Chapter XXIV
In fact, when Xiao Yurui entered the mansion, he could see from the demeanor of Wei Chifeng and Zhang Meng that the two were quite deliberately observing the entourage behind him, so he thought that Zhang Meng might have seen Ling Yuxin's pretended entourage and the real entourage yesterday, and saw the clues, so he was already suspicious, but he was also sure that with his understanding of Wei Chifeng, even if he saw the clues today, he would definitely not delve into them, so he was not panicked after discovering the actions of the two. Only when she saw Ling Yuxin, she specially told her to just bow her head and follow him once, no matter what happened, there was no need to panic, and there was no need to ignore it.
Hearing Zhang Meng's shouts at this moment, Xiao Yurui and Ling Yuxin stopped at the same time, although Ling Yuxin was a little nervous in her heart, she still followed Xiao Yurui's previous instructions and lowered her head and did not move, while Xiao Yurui turned around slowly and quietly, and then saw the scene he expected, Wei Chifeng was pulling Zhang Meng with one foot in front and one foot behind, and at the same time, Tie Qing stared at Zhang Meng angrily, and Zhang Meng looked at Wei Chifeng sideways with a blank face.
Wei Chifeng saw Xiao Yurui turn around, a trace of embarrassment flashed in his eyes, and he immediately let go of the hand that grabbed Zhang Meng, and then hugged him with a smile on his face, and then immediately made a gesture of please, Xiao Yurui naturally understood, and after returning the salute with a light smile, he slowly turned around and left with Ling Yuxin.
Although Zhang Meng was stunned for a moment because he was pulled by Wei Chifeng and glared at angrily, he obviously did not understand Wei Chifeng's intentions, his eyes moved back and forth on the backs of Xiao Yurui and Ling Yuxin and Wei Chifeng's face countless times, he still didn't understand why Wei Chifeng wanted to stop him, seeing that Xiao Yurui and the pretending family were about to disappear from sight, and Wei Chifeng still looked at the two of them with a calm face, and he didn't see any plans to explain to him, he really couldn't help it, Finally, he said to Wei Chifeng with an anxious face: "General, you can't just let them go, didn't you find out that the servant was not the same person who followed Xiao Yurui into the mansion in the morning?" ”
Wei Chifeng glanced at Zhang Meng, "Hmph, even you can see it, do you think I won't be able to see it?" ”
Zhang Meng looked surprised and puzzled, "Then why did you just let them go, and you still had to stop the lowly to stop them just now?" ”
"Do you know who the man who pretended to be a domestic servant was just now?"
Zhang Meng shook his head, "That person kept his head down, and he couldn't see his face, but he was sure that he was definitely not the one who went in in the morning." ”
Wei Chifeng shook his head secretly, with an expression of hatred that iron is not made of steel, thinking in his heart that although Zhang Meng would definitely not betray himself, but with his temperament, if he knew everything, it was difficult to guarantee that he would not accidentally leak his mouth in the future, in case this is the case, once this matter reaches the ears of the Son of Heaven, the emperor may not be able to investigate Xiao Yurui for taking Ling Yuxin out of the mansion without permission, but it is difficult to guarantee that he will not be held accountable Wei Chifeng for dereliction of duty or even covering up and concealing it, after a little thought, he decided not to let Zhang Meng know too much, so he said categorically: "Since you didn't see it, then don't ask more, just think that you were dazzled and mistaken just now, and also, in the future, you are not allowed to interfere in Xiao Yurui's affairs, let him go in and out at will, no matter what he sees, he should not see it, you are not allowed to ask more, let alone stop him."
Zhang Meng was even more puzzled, and wanted to ask again, but seeing Wei Chifeng's obviously displeased expression and the eyes staring at him, he had no choice but to give up, and hung his head to accept the order with a look of grievance and unwillingness, "Yes, obey the order." ”
On the way out of the city, Ling Yuxin asked Xiao Yurui curiously: "Cousin, what is going on, why did that deputy general Zhang Meng suddenly shout and tell us to stop, and why did you turn around and say nothing, and soon turned back and left with me?" ”
Xiao Yurui smiled and answered her questions, "It should be that yesterday Zhang Meng saw your pretending family Ding entering the mansion and me taking the family out of the house, and found something unusual, so when I took the family into the house this morning, I found that Wei Chifeng and Zhang Meng were obviously very attentive to the family behind me, and when I took you out of the house again, the two of them must have seen the clues, so Zhang Meng made a statement to make us stop, intending to stop us, and wanted to find out what was going on with me taking you, a pretending family member, out of the house." ”
"Oh, no wonder you told me this morning not to pay attention to whatever happened, because you expected to be stopped by them, but then why didn't you stop us and let us go?" Ling Yuxin was stunned for a moment, and then wondered again.
"Presumably Wei Chifeng has guessed that the person pretending to be a family member can only be you, and he didn't want to expose it, so he stopped Zhang Meng's attempt to stop us in time, and when I turned around, I happened to see Wei Chifeng pulling Zhang Meng with one foot in front and one foot behind, and glared at him fiercely, and then he saw me turn around and immediately smiled and hugged my fist, and made a gesture of please, so I immediately accepted his love, and naturally turned around and left with you without saying a word." Xiao Yurui described the dramatic scene he saw at that time to Ling Yuxin.
