Chapter 1: Good Times

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The weather in April is warm and comfortable, the dead trees have sprouted, and the grass is covered with green, and it is soft to step on.

In an open meadow, a group of people are watching an archery competition.

There were two targets erected on the grass, a young man dressed in white and a strong man dressed in black, each standing dozens of meters in front of his target, bending his bow and arrows to aim at the bull's-eye. Seeing the situation of the two of them ready to go, everyone watching was very nervous.

"Su Zhuang, who do you say will win?" A woman dressed in a red hanfu asked a young man dressed in water-colored satin next to her.

"I'm sure my big brother will win, you know, he's never lost!" Su Zhuang said with confidence, in his eyes, the eldest brother is omnipotent, but he is too low-key, so that others can't see his true strength. Only he, who is a younger brother, knows a little bit about the eldest brother, but he really doesn't know how strong the eldest brother's strength is, he only knows that as long as the eldest brother makes a move, everything is undoubtedly victorious.

"Su Fan, do you want to compare? You must know that I am a famous archer who has never lost a hundred shots. "The strong man in black is Zhao Hu, a famous Zhenyuan general in the dynasty, this time he was passing by here to visit his teacher, but he didn't expect his teacher to let him try it with Su Fan, the son in white, not for anything else, just to try how Su Fan has studied for so many years.

Su Fan, who was unruly by nature, looked at Zhao Hu and said, "Since the game has begun, how can I escape from the battle, it doesn't seem to be the behavior of a man." ā€

"That's a good point." Zhao Hu is a rough and bold person, when he heard Su Fan's words, he was very appreciative, and couldn't help but praise happily, and shot the arrow out the moment he spoke.

Su Fan saw that Zhao Hu's arrow was off the string, and immediately shot his own arrow out.

The arrow from the string flew very fast, although Su Fan's arrow time was relatively late, but the arrow speed was faster than Zhao Hu's. The two arrows were inserted into the red heart position of the target almost at the same time, and it was amazing that Su Fan's arrow actually passed through the bullseye and continued to fly forward, and when it reached twenty meters in front, it was deeply inserted into a big tree.

"What a profound skill!" Zhao Hu rushed to the side of the big tree and pulled out the arrow, held it in front of his mentor Su Zhenshan with both hands and said.

"Not bad." Su Zhenshan, whose face was full of red light, sat on the chair, stroked his goatee and nodded.

"Dude, this mortal is usually stuffy, I didn't expect it to be so powerful." A chubby old man sat on a chair next to Su Zhenshan and exclaimed loudly, his face full of joy.

"Brother Fei, children are not worthy of praise." Su Zhenshan said calmly on the surface, but he was very happy in his heart.

The game has ended, and the grass is so lively at this time, everyone surrounds Su Fan and says: "Su Fan, you are so good, I didn't expect you to be so good." ā€

"The small skill of carving insects is not enough." Su Fan wiped the bow and arrow in his hand and responded lightly, not feeling how great he was at all.

"Brother Fan, do you know? I'm so nervous about you, I thought you'd lose? A woman dressed in orange looked at Su Fan and said nervously.

"You were frightened by the name of the Great General Zhenyuan, right?" Su Fan put the bow and arrow aside, looked at the woman and said with a smile.

"Yes, General Zhenyuan is famous." The orange woman looked at Zhao Hu's majestic appearance, and her face was full of admiration.

"Yue'er, do you regret giving me this civilian child?" Su Fan looked at the woman and asked nervously, he still liked this beautiful girl who was two years younger than him.

"Brother Fan, marrying you is my greatest wish in this life, how can I regret it! Besides, you're much more handsome than him! Bi Yue felt that she was a little out of shape, and immediately looked at Su Fan tenderly and changed her words.

Listening to Bi Yue's praise, Su Fan showed a smile on his face and said shyly: "I will marry you soon." ā€

"Brother Fan, then hurry up, I'm already twenty years old, and I can't wait." Bi Yue urged, looking completely impatient.

"Brother, this Fan'er and Yue'er are about to get married this year, you let Fan'er compete with General Zhenyuan, don't you want Fan'er to join the army?" The fat old man asked nervously, you must know that this Su Fan is his future son-in-law, can he not let his daughter stay alone in the empty house as soon as she marries into the Su family.

"Brother Fei, do you think young people shouldn't do something?" Su Zhenshan looked at his two sons, hoping that they would have a good time.

