On the archery field, the three archers who were competing with Zaizai also leaped onto their horses.

The three horses neighed at the same time and hurriedly circled the field, their hooves making clattering sounds.

The sound of the horses' hooves was like the beating of a drum. Su Xi's attention was immediately drawn and she nervously looked over there.

She saw that the first person to step out of the three was the third-rank middle-ranking commander with a leopard embroidered on his black robe. This person had a rough build and his eyes were like stars. Not only was his official rank the highest among the three archers, but he also seemed to be the most powerful of the three.

Sending out the most powerful one first meant that these three people were still somewhat wary of Zaizai.

This person was serious in speech and manner. He glanced at Zaizai and immediately clamped his legs on the horse's abdomen. With a shout, he jumped up from the horse's back and stood on the horse's back easily. His figure was stable.

Su Xi, who was watching from outside the screen, was speechless.

Did the generals in ancient times have so many tricks in archery?!

The third-rank middle-ranking commander's horse galloped away.

At the same time, he stood on the horse's back and narrowed one eye, staring at the bull's eye a hundred meters away and drawing his bow.

Only to hear the sharp sound of the arrow in the air, "Chi — —".

Unsurprisingly, it hit the bull's eye.

Some of the soldiers who had gathered outside the archery field at some point in time suddenly cheered wildly.

It had to be said that to be able to shoot a willow leaf from a hundred meters away while the horse was moving quickly and the center of gravity was unstable while standing on the horse's back, he did have some skills.

Even if Su Xi was on Zaizai's side, she had to admit that this middle-ranking commander had some skills.

However, if he didn't have any skills, he wouldn't have been able to become a third-rank general in the army.

After the middle-ranking commander's arrow hit the bull's eye, he immediately turned his horse around and looked back at Zaizai.

The other two archers also looked at Zaizai, the ridicule in their eyes was self-evident.

In this situation, Su Xi couldn't help at all.

Under everyone's watchful eyes, she couldn't fly onto the target with the arrow. If that happened, the entire military camp would see a ghost and it would bring bad consequences to Zaizai.

She saw Zaizai clamp her legs on the horse's abdomen unhurriedly and let the snow-white horse slowly move forward. Then, she drew the bow —

Everyone held their breaths as they watched this scene.

Su Xi's heart was also beating wildly, almost jumping out of his throat.

She saw that Zai Zai's expression was calm and his dark eyes were calm, as if he had a card up his sleeve. Only then did she feel slightly relieved.

But in the next second, the arrow that flew out from Zaizai's longbow fell headfirst to the ground with a thud before it could travel fifty meters.

"…"

Su Xi: …???

Wait, Zaizai, don't you have a card up your sleeve?

He clearly knew that the arrow would fall to the ground, but why did he draw the bow and shoot the arrow at a moderate speed? What was with his cold, arrogant, and domineering appearance?

Was it just for her mother to see?!

The archery field was stunned for a moment before bursting into a burst of mocking laughter.

The four generals glanced at Zai Zai and curled their lips in disdain.

As for the soldiers outside the archery field, they didn't dare to laugh at the Vice-Counsellor of the Ministry of War. However, the difference in the first round was too big. They couldn't help but cover their mouths and laugh wildly.

Could it be that this young man didn't even have the strength to truss up a chicken? Was he just taking advantage of a loophole in the Autumn Swallow Mountain hunt?

He didn't have any real abilities?!

Su Xi's face turned red, but Zai Zai's expression remained unchanged.

Su Xi couldn't help but look at the arrow that had fallen to the ground. He saw that Zai Zai had used an arrow with an extremely blunt and heavy arrowhead. No matter how strong an archer was, they wouldn't be able to shoot this arrow too far.

It could be said that this was the worst arrow out of the three arrows. It was the one with the least chance of winning.

Su Xi had thought that Zai Zai would use the sharpest arrow to compete with the Rank Three general, use the inferior arrow without a feather tail to compete with the Rank Four general, and use the blunt arrow to compete with the Rank Six general.

But he didn't expect Zai Zai to do the opposite.

Su Xi immediately understood Zai Zai's intentions.

