She inquired about people, in fact, she knew what her surname was, and she also knew how many concubines and concubines she had in her family, and even whether the concubines and concubines in her family had unnatural deaths, but at this time, they could only pretend to meet each other for the first time.

Qiu Chen smiled and bent his knees slightly, and said, "Mrs. Cheng is polite." ”

"The concubine's maiden name is Cheng! I've seen the Lord of Anning! Mrs. Cheng bent her knees slightly.

Qiu Xiangtai's wife is about thirty-four or five years old, wearing a blue-blue embroidered long-sleeved gown, with a well-proportioned body and a thin and beautiful appearance, and she can vaguely see some similarities with her daughter between the eyebrows and eyes.

Qu Qu knees returned the salute, Qiu Chen smiled and turned his eyes to look at Mrs. Niu, Mrs. Niu walked to her side with a smile and pointed to a few people: "This is the wife of Qiu Xiangtai, the secretary of Taichang Temple." ”

Qiu Chen turned around and looked over, and saw three or four middle-aged women in their thirties and forties standing behind him, saluting her and Mrs. Niu.

Speaking of this, Mrs. Niu looked behind Qiu Chen in a blink of an eye, and heard the two women laughing: "I've seen Mrs. Niu, I've seen Lord Anning!" ”

Mrs. Niu smiled and said, "You are always too humble...... Tsk, all three of them have passed the hospital exam, and they are three talents, but they are really worthy of being scholars. ”

"My younger brother passed the hospital examination three years ago, and my two nephews passed the hospital examination last spring, and it is still too ......reluctant to say that it is famous," Qiu Chen said with a smile and humbly, "I will take the township examination in the autumn of next year...... If you can pass it, you will have a fame! ”

Mrs. Niu smiled and nodded: "Your nephew is really talented...... Look at wearing a square scarf, but already have a fame? ”

Qiu Chen turned around and nodded with a smile when he heard this: "Yes, I came to the capital far away from home, I can't go back and miss my family, the children came to see me, and they can also relieve me of some homesickness!" ”

Qiu Chen smiled, lowered his eyes and looked at the magnolia flower in his hand, and before she could think of anything, Niu Shi, the wife of Zheng Jiyu, the head of the household department, walked up and asked with a smile: "That is Mrs. Yang's maiden nephew just now?" Coming from Anyang? ”

After saying that, he turned around and ran down with a grin.

Aman smiled, pursed his lips and said, "That...... gave Mingwei's cousin a hibiscus. The others haven't been sent out yet, so I'll send them later! ”

Qiu Chen raised his eyebrows and took the magnolia flower handed over by the little girl, touched Man'er's head with a smile and asked, "I also saw camellia and hibiscus flowers, who did you give them to?" ”

After a while, Aman rushed to the platform of the ship building with a branch of magnolia, and said loudly with a smile: "Mother, my eldest cousin asked someone to send you the magnolia flower he obtained." ”

Junwen walked all the way to the island in the middle of the lake easily and smoothly, and did not rush to play the piano and flute, but crossed the island in the middle of the lake, walked to the pontoon bridge leading to the painting boat, and handed over the magnolia, camellia and hibiscus flowers that he had picked in his hand to a mother-in-law. The woman got the flower branch, nodded in response, raised her legs and got on the springboard, and walked briskly and steadily towards the painting boat.

Wu Lan agreed to retreat, Qiu Chen leaned on the railing and looked at Bi Boxuan, and Junshu walked onto the gangplank with a smile on his face. Junshu has become an adult, after his height stopped growing, his shoulders, back and waist are stronger than when he was in adolescence, coupled with years of morning and evening practice, although he is still tall and tall on the whole, but he does not look too thin, his body is restrained, the book is thick between his eyebrows, and there is also a faint hint of some vigorous form, making him far more vigorous and strong than ordinary scholars, and far more delicate and handsome than those martial artists...... As soon as this appearance and bearing came out, it was first full of colors!

