Spring hunting is a traditional social activity of the imperial aristocrats, to show that the Great Qin established the country with force and never forgets the foundation of the country. Due to the different sponsors, participants and hunting locations, they are divided into many categories.
The Tianxuan Spring Hunt that Qiqi is going to participate in is the lowest level, only for young noble children below the seventh level, including their followers who will end up with them, and they cannot exceed the seventh level.
There are also two major hunting activities in the Emperor Garden and Beihai Spring Hunting specially set up for those below the seventh level. Among them, Beihai and Tianxuan are on the same level, while Emperor Garden is sponsored by the royal family, with the highest standard. The core heirs of the four major clans will all be present, and the major families will also send their direct descendants to participate. All are ineligible to participate, except for individual invitations.
The threshold for Tianxuan Chunshou is not so high. This time the list of participants is at the top of the list of two clans, the Yanyun Zhao family and the Gaoling Song family.
Qianye stared at Song Zining's name for a while, and suddenly felt upset. He knew that the sequelae of advanced blood qi came again. The normal blood qi became much stronger after the nine paths merged into one, and even the golden purple blood qi couldn't be swallowed, so he became restless intermittently, which actually affected Qianye's mood a little.
He let out a sigh of relief, put down the materials, walked into the quiet room next door and began to practice the art of war. More force can not only feed ordinary blood energy, but also faintly restrain the dryness of blood energy in the body, making the state of boiling blood more controllable.
Two days later, a "Feihong" class airship capable of traveling between continents lifted off from outside Xichang City, slowly leaving the Eternal Night Continent behind, and sailed into the vast void. The airship is shaped like a boat, and the seven-story main building is dominated by blue and green, decorated with auspicious animals, full of ancient charm.
At this moment, the atmosphere on the top floor of the building was tense. Qianye stood by the window, seemingly looking out the window, but his face was gloomy and full of anger. In front of him stood two trembling young girls in light shirts and skirts, each holding a tray.
Qiqi, who was sitting on the couch at the other end, was smiling like a flower. She was wearing the traditional dress of an imperial lady, with wide sleeves and a silk belt, and a deep black background decorated with aquamarine decorations. If her sitting posture could be more dignified, she would be An out-and-out lady from a family. But she leaned on one side of the armrest with no poise, resting her chin on her right hand, and looked Qianye up and down.
"You promised to protect me!"
"I didn't agree to wear this kind of thing." Qianye glanced at the tray in the girl's hand with disgust. It was a set of clothes and accessories that were the same as Qiqi's, that is, women's clothing!
Qiqi said with a smile: "Look, I chose this kind of ancient clothes on purpose. The difference between men's clothes and women's clothes is the left front and right front! You can't tell it unless you look carefully. And as long as it's good on the first day, When we settle down, we won’t have to meet outsiders!”
It turns out that according to the rules of Spring Hunting, although Qiqi has a large number of followers and guards, she can only form a team of nine people after entering the hunting ground. The extra people are either for logistics or hunting independently.
The spring hunting lasts for a month, and 15 days of it will go deep into the hunting grounds. Qiqi is the daughter of a family, so of course she can't just mix with a group of big men. From the etiquette point of view, she must bring at least one female companion to eat and live with her. And in the list that Qiqi reported, that female companion was Qianye.
Qianye was deeply suspicious of this inexplicable etiquette.
Qiqi lobbied hard, "Look, Aunt Lan is eighth level, so she can't participate in hunting. These chicks are only two or three level, and the core area of the hunting ground is to die. You promised to protect me!"
Qianye's effects from taking too much blood energy these days hadn't completely disappeared, and he was extremely irritable and impatient. At this moment, he didn't want to argue with Qiqi anymore, so he turned around and was about to walk to the door.
Qiqi jumped up and grabbed him, "I can't share a tent with other people! And if you want to sleep with me, if nothing else, my old man will kill you."
Qianye retorted: "I changed into women's clothes, but I didn't really become a woman. We slept in a tent, wouldn't your old man know about it?"
"Of course he does. It's no big deal."