Wasn't this Tian Ji's horse racing?

There was no such history in the history of the Yan Dynasty. The generals in the army might not even know how to read. They definitely wouldn't have expected this.

It seemed that Zai Zai had really flipped through the "Records of the Grand Historian" during that period of hard work. He had familiarized himself with many tactics.

Just now, Su Xi had been extremely worried. But now, he immediately felt that Zai Zai was going to win.

Meanwhile, on a tall building in the distance, behind the screen, the General's face turned green. She angrily said to the Minister of War, "Is this the suitable candidate that you were talking about?!

He doesn't even have the strength to draw a bow. How can he lead soldiers to war?! "

The Minister of War wiped the saliva off his face after being yelled at by the General. He helplessly sat further away.

He looked at Lu Huan from afar, shook his head, and said with a sigh, "Grand General, if your subordinates hadn't deliberately made things difficult for him by giving him three useless arrows, I'm afraid he might not have lost."

The General said angrily, "One of the three arrows was clearly in perfect condition. But he lost in the first round!"

Although the Minister of War couldn't clearly see which arrow Lu Huan had used in the archery field, he saw that the other generals were surrounded and flattered by the soldiers around the archery field. The youth was still quietly fiddling with the remaining two arrows. He didn't know why, but he felt that the youth definitely wouldn't lose today.

He couldn't help but refute the General. "General, I'll make a bet with you today. If my Minister Counsellor wins, you'll have to accept my suggestion."

"And if he loses?!"

The Zhenyuan General snorted coldly. "I've also heard that this young man has managed your Second Division of the Ministry of War so well. He does have some schemes, but I'm afraid that this person is only suitable to stay in the imperial court and play with some tricks.

Swords don't have eyes on the battlefield. It's not something that Prince Ning Fu can play tricks on.

This old man doesn't know why you value Prince Ning Fu's third son so much that you even called Han Yue here today! "

The Minister of War's youngest daughter, Han Yue, sat in the back. She looked at the archery field with slight disappointment. She didn't hear the conversation between her father and the General.

The Minister of War thought for a moment and smiled. "If I lose today's bet, the General can choose any of the paintings in the study.

But if the General loses, you still have to keep your word. "

The conversation behind the screen of the tall building in the distance naturally couldn't be heard on the archery field, but it was all displayed on the screen in front of Su Xi.

She was already very nervous, and seeing that the outcome of this competition would determine whether or not the seventh mission could be completed, she became even more nervous.

On the screen, all the cartoon soldiers were waiting to watch a good show. They surrounded the four generals, while Zaizai rode on his horse and stood alone on the side. The second round of the competition began.

In the second round of the competition, the three sixth-ranked guards stepped out.

Perhaps it was because the middle-ranked rank-3 leader had won, so the few people on the other side relaxed visibly, allowing the weakest of the three, the archer, to kill Zaizai in an instant.

The sixth-ranked guard who stepped out was also very careless. He looked at Zaizai with disdain, the pride in his eyes self-evident.

He whipped his horse's butt and spurred it away.

At the same time, Zaizai finally began to move. Like a galloping horse, he urged his horse to keep pace with the man.

The man didn't think much of it. When he pulled his longbow, he glanced at Zaizai beside him. When he shot his arrow, all the cartoon characters on the screen and Su Xi outside the screen held their breaths. If there were no accidents, this arrow should hit the target.

But looking at the trajectory of the arrow, it shouldn't hit the bullseye completely.

However, the strength of this sixth-ranked guard couldn't be underestimated. If they were marching to war, they could also accurately hit the enemy's vital points.

But at this moment, the scene on the screen suddenly changed.

All of a sudden, a sharp arrow flew through the air. The arrow lacked a tail, which caused it to fly through the air at an extremely fast speed.

Although the minister counsellor's arrow looked completely different from the first arrow just now, and the degree of accuracy increased by several times, everyone still thought that this arrow wouldn't hit the bullseye.

But who would have thought that this arrow would collide with the arrow of the sixth-rank guard in the air —

Then, with a "bang —", the arrow intercepted the sixth-ranked guard's arrow horizontally and pierced through two-thirds of the arrow's tail.

