、、、、、、、、、、 The camp is located in a flat and open upwind area, and at a glance, more than 20 green felt tents are lined up, horses neigh, and people come and go.

In addition to the Huang family and others who went with them on the last outing, they also saw the county lord of Xingkang who made the county lord of Qinghua fall off his horse. The lord of Xingkang and several richly dressed young men and women sat in front of a felt tent, laughing unscrupulously, her complexion was very good, and her expression was relaxed and comfortable, which showed that Qinghua's fall from the horse had little impact on her in the end.

Xue Niang walked around and came back, and happened to see Peony looking at Xingkang's gang, thinking that she hated these clan nobles, so she explained: "I didn't want to invite her to come, but because there are many people invited this time, the relationship is different, you call me, I call you, and she will know." As soon as she heard that it was Mrs. Li who had come out to make an appointment, she chased after her and said that she wanted to come, but Mrs. Li had no choice but to answer her, and she called many people to come. Don't worry, I contacted her a few times later, she is not like that Tsinghua, she is not difficult, and she will not come to us for trouble. ”

"I'm not worried." Peony knows that since Li Manniang saved the cousin of the county lord of Xingkang, the people on the county lord's side of Xingkang have been intermittently in contact with Li Manniang, and it is reasonable for the county lord of Xingkang to appear here this time. She is not worried about who the county lord of Xingkang will find trouble, firstly, she has no contradiction with the lord of Xingkang, and secondly, since she is the head of Li Manniang, how can the lord of Xingkang have to give Li Manniang face, how can she come to find their trouble?

Xue Niang saw that Peony's expression was calm, and she really didn't look worried, so she smiled and said, "That's good, let's not worry about these idleness." I will share a felt tent with you at night, and now let someone put it on first, and I will lead you to see the falcons, cheetahs, and lynxes. There is a cheetah, I don't know whose it is, but it looks really good. ”

Together, they went to another camp set up downwind, which was reserved for the lower people, and was also a place for cooking and eating, and for keeping horses and eagles, cheetahs, lynxes, and hounds.

Xue Niang familiarly sprinkled two handfuls of money, and a young maid came to lead them to a felt tent, and when they entered the inside, a yellow-haired and yellow-bearded Huren leopard tamer got up to meet him, and looked at Peony and Xue Niang in confusion, and the little girl smiled and said: "These two little ladies want to see the frightening wind in our family." ”

The man smiled in a friendly manner, leaned sideways, and made a gesture of please. Peony probed to look over, but saw a big cage in the corner, a yellow-skinned and black-spotted cheetah lazily crawling inside, saw the living people coming, immediately "hula" stood up, looked at Peony and Xue Niang vigilantly, bared his teeth and made a low threatening sound.

Xue Niang naughtily made strange moves at the leopard, and circled around the cage: "Yo yo yo, it's very fierce, you have the ability to bite me." Come on, come on. ”

The leopard barked its teeth unhappily at her, and spun around. Peony smiled: "Xue Niang, don't be naughty, see you make it anxious." It's not very good-tempered. ”

Xue Niang laughed: "The leopard's temper is naturally not good, but the impatient cheetah is not good at hunting, so I am helping it train patience." ”

Suddenly, I heard someone laughing at the door of the felt tent: "Really? My frightening can't hunt? How about I put it out and give it a try? Immediately afterwards, a man wearing a azure round-necked robe with a black rhino leather belt, high boots, a jade-colored complexion, and a smiling man strode in with a horsewhip inlaid with gold and jade, looking at Peony and Snow Niang with burning eyes. It turned out to be Jiang Ergong.

