Chapter 6: Hunting
On this day, the wind and the sun were beautiful, and the sky was clear.
Gao Xun and Ye Xiuying were riding horses on the road one after the other. The direction they were going was a path leading to the outskirts of the capital.
There is a small mountain forest on the outskirts of Kyoto, the mountain is lush with vegetation, often infested with various small animals, and it is close to the capital, so it has become a good place for many princes and nobles to hunt. Gao Xun and Ye Xiuying looked fully armed today, and they should be preparing to hunt on this mountain.
"Lord Wang, General Sima is there." When the two arrived at the intersection, Ye Xiuying, who was following behind, said to Gao Xun.
Gao Xun stopped his horse, waved his hand at the man not far away, and shouted, "Sima Jing." ”
Sima Jing has been waiting for the two of them for a long time. It turned out that Sima Jing saw that Gao Xun thought that there were few interesting places in Kyoto, so he asked her to go out hunting and recreation today. Compared with wandering around Beijing all day long and chasing prey in the mountains and forests, this little prince who galloped on the battlefield was naturally more interested.
Hearing the call, Sima Jing rode to Gao Xun's side. Gao Xun saw clearly that Sima Jing was still followed by a person!
"Sima Xuan, why are you here too?" Gao Xun asked in surprise, Sima Jing hadn't told him that Sima Xuan would also come.
"The eldest brother said that he was going to hunt with Brother Xun today, so I naturally came with me. Hunting is fun. Sima Xuan was dressed in a red power suit and also rode a horse, and said excitedly.
Hunting is fun, and it's not fun to be afraid of you. Gao Xun somehow had a bad premonition when he saw Sima Xuan, glanced at her and said, "Will you?" I see you're struggling to even pull this bow. ”
"You, don't underestimate me. Last time, my father took me and shot a deer, so I don't want to shoot a big tiger this time. Sima Xuan said angrily that she didn't want to be looked down upon by her brother.
Gao Xun listened to the music. If you still fight tigers, don't be eaten by tigers yourself.
Sima Jing on the side saw his sister fighting with Gao Xun again, smiled dotingly, looked at Ye Xiuying who was also smiling and watching the play next to him, and said, "Lord Wang, Miss Ye, let's go." ”
Gao Xun nodded. So a group of four people set out towards the forest.
On the way, Sima Jing seemed to remember something, and asked Chaogao: "Lord Wang, has the date for your return to Jiangzhou been set?" ”
"Not yet." Gao Xun had planned to stay in Kyoto for two or three days before returning to Jiangzhou. It's just that since the day before yesterday, he saw the white girl again in the Yanwang Mansion, and after learning that she was the doctor in the Emperor's Mansion, Gao Xun wondered when to go to the Yanwang Mansion again, maybe he would meet the white girl again. I wanted to ask Gao Yan to let her be the doctor in his house, but the dignified Jin prince rashly came to the door just to ask for a doctor, would it be inappropriate? If you go to the door alone to ask the white girl, she must not want to, right? Gao Xun thought about it and didn't come up with a compromise solution, so that the days of returning to the fiefdom were delayed again and again.
"In another month it will be the emperor's birthday, and the crowning ceremony will be held in the palace at that time. If the prince is not in a hurry, he can also wait for the emperor's coronation ceremony before returning to Jiangzhou. ”
Sima Xuan on the other side also interjected and said, "Brother Qian, don't go back so soon." ”
Gao Heng has not yet reached the crown? Even if you count it, he's not much older than himself. Since it is the emperor's coronation ceremony, she, as a younger brother, is still good to attend. I'm not in a hurry to go back to Jiangzhou anyway. Gao Xun thought so, so he nodded and said, "It's okay." ”
Along the way, they had reached this mountain.
When Sima Jing heard Gao Xun's answer, he smiled happily at Ye Xiuying, as if he knew what Sima Jing meant, Ye Xiuying also smiled at him.
Gao Xun saw that the two of them were "flirting with each other", and teased: "Tsk, it seems that General Sima also wants this king to stay in Kyoto for a while." As he spoke, he saw the two embarrassed faces around him, and said, "Okay." It is not convenient for this king to see that the four of us are hunting together, so it is better to divide into two ways. Ah Ying, you and Sima Jing continue to go forward, and I will take Sima Xuan to the right to take a look. ”
Gao Xun's Jian Yiyi naturally agreed with the three of them, looking at the backs of Sima Jing and Ye Xiuying, and then looking at Sima Xuan who was looking at him expectantly. Gao Xun shook his head and thought: That's it, for Ah Ying, Sima Jing, this king is interesting enough. Help you take your difficult sister with you every time. You'll have to thank me so much.
