Chapter 31: The wrist pushes the hooves to add to the iron
On the morning of the 16th day of the first month, in the courtyard of Xiaolang Junwang Fei, the laughter of young men and girls continued, and the clouds and sorrows that shrouded the sky over Tingzhou City seemed to be swept away by the innocent happiness of the teenagers.
After Ashina Xiaoyun saw that the polo cue he gave and the small short bow prepared by his younger brother were all liked by Wang Fei, he was even more interested.
She jumped up from her kneeling posture and beckoned to her personal maid: "Liuli, go and invite the little lady over here, I will discuss playing polo with her now." After Brother Fei joined, he had to reconsider the issue of grouping. ”
Liuli knew how much her little lady loved to play polo, so she hurriedly ran to the courtyard where Wang Fei lived.
Ashina Xiaoyun was very satisfied with her "discipline" of the maidservant to reach the realm of making it necessary, she clapped her hands proudly, turned her head and said to her sister: "Wenxia, now you can take out the gift you prepared!" You've been pretending to be mysterious, and you didn't bring a box, so I don't know where you put your gifts! ”
Facing her sister's questioning, Ashina Wenxia, who has always had sharp teeth today, suddenly hesitated a little and didn't know what to say.
Seeing her always gloomy but resolute sister in a hesitant embarrassment, Ashina Xiaoyun was a little happy in her heart: "I didn't expect you little girl to have today!" ”
After stealing joy, she suddenly thought of a question that seemed to be different from before after last night.
Although I can't say what the specific difference is Ashina Xiaoyun, this abnormal feeling is still very clear.
Ashina Xiaoyun knew that his father already had Mrs. Ashid before Ming Media was marrying his mother.
However, due to the huge disparity in status between the mother and Mrs. Ashid, and the mother gave birth to the father's only son, the inner house of the Ashina family is much more harmonious than that of the royal family.
Mrs. Pei's prestige can be said to be known to women and children in Tingzhou, and even Ashina Xiaoyun, who doesn't like to pay attention to these trivial matters of the house, has heard of it.
Mrs. Asster was submissive, not fighting or grabbing, and all matters in the family were arranged by her father and mother. Therefore, Ashina Xiaoyun does not have a deep understanding of her, and he does not want to become such a cringe woman in the future.
Of course, under normal circumstances, with her noble bloodline and identity as the eldest daughter, she would naturally not be reduced to a concubine in the side room......
Ashina Xiaoyun couldn't understand what supported Mrs. Ashid and made her willing to accept such a depressing life.
But every time I saw Mrs. Ashid, Ashina Xiaoyun always vaguely felt that behind her timid and cowardly expression, there was a heartfelt joy and happiness.
Ashina Xiaoyun couldn't figure out these emotional problems, so she used her best way to solve these puzzles, that is, to leave them behind and ignore them!
She does not delve into the emotions between her father and mother, nor does she want to look for the foundation of her father's relationship with Mrs. Asster, let alone appreciate the subtle interaction between her mother and Mrs. Asster.
All she knew was that her mother loved her very much, and her father loved her very much, and that was enough!
However, a person with coarse nerves like Ashina Xiaoyun can also clearly perceive the faint hostility from her sister Ashina Wenxia, so she is extremely sensitive to her sister's mood.
Ashina Xiaoyun was a little puzzled, because she thought she was kind to this half-sister.
She never put her sister on the shelf to teach her sister, let alone rob her sister's things, and often gave her sister all kinds of novelties generously.
But my sister always wraps her heart in shadows, like pulling up the gate of a suspension bridge, never open to her. No matter how hard Ashina Xiaoyun tries, he can't shine the sunlight into it.
And after last night, Ashina Xiaoyun felt that her sister seemed to be a little less gloomy and more cheerful, which made her very happy.
But what confused her was that her sister, who had stepped out of the shadows a little, not only did not decrease her hostility towards herself, but seemed to have increased.
What the hell happened last night!? Ashina's mind was full of questions, but he couldn't remember anything.
She only remembers that she desperately squeezed to the front of the lantern tower, admiring the sword dance and lanterns intently, so that she was separated from Wang Fei, her sister and others.
However, in previous years, there was often such a situation when watching the lanterns, so Ashina Xiaoyun didn't care.
She doesn't remember when the sword dance ended. I only remember that the crowd was suddenly in a panic, and when I didn't understand what was happening, I was pushed down. It seemed that someone had stepped on her, and she vaguely remembered that she kept dodging subconsciously, and then suddenly her mind sank, and she didn't know anything......
When she woke up, Ashina Xiaoyun found herself lying in her mother's arms, while her sister looked at her coldly with a deep look of smugness and jealousy.
When he returned home, Ashina Xiaoyun learned from his mother that the young Wang Fei actually bravely rode his horse into the fire and saved his sister at a critical moment.
And his little maid Liuli said that he heard many subordinates and tooth soldiers who were at the scene at the time say that Wang Fei Xiaolangjun actually jumped into the fire on a little red horse and pulled Bai Lianju, and he should have gone to save himself, but he happened to save his sister.
Ashina Xiaoyun was originally skeptical of Liuli's words, but after seeing the burns on Bai Lianju's body, she basically believed it.
Thinking of some of Wang Fei's strange behaviors after returning from the broken leaves, the grinning Ashina Xiaoyun suddenly felt a little shy, could it be that this Wang Fei, who is as big as his younger brother, really likes himself!?
