Jin Lu walked in from the outside carrying a red sandalwood open-carved food box with crabapple patterns, which contained the cherries that Jinghe Villa gave to each yard. The cherries were grown by the villa itself, just picked from the tree, fresh and plump, with dewdrops that condensed last night hanging on them.
Jin Lu walked into the Dongkua courtyard, thinking about what to cook for the young lady. Cherry cheese and sugar cheese with cherries are both good, miss likes to eat sweet, so pour more sugar cheese... She was about to go to the kitchen, but she almost bumped into a wall when she entered the door! Fortunately, she reacted quickly, quickly stabilized her footsteps, patted her chest and looked at the other party.
Wearing an indigo water weft brocade robe, ink-colored embroidered gold dark pattern soap boots, and a jade belt around the waist, the accumulated stones are like jade, and the pine trees are like emerald green.
Jin Lu swallowed, thinking that luckily he didn't bump into it just now: "His Royal Highness Prince Jing..."
However, the person in front of him didn't respond, Meifeng was cold, and looked at the two people under the plane tree in front of him calmly. Jin Lu followed his gaze, and saw that Wei Luo and Song Hui hadn't noticed that someone was coming. They were probably talking about something funny when they were young. Wei Luo smiled slightly, revealing the dimples on her cheeks. Song Hui stood with his hands behind his back, looking at her fondly. The two stood side by side, looking like a golden boy and a jade girl, a match made in heaven.
Jin Lu looked at this scene very harmoniously, there was nothing strange about it, but why His Highness Prince Jing exuded a gloomy aura
Just as she was wondering, Wei Luo looked around and finally noticed Zhao Jie's arrival. She frowned and called out with a smile, "Brother Jing Wang!"
Zhao Jie finally moved, put away the hostility in his eyes, curled his lips, and walked up to the two of them.
Wei Luo looked at Jin Lu who left with the food box, then looked at him again, tilted her head and asked, "When did Brother Jing come here? Why didn't you say anything? Have you been standing for a long time?"
Zhao Jie's eyes fell on Song Hui, and he said calmly, "It's not been a long time, I just arrived." After finishing speaking, he looked at his hand that was picking petals for Wei Luo, and bent his lips, saying meaningfully: "I'll come and see if you're used to living here. I didn't expect Mr. Song to be more caring and come earlier than this king."
Song Hui stepped back half a step, bowed and saluted, "I have seen His Royal Highness Prince Jing." After speaking, he got up to meet Zhao Jie's gaze, and could clearly feel Zhao Jie's hostility towards him.
Although he was reading at home, it didn't mean he didn't hear anything outside the window. At this moment, he couldn't help thinking of some rumors from the outside world. Prince Jing has a very fond eye for the fourth lady of the British government, loves her uncontrollably, and often gives her presents. Others thought it was because of Princess Tianji. Wei Luo and Princess Tianji had a good relationship and were about the same age, so Zhao Jie loved her as a younger sister. Song Hui originally thought so, but looking at it today, it is not entirely true.
Men know best what men think. Zhao Jie's relationship with Ah Luo may not be as simple as the outside world thinks.
Song Hui smiled, and said neither humble nor overbearing: "Ah Luo is delicate, and it's the first time to spend the night on the mountain. I'm worried that she won't be used to living here, so I should come and see." Luo Luo has been close to me since I was a child, and I haven't been with my uncle these two days, so I, as her cousin, naturally have to take care of her more."
Zhao Jie looked at him without saying a word. There was a hint of a smile on the lips, but the eyes were cold, containing a gust of wind and rain.
After a while, he nodded thoughtfully, stopped obsessing with this topic, and changed his mind to ask: "I just heard that Mr. Song will also participate in hunting tomorrow. I didn't expect Mr. Song, a Confucian scholar, to know how to ride horses and shoot arrows. I don't know how to do archery." How? Would you like to compete with me tomorrow?"
Hunting is originally a competition among men, and there is no reason to refuse. Song Hui was fearless, and accepted his challenge openly and generously: "Thanks to the lord, I will accompany you to the end tomorrow. It's just that Song is not good at archery, I hope the lord can be merciful."
Zhao Jie put his hand behind his back, and bent his lips intriguingly: "Young Master Song is joking, on the hunting ground, there is no reason to hand over the prey you fancy."
Song Hui froze, he didn't expect him to speak so bluntly, he couldn't answer for a long time.
