"Xiao Luo!" Qingluan was genuinely happy to see Xiao Luo, "Why didn't I see you at the palace banquet last time?" She actually wanted to pay more attention to where Xiao Luo had gone during this time.

"The Ministry of War sent me to a neighboring county to investigate the recruitment of soldiers." Xiao Luo smiled and drove his horse to Jianing's side, "I only returned to Beijing two days ago." ”

On the day Xiao Luo returned to Beijing, he learned that Mu Silian, who had been recruited by his eldest brother with great difficulty, had been dismissed from his post and his family had been raided, which surprised him, but when he learned that this person dared to be rude to Jianing, he instantly became murderous towards him.

"Brother Wuxing, why do you have free time today?" Qingluan turned his head and asked. Yue Wuxian, this guy should go to Honglu Temple every day to answer the mao, why is he so like a gentleman who has nothing to do?

No, he's not just a gentleman, he seems to be a part-time killer.

Yue Wuxian pursed his lips and said lazily: "When am I not free?" ”

He's been a lot of money lately. Xiao Boyan has been depressed and unhappy in recent days, and many tasks can only be put on hold for the time being. No, my family took advantage of today's fine weather to come out for a walk and breathe.

Several people gossiped all the way, and unknowingly entered the corner of Luming Mountain.

Luming Mountain is dozens of miles away from the capital, the mountain is not high, but the area is extremely wide, it is a continuous hilly mountain range; Wild bamboo forests are everywhere in the mountains and forests, and there are many herbivorous wild animals such as elk, sika deer, wild boars, and of course, fierce beasts such as tigers and wolves.

Dozens of people and horses stood at the entrance to the mountain, and the county lord of Chaoyang took the lead in speaking: "Jianing, there are so many of us, we scared them away without getting close to the prey, what kind of hunting!" ”

As he spoke, he glared at Xiao Luo and Yue Wuxian dissatisfiedly.

There were more than 20 people in Yue Wuxian's team, plus dozens of people on Qingluan's side, such a huge battle could make the beast flee from a long distance.

"Xiao Luo, you guys go in first, let's just hunt some small beasts on the periphery, and we won't go with you." Qingluan sat on horseback and said. She still has important things to do, so naturally she can't spend time with these two people.

"Well, be careful." Even though Xiao Luo was reluctant, he had no choice but to urge the horse to leave first with Yue Wuxian and others.

"Jianing! There are fierce beasts in the mountains, so don't hunt alone! After walking a long way, Xiao Luo turned around and explained.

"Got it!" Qingluan waved at him.

Yue Wuxian looked at Xiao Luo with a sideways face, and then looked back at Qingluan with a thoughtful expression.

Seeing a group of people galloping away, the county lord of Chaoyang breathed a sigh of relief, "They are finally gone." ”

Turning around and asking Li Lan, "Are you okay?" Otherwise, you'll be waiting for us here in the carriage. ”

Where is Li Lan willing to stay on the side of the road and wait, isn't that a freeze in vain, and hurriedly said: "I can do it." ”

Qingluan: "In this way, if you go a little further ahead, there should be a few farmers, so we might as well place the carriage there and then enter the mountain, and when we come back, we will have a place to rest." ”

The county lord of Chaoyang and Li Lan nodded.

"Okay, when we hunt the prey, we can borrow some food from the villagers." The county lord of Chaoyang was ten thousand in favor and immediately ordered the coachman to continue driving.

According to the address given by Wei Bao, Qingluan soon found a small courtyard next to a small mountain village.

The exterior of this courtyard looks like an ordinary farmhouse, but the courtyard is higher, the courtyard is larger, and there are more houses.

As soon as the carriage and horse came to the door of this farmhouse, they saw Wei Bao, who was easy to face, come out and greet, "Your noble man is coming from afar, please come in and rest." ”

Qingluan glanced at him, and saw that he was full of white hair, with a white beard on his face, and his back was slightly bent, and he really looked like an old man.

"Let's take shelter from the cold here for the time being, you go and prepare some tea and rice, and your benefits will be indispensable when you turn back." Qingluan pretended not to know him and commanded.

"Whoa!" Wei Bao bowed, pushed open the courtyard door, and welcomed the group into the courtyard.

