"Hey—Brother Xi, Brother Xi!" Mu Yang chased after him, "Brother Shan Li!"
In the end, he still couldn't catch up, so he watched his carriage getting faster and faster, turned around the end of the road, and disappeared completely.
Mu Yang was at a loss, and stood there for a while, puzzled.
Wen Yantong walked over, put his hands in his hands, looked at the direction of the end of the road, and didn't speak.
Mu Yang stood for a while, then glanced at her, "It must be your fault."
Wen Yantong was startled, "Why are you blaming me again? I didn't do anything either!"
Mu Yang said, "Brother Xi was in a good mood in the carriage before, but after you got in the carriage, he became a little unhappy."
Wen Yantong was very helpless, "Then what do you think I should do? You want to call me out to play again, and you won't let me into the carriage, why don't you find a hemp rope to tie me to the roof of the carriage next time?"
He thought for a while and said, "Maybe he doesn't like your clothes."
She looked down at her clothes, "I see that the clothes look pretty."
"Then it might be the shoes you are wearing..." Mu Yang hesitated.
"Where is it? Is there a connection between them?" Wen Yantong shrugged, "Maybe it's because the young master hates me."
Who knew that Mu Yang immediately vetoed it, "That's impossible."
Wen Yantong glanced at him suspiciously, and hearing his casual tone, he turned around and said, "If brother Xi hates you, he won't let you get into the carriage at all, even if it's the shepherd's carriage."
Wen Yantong was stunned for a moment, and when he was still thinking about it, he saw Fu Zixian walking towards him, and said with a gentle smile, "Why don't you take the carriage of Fu's family, although it is not as good as Mu Shao's, it is still better than those of the car dealership. "
"It's a comparison, it's a comparison, why can't it be compared!" Mu Yang smiled and leaned over, "Hurry up, let's catch up with Brother Xi, he must have gone to Banxia Street to find Brother Qianyuan."
Wen Yantong and Mu Yang just got into Fu Zixian's carriage.
It gets dark early in winter, but only five or six o’clock, the night covers a large area of the sky, all kinds of lanterns are lit up on the street, and the lamps under the eaves are connected to a long road, which is dazzling and dense at first glance. Like stars. It really reflects the beauty and prosperity of Chaoge.
Wen Yantong lifted the curtain of the car and looked out, and saw that the streets and alleys were full of people, and there were hawker stalls on the side of the road, selling everything. Of course, the most sold are lanterns and sky lanterns. After all, it has been a tradition since ancient times to light up sky lanterns and play lanterns on the Lantern Festival.
People spend sixty-five days in prayer out of three hundred and sixty-five days in a year. Pray for the prosperity of the family and the prosperity of everything, and the safety and happiness of relatives. Whether it is the Spring Festival when the old and the new are out, or the Shangyuan when the family is reunited, they all carry the beautiful wishes of all living beings.
Wen Yantong took a long breath, and immediately felt extremely comfortable all over his body and mind. Being in such a bustling environment, any troubles would be temporarily put aside.
As the main venue for Lantern Festival Lantern Festival, Banxia Street is so grand that it attracts people who sing songs in the whole court, and creates a lively scene where thousands of people empty the alleys.
In order to maintain order in the streets, the government specially excluded a large number of guards from guarding the entrances of the streets. They would stop any carriages they saw, including dignitaries and dignitaries.
Wen Yantong got off the carriage, looked forward and saw the crowds on the street in front of him, the number of people made one's scalp tingle, it felt very crowded just by looking at it.
You can vaguely see the large lanterns on both sides of the road, woven into various shapes. Among them was a big lantern in the shape of a gold ingot, which was very eye-catching. Somebody sprinkled something on the ingot, and it seemed to be shining with golden light from a distance.
Wen Yantong exclaimed, "I really want to see it."
Mu Yang stood beside him and heard it. He glanced over and seemed to want to go too, but he gave Wen Yantong a hand, "Don't run around, there are so many people here, if you get separated, you can only see you tomorrow." gone."
Wen Yantong nodded, "Where do we go to find Young Master?"
Wen Yantong and Fu Zixian are not very tall, and they can only see farther if they hide in the crowd, but Mu Yang is not short. He grabbed Wen Yantong's arm with one hand and Fu Zixian's wrist with the other, and looked left and right by virtue of his height advantage.
He pointed to the front with his chin, "Shuoyue Restaurant, it's right there."
Wen Yantong jumped up and took a look, "Ah, we have to go to the opposite side of the road."