Ashina Xiaoyun felt particularly ridiculous about the thought that suddenly popped up in his heart. In her heart, Wang Fei is a younger brother who is two years younger than herself. How could he have any feelings for himself when he was so young? It's so inexplicable!
But then thinking that Wang Fei has been making all kinds of excuses to entangle Scarlet and be her little tail recently, and thinking of his hot eyes looking at him intentionally or unintentionally, Ashina's heart was confused again.
What the hell is going on? Because of this problem, Ashina Xiaoyun didn't sleep well last night, and it wasn't until the cry of the jackdaw came from the window in a daze that she fell asleep.
In the haze of half-asleep and half-awake, Ashina Xiaoyun only thought of one thing: Wang Fei's eyes looking at her were completely different from Wang Qi, Gao Xiangui and others, and it seemed to be full of joy of reunion after a long absence.
So when choosing a gift, Ashina Xiaoyun did not shy away from choosing the polo cue he used.
Deep down, she is also a little looking forward to testing and verifying something with these polo sticks with their own breath......
"Brother Fei, this is the small gift I prepared for you!" Ashina Wenxia's slightly exaggerated voice interrupted Ashina's thoughts.
Ashina Xiaoyun looked at it fixedly and couldn't help but be stunned. My sister actually took out a delicate little dagger inlaid with gold and jade from her waist!
The short sheath of the small dagger is turquoise, and it is inlaid with several green gems, which looks quaint and cold.
"This is!?" Looking at this slightly familiar little dagger, Ashina Xiaoyun was shocked, and the other people in the room were also stunned.
Wang Fei stayed because he was puzzled, and he didn't understand why Ashina Wenxia wanted to give him a weapon for self-defense.
Ayi Tenggena was in a daze, but she didn't expect Ashina Wenxia to be so bold and actually send her daughter's own skirt pressure knife out.
And Ashina's stupidity is really in a daze......
"I heard that you showed the dagger capital last night in order to protect the little lady of Yiyue. So I thought that there might be a lot of places where you would need to use a dagger in the future, so I just found a dagger and gave it to you. Ashina Wenxia understated, as if sending this little dagger was just a trivial matter.
Ashina Xiaoyun was shocked and wanted to say something, but because it involved his sister, who was not close to him, he finally held back.
As the lord of the Turgish, Ayi Tenggana naturally understands the meaning of sending a pressure skirt knife in Turkic customs, but Ashina Wenxia mentioned herself in her words, so it is inconvenient for her to say anything at the moment.
And Wang Fei obviously has no concept of things such as "skirt knife" and "clothes knife", so he doesn't understand the deep meaning of Ashina Wenxia's move.
Wang Fei only stayed for a moment, and then took the small dagger respectfully. He knew very well that he must not offend Ashina Wenxia at this moment, otherwise he would have to face the attack of words and swords.
After taking the dagger, Wang Fei twitched lightly, only to see a pool of autumn water coming out of its sheath, and the sharp cold light was unstoppable.
"Thank you, Sister Wenxia! This gift is so heavy! Wang Fei bowed and said with emotion: "Although I don't know how to identify famous swords, I know at a glance that this is a hundred refining divine soldiers......
"The raw material for this dagger should be iron from Tianzhu, and it uses both the hundred refining method and the steel filling method...... "Ashina Jiang, who had not spoken for a long time, suddenly said.
"Brother Ang is very fond of craftsmanship, and his mother has told him several times, but he doesn't care about it at all." Ashina Xiaoyun saw Wang Fei's surprise and explained.
"It turns out that Angdi still has such a great talent! That's great! As a liberal arts student who knows little about the principles of technology, Wang Fei has always admired and respected tech-savvy science and engineering talents.
Ashina Xiaoyun didn't expect Wang Fei to have such an enthusiastic reaction, and joked with a smile: "Brother Fei, you have been playing with Ji Ang for so many years, and you don't know what he likes to do the most!" ”
Wang Fei was slightly ashamed after hearing this, and after returning to Tingzhou, his attention was focused on Ashina Xiaoyun, and he didn't care much about his so-called "little partner".
"After falling from a startled horse outside Shattered Leaf City, I don't remember some things clearly......" But Wang Fei quickly found a very appropriate reason to hide his embarrassment.
"Actually, I don't know if I'm right, smelting and casting were all told to me by Zhao Dazhu, and I don't particularly understand it." Ashina's words will always be several beats slower.
"Since Angdi is proficient in smelting and casting, I just have something to ask for here." Wang Fei ignored Ashina's modest words, and beckoned to Ayi Tenggena to fetch a pen and paper.
Ashina Xiaoyun didn't expect Wang Fei to be so keen on craftsmanship. When my mother taught my younger brother, she always said that sword casting and bow making were all lowly things that craftsmen were responsible for, and there was no need for nobles to worry about.
She didn't think it was a dirty thing, but she wasn't keen on it either. She only cares if someone makes her the right polo clubs, and she doesn't care about the process by which they are made.
"I really didn't expect Brother Fei to like crafts so much, but this is fine, and the two of them can talk even more." Ashina Xiaoyun thought secretly in his heart.
When Ashina Xiaoyun lowered his head and pondered, he didn't notice that Ashina Wenxia's expression became extremely gloomy.