Chapter 40: The Hunter's Harvest

Ji Liang got into the carriage and no longer urged the noise, the front of this remote house was more calm, and there would be no more excitement of being beaten and scolded for a long time in the future.

Li Minglou looked at the small bowl standing in front of the broken door: "What else do you have to clean up?" ”

Xiao Wan lowered his head: "The prey on my mountain has not been confiscated." ”

In the past, their father and son relied on small bowls to hunt for a living, but now Li Minglou sent them to Jiannan Road, do they still need those prey on the way? Yuan Ji looked at this young man, the father and son had the same strange temper.

What he wants to collect is not the prey, but the anxiety of a sudden change in life, Li Minglou knows this very well, this is the same reason as when he realized that the situation was unstable, his father sent their siblings back to Jiangling Mansion, and she dismantled and transported the entire house of her house.

Li Minglou looked at this dilapidated mansion, and it was not a big deal to transport this mansion to Jiannan Road.

She turned her head to look at Mao'er Mountain next to her, it was not easy to transport this mountain.

In late autumn, the mountains are lush with leaves, the forest is deep and does not see the day, and occasionally the birds and beasts chirp and echo far away, Li Minglou is in a good mood.

It was about this time that Ji Liang was sent to his younger brother, coupled with the request to attack the lord, and the two greatest favors of Xiang Yun to Li Mingyu in fate did not exist.

Jiannandao no longer has to accept his affection, believe in his righteousness, and be deceived by him.

In a good mood, the physical pain has also been reduced a lot, Li Minglou said: "Uncle Yuanji, let's go help." ”

Of course Yuan Ji and Fang Er obeyed, Xiao Wan wanted to say that there were not many prey that he didn't need to help, but seeing that Li Minglou was already holding the black umbrella and walking towards the mountain, he swallowed the words back.

The thin boy led the way in front, the girl behind him held a black umbrella, and Yuan Ji Fang Er followed one step behind, and the group walked into the colorful mountains and forests.

The banquet in the Li family's mansion is in full swing.

Although Xiang Nan didn't talk much, he spoke to his sisters simply and sincerely, and he had something to say to his cousins, and Xiang Jiuding had a lotus tongue, and there was constant laughter and laughter during the banquet.

The subordinates of the Xiang family also enjoyed the wine and food, and an entourage held a wine glass to toast the old lady Li: "Our seventh lady let me see the old lady kowtow." ”

Xiang Yun has seven brothers, and Xiang Nan is the second son of the seventh master.

Mrs. Li hurriedly asked him to get up, drank his wine, and was happy and regretful: "It's a pity that I can't walk when I'm old, and I can't see my mother." ”

"With the words of the old lady, our seventh lady can take leave and go out." The attendant grinned.

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law in the hall all laughed understandingly, and Mrs. Li rewarded the entourage with a handful of money, and the entourage retreated to Xiang Jiuding's side.

"Flim Flam." Xiang Jiuding pretended to be displeased and reprimanded.

The entourage smiled and lowered his head and lowered his voice to say that he would make amends, and the others didn't care, Xiang Nan's eyes saw Xiang Jiuding's complexion change slightly, and the next moment he picked up the wine glass and drank it all, put down the wine glass and his face returned to normal, and waved his hand to the next person: "Go down." ”

The entourage lowered his head and retreated, and Xiang Nan leaned over and poured wine for Xiang Jiuding: "It's indeed my mother's explanation." ”

Xiang Jiuding hummed, held the wine glass and approached Xiang Nan and whispered: "Li Minglou went to Mao'er Mountain." ”

The wine jug in Xiang Nan's hand hit Xiang Jiuding's wine glass, and with a crisp sound, Xiang Jiuding's wine glass fell and shattered, and the people in the hall were startled.

"Ahh Xiang Jiuding jumped up and blamed.

His wine glass fell, did Xiang Nan drink too much? Everyone's eyes fell on Xiang Nan, who was still holding the wine jug, frowning slightly, and seemed to be puzzled by this sentence.

"I can't pour the wine steadily." Xiang Jiuding said, "You're starting to speak slowly." ”

"I didn't drink much." Xiangnan Road.

It seemed that he was a little slow to speak, everyone thought to themselves, and then watched Xiang Nan pour himself wine, and the wine pot was shaking...... I drank too much!

Xiang Jiuding declined Mrs. Li's suggestion to let Xiang Nan rest here: "It's not good to drink too much at this time, let Miss Minglou know, is he happy and drunk too much, or sad to drink too much?" ”

Either one is not a pleasant thing, Li Minglou is injured now.

This banquet should also be dispersed, just entertain your son-in-law, it is not appropriate to be too lively, Mrs. Li nodded in agreement, the two Xiang Jiuding brothers said goodbye, and the banquet of the Li family was over.

Li Mingqi stood under the porch, reaching out and gently pulling the hanging wisteria leaves.

"Let's go." Li Minghua turned his head and followed Li Mingqi's line of sight.

Li Minghai and several young people were sending Xiang Jiuding and Xiang Nan out, talking and laughing.

Li Mingqi raised his chin and chuckled: "Xiang Jiuye and Xiang Nangongzi walked together, Xiang Jiuye seemed to be drunk." ”

Li Mingran nodded: "Xiang Jiuye is staggering, Xiang Nangongzi is walking steadily, I really can't tell that he is drunk." ”

Li Minghua was not interested in watching it again: "Some people are drunk and can't see it." Pulling Li Mingqi and Li Mingran forward, "Let's go." ”

The hustle and bustle of the Li family gradually dissipated.