Qiu Chen paid attention to her, called Wu Lan behind him over, and ordered: "Tell me to go down, all the girls who go up and come back will send a lotus seed to clear their hearts and calm their minds!" ”

This girl is Zhao Yuzhen, the eldest daughter of Zhao Changxun, the eldest daughter of Zhao Changxun, who Yiheng and Qiu Chen have focused on...... This woman has a slight figure and a beautiful appearance, and being the first to go up is indeed in line with her competitive and arrogant character...... From her persistence all the way down, knowing that she had failed, she could still play the pipa with her sex bullet, and turn back, her face was not too obvious joy and sorrow, this girl's upbringing is really good, and she is calm enough...... If it's just a little competitive and a little arrogant, it's not a big problem.

The girl failed, but she was greeted by the ladies and ladies on the boat, who came to comfort her and praise her.

After the initial fright, the girl also stabilized her expression, blushed and nodded slightly to thank the woman, cheered up, plucked up her courage, and stepped onto the springboard step by step...... The girl did not dare to raise her head at all, let alone jump enough to reach the flower branches on the rope, so she just walked up to the island in the middle of the lake, took the pipa and played a short piece, and the music was lively and moving, but it was very beautiful.

Then, one of the girls here finally set off, and the little girl in a pink dress walked carefully onto the gangplank with her skirt in one hand, and let out a scream when she felt her feet shake...... The mother-in-law standing next to her raised her hand to support her speechlessly, and said in a low voice: "Girl, you haven't gotten on the springboard yet, there are two of us watching you on the boat, you really don't have to be afraid!" ”

This man was a complete strength player, and when he got up, the boat sank a lot, but he didn't pay any attention to it, and took one step at a time, and walked through it in great strides. Because he was tall, the rope with the flower branches could hardly be touched by him raising his hand, so he picked three flowers very lightly, and walked to the island in the middle of the lake, naturally he also shot an arrow, and an arrow hit the bull's-eye. Turning around and striding back, the spectators lost all their interest in cheering.

While talking here, the second contestant from Bibo Pavilion also walked out, but it was not Yang Jingfang as Qiu Chen thought, but Tong Dahu, one of Qin Zheng's former subordinates, who is now the commander of the infantry yamen. At the beginning, Qin Zheng and Qiu Chen shouted the most lively one when they got married.

In the cheers, Aman returned to the painting boat, broke a forsythia branch, and wore a string of it with Mingwei, but the camellia and magnolia flowers could not be given to her mother, because as soon as she got on the boat, Wang Jingshu and Song Xi'er rushed up to greet her, and checked up and down before relieving. The two flowers she got had to be given to the two of them temporarily.

With the little girl's performance of shooting flowers, there is no suspense in the following steps, the little girl really didn't choose a musical instrument, she directly opened her bow and shot an arrow, accurately hit the target, and became the first person to successfully complete it with a smile.

With the beginning of this magnolia flower, the little girl next shot the forsythia and the camellia without any suspense, the little girl did not ask for another one of the fine and dense flowers like the forsythia, but asked for a flower branch, and the camellia shot a white flower with a slight red mark down, and also smiled and put it into the hair - later she will give this flower to her mother, who seems to like this variety of camellia the most, and named it 'scratching the beauty face'!

Junshu turned his eyes and saw that the little girl Man'er was indeed as he guessed, and what she got was a purple magnolia flower, but it was not a branch, but a ...... The little girl smiled and raised the magnolia flower and waved it to the painting boat, turned it back casually, and put the magnolia flower in her bun, and then smiled and walked back with a bow and arrow......

Lin Xu shook his head with a smile, pointed to the magnolia flower that the little girl was pinching in her hand and smiled: "Guess what, just look at it?" ”

Yang Jingyong looked intently at Aman, who was bending his bow and shooting arrows, and there was some worry in his eyes, but he didn't say anything. On the contrary, it was Qin Zheng, Ah Fu, Lin Xu, Junwen Junshu and other close people to Aman, but they didn't have the slightest worry and nervousness, and their faces were relaxed, Junshu even poked Lin Xu, and laughed in a low voice: "Which branch do you say Man'er wants?" I guess it's the only magnolia! ”

Yang Jingfang shook her head in surprise and smiled: "This girl...... Even if you know how to archery, you don't use it like this...... The rope is so thin that it is difficult to shoot, but this arrow is shot, so wouldn't it shoot down a bunch of flower branches? ”

Bend the bow and arrows, and the bowstring is pulled apart like a full moon...... With a bang, there was a bowstring sound, and a white-feathered arrow went like a meteor, heading straight for the magnolia flower tied to the rope.