Here, Sima Jing and Ye Xiuying rode forward slowly, chatting a few words from time to time, and occasionally there would be pleasant bird calls in the forest, and the two of them seemed to enjoy this moment. Ye Xiuying first saw a deer grazing not far in front of her, and she whispered to Sima Jing: "General Sima, there is a deer over there." As he rode a little closer, he drew his bow and arrow from behind his back and shot at the deer.
The slight sound of horses' hooves still alarmed the fawn, and the deer had already run to the other side, and the arrow that shot straight through the body of the deer and plunged into the grass beside it. Ye Xiuying didn't have time to be disappointed when she saw this, and another arrow flew quickly from behind her, flew straight in the direction of the deer, and inserted it into the deer's front leg without deviation.
After the deer was hit by an arrow, one of them stumbled and fell on the grass and couldn't get up, Sima Jing got off the horse, stepped forward and tied the deer tightly, brought it to Ye Xiuying's side, and said to Ye Xiuying on the horse: "Miss Ye, your deer." ”
Ye Xiuying looked at the tall and mighty man in front of him who was smiling a little honestly, took his deer, his heart was full of joy and happiness, and praised with a smile: "General Sima's arrow just now is really accurate!" ”
"Miss Ye's arrows are also very chic!"
"Haha."
……
On the other side, the atmosphere between Gao Xun and Sima Xuan was not so harmonious.
Gao Xun frowned slightly, looked around carefully, and just now she saw several prey, but before she could make a move, she was scared away by the eldest lady beside her, which really made her very angry.
"Ask my brother, why can't I find any animals today?" Sima Xuan beside him was still asking.
"If you don't say a few words, we'll find out." Gao Xun said helplessly.
As soon as she finished speaking, she noticed a rabbit quietly grazing in the grass in the distance, and the rabbit was snow-white, and it looked very beautiful. This time, we must not let it escape, Gao Xun secretly made up his mind.
"Inquiry"
"Shhh Follow me. Gao Xun hurriedly whispered to stop Sima Xuan, who wanted to speak, and slowly approached in the direction of the rabbit.
Closer, closer, and soon! Gao Xun prepared, wanting to pull out the arrow behind him.
"Ah! There's a rabbit! Sima Xuan seemed to have just discovered the rabbit in the haystack farther away from him, and said in surprise.
Finished. Gao Xun sighed in his heart.
Rabbits have really good hearing. As expected, as soon as Sima Xuan spoke, the rabbit immediately ran away.
Gao Xun felt that if he continued like this, he would really go crazy! She didn't believe that she couldn't even beat a rabbit today, gritted her teeth, and said hatefully: "Chase!" ”
So Gao Xun galloped through the forest on horseback, stubbornly chasing a little rabbit.
The rabbit ran as fast as he could, through the grass all the way to a grassy slope. At this time, there was a half-crouching woman on the slope, and the rabbit suddenly jumped in front of her, and the woman seemed to be startled by the sudden appearance in front of her, and subconsciously leaned back. As a result, the half-squatting body was already unstable, and now it fell straight down, falling not far from the slope.
When Gao Xun chased after him, he saw this scene. hurriedly dismounted and ran over to check the situation, as for the "culprit" who escaped, she didn't care about chasing after her.
Gao Xun picked up the fallen woman, and wanted to ask where she was injured, but when he looked up and saw the woman's face, he exclaimed in surprise: "White girl! ”
Why is the White Maiden here? How did the White Maiden come to this forest alone? What was the white girl carrying behind her? What is the White Girl doing squatting on this slope? Why doesn't the white girl wear a white dress today? But how can she look so good in this blue?
A series of questions popped up in Gao Xun's mind, but at the moment, these questions are obviously not as important as this one! Gao Xun carefully supported the woman in front of him and asked with concern, "White girl, have you been injured somewhere?" ”
The woman who was being supported also recognized the person in front of her as the prince of Jin at this time, and wanted to salute: "Lord." ”
Gao Xun stopped her movements, let her lean on herself, and asked again, "Where is the injury?" ”
"The people's daughter, thank you to the prince." The woman shook her head, signaling that she was okay. As if he felt that it was inappropriate to rely on Gao Xun like this, he gently broke free and stood up straight.
