"Hibiscus Tent" 91

To be honest, Shen Shitiao really admired Lu Jiuxiao. Every word he said about Chu Jiu'an just now was so serious. He almost thought that "I am a sworn sister", "as a sworn brother" and "cheating". The person in front of him now is not Lu Jiuxiao, but He Lin.

The little girl has a shallow mind, and her inner slander is written all over her face, which is as bright as a flower. You can read her thoughts at a glance.

Lu Jiuxiao raised one corner of his lips and reluctantly said, "Don't think I don't know what you are thinking."

Shen Shitiao quickly calmed down and said preemptively: "No matter what, you can't intercept my letter. It's your fault."

Her well-spoken "It's your fault" almost made Lu Jiuxiao laugh. He hid his smile and said in a sinister tone: "If Miss Three really wants to know, I'll recite it to you."

Shen Shitiao was stunned for a moment, did he carry it?

Without thinking deeply, I heard the man slowly say: "You are so charming, I admire you——"

Just when he said the word "Qing Qing", Shen Shiting was stunned for a while, his eyes widened, his scalp was numb, especially when he thought that this was written by Chu Jiu'an, even the soles of his feet were numb.

She pressed Lu Jiuxiao's lips with her two small hands and said angrily: "Stop reading it."

Lu Jiuxiao raised his eyebrows slightly, feeling relieved again when he saw that she really didn't want to hear it.

As the dazzling orange morning glow fell to the ground, Shen Shiting's white red plum shorts were covered with a layer of warm light, and her creamy skin seemed to be coated with a layer of gold foil, which made her palms itch.

Lu Jiuxiao glanced around with his peripheral vision, and quickly rubbed the tender flesh near her earlobe with his thumb. His Adam's apple rolled slightly and he said, "Stay away from Chu Jiu'an."

Shen Shiting sighed in her heart, Chu Jiu'an was a well-educated scholar, and he just asked Lu Jiuxiao to talk like that. I'm afraid she didn't need to avoid him, and he wouldn't be shameless enough to get close to him again.

The little girl responded perfunctorily: "Yes."

How could Lu Jiuxiao not hear her perfunctory tone? He pressed the fingertips on her earlobe slightly, and when Shen Shiting looked over with wide eyes, he handed over the basket of fragrant pears in his hand.

"Tianlan Mountain is dry and moisturizes the throat."

In an instant, all her tenderness was gone. Shen Shiting took the bamboo basket from his hand warmly and said thank you.

Before leaving, Lu Jiuxiao picked a pear from the basket and said, "Call Lu Wan for me."

Shen Shitiao didn't ask any more questions, nodded and went back to Sijin Garden.

On the way, she met Tang Yaozhi who had just returned.

The two of them greeted each other, Shen Shiting smiled slightly, gave her some of the fragrant pears in the basket, and went to Lu Wan's room.

Tang Yaozhi's eyes curiously fell on the girl's curling figure.

On her way back to Sijin Garden, she happened to see Prince Lu tied up with an identical bamboo basket...

Miss Tang blinked twice in confusion.

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When Lu Wan trotted to the pine forest, she saw her brother leaning on a tree, playing with a fragrant pear in his hand, throwing it up, and then catching it steadily.

She picked up her skirt and walked forward, wondering: "Brother, why are you looking for me?"

Hearing this, the fragrant pear fell firmly into Lu Jiuxiao's palm. He stood up straight and handed the fragrant pear to Lu Wan.

Lu Wan was stunned for a moment and took it suspiciously.

Lu Jiuxiao said: "Tomorrow the Holy Emperor and the Queen will hold a shooting banquet in the Spring Garden. Don't get too close. Take Shen Shiting to the maple leaf forest to the east to play."

The maple leaf forest in the east is quite far away from Spring Garden. Although shooting banquets are mostly for men, in previous years the girls would lie outside the fence and watch from a distance, so why send them so far away?

Lu Wan frowned deeply, "Is there going to be trouble at the banquet tomorrow?"

Lu Jiuxiao glanced at her lazily, "What's wrong? The sword has no eyes. You forgot that you were shot in the forearm by His Majesty the Fifth Prince in the autumn of the year before last. If his arrow hadn't missed the arrowhead, you would be as disabled as he said in the book.

A determined one-armed girl."

"..." Lu Wan choked and gave him a resentful look.

Lu Jiuxiao frowned, "Do you understand?"

Lu Wan curled her lips, "I know."

On the way back to Sijin Garden, the more Lu Wan thought about it, the more something was wrong. That incident happened the year before last, but during the autumn and winter hunting last year, she didn't see her brother caring so much for her? The second girl opened her eyes wide in confusion, crying out at the coolness of the night.

When the wind blew, her thoughts suddenly disappeared. She shook her head, twisted her collar and returned to the room.

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The next day was an unusually bright day. The sky was clear and the air was clear. Even the courtiers and princes were in high spirits, holding bows and crossbows in their hands and eager to try. Needless to say, on such occasions, people always try their best to show off to the emperor.

There are not many opportunities like this, and everyone wants to be the best.

Especially Zhao Huaimin, because he lost to the fifth prince Zhao Huaian last year.

Zhao Huai'an was an uneducated and careless person. He was boring in the palace. He always enjoyed setting up Cuju banquets, but his horse-riding and archery skills were a little or two better than Zhao Huaimin's.

