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Song Tower It seems that the relationship between Guo Jia and Jia Xu did not become much closer. When it came to capturing Guo Jia and bringing him back to the academy, Jia Xu was still ruthless. However, he would ease up a bit when he heard Guo Jia cry out in pain.
When the academy introduced equestrian archery courses, most students sighed and complained. Although archery is included in the six arts of a gentleman, combining it with equestrian skills was quite challenging for these privileged young men. Guo Jia, who was notorious for his poor equestrian skills, seemed unconcerned. He scratched Jia Xu's back with some grass he had picked up from somewhere, and when Jia Xu impatiently slapped his hand, he whimpered and stopped. Twirling the grass in the air, Guo Jia asked, "Why do you think Chen Gong decided to introduce equestrian archery courses?"
After a moment of thought, Jia Xu replied softly, "The chaos in the court, the rise of the landlords, it's mostly to ensure that everyone has some means of self-preservation in this troubled world."
Guo Jia raised an eyebrow in surprise, not expecting Jia Xu to speak so boldly. Then he thought to himself, it made sense after all. Jia Xu came from beyond the borders and had probably seen countless dead bodies and bones, so there was nothing he wouldn't dare to say.
On the day of the class, Jia Xu brought his own bow. The body of the bow was smooth as silk, and the color was as clear as a crescent moon in water. Although Guo Jia was not skilled in archery, he could tell that this was a good bow. He stretched his neck to see how Jia Xu would handle it.
The teacher also seemed to understand what everyone was thinking and asked the student from beyond the borders, Wenhe, to demonstrate for everyone. Although Jia Xu was somewhat surprised, he did not refuse, only saying that the archery from beyond the borders might be different from that in the south.
Immediately, Jia Xu strung his bow, pulling it taut like a full moon, the taut bowstring forming a long straight line with the target. As he released, the arrow flew like a shooting star, the bow opening like the autumn moon in the sky, a continuous buzzing sound in the ears. The arrow pierced the red heart of the target.
The crowd fell briefly silent, then erupted into intense applause, especially Guo Jia, as if he himself had been the one shooting the bow and arrow. This made Jia Xu, who had just put down the bow, feel a little embarrassed.
Guo Jia raised his hand and asked the master, "Can Wenhe teach me archery?"
Master Guo Jia rarely showed such a keen interest in learning, so everyone nodded and let him go. After that, they dispersed in groups of three or two to study archery. Guo Jia picked up the lightest bow and held it in his hand, asking Jia Xu to teach him how to shoot.
Jia Xu couldn't understand what Guo Jia was up to, but since he wanted to learn, Jia Xu had to teach him. In fact, Jia Xu had never taught anyone before. He stood stiffly next to Guo Jia, adjusting his incorrect movements, raising his wrist slightly to aim at the target, and pressing down his shoulder, saying, "Open your shoulder, relax, and keep it steady. Don't be tense."
Jia Xu suddenly remembered the neighbor's sister who was good at archery when he was young. She could accurately shoot through the head of the prey from a hundred meters away, with her braided hair blowing behind her ears and the bow drawn like a full moon. She always stood behind everyone, using her calloused hands to adjust and teach everyone how to hold the bow.
So Jia Xu also raised his hand and placed it on Guo Jia's back, half embracing him and lifting his arm a little higher. The wind on the grassland always ruthlessly blew the arrows off course, but Jia Xu didn't understand the trick. So his sister, Guo Jia, circled him, pulled back his bow, held his tense arm gently down, and aimed the arrow at a running rabbit. Jia Xu's palm holding the bow was slightly sweaty, but in the howling wind, he heard his sister softly say, "Release." Release.
Two different voices crossed the long river of time and converged. Jia Xu whispered in Guo Jia's ear, causing Guo Jia to release his hand. The long arrow pierced through the whistling wind and landed in the round and plump red heart.
Jia Xu's breathing became somewhat rapid, and the warm breath spread over Guo Jia's ear, making it itch.
Guo Jia lazily leaned against Jia Xu, saying that the bowstring made his arm ache, and Wenhe had such great strength. Then, with a beautiful turn of his eyes, he asked what Wenhe had remembered.