The leopard trainer and the little man all saluted him: "The villain has seen the male." ”

Jiang Er ignored the axioms, and raised his eyes arrogantly at Peony and Xue Niang: "The two of you know cheetahs very well? So it's not good to look at me with this frightening wind? ”

Peony probably knew some of his temper, and had no intention of provoking him, so he smiled and said, "Naturally, it's good, so we came to take a look." It's just a joke between women just now, so please don't care. ”

Jiang Ergong saw that Peony said good things, his heart was a little more relaxed, and he looked at Xue Niang again: "Do you know how to tame a leopard?" Why don't I ask you to tame it for me? ”

Xue Niang pursed her lips and said, "You are so stingy, didn't you just say it was a joke?" If I don't think it's good, how can I go out of my way to look at it? ”

Jiang Ergong saw that Xue Niang's expression was cute, the innocence and coquettishness of a child, the peony was beautiful and gentle, and he said good things with intentions, so he laughed: "I am also joking, the two mothers don't have to take it seriously." ”

Seeing that his state was improving, Xue Niang boldly tilted her head to look at him: "Can you let it out for me to touch?" ”

Jiang Ergong smiled slightly: "Why not?" Immediately ordered the leopard tamer: "Ark, let the frightening wind out." ”

When he turned his face, Peony saw several reddish scars on the left side of his face, pulling from the corners of his eyes to his chin. She guessed that this was about the place where he had ridden the purple horse and been scratched by the branches. To say that Jiang Ergong's appearance is really similar to Jiang Changyang, the upper contours of his eyebrows, nose, and face are very similar, but Jiang Changyang's chin is square, but his is a little pointed, and his complexion is like jade, which looks like two completely different feelings from Jiang Changyang.

"It's grumpy, don't stretch your hand. I told you to touch you. Jiang Ergong turned around and told the two, and at a glance he noticed that Peony seemed to be looking at his face, he immediately became uncomfortable, a trace of sorrow flashed in his eyes, he stepped forward sideways, changed his corner, and faced Peony and Xue Niang.

Peony quickly retracted his gaze, pretending not to find anything, and naturally nodded in agreement: "I won't stretch out my hand." ”

The leopard tamer opened the leopard cage a crack, dodged inside, and after bringing all the muzzles and holsters to the frightening wind, Fang ordered the little guy to open the cage door. As soon as the door opened, the leopard jumped out with a "bang", almost pulling the leopard tamer into a somersault, the leopard tamer let out a loud shout, the leopard shrunk its neck, as if a little scared, but then Jiang Ergong's posture greatly boosted its majesty.

Jiang Ergong laughed and said, "What a majestic frightening wind! Come here, good boy. The leopard no longer cared about the leopard trainer, and dragged the leopard trainer to Jiang Ergong, rubbed Jiang Ergong's boots with his head flatteringly, and circled around him.

Jiang Ergong turned back to Peony and Xue Niang and said slightly smugly: "I am different from others, what they require is that the leopard is absolutely obedient, but I feel that this leopard still has to be wild." ”

Out of politeness, Peony and Xue Niang both nodded in agreement. As he was talking, the leopard accidentally rubbed Jiang Ergong's robe, Jiang Ergong suddenly changed color, kicked over, and scolded: "The animal that doesn't have long eyes has rubbed your miscellaneous hair all over the master." The leopard immediately fell down in fear and surrendered.

Seeing this, Xue Niang let out an "ah" in surprise and said, "Oh, it listens to you, you are so powerful." I've often heard people say that this leopard listens more to the leopard trainer, but it obviously listens to you more, how do you do that? ”

Jiang Ergong laughed, gently grabbed the leopard's scalp, and said complacently: "You don't have to do it, my father has this ability." "It turns out that his so-called wildness is for other people, not for him. What he asked was for the leopard to listen to him alone, while the others remained "wild"

Looking at the smugness on Jiang Ergong's face, Peony secretly thought that he kicked this kick just now, obviously to show off to them, and he just wanted to get this compliment. This person's nature is really ......