When Zhu Niang walked past Wei Bao, she looked at him a few times, but she didn't say anything.

"Jianing, don't say it, this farmhouse is quite clean." Chaoyang walked around the house, touching the hot kang, and looked like he wanted to climb on the kang and sit down.

The room was warm like spring, with a soft yellow new mat on the kang, a pine kang table, and a two-door cabinet with clean blue flower bedding in it.

There is also a mute woman in this farmhouse, who looks like she is in her forties, and she is busy serving tea and pouring water inside and out, and she looks very neat and capable.

Qingluan walked into the courtyard.

There is a kitchen well in the front yard, a bluestone slab is laid on the side of the well platform, a large pile of timber and grass is piled up in the corner of the yard, and there is a small chicken coop with several chickens in it, and a three-month-old chubby dog wagging its tail around everyone to have fun.

The back garden is quite large, there are two vegetable beds in it, and a lot of vegetables are planted, which are covered with a straw curtain at this time, and a thick layer of snow is collected on the grass curtain.

The three brick main houses in the back garden were locked at this time.

"County Lord, those secret guard training centers are more than twenty miles away from here, when do you think you have time to take a look?" Wei Bao took advantage of the fact that there was no one around, and asked in a low voice beside Qingluan.

Qingluan didn't look at him, but said softly: "I'll talk about it when I come back from hunting." ”

"Do you want the villain to go hunting?"

"No, just wander around the periphery, it doesn't matter, you just wait here."

At this time, the county lord of Chaoyang ran over, "Jianing, we can go." ”

"Okay." Qingluan followed the county lord of Chaoyang to the front yard.

The three girls turned over and got on their horses, followed by Zhu Niang and about 20 guards. The rest of the people stayed here to rest and wait.

The horses' hooves flew and splashed with snow mist, and the hoof prints quickly disappeared into the depths of the field.

"Look! There's a fox there! The county lord of Chaoyang exclaimed excitedly.

A fox with fiery red fur in front of him dragged his big fluffy tail and looked back, and immediately turned around and fled away.

The county lord of Chaoyang drew his arrow and drew his bow and shot at the fox.

However, the feathered arrow was stuck in the snow.

"Oops! Run! What a pity! The county lord of Chaoyang exclaimed regretfully.

"County Lord! Go down and catch up! One of the guards said.

"Go ahead! If you can't catch it, forget it. She wanted to hunt a scarf for her father, and it was fitting to see that the fox's tail hair was abundant.

Several guards, with bows and arrows in their hands, rode in pursuit.

Qingluan's heart is not on hunting beasts, but only looking around at the scenery of the mountains.

"You go and look around, I see a lot of pheasants flying up in the bamboo forest over there." Qingluan knew that the guards were all eager to try, so he let them play.

"Okay!" The guards rode out in high spirits.

In the depths of the bamboo forest, a flock of pheasants flew by with their long tail feathers, and after only a short while, they fell down again.

One of the guards jumped off his horse, sharpened a large handful of green bamboo with his knife, cleared the snow in the clearing, cleared a clearing, sprinkled the grain he had brought, and waited for him at a distance.

After a while, many birds flew in twos and threes to peck at the food.

With a bow and arrow in hand, Li Lan aimed at these birds and birds, and even shot a gray pearl-necked turtledove.

Although this bird is not large, it tastes quite good.

The county lord of Chaoyang clapped his hands on the side, "This method is good, you sweep a few more places, let's take some turtledoves and go back to braised them." ”

Qingluan sat on horseback, quite speechless.

However, the noble ladies have always hunted like this, just for fun.

She drove her horse to the side slowly, with a bow and arrow in her hand, and had no intention of shooting.

Suddenly, with a whoosh, an arrow feather grazed her cheek and shot into the trunk of the tree in front of her, and the white feather behind the arrow was still trembling, which showed the great strength.

"What people!" Zhu Niang let out a cold sweat, hurriedly rode over, and pulled out the saber at her waist to protect the county lord of Jianing behind her.

Several guards next to him also heard the sound and urged the horses to come.

At this moment, I saw a group of soldiers wearing armor and riding horses, slowly stepping out of the forest.

"It's not a deer, I'm really sorry, I'm going to miss." In the middle, a young man with two mustaches said with a smile on his face.