After the two arrows separated, Lu Huan's arrow had an extra tail on its tail.

On the other hand, the arrows of the guards were cut off along with their tails after their waists were taken away.

Everyone's expression suddenly froze. Oh my god, it can be like this?!

The guard's arrow lost its tail and was knocked to the side. It didn't shoot far before it stabbed the ground.

Meanwhile, the other arrow was like a shooting star. It drew a beautiful arc in the air and hit the bullseye.

After the second round of competition, the entire arena was silent.

Su Xi saw Zai Zai throw the glue used to stick the mold of the chicken shed into the bag on the horse's back. She was speechless.

After this round of competition, the expressions of everyone on the screen changed. The lowly soldier was unsure of what would happen next. But the expressions of the three archers changed slightly. They were all ready for battle.

Just now, they had only looked down on the young man. They didn't realize that when the young man led the Rank Threes out, he had used the worst and least likely to win, the blunt arrow.

When the Rank Six appeared, he had used the broken arrow without a tail.

In other words, the only arrow left in the kid's hand was the one that was still intact and sharp?!

This way, there was no advantage in arrows between him and the Rank Four Wei Wu Army. It was only a matter of skill in drawing the bow and shooting the arrow.

The arrow that had pierced through the arrow was too shocking. The last Rank Four Wei Wu Army soldier who had yet to appear panicked. But he tried his best not to show it. He arrogantly stood up and said to Lu Huan, "Please."

On the other hand, on the tall building, the general's eyebrows twitched. There were subtle changes in his expression.

The last arrow.

The Rank Four Wei Wu Army had suffered a crushing defeat once again.

Without the deliberate tricks on the arrows, everyone could clearly see the difference between these people and Lu Huan.

There was no need to talk about the Rank Six guard. He was hundreds of times behind Lu Huan. He had been defeated long ago.

Meanwhile, although the Rank Four Wei Wu Army soldier had hit the bullseye, the young man beside him drew his bow and shot an arrow. It was a light arrow, but it pierced through the bullseye.

There was no suspense about their defeat.

At this moment, the expression of the Zhenyuan General on the pavilion changed again and again. He and the Minister of War both knew of the young man's strategy in the archery field.

Bottom against top, middle against bottom, and top against middle.

In the first round, he had been so careless that the three generals had let down their guard. In the second round, he had attacked aggressively and used external forces to steal the enemy's arrow.

In the third round, victory and defeat had been decided!

These three generals were all experts in the army of the general. Each of them could hold their own, but they had been defeated by this young man!

If today was purely a competition of archery, then the Protector General might only recognize this young man as an exceptional archer. However, this young man had also displayed outstanding scheming and intelligence. In his heart, the Protector General already had a whole new level of respect for this bastard from the Prince Ning's residence. However, on the surface, the Protector General's expression was not very good. He said, "This old man lost."

Although the Minister of War had not interacted with the son of Prince Ning Fu before, for some reason, he felt that he was not an ordinary person based on the way he had managed the Ministry of War in the past two months.

Thus, the Minister of War was not very surprised by today's result.

He stroked his beard and had a teasing expression. He said to the general, "General, what do you think of the suggestion from last night?"

The Protector General then looked at Lu Huan on the archery field. His heart was filled with joy, but his expression was still unwilling. He coughed and reluctantly said, "Fine, we'll do as you say. This child can be nurtured a little."

After the last round, there was almost no need to compete with the fourth person in the fourth round. According to what the Zhenyuan General had said at the beginning, if Lu Huan could win two rounds, he would be considered the winner. Then today, Lu Huan would have won a complete victory.

The fourth person was in an extremely awkward situation — if he did not compete, he would lose face. If he competed and was defeated by a 15-year-old young man, wouldn't that be even more embarrassing?!

Fortunately, someone quickly came up from the tall building to invite Lu Huan, "Would the son of Prince Ning Fu please take a seat."

Lu Huan lowered his eyes and glanced at that person. Only then did he put away his bow and jump down from the horse's back. His long black hair fell behind his back.

