Traveling through ancient times: daily life on the run

Chapter 257 Martial Arts Competition 1

There was a pastoral landscape in front of the residence that Master Murong arranged for them, and layers of mountains and forests behind it. Looking from afar, there was a lake on the right side that was the same color as the sky, which made the view suddenly open up.

Qin Bingrui saw a large flat land covered with lush green grass and thought it was a great place for training.

Li Feng explained to her, "This is a place specifically for practicing archery. Our villa will have an archery competition in two days. This year is the tenth one. Anyone who wins the top ten can choose to join our villa and receive corresponding rewards."

Qin Bingrui asked Gu Zichen beside him: "Have you participated in this competition before? You never won a place, right?"

Gu Zichen's face flushed: "I am not good at archery."

Li Feng said, "This time, the owner of the manor has decided to add a few more competitions. There will be a weapon showdown and a bare-handed competition. Everyone can sign up to participate, regardless of gender, age or status."

Qin Bingrui's eyes lit up when he heard this: "Then we must win at all costs."

He turned to Lao Jin and asked, "Send me a few people to compete. Whether we win or lose, it's always good to practice."

Lao Jin was stunned. He shouldn't have shouted slogans so loudly just now.

Yan Xuan also perked up and asked Li Feng, "Brother, how many people have signed up now? What's the reward for the first place?"

Li Feng heard a group of people calling him "little brother". After all, he was eighteen years old. Why did people younger than him call him "little brother"?

"You can just call me Li Feng. This year, there are an unusually large number of participants. We in Tanzhou have always valued martial arts, and this year there are over a thousand men participating, and over a hundred women as well. As for the prizes, the winner will receive a valuable three-story courtyard in Tanzhou City, estimated to be worth ten thousand taels of silver."

Xia Liang held Luo Yu's hand and said, "Sister, shall we go together?"

After thinking about it, he felt something was wrong. "Then how are the champions determined? Are there separate male and female groups?"

"First, we were divided into groups by gender, but in the final, there was no gender distinction. However, the top ten would receive corresponding prizes."

When Qin Bingrui heard this, she thought it was fair to treat both men and women equally, and she was determined to defeat these men to prove her strength as a woman.

Xia Liang winked at Yan Xuan: "Then I want to compete with you to see who is better."

Yan Xuan grinned: "Okay, I won't let you go."

Luo Yu didn't want to participate in the competition at first, but Xia Liang forced her to sign up when he signed up.

Luo Yu: ...

She just wanted to live a peaceful life and be a gentle woman. Who could understand her? She sketched and wrote outlines every day, taught everyone about architecture, and now she has to participate in martial arts competitions. Did she really think she needed no rest?

After arranging everyone, Li Feng sent ten maids to serve the girls. Qin Bingrui praised him for being a good housekeeper.

Li Feng said quietly, "I'm not the housekeeper. Housekeeper Yuan is too old, so the owner of the manor gave me full authority."

"Li Feng, you must be very skilled in martial arts. Come and compete with me after dinner."

Yan Xuan echoed from the side: "I'll practice with you too."

Xia Liang grabbed Luo Yu's hand and said, "Sister, how about we join in the fun?"

Luo Yu lazily replied, "It's getting dark, let's do it tomorrow. Tomorrow we'll go practice archery or something. I'm not good at other things either."

She is currently only good at the throat-cutting tactic. She can't kill someone with one cut during the game, right?

Although Bai Lingyi also signed up, he was too embarrassed to say that he would go to the competition, so he only dared to follow secretly to watch the excitement.

Luo Yu returned to the room, ready to take the most comfortable wooden barrel bath in winter, closing his eyes to relax and enjoy the beautiful half-day leisure time.

Little did they know that at this moment, Prince Ning and Song Si, who were blocked outside the villa, transformed into men in black and broke into the villa.

After being discovered, Song Si cleaned up the mess alone and asked King Ning to go to the courtyard to find Luo Yu and the others to avoid the limelight.

Zhu Jinyou took a look and saw that it was pitch black. There were only a few places with bright lights, so he just picked one and tried.