There is a dense crowd of people here, if you want to cross it, I'm afraid it will take a lot of effort. But Mu Yang didn't care much, he tilted his head to signal the guard beside him, "Make a way."
Several guards guarding beside him immediately stepped forward, using their unsheathed swords as barriers, abruptly blocking the flow of people, and opening a path in front of the three of them.
Wen Yantong couldn't help but marvel, what's the use of money? After all, it is still powerful.
Under the protection of the guards, Mu Yang dragged Wen Yantong and Fu Zixian to the opposite side of the road. No matter how lively the street is, the front of Shuoyue Tower is always well-behaved, and the servants guarding the door seem to know Mu Yang, and immediately greeted him and said, "Young Master and Fifth Highness are already waiting upstairs. "
Mu Yang nodded slightly, and led the people directly up to the second floor of Shuoyue, and entered a private room familiarly.
The heating in the private room was very strong, and as soon as they entered the door, they felt the heat rushing towards their faces, which melted the coldness of the three of them. After entering the room, Mu Yang greeted casually, "Sit down."
Then he took off the cloak, threw it on the soft bed beside him, pushed open the small door and went out. Outside the small gate is the open-air railing. Chi Jingxi and Cheng Xin are standing at the railing, looking at the people coming and going below.
"Brother Xi, how is my carriage going?" Mu Yang asked with a loud voice as soon as he arrived.
Chi Jingxi glanced at him and said nothing.
"You said you were going to leave, so tell me in advance, at least you have to take me with you, after all, it's not me who upset you, right?" Mu Yang squeezed to his side, "I have already taught Wen Yan a lesson for you. Tong, he promises not to do it again next time."
Chi Jingxi wondered, "What did you teach?"
Mu Yang just said that, patted Chi Jingxi on the shoulder, and said vaguely, "You understand."
Now Chi Jingxi wanted to roll up his sleeves and beat up Mu Yang on the spot. It's also very strange in my heart, although I was a little stupid at first, but Hao Lai is not so stupid
Cheng Xin smiled and said, "Did everyone bring it?"
Mu Yang said, "Of course, remember our bet?"
Cheng Xin said, "Of course I won't forget, how about it? When will I go?"
Chi Jingxi said, "There are too many people now, so let's go after this hour."
Although Mu Yang couldn't wait to go, he also knew that it was past half-hour and it was the time when there were many people, so in order to avoid being crowded, it was better to wait a while.
When the cold wind blew, he rubbed his nose, "Go in, what are you doing standing here, it's so cold."
Mu Yang opened the small door and called Chi Jingxi and Cheng Xin into the room. When Chi Jingxi stepped over the threshold, he happened to see Wen Yantong and Fu Zixian whispering to each other. They both laughed extremely happily.
I only heard Yantong say, "I definitely believe in your archery skills."
As soon as Fu Zixian started to smile, he saw the three of them had come in, and hurriedly touched Wen Yantong's elbow to remind him. Wen Yantong also felt the cold wind blowing in, immediately closed his mouth and stood up.
When they turned their heads to look at Cheng Xin, Wen Yantong and Fu Zixian made a small salute at the same time, "Your Highness Fifth."
Cheng Xin smiled and raised her hand, "Okay, how many times have I said it, you don't have to be rigid about etiquette in private."
Wen Yantong nodded slightly in response, but still didn't dare to look up at Chi Jingxi. Now she seems to have returned to the time when she was cautious everywhere, and she never dared to say a word or make an extra action, for fear of causing unnecessary attention and trouble.
Several people sat around the table, and as soon as Mu Yang took his seat, he couldn't wait to pull Fu Zixian, his movements were sticky and greasy, "Little brother Fu, have you practiced archery recently?"
Fu Zixian was not quite used to it, so he pulled his arm, "I practice every day."
"That's it, it's up to you to win that bow today." Mu Yang said with a smile, "We must grab it from Brother Xi."
Cheng Xin said, "Aren't you putting pressure on people for no reason?"
Mu Yang said, "I believe him."
Wen Yantong sighed again and again, don't talk about it, Hanhan, haven't you seen how dark your brother Xi's face is
Sure enough, Chi Jingxi asked, "I got three bulls-eyes in the martial arts test, and Fu Zixian only had two arrows. How do you have the confidence that he can take that bow?"
What he said was very measured, which meant that Fu Zixian's archery skills were not as good as his, and he was not blindly confident that he could win the bow.
Mu Yang said, "Didn't you say it earlier? This matter is not just about skill, luck also accounts for half!"
