Chapter 211: An eagle hovering over
"Young master, the old lady asked you to go to the front hall for dinner." Qingfeng hurriedly came to Sikong Mingyi's study, knocked on the door and entered the room and said.
"yes, got it." Sikong Mingyi responded.
"Well, there's one more thing that my subordinates want to report." Qingfeng arched his hand, and after seeing Sikong Mingyi's acquiescence, he said loudly: "I don't know why today, there is an eagle hovering in the sky above the mansion, and it has not left for a long time. So the subordinates came and asked, should they shoot them down with arrows, or should they use other methods to drive them away? ”
"Eagle? Are you saying there's an eagle flying in the sky all the time? Zheng Wenjun asked in surprise.
"Yes." Qingfeng nodded.
"Wow! It's amazing, I've never heard of an eagle hovering around the city? Isn't it anyone's home? Zheng Wenjun was obviously interested in this matter and asked a few questions in succession.
"This ...... The subordinates don't know. Qingfeng thought for a moment, then shook his head and replied.
When Sikong Mingjun heard this, an interest arose in his heart, "Let's go, go and see." "It's time to eat, so it's not bad to go to the front hall on the way to see this scene.
"Hehe, just wait for this sentence." Zheng Wenjun got up with a smile and walked out of the study with Sikong Mingjun.
Sikong Mingyi frowned slightly, when he heard the Qingfeng report, his heart moved, which couldn't help but remind him of something. Seeing that the eldest brother and his cousin had gone out, he also hurriedly stood up and chased them out.
"Wow - this eagle flies so high!" Sikong Mingyi's second sister, Sikong Mingwan, stretched out her palm and raised it above her head to cover the strong sunlight, looked at the eagle still flying in the air, and sighed.
"Well, yes!" The eldest sister Sikong Minghui nodded in response, then turned her head to look at Sikong Minghui who was standing beside her, and said, "Hasn't the younger brother been practicing archery recently?" Why don't you shoot this eagle and let your father and mother test the results of your contact? ”
"This ...... Too difficult, right? It flew so high that I didn't think I could shoot it. Sikong Mingqi retracted his gaze and said to his eldest sister not very confidently.
"It's a little more difficult, this eagle flies so high, only the eldest brother and the second brother can shoot it." Sikong Mingwan kept looking at the flying eagle and making predictions.
"Hahaha...... What kind of eagle do I see? At this time, there was a burst of laughter from behind the three people, and then there was the figure of Master Sikong walking in stride. He was followed by Mrs. Sikong, and her gentle and virtuous appearance made people feel more cordial.
"Daddy." The three siblings saluted their parents in unison.
"Well, get up!" Master Sikong nodded, then looked up at the sky, and immediately saw a small shadow of an eagle hovering around his courtyard, "Yo, it's flying quite high." ”
"Sir, you say, could this eagle be raised by any family? I can't find a home now, that's why I've been flying in the air. "After seeing the eagle, Mrs. Sikong made a guess about its behavior.
"Well, it's possible." There are many people in the capital who love to raise these birds, maybe who raised them?
"Even if you can't find a home, you can't fly like this? It's been flying for more than half a day, isn't it tired? Sikong Mingwan said with some pity.
Everyone didn't say anything, they all looked up at the sky. When Sikong Mingyi and the others came here, they saw such a situation.
They first saluted the old man and his wife, and then followed them to watch the eagle that never flew away.
Sikong Mingyi is very similar to everyone on the surface, but in fact, his mind has long been unaware of where to fly. When he saw this eagle, he couldn't help but think of the scene from the last time he returned to the Southern Imperial Mansion.
On that occasion, he and Shang Moqi took the tent to the Southern Imperial Mansion to meet her and Qin Haoran, and one night, when he asked her how she thought of raising carrier pigeons, she smiled and told him that she would use it after the shopping plaza was built; She didn't say what it would be for. She only gave him a finely carved white jade whistle at that time, saying that she would ask him for help in the future, so she would send him a letter with a carrier pigeon.
Of course, at that time, she also mentioned to him about Xinying; It's just that at the time, he thought that it was simply whimsical to have an eagle deliver letters to people. Therefore, he didn't know too much about this from her.
However, when he saw the hovering eagle in front of him now, he seemed to believe her thoughts at that time. This may be the best proof of her success, or maybe.
"Why don't you let Big Brother shoot it down?" Sikong Minghui said this proposal again, and then when she saw that everyone was all looking at her, she added: "I mean let the eldest brother shoot its wings or something, and don't want it to die." Looking at it this way, this eagle may also be a dead eye, it has been flying for half a day, and it may have been tired for a long time; It's better to shoot it down, and let's feed it some food. ”
"I think what the eldest sister said is reasonable, daddy, why don't you let the eldest brother try it?" Sikong Mingwan nodded in agreement with her sister's statement, and then said to her father.
"It's fine." Master Sikong thought about it, and then agreed, "This eagle always flies like this in the sky above our house, I'm afraid it has already attracted the attention of others." Let's get it down first, let's keep it first, and when its owner finds it, we can return it. ”
"Okay." Sikong Mingjun nodded and replied, "Come on, go to my room and get my bow and arrows." ”
"Wait!" At this time, Sikong Mingyi finally came back to his senses, and hurriedly stopped him when he heard that his eldest brother was going to fetch a bow and arrow.
