Chapter 21: The Gambling Contract (Part II)

Song Qingzhi didn't feel anything wrong when she didn't walk into the forest, but Song Qingzhi was a little scared when she didn't walk a few steps into the forest, the branches in the forest were staggered and covered with each other, although the sky was not really dark, but there was no light in the forest, only felt that it was gloomy, Song Qingzhi subconsciously slowed down and didn't dare to move forward.

"If you don't leave, you'll feed you to the wolves when it's completely dark." Nangong Shu found that Song Qingzhi stopped, and turned back to look at Song Qingzhi who stopped in place to speak, although he said words to scare her, he reached out and grabbed Song Qingzhi and protected her by his side.

Song Qingzhi was led away like this by Nangong Shu for the first time, and Nangong Shu's hands were very warm and gave people a sense of relief. The fear just now disappeared immediately, as if walking beside Nangong Shu like this, no matter what danger there was in front of him, he could get through it safely. Is such a person really the murderer who killed his father? Song Qingzhi asked herself again in her heart.

Soon the two walked out of the dense forest, and Nangong Shu did not let go of Song Qingzhi's hand, but pulled her towards the palace as she did just now. "Tomorrow you have to get up early, you freshen up and rest early." Nangong Shu sent Song Qingzhi back to the room and stayed longer, and left with a few simple instructions.

Nuan Qin waited for Song Qingzhi to freshen up, and when she was about to rest, Song Qingzhi felt a little hungry. No wonder they were hungry when they went to see the sunset and didn't have dinner, they originally wanted to ask Nuan Qin to go to the kitchen to get some food, but Song Qingzhi thought about it for a while and finally didn't speak, she didn't want any possible trouble, even if it was subtle.

Song Qingzhi looked outside the door, not knowing where Nangong Shu slept tonight. He left in a hurry just now, and he asked urgently before he came. Just as he was about to turn off the lights, Nangong Shu suddenly opened the door and came in, still holding some snacks in his hand. "I haven't eaten dinner, are you hungry?" Nangong Shu handed the snack in his hand to Song Qingzhi and sat on the edge of the bed.

Song Qingzhi thought that she was hungry anyway, and since Nangong Shu had already brought food to eat, she would eat some. "Where did you sleep tonight?" After a while, seeing that Nangong Shu had no intention of leaving, Song Qingzhi slowly spoke.

"Of course I sleep here, or is there anywhere else?" Nangong Shu smiled and looked at Song Qingzhi and naturally spoke.

"If you want to sleep here, then I'll ......" Song Qingzhi knew that she couldn't let Nangong Shu leave, so she wanted to find a place to sleep by herself, but she couldn't find a couch to sleep on after looking around.

"If you don't sleep here, then you want to sleep outside the door and keep vigil?" Nangong Shu raised his eyebrows and spoke.

"Then I'll sleep on the ground." Song Qingzhi couldn't sleep outside the door, but she couldn't sleep with Nangong Shu. So I had no choice but to sleep on the ground.

"That's not going to work, didn't I say we're going to have a round house today? How do you sleep on the ground? Nangong Shu seriously rejected Song Qingzhi's proposal.

Song Qingzhi heard Nangong Shu's words, and was directly choked by the pastry that had not yet been swallowed in her mouth. Nangong Shu took a glass of water from nowhere and handed it to Song Qingzhi, then took the plate containing the pastries in Song Qingzhi's hand and put it aside. He grabbed Song Qingzhi and slowly approached her. "Since you have eaten and drunk well, the Spring Festival is worth a thousand gold." Nangong Shu spoke in a low voice.

Song Qingzhi didn't dare to move when she was frightened by Nangong Shu, she already had a hundred ways to repel Nangong Shu in her mind, but none of them were feasible. Although she didn't have much contact with Nangong Shu, Song Qingzhi always felt that Nangong Shu would do what she said, and her eyes turned red instantly with a grievance in her heart.

Nangong Shu originally thought it was quite interesting to tease Song Qingzhi and her teeth and claws, but she saw that Song Qingzhi's eyes were already trembling red. Nangong Shu felt helpless and funny, this girl really thought that she was bullying her.

Nangong Shu was placed in Song Qingzhi and sat back in her original position, and Song Qingzhi immediately stayed away from Nangong Shu. Nangong Shu blocked the side of the bed and she couldn't get down, so Song Qingzhi immediately shrank into the corner of the bed, staring at Nangong Shu and not even daring to blink her eyes.

"I thought you were really not afraid of heaven and earth, shouting all day long to kill me, and now you are scared like this?" Nangong Shu opened his mouth and laughed.

"Okay, I'm just teasing you, hurry up and go to sleep, won't you go to see the sunrise tomorrow?" Nangong Shu looked at Song Qingzhi, who was still sitting in place, and slowed down her tone, thinking that it really scared her.

Song Qingzhi still didn't speak, just stared at Nangong Shu for a while, as if to confirm whether what Nangong Shu said was true, and after a while, Song Qingzhi saw that Nangong Shu no longer moved, so she moved the letter suspiciously.

Nangong Shu was surprisingly patient, waiting for Song Qingzhi to gradually let go of her heart before waving her sleeves to extinguish all the lights.

