An arrow missed the string, but unfortunately it failed to land on the target. The heartless laughter of the two little girls on the side made Lu Hanjiang curl his lips in displeasure.
Although he is an unparalleled talent in martial arts, he does have some things that he is not good at, such as bows and arrows.
Although it is not difficult to get started with bows and arrows, it does not take a short time to develop good bow skills. Lu Hanjiang was already accustomed to using crossbows, and suddenly he changed the trigger to a bowstring. The difference was greater than imagined.
Lu Hanjiang returned the bow to Cui Yixiao, shook his head and said: "As the old saying goes, it's easy to see how easy it is to carry a burden, but you don't know how difficult it is until you go through it. Deputy Cui Qianhu's archery skills are really extraordinary. I boasted that he could do it in just a month."
Learning to learn is indeed a great help."
"My lord is too modest."
Cui Yixiao took the bow and arrow and said with a smile: "The skill of archery looks simple, but the skills of swordsmanship are not inferior to those of Qiankun. This is just the first time for you to use it, so you are not proficient in it. If you practice it, it will be easy to surpass humble positions in the future."
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Lu Hanjiang laughed, patted Cui Yixiao on the shoulder, and said, "It is Deputy Cui Qianhu who thinks highly of me. Your skill with a bow and arrow is something that others would not be able to do without decades of hard training."
It’s all out of reach.”
Cui Yixiao said humbly: "I don't dare."
Several people had left Northern Shaolin at this moment, but they did not return to the capital immediately. Instead, they stopped and stopped as they did before. It seemed like they were traveling aimlessly. In fact, Lu Hanjiang had his own destination.
Just didn't tell anyone else.
On this day, they passed through a town. There were large plum blossom forests around the town, so the town was also named after plum blossoms. Yongle was very happy to see the flowers, so the group stayed in this town for a few days.
Unfortunately, the weather was gloomy today, and the rain clouds had condensed, making it look like a shower. Therefore, the group did not go out, but watched Lu Hanjiang learn archery in the temporarily rented yard.
Here Cui Yixiao once again explained the key points of archery to Lu Hanjiang, then stretched out his bow and nocked an arrow to demonstrate shooting. The arrow shot out like lightning and hit the target. The two girls immediately clapped their hands and cheered.
After Lu Hanjiang pondered and read, he pulled the string and fired the arrow again. This time it was better than the last time, at least it hit the edge of the target.
Shangluo smiled shamelessly, and Lu Hanjiang's face darkened. He took out a small green fruit from his pocket and threw it away. This time, it hit the opponent's head.
Immediately there was a red mark on the girl's forehead. Shangluo burst into tears from the pain. She put down the cake in her hand and rushed over with her teeth bared.
Lu Hanjiang put a finger on the opponent's forehead, and saw Shangluo waving her hands like windmills, but she still couldn't reach him. Yongle watched this scene with a smile, and cheered for the girl from time to time.
Cui Yixiao did not interfere with the family's affairs, but just waited aside with a smile. This warm scene had to end until a guard in golden clothes stopped at the entrance of the courtyard.
Shangluo, who had been teased a lot, went back to Yongle to complain. Lu Hanjiang called the Jin Yiwei outside and asked, "What's wrong?"
"To tell you what my lord, the non-returning monk is still staying motionless in the Shaolin Temple. Apart from the monks who bring him meals every day, he has never seen anyone else." The Jin Yiwei bowed and said.
Cui Yixiao frowned and asked, "But what's wrong with the monk who delivered the food?"
The Jin Yiwei replied: "Returning to Master Qianhu, the brothers have checked secretly and there is nothing wrong with those monks."
After Cui Yixiao heard this, he still frowned. Jin Yiwei's intelligence ability was still very good. In the past ten years, there were only a few Jianghu people who could escape their eyes.
It’s not like there are several old thieves hiding in one Northern Shaolin Temple, right?
