Chapter 18: Uninvited Guests
Today's decision to enter Beiguo Mountain to play was originally casual, so Xu Youshan and the four of them didn't dress up much, just freshened up and changed clothes casually, and went out. But even so, let's not talk about Xu Mingcheng, Xu Mingwen and Xu Youshan's clothes and accessories, just Xu Yourong's, it's not ordinary.
First of all, because he was going to enter Beiguo Mountain, Xu Youshan and the four of them, except for Xu Mingxi, all planned to ride horses. And since you want to ride a horse, of course, you can't wear too complicated dresses, so Xu Yourong only asked Wan'er to take a Shu brocade dress embroidered with gardenia flowers and a long embroidered robe with silver and vermilion fine clouds and silk; And because of simplicity, Xu Yourong also asked Wan'er to only give her a cloud bun, and only a few beaded flowers on her sideburns were done, and she didn't even wear jewelry such as earrings.
But just like this, Xu Yourong just standing there can make the eldest princess Deming regard her as a thorn in her eye and a thorn in her flesh, no matter how she looks at it, how annoying she is.
However, no matter what Xu Yourong and Princess Deming thought in their hearts at this time, they would not turn their faces now anyway, so the two just stopped at eye contact.
"Nie Liu, why are you here?"
And after Xu Yourong and Princess Deming glared at each other for a while, Xu Yourong still asked Nie Suhyun.
But before Nie Suhyun, who looked at Xu Youshan's side, opened her mouth to answer, the eldest princess Deming preemptively said: "We are the participants of this hunting conference, what's strange about appearing here." ”
"Did I ask you, what are you doing with yourself?" And Xu Yourong was never polite to the eldest princess of Deming, so she immediately shot back.
"You ......"
"We came out from the depths of Beiguo Mountain."
Seeing that Xu Yourong was about to quarrel with the eldest princess of Deming again. Nie Suhyun retracted his gaze and suddenly spoke.
"Huh?"
This is not only Xu Yourong, but also since the appearance of Nie Suhyun and the eldest princess Deming. Xu Youshan, who was standing behind Xu Ming's wife, raised her head to look at Nie Suhyun and Princess Deming.
In this stone forest, after Xu Youshan and the four of them arrived, the guards of the Xu family have explored back and forth, although they don't say digging three feet into the ground, but they won't make a mistake about a cliff, right? Therefore, after Nie Suhyun finished speaking, Xu Yourong asked strangely, "Nie Liu." Where do you say you came from? ”
As for Xu Yourong's second question, Nie Suhyun looked at her for a while, and then directly pointed it out to Xu Yourong: "There is a hidden path that leads to the depths of Beiguo Mountain. If you don't look closely, you will never be noticed. ”
I see.
After Xu Yourong ordered a few guards to go over and check, sure enough, as Nie Suhyun said, behind the boulder where he and the eldest princess Deming appeared. There is a path that is extremely hidden from the green vines. It is extremely narrow, only one person can pass through, and it is very deep at a glance, and according to the direction, it does lead to the depths of Beiguo Mountain.
"But Nie Liu, how did you find out about such a hidden trail?"
And after solving the problem of the strange appearance of Nie Suhyun and the eldest princess Deming, Xu Yourong became interested in other things.
"When hunting prey. Discovered by chance. Nie Suhyun replied.
Also, it's not man-made. It is such a hidden trail that is not so easy for humans to find except for animals.
"But why are you still here?" The eldest princess of Deming squinted at Xu Yourong and asked.
Nie Suhyun and Eldest Princess Deming appeared here because they were both participants in the hunting conference, and it was almost time to go out of the mountain, so it was not surprising that they appeared here. But Xu Youshan and the four of them were not participants in this conference, but they also appeared in this remote stone forest with poor scenery, which is curious.
"The road is facing the sky, can't you go yet?" But Xu Yourong didn't look at Princess Deming's reply.
"Xu Yourong ......"
"Okay, it's not too early, it's not safe in the mountains after all, let's go back first."
And when Xu Yourong and the eldest princess Deming were about to quarrel again, Nie Suhyun's words easily quelled the war, and it was indeed very dangerous in the mountains and forests at night, so everyone began to set off without objection, and returned along the only avenue where Xu Youshan and the four of them came.
"Nie Liu, you have a good harvest today."