He handed the horse to one of the bodyguards who had come with him and asked that person to take good care of it. Only then did he follow that person.

Before he left, he did not forget to look around, as if indicating for someone to follow him.

After he left, the archery field was filled with the sound of people gasping one after another.

Su Xi's screen continuously popped up with various dialog boxes.

"Just now, the third round was won too quickly. I didn't even see it clearly. What happened?!"

"What really shocked people was the second round. How did Young Master Lu directly cut off the tail of our bodyguard's arrow?!"

"It's over. The bodyguard's faces are all green. When they return to the camp today, I'm afraid there will be another round of training."

"Who called the Minister Counsellor away just now? The Minister of War?

I heard that the Minister of War's unmarried young lady is here. "

Su Xi looked at the ugly expressions of the generals and the lowly soldiers who were all talking at once and praising Zaizai. In front of the screen, they were all smiling foolishly. In her heart, a sense of motherly pride arose. She did not help Zaizai at all during today's mission.

It seemed that Zaizai's pile-driving, archery, swordsmanship, and push-ups for the past two months had been very effective. Zaizai's martial arts seemed to have improved a lot compared to when he was at Autumn Swallow Mountain.

She wanted to enjoy the admiration of these cartoon soldiers for a while longer. However, Zaizai, who had already followed the bodyguards to the stairs of the tall building, couldn't help but look to his side. His dark brows furrowed, as if wondering why she hadn't caught up yet.

Su Xi could only pull the screen over and tug on Zaizai's sleeve.

Only then did Zaizai's brows relax.

Because she had witnessed the entire process of Zaizai's victory, she was still very excited. After tugging on Zaizai's sleeve, she couldn't help but tug on the longbow in Zaizai's right hand.

Her Zaizai was so handsome!

Zaizai seemed to have guessed why she was so excited, and the corners of his mouth curled up slightly. However, when she looked over, Zaizai's mouth quickly fell back down as if nothing had happened.

The pavilions on the tall building didn't belong to the military camp, so Su Xi couldn't unlock them for the time being.

After she sent Zaizai in, she let the interface wait on the long embankment.

From eliminating Scholar Shangguan in Yunzhou, to entering the Ministry of War to rein in the Second Division, to today's contest on the archery field, she and Zaizai had fought monsters for so long. It was almost all to pave the way for Mission 7. Now that Zaizai was finally able to get close to the Zhenyuan General, Su Xi felt that Zaizai would definitely finish it quickly.

Sure enough, in less than ten minutes, a message quickly popped up on Su Xi's screen:

[Congratulations on completing Main Mission 7: Master better martial arts, military tactics, and physical strength, and obtain the appreciation and support of the Zhenyuan General!]

[Congratulations on obtaining a reward of gold coins + 500 and a reward of points + 10!]

Damn, this mission was completed, and my points were suddenly increased by 10?!

Su Xi, who was outside the screen, almost jumped up. She quickly looked at her current points. It was already 54 points, and the newly obtained points could still unlock 5 more sections.

An interface of the current status popped up on the screen again as a reminder:

[Wealth and Assets]: The Emperor's reward to the Old Madame is like a chest, a house in the outer city, and two farms.

[Talented Subordinates]: Chang Gongwu, Bodyguard C, Master D, Worker x 30.

[Make Friends with Heroes]: Zhong Ganping (10th richest merchant in the capital), Minister of Revenue (gray), Old Madame (gray), Zhenyuan General, Minister of War, Fifth Prince (gray).

[Make Friends]: Yun Xiupang.

[Reputation and Prestige]: Mysterious Young Divine Doctor, Ninth Rank Study Companion, Fifth Rank Minister Counsellor.

[Expand Harem]: Daughter of the Ministry of War, Han Yue.

Su Xi excitedly scrolled down line by line. Among the Make Friends with Heroes, those who were gray should be those who used each other but couldn't completely stand on Zaizai's side. Those who weren't gray should be those who completely stood on Zaizai's side and could be considered one of her own.

In addition, there was one more line than last time — Expand Harem.