Xue Niang also felt that Jiang Ergong was proud, so she quietly pouted her lips disapprovingly, stepped forward and grabbed the scalp of the leopard twice, and saw that the leopard was crawling at the feet of Jiang Ergong, and she didn't dare to move, and suddenly lost all interest, and said a perfunctory word, so she asked Peony to leave: "We have been out for a long time, but I am afraid that my mother and they will look for us everywhere." ”

Peony hurriedly agreed: "Then let's go back." The two were about to give Jiang Ergong a farewell, but Jiang Ergong looked at the peony with dissatisfaction: "Don't you want to touch it?" I let the frightening wind out, and you don't touch it again? Could it be that you are looking at me so frightened that the wind does not enter your eyes? ”

Peony was stunned, obviously Xue Niang wants to touch it, is it okay? Will she offend people if she doesn't touch it? Alas, forget it, what to provoke him to do, it's just to touch the leopard. She stepped forward and touched the leopard's back: "It's too serious, it's my cowardice......"

The words did not fall, but seeing that Jiang Ergong suddenly loosened the leather rope in his hand, the leopard suddenly twisted and jumped up, but in the blink of an eye, two claws were on the shoulders of the peony, and the two eyes stared at the peony fiercely. The leopard's mouth was covered by a muzzle, but the claws were still very sharp, on the shoulder, through the jacket, the peony still felt a burst of pain, and the fishy wind came to the nose, making people almost suffocate. Peony heard the deafening scream of the Snow Lady, she wanted to scream, but she couldn't, she looked at the leopard stupidly, and her legs forgot to tremble.

Xue Niang pounced on Jiang Ergong's arm and shook it vigorously: "Don't scare me Sister He, she is not well, please." ”

Jiang Ergong looked at the peony's face although it became pale, but it still did not move, and he didn't feel interesting, so he whistled. The leopard got off the peony lightly and skillfully, and turned around to pick up Xue Niang's shoulder. Frightened, Xue Niang screamed in panic, let go of Jiang Ergong's arm, ran towards Peony and hugged Peony's shoulder, buried her head on Peony's shoulder, and looked terrified. Jiang Ergong slammed the whip in his hand in time, and the leopard retracted his momentum, walked to Jiang Ergong's feet and obediently lay down.

Peony helped Xue Niang and said in a low voice: "Don't be afraid." He didn't dare to do anything to us. Only then did Xue Niang come back to her senses, looked at her and said, "Sister He, you are okay." ”

Peony felt her legs trembling at this time, and she squeezed out a smile: "It's okay." She asked herself if she hadn't done anything to offend Jiang Ergong since she came in, was it because she hadn't shown great interest in this leopard that he wanted to frighten her like this? But looking at the leopard's facial expression, it is simply familiar, which shows that this kind of thing is not done once or twice.

Jiang Ergong pretended to ask Peony if he had been injured, and then said: "This damn beast is wild and difficult to change, in fact, you scared it." Fortunately, no harm was caused, and the little lady should not be as knowledgeable as this animal. ”

Peony looked back at him and said quietly: "Naturally, I don't know like animals. ”

Jiang Ergong's face changed, and then he turned his face and shouted: "Zhengde! Let's send these two mothers back. In addition, send some oranges we brought to them to apologize for their surprise. ”

"Yes." An obese figure flashed in from outside the tent and hugged his fists at Peony and Xue Niang: "Two little ladies please." ”

Peony looked at the past, but it was the one who stared at her outside Jiang Changyang's village that day, and asked without politeness. The missing ear obviously recognized her, but instead of staring at her as he had done last time, he just glanced at her and lowered his eyes.

Peony's heart turned around, and he quickly turned his head, only to see Jiang Ergong standing in the shadows and squinting at him, with an unpredictable expression and an unclear meaning in his eyes. She suddenly understood that it was a coincidence that she arrived at Jiang Ergong, but it was definitely not a coincidence that she was pounced on the shoulder by this leopard. only scared her, but did not scare Xue Niang, indicating that he knew that she was easier to bully.

Although she hadn't seen Jiang Changyang since the last goodbye, Jiang Changyang had only asked Wu to send a few small things and bring a few words. But she had dealings with Jiang Changyang before, as long as she had the heart to inquire, she would definitely be able to inquire. After all, Jiang Changyang saved her during the festival, which was all the attention, and he couldn't hide it. Jiang Ergong probably guessed a little, but he couldn't know the truth, otherwise just based on his hatred for Jiang Changyang, maybe it would not be as simple as scaring her.

