The Duke's Mansion here is actually just the west garden of the Xu family. It is just a garden. It is not very large, but it is very close to the bustling Confucius Temple, so the people in the mansion like to live here.
Naturally, the venue was not big enough for the competition now. The Duke waved his hand and shouted to his servants: "Take all my sets of weapons and armor, and let's go to the school grounds to compete." Hearing his tone, he was very excited.
"Your Majesty's words are wrong. There is no need to go to the school field for a martial arts competition. On the battlefield, riding on a war horse with a full body armor and holding a spear and a halberd is a fair and honorable battle. But in reality, the enemy may not give you this opportunity, let alone close-up street fighting.
, even if you meet an assassin, let alone not wearing armor, you still have to fight without clothes or weapons, so what I want to say is that you can just compete here." Liu Ziguang said.
It was a tiring journey today. Even if I wasn't tired, the two ladies and the servants were tired, so it was the right thing to finish the competition quickly and find a place to rest.
"It makes sense, I'll do as you say. Come here, bring me two swords." As long as it's a martial arts competition, it doesn't matter where it is. The Duke of Guo agreed with Liu Ziguang's statement.
After a while, two Yanling knives were delivered. The Duke of Guo and Liu Ziguang each held one. They went out and stood in the garden. They saluted each other with the knives.
The three ladies stood in the corridor watching the battle. Peng Jinrong said with concern: "There is no eye for swords and guns, just point it out." The other two little girls were chirping and talking, apparently they were placing bets to win or lose.
The Duke of Guo carefully observed the opponent in front of him with the eyes of a military veteran. He had a slim waist and sharp back, sharp eyes, his temples were not sunken, his fingers were slender, and there were no traces of boxing on his knuckles. He walked with a straight face.
He is not solid enough, so he is probably not a person who has practiced martial arts for many years. It may be that he is born with supernatural power and is brave enough to fight fiercely, so that he can shine on the battlefield and conquer ten levels with one force. Such a person is still very capable on the battlefield, but when he encounters
An opponent with strong martial arts skills will be finished with just four or two moves. Being the deputy general of the iron factory guard at a young age may not be a good thing for the young man. He should suffer some hardships to let him know that there are mountains beyond the mountains and there are people outside the people.
principle.
After making up his mind, he greeted Liu Ziguang: "Come in and attack. I'll give you three moves. After three moves, I'll attack again."
Just as he was observing Liu Ziguang, he was also observed by the opponent. Since being transformed, Liu Ziguang seems to have some kind of sensing ability that can detect the opponent's combat effectiveness. Among all Liu Ziguang's opponents, the one with the strongest combat effectiveness should be Song Qingfeng, definitely.
The martial arts master level is roughly equivalent to the fighting power of fifty ordinary warriors, but it is only one round in front of him. The Duke in front of him and Song Qingfeng are not walking the same path. They are standard warriors, skilled in bow and horse.
, can lift a cauldron, strategize, and win a thousand-mile victory. In order to convey the pressure, or a kind of aura, formed over many years, the message to Liu Ziguang is: Although this opponent is powerful, it is not difficult to deal with it.
Liu Ziguang's hypocritical humility was like this in ancient times. Even warriors should pay attention to politeness and politeness. Especially when competing in martial arts, not only do they know that the opponent will make the first move, but they also declare in advance that they will give up one move and a half. It is not so much polite as
Said it was to show one's martial arts prowess.
The Duke of Guo was older than Liu Ziguang, so it was Liu Ziguang who made the first move. He looked at the knife in his hand, the scabbard woven with golden peach leather strips, and the finely carved white jade handle. When he pressed the spring, there was a crisp sound.
, the long sword is unsheathed, like a stream of autumn water. Facing the light, you can still see the patterns on the blade.
"A good knife." Liu Ziguang can be considered a knowledgeable person who has used several knives. Not only does this knife have a very good steel blade, but its attire is also valuable.
"That's natural. I am a sword lover, and it seems that General Liu is also the same. Let's do it this way. If you can follow my ten moves, this white rainbow will be given to the general." I regard my beloved sword as a lucky draw. It seems that
It's a sure win.
"This is very good. The Duke of Guo is optimistic about it. I'm going to take action." Being tempted by the bet, Liu Ziguang decided to convince the Duke of Guo to lose. He hung the scabbard on the tree branch behind him and held the knife in one hand.
Get into an offensive stance.
"Come on." The Duke of Guo was still standing where he was, with the sword still in its sheath. He was resting and leisurely.
'You are the one who underestimated the enemy. Don't blame me when you lose face.' Liu Ziguang thought to himself. He flashed and pounced on the Duke like a ghost. It only took a blink of an eye.
Although the Duke of Guo did not draw his sword, he kept his eyes on Liu Ziguang. He was completely sure that he would draw the sword in an instant and subdue his opponent. Whose sword was the fastest? Among the hundreds of thousands of troops in the entire capital, the Duke of Guo was considered second.
No one dares to be first.
But this time he miscalculated and saw the opponent's footsteps moving, but they moved too fast, not at the speed of a normal person at all. He couldn't see the figure clearly, he could only see a white light, and then the opponent was already in front of him, and
The Baihong knife in his hand was already on his shoulder. But he didn't even have time to pull out the knife completely.