What?!

Outside the screen, Su Xi's eyes lit up. Could this game really have a harem?!

She was suddenly very excited.

But then she thought of what Zaizai said to her before he shot the arrow: "I'll be alone for the rest of my life". She immediately withered. Forget it, this kind of thing should be left to fate.

In the game interface, the sun was about to set when Zaizai came out with two bodyguards.

Although Su Xi didn't follow him in, she roughly knew what happened inside.

But when he came out, there was a cartoon girl with the same round face who hurriedly came out to send him off. Perhaps she had appeared in the conversation between the Zhenyuan General and the Minister of War, but at this moment, the girl had a name, which changed to Han Yue.

Han Yue twisted her handkerchief and didn't dare to raise her head. She shyly asked in a small voice, "How will Young Master Lu return to the city?"

The implication of his words was to ask if they could go back together.

Although Su Xi wasn't very satisfied with this daughter-in-law of hers, at this time, the sun was setting and the scene was very beautiful. She felt like she was watching a cartoon idol drama. She couldn't help but reveal the knowing smile of an old mother.

She wanted to see how Zaizai would answer and whether he would blush. In the end, she saw —

Zaizai, who was dressed in martial arts attire, was focused on the horse that was being led by the bodyguards in the distance. When the horse came over, he hurriedly strode down the steps and disappeared without a trace. And when Han Yue raised her head again, there was only the cold wind beside her.

Han Yue was in a mess in the wind, "…"

Zaizai didn't hear —

He really didn't hear —

After he got on the horse, he anxiously looked at the empty space beside him and asked Su Xi in a low voice, "Are you still there? Why didn't you come in just now?"

Su Xi was exasperated at his failure to live up to expectations, "…"

Zaizai, look in the mirror and see if the words' unromantic 'are written on your round face?!

Su Xi pulled on Zaizai's sleeve, and Lu Huan breathed a sigh of relief.

Although he knew that she wanted to push him to the side of the Minister's daughter, and he was very angry in his heart, he couldn't do something like using an insignificant person to anger her.

Apart from her, there was no room for a second person in his eyes.

Moreover, she might not be angry — not only would she not be angry, she might even be sincerely happy for him.

Lu Huan thought of this, pursed his lips, and felt as if a bucket of cold water had been poured over his head …

However, today, the Protector General's attitude towards him had changed greatly. Her words seemed to have the intention of recommending him to enter the barracks and go to the North. This was one step closer to the goal they had planned before. Su Xi excitedly counted the points at the table, and Lu Huan was also happy in his heart.

The two returned to the official residence together.

There were many people on the road, so it was inconvenient to talk. After returning to the official residence, Lu Huan poured a cup of tea and drank it to quench his thirst. Only then did he think about how to tell her about the matter of being a host.

When she wasn't by his side, he looked up a lot of books and found some methods, but he didn't know if it was feasible at the moment. If it was feasible, he still had to take her to find that arcane master …

Of course, Su Xi didn't know that Zaizai had already progressed so quickly and had actually found a way. She was still pondering what Zaizai had said before about "growing old alone." Was it because he had reached his rebellious stage, or was he really planning to be "alone?" In short, it was a very troublesome problem.

Lu Huan looked into the void, emotions surging in his heart — if he could really make her appear in front of him, then one day, perhaps the desires in his heart wouldn't be so difficult to speak of.

All he wanted was to be able to see her once in his lifetime.

He was just about to speak when someone suddenly called from outside, saying, "Minister Counsellor, someone's here to deliver something."

Lu Huan's thoughts were interrupted. He frowned and said to the demon at his side, "I'll go get it. Wait for me, don't go."

He got up and went out. Before he went out, he looked back again and worriedly warned again, "I'll be back soon. Don't leave in half an incense stick's time."

Su Xi laughed and swept his sleeve, hinting at him: Go quickly, I'm not leaving.

Lu Huan stood at the door and looked back at her. There was a bit of helplessness and fear in his eyes. He paused for a long time before he went out.