"Since my brother has a plan, it's not easy for me to mix, but what should Yue'er do?" Bi Fei and Su Zhenshan are friends of eight worships, and they have never separated from each other. At this time, for the sake of his daughter's marriage, he didn't care about the woman's frame at all, and directly expressed the concerns in his heart.

"Fan'er is twenty-two years old, and Yue'er is also twenty years old, what do you think about letting them get married next month?" Su Zhenshan picked up a cup of tea, skimmed the tea leaves in the bowl with the tea lid, took a sip, and looked at Bi Fei with an inquiring eye.

"Isn't it too rushed?" Bi Fei felt that marriage was a lifelong event after all, and he should not be too hasty.

"Do you have any other guests to invite?" Su Zhenshan put down the tea bowl in his hand and said.

"Brother, I have missed my relatives for so many years, and I want to invite them to get together when Yue'er gets married." Bi Fei said sadly that now he has led Bi Yue to live in the capital for 20 years, and he has not had contact with relatives in his hometown for a long time.

"I can understand, the children have grown up, we are getting old day by day, and it is normal to miss our relatives, so our wedding date is slightly postponed for half a year, giving you time to prepare, how about it?" Su Zhenshan still thinks about Bi Fei very much, he feels that half a year is enough time to prepare everything.

"Dude, no problem. I started informing my relatives right now, and in half a year we will choose an auspicious day for them to get married. Bi Fei said happily, after all, he and his daughter are very fond of Su Fan.

"Father, can we go out for a walk?" Su Zhuang begged Su Zhenshan.

"Go ahead, the weather is so nice today, you can go wherever you want." Su Zhenshan is usually very accustomed to his sons, and almost responds to their needs.

In the suburbs in late spring, everything is full of nature, which makes several young people very happy.

"Big brother, you see a few people riding horses over there, let's go over and have a look." Su Zhuang is a person who can't stand loneliness, and he rushes wherever there is excitement.

"Go ahead, I'll show you the car here." Su Fan is a very boring person, his personality is completely opposite to Su Zhuang, and he likes a quiet environment.

"Brother Fan, I'll be back soon." Bi Yue also wanted to go and see the horseback riding together, so she greeted Su Fan.

"Then stay safe." After watching them leave, Su Fan found a big tree to climb on it and rested on the branch.

"Miss, whether you can catch the car or not, I'm so scared!" Su Fan, who was closing his eyes, suddenly heard a woman's panicked cry from under the tree, and opened his eyes to look at the ground.

"I... I—" A girl in a beautiful yellow dress was panicked and couldn't answer, but she still desperately pulled the horse stiff rope and refused to let go.

"Miss, I just said don't come out, if you don't listen, you will definitely be scolded by the master now." The girl sitting in the car complained that she might have been frightened and that her voice had changed.

"I..." The girl in yellow was not worried about being scolded at the moment, but was afraid that the horse would lose control and bring danger to the girl in the car.

Su Fan saw at a glance that the girl in yellow couldn't drive at all, and just wanted to turn over to rescue, but saw the girl in yellow driving a frightened horse and crashing directly into his carriage.

"Huh? Finally stopped, and it scared the hell out of me. Su Fan's carriage blocked the carriage of the girl in yellow, so that the carriage of the girl in yellow finally stopped.

A girl dressed like a girl came out of the carriage, looked at the girl in yellow and said in a panic: "Miss, you hit someone else's carriage, what can I do?" ā€

Seeing that Su Fan's carriage was not ownerless, the girl in yellow deliberately shouted at the top of her voice: "Whose carriage stopped here and actually hit my carriage?" ā€

"You are unreasonable, my car stopped here and didn't move, it was your car that crashed into it by itself, how could it be my carriage that blocked your way!" Su Fan fell from the tree with a beautiful turn.

"Wow, that's handsome!" Yahuan looked at Su Fan, who was dressed in white, and said stupidly, fascinated by Su Fan's beautiful landing posture.

Seeing Su Fan's extraordinary temperament and handsome appearance, the girl in yellow couldn't help but blush, the girl's shyness made her feel very embarrassed, knowing that it was her own fault, but she still said rudely: "I think your broken carriage should be taken to the repair shop to repair it, so as not to crash other people's carriages here." ā€

"It's supposed to be cultivated, but it's not me who should fix it, you should be repaired." Su Fan looked at the beautiful face of the girl in yellow and the gorgeous dress, and at a glance, he knew that it was not an ordinary girl. He thought that he couldn't be too arrogant, so he looked at the girl in yellow with sharp eyes.

