Picturesque Rivers and Mountains in the Red Chamber

144 Chapter 3.51

Volume Three

3.51 I still can’t bear to fall out with these people.

On the sixth day of April in Longwu 49, the sun seemed to be particularly bright. It shone on the iron fence mountain with waving flags, making the entire valley a little more beautiful than usual. In the middle of the valley, a high platform with a height of one person had already been After setting it up, looking at the logos and decorations on it, it was obviously prepared for the emperor.

Zhou Yang is now standing on the flat ground that has been taken care of in front of the high platform. There are nearly 200 people around him. These people may be brave or strong, regardless of their actual appearance, at least they look like they are. ——No wonder, everyone knows that "judging people by their appearance" is wrong, but they still do it. Those who look crooked and cracked will never get in.

At this time, these people were all wearing weapons, but they did not have long-range weapons such as bows and crossbows. This was also a requirement for this spring hunting, and they were also required to carry long weapons for main battle purposes. However, these "heroes" were very It is obvious that most of them cannot be used in battle formations, and there are all kinds of long weapons. For example, there are more than a dozen of Guan Erye's Yanyue Swords, but they don't know that this kind of "weapon" can never be used in battle formations. In comparison, Zhou Yang's six-foot-six-broken horse sword is already normal.

"Junior brother Zhou is also here today?" Just as he was thinking about something, Chen Yejun pushed through the obstacles and greeted Zhou Yang with a forced smile. Just by looking at his expression, he obviously knew that what he did was not honest, " Fortunately, with my junior brother's skills, he will be able to show off his power today and win the favor of His Majesty."

"Yes, fortunately I can come!" He said angrily. Seeing that Chen Yejun was a little unhappy, he changed his direction, "Thanks to His Highness Yongchang's grace, I have the opportunity to come. What does Senior Brother Chen mean?" I understand that my mentor has too many social activities and it is normal that he cannot take care of him. I can understand that."

"Junior brother Zhou can think like this, and I feel relieved!" Chen Yejun said in a somewhat embarrassed tone, "I just didn't expect that the relationship between junior brother and His Highness Yongchang is really like this, which is really enviable - well, your Majesty's side There has been movement, there is a chance to talk next time!"

"Brother Chen, take care of yourself!" Zhou Yang smiled and said goodbye. This incident will definitely put a thorn in the relationship between the two parties, but since it has happened, it is impossible to recover, and Chen Yejun can come and say hello. , it has been regarded as the most benevolent and righteous, "It's just this opportunity, I must seize it no matter what, senior brother, please forgive me!"

"Brother, I understand!" Chen Yejun looked at him with a complicated expression, turned around and returned to his seat. Through the passage he squeezed out, Zhou Yang confirmed that except for Jia's family, the other six families of Hachigong had arrived and stood there. They were together, but it was the Jia family. The heirs on both sides did not come. They probably knew it well and did not come to embarrass themselves.

But all the "recommended quotas" from each family came, and they stood in a circle around the six people. However, he himself became the "exception". As a well-known "disciple of Rongguo Mansion" and "disciple of Qi State Mansion" in the capital, he was stunned. Being left out is a really interesting topic.

Furthermore, after he was a Jinshi in the martial arts examination in high school, he attended many celebration banquets. For example, those who were Jinshi in the same year invited each other to have banquets at home, and those who were originally in the martial arts examination in the same year drank together to celebrate and even came to congratulate them, etc. These days, I got to know a lot of people. People of the same year also consolidated the relationship. For example, the five originally agreed-upon martial arts candidates of the same year, Yuan Xiu, Zhao Tong and others came to visit as "subordinates".

But when he arrived at Bagong's house, only Chen Yejun invited him to a banquet and gave him a "congratulations". The others just borrowed the banquet and got over it. However, no one sent anyone to his house, let alone Not to mention Niu Ben, Liu Dong and others, I'm afraid they still don't know where Zhou Yang lives.

At the same time, Chen Yejun returned to his "area".

"Brother Chen, why didn't you give Ziyang a recommendation this time?" Shi Meng, a famous and inferior playboy, asked in confusion, "It's fine now. He came here on his own. How can we play together in the future?"

"Because he's here, we won't have anything to do." Before Chen Yejun could speak, Liu Dong had already taken over the conversation calmly, "Just look at his horse-breaking sword six feet away, and we just add up. Are you sure you can block him? Unfortunately, I underestimated his circle, and I didn’t expect His Highness Yongchang to be so kind to him, but this time I was acting like a villain in vain.”

"Didn't you say last time that he and His Highness Yongchang?" Shi Meng said dissatisfied.

"Be careful what you say!" Niu Ben glared at him fiercely, frightening Shi Meng to shut up quickly, "Whether this kind of thing is true or false, how can you talk nonsense here? We were just guessing at the time, and if the Tian family had such a Who really takes things like this seriously? I just didn’t expect that he would actually receive grace. It seems that he will have to make up for it in the future."

