Picturesque Rivers and Mountains in the Red Chamber

Chapter 24 2.1 No wonder you are reluctant to leave it at home

Volume Two

2.1 No wonder you are reluctant to keep it at home

Celebrating the official signing of the contract, today's third update - Well, the humble author Ji Ruixiang asked, do you guys still have monthly tickets?

"Master, you missed most of your shots again, and only one hit the target." With a weak voice, Qingwen, who was the "Arrow Boy" who picked up the arrows, had a gloomy expression, and threw the nine arrows in her hand at Zhou Yang In front of him, he turned around and hugged the nag's neck and complained, "horse, it's been hard on you. It's been a few days, but the young master still can't shoot. You have to work so hard to run one after another!"

"Qingwen, you damn girl, you dare to say sarcastic words again." Zhou Yang was extremely embarrassed, but he couldn't solve the problem, so he could only try to solve the person who raised the problem.

"Oh, my horse, I've been reprimanded again. Fortunately, I've been running around a lot these days and I've been exercising well. Otherwise, I wouldn't be scared out of my wits if I was reprimanded like this. I'll let the heartless young master do it on his own from now on." Pick up the arrow!" But before Zhou Yang could finish speaking, one after another sarcastic remarks came to him, making him almost vomit blood and fall to the ground.

"Hmph!" Being so angry that he lost his temper, Zhou Yang could only jump off his horse, vent his anger, picked up the arrows on the ground, and shot them all in one breath. Not one of them missed the target - the target for mounted archery was only 35 steps. For Zhou Yang now, that is really for entertainment purposes.

"Young master, don't be anxious. You just need to practice more." Realizing that she might have been exaggerating, Qingwen hurried over and gently hugged Zhou Yang to comfort her, "Anyway, when the young master practiced foot shooting, he started from scratch. This riding It shouldn't be difficult to shoot, isn't it because of this stupid horse? I know that the young master will definitely succeed!"

"Okay, let's take a rest. The sky is getting dark again. It feels like it's the end of February and the days are still a bit shorter." Zhou Yang helplessly patted the maid's head and went to collect the arrows. "Fortunately, we are lucky. , I met a blind deer running over, and there was meat to eat at night!"

"Young master is so cruel, you can bear to shoot such a cute deer!" Seeing Zhou Yang coming over with the prey, Qingwen couldn't help but touch the antlers and complain, "It would be great if you kept it for fun, but now Dead, how pitiful!"

"Okay, don't eat that night." Zhou Yang thought of those modern "animal protection".

"Humph, the deer is cute, so it should be delicious too, right?" What kind of messed up understanding is this?

Walking and joking, the two soon returned to the cave they had lived in for the past few days. It was more than ten meters deep and had a small mouth and a big belly. No "aboriginal people" could be seen. Fortunately, there was no strange smell. In addition, The northern land was dry, so Zhou Yang simply put down the bedding carried by the horse and lived there until now.

This deer was not small. After being cut and processed, the venison alone weighed fifty or sixty kilograms. Qingwen, who had just scolded her young master for being cruel, turned around and started eating without any hesitation. Eating meat in the wild would naturally be barbecued, but it was a pity. Zhou Yang didn't find cumin, otherwise it should taste better.

"Be good, eat less. If you eat too much at night, you will easily accumulate food, not to mention there is still so much meat." Seeing that the girl couldn't finish eating, Zhou Yang had to stop her, tidied her up for a while, and started to spread, "It's just the weather today. Yes, but it’s a pity that the moon is reluctant to come out as the end of the month is approaching.”

"Fortunately, the weather is nice, and the stars - well, Master, are those seven ones connected like spoons the Big Dipper?" For some reason, Qingwen seemed particularly excited today, "In this case, Altair and Vega are..."

"Okay, stop looking. Follow the direction of my finger. It's on both sides, just across the Milky Way." Zhou Yang smiled and hugged her, "Fortunately, the so-called 'Cowherd and Weaver Girl' is just a legend, let alone the Queen Mother, that one The 'Milky Way' that looks very bright is actually made up of countless stars put together."

"Really?" Qingwen's excitement disappeared, and her expression became very melancholy, "Master, we won't be kicked out like Cowherd and Weaver Girl, and then we can only see each other once a year?"

"Damn hoof, what are you thinking about?" Zhou Yang knocked her angrily, looked at a large stone, and simply pulled her over to sit down and rest, "I see that you are always absent-minded these days. , and you still give your young master a look from time to time, what’s going on, huh?”

"Master, you must participate in martial arts, right?" Qingwen whispered, and after seeing Zhou Yang nod, she asked, "Then - if you have a young lady in the future, you won't beat me to death directly, right?"

"Qingwen, did you hear something?" Zhou Yang's expression gradually became serious.

"My uncle came over two days ago and talked about the affairs of Rongguo Mansion. The second master Lian in the manor was engaged and had sent out several serving girls." Qingwen said quietly, "I heard that there is a The girl realized she was desperate, so she hanged herself without anyone noticing, but she still couldn't stay and was thrown into a mass grave."

"That's just because he's such a waste." Zhou Yang said lightly, and simply picked up Qingwen and walked back, "Men have their own responsibilities, just like in this era, women can only stay with one person, but men can have three wives and four Like a concubine, this is not a big problem, but if you don't have one, that's it. Once you get your girl, you should take good care of her.

