Chapter Sixty-Eight: The Fate of the Person

"What weapons do the three sons want to see?" A fellow stepped forward and greeted them warmly.

Only then did Guo Song take a look at the armory shop. The weapon shop is very Lingzhou characteristics, the imperial court strictly prohibits all kinds of long weapons and crossbows held by the people, and this side is openly sold, as well as shields, armor and other armor.

Of course, the most are still big road goods, knives and swords are full of counters, the cheapest swords can be bought for two dollars, and there are many bows.

"Brother Guo, I'll take a look at the sword!"

Shi Tong had two pieces of money in his backpack, which his mother gave him, and he could finally buy a sword of his own.

Guo Song nodded, his focus was still on the bow, the bows were all hung on the wall, and at a glance, they were all five-bucket bows and eight-bucket bows.

Even after looking at it twice, he didn't have the bow he wanted, Guo Song couldn't hide the disappointment in his heart, Liang Wu smiled and waved his hand, "Don't worry, they won't take out good things." ”

He whispered a few words to the guy, and the guy scratched his head and said, "I don't know if there is, I have to ask the shopkeeper, the two of you will wait." ”

The guy left in a hurry, Liang Wu smiled at Guo Song: "There will also be some special things in this store, I heard a rumor yesterday that this store has a hard bow, which is said to be not for sale, but I estimate that the quality is not as good as the black market, don't get your hopes up." ”

"Actually, I don't have high requirements, as long as I can use it!"

After using Gao Xianzhi's bow, Guo Song felt tasteless about other strong bows, just like tasting dragon liver and phoenix gall, you won't have much passion for eating other mountain and sea delicacies.

At this time, the man hurriedly came over and said, "Please come with me, two of you!" ”

Guo Song and Liang Wu glanced at each other, and there really was.

……….

The two followed the shopkeeper to the backyard, and the shopkeeper explained to them: "There is a pair of iron spine bows of two stones, but they are not for sale, they are deposited with us, and if he stays, they are destined, and it depends on whether the two of them are fateful." ”

"What do you mean by fate?"

"I'll go back and explain, let's take a look at the bow first!"

The shopkeeper led them to a small warehouse, and told them to wait at the door, and he went in to rummage, and in a short time he took out a black lacquered nanmu box.

The shopkeeper blew off a thin layer of ash, opened the box, and it was indeed a bow inside, looking at the lines on the upper end of the bow's back, you can see that this is also an iron spine bow, and the middle section is wrapped in cowhide.

The shopkeeper found a good bowstring again, and Guo Song and Liang Wu worked hard to put the bowstring on.

Guo Song checked his hand, and was immediately surprised and delighted, this one is not inferior to Gao Xianzhi's handle, and even a few catties heavier, estimated to be about twenty-three or four catties, because the material used is different, Gao Xianzhi's bow is made of high-quality oak wood, and this bow is made of better oak wood.

And the details and delicacy of the workmanship are not worse than Gao Xianzhi at all, and the shape is simple, like a Han bow, Guo Song liked it at a glance.

The shopkeeper smiled, "There are a lot of people who have come to see the bow in the past two days, and everyone likes it at a glance, but the problem is that the bow doesn't choose them." ”

"Please tell the shopkeeper!"

The shopkeeper nodded and said: "The original owner of this bow has two requirements, one is to pull three full bows, and the second is to shoot a living creature in my back garden, of course, in addition to people, the distance can not be less than thirty steps, to meet these two requirements, that is, the one who is destined, the original owner will give him this handle." ”

"May I ask the shopkeeper, who is the original owner?"

"I can't say this, Childe, I'm sorry!"

Guo Song didn't ask any more, he put on his wrench, pulled five full bows in one breath, and finally let it go gently, 'Bang! There was a hollow sound.

The shopkeeper suddenly gave a thumbs up, "Except for Gongzi, there is no second person in Lingzhou who can do it." ”

Liang Wu next to him said impatiently: "Shopkeeper, go to the back garden!" ”

The shopkeeper smiled, "Please, two!" ”

The three of them came to the backyard of the armory shop, which was very large, not a garden, but a training ground for testing weapons and bows and arrows, only three zhang wide, but at least fifty or sixty steps deep.

The two men were sweeping the yard when they saw them coming, and they flashed to the side.

"Rifle, go catch a chicken!"

The shopkeeper had just given an order, but Guo Song found a living thing, so he smiled and said, "No need!" ”

He walked quickly to the wall, and suddenly turned around, and the bow rang out like a shooting star, and he only heard a 'squeak' in the distance! 'A scream.

A fellow ran to the wall at the other end and suddenly shouted, "Shopkeeper, what a big mouse!" ”

Everyone hurriedly walked over, but saw a big rat nailed to the corner of the wall by an arrow, and the arrow was so powerful that it was nailed to the wall.

"Good archery!"

Liang Wu applauded loudly, his heart also fell, the first item of Shuo Fangwu's meeting was to compete with arrows, but he had never seen Guo Song shoot arrows, although he strongly recommended Guo Song as the Liang family's foreign aid, but he was still a little worried in his heart, and now, he finally breathed a long sigh of relief.

The shopkeeper also saw an archery master with his own eyes, and he was really happy in his heart, and gave Guo Song a black lacquered lambskin bow bag, and gave him a pot of fine goose feather wolf tooth arrows and two high-quality skein bowstrings.

Guo Song suddenly found that the back of the bow was engraved with the three seal characters of Xiaotian Bow, and he was quite interested, so he discussed the origin of this bow with the shopkeeper.

At this time, an entourage walked briskly and whispered a few words in Liang Wu's ear, Liang Wu's face changed, and he smiled at Guo Song quietly: "I'll go to the lobby to see the sword." ”

Guo Song turned his back to Liang Wu, he didn't see Liang Wu's different color, he smiled and said, "Brother Xian will go first, I'll come out immediately." ”

Liang Wu walked quickly with a gloomy face.

