At this moment, Lan An drew his bow and arrow. His sharp eyes were as sharp as an eagle's, and his hands that were fully loaded with the bow did not tremble at all. The arrow moved little by little, following the horse that was dragging the man.
After Jun Ci was stopped by Qin Xiao, he saw the opportunity and quickly released the arrow.
The chaos in the arena attracted everyone's attention. No one may have noticed who fired the arrow, but when it flew out, it hit the horse directly in everyone's eyes.
Everyone guessed that the arrow was aimed at the horse. As long as an arrow killed the horse, it would naturally stop.
This was not the case. The arrow hit the stirrup rope that bound the feet of the Central Guards soldiers at an extremely tricky angle. The stirrups fell off and the dragged Central Guards soldiers also stopped.
The arrow flew along the gap, almost parallel to the horse's head, without surprising or hurting the horse.
Shooting a horse is indeed an excellent method, but if the arrow fails to kill, it will definitely cause greater casualties and chaos.
If an arrow is fatal, but the horse crushes the person under the horse's belly when it falls, he will either die or be maimed.
No one doesn't know this, so no one really picks up a bow and arrow.
Lan An's archery skills had amazed everyone as early as the day before yesterday. When the arrow was shot, people quickly turned around to search. He just happened to lower his hand holding the bow. The straight arrow was even more impressive the day before.
Just when everyone was marveling at Lan An's archery skills, someone fired a dart and hit a horse that knocked people off. The horse was facing the direction of the stands. The painful horse knocked away other horses and people.
, rushing straight towards the stands.
Jun Ci brushed Qin Xiao away and jumped away. There were many people who attacked at the same time as her, but no one could match her speed. After the horse rushed out of the arena, Jun Ci turned over and landed on the horse.
Grab the reins, hold the horse's belly tightly, lean forward, close to the horse's head, and hold the horse with great strength.
When the horse rushed to the stands and was about to charge towards Yuan You, Jun Ci used all his hands and feet to force the horse to turn its head in response to her strength.
Rushing towards the princes and ministers on the side, Jun Ci shouted: "Get out of the way!"
For those who were really frightened and couldn't move their legs, Jun Ci would control the horse and push them away.
Even so, three people were knocked down. If Jun Ci had not controlled the horses, they would have died tragically under the horses' hooves.
Breaking a path and quickly running out of the stands, Jun Ci tightened the reins and controlled the horse to run wildly around the open space at the edge of the arena.
The armor glowed dazzlingly in the sunlight, and the girl galloping on horseback, with her long hair flying, looked charming.
After two laps of running, the horse was calmed down. Jun Ci turned over and dismounted. Following the faint smell of blood, he saw a gash in the horse's abdomen, which was still oozing blood.
She moved the horse to one side and handed it over to the horseman, then stepped forward to report to Yuan You: "Your Majesty, the horse lost control because it was injured."
The hidden weapon was not left on the horse. Just now the horse rushed straight towards Yuan You. Everyone was staring at this scene. All eyes were attracted away. I don’t know where the hidden weapon fell. I don’t know if anyone took advantage of the chaos and took it away. Jun
Ci cannot directly say that the horse was stabbed secretly and that someone intended to kill the king.
Yuan You's face was gloomy. He stared at Zhou Rong coldly: "Prime Minister, how should we decide this matter?"
The cause of this incident, anyone with eyes can see, is that the central leader did it deliberately. This person may not have had too much thought, he just wanted to embarrass the central guards, but he did not expect that the situation would get out of control to this extent.
Zhou Rong stood up and bowed slightly to Yuan You: "Your Majesty, please forgive me, but I was not strict in my governance, and my subordinates lost their sense of control, which almost led to a disaster. Fortunately, Your Majesty is fine, otherwise I would have to bear the blame for my death. As for Wu,
Those who submit the petition are free to be judged by His Majesty."
There is no mention of the horse going crazy later, which is just to confuse the situation. The horse going crazy was not plotted, but was accidentally scratched in the chaos.
In fact, at this moment, Jun Ci was not sure whether Zhou Rong's people secretly injured the horse in an attempt to harm Yuan You.
This thing doesn't seem like Zhou Rong's behavior. It should be noted that there are so many generals here, the arena is still some distance from the stands, and she is sitting here, even if she hurts the horse, she may not be able to hurt His Majesty.
On the contrary, with this kind of behavior, everyone will suspect that Zhou Rong has evil intentions, and it seems that the gain outweighs the loss.
After thinking about this, Jun Ci looked at Yuan You.
Yuan You seemed to feel something. As soon as his eyes came into contact with her, he looked away as if nothing had happened: "Come here, arrest the people who disturbed the arena!"
Jun Ci lowered her eyes and had a guess in her mind.
Soon the leader of the central military building was brought up and knelt down in front of Yuan You.
Yuan You stared at him with cold eyes: "Why did you stop him?"
Long before the situation got out of hand, this man was frightened to death. He was sweating profusely and was shaking like chaff under the custody of two guards. He could not say a complete sentence: "My lord, my lord."
...Chen... no, it's not... intentional..."
"You can evade responsibility by saying that you didn't do it intentionally?" Yuan You sneered.
"Chen... Chen..." The man's body was paralyzed, his mouth was trembling, and he couldn't say a complete sentence.
"Drag him down." Yuan You didn't bother to take another look, "Behead him on the spot!"
Many people looked at Zhou Rong with their eyes, but Zhou Rong's expression remained unchanged.
At this moment, a horse herder suddenly exclaimed, and everyone followed the sound and saw the horse herder holding something in both hands, trotting over cautiously, kneeling in front of Yuan You with a plop, raising his hands above his head, with his palms on his hands.
It's a hidden weapon stained with blood.
"Your Majesty, I found this thing in the arena."
Yuan You and the Queen were sitting side by side in the grandstand. There was a flat bluestone floor in front of them. On the left and right sides sat the high-ranking civil and military ministers. They could all see the hidden weapon kneeling in the middle, being held high above the head by the horseherds.
It was originally just a suspicion that the horse that ran out of control and rushed towards Yuan You was plotted by someone. With this object, it can be proved that this is the case.
This means someone is going to kill the king!
"Okay, excellent!" Yuan You smiled coldly, "Prime Minister, I will ask the Prime Minister to investigate this matter thoroughly. I hope that the Prime Minister will not disappoint me and let me take a good look at who is so bold.
, how dare you take advantage of the chaos to kill the king!"
No one would have thought that Yuan You would directly ask Zhou Rong to investigate, not even Zhou Rong himself.
It was difficult for him to refuse this sudden appointment. There was no reason. It was a matter of great importance and the monarch trusted him. Zhou Rong had no choice but to bow and say: "I accept my order."
Nodding, Yuan You raised his voice and said: "Although there are accidents in this competition, the decline of the Central Guard Army has been obvious, so we will judge the leader of the Central Army to win."
He tilted his head and asked Jun Ci: "Jun Qing, do you have any objections?"
Jun Ci clasped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, it is an indisputable fact that the central leaders are brave and the central guards are invincible."
After Yuan You was satisfied, he added: "Let's compete in the afternoon, everything will be as usual."
After saying that, Yuan You stood up and left. After saying goodbye, he looked past his hands and looked at Yuan You's retreating figure with a complicated expression.
I came back late and only wrote four thousand words. Hey, good night.