Chapter 64: The West Horse Enclosure
August 18, Xi'an enclosure in the western suburbs of Huadu. Dayang is now a growing country, foreign trade is very frequent, and the people are also very open. Every autumn hunt, the princes and grandchildren can choose a female companion to accompany them, and the number of prey caught by the two is counted together to compete with each other. Because this is a good opportunity to socialize with the royal relatives and relatives, almost everyone in Huadu can hunt.
In the morning, after Emperor Jiafu announced the start of the hunt, several princes walked out of the imperial tent in turn. The second prince, Baiquan King Shen Mingbao, looked at Shen Minghuang: "Old Five, you chose the youngest daughter of the Jiyin County Lord's family, isn't it?" Shen Minghuang's face still had a calm expression: "Yes." King Qinghe affirmed that Mingyuan was as lively as ever: "Naturally, the fifth brother chooses her every year." Shen Minghuang saw that he was alone, and there was no one to follow: "Don't talk about me, what about you?" Why don't you see your girlfriend? Shen Mingyuan refused to disclose: "Keep it secret, I can't let you know." Otherwise, you're going to rob me. Fort Shenming, who was older, dismissed it: "What's there to grab here, every year you change people, every year you rank at the bottom." Shen Mingyuan smiled mysteriously: "This time is different from the past, this year, I have a secret weapon." As soon as he finished speaking, he got on his horse: "You guys, let's see." After saying that, he rode away. He is the only son of Empress Tang and the youngest prince of Emperor Jiahou, he has been spoiled since he was a child, and he does whatever he wants. The other princes also took their female companions and rode into the predetermined range.
Shen Minghuang took Song Wenru into the woods. The two of them cooperated tacitly, and in only two hours, they had already killed three deer, six rabbits, and a few small birds. Suddenly, the howl of a wild beast came from the woods, and a wild boar with an arrow stuck in its body sprang out of the depths of the forest. The wild boar had just been hit by an arrow, and was enraged by the pain for a moment, and rushed towards the two of them regardless of it. Its mouth was wide open, and its pair of fangs were very scary, and both Shen Minghuang and Song Wenru were frightened. The two men took their bows together, and at the same time shot an arrow, one left and one right, and stuck it into the boar. The wild boar weighed more than 300 catties, with rough skin and thick flesh, and the three arrows did not kill it, but made it rush more frantically. The two of them didn't have time to react, and they were both stunned in place. It was getting closer and closer to the two of them, and the arrows could no longer shoot it, so Shen Minghuang had to take out the short knife he carried with him, ready to fight it hand-to-hand.
At this moment, a woman's voice came from the woods: "You two, take three steps to the left." The two of them heard the command and hurriedly moved to the left. Only a "whoosh" sound was heard, and an arrow shot out from the left side, hitting the boar in the right eye. The boar couldn't see it on the right, so it could only rush to the left, staggering with the two people. The two men had palpitations and looked in the direction where the arrow was fired. I saw that Wei Yangyang was as fast as a leopard, and rushed over in three times and two times. She took up her bow again, stared closely at the boar's path, and shot another arrow into the boar's left eye. The beast was blind and could not see anything, so he could only run around without a head and a brain, and ran for dozens of feet, until at last he hit a big tree, which swayed back and forth; It itself was covered in blood, and ran blindly again, knocking down several small trees in succession, and finally fell to the ground, no longer having the strength to run. At this time, Shen Mingyuan also rushed over and asked the two of them: "I'm sorry, fifth brother, Wen Ru, scared you, right?" Wei Yangyang did not waste time talking to them, but chased them under the tree first, drew a short knife and cut the neck of the wild boar. She was extremely accurate, and she only stabbed the boar with three knives. When she was sure that the boar was dead and could no longer threaten anyone, she turned around: "Don't be afraid, it's dead." ”
Shen Minghuang met Wei Yangyang in Xishi last month and hurriedly sent someone to find out why she appeared in Huadu. After a check, I found out that she had been working as a female teacher in the Qinghe Mansion for several months. He sent spies to spy on Shen Mingyuan, and at the end of April, he reported that the queen had sent a female official to King Qinghe. But Shen Mingyuan is the prince, and it is the practice of the royal family to send female officials to him. In addition, Wei Yangyang does not live in Wei Mansion, unless she takes the initiative to be a guest at someone else's house, no one knows that she followed Wei Bingji to Huadu. After Shen Minghuang found out about the matter, he wanted to find a reason to ask her out. But she is a girl who lives alone, except for going to Qinghe Palace, she can't go out without the permission of Wei Bingge and his wife. Shen Minghuang thought of many reasons, but he felt that it was inappropriate, so he couldn't go to the queen himself and say that he wanted her to be a female teacher for him, right? Wouldn't that be even more noticeable?
Shen Mingyuan had lived in Haixiwei's house for a while, and he knew about it. Since the other party lives in Wei's house, it is natural for him to know Wei Yangyang. In addition, Shen Mingyuan has always done things casually, and finding a female official should only be his temporary interest. How could it be so coincidental that after a trip to Haixi, he had feelings for Wei Yangyang? If he is like himself, he took this opportunity to deliberately win over Wei Shuping, but he is afraid that he will not be able to think of this solution. Thinking of this, Shen Minghuang relaxed slightly, judging that Shen Mingyuan should have just wanted to learn martial arts after a while. He put aside the matter of Yu Wei Yang and concentrated on preparing for this autumn hunt.