I know that Mr. Lian you are talking about has a lot of problems with a playboy, but he still has some ability. Unfortunately, he has no responsibility and no courage. He was scared to make arrangements in advance just because he heard about his fiancée’s temper. Don’t worry, in the future No matter who enters the door, they can't kick you away, not even the golden branches and jade leaves of the emperor's house. "Yes, I believe it." "As if she was relieved, Qingwen actually fell asleep on the not-so-long road. Anyway, in this mountainous area, she could only simply wash up. Zhou Yang simply returned to the cave and spread insect repellent and snake repellent. He lit a fire at the entrance of the cave again, and fell asleep with his sister in his arms.

Early the next morning, the faint chirping of birds from outside the cave woke him up from his dream. He opened his eyes in a daze and found that the sky outside was already bright, and there was even sunlight shining into the cave. But the most important thing was that A loud "rumbling" sound came along the ground, and it was obvious that a large group of people was coming.

"Your Highness, be careful, there are people here!" After a moment, someone shouted out not far from the cave entrance, "This fire should be from yesterday. There is a horse tied over there, and there are people nearby!"

"Be on guard!" Then a man shouted, and there was a crashing sound outside the cave. It must be the bodyguard of "His Highness", "Who dares to run wild in the royal hunting ground? Come out immediately, otherwise you will be shot!"

"Guard Luo, it doesn't have to be like this. Maybe there are just ordinary people here to make a living. Don't accidentally hurt good people." Unexpectedly, the next voice turned out to be a female voice, which sounded very powerful. "Don't attack casually, be careful. Just take care of it.”

"Yes, Your Highness the Princess!" It must have been "Guard Luo" who just agreed, and then continued to shout, "Come out, Your Highness Princess Yongchang has exempted you from the crime of disturbing!"

"Master, are there really people from the royal family?" Qingwen, who was also woken up, was obviously panicked. "Are we going out? Will they take us?"

"No, I can see that they are reasonable." Zhou Yang could only believe this. He quickly packed his clothes, thought about it and hung the long sword on his waist, strode out of the cave, and went straight to the thirty-year-old girl who was still there. The men and horses walked away, "I pay my respects to the scholar Zhou Yang! I don't know which highness is here. I apologize for disturbing you!"

"Oh?" Probably after hearing Zhou Yang calling himself "Chen", the peripheral guards relaxed a lot. The leader, "Luo Guard", who should be the leader, strode forward to greet him. But before he could say anything, a man riding on a snow-white BMW The woman has already spoken, "Wu Xiucai? Come and talk!"

"Thank you, princess!" Although he didn't know much about the etiquette of meeting these princes and princesses, Zhou Yang still bowed in accordance with the standard of "it's not strange to be polite to many people" before striding forward.

"Wait a minute!" It was Guard Luo who just stopped me again with a loud shout, "Put down your weapons immediately!"

"Guard Luo, forget it." Finally, the young man in the middle who looked like a primary school student said, "With more than a dozen of you around, how can he still hurt Gu Gu and my two aunts?"

"Of course not!" The "Luo Guard" said unceremoniously, and ran behind a man, two women, and three other people. However, the surrounding guards were still standing half-surrounded. It was obvious that they had not relaxed their vigilance, and there were several others. The guards dispersed around, apparently going for inspection.

"Your Highness, Zhou Yang, has met." Finally, he walked five or six steps in front of the three of them. Zhou Yang had no choice but to salute again, but got stuck in the middle of the sentence. He didn't recognize any of them, and couldn't even confirm the last word. The identity of the little girl who looks like she has just entered elementary school.

"Pfft - you are quite interesting." The older woman couldn't help laughing, "I am titled Yongchang, in the middle is the current eldest prince, and the youngest one is titled Yongjing, do you know how to call me now?"

Zhou Yang was embarrassed and didn't know what to say.

"Why is Xianggong Zhou here?" Probably seeing Zhou Yang's embarrassment, the "eldest prince" in the middle said with a smile and a very calm tone.

"Your Highness, I am a martial arts scholar who just passed the examination this year. Since the provincial martial arts examination happened to be held in August, I brought a maid here to practice." Zhou Yang wanted to explain that he had no ill intentions, but at this point he said He knew he had said the wrong thing, because he found that except for the youngest Princess Yongjing, everyone else smiled, and the originally cautious guards simply relaxed.

"Bringing a maid? Or is it to prepare for the martial arts provincial examination?" Princess Yongchang smiled so hard that she stopped talking for a moment before turning back and saying, "Dongfang, go over there and have a look. There seems to be a cave, right?"

"Yes, princess!" It wasn't until this person dressed as a guard spoke and rushed out on horseback that Zhou Yang noticed that she was actually a woman. A moment later, he saw her running back with the frightened Qingwen in front of the saddle, "Princess , he didn’t lie.”

"Preparing for martial arts?" Princess Yongchang held the reins in one hand and rode her horse to the female guard. The riding whip lifted Qingwen's chin, whose face turned pale. "It's no wonder you are reluctant to leave it at home."

The audience roared with laughter!

(End of this chapter)