Chi Jingxi twitched his brows slightly, "Who do you think is better at archery, Fu Zixian or me?"
Mu Yang answered immediately, "Of course it belongs to Brother Fu!"
"I didn't ask you." Chi Jingxi cast a glance at him.
Cheng Xin also continued to answer, "Me? Naturally, I think it's better to be a single gift."
Who knows Chi Jingxi said, "It's not you either."
Cheng Xin couldn't hold back the corners of her mouth and smiled, shaking her head secretly.
There was a moment of silence on the table, and Fu Zixian said, "Of course the young master's archery skills are better..."
Chi Jingxi glanced at him indifferently, "Shut up."
Fu Zixian seemed to be frightened, shrunk his neck, and blushed.
The people at the table answered all the questions, but none of them were what Chi Jingxi wanted to ask, only Wen Yantong was left. The room fell silent immediately, and Chi Jingxi looked at her peacefully, without any emotions mixed in, but it made people feel oppressed. She swallowed anxiously, and replied, "Maybe, maybe it's Fu Zixian..."
"You think it's Fu Zixian?" Chi Jingxi's voice became a little cold.
Wen Yantong said, "It may also be Young Master."
I don't know if it's because of Wen Yantong's hesitant tone, or because of this "maybe", in short, the young master seems to be offended.
He lowered his eyes and said nothing, the atmosphere in the room instantly cooled down. Even Mu Yang didn't dare to laugh and laugh casually anymore, and frequently winked at Wen Yantong.
Wen Yantong's heart was also up and down, and she obviously felt that Chi Jingxi was angry because of her words. Maybe when she answered just now, she should directly answer that Chi Jingxi is better than Fu Zixian. Class words.
In addition, Mu Yang's eyelids almost twitched with winking, Wen Yantong finally couldn't hold back, and decided to coax Chi Jingxi with his mouth, so he spoke in the silence, and called out in a low voice, "Young Lord."
Fortunately, Chi Jingxi responded, raised his eyes slightly, and asked with a bad face, "What are you doing?"
Hearing this tone, Wen Yantong became a little scared again, what was meant to coax him, turned into, "My stomach hurts, I want to go to the toilet."
Chi Jingxi was so angry that he put the teacup on the table heavily, "Do you want to tell me specifically at this time?!"
Wen Yantong was startled, quickly shrank his head and stood up, put on his shoes and ran out of the private room in a hurry.
After coming out, he let out a long sigh of relief, the atmosphere in the secret passage was really scary. She planned to take a stroll outside and wait for Chi Jingxi to calm down before going back.
But it was the second time for her to come to Shuoyue Building, and she didn't know the structure inside, so she wandered around in the winding corridors. On weekdays, these aisles are always waiting for people, but today is the Shangyuan Festival, most of the servants have given leave, and today's business is good, the rest of the people are transferred to serve people in various private rooms.
So Wen Yantong walked around a few times, but no one came to stop her.
She was in a daze and didn't know where to turn, when she suddenly heard someone talking. Originally, her first reaction was to turn around and leave, and she didn't want to eavesdrop on something to cause trouble for herself, but who knew that she stopped immediately when she heard the words "Little Hou Ye".
"I heard that he is going to Linglong Building to compete for the Snow Jade Lotus Bow today?" someone said.
"That's right, the news is solid. It is said that Mu Yang wanted it, and he let it go a few days ago." Another person said.
"Wu Yutian, aren't you also at Songhai Academy? How about Mu Yang's archery skills?"
Wen Yantong was startled, he didn't expect to meet Wu Yutian here because the enemy's road is really narrow.
Then Wu Yutian's beating voice sounded, "Mu Yang's archery skills are average, but Chi Jingxi's archery skills are very good. One person took three arrows in the level shooting test that day, and he won the three-arrow bull's-eye. He is the only one in the academy. .”
"Isn't he determined to win the Snow Jade Bow?"
Wu Yutian said, "That's not necessarily the case. As the saying goes, people make mistakes, and Chi Jingxi may not always hit the bull's-eye. Young Master Jiang, don't worry."
Wen Yantong let out a pee secretly.
After hearing this, she didn't intend to listen any more, it was just a few people who were behind Chi Jingxi's archery.
But just as she was about to leave, a voice suddenly shouted from behind, "What are you doing here, Master?"
This sound not only startled Wen Yantong, but also frightened those who spoke. Wen Yantong thumped, the secret path was broken, this servant appeared at the right time!