Everyone looked at the big bow and quiver in the little girl's hand, the bow was obviously a soft bow that took care of the girls, but it weighed more than ten pounds from two feet, Man'er held the back of the bow in one hand, and carried a pot of arrows in the other hand, but it did not affect her walking on the gangplank, and her steps were like flying on the ground. Careful people can see clearly, the little girl is walking along a springboard......

Aman looked at the magnolia flower high above and looked back at Yang Jingyong...... Suddenly smiled slyly, raised her feet and ran up, it seemed that in a blink of an eye, the little girl turned back from the island in the middle of the lake, different from before, she had a big bow almost as high as her in her hand, and in the other hand she carried a quiver, in which there were more than a dozen white feather arrows.

Over there, Yang Jingyong smiled and shouted: "Girl, that one is too high, you can't reach the two of you, forget it!" ”

Aman didn't have any burden at all, nor did he have the slightest nervousness and concern, when he heard the shout, he turned around freely, waved his hand towards the shouting place - several of her cousins and brothers, Jia Zhuo Jiafei and others, turned around, happened to walk under a pair of bamboo poles, stopped slightly, raised his eyes to look at the branches of magnolia hanging on the rope, raised his hand and stood on tiptoe, and was still far away......

"Xiaojie! Filial piety! Xiaojie ......"

Aman walked very steadily, and I don't know if it was because of his light weight or because of the double springboard, Aman walked to the top, and the sinking and shaking amplitude was much smaller than that of Yang Jingyong. Aman's body is light, his steps are brisk, all the way along the springboard, it is really like a dragonfly in the water, I can't see the slightest nervousness and confusion, the long skirt is not mentioned or pulled, driven by the fast and fine footsteps, like flowing water, the butterflies on the skirt are also alive in this action, lifelike, like flying...... The golden bell on the top of the little girl's head made a fine and clear sound, and the coral pearl red cordyceps hairpin on the girl's bun was delicate and bright, and the red forehead sticker between her eyebrows was shining...... But I can't hide the little girl's autumn eyes full of smiles, and a little face like jade Saixue, the lively and vibrant infinite vitality and happy smile, people can't help but feel joyful, follow her brisk steps, shouting and cheering!

Although Qiu Chen had never seen Aman use martial arts with her own eyes, as far as she knew about Aman's usual flexibility and agility, she was actually not worried about Aman's danger. Especially in the case of widening and reinforcement and doing a good job of rescue measures, she will not worry too much. However, watching the still round little figure walk to the gangplank, she still couldn't help but hold her breath, and her eyes followed the round but light and dexterous little figure tightly, without a trace of detachment.

One sentence blocked Yang Jingyong from his back, and pointed at the little girl here with a folding fan, but saw that the little girl had already turned around and was concentrating on walking the springboard.

Man'er kept at his feet, grinning and said loudly: "Don't worry, I won't forget to pick flowers!" ”

Yang Jingyong, who was walking on the pontoon bridge on the other side, stopped and turned around to look over, and shouted, "Girl, be careful!" ”

After saying that, he turned his head with a smile on his face, walked to the gangplank at the edge of the painting boat, and nodded to the mother-in-law who was holding the flag, the green flag in the mother-in-law's hand waved down, and Man'er stepped on the springboard steadily with slightly short legs.

Because of her age, Man'er, who looked extraordinarily petite and cute among the many girls, walked out with a smile on her face, raised her eyes to look up, waved her hand to Qiu Chen and said with a smile: "I'm going to be a pioneer for my sisters!" Mother and rest assured, Man'er will be careful! ”

Qiu Chen was slightly stunned, and looked down in a blink of an eye - among the few girls she saw coming out just now, there was obviously no full?

Without waiting for the prince of Yong to return to the shore, the first girl to participate here was also called by name: "Lin Xiaojie!" ”

First the men on the shore, then Aman and Mingwei with a few young girls, and then the girls, ladies and ladies, laughed and shouted like a tide...... In this warm and extraordinary background, Yang Jingyong actually put aside his short-term annoyance, restored his bearing, shook the folding fan and re-stepped on the pontoon bridge from the island in the middle of the lake, waved the folding fan, and walked back to the shore slowly.