It is self-evident who the prey is, the two men know it well, and neither of them is willing to give in. After all, it was the little girl whom I watched growing up, and now she is slim and charming, and it is impossible for them to give it to each other.
However, the favored prey was completely unaware of the hidden turmoil between them, thinking that they were really explaining tomorrow's hunting competition, and asked while eating sugar cheese and cherries: "Brother Song Hui hasn't held a bow and arrow for a long time, is it true?" Is it okay?"
Song Hui was cared by her, and the depression in his heart was swept away. He rubbed her head and said, "Don't worry, Ah Luo, Brother Song Hui won't embarrass you."
Wei Luo wasn't afraid of losing face, but just worried about whether he could handle it. His level is almost the same as Chang Hong's. If he can't handle it, then Chang Hong should be the same. In the end, I was just worried about Chang Hong.
She said sincerely: "then you be careful, don't get hurt."
Song Hui was very useful and said yes with a smile.
She also wanted him to take care of Chang Hong, but before she could say anything, she saw Zhao Jie looking over with burning eyes, the smile on his lips faded, and his eyes were dim. Wei Luo was slightly taken aback, did she say something wrong? Why is he so ugly? After thinking about it carefully, he added a sentence: "Brother Prince Jing, please don't get hurt."
Zhao Jie's complexion did not improve. Caring about Song Hui first before caring about him, could it be that his status is not as high as Song Hui's in her heart
Wei Luo didn't know what was going on in his mind at all. Seeing that he didn't appreciate it, she pursed her lips and lowered her head to eat the cherry silently.
Song Hui asked her if she was used to living there, she nodded and said she was used to it. In addition, she asked some questions about board and lodging, and she agreed on them one by one. At the end of the day, when all the questions were finished, Song Hui had no reason to stay any longer, so he said goodbye to her, "Since there is nothing else, I'll go back to my own place first. If you need anything, just tell me, and I will send someone to take care of it.”
She nodded and thanked, "Brother Song Hui, go and do your own work, don't worry about me."
Song Hui turned away and left, and when passing by Zhao Jie, he asked, "It's getting late, isn't your lord going back?"
Zhao Jie looked at him with a smile that was not a smile, "Liuli asked me to tell Ah Luo a word, and I will leave after I finish speaking."
Song Hui had nothing to say, so he bid farewell and left.
Ah Luo ate more than half of the plate of cherries, and her mouth was filled with the sweet taste of candy. Hearing Zhao Jie's words, she asked curiously, "What does Liuli want to tell me?"
Finally, there were only the two of them left in the courtyard. Zhao Jie stepped forward, took out the handkerchief in his sleeve and wiped the corners of her mouth, and asked without answering, "Are cherries delicious?"
Wei Luo blinked in confusion, nodded and said it was delicious.
Zhao Jie stared at her pink lips, and said in a low voice, "I want to taste it too."
She thought he wanted to eat cherries, so she pushed the plate in front of him: "Then I'll eat it for you."
As expected, the little girl has grown up. When she was a child, she would feed him candy with a naive expression on her face, but now she can only say "I'll eat it for you". Zhao Jie didn't eat in the end, he stood up and said: "Ah Luo, when you grow up, you can't let men come and go in and out of your yard at will."
Wei Luotan opened his mouth slightly, "Liuli asked you to tell me this?"
He was smiling, a little helpless, "What do you think?"
She was so clever that it was impossible not to know what he was referring to.
Wei Luo did understand, Liuli was just an excuse, what he said just now was the point. Her eyelashes trembled, she did not agree for the first time, and retorted: "Brother Song Hui is not another man, he has been engaged to me since we were young."
Zhao Jie's hand on the stone table tightened suddenly, and he stared at her closely.
If he hadn't been worried about her presence, maybe he would overturn the stone table to the ground in the next moment.
At 9:00 the next day, the hunting competition officially began.
Before dawn, the horn was blown on the mountain, and dozens of horses rushed into the forest in one fell swoop, with a huge and deafening sound.
After Wei Luo was woken up by the sound, she couldn't fall asleep anymore, so she simply sat up to wash up, and after breakfast, she went to find Liang Yurong. Liang Yurong also got up early, and was about to go to Zhanyue Building in the backyard to watch the hunting. Zhanyue Building is built behind Jinghe Villa, with five floors up and down. Standing on the fifth floor, you can have a panoramic view of the entire Changxun Mountain. The view there is very good, even watching the hunting is not a problem, so many girls go there to see the demeanor of young heroes.
