Chapter 43: What's Strange?
East Wing, Shooting Range.
Towards the start of the class, the girls gathered in the open space of the shooting range and stood in line as a class.
On the other side, the male students were separated from the girls by a long distance, all holding their breath and concentrating, serious, but there were always uncontrollable glances at them.
It's late autumn, everything is withering, but the girls in front of me are dancing red, delicate and smart, like a hundred flowers blooming, which is really pleasing to the eye.
Naturally, there are also incomprehensible customs, such as Mu Changfeng and others.
Mu Changfeng has been familiar with Wen Rong'an recently, and he doesn't care that people don't want to deal with him at all, and he seems to be a good brother and sister: "Tsk, look at these unpromising ones, as if they have never seen a girl in their lives!" ”
Wen Rongan ignored Mu Changfeng's ridicule, looked at it quietly, and did not see Yan Ran's figure, and was faintly worried in his heart.
and Wen Rongan have the same thoughts, as well as Zhen Yu.
Seeing Yan Ran's delayed future, Zhen Yu couldn't help but be a little worried, and looked around frequently.
Zhen Yu and Yan Ran are not in the same class, she wants to go to Class A to inquire about the situation, but she is not good at socializing with people, and she is a little embarrassed for a while.
It happened that the county lord of Jinluan was standing behind Zhen Yu, and when he saw her looking uneasy, he asked, "What's wrong?" ”
The county lord of Jinluan is the grandniece of the queen mother, because of the early death of her parents, she was pitied by the queen mother, so she was raised by her side.
Zhen Yu was weak when he was a child and recuperated in the Queen's Palace.
The two are of the same age, and they are not princes and princesses in the palace, so they have a sense of pity for each other and often play together.
The county lord of Jinluan has a cheerful temperament, and when he heard that Zhen Yu was worried about his friend, he took her to find Yan Ran.
The county lord of Jinluan and Zhen Yu came to the location of the Xuanzi Class A, and were about to ask if they had seen Yan Ran, when they suddenly heard several girls gathering in one place whispering, and they couldn't help but pause.
"Does the little grandfather really appreciate Miss Cui so much?"
"Of course, I was there that day, and I heard the little grandfather praise Miss Cui for her 'beautiful appearance', these four words are not something that any girl can afford."
"The little grandfather is a humble gentleman, and Miss Cui is also talented and beautiful, these two are very compatible, they are a pair of beautiful people made in heaven!"
"yes, yes!"
……
"What are you talking about?"
Lord Jinluan suddenly spoke, interrupting the girls' discussion.
When the girls saw that it was the county lord, they immediately fell silent and retreated to the side and did not dare to make a sound.
A sneer provocated on the lips of the county lord of Jinluan: "Cui Jingshi, heh." ”
Zhen Yuyuan also counted on the county lord of Jinluan to accompany her to find Yan Ran, but the county lord of Jinluan was inexplicably angry, and changed her route to find Cui Jingshi with an angry face, so she had to go to find Yan Ran by herself.
The county lord of Jinluan stood in front of Cui Jingshi, looked at her from head to toe carelessly, and suddenly smiled: "It's not more than Er'er." ”
The contemptuous look of the county lord of Jinluan was the same as that of Wen Chengyan, which made Cui Jingshi very breathless.
But this person was brought over by her design, and she could only grit her teeth and swallow this evil breath, and then raised her eyes, she still looked indifferent without desire: "The county lord praised it falsely, the little woman can't afford these four words." The little grandfather said this that day, just to humiliate me. I think that in the eyes of the little grandfather, there should be someone else who is worthy of these four words. ”
The county lord of Jinluan frowned and asked, "Who is that person?" ”
Cui Jingshi paused, as if she didn't want to say right and wrong, but because of the prestige of the county lord of Jinluan, she had to tell the truth: "It should be the eldest girl of the Yan family, after all, the little grandfather spoke ill of me in order to protect her." I think that the little grandfather should cherish this girl very much, otherwise he would not have jumped into the water to save people at the eldest princess's birthday banquet, and quietly sent people away afterwards in order to maintain her reputation. ”
Lord Jinluan was stunned, and couldn't help but recall the situation on the day of the eldest princess's birthday banquet.
On the same day, she did hear that someone had fallen into the water, and Wen Chengyan jumped into the water to save people, but in the end, no one was saved.
She thought it was Wen Chengyan who accidentally fell into the water, but for the sake of face, she said that she was saving people, but it turned out that there was such a secret in this?
The county lord of Jinluan retracted his thoughts and looked at Cui Jingshi suspiciously: "How do you know about such a secret matter?" ”
A trace of panic flashed on Cui Jingshi's face at the right time, as if she had accidentally told some secret, but the matter had come to this point, so she could only bite the bullet and say: "It was passed on by the second girl of the Yan family, and she has always been at odds with the eldest girl Yan." ”
Yan Yao did listen to what Wen said, and spread the news that Yan Ran had returned to the house in a man's robe on the day of the eldest princess's birthday banquet to Cui Jingshi's ears.
Although Yan Yao covered up Wen Rongan's name in order to confuse the public, let alone lead the matter to Wen Chengyan, these clues were still connected by Cui Jingshi by mistake.
Cui Jingshicai no matter what the truth is, it is a rumor anyway, what can be done with more and less money.
The lord of Jinluan fell in love with Wen Chengyan, and she was supposed to be taught in the palace, but she begged the queen mother to transfer to the Chongwen Museum where Wen Chengyan was.
Cui Jingshi also took a lot of effort to find out such secrets.