"Second brother...... You're really out of luck! Ha ha...... But it's okay, you come back, wait for the little brother to go, and earn back the face for you! Yang Jingfang on the shore said and laughed mercilessly, and the others endured it for a long time, and they all laughed with him when he teased him.

After a pause, Yang Jingyong snorted angrily, turned around and walked back, "If you fail, you will fail, you are not the one who can't afford to lose!" ”

Yang Jingyong subconsciously thought that he was talking about the 'delicate flowers' on the painting over there, and remembered that he had missed the task of picking flowers......

Yang Jingyong waved the folding fan and was about to knock it down, hearing this, the fan couldn't go down, just now he walked down from the springboard, and his feet were on the ground and exuding a breath, the guard was smiling and asked without a head: "Lord Wang, are the flowers on this road beautiful?" ”

The guard couldn't help laughing, and took two quick steps back to dodge with his neck bent, while explaining, "The little one has been reminded...... The little one asked the master, 'Are the flowers beautiful?' 'I didn't take care of the little ......"

Yang Jingyong still maintained the movement of waving his hand, his hand was raised high and froze in mid-air, he was stunned before he put down his hand, turned back and scolded the guard who acted as the referee: "You bastard, why didn't you remind the master just now?" Watching the master make a fool of himself, right? ”

"However, Lord Yong forgot to pick the flowers, so he ...... Yong Wangye's mission failed! The guard shouted, a hidden smile coming out of his voice.

Stopped cheering, and there was silence everywhere!

Boom! Boom! Boom! Three gongs in a row!

On the island in the middle of the lake, another gong sounded, and the guards shouted: "Lord Yong has completed the task!" The shouts fell, and the cheers followed! Yang Jingyong held the folding fan behind him in one hand, and waved calmly to the people on both sides-

However, for a moment, the tone of the dong flute gradually decreased, and gradually only the aftersound lingered, which lingered with the sparkling water.

Before the words fell, the quiet and ethereal sound of the cave flute spread from the island in the middle of the lake, spreading along the sparkling lake, as if it had penetrated into people's ears as if it were nothing, clear and beautiful, refreshing people's hearts.

The guards waiting on the island in the middle of the lake shouted loudly: "Lord Yong has chosen the cave flute!" ”

A gong sounded, waking up everyone who was holding their breath.

Boom!

Qiu Chen also subconsciously grasped the railing of the painting boat platform, stared at the dark red body and immediately stabilized it, his hands were no longer raised to maintain balance, but he also put away the carelessness when he was on the shore, and he could see from a distance that he was cheering up, looking at the pontoon bridge in front of him with his eyes slightly down, raising his feet and stepping onto the gangplank, step by step, although he was shaking and trembling, he was still walking forward steadily.

The boat was tied to the dock, and as soon as Yang Jingyong stepped on it, the hull of the boat sank, and then it shook. Yang Jingyong's body shook, subconsciously stretched out his arms to maintain balance, and from a distance, he saw his clothes flying up, and his hands were raised and shaking very scary. The women watching from the side of the boat were horrified, and immediately let out a burst of inhalation and low exclamation.

At this moment, the starting officer on the side of Bibo Pavilion and the starting officer on the island in the middle of the lake waved the flag at the same time, and the starting officer on the shore waved the small green flag, and Yang Jingyong stepped on the pontoon bridge as the first contestant.

Qiu Chen looked at the shyness of the girls on the deck below, and couldn't help but feel some urge to cover his forehead. There is no shortage of concubines and concubines in King Yong's mansion, almost reaching double digits, why do you still look like spring...... These girls don't have a sane and sober person, why are they still shy about such a person?! What is ashamed, that kind of super narcissistic, super flowery big radish, don't give it for nothing!

King Yong walked out of the crowd on the shore and stood on the shore with the only stop, that is, he gently turned towards the direction of the painting boat. Looking at it from a distance, the facial expressions can't be seen clearly, but it always makes people feel that he is smiling slightly at the women here.