But where Xu Yourong and the eldest princess Deming appeared together, there would be no word "quiet", just like at this time, the eldest princess of Deming rode a horse and walked beside Nie Suhyun, and said with a smile.
"Nonsense." And Xu Yourong, who was also riding a horse on the other side of Nie Suhyun, sneered.
"Hmph, why do I hear some people talking so sourly." But the eldest princess Deming not only didn't get angry this time, but also smiled even more delicately.
"What do you mean?" But Xu Yourong was furious.
"What do I mean? I don't mean anything, who told some people to only know how to embroider needles, not how to ride horses and shoot arrows, heck, this is really a great opportunity to miss a godsend. ”
There are not many men in the Xu family in Jiangzuo who have known martial arts in the past dynasties, let alone the daughters of the Xu family, so Xu Yourong only knows a little about riding and archery; Archery is really not direct, so what Princess Deming said is also true.
"Oh yes, but it's better than some people who don't know how to embroider needles, but they know how to ride horses and shoot arrows, and in the end they still end up with a bamboo basket to draw water." Xu Yourong sneered.
"Xu Yourong, what do you mean by this?" And the eldest princess Deming also heard that something was wrong with her words, so she frowned and asked.
"What do I mean? I'm not bored. But this time it was Xu Yourong's turn to gain the upper hand and said calmly.
The two of them "talked harmoniously" again, and it was Nie Suhyun, who was in the center of the conversation between Xu Yourong and the eldest princess Deming, who was still indifferent, it seems that there have been a lot of people who have been poisoned by these two people over the years, otherwise how can they be so calm?
But Nie Suhyun is very calm, but it doesn't mean that other people can do the same, such as Xu Youshan.
"Do we have to go with those three?"
Xu Youshan did not ride a horse at this time, but hid in Xu Mingcheng's carriage. But since Xu Youshan is no longer riding. The rest of Xu Mingwen naturally didn't want to be with the three people in front of her, so Xu Mingwen also got into Xu Mingxi's carriage.
"It doesn't have to be together, but I really want to see this good show." Xu Mingcheng listened to Xu Yourong and Princess Deming's "harmonious dialogue" with relish. While answering Xu Youshan.
"Oh my God~~~," Xu Youshan lamented.
"Silence." And Xu Mingwen could only silently comfort Xu Youshan at this time.
This is how the group of people noisily walked towards Beiguo Mountain, and the scenery on both sides of the road gradually turned red, and the rows of thick green plane trees sprinkled patches of shade, which made people feel comfortable.
But when he was about to walk out of the bleak scenic area of the stone forest, a strange sound sounded in the forest behind the plane trees on both sides.
"What is this?"
Xu Yourong was the first to react and asked.
But no one answered her, and Nie Suhyun looked even more serious. Keep an eye on the inside of the forest. And the eldest princess Deming moved a few steps back with some fear.
"What's going on up ahead, why did it suddenly stop?" The carriage that followed Xu Yourong and Nie Suhyun was naturally after they stopped. He didn't move forward anymore, so Xu Mingcheng asked the guards outside the carriage.
"If you return to the princess, there is movement in the woods."
"Huh?" Xu Mingcheng asked puzzledly, "What's the movement?" ”
"I don't know what the princess said yet. But Nie Sixth Prince has already sent someone to check. ”
"Okay. I know. ”
That's all said and done, and Xu Mingcheng didn't want to ask again, so she retracted back into the carriage and relayed what the guards had just said to her to Xu Youshan and Xu Mingwen. But just after Xu Mingcheng finished speaking, Xu Mingwen was worried: "There won't be any big beasts or something, right?" ”
"How is it possible, this is not a deep mountain range." Xu Youshan said.
"It's not necessarily, how can the beasts divide the deep mountains into deep mountains and not deep mountains." Xu Mingwen was still not at ease. "What can I do?"
"Don't do anything, you can only be devoured by wild beasts when the time comes." And Xu Mingcheng is obviously the same as Xu Youshan. I wasn't too worried, so I teased Xu Mingwen now.
"Big sister." But Xu Mingwen said loudly unhappily: "Why are you still in the mood to joke now." ”
"Then what else, do you want me to cry?"
"Big Sister !!"