Since the county lord of Jinluan is very affectionate, it is best to use her to deal with Yan Ran.
When the county lord of Jinluan heard that this matter was spread because of the Yan family's sisters, he already believed it a little, and his original hostility towards Cui Jingshi was instantly transferred to Yan Ran.
Over there, Yan Ran was still thinking about how to solve the problem of not having a riding costume in the riding and archery class.
Qingxuan looked at a good piece of clothing that was instantly shattered into strips of cloth, and immediately turned white, as if she had seen a ghost, and her words were not good: "Girl, this dress is broken by the slave maid?" ”
Yan Ran's eyebrows were originally tightly locked, full of anger, but at this moment, she was amused by Qingxuan's words.
The lacerations in the garment were neatly cut, and it was clear that someone had cut the scratches with scissors beforehand.
If you don't pay attention, you won't be able to see it at all, but if you move or pull violently, your clothes will tear along the scratches.
If it hadn't been stepped on by Qingxuan, after Yan Ran went out, the clothes would have cracked again, and his face would have been lost.
This person wants her to completely ruin her innocence in front of everyone, and his heart can be punished!
Qingxuan blamed herself: "It's all to blame for the slave's carelessness, I don't know when someone took advantage of the loophole and did something on the girl's clothes!" ”
Yan Ran shook her head and didn't blame: "Eat a trench to grow wise, and be more alert in the future." ”
Qingxuan was annoyed and anxious: "But, without riding clothes, how can the girl go to class?" ”
Previously, the master told him that he must bring a change of riding clothes before he can take riding and archery lessons.
Because the clothes are wide, it is not convenient to ride a horse and shoot arrows, and for beginners, it is afraid of injury.
Qingxuan proposed: "Girl, if not, you can take leave from your master!" ”
Anyway, Yan Ran didn't have a riding costume, even if she went to class, she couldn't do anything, and she would be reprimanded by her master and ridiculed, so it was better to avoid the limelight.
Yan Ran felt that it was inappropriate, no matter who set up this poisonous plan, no matter what his purpose was, she didn't want to let that person succeed, let alone be willing to give in.
Yan Ran thought for a moment and asked Qingxuan, "Can you bring a needle and thread?" ”
"Take it!"
Qingxuan hurriedly untied her purse and took out a wire hoop from it, with a few needles stuck in it.
Yan Ran spread out the robe she had worn before, folded the sleeves, and sewed them with needles and threads.
Qingxuan looked at Yan Ran's flying needle in shock, her eyes were full of incredulity, her girl was going to make a temporary riding costume?
Yan Ran didn't have such skillful hands, and she didn't have so much time, she just locked the wide sleeves of her regular clothes into tight sleeves, and cut the original riding clothes to make a belt and tie it around her waist.
In this way, a simple version of the riding suit is made.
Time was pressing, so Yan Ran wore this improvised riding costume to the shooting range.
On the way, I happened to meet Zhen Zhen.
Zhen Zhen looked at Yan Ran's outfit, and he also felt a little indescribable.
This dress looks like a riding outfit, with slim sleeves and easy to move, but why does it always feel like something weird?
Yan Ran and Zhen Yu came to the shooting range, and the riding and archery class had begun.
In order to avoid suspicion, the venue was divided into two parts, which were used by male and female students.
Because of the large number of students, it was not convenient to conduct the same course at the same time, so the master divided the students into two groups, one to learn archery at the shooting range, and the other to go to the horse farm to learn horseback riding.
Compared with archery, the girls were more afraid of riding horses, so they rushed to learn archery.
Yan Ran and Zhen Yu came late, Zhen Yu was inconvenient to do strenuous exercise due to stridor, and there was only one horse left in the stable, so Yan Ran had no choice but to learn to ride a horse.
Yan Ran was waiting for the groom to lead the horse over, and the county lord of Jinluan rode up to her, looked at her condescendingly, and sneered: "Miss Yan, the master said that you must change your riding clothes in the archery class, what kind of style do you have in this nondescript outfit?" ”
Yan Ran couldn't help but feel strange, she had never intersected with the Lord of Jinluan, and she didn't know why she suddenly became troubled.
Yan Ran raised his arm, looked at his clothes, and then looked at the clothes of the county lord of Jinluan, and replied without humility or arrogance: "County lord, changing the riding costume is for the convenience of movement, although my clothes are different from yours, but the function is the same." There are nine kinds of dragons in human beings, and things are different, so why is it strange? ”
The county lord of Jinluan sneered, and his smile was full of coldness: "Heh, analyze the sophistry." ”
She said that, and left with disdain.
At this time, the groom also led the horse over, and Yan Ran got on the horse, and under the guidance of the master, slowly walked around.
Seeing that Yan Ran was in a stable state, the master gave a few more words of advice, and then went to guide the other students.
Yan Ran was enjoying the wide field of vision of "standing high and seeing far away", when she suddenly heard the sound of hurried horses' hooves behind her.
She looked back and saw that the county lord of Jinluan was coming on horseback.
Yan Ran hurriedly pulled up the reins, intending to retreat to the side, but it was too late.
The county lord of Jinluan came to her side in an instant, and a whip was raised, but it landed on Yan Ran's horse.
The madman hissed in pain, raised his front hooves and galloped out.
Yan Ran was almost thrown out, she subconsciously grabbed the reins, but her brain was blank for a moment because of this sudden change, completely leaving behind the knowledge that Master Fang Cai said.
Yan Ran only felt that her body was as light as a leaf, floating indiscriminately in the storm, and would fall at any time.