"I didn't crash your carriage, so why should I fix it." The girl in yellow was not afraid when she saw Su Fan's eyes, but raised her foot and kicked Su Fan's carriage brutally, her rude demeanor was very unworthy of her beautiful appearance.

Su Fan was very angry when he saw it, and felt that this kind of girl was unreasonable at all, and wanted to go up and drive the carriage to the side. Just as he turned and walked to the front of the carriage, and picked up his whip to drive the horse away, the canopy of the carriage collapsed with a bang.

"Huh?" The girl in yellow and Yahuan looked at Su Fan's carriage and couldn't help but exclaim.

"And say it's not your fault, what's going on with my carriage." Su Fan stopped what he was doing, came to the girl in yellow, pointed to the carriage and said angrily.

"How do I know what's going on, I think it's money that people like you need more!" The girl in yellow didn't say a word, took out a large pile of silver tickets from her arms, and casually pulled a pile and stuffed them into Su Fan's hand.

Su Fan, who couldn't understand the girl, pinched the silver ticket in his hand and was stunned for a moment, he was not good at words by nature, and looked at the back of the girl in yellow who led the girl to the carriage and left with a whip, and didn't say a word for a long time.

"Miss, are you doing this well?" Yahuan sat in the carriage, lifted the curtain and looked back to see Su Fan, who was standing still in a daze, and felt that the young lady was too good.

"Leave him alone, let's go out first." The girl in yellow sat in the carriage and raised her whip to whip the horse, intending to leave this hellish place as soon as possible.

"Big brother, why did the carriage break?" Su Zhuang and Bi Yue asked when they came back and saw the broken carriage.

"Hit by someone." In order to hide his embarrassment, Su Fan had already put away the silver ticket in his hand and began to repair the carriage.

"Who hit it so badly, why did he crash into our carriage if he didn't take the wide avenue?" Su Zhuang shouted angrily, feeling that this person either did it on purpose or was blind.

"You guys take a rest here first, and I'll fix it soon." Su Fan is a person who prepares everything in advance, and at this time, he is so glad that he put a small repair box on the carriage before he came out.

Looking at Su Fan's neat movements, the girl in the red Hanfu said admiringly: "Yue'er, Brother Fan is really a good man, but he really knows everything." ā€

"Yan'er, your crush is not bad, Su Zhuang is a rare son at the moment." Bi Yue looked at Zhao Yan, the woman in red, and said, hoping that she would not only look at other people's husbands, but also seize the opportunity in her own hands.

"Yue'er, you're right. Although Su Zhuang is not as good as Brother Fan, he is also a hero among people. Zhao Yan looked at Su Zhuang and complimented.

Su Fan quickly repaired the carriage and said to Bi Yue: "Get in the carriage, it's my fault today, I didn't take good care of the carriage, so you two young ladies suffered." ā€

"Big brother, we're hungry and tired, can we go to the city to have a restaurant." Su Zhuang proposed, he was enjoying the good time now.

"Yes, I'm in for a treat." Su Fan said arrogantly, he felt that it was rare to bring Bi Yue out, why not take her crazy today.

There are many cars and people in the capital. Bi Yue and Zhao Yan were very happy when they looked at the prosperous scene, and kept pointing and asking this and that. In order to please Zhao Yan, Su Zhuang always patiently explained.

As soon as the guy in front of Gongsheng Restaurant saw Su Fan, he immediately shouted: "This master, please come inside." ā€

Su Fan stood in front of the restaurant, looked at the extra-large plaque of the restaurant, and said to Bi Yue: "Is it okay to eat here?" ā€

"Brother Fan, we listen to you, where you choose, we will go there." Bi Yue said flatteringly.

Zhao Yan is Zhao Hu's younger sister, and she is as bold as Zhao Hu, and happily agreed: "You are the eldest brother, everything is up to you." ā€ć€‚

Seeing that the two young ladies had no objections, Su Fan stopped the carriage and asked Su Zhuang to take them in first, and he would arrive later.

"Su Fan, why are you here? It's good to meet you. A young man dressed in green satin looked at Su Fan and shouted in surprise.

"Yang Tao, it's been a long time, are you okay?" Su Fan handed over the carriage to the guy in the store, turned around and walked to Yang Tao and said.

Yang Tao and Su Fan are good friends, and he already knows Su Fan's personality well. Now looking at Su Fan's cold face, he didn't think so, turned around and followed Su Fan into the restaurant.

"Su Fan, are you rich? Lend me a little, I'm going to invite a young lady to dinner. Yang Tao said as he followed Su Fan's side.