The cry of pheasants sounded in the mountains and forests, the wings flapped and the fallen leaves flew wildly, and Li Minglou took a few steps back with a black umbrella.

"I've gained a lot." She exclaimed, "You are a good hunter. ”

The small bowl that tied the three pheasants to the branch lowered his head: "No, it's nothing, the trap caught it." ”

Li Minglou walked over and looked at the trap hidden in the branches and rocks: "The trap was made by you." ”

"Whatever you want." Xiao Wan whispered.

"I've hunted, I've set traps, I've got a mountain, but I've never caught so much prey." Li Minglou said.

She had a mountain, and Xiao Wan never thought that anyone could sell Mao'er Mountain, and he picked up the pheasant: "If you don't rely on this to survive, you won't die if you can't hunt your prey." ”

Li Minglou smiled: "You're right. ”

Over there, Fang Er and Yuan Ji beckoned another trap and found the prey: "In the col, it's a wild boar, it's still alive, miss, don't come here." ”

Xiaowan seems to have caught a wild boar for the first time, and he couldn't hide his excitement and ran away, although Li Minglou was curious, he didn't follow the past, timidity and caution are two different things, his father once said not to prove his bravery by taking risks.

The wild boars are dead and alive all the same, and we will see when they are disposed of.

Yuan Ji Fang Er spoke calmly, the small bowl was excited and raised, the screams of the wild boar were mixed, and the wild boar's voice was more sharp after a while, accompanied by the rolling branches and leaves of the mountain stones, the wild boar ran away, but it must have been injured and could not live, Yuan Ji Fang Er and the three of them followed closely behind.

The voice gradually faded away, Li Minglou sat on the mountain rock and looked up at the sky, which covered the sky and the sun, she put away the black umbrella, and her ears became quieter and quieter.

This silence is not dead silence, she can hear the branches and leaves being blown by the wind, being fanned by the birds in the sky, and crawling by the snakes and insects on the ground, and she seems to be able to see this scene clearly.

She seems to be sensitive to the movement of dead things, perhaps because she is also a dead thing.

There was a creak, and it was a human foot stepping on a broken rock.

Li Minglou sat up straight and listened attentively, the sound of Yuan Ji Fang's two small bowls and wild boars came from far away from the other side, and this footstep came from the bottom of the mountain, who was it? She stood up and looked in one direction, and a figure came down the dim mountain with colorful shadows.

The young man, dressed in a white robe embroidered with bluegrass and carrying a bow behind him, was like a bright light in the mountains and forests, and he waved his horsewhip to push away the bushes and grass, and raised his head to look ahead.

Xiang Nan.

Li Minglou was a little surprised, how did he come here? Immediately relieved, although the people of the Xiang family did not come to force her to see her, they must have sent someone to keep an eye on her, after all, she is a human being, not a real ghost, and she has Yuan Ji Fang Er as an accompaniment, out of the door of the Li family, out of the city gate, it is not strange to be seen by the people of the Xiang family.

Xiang Nan stopped and listened slightly.

He heard the movement on Yuanji's side, and Li Minglou watched him speed up his pace and walked towards this side.

He is a person and has no entourage, at least not at this moment, Li Minglou listened attentively and could be sure that there was no one else around, so ......

She hunted and set traps.

Li Minglou lowered his head and looked at the trap left by the small bowl, because he was in a hurry to catch the wild boar, and there was still a short arrow in the trap that was not taken out.

When she can't hit her prey, she will die, and she can also be a good hunter.

Li Minglou wouldn't think that the seventeen-year-old Xiang Nan hadn't killed himself or not.

Not to mention that he killed her with his own hands ten years later, even if he didn't kill her, but there was only a sign of killing, and their Li clan would not hesitate to extinguish this sign.

Whether she should kill or not is not something she should consider, but what the Xiang family should consider, consider whether she should move this thought, and what kind of results this idea will cause.

Li Minglou was lightly moved, and there was the sound of Yuanji and them over there, carefully and quickly rearranged the trap, and the sound of the branches and rocks being trampled in his ears was getting closer and closer, and across the dense forest shrubs, the picture of Xiang Nan walking step by step clearly appeared, and she lowered her head and retreated deeper into the dense forest.

Xiang Nan, who had already walked here, stopped, and heard that Suosuo's voice came, people? Animal? There is the screaming of wild boars in the distance, and there are fierce beasts in this mountain.

Xiang Nan took off his bow and arrows and held them in his hand, he didn't continue to walk until it became quiet, and the sound of people and wild boars and trees crashing in the distance became clearer.

Xiang Nan's bow and arrow were retracted in front of him, and he took steps in the direction where the noise came, one step at a time, three steps, with a soft sound, the originally quiet forest leaves and shrubs in front of him were like skin bags cut by a knife, the flat ground was windy, and the branches and leaves were swaying, and a net bounced up from the ground to cover Xiang Nan.

Xiang Nan stepped back at the same time as the sound of a gurgle, looked up at the net that pounced, and saw clearly at a glance that the net was very broken, and he didn't know how many times he had patched it.

This hunter is frugal.

The corners of his mouth were crooked, his feet landed easily, and another soft sound came from behind him.

Xiang Nan's hair stood on end.