Chapter 217: Gone
Today's Zheng Wanru is wearing a mint green embroidered bamboo pattern Hu Fu, and in a group of girls who have worn Hu Fu with a little more heroic appearance, she still has a fresh and elegant temperament. Although her face was a little pale, she was in good spirits. Listening to the chatter and laughter of several girls who came with her, she stood quietly and pursed her lips and smiled, without saying a word, looking particularly gentle and quiet.
To Xia Jin's surprise, it was Zheng Wanru who was with the initiator of this event, An Yishan, the county lord of Jianing.
However, at this time, Xia Jin couldn't be allowed to think too much, An Yishan had already strode over, glanced at Xia Qi with his eyes, and asked Cen Ziman: "Where is your cousin?" Didn't he come out with you? ”
Cen Ziman grew up in a simple and harmonious environment, and never touched people's hearts with the worst malice. But that day, when she saw An Yishan deliberately falling into the water to design Su Muxian in the Eldest Princess's Mansion, she changed from disgust to contempt for An Yishan.
Listening to her commanding question at this time, Cen Ziman said coldly with a calm face: "My cousin is not feeling well, so he went back." ”
"Uncomfortable?" When An Yishan heard this, her eyes seemed to be on fire. She took a step forward, and it seemed that the next step was to slap Cen Ziman.
Cen Ziman was startled, and hurriedly retreated, until he was hit by Xia Jin behind him, and then he stood firm.
"County Lord, I have something to say." Xu Qing came out of nowhere, pulled An Yishan's sleeve, and glanced at Cen Ziman, signaling her to say a few soft words.
Cen Ziman pursed his lips tightly, looked at An Yishan coldly, and silently faced each other.
"County Lord, why don't we compete with Miss Cen and them." Zheng Wanru's soft voice sounded beside her, "Which one has less prey, just ask for dinner, do you think this is good?" ”
An Yishan is not good at being unreasonable. Now the army is about to start, if she lets the granddaughter of the leading general be wronged. No matter how favored she is, she will be taken into the palace and reprimanded. When the time comes, her father's face will not be good-looking.
Now Zheng Wanru handed over the ladder. She went down and stared at Cen Ziman with a cold snort. The tone is still so aggressive: "How? Do you dare to compare with us? ”
Cen Ziman is also a person who does not admit defeat, and he raised his chin: "Compare and compare, who is afraid of whom?" ”
"That's good." An Yishan said, "The old rule, a group of ten. ”
For fear that Cen Ziman would misunderstand, she hurriedly said: "When you went out of the city, there were four people, even if your cousin didn't come, you must be counted inside." You find another six people to team up. If you are not convinced. Send for him. It doesn't hurt if we wait. ”
Cen Ziman naturally knew that she wanted Su Mu to come over in disguise.
She snorted softly through her nose; "Without my cousin, the nine of us can defeat you."
"The toad yawns, and his breath is not small!" An Yishan sneered, "I don't care if you are nine or ten, anyway, when eating, people must get Qi." ”
Why is this refusing to let go of Su Muxian? Cen Ziman was so angry that his neck turned red. I wanted to choke An Yishan, but I was afraid of An Yishan's temper. If you anger her, you will be slapped twice and you will be in vain.
She said angrily: "If we win, we will naturally have the final say on how many people we go!" ”
"Okay, whoever wins has the final say." An Yishan finished speaking. Start picking people. She didn't call anyone to come closer, only ordered a few people from afar, and even counted Zheng Wanru and the two Houfu ladies in her group.
Click. She asked Xu Qing again: "Are you with your cousin or with me?" ”
Xu Qing looked embarrassed and hesitated.
Not allowing her to think about it, An Yishan waved her hand impatiently: "Okay, you can be in a group with your cousin." ”
"Yes." Xu Qing, the young lady of the Guogong Mansion, didn't dare to say much in the face of An Yishan, so she answered and walked to Cen Ziman's side.
Just now, many people invited Cen Ziman to join them. Cen Ziman is going to form a team now, so naturally he doesn't have to be embarrassed, so he walked over and called a few people over. So the hunting squad was formed.
An Yishan saw that Cen Ziman had formed a team and shouted: "Let's go." And she set off with her squad. As he walked, he shouted, "Two hours later." Meet here and see who has the most prey. ”
Cen Ziman saw An Yishan go to the east, asked the ladies who arrived first, and learned that An Yishan's brother led the nobles to the south early in the morning, and there was a team of people going north, but there was no one in the west direction, so she took her team to the west.
This hunting ground is very wide, covering an area of one or two thousand acres, and the terrain is flat, and there are no dangerous cliffs and abysses. There are some herbivores such as deer, sheep, and rabbits in it for the children of your family to have fun and play.
Cen Ziman didn't have time to take care of the Xia Jin brothers and sisters at this time, so he only told them to follow and not get lost, so he devoted his main energy to coping with and taking care of others. Xia Jin was not familiar with the others, so he walked at the back of the line with Xia Qi.