Peony was silent for a moment, a smile appeared on his face, and he looked at Jiang Ergong and said: "No need, you also blame me, the leopard is wild and untamable, I shouldn't rush to reach out." The leopard was well trained, and although he was scared by me, he only put it on my shoulder, and did not hurt anyone. I don't have to send oranges, and I don't have to send someone to send us, I'm fine, and I can walk back by myself. ”

Jiang Ergong crooked the corners of his lips and smiled faintly: "It's okay, it's right to send you back, just as I apologize." The two of them resigned. ”

Seeing that he insisted on doing this, Peony didn't say anything more, just nodded, took Xue Niang's hand and walked out.

Out of the felt tent, I met Li Manniang's little house, and at a glance I saw that the peony and the snow lady looked wrong, and I saw the missing ears behind them, and couldn't help but be surprised: "What's wrong with the two mothers?" ”

Xue Niang pouted dissatisfiedly, and was about to open her mouth to complain, but Peony rushed in front of her and said, "Let's come to see the lynx raised by my cousin, and I heard that there is a leopard here, so I stopped by to take a look." So where is the lynx? ”

When the little guy heard that he was going to see the lynx, he hurriedly smiled and said, "It's here, please come with the little one." ”

Peony looked at the missing ear and said, "I'm really sorry, we still have to see the lynx and the falcon, this big brother, you are busy, don't worry about us." ”

The missing ear raised his eyebrows and smiled, with a hideous smile: "Little lady is polite, since the villain has been ordered by my father-in-law, he will naturally escort the two of you all the time, you just do what you want to do, don't care about the villain." ”

Since love follows, follow. Peony nodded, ignored him no longer, and followed Li Manniang's little maid to another felt tent. Peony saw a lynx for the first time, and when she saw it, she realized that the lynx looked very much like a cat, but it was much larger than a cat, about four feet long, and had short ears. The two large ears were erect high, with two long tufts of hair growing on the tips of the ears and a beautiful circle of long hair on the cheeks like a scarf. The eyes are particularly beautiful, as if gold is inlaid with emeralds. It lay on the ground majestically, looking at Peony and Snow Niang vigilantly, and there were no superfluous expressions and movements, and it was very quiet.

Snow Lady and Peony touched its head with the permission of the person who raised the lynx, but it didn't react, and looked at them lazily, with a look of indifference. Peony felt that it was more of a king than Jiang Ergong's leopard, and it seemed that what kind of person raised what kind of animal.

Xue Niang came out of the felt tent, and saw that the missing ears were still waiting outside, so she couldn't help but be a little impatient, and asked him patiently: "After watching the leopard for a long time, we still don't know your family's public surname?" ”

Missing Ears said lightly: "My father-in-law's surname is Jiang, and he is the eldest son of the Zhu Guo Mansion. ”

Xue Niang and Peony were stunned. Xue Niang didn't expect that the unlikable person just now turned out to be the eldest son of the famous Zhu Guogong, and her expression was a little complicated for a while. Peony didn't expect them to introduce Jiang Ergong like this outside. It's really interesting to have such an introduction. Who will introduce himself as the eldest to others outside? She smiled to herself, her expression was hidden, and she lowered her head and followed Xue Niang to see other falcons, eagles, harriers, and hounds, and so on.

When they arrived at the campsite, Li Manniang and Mrs. Dou greeted them and said, "Where have you been?" We're looking for you everywhere. ”

Xue Niang said: "I took Sister He to see cheetahs and lynxes." ”

Li Manniang said: "Don't run around, animals don't have eyes." "The people who came today are a bit complicated, so it's better to be careful.

