Women dressed as men: powerful officials

Chapter 263 Competition

Someone immediately explained: "In reply to the Third Prince, Song Xiuwen and Xu Yuan are about to compete."

"Oh?"

Bei Yao raised his eyebrows and became interested: "What's the prize?"

Given Xuyi's personality, she wouldn't risk being in the spotlight if she didn't have something to ask for.

Beiyao wanted to know what kind of result could make Xu Yuan willing to take such a risk.

"Leave Wenhua Palace."

Bei Yao became more interested after hearing this. "Really? This bet is interesting, but can Mr. Song make the decision on leaving Wenhua Palace?"

Bei Yao looked at Song Xiuwen.

The speaker may not have any intention, but the listener may have some intention.

A group of people who were on good terms with Song Xiuwen immediately asked, "Does the Third Prince also think that Xu Yuan will win?"

"The Third Prince may not know that the two people are competing in archery. In archery, Xiu Wen seems to have never met an opponent in the capital."

Hearing those words, Bei Yao couldn't help but laugh and said, "I don't have the time to worry about who wins or loses, but Xu Yuan is alone in the capital, so it doesn't matter if he leaves Wenhua Palace. But this matter doesn't seem to be so friendly to Song Xiuwen."

After Bei Yao finished speaking, he also sat down next to Bei Yuan.

With the words "This King", everyone else sensed something different and immediately changed their words, nodding in agreement.

"What the king said is not without reason."

"My royal brother, you don't know that this matter was instigated by Song Xiuwen. I am a witness. The competition has been decided. No matter who loses, they must fulfill their promise and cannot lie."

After Bei Yuan finished speaking, he did not want to sit with Bei Yao, so he stood up and said, "In that case, it's getting late, let's go to the archery range first. I am also curious about who is better."

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At the archery range, the guards had already cleaned the area early on.

Two horses, two longbows and ten feathered arrows.

Bei Yuan stood with his hands behind his back, talking about the rules.

Song Xiuwen put on a veil and waited for Bei Yuan to finish speaking before he got on his horse first.

Xu Yuan put on his bow and arrow and mounted his horse, while the others retreated to a pavilion in the distance.

The ice and snow have not yet melted and the grass is slippery.

When Xu Yuan got on the horse, he reminded him, "Mr. Song, be careful. Don't lose the competition and hurt your leg. Then you will say that I am bullying you."

Song Xiuwen, wearing a veil, heard Xu Yuan's voice, identified his location, and said confidently: "Mr. Xu, you have time to worry about me, why not think about what you want to do after leaving Wenhua Palace?"

After Song Xiuwen finished speaking, he waved his whip and immediately chased after the moving target.

The two men had a total of twenty arrows, but only ten targets, and all ten targets were tied to horses. Some horses were still grazing leisurely, while some horses had already started running wildly, and no one knew where they were running to.

Song Xiuwen was blindfolded and did not know the horse's location, so as soon as he heard the sound of horse hooves, he immediately chased after the horse.

Xu Yuan looked at the horse farthest away, slowly drew his bow and arrow, shot an arrow, and hit the bull's eye steadily.

The horse with the target also started running in the archery range because of the arrow.

When one horse starts running, all the other horses start running.

At the same time, Song Xiuwen also stopped drawing the bow, his left ear moved slightly, and the moment he heard the sound, he shot an arrow.

"I have to say that Song Xiuwen is indeed from a military family. He was blindfolded and the horse was carrying the target, but he was still able to hit the bull's eye so accurately. I'm afraid no one in the capital can match his archery skills."

"Yeah, I only knew he was powerful before, but I never thought he was so powerful!"

The others were blindfolded and shot arrows at fixed targets.

Song Xiuwen's is completely different.

The target is not fixed and the horses run very fast.

The difficulty has increased by more than a little bit.

Qi Shengxin looked at the two people, his eyes slightly drooping, and said nothing.

Bei Yuan said: "Royal brother, who do you think has a greater chance of winning today's game?"

Beiyao thought about it and replied, "Fifty-fifty."

"Oh, you are so confident about making a wish?"

People around were praising Song Xiuwen for his archery skills.

Bei Yuan felt that, under such circumstances, the odds between Xu Yuan and Song Xiuwen should be 30:70.

"A powerful blind man and a normal person who is not powerful. I didn't say that 40% to 60% is good. 50% to 50% is already a sign that I think highly of Song Xiuwen."

Bei Yao stroked his ring, and his eyes never left Xu Yuan and Song Xiuwen while he spoke.

Xu Yuan knows martial arts, and is not bad at it.

Although he had never seen Xu Yuan's archery skills, he knew that Xu Yuan's martial arts were similar to those of the Imperial Guards, and the Imperial Guards were best at archery.

Therefore, Xuyuan should also be good at archery.

Besides, Bei Yao knew that since Xu Yuan dared to compete, he was naturally prepared to lose. In other words, today's competition, whether he won or lost, would be helpful to Xu Yuan.

Xuyuan was considering winning or losing, but what he had to consider was Xuyuan's safety.

"That's right." Bei Yuan nodded, agreeing with Bei Yao's words, "In today's competition, the outcome is not important. What's important is who can keep calm."

Unlike Bei Yao, Bei Yuan paid attention to Song Xiuwen.

Based on his understanding of Song Xiuwen, if Song Xiuwen knew that he could not win this competition, he would definitely do something desperate.

What's the point of leaving Wenhua Palace?

The eldest son of the Grand Marshal accidentally injured someone in public, this is the real bonus.

Bei Yuan was thinking about how to use this incident to attack the Song family.

Off the field, Xu Yuan shot three arrows at the same time and they hit the same target steadily.

Bei Yuan immediately clapped his hands and said, "I really didn't expect that Xu Yuan is not only good at writing, but also has great archery skills!"

He made a wish and shot four arrows, all of which hit the bull's eye.

On the other hand, Song Xiuwen only shot one arrow, and although it hit the bull's eye, his performance was still not as good as Xuyuan's.

After hearing Bei Yuan's words, Qi Shengxin, who was closest to him, continued.

"Your Highness is right. This horse is running very fast. Even without a blindfold, you can't see it, nor can you guess where the horse's hooves will move next. I used to think Xu Yuan was just a man of extraordinary talent, but I never thought that he was a man of both civil and military talents. No wonder his brother was able to achieve great success in the north."

Thinking back to the first time they met, he thought Xu Yuan was a scoundrel, and he even thought Xu Yuan was extremely scheming, and everything he did was just to get acquainted with the Prime Minister's Mansion.

But later, Qi Shengxin found out that he was wrong.

Although Xu Yuan cannot be said to be indifferent to fame and fortune, he has never depended on anyone. Moreover, to be able to gain the prince's recognition and become his companion, his abilities are naturally not to be underestimated.

Qi Shengxin made up his mind that he would talk things out as soon as Xu Yuan won the competition.

I just hope Xu Yuan won't be jealous of her because of the previous assessment.

After shooting three arrows, Xuyuan pulled up the longbow again and aimed at one of the targets.

At the same time, Song Xiuwen also drew his bow.

However, the arrow was not aimed at the target on the horse, but at the wish.

Song Xiuwen knew that he was not aiming at the horse.

But so what? He was blindfolded, who knows if he did it on purpose or by accident?