10. What a bow

Poor Gao Hong was surprised that the other party reacted so quickly and was able to parry back his arm, but he felt that his fist was firmly hitting the opponent's arm, and he was secretly happy in his heart, "It's done, even if the child's arms are continuous, he has no strength to fight again, and he has calculated his bad breath!" Suddenly, the eyes were dark, the head shook sharply, and when he reacted, there was a clear shoe print on his face, his nose was numb and sore, his nose was bleeding, and his eyes were full of tears.

was teased by such a weak-crowned young man in every way, and made such a big ugly appearance, Gao Hong was annoyed and ashamed, screamed, kicked over one of his subordinates, snatched the saber, and pulled out the knife to cut at Liu Qi.

The cold light flashed, and seeing that Liu Qi was about to die under the knife, suddenly, a gray shadow flashed behind Gao Hong.

Gao Hong only felt a huge force on his shoulders, like Mount Tai pressing the top, his knees were weak and he fell to the ground involuntarily, the knife in his hand fell with a "dang long" sound, the huge force disappeared, Gao Hong climbed a few steps backwards in horror, and looked at it when he saw that it was an old man in a gray robe with snow-white hair, who was glaring at him.

"In broad daylight, the competition is lost, and the vertical son dares to break the contract and kill people!"

Uncle Chen, who was covering his eyes and didn't dare to look at Liu Qi, heard Yu Ji's voice, and let out a sigh, in his eyes, Liu Qi was elegant and handsome, and he was kind, and he never had the slightest contempt for them, and he took care of the old and young in the village very carefully, and he didn't charge a penny or send food and medicine, where have I seen such a character in my life, it may really be a fairy sent by the sky to rescue this lonely old man in the village, if it is because of his own mistake, how can he have the face to see the neighbors who have just lived a good life, fortunately, the savior arrived in time, Uncle Chen hurriedly stepped forward to bow down.

Gao Hong saw that Yu Ji was extraordinary, and heard the old man call him "Immortal Weng", and immediately understood that he had met a cultivator of immortals, and this kind of person had also seen a lot, although he had seen some false fraudsters before, but he had also heard a lot of rumors that people who had attained the Tao had great powers, and Gao Hong was very conceited about his martial arts, but just now Yu Ji only lightly pressed on his shoulder, as if a thousand catties of boulders were pressed on his body, and it seemed that he had really met a master.

Gao Hong is also a smart person who knows the severity, so he quickly got up to stop his eager subordinates, wiped the nosebleed indiscriminately, and bowed to Yu Ji with a smile and said: "Don't dare, I didn't really want to hurt this son's life, but I just wanted to scare him." Under is a rough person, I don't know the severity, don't blame the immortals, don't blame the immortals. ”

Then he glared at his subordinates fiercely, and shouted: "A group of rough people, don't you know how to help other people's objects, why don't you make amends to your father-in-law quickly!" ”

A group of subordinates hurriedly cleaned up Uncle Chen's yard, Gao Hong saw that Yu Ji was still glaring angrily, and suddenly realized, and hurriedly bowed his hand to Liu Qiyi: "The son is so strong in martial arts at a young age, so that Gao is admired, Gao is a rough person, and there is no seriousness when the competition is sparred, and I hope the son will forgive me." ”

Stretch out your hand not to hit the smiling person, and Liu Qi was still churning in his chest at this time, and he couldn't get out of the fire, so he had to return the salute: "Don't dare." ”

Gao Hong explained: "Zhao Taishou led the army into the mountains to beg for thieves, the day before yesterday I was ordered to go out of the camp to investigate the enemy's situation, but I lost my way in the forest, I have been walking for two days and two nights, and the food I brought is exhausted, so I have to come to your land to find some food. ”

Many villagers on the periphery of the courtyard were overjoyed and talked about when they heard that the officials and soldiers had entered the mountains to beg for thieves.