Ling Yuxin listened and imagined the scene at that time, and couldn't help but smile and bend over.
Soon, the two of them rode out of the city in this question and answer and giggling.
Xiao Yurui planned to take Ling Yuxin to practice horseback riding outside the city first, as he had done the day before. But he wanted to take Ling Yuxin to familiarize herself with a section of the road before letting her control it, but Ling Yuxin was anxious, and when he arrived in the woods outside the city, he said that he wanted to control the reins of the horse himself, but Xiao Yurui was not surprised, just looked at Ling Yuxin, and then asked with a smile: "Are you sure you can?" ”
Ling Yuxin immediately nodded seriously, and then saw that the corners of Xiao Yurui's mouth suddenly rose, and even the corners of his eyes and eyebrows seemed to have a slight smile, and then he saw that he handed over the reins in his hand to him according to his own words, Ling Yuxin was immediately overjoyed, and without thinking too much, he immediately took the stiff rope and began to ride the horse.
However, Ling Yuxin's control of the horse at first was obviously a little rustier than when she practiced until the end of yesterday's practice, and the pace of acceleration was not well controlled, and the horse began to gradually lose control after not traveling far.
Although Ling Yuxin had already sensed the problem at this time, she was already a little powerless when she tried to regain control of the horse and slow it down, and at this time, the unwillingness and stubbornness in her bones suddenly jumped out, and she was stunned to compete with the horse sitting down, and she wanted to use her own ability to slow down the horse and regain control of the horse.
However, this horse also seems to be stubborn, the more Ling Yuxin tightens the reins, the faster the horse runs, just when Ling Yuxin feels that she is completely unable to control the mount, and feels that the horse is about to completely lose control, and she is about to be thrown away, she has to plan to cry out to Xiao Yurui for help, but before she can speak, she suddenly feels a tightness around her waist, and at the same time, the horse's speed suddenly magically drops.
Ling Yuxin was surprised, as soon as she looked down, she saw Xiao Yurui holding one hand around her waist, and holding the other reins with the other, Ling Yuxin couldn't help but look at the reins in Xiao Yurui's hand carefully curiously, and then glanced at the reins that were still in her hands. It turned out that Xiao Yurui had been prepared for a long time, and he must have expected that he was anxious to control it himself and that he would lose control as soon as he got started.
It is indeed as Ling Yuxin thought, Xiao Yurui relied on his understanding of Ling Yuxin, guessing that she might be in a hurry today, and he was also afraid that the horse would get out of control, just in case, he gave the horse an extra reins in advance, and when he planned to let Ling Yuxin control the mount, he would hold on to this slightly longer reins in case of emergency, so when Ling Yuxin was anxious to control the mount by himself, he would show a smile, glad that he had been prepared, and at the same time handed over the short reins to Ling Yuxin, He also quietly lifted another long rein and held it in one hand, and at the same time held the other hand on Ling Yuxin's waist in order to protect her at any time.
After Ling Yuxin suddenly realized everything, she couldn't help but feel ashamed and moved, her cheeks instantly turned red, and she lowered her head and didn't know what to say for a while.
Because Xiao Yurui was sitting behind Ling Yuxin, he didn't see her cheeks flushed, ashamed and moved, but seeing that she kept her head down and didn't speak, she thought that she felt embarrassed and uncomfortable because she couldn't control the mount, and immediately comforted her: "Xin'er, you have done a good job, ordinary people who are new to riding horses may not even dare to be stubborn, I have also seen many people who have learned to ride horses for a long time either can't let the horse move half a step or ride on the horse in place, and even the horse is thrown off the horse when it runs together, Xin'er, you are just learning to ride a horse, It's rare to be able to get the horse up speed on the second attempt, and it's not long before you're able to control the mount on your own. ”
Only then did Ling Yuxin raise her head, turn her head sideways and ask, "Really?" ”
"Of course it's true." Xiao Yurui smiled and affirmed.
"But when I tried to slow down just now, the horse seemed to be completely disobedient to the command, and I felt that I could not control it at all."
"That's because you were a little hasty when you first started to control it, horses are also spiritual, just like people have tempers, and the more you ride in the future, you will naturally gradually understand."
Ling Yuxin nodded thoughtfully.
After that, Xiao Yurui took her for a ride, and when he felt that she had once again adapted to the rhythm of the horse, he handed her the short rein, while still holding the long reins in his hand, and reminded her not to rush it at the right time.
This time, Ling Yuxin has adapted to the rhythm of the horse more than before, and gradually found the feeling when she practiced smoothly yesterday, plus she has learned the previous lessons, so she has made significant progress.
After riding for nearly an hour, Xiao Yurui let Ling Yuxin turn the direction and rode straight to the secluded place where she practiced martial arts yesterday and began to teach her martial arts.