When Song Qingzhi woke up early the next morning, Nangong Shu had disappeared. Song Qingzhi breathed a sigh of relief, she didn't dare to sleep yesterday, but she didn't want to fall asleep in the end. I hope that the hunting party can end soon, so that after returning to the palace, she will not have to sleep in the same room with Nangong Shu.

Less than an hour later, someone came to inform Song Qingzhi that the hunting party was about to start, and she went to the venue after she was ready. Song Qingzhi didn't dare to delay and followed the person who led the way to the venue, and after entering the venue, Song Qingzhi saw Nangong Shu sitting alone on the seat. Because Nangong Shu is particularly conspicuous, the people who participate in the hunt today are all dressed in strong suits, in order to facilitate the riding of horses for a while. Only Nangong Shu was still wearing an ice-blue wide-sleeved robe as usual, looking like he didn't care about himself. How can I dress like this, Song Qingzhi observed for a while and then walked to Nangong Shu and sat down.

"Did you sleep well yesterday?" Nangong Shu didn't look at Song Qingzhi, but asked lightly.

"Knowingly, can yesterday's bet still be counted?" Song Qingzhi replied angrily to Nangong Shu.

"Naturally, how do you want to regret it?" Nangong Shu nodded slightly.

"Why should I regret it, you will definitely not win the chip like this, you don't regret it." Song Qingzhi retorted.

Nangong Shu didn't speak again, just drank silently. Soon all the people who participated in the hunt had arrived, and Nangong Ye would also participate. After another stick of incense, the emperor came with all the concubines Shanshan, and after everyone knelt down, the emperor raised his wine glass and said a few words of congratulations, and then announced that the hunt had begun.

"Today's hunting is still only one color head, I have not prepared a color head for your love today, is a piece of green feather glass, which Aiqing shoots the more prey, this green feather glass belongs to whom." The emperor ordered someone to present a box containing green feather glass, and opened his mouth to announce it to everyone.

Song Qingzhi had heard of Qingyu Liuli before, but she had never seen it. It is said that the blue feather glass is very rare in the world, the whole body is transparent, but at night it will emit a faint blue light, and it seems that there is a cyan feather hidden in the glass through the moonlight. Wearing it on the body can drive away evil spirits and avoid evil, and also has the effect of calming the nerves, so it seems that such a rare and rare color head is still good.

Soon the palace people who served the horses prepared by the participants in the hunt, and the feather arrows with different signs were brought up, and in order to distinguish who got the prey in the hunting ground, they would use feather arrows with different marks to distinguish them, and Nangong Shu's arrow shaft was engraved with the word Shu, and everyone else was also engraved with their names.

Because of the large number of contestants, the so-called prey is limited to ten feather arrows per person, and the most so-called prey is to see who shoots all ten feather arrows in two hours, and the prey hunted is more precious.

And they got on their horses and took their bows and arrows, and went out into the woods. Song Qingzhi looked at the contestants not only some young princes, but also some experienced generals, and even the most prestigious Zhenguo generals were among them, but Nangong Shu was still sitting in the banquet calmly, without the slightest intention of moving.

Song Qingzhi saw that everyone had left, and then looked at Nangong Shu beside her, but still did not move. "Everyone's gone, aren't you going?" Song Qingzhi couldn't help but ask.

"Don't worry, they should go explore the way first." Nangong Shu said indifferently.

Song Qingzhi didn't know what Nangong Shu had in mind, and she didn't speak anymore. This hunting competition is held every year, and when my brother participated in the past, Song Qingzhi occasionally came back to join in the fun, and Song Qingzhi never came back after my brother left home. She didn't like these knives and arrows in the first place, not to mention that it was really boring to have her sit here and wait for two hours.

There is only one horse on the field that Nangong Shu has not set off yet, but the rest of the people, including the emperor, have any strange expressions, it seems that Nangong Shu is the last to set off like this every time. After another tea time, Nangong Shu got up slowly and stepped on the horse into the forest.

The rest of the people were waiting in the room, and the topic of conversation was to guess who would win the championship today. Song Qingzhi sat alone in place, now she is notorious who would be willing to talk to her, fortunately she has some fruits in front of her to eat to have a pastime, otherwise she will definitely fall asleep bored.

An hour later, there were people who specialized in sorting prey and sent back prey one after another, both in size and quantity, and the most likely ones were Nangong Ye and General Zhensoul. Both of them have similar prey of the same size and species, both of which are four. The others hunted one or two, but Song Qingzhi looked at Nangong Shu and didn't hit one.

This should be a good thing for Song Qingzhi, so that she can ask Nangong Shu a question.

"Princess Niangniang really didn't expect you to come to join in this excitement today, His Royal Highness Chengwang has always been not good at riding and shooting, I'm afraid that today's Niangniang will be disappointed, if I were you, I wouldn't be embarrassed. It's really rare to have the courage to appear in front of everyone as brazenly as you, Niangniang. Yan Heming didn't know where to run out, the last time the demolition of the palace was over, of course she was unwilling, but her father said that the people who kept the prime minister's mansion couldn't afford to offend, so she could only swallow her anger. Today, such an opportunity can ridicule Song Qingzhi, of course she can't let it go.