Lu Hanjiang waved the other person to leave, and then said to Cui Yixiao: "Don't worry, Master Bugui will always be cautious. It is reasonable that we can't figure out his methods for a while."
Cui Yixiao said with some hesitation: "Sir, I am worried because I am humble. Is the old monk trying to frustrate us on purpose? Is he hiding in Shaolin just to guard against us?"
"It's natural to be defensive, but he won't make this joke with us," Lu Hanjiang thought for a while and said: "If he didn't mean that, there is no need to expose his identity in vain. After all, this kind of thing is not foolproof.
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Cui Yixiao thought about it for a while and felt that it was right, so he stopped worrying. He turned to talk about the other side. He said: "Sir, it has been some time since Tianquan went south. The people in Hengshan have not yet taken action, but they have to be humble.
Go to 'help' one or two?"
Cui Yixiao generally has a disdainful attitude towards the current Wuyue Sword Sect. The generation in their prime has suffered a disaster and has retreated behind the scenes early, and then the young guys who are introduced to support the scene are really not very effective.
According to the news from Jin Yiwei, Hu Qianzhong of the Hengshan Sect had been gathering people for some time, but there was still no movement.
At first, Cui Yixiao thought that the other party could not find Tianquan's whereabouts, so he specially ordered his men to block the people from the Qingcheng Sect and let the people from the Wuyue Sword Sect come in to investigate at will.
Unexpectedly, the Wuyue Sword Sect's intelligence capabilities were pretty good. It didn't take much effort to discover Tianquan's traces, but it was always the mother-in-law who took action.
According to the spies' report, Ma Shiyuan and Yu Buping came to visit. Although they gave the Hengshan faction a perfect excuse, their joint operation this time among the four factions met with obstacles everywhere.
First of all, the other three sects did not listen to Hu Qianzhong's orders at all. This is also a long-standing problem of the Wuyue Sword Sect. There is no problem in confirming who the enemy is and stating the attitude, but when it is implemented in detail, it immediately returns to "Why are you not the leader of the alliance?"
Teach me how to do things” stage.
The Five Mountains and Four Sects have reached consensus on the fact that the Tianquan and Qingcheng factions are bastards, but there are differences on how to teach each other a lesson.
Lu Wen of the Songshan Sect suggested that it would be enough to teach the opponent a lesson and let the Qingcheng Sect also see the sharpness of the Five Sacred Swords.
However, Hu Qianzhong of the Hengshan Sect has a more radical view. He believes that they have reached this point and cannot be limited to small fights. He plans to directly destroy the opponent. Could it be that he has become a mere disciple of Qingcheng?
Will Pai still go to war with them?
As for the remaining Huashan and Taishan factions, they were vacillating between the two sides. They did not express support for either side. Anyway, whoever had the upper hand between Lu Wen and Hu Qianzhong, they nodded in agreement and were just mere wallflowers.
And while the Wuyue Sword Sect was dragging its feet and chasing Tianquan at a very fast pace, covering more than ten miles a day, another group of people had already done what they wanted to do for them.
That day, outside Tianquan's hiding place, an unexpected guest suddenly came.
Tianquan opened the door and saw that the other party was wearing old gray monk robes, a bamboo hat on his head, and an iron staff in his hand. He was dressed in dust and had a sad face. He seemed to be an ascetic monk.
"I wonder what happened to this master?" Tianquan asked.
"Amitabha," the monk raised his palms with one hand, bowed his head and bowed before asking, "I would like to ask, young monk, if the donor is Taoist Priest Tianquan of the Qingcheng Sect?"
Tianquan was startled, then looked at the monk again, feeling slightly suspicious. He shook his head and said, "Master has found the wrong person. I don't know Taoist Master Tianquan."
"So, it's the young monk who disturbed the donor. That's good, that's good."
The monk muttered something, and when he raised his head, he was suddenly slapped with a palm without any warning.