As soon as Yu Ji and Liu Qi heard that they were the officials and soldiers who suppressed the bandits, the anger in their hearts also disappeared by half, and Yu Ji said: "You wait for all the bandits and thieves to be suppressed, and the village will be peaceful. ”

"Well, I'm hungry, so I didn't mean to use force." Gao Hong is not embarrassed, where the officials and soldiers go is not this kind of style, it is good if there is no murder and arson, how can they ask each other softly. But he didn't dare to offend Yu Ji, so he had to make up a random reason.

Yu Ji glanced at Liu Qi, Liu Qi couldn't bear to vomit, how could he have the heart to find trouble with Gao Hong again, nodded and took the lead in turning his head and leaving.

People were under the eaves, had to bow their heads, a group of military men did not dare to make a mistake in front of Yu Ji, politely begged the villagers to take out food to eat, and assigned to rest in several large houses.

As soon as Liu Qiyi left everyone's sight, he couldn't help it anymore, he lay on the side of the road and vomited, it took a long time to vomit, and when he took off his clothes, he saw that his arms were blue, swollen and tall, and his chest was also sore, "I grass, this damn rough embryo, it really has brute strength." ”

Endure the pain and get dressed, while cursing Gao Hong, while walking to Zhang Laohan's house, only to listen to the noise of chirping, sure enough, Zhang Ling shouted Zhang Ping led a group of children with brooms and sticks to help him, Liu Qi smiled bitterly, and hurriedly coaxed them home.

At dawn the next day, I heard Gao Hong shouting outside the courtyard gate, Liu Qi got up and opened the door with two dark circles under his eyes, the snake venom had not been cleared, and his body had not recovered, and he was hit with a heavy punch, especially his arms were still swollen and painful, and he was scolded by Yu Ji, and he was so depressed that he couldn't sleep well all night, and he naturally didn't have a good face when he saw Gao Hong.

However, Gao Hong is an official soldier after all, and the first contact with the soldiers of this era still makes Liu Qi a little nervous, and he doesn't know how to open his mouth for a while, calling others in the Han Dynasty is not like in later movies and novels, as long as there is an official position, he is called an adult, and the title of adult can only be used in the Ming and Qing dynasties.

Liu Qi asked tentatively, "What does General Gao command?" ”

The other party is an officer, and it should be right to call him a general.

Gao Hong hurriedly waved his hand, with a surprisingly good attitude: "Don't dare, don't dare, I'm just a little chief, where do you dare to be called a general." Yesterday, I heard that the villagers told Mr. Xia that the master and apprentice have many righteous deeds, which is admirable, and there are eyes under the Taishan that do not know Taishan, and there are many offenses, and today I came to apologize to Mr. ”

After finishing speaking, the other party was thoughtful for a few weeks, and presented a high hat, and in his hands Liu Qi suffered a loss for the first time in the fight, and he secretly admired it in his heart, so he didn't care too much, and saluted back: "The general is brave, and in time he will be able to show his might, this general is called, sooner or later." ”

Gao Hong grinned: "Mr. Cheng's auspicious words, Mr. Cheng's auspicious words, haha!" ”

Liu Qi's words changed: "The general is here to protect the territory and the people, what do you need, but please say it bluntly, it would be an honor to serve in the future." ”

Gao Hong's face flushed slightly: "Well, we have been delayed outside for many days, and we need to return to the camp as soon as possible, but there is little food in the village, if we give us all the grain and rice, it will be even worse, we can't bear it, I heard that Mr. is good at fishing and hunting, so I have the cheekiness to ask Mr. for help." ”

Liu Qi understood as soon as he heard it, what he said sounded good, the villagers didn't have much grain in stock, where were they willing to give it to them, even if they were willing to eat those grains, it would not be enough for the eight big-bellied men to eat.

"It's a trivial matter, but it takes a lot of time to go into the mountains to hunt, so please rest here for one more day."

"It's easy to say, it's easy to say, there's Mr. Lao."