The crowd turned their heads to look at him in unison, looking at his movements in confusion.
Sikong Mingyi smiled faintly, calmly pulled out a red rope from his neck, and slowly pulled something out of the clothes on his chest.
It is a flower made of red silk thread, and if you look closely, you can easily see that it is a lotus flower in full bloom; Beneath the lotus flower hangs a delicate white jade tubular whistle inlaid with sparkling diamonds. In short, the whole necklace took a lot of thought from the maker, and it was made exquisite, generous and beautiful.
Zheng Wenjun looked at the pendant that Sikong Mingyi took out without blinking, and smiled when he saw the flower made of silk thread.
Sikong Mingyi didn't glance at Zheng Wenjun's ridiculous expression, nor did he notice the curious and puzzled gazes of others; He just raised his head and looked fixedly at the eagle flying high in the air, and slowly blew the white jade whistle.
Two long and two short, the whistle spread out clearly and clearly. Everyone held their breath and waited quietly to see the results; Although they don't know what Sikong Mingyi means by doing this? But at this time, it was more or less obvious that he was giving instructions to the eagle.
Will the eagle really respond, though?
When everyone's minds were full of doubts, the eagle in the sky let out a long roar. Then, as if it had found what it was looking for, it happily flew away, and then slowly lowered its altitude, waiting for the whistle to give it the next instructions.
Sikong Mingyi's eyes lit up, and layers of smiles flashed in his eyes slowly. He shook the diamond side of the whistle slightly towards the sunlight, refracting a blinding light.
When the eagle flying in the sky saw the flash, it cried out again, and then flew straight towards the light.
Everyone was stunned when they saw this scene, they just opened their eyes wide in a daze, and watched Sikong Mingyi calmly stretch out his left arm, and when the eagle flew down, it landed straight up.
"Wow! Handsome. Sikong Mingqi exclaimed.
Everyone came back to their senses, and looked at the eagle that was obediently standing on Sikong Mingyi's arm at this time in a trance.
"Yi'er, this is ......" Master Sikong, as the eldest patriarch, was naturally the first to ask what was going on?
"Dad, it's okay. This is the letter eagle of the Qin family in Nancang County, when the child came back, he told Qin Youran that if there is something, send a letter to the capital to me, and I will help. Sikong Mingyi explained simply.
After hearing this, Master Sikong nodded, "This Qin family is indeed not to be underestimated, even this eagle training technique is so good!" It seems that it makes sense that you are so close to her family. ”
Sikong Mingyi smiled faintly and did not respond. He reached out and touched the eagle that had landed on his arm, and then untied the bamboo tube from its leg.
Zheng Wenjun had been looking at this eagle for a long time, and seeing that it was so obedient at this time, he walked up to Sikong Mingyi, and asked with bright eyes: "Mingyi, can I touch it?"
Sikong Mingyi glanced at him lightly, and saw Zheng Wenjun's eyes full of longing; He turned his head to look at the eagle, and then hesitantly stretched out his arm towards Zheng Wenjun.
In fact, he was not sure if the eagle was willing to be touched by other people. Sister Youran once said that the eagle is a particularly proud animal, and when it is tamed, it obeys only the orders of its master and those who give instructions to it; Other people want to touch them, depending on their mood at the time.
Zheng Wenjun stretched out his hand with bright eyes and slowly touched the body of the eagle. Inch by inch, he saw that it did not react with rejection, and his hand directly touched its wings.
"That's good!" Touching it lightly, Zheng Wenjun showed a satisfied smile, "I really don't know how Sister Youran did it?" She was able to get an eagle to deliver a letter for her, and the eagle was so obedient! The next time I see her, I'll be sure to ask her for advice. ”
Sikong Mingyi smiled faintly, looked down at the letterbox in his right hand, and then looked up at the eagle that was obediently being stroked by Zheng Wenjun, and then said to him: "Cousin, you stretch out your arm, I will tell the eagle to stand over." You take care of it for me first, and I'll take a look at the letter sent by Sister Youran. ”
"Well, good!" Zheng Wenjun stretched out his arm with joy, and with Sikong Mingyi's movements, he took the eagle to his arm and stood.
"Cousin, show us." Sikong Minghui pulled his sister over, and the two of them happily watched the eagle up close.
"Well, give." Zheng Wenjun smiled and stretched out his arm in front of the two little girls, so that the two of them could look carefully.
"Cousin, I want to see ...... too" Sikong's little brother also ran over, he was not as tall as Zheng Wenjun, and he needed to raise his head if he wanted to see the eagle, so he pulled the hem of Zheng Wenjun's clothes and told him to lower his body a little.
Sikong Mingjun also approached several people with a cold face. Although he has always been cold on this face, everyone can see from his eyes that he is also very fond of this eagle; Because now there was a hint of amusement and a smile in his eyes.
Hey, there's no way, who calls facial paralysis like this!
"Alright, you guys don't just play with the eagles and forget about eating. It's not early, it's time for lunch. Seeing that the children were so happy that they had forgotten about eating, Mrs. Sikong smiled and reminded, "You can take it to the front hall too!" Ask the housekeeper to get some food for him. ”
"Good ......," several people responded in unison.