When Liang Wu returned to the lobby, he saw a man in his thirties reprimanding Shi Tong.

"Do you think that if you climb the high branches, you can not take the Guo family in your eyes? Such an important matter, you didn't say a word to the main family, the Guo family treats your mother and son well, but you do this kind of humiliating thing to the Guo family, let others know, how should you talk about the Guo family? ”

Shi Tong lowered his head, he was about to cry, he trembled and said: "Third master, I was wrong, I won't participate in the martial arts meeting." ”

Of course, Liang Wu knew the man who reprimanded Shi Tong, his name was Guo Zhi, the son of the head of the family, Guo Yangchun, who was strong in martial arts, but he was also a powerful person.

Although the Liang family has not done a good enough job in Shi Tong's matter, has the Guo family humiliated the Liang family less over the years?

Liang Wu snorted heavily and strode forward, "The Divine Sword Martial Arts Hall has also given the Guo family a place, but have you considered Shi Tong?" Isn't it a joke that your Guo family is acting unfairly, but now you are accusing others! ”

Guo Zhi stretched his face and said: "Shi Tong is a non-editor of the Guo family, protected by the Guo family, I am teaching him how to behave, what does it have to do with Liang Gongzi?" ”

Liang Wu grabbed Shi Tong's shoulders and sneered: "Xiaopang is my junior brother and my brother, I gave him my place, what does Guo Sanye think is wrong?" ”

Guo Zhi looked at Liang Wu for a long time, and suddenly turned around and said, "Guo Qi come out!" ”

A fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy walked out from behind, Guo Zhi pointed at Liang Wu and said: "Guo Qi is a disciple of our Guo family, we gave him the quota of the Divine Sword Martial Arts Hall this time, if Shi Tong can defeat him, then I can call the shots, the quota of the Guo family will be given to Shi Tong, if Shi Tong does not win, then please ask Liang Gongzi to apologize for what he said just now." ”

Liang Wu is still young after all, far less shrewd and spicy than Guo Zhi, he said that the Guo family is unfair, and was immediately grabbed by Guo Zhi and proposed a sword competition, Shi Tong won, the Guo family is a big deal to give up this inconsequential place, but if Shi Tong loses, Liang Wu will have to apologize publicly, and this face will be lost.

Liang Wu also knew that he was passive, and he didn't know what to say for a while.

At this moment, someone in the crowd suddenly said, "Why don't you add another lottery!" If Shi Tong wins, the Guo family will dissolve their dependency with Shi Tong's family. ”

Guo Zhihuo turned around and stared at the person who spoke, "Who is Your Excellency?" ”

The person who came was Guo Song, he finally learned that the Xiaotian bow was the bow of the famous general Nan Jiyun in the Tang Dynasty, which really made him very happy, he rushed out to find Liang Wu, but he happened to meet Shi Tong who was questioned by the Guo family.

"In Xia Guo Song, the Liang family invited foreign aid!"

The surrounding onlookers were in an uproar, and few people had heard of the name Guo Song, but the Liang family's foreign aid was like thunder, and they cut down horses on the street, making Guo Sheng a laughing stock in Lingzhou.

It turned out to be this young man, and many people behind him stood on tiptoe and stretched their necks, wanting to see who was the person who killed Guo Sheng and a group of gentlemen who had no face?

Guo Zhi looked at Guo Song with complicated eyes, although he was also extremely disgusted with the sons of the uncle's family, selfish, greedy, and short-sighted, Guo Shichang's youngest son Guo Sheng was even more evil outside, oppressing the good, and ruining the reputation of the Guo family.

But as the heir to the head of the family, he has to protect the interests of the family first and cannot show weakness to outsiders.

He nodded, "I've heard of you, but I didn't expect you to be surnamed Guo." ”

"I am the Guo family of Mingsha County, and I have nothing to do with the Guo family of Lingwu County."

In fact, the Guo family in Mingsha County is also a side branch that was separated from the Guo family in Lingwu County eighty years ago, but the blood relationship is far away and it has become a family of its own, but since the other party has clearly stated that it has nothing to do with the Guo family in Lingwu County, Guo Zhi can't make a hot face to stick to the other party's cold ass.

Guo Zhi smiled faintly, "Although your surname is Guo, you are not surnamed Shi, and the dependence between Shi Tong and the Guo family is not Your Excellency's turn to decide!" ”

"Brother Guo's words are what I mean!"

Shi Tong suddenly mustered up the courage to stand beside Guo Song, and said loudly: "I am willing to compete with Guo Qi, if I win, I don't want the quota of the Guo family, I hope that the Guo family will remove my family's dependence!" ”

Liang Wu also stood beside Guo Song and said in a deep voice: "If Shi Tong loses, I am willing to apologize to the third master on the spot!" ”

Guo Zhi looked at the three of them, and he suddenly felt a kind of envy in his heart, is this a young man as a hero?

He pondered for a moment and said to Guo Song: "Shi Tong has never been Guo Qi's opponent, even if he wins by luck today, it may not be glorious, so be it!" I'll compete with Your Excellency for a few swords, if Your Excellency defeats me, then the dependence between Shi Tong's mother and son and the Guo family will be null and void! ”

After a pause, he said again: "If I win Your Excellency by luck, I don't need Liang Wu to apologize, but please pay your Excellency a horse to Guo Sheng, how about it?" ”

Guo Sheng was humiliated on the street, although he was to blame, but as the heir to the head of the family, Guo Zhi couldn't help but stand up.

Guo Song smiled slightly, "Then we will make up our minds!" ”