"Originally, we were going to arrange a thousand-household residence for him at will, but now it seems that we have to think carefully and find a decent place." Chen Yejun frowned and said, turning to look at Niu Ben and Liu Dong, "The two brothers thought Woolen cloth?"

"Yes!" Niu Ben and Liu Dong looked at each other, and finally Niu Ben spoke.

"What about this time?" Hou Fei frowned and said after the three of them had finished their discussion, "What if he is resentful and takes action without serious consequences, wouldn't we be embarrassed?"

"I just went over to solve this problem." Chen Yejun said calmly, "Don't worry, he is not an impulsive person. If he really breaks up with us this time, he will only be in trouble in the future, and we, There are still ways to arrange in the future." "We are obviously good brothers, but we insist on thinking so much, and now we are in trouble..." Shi Meng muttered a few words softly, and finally shut up helplessly under Niu Ben's gaze.

"Since you want to compensate, you might as well make things public. The appointment is still a bit too far away." Hou Fei frowned and said, "This time, His Majesty must conduct a screening before the official spring hunting. We It’s okay for the six families, but I’m afraid there won’t be a few candidates sent by Ning Rong’s Second Mansion.”

"Originally there were five in a family, and my own family was not enough, so how can I give others the space." Ma Xin, the governor of the country, said dissatisfiedly, "The Jia family is good. I don't care about my own family, but they give these precious places to outsiders. , I heard that the person who gives the most money will be given, do you still have the dignity of honor?"

"How can Ning Rong's second house still have any dignity at all?" Niu Ben smiled coldly, turned to look at Hou Fei and said, "Brother Hou, how do you want to compensate him?"

"I think his horse can also be called a sacred horse. It should have BMW blood, so there is no way to interfere." Hou Fei said with a smile, "It's just that he has always used the same BMW as when we first met. The bow, after so many days of use, must have lost its original performance, so give him a better one, at least to let the outside world understand that we will not treat our own people badly - he has been bleeding these days, and we cannot let him People are chilling."

"Okay." Chen Yejun frowned and nodded in agreement, "I'll go. Just when I came this time, my father prepared three sets of treasured bows, all of which were good things obtained from Prince Xining. I Just send it to him."

"Brother Chen, you might as well tell us about His Majesty's arrangements." Liu Dong stopped him and said, "Wait a minute, His Majesty is going to test the riding and archery of everyone in the school, and he must screen out a lot of fake things. Tell him in advance, and also Let him be prepared—by the way, if you can, you might as well pull him over and talk."

"Brother Liu is right!" Chen Yejun nodded with a smile.

After a while.

"Hahaha, Brother Zhou is here?" Seeing Chen Yejun pulling someone over unwillingly, Niu Ben, who had actually become the leader of the Eight Dukes, laughed and went up to hug him , "Well, what I did this time is indeed unethical. I hope you can understand me. Although each family has something in their hands, none of them only have the Duke's Palace, right?"

Okay, brother, I know I was wrong. Didn’t I just happen to see you and pull you over?Just now, Brother Liu said that you have always used the long bow we first saw. I guess you are no longer very handy, right?Come on, come on, brothers, isn't this prepared for you? "

"Junior brother, come and take a look!" Chen Yejun smiled and put a gorgeously decorated bow into his hand, "This is the treasure that my father asked for from Prince Xining. It is a stone and a half jade waist bow, and it is decorated like this. The white jade is made of the finest Hetian jade. Your Majesty will take the riding and archery test of everyone in the school later, so you can get familiar with it first!"

"Now that the elder brothers have spoken, what else can the younger brother say?" At least at this stage, Zhou Yang has not been able to fall out with these people, so he can only continue to treat me well. "The younger brother is just unhappy, how dare he Are you really bothering your mentor?"

"Hahaha——" The scene burst into laughter. At least on the surface, everyone had already moved on.

At the same time, behind the high platform.

"Did you be dragged away by Chen Yejun?" Princess Yongchang lay half-lying on a recliner casually, taking a sip of her teacup and said, "Is there any conflict?"

"No!" Smelling the aroma of wine in front of him, Dongfang Bing took the "tea cup" from Princess Yongchang's hand and put it aside with some distress, "He is not an impulsive person, and he will definitely not break up with those six families at this time, but Judging from his expression, he still showed appropriate dissatisfaction.”

"I may not even notice when he is acting." Princess Yongchang smiled faintly, "As long as everything is fine, if you work harder around the situation, how about I give you three days of rest afterwards so that you can enjoy it well? ?”

"Huh!" Dongfang Bing's cheeks turned red and he glared at his princess before leaving the back tent.

(End of this chapter)