"Then you said just now that he was going to chop me up."
Qiqi said: "All he cares about is the family style of the Yin family. As long as it is a woman in the information and in front of everyone, then he will not know."
Qianye didn't know what to say, he also saw the damn information. Qian Xiaoye! Did Qiqi think that adding the word Xiao in the middle of her name would make her look like a woman
In this way, amidst Qianye's raging anger, the airship crossed the void star road, flew to Jinzhong, an important town in the central part of Qinlu, and landed slowly.
The Tianxuan Spring Hunting was organized by Duke Wei, who sealed off the territory here, and the hunting ground was the Tianxuan Mountains to the west of Jinzhong. The mountainous area here is said to have different veins, storing a large number of rare ore veins, and the force is very disordered. Therefore, not only are there various ferocious beasts infested, but rare and rare grasses may also be unearthed, and according to the spring hunting practice, in order to increase the difficulty, Duke Wei will also throw some dark race warriors into the hunting ground.
Imperial spring hunting, no matter what level and specification it is, pays attention to actual combat with real swords and guns. To Xijiang Chunshou, who is above the seventh level and under the general, it is a small battle to face aliens and rebels.
The spring hunting camp was set up in the other courtyard of Wei Guogong at the foot of Tianxuan Mountain. Said to be another courtyard, its size is equivalent to a small city. Although more than ten aristocratic families, hundreds of gentry participated in each time, and the total number of entourage guards exceeded 10,000, the other courtyards could calmly accommodate them.
Qiqi took Qianye and a group of escorts to transfer to a small boat at the airship base in Jinzhong Town and headed for the spring hunting camp. As the core figure of the younger generation of the Yin family, Qiqi herself has contacts with many descendants of aristocratic families. When she arrived at the camp, more than ten noble teenagers had come to the airship base to welcome her.
Qiqi was originally the most eye-catching existence in the crowd, but when Qianye appeared behind her, she received countless fiery gazes in an instant.
He finally put on the wide-sleeved gown that was exactly the same as Kiki's, with his half-length black hair hanging down. His face didn't even need to be particularly easy to make up. He only slightly modified the edges and corners of his eyebrows and eyes, softening the originally sharp and sharp outline, and his appearance was naturally intimidating.
Qianye and Qiqi were almost the same height, Qiqi was in a particularly good mood, and her phoenix eyes were particularly charming, but Qianye was extremely cold, almost murderous standing there. Seeing the two girls who looked like twins, these noble teenagers were fascinated for a moment.
Being watched with such eyes, Qianye's chest was filled with anger, and he had the urge to explode on the spot.
Qiqi is very good at dealing with such situations, chatting and laughing with a group of familiar and unfamiliar noble teenagers, until she boards the carriage sent by the Weiguo Gongyuan. Qianye followed Qiqi into the car, slammed the door heavily, blocking the hot eyes of the noble youths, and then said coldly: "I don't like this identity."
Qiqi immediately comforted her: "Just show up at the beginning, and after the welcome banquet is over tonight, you'll be fine!"
The carriage sped along and entered the courtyard assigned to the Yin family. This is a compound with several fronts and backs. Not only is there a rockery, a pond, and a flower garden, but there is even a small hot spring behind the house. The environment is really indescribably quiet and elegant. There are several rows of one-story houses built in the outer courtyard, which can accommodate hundreds of people as guards. But Qianye, as Qiqi's "female companion", does not have a separate residence, and his residence is arranged outside the master bedroom.
Traditionally, the participants of the spring hunting will rest in another courtyard for a day to relieve the fatigue of the long-distance travel. Some of the entourage guards will set off early tomorrow morning to the advance base deep in the Tianxuan Mountains to arrange accommodation and logistical supplies. The leaders who lead the team will wait until everything is ready before setting off.
Therefore, this evening, the Weiguo Guild hosted a banquet for the guests, as the beginning of the Spring Hunting.
At nightfall, the largest Wu'an hall in the other courtyard is brightly lit, maids shuttle back and forth, delicious wine is like a spring, and delicacies are like a mountain, and they are delivered to the table in an endless stream. There are many young talents from aristocratic families. Most of the men are dressed in imperial military uniforms or samurai uniforms.
