out, so I secretly bought one." Sheng Xuanyuan couldn't help but curl his lips slightly as he recalled it, "I usually spend a lot of effort to shoot an arrow. On a crossbow, you just have to pull the trigger lightly, so who wants to practice bowing? You can guess it later.”
Qiong Yi smiled and replied: "Were you scolded?"
"Yes, the crossbow was also taken away."
"Hahahaha, if you are with me, we can still go hunting mountain rabbits."
"So then I bought another one."
The two left the school grounds laughing.
Sheng Xuanyuan thought he lived a boring life on Baifeng Mountain, but Qiong Yi heard that it was not boring at all. It was during the chat that she gradually realized that Sheng Xuanyuan was a person who couldn't stand boredom and would find fun on his own. For example, when the room is deserted, I carry a knife and go to the mountains to chop fresh young leaves and flower branches and put them back in the house for decoration. I raise various flowers and plants in the yard, carve some wood carvings, paint and play the flute in my spare time, and even borrow a few flowers on Jiuyi Terrace. Flying a kite with wind power.
After hearing this, Qiong also laughed for a long time, and then he said with some regret that he had never flown a kite before, and it was his sister-in-law who encouraged him to do it. As a young man, he went there happily after hearing this, and almost flew with the kite. Fly away together.
"At that time, no one talked to me or played with me. I just talked to the flowers, grass, and my sword that I raised." Sheng Xuan said lightly, "They wouldn't answer me. I don’t want to talk anymore.”
Qiong also felt that he was really not happy at all when he was a child. She tightened his hand and said, "Well, if you haven't played with it as a child, I will play with you to the fullest, okay?"
"good."
"You don't think it's childish?"
"No problem."
Qiong Yi's laughter was as clear as a bell: "Am I okay?"
"good."
"Do you like me?"
Sheng Xuanyuan's neck turned red. He turned his head and said in a low voice: "...I like it."
Qiong often teased him in this way during their private trysts after mutual exchange of feelings. Seeing Sheng Xuan murmuring and saying that he liked her was not as frank as the first time, but it was much more interesting.