Everyone rode and ran for a while, and suddenly a goat came out of the grass, and these people immediately chased after it in a small fright, and took out arrows to shoot at the rabbit, which made Xia Jin miserable. However, this is to accompany her son to catch the exam, she is not good to steal the limelight in a noisy manner, so she only helps Xia Qi stop her. Fortunately, there were many of them, the horses were running fast, and the goat's target was big enough, so they surrounded them, and Cen Ziman released a few arrows, and finally shot the goat to death.
handed over the goat to the two little guys who followed, and a girl named Liu Yue'er who walked beside Cen Ziman said: "Aman, time is tight, and the place here is wide, let's just run like this, we may not be able to meet the prey." Otherwise, let's split up. Walk forward in two or three directions, or hug left and right, so that the chances of encountering prey are much greater. ”
Even if Liu Yueer didn't say it, Cen Ziman wanted to do it. I don't know if this place was hunted by people, or if they were unlucky, but after walking for half a day, they came across a goat. If it goes on like this, then this game will definitely be lost.
"You're right." She said, glancing at everyone, "What do you think is a good part?" ”
"There are nine of us here, why don't we divide them into three groups, two young ladies and one son, so that we can avoid suspicion and be safer, what do you think?" It was still Liu Yue'er who proposed.
Everyone looked at each other and nodded: "That's good." ”
They were a group of nine people, three men and six women. In any case, men have more strength than girls. Each group follows a man, and there is also a certain amount of security in terms of safety.
"Aman, I'm with you." Wang Yue'er didn't wait for others to speak, so she took the lead.
Cen Ziman was still thinking about a man and two women just now, and it happened that she was in a group with Xia Jin and Xia Qi. Now that Wang Yue'er said this, she was embarrassed.
Wang Yue'er is the granddaughter of the prime minister, not to mention that she is not a bad person, but from the relationship in the court, it is not easy to offend her. After all, now grandfather is going to the border to fight. At this time, if Prime Minister Wang is unhappy and does not say that he is slandering the emperor, even if he does not speak to his grandfather, it is enough.
Cen Ziman glanced at Xia Jin in embarrassment.
Xia Jin understood in his heart. She waved her hand lightly and smiled at Cen Ziman again, indicating that she didn't care.
Cen Ziman also knows that Xia Jin's personality is both principled and generous, can be soft and hard, and does not care much about others, and she also has martial arts. Let her be with other ladies, I think she will neither suffer a loss, nor will she easily get into trouble with others.
After making up her mind, she said, "Okay, Wang Yue'er is with me." There is still one man missing, just Xia Gongzi. ”
Saying that, she smiled at Xu Qing: "Cousin, the brothers and sisters of the Xia family are relatives of my family in Linjiang. I'm here to take them out to play. Now that Mr. Xia is in a group with me, Miss Xia will be in a group with you. You take good care of her for me. ”
Xu Qing is older than Cen Ziman, and she is very stable. Hearing Cen Ziman's words, she said, "Don't worry, I will take care of her." Turning his head, he smiled at Xia Jin, "Miss Xia, you can follow me for a while." ”
Xia Jin naturally admitted his feelings, and said two kind words with a smile.
Cen Ziman's group has been decided, Xu Qing also has two people here, and the remaining four basically have no choice, so a man was randomly assigned to come over to Xu Qing's side, and the three groups of personnel were decided.
Everyone discussed the plan of the hunt after a while, determined the time and place of the gathering, and then rode on their horses and acted separately.
Xia Jin and Xia Qi are not people in this circle, and they are not familiar with the place, and during the whole process, they stood by and did not speak, just waiting for them to discuss, and then left with their respective teams.
There is no danger here, and Xia Jin has nothing to worry about Cen Ziman and Xia Qi. Following Xu Qing, he rode a horse and walked leisurely. Xu Qing is a typical lady, and she said a word or two to Xia Jin and another man from time to time along the way, neither looking warm nor very cold. The three of them walked in one direction, hunting a deer, a roe deer, and three rabbits for more than an hour, which was much more efficient than the team just now.
"It seems right to separate. Otherwise, a group of people together, even if there is a harvest, there are not many of them. Xu Qing said happily.
Seeing that the time was almost up, the three of them walked back to the place where they broke up and got together. As soon as they returned there, they heard the sound of horses' hooves rushing towards them, and when they turned their heads, they saw a woman in a scarlet bearded dress riding on a horse.
Among the nine people in their group, there are three people who wear red, Cen Ziman is red, and one lady is wearing rose red, and Liu Yueer is wearing vermilion.
It seems that the person who came must be Liu Yueer.
When the horse ran closer, everyone saw that it was Liu Yue'er who was riding on the horse, and they heard her shouting from a distance: "Sister Xu, has Aman come back?" ”
"Nope." Xu Qing was taken aback and responded loudly, "Isn't she in a group with you?" (To be continued)