This person is none other than the one with the highest identity in this gathering - Yang Jingyong, the king of Yong!

I saw a person walking out of the crowd on the other side of Bibo Pavilion. This person is wearing a dark red silk brocade robe, a jade belt around the waist, a gold crown on his head, a folding fan in his hand leisurely, and the other hand behind him.

Such a game with a bit of adventure is naturally started by the men.

After explaining the rules of the game twice, and seeing that no one raised objections, Qiu Chen stood on the platform, and the railing nodded to the people below. The game begins.

The men also descended from the Bibo Pavilion and gathered at one end of the pontoon, where each of them gave orders with flags in their hands. The left and right shaking is stopped, and the flag is waved down to allow passage and signal the start of the timer.

The ladies and ladies no longer had anyone to sit in the cabin, they all walked up to the roof platform of the two painting boats, looking for a seat to sit down, those who were not worried about their daughters were also taken to the platform by the mother-in-law of the Jingbei Hou Mansion half forced and half persuaded to take them to the platform, and only the young ladies and girls who participated in the pontoon boat were left on the painting boat, most of them were left in the cabin, and five people were called on the deck to prepare for the competition in the order of registration, and even the maiden mother-in-law was driven to another painting boat.

For the young men over there, being able to show their brave strength and show their graceful demeanor in front of so many ladies and ladies and girls is a dream in itself, and they have long felt full of fire and courage.

Of course, for the girls who participated in this game, the greater gain was to be able to show themselves better...... Maybe if you look at it, you can earn a good family for yourself!

There are several musical instruments in the pavilion of the island in the middle of the lake, such as the flute, the dong flute, the shakuhachi, and even the pipa, as well as the bow and arrow, and a few targets are erected on the stage built on the outside of the pavilion. Those who participate in the game need to step on the pontoon bridge, pick no less than three kinds of flowers and plants all the way to the pavilion in the middle of the lake, take a musical instrument to perform a short section, or bend the bow and shoot an arrow, and the one who hits the target will be considered to have completed the task. Everyone will burn a letter incense at the beginning, and in the end, compare the remaining letter incense burned by the finisher, and the one who has the longest remaining is the winner, and Qiu Chen has already taken out a set of newly made fragrance as a prize, a bottle of plum fragrance dew, and a bottle of magnolia flower fragrance. Not to mention that those two bottles of perfume are something that most people dream of, even those two glass crystal bottles are enough to make people happy.

At this time, the game, named 'Limbo Fairy', was officially unveiled.

Those who installed it included guards and mothers-in-law. The pontoon bridge was erected, the bamboo poles were erected, the flowers and plants were hung up, and the guards and mothers-in-law also stood on top of the stern in men and women, ready to rescue at any time.

There are more bamboo poles on the pontoon bridge here, all of which are fixed into the bottom of the lake, and the shaft is fixed on the shipper, facing each other in pairs, and there is a rope on it, and there are many flowers and plants hanging on the rope, or magnolia, or forsythia, or silk winter, or camellia...... I don't know which one of the narrow ghosts also took a cluster of small peppers and hung a bunch on it, and it looked red and beautiful. Qiu Chen didn't say anything when he saw it, he just hoped that someone wouldn't mess it up after someone caught it later, let alone wipe it on his eyes or anything.

The two pontoons were built in less than two quarters of an hour. Qiu Chen sent someone to Bibo Pavilion to spread the word. Both sides breathed together, and the other side accepted the somewhat unfair game competition without objection.

The pontoon bridge leading to the boat is nearly half shorter, and two gangplanks are connected between the two boats. In this way, there is a two-foot-wide plank road, and fixed measures are added in the middle, and people will still be a little shaky and trembling when they walk on it, but it is much more stable than the veneer pontoon bridge on the other side.

The pontoon bridge leading to Bibo Pavilion is far away from each other, and there is just a gangplank between the two boats. The springboard is fixed by special facilities, not to slip and flip, because there is a longer section hanging on the water in the middle, stepping on it will tremble, and there is only one springboard, the board is only one foot wide, extremely narrow, people walk on the top of it narrow and shaky, although full security preparations, people walking on the top do not have to worry about danger, but absolutely thrilling!

The two pontoons are different.