"Invite Miss to dinner, it won't be a fireworks girl, right? Do not borrow. "Su Fan is a very upright person, he can't tolerate half a grain of sand in his eyes, and he will never help him to abuse.

Yang Tao looked at Su Fan's hard attitude and said: "It's not a fireworks girl, it's definitely everyone's ladies, she looks very beautiful, if I can marry her, you will not change it for me." ā€

"Is it as good as you say?" Su Fan looked at Yang Tao's appearance, and felt that this Yang Tao was a nymphomaniac again, and he couldn't change the problem of seeing one love another.

"Look at it, it's the young lady sitting in the restaurant." Yang Tao pointed to the girl in yellow on the second floor of the restaurant and explained to Su Fan.

"Is that her?" Su Fan's eyes were so big that he was so shocked that his teeth were about to fall off, but he didn't expect to meet him again here.

"You know?" Yang Tao looked at Su Fan's surprised eyes and asked.

"Not only do I know her, if I invite her to dinner, I don't have a penny." Su Fan looked at the girl in yellow and said in disgust, ignored Yang Tao anymore, and walked to the private room of the restaurant to find Bi Yue and them.

"Brother Fan, isn't Su Zhuang with you?" Zhao Yan watched Su Fan come in alone and asked with concern.

"Didn't he come in with you?" Su Fan thought it was strange, Su Zhuang had always liked to behave, how could he throw the two women alone in the restaurant.

"Brother Fan, why don't you go find him." Zhao Yan said nervously, in just a few days, she had a good impression of Su Zhuang, and her admiration was undoubtedly revealed.

Looking at Zhao Yan's nervous expression, Su Fan also wanted to go to Su Zhuang, but he felt that it was better to protect the two women in this mixed place, so he pretended to be relaxed and said: "I understand that Su Zhuang is a measured person, and I believe he will come back soon." ā€

Hearing Su Fan's explanation, Zhao Yan could only helplessly keep looking at the door, hoping that Su Zhuang would come back soon.

At this time, Su Zhuang was blocked in the private room of the restaurant by Prime Minister Wa Cheng of the current dynasty, and he was nervous and at a loss.

"Su Zhuang, when will the money owed to me be repaid?" Prime Minister Wa looked at Su Zhuang with a kind face and said.

"Prime Minister, give me a period of grace, and I will pay you back soon." When Su Zhuang saw the pleasant face of the prime minister of the dynasty, he was not grateful, but secretly scolded him thousands of times.

"Su Zhuang, I've been giving you grace for half a year, you must know that the old man also has a family to support, if you don't pay me back, how can I support them." Prime Minister Wa deliberately sold miserably in front of Su Zhuang.

Seeing Prime Minister Wa pretending to be miserable, Su Zhuang really wanted to slap his mouth, blaming himself for losing money in business for the first time, but he didn't know Mount Tai and borrowed money from the prime minister's house. So much so that in the past six months, he was chased by the prime minister to ask for money, and he had nightmares all day long.

"Prime Minister, can you please forgive me for a while?" Su Zhuang pleaded in a low voice, he had never begged anyone in his life.

"I am a magnanimous person, and now there are two paths in front of you, one is to either pay back the money, and the other is to marry my daughter!" The Prime Minister changed his miserable appearance just now and announced proudly.

"Marry your daughter? But I'm already engaged. In fact, Su Zhuang has never been married, and in order to deal with the Prime Minister, he lied without changing his face.

"It's easy to have a marriage contract, can't you just go back and marry another one?" The Prime Minister said domineeringly.

"Prime Minister, how can you be a man of your word, I can't marry your daughter." Su Zhuang strongly refused, he felt that the prime minister was so hateful, and the prime minister's daughter would definitely not be much better.

Looking at Su Zhuang's resolute attitude, the prime minister patted Su Zhuang on the shoulder and said, "If you marry my daughter, the arrears will be written off, and all my property will be yours in the future." ā€

"How can there be such a good thing in the world, there must be something wrong with your daughter, otherwise she would marry me." Su Zhuang said to himself, he was still quite shrewd at the critical moment.

"Don't say there's something wrong with my daughter! She was disfigured only when she was burned by fire, you must know that she was very sweet and lovely when she was a child. When the prime minister talked about his daughter, his face was full of pain.

"Disfigured?" Su Zhuang exclaimed, thinking of the terrible appearance of his face burned by the fire, Su Zhuang's scalp was numb, and he felt that the end of the world had arrived.

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