"In the future, you don't have to call yourself a daughter of the people before this king." Gao Xun didn't believe her words, and looked her up and down to check.
"It's not high, it's fine." The woman straightened her shirt slightly, turned around and wanted to walk back.
"What's wrong?" Gao Xun grabbed her and asked.
"My stuff is still down there." Following the woman's gaze, Gao Xun saw something falling on the slope not far away.
"You can be here, I'll pick it up for you."
Without waiting for the woman to speak, she ran over in a few steps, picked up something, and found that it was a small bamboo basket with some grass in it.
What is this thing for? Gao Xun ran back to the woman with the object, handed it to her and said, "Is this it?" ”
"Yes." The woman took it and nodded slightly.
When he stretched out his hand, Gao Xun noticed that her arm seemed to be in the way, and pressed her hand and said, "White girl, your hand seems to be injured." As he spoke, he wanted to take her hand and look closely.
"Ask brother, what are you doing there?" Sima Xuan, who followed behind, also got off the horse, saw Gao Xun standing there, and ran to her side.
"Huh? Isn't this the girl who lost her purse that day? It turned out that Sima Xuan also recognized the woman in white that day, and looked at the two of them suspiciously at the moment.
Gao Xun ignored Sima Xuan, who came over, and saw that there were already a few pieces of skin on the white girl's snow-white arms, and he felt a little distressed inexplicably, and said, "Sure enough, the skin is all scratched." ”
"Xu was rubbed by a pebble when he just fell, it's okay." The woman withdrew her hand and said lightly. It really looks like there's nothing.
Gao Xun didn't feel at ease like this, rolled his eyes, and soon had some ideas. She handed the bamboo basket in the woman's hand to Sima Xuan, who was standing, picked up the person next to her, and rode on the horse with the person, her movements were neat and neat, all in one go. I can't imagine that the white girl is so light.
The woman didn't seem to expect Gao Xun's sudden action, and was subconsciously picked up and hugged Gao Xun's neck tightly, and when she reacted, she was already on Gao Xun's horse. Hurriedly let go of his hand and looked up at Gao Xun in front of him, not understanding what she was going to do.
"Sima Xuan, keep up with this king." Gao Xun said to Sima Xuan, and rode back on his horse.
"Don't move, I'll take you back to the city." Gao Xun took the reins of the horse's hands and trapped the white girl tightly in front of him at this moment, leaning against her ear and said.
The woman in front of her seemed to pause, and she sat there obediently without moving, very quiet.
After riding far, Gao Xun and Sima Xuan saw Sima Jing and Ye Xiuying who came to look for them on horseback. Sima Jing and Ye Xiuying were very surprised when they saw that Gao Xun in front of them suddenly had a woman, and they were just about to ask out loud, when they heard Gao Xun say:
"Ah Ying, you came just in time, this king is in a hurry to go back in advance, and Sima Xuan will hand it over to you."
After saying that, he drove his horse and left. Leaving Sima Jing and Ye Xiuying looking at each other, Sima Xuan, who followed behind, looked at Gao Xun's departing back, and stomped his feet on the horse in a hurry. Why, it slipped away again!
Along the way, Gao Xun firmly circled the woman in front of him, smelled the light fragrance on her body, raised the corners of his mouth and asked, "What is the name of the white girl?" ”
"White mulberry."
The little prince behind him, who had met several times and seemed to be very interested in himself, was firmly attached to him at the moment. Her warm breath hit her ear from time to time, making Bai Sang faintly feel a little itchy in her whole ear. No young man had ever been so close to her, but there was no thick smell of a man she imagined, but a clean mint fragrance. Even his voice was not as deep as that of an ordinary man. Sitting on a horse for the first time, Bai Sang tensed up at first, a little nervous. But I have to admit that leaning on the shoulders behind me, which are not very thick, I slowly settled down like this.
The oncoming wind has a bit of a grassy smell, and it is very comfortable to blow on the body, and horseback riding is such a relaxing thing. Bai Sang lowered her head slightly, not even realizing it, and a strange feeling gradually rose in her heart. I just feel that it's been a long time since I've been like this, and it's been easy.
If Gao Xun could see Bai Sang's appearance at this moment, he would definitely find that the person in front of him was already red, and even his face, which had always been indifferent, was dyed with a layer of crimson.
"White mulberry. What a nice name. Gao Xun muttered.
Hey, at this time, even if the person in front of her said that her name was Cuihua, Gao Xun would probably think it was very good.