When Xue Niang heard this, she almost rushed out of her mouth, saying that it is not that animals do not have eyes, but that people do not have eyes. In a blink of an eye, he thought that there was a missing ear behind him, so he looked back, but saw that the missing ear had long since disappeared. She complained: "The father-in-law of the Duke of Zhu Guo also came, and that person was so hateful that he even released a leopard to scare us." ”

Mrs. Dou frowned and said, "But where is the injury?" ”

Xue Niang pouted and said: "I'm fine, but Sister He, who was lying on the shoulder by the leopard, it's hard for her to be so bold that she doesn't scream or tremble." ”

"Are you alright?" Li Manniang hurriedly pulled the peony to check, and said in surprise: "He came with the lord of Xingkang and others, I saw him well before, and he was polite to us, how could Danniang provoke him?" ”

Peony couldn't explain it, so she had to touch her face and laughed: "It's probably because I have a troublesome face." If she guessed correctly, Jiang Ergong really knew who she was, then no matter whether Xue Niang took her to see the leopard or not, Jiang Ergong was afraid that he would come to tease her and provoke her once.

Mrs. Dou smiled: "You are a big thinker." This must have been provoked by Xue Niang again. I don't ask who it is, if you can't see it, you rush in, sooner or later, your sex will cause a big disaster. ”

Xue Niang said aggrievedly: "I saw it once first and saw that there was nothing wrong, so I led Sister He to take a look." Who knew he would suddenly run over? So stingy again? But just look at it, it's going to get you into trouble, so you might as well lock me up. I also went to see other people's, why didn't I get into trouble? It is not our problem to see. ”

Li Manniang sighed and was about to speak, but saw that the missing ear suddenly appeared, carrying half a basket of golden oranges in his hand, and saluted Mrs. Dou and Li Manniang in a regular manner, and said with a smile: "The leopard raised by my family does not understand the rules and frightened the two little ladies, which he asked the villain to send to the two little ladies." He has something to do at this time, and he will come to apologize in person later. ”

Li Manniang thought about it, ordered someone to take the orange, and said politely: "It's just a misunderstanding, please don't take it to heart." ”

Missing Ears smiled, didn't say much, glanced at Peony again, hugged his fists, and left.

Li Manniang turned around and said to Peony and Xue Niang: "Since you have already come, let's go and say hello to the lord of Xingkang and bring this basket of oranges." ”

Peony immediately understood what Li Manniang meant, and brought the orange over to the county lord of Xingkang and others, which was equivalent to indirectly telling the county lord of Xingkang about the matter, Jiang Ergong came with the county lord of Xingkang, and she naturally understood what to do. didn't shirk at the moment, took Xue Niang's hand and followed Li Manniang and Mrs. Dou towards the group of people from the county lord of Xingkang.

But said that the lack of ears watched Li Manniang from a distance and ordered someone to hold the half basket of oranges, leading the peony and Xue Niang towards the lord of Xingkang and others, stared at it for a while, then turned around and walked towards another felt tent, and the brocade-clothed man who was guarding outside the tent whispered a few words, and said loudly: "The villain Zhengde has seen the male." ”

In the tent, Jiang Ercheng sat on the couch with Erlang's legs crossed, wiped a dagger inlaid with gold and jade in front of the light, heard his voice, and said lazily: "Come in!" ”

As soon as Zhengde opened the curtain and walked in, he heard the wind in his ears, and he subconsciously turned his head to the side, but saw a jeweled dagger pierced into the door frame of the felt tent. He looked at Jiang Ergong with a calm face, Jiang Ergong sat on the couch and smiled heartlessly: "Zhengde, how am I doing?" It's getting better and better, right? You almost didn't even get out of it. ”

Zhengde silently turned sideways to take off the dagger, wiped it with his sleeve, stepped forward and handed it over with both hands: "Good means, Zhengde is willing to bow down." ”

Jiang Ergong snorted, didn't take the dagger, and stroked the scar on his face and said, "If you hadn't taken me to heart and gone so late, I wouldn't have fallen to this point." Not to mention his disfigured appearance, he was ridiculed. ”

Zhengde hurriedly said: "It's the villain's dereliction of duty." ”

Jiang Ergong said bitterly: "I know, you think you are ugly enough, I wish I was like you, right?" ”

Zhengde didn't dare to speak, only bowed his head and said nothing.

Jiang Ergong suddenly changed the topic again: "You say, the woman surnamed He is really his friend?" ”