The three ladies standing on the steps were originally planning to watch hundreds of rounds with great interest, but before they came to their senses, the competition was over. Liu Ziguang smiled and put the knife on the Duke of Guo's shoulder, although
It is still two inches away from the neck, but the threat is self-evident, and the knife in the Duke's hand has only been pulled out one-third!
"Liu thanked the Duke for giving me the sword." Liu Ziguang waited for the audience to see who had won or lost, then he took back the Baihong sword without turning around, and threw it back. The long sword flew out and was inserted into the scabbard. With just one hand,
It was enough to amaze everyone.
The Duke laughed loudly: "It's true that people should not be judged by their appearance. I am underestimating the enemy. I will give this white rainbow sword to the general. I need to wipe the sword with chicken oil and antelope skin. The sword must be well maintained. I will give it to my subordinates later."
Send me twenty antelope-skin cleaning cloths."
He is a bold and true hero. If he loses, he loses. He doesn't get angry or cheat. Liu Ziguang sincerely expressed his thanks with his fists in his hands.
However, the Duke of Guo did not intend to let Liu Ziguang go just like that. "Instead of going to the school field to compete in horsemanship and long-soldier skills today, we can compete in archery. The garden is not big, so we will not compete with each other to see who can shoot more accurately."
, more coincidence."
Of course, Liu Ziguang would not defeat the Duke's interest, so he treated it as playing balloons in the park to win something.
Sure enough, the Duke of Guo took another precious carved bow as a bet, but this time the Duke shot first. He asked someone to hang an iron wire between the peaks of the two rockeries, and then hang ten copper coins. The copper coins blew gently in the wind.
Swinging. Everyone looked strange. Only Xu Xiyuan knew that her brother was going to show off his ability to pierce money with an arrow.
When it comes to archery skills, you must not only shoot accurately, but also shoot far. The so-called strong bow and hard crossbow are not something that ordinary people can draw. The Duke of Guo has various types of bows in his house. The one he took out first was
The two relatively short riding bows are equipped with relatively short carved feather arrows. The draw force is moderate to avoid shooting too far and too hard and hurting people outside.
The Duke first took a short bow, put a green finger on his thumb, took an arrow, opened the bow and nocked the arrow, took a casual aim and shot out, hitting the copper coin in the middle, and it was from the copper coin.
The first arrow was shot through the square hole, and the copper coin caused the iron wire to swing violently. The Duke continued to fire ten arrows in a row, and the arrow hit the eye of the money. The bow string was adjusted so that it would not be too powerful.
It is large enough to allow the arrow shaft to get stuck on the copper coin.
What a superb archery! Everyone applauded. The Duke nodded and smiled without saying a word. This was his repertoire. He had performed on this venue many times and he was very familiar with it.
The Duke of Guo smiled and handed the bow to Liu Ziguang and motioned for him to shoot. At this time, the servants had climbed up the rockery and took down all the carved feather arrows. There were still ten copper coins swaying in the wind, and the evening sun shone through the square holes.
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Liu Ziguang took the short bow, first attached an arrow, took aim for a while, and suddenly loosened the string. When everyone heard the sound and looked around, they saw that the arrow was stuck on the rockery, not one foot but eight feet away from the copper coins.
Everyone booed and booed, this archery skill is too bad, Xu Xiyuan, who was a little downcast because of losing the bet just now, laughed loudly. "Is this the archery skill of the deputy general of your iron factory guard? Even a child playing with a slingshot
Better than him." The Duke also stroked his beard and laughed. This young man seems to rely on his quick skills, but as far as archery is concerned, he is a complete layman. It is worth being happy to regain some face.
But what happened next surprised them. Liu Ziguang stretched out his right hand, took out three arrows from his fishing clothes, leveled the bow, and fired three arrows together. Then he fired three more arrows, and after a little aiming, he fired.
He went out and fired three rounds of nine arrows in a row, but the arrows also pierced the money. Finally, he attached three arrows, spread them slightly apart, and shot them out. The middle arrow hit the last copper coin, and the other two arrows hit the last copper coin.
Hitting both ends of the iron wire respectively, the iron wire was broken, and a string of carved feather arrows fell to the ground with copper coins. There was silence all around, and some servants were so shocked that they could not close their mouths.
"Good archery skills!" Mr. Guo was the first to cheer. This is indeed an unparalleled archery skill. Mr. Guo has only heard that some Mongolian magic arrows can reach this level of shooting three arrows at once. He didn't know it.
Yes, Liu Ziguang learned his archery skills from a Mongolian philosopher.
"That's funny." Liu Ziguang put down his bow and held his hands in all directions.
The three ladies were also dumbfounded. The Peng sisters knew that Liu Ziguang was excellent in swordsmanship, but they didn't know that his archery skills were so profound. Xu Yuanhui lost the bet again, and she couldn't understand why there was anyone in the world who was better in archery than her brother Guogong.
The people who are okay are just unbelievable.
"If you are good at archery, you need to be able to shoot a hard bow. Come on, bring me my hard bow." The Duke of Guo continued to compete.