Jia Xu suddenly burst into laughter, his beautiful face lighting up with a brilliant smile. Guo Jia was taken aback, about to say something when Jia Xu firmly pinched his waist and said, "Let me teach you. If your archery skills are still lacking, I'll pin you to the target!" Guo Jia screamed and begged for mercy, saying, "Wenhe, spare me. Let's just pretend I never came today!"
Guo Jia seemed to be fond of lotus flowers. Every time they passed by the river where Beiyong was, starting from the emergence of lotus leaves, he would tell Jia Xu, "I'll take you to the lake when the lotus flowers bloom." Every time Guo Jia said this, Jia Xu would casually nod and say, "I'll go with you if you pass your archery assessment."
So Guo Jia really dedicated himself to improving his archery skills, standing on the shooting range and shooting arrows into the wind. Jia Xu stood on the corridor watching Guo Jia's back and thought to himself, he really is different from the rumors outside.
On the day of the archery assessment, Guo Jia got up unusually early and carefully adjusted the bowstring. This sharply contrasted with the relaxed and confident Jia Xu. When some classmates came to tease Guo Jia, they were instead cleverly dismissed by Guo Jia.
When it was Guo Jia's turn, his first three arrows hit the bullseye, and the other six arrows were also impressive. When he was left with the last arrow, Guo Jia saw the quietly blooming lotus magnolia outside the courtyard wall. The snow-white petals wrapped around the bright yellow stamen. Guo Jia changed direction and aimed the arrow at the flower stem, releasing it in one breath. The entire magnolia fell from the branch.
Guo Jia put down his bow and ran excitedly, while on the other side of the shooting range, Jia Xu was completely unaware of Guo Jia's actions. Just as Jia Xu was about to go and check Guo Jia's score, Guo Jia appeared out of nowhere, holding a flower in one hand and twirling in front of Jia Xu, saying, "A gift for the victor!"
Then the rumor of Guo Jia shooting the last arrow to present flowers to a beauty quickly reached Jia Xu's ears. Forced to hold the flower, Jia Xu fiercely kicked Guo Jia and the culprit remained oblivious, pointing to the posted scores and asking Jia Xu if he could go boating with him.
Jia Xu gritted his teeth, but still nodded in agreement.
The lotus from Guanwai brought by Jia Xu was rarely seen, covering the sky and the sun, connecting the mountains and waters into a continuous expanse. He carefully examined the lotus picked by Guo Jia during their lake trip, reaching out to touch the pink petals, feeling the texture of the petals, and even the small thorns on the hollow branches were a novel experience.
Xun Yu and several other senior students sat under the pavilion shouting for Guo Jia to come back, not to go any further. Guo Jia pretended not to hear, waved his hand, and slowly paddled the boat towards the most beautiful double-petaled lotus. Guo Jia reached out, causing the boat to sway and creating layers of water waves, startling Xun Yu who stood up, afraid that Guo Jia would fall into the water. Guo Jia steadied himself and even had the leisure to shout to the people on the shore, "Don't underestimate me!" But as expected, an accident occurred, and Guo Jia fell into the water.
"Guo Jia!" Jia Xu suddenly rushed to the shore and grabbed onto the railing. I had warned not to get the best lotus flowers, and now look what happened?! Several senior brothers who were good at swimming jumped in without even taking off their waist ornaments, and Jia Xu stood on the shore tightly holding onto his sleeve, watching as Guo Jia was pulled up by the senior brothers, his wet hair sticking to his pale face, coughing up water. Xun Yu was furious, scolding Guo Jia for being reckless, his eyes even turning red, clearly quite frightened just now.
The gathering ended hastily due to Guo Jia's accident. That night, Guo Jia developed a high fever and held onto Jia Xu's hand, speaking incoherently. Jia Xu listened for a long time but couldn't understand what Guo Jia was saying. Despite looking frail, he had such strength that Jia Xu couldn't free his hand from the grip. In the end, he had to spend the night with Guo Jia under the amused gaze of senior brother Xun Yu.
What did the senior say? It seems like "I didn't expect your relationship to be so good, then Fengxiao I'll trouble you." Jia Xu looked down at Guo Jia's abnormally flushed face due to illness, thinking, who has a good relationship with him?
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