Even among so many handsome men and beauties, Qiqi and Qianye were the focus of everyone's attention. The two wear the same clothes, but have very different temperaments, and they are extremely eye-catching when walking in the crowd.
Qianye followed closely behind Qiqi, without looking sideways, without saying a word, the hot or jealous gazes around him made him extremely uncomfortable. Since the core hunting teams of each family were limited to nine people, they would almost always choose members of the sixth and seventh levels with their own specialties. In contrast, Qianye was only at the fifth level, which became particularly eye-catching.
Miss Qiqi has long been famous for her hobby of eating all men and women, so among those whispers, some are criticizing Qiqi for finding a new plaything and bringing it to the hunting ground without knowing how serious it is. However, the noble youths were not interested in Qianye's strength at all. What they talked about in private was his unique "temperament", a cold special temperament mixed with strong murderous aura, which made them feel incomparably stimulated and even shuddered.
Qianye was gloomyly staring at his toes, listening to Qiqi chatting with a few acquaintances from the same province from the tea party to the horse race, when suddenly there was a long announcement from the gate: "The seventh son of the Song Clan, Song Zining is here!" !"
The noisy hall was silent, and almost everyone's eyes fell on the gate. A group of handsome young men and women walked in, surrounded by a gentle and handsome aristocratic youth.
The young man was dressed in a light blue ancient costume with large sleeves, graceful and graceful, as gentle as jade, with a smile on his face and eyes from time to time, making one look like a spring breeze.
He didn't have any ornaments on his whole body, except for the row of jade buttons on his breast that revealed a faint luxury. Those natural blood jades, which are crystal clear and delicate, seem to be filled with smoke, are the best force medium, and each one is worth tens of thousands of gold. Such a complete set of similar size and texture is almost priceless. Among the four clans, the Song clan started as a businessman in his early years, and he behaved the most moderately and made good connections, but he ranked first among the four clans in terms of wealth.
Qianye was only stunned, and recognized that the Seventh Son of the Song Clan in front of him was indeed a classmate of the Huangquan training camp back then. However, Song Zining's appearance did not change much when he became an adult, but his temperament was completely different.
People around were whispering about this rookie of the Song Clan who had risen like a comet. Song Zining kept a low profile until the Song Clan announced the list of candidates for heir, and then suddenly appeared in people's sight. There is very little information about him.
When Song Zining walked into the hall, everyone immediately surrounded him and greeted him. Even the slightest relationship with the Song family hundreds of years ago was used by some people as a pretext.
Song Zining's smile was like a spring breeze, warm and intoxicating, and some noble ladies looked at him and began to show admiration. He answered one by one as he walked, concise and polite, not letting anyone fail. But if you observe carefully, you will find that there is a faint difference between closeness and estrangement. The children of the aristocratic family obviously receive more attention than the gentry, and those who rank higher in the aristocratic family and have a close relationship with the Song clan will get more time and more attention. look.
These details are the most important consideration for the social skills of a child from a family. Song Zining is not only well-mannered and has no omissions, what is rare is that he does not procrastinate. He can deal with groups of people one by one in a blink of an eye, which fully demonstrates the basic talents of the core children of the Song family. , so that many older people present nodded secretly.
"I hate this guy!" Qiqi whispered in Qianye's ear, as if knowing that he had doubts, she added, "Because the women around him are very annoying."
It was only then that Qianye noticed that Song Zining was followed by several girls, including Ye Mulan, but the others had occasional conversations with Song Zining, their expressions were intimate, and their relationship seemed unusual. Ye Mulan, who was dressed up, looked more and more outstanding. She followed Song Zining closely, her expression was cold and arrogant, and she didn't even glance over the corners of her eyes at the surrounding group of nobles and children from small families.
Song Zining saw Qiqi from a distance, and immediately walked over with a smile. He strode in front of Qiqi, his eyes suddenly passed her, and stopped on Qianye's face, the warm smile that never seemed to change suddenly froze.