"Okay, okay, sister, don't tease your sister, don't you see that your sister is about to cry." When Xu Youshan opened her mouth to speak, Xu Mingwen still thought, fortunately, at least there is a reasonable person here. But after Xu Youshan finished speaking, Xu Ming's face collapsed.
"You two are so nice."
"Hahaha......"
Xu Mingwen and the two looked at the black-faced Xu Mingwen and laughed wildly, while Xu Mingwen blew her beard and stared, but when the three of them didn't feel a little nervous in the carriage, and they were too happy. Outside the car, Xu Yourong and the eldest princess Deming gathered together for the first time, did not quarrel anymore, but quietly approached each other surrounded by the guards.
"It's better for us to hurry up." Princess Deming said.
"No, look at this trend, if we make a difference, we don't know what the consequences will be." Xu Yourong said quietly.
At this time, Nie Suhyun, who was standing in front of the guard circle of Xu Yourong and the eldest princess Deming, also heard the voices of Xu Yourong and the two of them, and when Xu Yourong finished speaking, Nie Suhyun actually pulled the corners of his mouth and bent a little arc, but unfortunately, Xu Yourong is now standing behind Nie Suhyun, so he can't see this once-in-a-lifetime moment, but it was just a moment, and the corners of Nie Suhyun's curved lips didn't last long, and those arcs stiffened at the corners of Nie Suhyun's lips.
"Whew"
The heart-pounding sound, after slowly trampling through the thorns in the woods, finally appeared in front of everyone - a huge wild boar.
If it's just a wild boar, it's not something to be afraid of, even if it's huge, but when it's not alone, but in groups, it's very infiltrating, like at this point.
"Slap la" The sound of the huge body ravaging the woods kept coming.
"That, that... Now, what now? The eldest princess of Deming looked at Xu Yourong, and asked with a white face and no other color.
"Let's stop stuttering yourself." And although Xu Yourong is not too good, at least she is not as flustered as the eldest princess of Deming.
The current situation is really bad, the surroundings were silent for a moment, and Xu Youshan and the three people in the carriage, which was still full of laughter, didn't take long to find out that something was wrong, when Xu Mingxi lifted the curtain and wanted to ask what was wrong, but his eyes widened in fright by the black shadows in front of him.
"What's wrong?"
But Xu Youshan and Xu Mingwen, who were blocked by Xu Mingxi, didn't know what was going on outside, just looked at Xu Mingcheng's stiff body and asked strangely.
And Xu Mingming, who reacted under the voices of Xu Youshan and Xu Mingwen, just slowly lowered the curtain gently, and then covered her mouth with her hand, and in the incomprehensible eyes of Xu Youshan and Xu Mingwen, she shouted silently for a long time before whispering to the two people who were startled by her: "There are a lot of wild boars outside, all of them are so ~~ how tall, how strong are they~~, and the little eyes are not like words, and the fangs are also sharp, this is really ugly and terrifying." ”
Xu Youshan and Xu Mingwen's faces immediately turned bad, "It's over." ”
Suddenly there was an atmosphere in the carriage and outside, and there was silence everywhere.
"Sixth Prince Nie, what should I do now?"
And at this time, everyone faintly looked at Nie Suhyun's horse, and even the captain of the dragon and tiger guard, who was the strongest in force here and specially followed to protect the eldest princess Deming, unconsciously approached Nie Suhyun and whispered for instructions.
"First divide the guards into three groups, one batch as bait, and draw their attention first; A group of young ladies who took this opportunity to protect Her Royal Highness the eldest princess, the princess of Beiding and the Xu family left first; The last group joined me, with the first group of decoy guards, to flank the uninvited guests. ”
It turned out that Nie Suhyun was not thinking about how to retreat at this time, but to destroy this group of huge prey?
"Sixth Prince, this is too dangerous. You'd better withdraw with us. And the captain of the Dragon Tiger Guard immediately objected.
But Nie Suhyun doesn't think so, wealth is in danger, although he is not asking for wealth, but it is worth it from danger. So no matter how much others persuaded him, Nie Suhyun had already made up his mind, and in the end, the captain had no choice but to follow Nie Suhyun's instructions.
And just when the captain of the Dragon Tiger Guard gathered all the commanders of the guards and ordered Nie Suhyun's order, Xu Yourong, who was sharp-eared, also heard it. (To be continued......)