Liang Yurong held her arm: "Let's go and see, maybe we can see your brother Song Hui!"
Wei Luo smiled sheepishly, but said nothing.
Zhao Jie left after she said those words yesterday, without a smile on her face when she left, and she was in a bad mood after all. She said that on purpose, she and Song Hui still have a marriage contract, no matter whether she will marry Song Hui or not, Zhao Jie will be too lenient.
Halfway through, she suddenly remembered something, and said to Liang Yurong, "By the way, can you show me your brother's handwriting?"
Liang Yurong was quite puzzled, "My brother's handwriting is scribbled and messy, what do you see in his handwriting? Aren't you writing Zanhua Xiaokai?"
Wei Luo had already thought up an explanation: "Mr. Xue has taught me to write cursive script these days, but I can't write well, and I don't dare to ask Mr. for advice. I heard that brother Liang is good at cursive, so I want to borrow his calligraphy to go back and learn some things." .”
Generally, people with profound knowledge can write several kinds of calligraphy, and the same is true for educating disciples, so Wei Luo's reason is still reasonable. Liang Yurong showed embarrassment: "I didn't bring anything with me this time, so I can only give it to you when I go back..." As soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly remembered: "My brother brought a copy of "The Six Secret Secrets of the Grand Duke", which happened to be put on the book. Here I am, there is his handwriting on it, you can take it back and have a look!" Then he asked the maid to go back to the room to take it out.
Not long after, the servant girl left and returned, Liang Yurong handed the book to Wei Luo: "You can read it, anyway, he is not in a hurry to use it, and it's not too late to return it to me when he finishes reading it."
Wei Luo thanked her, handed the book to Bai Lan, and asked Bai Lan to put it back in her room.
This little episode was ignored.
The two little girls walked into Zhanyue Tower side by side. Many girls had already come upstairs, and there were many familiar faces. In the middle of the fifth floor is a small red lacquer mother-of-pearl table with snacks. A bamboo mat is laid on the mat, so you can sit on the ground, or stand behind the railing to watch the situation on the hunting ground.
The hunting ground was already full of fierce fighting. The sound of horseshoes alarmed the animals looking for food in the forest, and the animals fled in all directions, panicking. The teenagers raised the horn bows in their hands, nocked the arrows and opened the bows, the movements were smooth, aiming at the prey they had already found, and let go of them suddenly—
The arrow left the string and hit the prey in the distance with a "swish" sound!
Liang Yurong said in amazement: "My brother is really amazing!"
The boy who shot the sika deer not far away was Liang Yurong's older brother Liang Yu. Liang Yu was dressed in a Hu suit, which made him look taller and stronger. He has been practicing martial arts all year round, and his skin is dark brown, and his smile is bright and shining. Liang Yu rode forward, picked up his prey, and handed it to the servants behind him. He clamped the horse's belly tightly and held the rein in his hand. His heroic figure quickly disappeared into the mountains and forests, leaving people with infinite reverie.
Wei Luo withdrew her gaze, and glanced at Li Xiang who was wearing an autumn-colored skirt.
Li Xiang stared intently at the direction Liang Yu left, and didn't even respond to the girl beside her talking to her. The girl called her three times, and she finally recovered, "What did you say?"
The girl gave her an annoyed look, "Take a look, just keep watching..."
Li Xiang quickly picked up a piece of pea cake and stuffed it into her mouth, not letting her continue talking. The girl was also a sense of proportion, she chewed and swallowed, but she didn't finish her sentence, but changed her mouth to talk about other topics.
Wei Luo looked away, and a smile flashed in his eyes.
Regardless of whether Liang Yu was the No. 1 martial artist in his previous life, at least now, Li Xiang is interested in Liang Yu.
The first day of hunting did not end until Shen Shi.
The men came back from the mountains one after another, each with a different harvest, either deer or rabbits. Because the competition will continue the next day, the steward specially prepared a dinner tonight, so that everyone can eat, drink, and refresh themselves, so that they can go all out tomorrow.
The dinner was held at the end of You hour in the front hall of the villa.
Wei Luo went to visit Chang Hong, and was relieved to see that he was intact and not injured. She returned to her courtyard, took out the "Six Secret Teachings of the Grand Duke" that Liang Yurong had given her, and turned to the page with Liang Yu's handwriting. She sat in front of the desk and contemplated it for a while, then asked Jin Lu to get a pen and paper, and imitated a passage in Liang Yu's handwriting.