She raised her steps and was about to leave when Wu Yutian jumped up like a monkey and grabbed Wen Yantong's clothes, "Where are you going!"
Wen Yantong turned his head, raised his hand and pushed him back two steps.
Seeing it was her, Wu Yutian glared, and immediately shouted, "It's you again! Wen Yantong, you are so brave! You dare to come in Shuoyue Building!"
Seeing that he had been discovered, Wen Yantong came in with Mu Yang Chi Jingxi anyway, so he couldn't save face, so he said, "Why can't I come in?"
Wu Yutian sneered, "I see, Fu Zixian brought you in, right? A mere bastard dares to bring a commoner into Shuoyue Tower..."
"Son?" Wen Yantong was a little annoyed, "No matter what, he came from the prime minister's mansion. Your son of a seventh-rank official can come in, but the son of Prime Minister Fu can't?"
Wu Yutian was so angry that his face was red and his neck was thick, just as the people behind him also came, he jumped to the side of those people, "Young Master Jiang, this is the person who eavesdropped on you just now!"
The man named Young Master Jiang walked over with squinted eyes, his face was somewhat similar to that of Jiang Ling, he seemed to be a brother. Wen Yantong remembered that Jiang Ling's brothers were all incompetent dandies who could do anything. Among them, Jiang Yi, the young master of the Jiang family, was the most disgusting. He didn't know how many innocent girls he had harmed in private.
However, the one standing in front of Wen Yantong happened to be Jiang Yi, he has always been a man and woman, he looked at Wen Yantong with sticky eyes, with dirty things hidden in it, and said softly, "Who is this young master? "
Wu Yutian hadn't noticed Jiang Yi's thoughts yet, and said, "He's the son of a commoner from out of town. He also studies in Songhai Academy. He likes to flatter Chi Jingxi on weekdays, and he always looks down on us people."
Wen Yantong looked at Wu Yutian coldly, didn't bother to argue with him, turned around and was about to leave.
Jiang Yi winked, and the guards around him stepped forward in two or three steps, trying to grab Wen Yantong's arm. But the servant who disturbed the whole group just now stood in front of Wen Yantong all of a sudden, why not, "Masters, this is the person brought in by the young master, if something goes wrong, the younger ones will not be easy to deal with." .”
Jiang Yi was furious, "What are you! How dare you stop me?"
The servant probably knows kung fu, so he was not afraid, and lowered his head and said, "I dare not, but if you young masters have any disputes, why don't you let me invite the young master and others, and you young masters will settle it by yourself."
Wen Yantong later realized that the reason why this Shuoyue building is dedicated to entertaining these high-ranking officials and nobles, and it can still stand in Chaoge, is of course some ability, I am afraid that there is not a single ordinary person in this building. And only now did she realize that the authority brought by the three words "little lord", as long as there are rules, she will be protected by the rights of the little lord.
Now Wen Yantong didn't seem to be afraid anymore.
She smiled at Wu Yutian, "What's the matter? Do you want to talk to Young Master in person?"
Wu Yutian was so angry that he gritted his teeth, but he didn't dare to answer this sentence. Jiang Yi was used to being rampant, and said coldly, "Okay, you can let me let you go if you want, just answer me a question, if I am satisfied, then I won't bother with you."
Wen Yantong stared directly at him, but didn't answer.
The corner of Jiang Yi's mouth slanted, and he smiled sinisterly, "Tell me, who is better at archery, Chi Jingxi or I?"
As soon as Wen Yantong heard it, he could feel the sinister thoughts of this man.
If she said that Jiang Yi was good, it would be tantamount to losing face to Chi Jingxi. If the two faced each other next time, Jiang Yi might make fun of Chi Jingxi with this incident. But if she said that Chi Jingxi was good, Jiang Yi would say that he was not satisfied with this answer, and would continue to be embarrassed.
In the blink of an eye, Wen Yantong already understood what he was thinking, but he didn't want to agree with him at all, so he snorted heavily, "Isn't this nonsense? Naturally, the young master's archery skills are good. Looking at the whole court Song, can you find someone who is better at archery than Young Master Ye?"
Jiang Yi didn't expect her to say that, and his expression was a little grim, "You have to think clearly about this."
"I'm telling the truth, I have a clear conscience." Wen Yantong sneered, his brows and eyes filled with contempt, "Even if you have practiced with a bow for a hundred years, you still can't compare to the young master!"
Her voice was a little loud, and it reached the end of the road. And at the corner, Chi Jingxi stood with downcast eyes, the corners of his always calm mouth slightly raised after hearing this sentence.