Chapter 1649 Unable to compete
? "Zi Chang, don't be rude." Wei walked out quickly from behind, glanced around, and asked in surprise: "Where is Xiao Huan?"
"Let's go." Lu Bu glared at Wei Xu, his expression calmed down a little, and he sighed depressedly.
Wei frowned her newly-designed eyebrows. "Why is this child still so anxious? He won't see me when he comes back." Seeing that Lu Bu looked unhappy, Wei Xu looked dissatisfied, and she was suspicious. "What happened?"
Lu Bu stuttered and left. Wei Xu was a little embarrassed, scratched his head, and told the story. After hearing this, Wei rebuked, "Zi Chang, it's not me that I'm talking to you, you uncle can't spoil her so much. Xiao Huan is not in the army now. She is in the palace now and knows nothing. She is prone to trouble. You still spoil her so much. If you violate a taboo in the future, the emperor wants to depose her or even kill her. Do you still help her? How complicated is the situation in the palace? Do you know, do you think it's so simple that the king of Jiuyuan City, rush in and kill, and then run away after killing someone and setting fire?"
Wei Xuqiang laughed twice. "Didn't Dong Zhuo do that?"
"Where is Dong Zhuo now?" Wei lowered his face and shouted sternly: "You hope Fengxian will be destroyed by the human race like Dong Zhuo, and you will die without a place to die, right? Isn't it because the Bingzhou army is single and weak, and should we use the majesty of the court to compete with the Liangzhou army? What are the benefits of offending the emperor?"
Wei Xu didn't dare to say anything again, nodded. Wei was very anxious and thought for a while. "You go and prepare a car. I want to go to the palace to ask for a meeting and see the situation."
Wei Xu agreed repeatedly and turned around and went out. Wei turned around and changed his clothes, and took two maids out. Wei Xu was already waiting at the door. Wei Xu got into the car and drove towards the palace. When he arrived at the palace gate, the guardian told Wei that Lu Xiaohuan had not returned after leaving the palace and was not in the palace. As for where he went, they didn't know where he went.
Wei suddenly panicked, and Wei Xu knew that something was wrong, so he hurried back to the official hall and discussed with Lu Bu.
Ma Chao held his mount and turned around and looked into the distance.
The horse's hooves were loud, and a blue-gray horse ran towards him, but the horse's back was empty and there was no sign. Ma Teng and Ma Chao looked at each other and felt a little surprised. They couldn't figure out what was going on. Whose horse was shocked? After getting closer, they saw someone on the horse's back. They were just small and their legs were tightly clamped on the horse's back. They couldn't see clearly from afar
Ma Teng raised his whip and shook it. The attendants and knights leaned aside, giving way, and stayed vigilant to prevent accidents. Although there was only one person outside Chang'an City, anything could happen in troubled times, so it would be better to be cautious.
Ma Teng's servants were all elite and reacted quickly. When the man rushed to the front, they had already given up half of the road. The man rushed past them. When he passed by Ma Teng and Ma Chao, the person who was originally lying on the back of the horse suddenly sat up and raised the bow in his hand and arrowed it.
The arrow broke through the wind and shot towards Ma Chao's face.
Even though Ma Chao was prepared for a long time, he was still scared and sweating. Without time to think, he leaned back, pulled out the long knife from his waist with his left hand, and slid it up, and cut the arrow at the moment he was unsheathed. Although the arrow avoided it, Ma Chao fell off the horse's back because of excessive force. He landed on the ground with a "thump", almost smashing his butt in half. His face was so painful that he deformed, and the Wu Guan on his head fell crooked.
"Who?" The knight of the Ma family was furious and rode his horse to chase him. His sword was unsheathed, and a cold light flashed, and his murderous aura was thriving.
The man rode his horse over Ma Teng and his team, strangled his mount in front, turned his head, and shouted crisply: "Ma Chao, I am the Hun girl Lu Xiaohuan you mentioned. Didn't you say that riding and shooting is worse than attack? You use a spear, I use a bow to kill life and death."
When Ma Teng heard the woman's voice, he understood halfway. When he heard the words Lu Xiaohuan, he couldn't help but sigh. When Ma Chao was explaining to the emperor, he knew Ma Chao's intention, but he could not remind him in front of the emperor. Now the trouble has come, and Lu Xiaohuan actually chased after him, and without asking, he just came up with an arrow, almost taking Ma Chao's life.
"Where did you get the priest..." Ma Chao jumped up, straightened Wu Guan on his head, and cursed. As soon as he said that, he saw Lu Xiaohuan's face clearly and couldn't help but be stunned. "Woman?"
"Women can kill you even." Lu Xiaohuan raised the bow in his hand, put an arrow on it, and pointed it at Ma Chao. "Do you dare to fight?"
Ma Chao subconsciously retreated, hid behind the war horse, and cursed in anger: "Who is you crazy woman? Do I have any grudges or hatred for you?"
"She is the daughter of Marquis Wen and the woman of His Majesty." Ma Teng shouted angrily, kicked him forward, bowed and smiled. "Gui Ren Lu, what does this mean? The child just returned to Chang'an, so he probably didn't have the chance to offend the noble Ren."
"Please let me beside you. I'm not here to find you, I'm here to find the young hero of your family. Didn't he say that riding and shooting is a dragon-slaying skill, and assault is the right way? I want to verify with him to see if it's his assault skillful or my riding and shooting is useful."
Ma Teng smiled and said, "The noble man was joking. The child made a mistake and offended the noble man. If he was to blame him, he would not compete with the noble man. If he was injured..."
Lu Xiaohuan ignored Ma Teng and shouted: "Ma Chao, you are so arrogant that you can only hide behind your father? Come out! Fight to the death."