As for Lu Jiuxiao, Zhao Huaimin couldn't help but frown when thinking of him.

He has been fighting with Lu Jiuxiao since he was a child. Even if he doesn't want to admit it, he has to admit that his talent in the word "martial arts" is much higher than his own. But over the years, Lu Jiuxiao has become accustomed to being undisciplined and doesn't even want to use a bow or a crossbow.

He was able to spin his fan very smoothly, and he was nowhere to be seen during the autumn and winter hunting for two consecutive years.

Zhao Huaimin thought that he was useless as others said.

It wasn't until the man in iron armor and leading the Yulin Guards passed through the palace gate that Zhao Huaimin suspected that he was wrong. But then he thought about it, his father had been partial to Lu Jiuxiao since he was a child, and it had nothing to do with Lu Jiuxiao's ability.

The position he was given as the commander of the Yulin Guards was just a reward from his father, and even the assassination incident last time was nothing more than a fluke.

With this in mind, he paid special attention to Lu Jiuxiao during the winter hunting this year. He wanted to see how much ability Lu Jiuxiao still had.

The first arrow of this shooting feast was always shot by the emperor himself.

With a "whoosh" sound, the feather arrow in Emperor Xuanwu's hand hit the bull's-eye, and the shooting feast officially began.

Emperor Xuanwu said cheerfully: "Since the emperor and his ministers are happy together, please don't be restrained and show me the shooting skills of my son, Li Guo Erlang!"

After finishing his words, Zhao Huaimin stepped forward and said, "Father, my sons and ministers come first."

Emperor Xuanwu nodded with a smile.

Zhao Huaimin shoots three arrows with one arrow, three rings with one arrow, and two arrows with two arrows. Compared with last year, he has made great progress.

Forget it, he turned sideways to look at Lu Jiuxiao, handed over his bow and crossbow and said, "I haven't seen Prince Lu at the hunting ground for two years. I wonder if Prince Lu can show you his skills?"

There is an unconcealed provocation in these words.

Hearing this, Queen Li frowned at Zhao Huaimin, recklessly...

Everyone's eyes fell on Lu Jiuxiao, even Emperor Xuanwu looked at him.

The man rubbed the scabbard of the sword in his hand, seemed to hesitate for a moment, and slowly stretched his hand forward, but his feet did not move an inch.

He glanced at He Lin, who frowned slightly and nodded imperceptibly.

At this time, everyone was staring at Lu Jiuxiao and Zhao Huaimin, but no one noticed that the ring finger between Governor He's fingers fell off for no reason, and he bent down to pick it up.

At the same time, Lu Jiuxiao's fingertips touched Zhao Huaimin's bow. Zhao Huaimin let go of his hand, and with a "click" sound, the bow-crossbow fell to the ground——

Suddenly, there were several consecutive "tuk-tuk" sounds in the air, and more than a dozen feather arrows were shot from all directions.

Almost immediately, seven or eight of the two rows of guards fell, and one of the arrows landed right at the feet of Emperor Xuanwu.

The emperor's eyes were about to burst, and he hurriedly retreated two steps: "Protect him! Protect him!"

Another wave of guards came forward, and they all fell to the ground as human targets.

Everyone was horrified and fled in all directions.

Feather arrows continued to be shot from the mountains surrounded by jungles. It was true that the sword had no eyes, and for a while, the sky was filled with screams.

Queen Li stood up from her seat with a shocked look on her face. She stared closely at Zhao Huaimin. He was closest to the Holy Emperor and he had to protect him!

However, Queen Li watched helplessly as Zhao Huaimin avoided the arrow and hid in a safe place surrounded by flower beds and corners. She gritted her teeth and had no choice but to enter the inner hall under the protection of the palace guards. She did not forget to shout when entering. Said: "Why do you recommend me? I want to find the Holy One!"

But it was said that Emperor Xuanwu had been hit by an arrow. The wound was on his left arm, and blood flowed out one after another.

Lu Jiuxiao was not intact either. In order to make this scene realistic, these arrows did not intentionally avoid him.

When another arrow passed through his arm, the man cursed softly and looked at the strange-shaped white bark pine on the mountain with a serious look.

The person under the tree suddenly glanced at him. From a long distance away, he seemed to be able to see Lu Jiuxiao's eyes that wanted to eat him alive. Only then did Zhao Huaiyi raise his crossbow.

The arrow pointed at Emperor Xuanwu's forehead.

The expression on his face narrowed, and he stared sharply at the bright yellow robe.

Long time no see, father.

He pressed the secret button, and the arrow flew out with a "whoosh" sound——

At this moment, Zhao Huaijin's eyes seemed to flash back to the military capital five years ago, with fires everywhere, arrows raining like rain, and corpses strewn across the field. His soldiers fell one by one.

However, the arrow did not hurt Emperor Xuanwu.

Soon, the Imperial Guards from Tianlan Mountain came with iron shields and surrounded Bichun Garden. Zhao Huaimin raised his hand, and the surrounding archers also stopped moving and retreated from the path.

On the other side, Emperor Xuanwu held his head in embarrassment, then stretched out his hand to cover the bloody hole on Lu Jiuxiao's chest, and shouted angrily: "Where is the imperial doctor! Send the imperial doctor!"

Lu Jiuxiao frowned and whispered something.

Emperor Xuanwu hurriedly lowered his head and heard him say angrily: "Guard you."
To be continued...