Chapter 241 Let’s have more fun! (Part 2)
Li An Ning smiled coldly, walked to the side of the white horse, and gently stroked its mane. However, the white horse seemed to hate Li An Ning's caress, and kept shaking its head, looking restless.
At this time, Li Anning's followers respectfully handed him a longbow and a quiver. Li Anning took it and looked at Jiang Chengfeng, "How about you shoot first?"
Jiang Chengfeng waved his hands quickly, "No, no, no! You shoot first, I can last much longer than you!"
Li Anning didn't understand what Jiang Chengfeng meant. He sneered , jumped onto the horse, and kicked the horse's belly. The white horse neighed and raised its front hooves.
Jiang Chengfeng walked to Young Master Zhao's side and whispered a few words, and the latter nodded repeatedly. Ye Lingshuang was very curious and asked, "Brother Jiang, what did you say to Young Master Zhao?"
Jiang Chengfeng grinned and said, "I said that His Royal Highness is very elegant, and this skill of pretending to be cool is very popular with girls!"
At this time, Li Anning bowed slightly to everyone, then squeezed the horse's belly, and the white horse galloped away. According to Li Anning's original intention, he was going to ride parallel to the big willow tree, but the white horse under him seemed to resist, shaking its head while running.
Li Anning thought the horse was too fierce, so he didn't care much. He pulled out a feather arrow from his quiver, drew his bow and aimed at the big willow tree not far away. This set of movements was as smooth as flowing water, and it was really cool and calm, which made the girls present scream.
Jiang Chengfeng stroked his chin lightly, narrowed his eyes, and thought to himself that this bastard prince was so skilled in archery and horsemanship, no wonder he dared to be so arrogant!
After aiming at the target, Li An Ning shouted and released the bowstring. However, at this moment, the white horse under him neighed and raised its front hooves high. If Li An Ning had not been so skilled in horse control and had not clamped the horse's belly in time, he would have fallen off the horse.
But even so, the feather arrow he shot deviated by more than ten feet and hit the small willow tree next to the big willow tree. It could be considered an "unexpected gain"!
The white horse's front hooves landed on the ground, and Li Anning secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Just as he was about to turn over and dismount, the white horse raised its front hooves again. This time, Li Anning was caught off guard and fell directly off the horse's back. Although he hugged his head with his arms in time and rolled to the side to avoid being trampled by the white horse, his hair was disheveled, his clothes were dirty, and covered with grass debris, and he looked very embarrassed.
"His Highness has fallen from his horse! Go and save him!"
Seeing this scene, Jiang Chengfeng was secretly happy, but Young Master Zhao had already started shouting at the top of his voice.
Young Master Zhao's high-pitched voice instantly sobered up the audience who were originally dumbfounded.
Soon, Li Anning's followers rushed over like a gust of wind. They were just very surprised. His Highness had been practicing archery and horse riding for more than ten years and had never made such a mistake. What happened today? However, they were more worried that His Highness would blame them for dereliction of duty, which was a serious crime that could cost them their lives!
Soon after, other spectators also rushed over to save him. The most anxious one was Cai Daguoxue. She secretly prayed that the prince would not fall to his death, because she was still counting on the little prince to make a fortune!
Taking advantage of the time when everyone left, Jiang Chengfeng wiped the perfume off his hands, took out the treasure in his arms, checked it carefully, and confirmed that it was correct, then he felt relieved.
At this time, Li An Ning had been helped up by many followers, but he was bruised and battered, with disheveled hair, and no longer had the demeanor of a handsome young man!
Li An Ning jumped up from the ground, furious. He had really embarrassed himself today. The most important thing was that a large group of people were watching him make a fool of himself!
He flew into a rage, kicked down one of his followers, and cursed: "Idiot! How do you raise horses? What use do I have for you?"
The attendant was so frightened that his face turned pale. He kowtowed and begged for mercy: "Your Highness, please spare my life, Your Highness, please spare my life——"
Li Anning was furious and refused to listen to his explanation. He whipped him with a horsewhip and shouted, "You useless thing! Keeping you is a waste of rice! Someone, drag him away--"
Then, two followers came to drag the horse breeder away. The horse breeder was terrified and shouted, "Your Highness, please spare my life! These two horses are both top-quality Western Region horses. They are usually very docile. I think they must have traveled a long distance and are not used to the climate. Please give me another chance to make amends!"
Cai Xianglan also advised: "Your Highness, I think these two horses are indeed good horses. Maybe the servants in your house were instigated by others, which harmed Your Highness!"
As she spoke, her eyes swept across Jiang Dazhu who was not far away, and she was obviously preparing to direct Li Anning's anger towards Jiang Chengfeng.
Jiang Chengfeng smiled coldly, but did not explain. Cai Xianglan was secretly annoyed and scolded: "Jiang Dazhu, tell me yourself! Is this a good thing you did?"
Li Anning also calmed down and looked at Jiang Chengfeng in doubt. He remembered that Jiang Dazhu had touched the two horses just now, and maybe he was the one who did it.
Jiang Chengfeng glanced at Cai Xianglan with disdain and said, "May I ask Mr. Cai, you said I did it, which eye of yours saw me do it? When I was selecting the horses just now, everyone saw it. Did I do anything shameful?"
Jiang Chengfeng spoke righteously and a little excitedly, not like someone who had been caught doing something bad. Everyone nodded. When Jiang Dazhu was selecting horses just now, no one saw him do anything.
"Think about it, if I were to ride and shoot first, I would definitely fall off my horse! Although no one would say it out loud, everyone would definitely be thinking, is His Royal Highness deliberately trying to trick us? Isn't this throwing dirty water on His Royal Highness?"
Li Anning was so angry that he gritted his teeth, but he couldn't get angry.
Jiang Chengfeng smiled secretly and said, "Your Highness, I think it would be better if we do this! To avoid people gossiping about you and ruining your reputation, I think we won't compete!"
Li An Ning was furious. He kicked the groom who was kneeling on the ground and said through gritted teeth, "Jiang Dazhu, who do you think I am? Since I have said so, I will keep my word! Just consider that I shot the arrow just now. I didn't hit the big willow tree! If you hit it, you still win!"
Jiang Chengfeng waved his hands and said hypocritically, "Oh, that was just an accident! I think this is the way to go - let His Royal Highness shoot again, the last time doesn't count!"
Li An Ning snorted coldly, "No! Since I have said so, I must keep my word! Jiang Dazhu, you are making all kinds of excuses, are you afraid?"
Jiang Chengfeng sighed and said helplessly: "In this case, I will do it reluctantly! Let's give it a try!"
After saying that, he turned around and climbed onto the black horse's back, but his movements were clumsy, which caused everyone to laugh.