Ma Chao was furious, picked up the knife, rushed to the mount, pressed his hand on the horse's back, and was about to jump onto the horse's back, Ma Teng shouted sternly: "Zhu Zi, don't you blame me for your kindness!" As he said that, he raised it and whipped it on the back of Ma Chao's hand. Ma Chao felt pain and quickly let go. When he saw a blood mark on the back of his hand, it quickly swelled up, and the pain was heartbroken, and he suddenly became anxious.
"Father!"
Ma Teng's eyes widened. "Do you want to kill the Ma family?"
Ma Chao's face twitched twice before he realized. Lu Xiaohuan is the emperor's woman. He was injured or even killed by her, and Ma Teng couldn't do anything. If he hurt Lu Xiaohuan, he would cause big trouble, and even the newly obtained prince-in-law would be lost. More importantly, Lu Xiaohuan is a woman. No matter the winner, he cannot prove his courage, and it will only make him a laughing stock.
Regardless of whether he wanted to or not, he could only swallow his anger. He swallowed his anger and bowed his hand. "Ma Chao made a mistake and offends the noble person, so please forgive him."
Seeing that Ma Chao refused to respond and took the initiative to accompany him, Lu Xiaohuan did not bother him. He put away his bow and arrow, turned his horse's head, spitted his saliva, and left quickly. The saliva was impartial and landed in front of Ma Chao's feet. Ma Chao lowered his head and looked at the saliva on the ground. The blue veins in the corners of his eyes twitched, and his fists clattered. Ma Teng could see clearly, jumped off the horse, walked to Ma Chao's side, raised his hand and pressed it on Ma Chao's shoulder, and sighed softly.
"Meng Qi, this is Chang'an."
Ma Chao said nothing, brushed off Ma Teng's hand, rolled over the horse, kicked the horse's belly, and ran away with his mount, leaving behind a roll of smoke and dust.
As soon as Lu Xiaohuan entered Chang'an City, he met Lu Bu, Wei Xu and others who were chasing him. Seeing that Lu Xiaohuan was unscathed, Lu Bu was relieved.
"where have you been?"
Lu Xiaohuan drooped her head and was listless. Lu Bu asked a few questions, but she ignored it. Lu Bu had no choice but to pull Lu Xiaohuan back to the official hall first. As Lu Xiaohuan's current mood, he really dared not let her return to the palace. It was both bow and arrow. If he had a disagreement with the emperor, let alone hurt the emperor, even if he lifted the bow, it would be a ruthless act.
He killed Dong Zhuo with his own hands and experienced countless rolls of eyes. He knew how their father and daughter were in the eyes of ministers from aristocratic families were not worth mentioning. Since Sun Ce, who owned five states and had more than 100,000 soldiers, was just a poor martial artist and did not have the qualifications to be with them, what qualifications did he have from a border county? If it weren't for the chance, the Han Dynasty would collapse, and Lu Xiaohuan would not be able to become a noble man, even if he wanted to become a palace maid.
This is a good opportunity for the Lu family to change their families. It is an opportunity that he has not won for decades of hard work. It cannot be ruined just like this.
Lu Bu was worried, and when he returned to the official hall, he hugged Lu Xiaohuan's shoulder and took her to the back hall. Wei was wiping tears in the hall. When she saw Lu Bu and his daughter coming in, she quickly came up and snatched Lu Xiaohuan, looked up and down carefully, but she didn't see the wound, so she felt relieved.
"Xiaohuan, where are you going?"
In front of his mother, Lu Xiaohuan was a little timid. "I...I went to compete with Ma Chao."
"Martial contest?" Wei and Lu Bu looked at each other, a little surprised and normal. But then they were a little worried. Lu Xiaohuan entered the palace for so long, but his temper had not changed at all.
"Are you hurt?"
"No, I shot him with an arrow and he avoided it."
"He didn't fight back?"
"His father, General Ma, stopped him." Lu Xiaohuan pushed Wei away, sat down on the steps, holding his cheeks with both hands. "General Ma said a noble person at once, and I felt embarrassed. Ah Weng, grandma..."
Wei glared at the eyes. Lu Xiaohuan quickly changed his words. "Mother, is it because I have become a noble person and can't compete with others in the future?"
Wei sat down beside Lu Xiaohuan, hugged Lu Xiaohuan's head, and kissed her. "Of course, you can't compete with others casually. This is Chang'an, not Jiuyuan, nor on the grassland. Don't say that you are a noble person, even if you are an ordinary wife, you can't fight with others casually. Look at Chang'an City, besides you, who else is the woman riding a horse, holding a bow, and fighting with others?"
"But the emperor married me, isn't he just trying to promote equality between men and women? Men can find someone to compete, why can't I?"
Wei was speechless and didn't know how to answer Lu Xiaohuan. They actually didn't know why the emperor wanted to marry Lu Xiaohuan, whether it was to promote equality between men and women like Guandong, to revive the martial arts spirit, or just to win over Lu Bu, or to have both. They actually didn't know.
Seeing that Lu Xiaohuan was not in high spirits, Lu Bu changed the topic. "Xiaohuan, how did Ma Chao avoid your arrow? Tell me."
"I'm not interested."
"How can you not be interested? You are a woman and a noble person, and he dare not respond. If I challenge you, can he not respond? Since you have fought with him, even if it is just a combination, tell me that I am ready. According to what you said, you should be very close to you. With your archery skills, he should not be able to avoid it. Unless he has some tricks, and he is proficient in his daily life, he will use it at once without thinking about it, and he will use it at once. Just break your arrow. Tell me the situation at that time, maybe we can learn this trick and may be able to save our lives in the future."
Chapter completed!