Liu Qi went back to the house to get a bow and arrow, Yu Ji was not at ease, so he had to follow, and he was secretly happy in his heart: Hehe, I can't ask for it, I'm worried that there are no hounds!

Liu Qi went out with a bow and arrow on his back and Yu Ji, and joined Zhang Ping and two villagers who were hunting on weekdays, and several of Gao Hong's men were slightly injured, so he only took three people into the mountain together.

Everywhere Yu Ji went, he was the focus of everyone, and they all wanted to talk to Yu Ji about a little immortal, but Yu Ji didn't want to say much, and Gao Hong turned to Yu Ji's apprentice Liu Qi.

Many friends and many roads, and Gao Hong is a ninja person, not far from his destination Jiangzhou (Yongning County Administration, now Chongqing City), listening to him talk is a person who has read books, since he can write and martial arts, he is by no means an ordinary person, maybe there is a big background in the family, maybe there will be a request for him in the future, so Liu Qi naturally will not reject people thousands of miles away like Yu Ji, the two of them praised each other for a few words and soon became acquainted.

"I have been practicing martial arts since I was a child, and I have also been assigned by a master, and I rarely meet opponents in the army, I never thought that there was no way to take Mr. for dozens of rounds, what a person who has attained the Tao, hidden deeply, hidden deeply, haha."

"Don't dare, don't dare, I'm young and ignorant, offending the general Huwei, if it weren't for the general's intention, I would have been killed under the general's iron fist, the general should not laugh at it!"

Gao Hong didn't even dare to say it, but he couldn't hide a little smugness in his laughter, and pulled Liu Qi over and whispered: "Please don't call Mr. General in front of people, in case there are villains who will take advantage of this to tell the truth when they return to the camp in the future." I admire Mr. Talent, if Mr. does not give up, you and I are brothers, how about it? ”

"That's very good, that's what I mean, Brother Zhenxiang!" Liu Qi hurriedly struck while the iron was hot, and bowed his hand to Gao Hong, it was so tiring to always speak so politely!

As he was talking, the villagers who led the way in front found a few deer, shouted and dispersed, wanting to surround the rare prey, and the two didn't care about chatting anymore, and hurriedly rushed forward.

A deer rushed into the encirclement in a panic, Gao Hong opened his bow and set up an arrow, aimed slightly, the goose feather arrow shot away like lightning, "bang", the feather arrow was deeply submerged into the trunk, the remaining momentum was not gone, the tail of the arrow was still "buzzing" and trembling, but unfortunately the trees were too dense, the deer ran fast, and the success fell short, "Hey! Gao Hong waved his fist in remorse.

Two more arrows were shot, but they were dodged by the nimble deer, and the deer was about to flee because of the small number of people.

put away his bamboo bow stupidly, but Liu Qi was envious in his heart, what a bow! Military things will not be ordinary in any era, and I have to hurry up and get a good bow like this.

Although Gao Hong is good at shooting enemies on the battlefield, it is obvious that the movements of animals in the forest are much more agile and fast than humans, and Liu Qi still thinks that he is stronger than Gao Hong in this regard.

"Brother Zhenxiang, please lead the brothers to surround the prey on all sides to drive away, can you borrow a bow and arrow."

"Uh, good!" Gao Hong's face was a little hot, and he had the intention to show off his archery, but he didn't expect this deer to look stupid, and he was so dexterous in the forest, and he didn't shoot a single one of the three arrows in a row, so he had to listen to Liu Qi's arrangement, took off the bow and quiver and pushed it into Liu Qi's hand, and hurriedly led his subordinates to scatter and cooperate with the villagers to block the prey.

This bow is quite heavy to start with, the weight is almost more than three times that of the bamboo bow he usually uses, about 80 centimeters long, about 3 feet 5 inches according to the length of the Han Dynasty, the bow arm is extremely hard, the arc is beautiful, tightly wound with fine silk threads, coated with varnish, it looks extremely exquisite.