It is said that Luo Yu asked the maid to fill the large bathtub with hot water, closed the door of the house, and asked the maid to guard outside.

She hadn't enjoyed some alone time for a long time. It seemed that she was right to agree to go to the villa with Master Murong. If she lived in Taohua Village, how could she have such enjoyment?

There was a floor heating system underneath the entire house, so it was very warm. Luo Yu sighed as he took a bath.

"In fact, living a rich life in ancient times was quite good, but it was too easy to fall into depravity!"

"Alas, why do we need to fight on such a good day? But my body seems to recover quite quickly, so I can just make do with it. If you can't beat me, I can always run away!"

Just as she was lying in the bathtub, squinting her eyes and imagining a bright future, she suddenly heard a noise outside. A man in black knocked the maid unconscious and pushed the door open.

Luo Yu was alert, but he didn't move. One hand secretly touched the dagger beside him.

The man in black saw that the light behind the screen was unusually bright, and wondered if it was the diligent Miss Bai who was working on her manuscript.

As the man flashed past, he saw a woman as beautiful as a lotus emerging from the water, holding a dagger in one hand and grabbing her clothes to wrap around her body with the other. She was extremely fast, confronting the man in black with the dagger several times, and at the same time, she wrapped her body with a cotton towel with one hand very skillfully.

"Miss Bai, it's me."

"Who are you? Can't you introduce yourself?"

"Zhu Jinyou."

Luo Yu had already guessed it was him, but he feigned surprise: "Your Highness, what are you doing here? Are you here to spy on me taking a bath?"

Zhu Jinyou held his forehead and stepped behind the screen, asking her to put on her clothes quickly.

"I didn't see anything. Besides, why do you have such a bright light in the shower?"

"You can only wash it clean if you can see it clearly!"

She was quite frank. She could handle strangers intruding calmly even while taking a shower. This woman, huh...

I waited for a long time but didn't see any movement from her.

"Why haven't you come out yet?"

"I just took a shower. What a waste of water! I'm lying back down. What's the matter? Are you still not allowing me to take a shower?"

Zhu Jinyou: ...

"If you want to stay, wait for me outside for half a quarter of an hour. If you don't want to stay, remember to close the door when you leave."

"You are a woman, yet you have no sense of shame."

"We're old acquaintances. Besides, Your Highness, what haven't you seen? Even though we exchanged a few blows just now, you didn't even look away. I admit that you're a gentleman, so of course you're not afraid."

Humph, do you need to admit it?

What's so good about her skinny and flat figure?

"Your Kung Fu is pretty good. Why didn't I realize you had such skills before?"

"Why, Mr. Zhu, do you want to talk about love and romance with me here? I'm naked!"

Zhu Jinyou wanted to tell her that she was too narcissistic, but he heard another noise coming from outside.

The one who came at this time was Master Murong. When he saw the maid who was knocked unconscious, he hesitated for a moment.

"Miss Bai, are you in there?"

"Yes. A stranger just happened to come in. Was the maid at the door knocked unconscious?"

As soon as he heard her say that a stranger had broken in, Murong immediately rushed into the room.

Looking sideways behind the screen, I caught a glimpse of Miss Luo Yu standing up from the bathtub and wrapping herself in a piece of light-colored bath silk.

He immediately looked away, his tone slightly panicked.

"I'm sorry, Miss Bai, I didn't realize you were bathing."

"It's okay, I just got out of the bath. Besides, there's nothing to see, it's just half of the shoulder showing, it's not like you haven't seen it before."

Master Murong: Miss Bai really treats me as one of her own.

"Where is the stranger who just broke in?"

"He climbed out the window and should be running towards the right corridor. Go chase him!"

Zhu Jinyou, hiding in the right corner, said: "She actually betrayed me? This young master Murong didn't just stay in his comfortable position as the owner of the manor, but insisted on coming out to catch the thief himself. The brat actually saw half of Miss Bai's shoulder. When did it happen?"

Luo Yu snorted lightly: "How dare you barge in while I'm bathing and disturb my good mood? I deserve a duel to the death!"