That's right, he thought to himself. The reason why he wanted her to appear by his side was because he couldn't see her, couldn't touch her, couldn't see her, and didn't know when she would disappear. This kind of feeling was like a torment that would never end …

Su Xi waited in the room for a while. He couldn't help but follow him out of the courtyard. He saw two unfamiliar servants standing in front of Zaizai, holding something in their hands. They said that it was a hand-sewn sachet sent by the Minister of War's daughter.

Su Xi, "!!!"

However, in the next second, Zaizai closed the courtyard door, as if he was very impatient. With a cold expression, he refused to let the two people in.

Su Xi, "…"

Su Xi secretly complained. Once Zaizai closed the door, he was afraid that his fate with the Minister of War's daughter was completely broken.

Sure enough, she opened the status on the upper right corner of the screen and saw that in the harem column, "Han Yue" was gradually darkening and then disappearing from that column.

Zaizai's harem had been personally erased by him, and it became an empty column.

Su Xi, "…"

Zaizai closed the courtyard door and walked back. He seemed to have noticed that she had come out. His cold expression relaxed a little, and he looked up into the void. The candlelight under the eaves fell on his eyebrows, making him look peaceful and gentle.

Su Xi saw the change in Zaizai's expression on his bun-like face. She suddenly felt that Zaizai seemed to only be able to let down his guard in front of her. With this thought, her heart suddenly softened. She was too lazy to complain about Zaizai's iron-willed straightness. She went over and held Zaizai's hand.

Lu Huan led her back. He knew that she had seen that scene just now. Perhaps he didn't want to give up. He looked at the sleeve on his left that was slightly blown by the wind. He hesitated for a moment before asking, "You … I've already rejected you. Do you still want the Minister of War's daughter to be with me?"

That girl was very good, but Zaizai obviously didn't like her.

Su Xi pulled Zaizai's right hand. If he didn't like it, then don't force him.

Zaizai seemed to be in a better mood. He curled his lips slightly and asked, "Why?

Why don't you want to let me? "

There was a bit of expectation in his voice, but how could Su Xi express such a long string of words?

Su Xi, "…"

Knowing that she couldn't express it, Lu Huan asked another question, "If another girl appears, do you still want to be a matchmaker and push me to that side?"

Su Xi, who was watching from outside the screen, suddenly felt that this little brat was too vengeful. She had only meddled in other people's business once today. Did he want her to admit her mistake?

She slapped Zaizai's right hand in disgust, indicating: No, I won't care about your marriage anymore.

Zaizai's hand was a little red from her slapping, but Zaizai raised his hand and looked at the back of it. He couldn't suppress the smile at the corner of his mouth.

He tried his best to hold it in, but there was still a bit of light in his eyes.

He put his hands behind his back and stood in the courtyard. He raised his eyebrows and continued to interrogate Su Xi, "Is it because you heard me say that I want to be alone for the rest of my life, so you don't insist, or …"

Zaizai seemed to be a little nervous. He looked away and lowered his head. He kicked a stone on the ground with the tip of his foot. His ears were slightly red, and he whispered, "Or is there another reason?"

Su Xi tugged at his left sleeve, indicating that it was the first reason.

Lu Huan's body stiffened. Some of the hope that rose in his heart was suddenly extinguished by cold water. He couldn't help but feel a little disappointed. He reluctantly raised the corner of his mouth and looked into the void. He didn't even know where to look. He couldn't see her.

He said in a hoarse voice, "Is that so?"

"Then if one day I meet a good woman who is knowledgeable and reasonable, and I like her, do you still want me to get married and grow old with her?"

Of course, Su Xi hoped so. However, she noticed that Zaizai was a little disappointed. She didn't know whether he wanted her to answer "yes" or "no" to this question.

'No, why does this brat keep throwing a bunch of propositions at me out of the blue?'

She didn't answer, so Lu Huan tacitly agreed that her answer was "yes".

He twitched the corner of his mouth, his shoulders slumped, and the light in his eyes dissipated. He walked silently into the room.

Su Xi looked at the back of Zaizai, who was in a daze.

"Unhappy again?

Unhappy again?! "

"Zaizai, have you been on your period recently?!"