But now that Shen Mingyuan and Wei Yangyang suddenly appeared, it was obvious that they were partners. Shen Minghuang was angry and shocked, and asked Wei Yangyang: "Why did you appear here?" Shen Mingyuan saw that his expression was serious, and first blocked Wei Yangyang: "I called her here." Hey, fifth brother, don't look at her and grab it from me just because she shoots her arrows well. This is my man. It was really dangerous just now, Song Wenru relieved himself at this time, and saluted Wei Yangyang: "Miss Wei, thank you." But that's what you said, archery isn't it, it's not very good? Originally, Wei Yangyang agreed to Shen Mingyuan to participate in the autumn hunt, and he didn't want to see anyone, he just wanted to hunt quietly and have a good time. Who would have thought that Shen Mingyuan had just shot a wild boar, but the arrow was missed, and the wild boar ran out to hurt people, and she really had no choice but to show up. Now when I see Song Wenru asking her, I am very embarrassed: "Hehe, yes, I am in our Wei family, and I am indeed the worst." ”
Shen Minghuang listened to Shen Mingyuan's words, and he was even more strange: "What do you call your person?" You bought her? Shen Mingyuan hurriedly denied: "Of course not, but it has been four months since I asked her to be my female teacher." I didn't want you to know about it today, but just now it happened suddenly, and we can only show up. Shen Minghuang deliberately exposed him: "Oh, so the secret weapon you are talking about, is it her?" Shen Mingyuan hurriedly nodded in acknowledgement. Shen Minghuang had a lot of questions in his heart, but he didn't show his thoughts, thinking that after the hunt was over, he would ask Wei Yangyang for clarification.
But Wei Yangyang didn't care about what they were talking about, he only cared about his prey: "His Royal Highness King Fengquan, Miss Song, this wild boar was shot by us first, you can't grab it." She also instructed Shen Mingyuan on the spot: "Your Highness, you shouldn't shoot the boar's ass first." Next time, you should shoot it in the eye first, it can't see the way, and it's easy to deal with. ”
After she finished speaking, the two of them completely ignored Shen Minghuang and Song Wenru beside them, and began to study archery against the wild boar. Shen Minghuang saw that she ignored her and had no rules, so she was angry: "Wei Yangyang! Wei Yangyang was taken aback: "Ah, Your Highness wants this wild boar?" Then let it be up to you, and we'll go somewhere else. Shen Minghuang just wanted a mouthful of blood sprayed on her face at the moment, how could someone be so upside down and not understand what he meant at all? He said angrily: "What you fight is yours, so I don't want it." ”
Hearing him say this, Wei Yangyang was granted amnesty. Shen Minghuang has always been diligent, serious, and well-behaved, but in fact, she is a little afraid of him. Shen Mingyuan is also a little afraid of this Fifth Emperor Brother, in his eyes, this brother's self-discipline is terrible, whether it is studying, or politics, he must do his best. He hurriedly got off the donkey and pulled Wei Yangyang's sleeve: "Yangyang, let's go, let's continue." Wei Yangyang listened to him very much, and the two of them saluted Shen Minghuang together, and quickly disappeared into the bushes one after the other.
Looking at the backs of the two of them, Song Wenru felt incredible: "Oh, this Qinghe King has always been playful, why is his archery improving so fast this time?" It turned out to be accompanied by a beautiful woman. Shen Minghuang was still angry, and when he heard her say this, he turned around: "What? Song Wenru put his index fingers together: "Don't you think, Your Highness?" The two of them are a good match. Shen Minghuang has always thought that he gave Wei Yangyang a purple bead bracelet as a love token, so she must be his own person. And she can't get married until she is eighteen years old, so you can let her go, and first envelop Song Wenru. But now when he heard Song Wenru say this, his heart moved: "Do you think the two of them are compatible?" ”
Song Wenru didn't know what he was thinking, and continued to say what he had just felt: "Yes, King Qinghe is the only son of Queen Tang, and his mother is reluctant to let him suffer, so this martial arts has not been good since he was a child, and he just practiced casually." But you see that the archery skills he just now must have been taught by Miss Nawei, and it has only been four months, and he has made rapid progress. I didn't expect that this notoriously lazy prince would be diligent when he met the right girl. A woman's intuition is always very accurate, although she has only seen Wei Yangyang twice, she can clearly feel that Shen Mingyuan is different from other girls. Song Wenru is a very careful and intelligent girl, When she said this, Shen Minghuang was a little panicked in his heart. Obviously, he went to provoke Wei Yangyang first, how could he let Shen Mingyuan seize the opportunity? But he was still very calm on his face: "I don't think so, the woman of the Wei family is unruly, and the queen mother will definitely not like her." ”
He and Wei Yangyang fought together against pirates in Gusu, and it can be said that they fought side by side, life and death. In addition, he has always been very conceited, thinking that he is better than Shen Mingyuan in everything. He is so good, I don't know how many women from Huadu official families took the initiative to express their admiration to him, and Song Wenru was one of them. But he took the initiative to take action and curry favor with Wei Yangyang in every way. A girl who is just starting to fall in love will naturally like a mature, stable and amorous man like him, rather than an unscrupulous man like Shen Mingyuan. What's more, canonizing the princess is not a trivial matter, even if Shen Mingyuan really goes to the emperor to ask for someone, he must find the Ministry of Rites to test the eight characters of the two. At that time, the royal family will know about Wei Yangyang's people, and the emperor and queen will definitely not agree to her marrying Shen Mingyuan, so it is absolutely impossible for Wei Yangyang to be the princess of Qinghe. It was enough to coax her to die for herself, as for whether Shen Mingyuan liked her, or whether she liked Shen Mingyuan, it didn't matter at all. What's more, Shen Mingyuan may not like such a girl.
But Song Wenru didn't know about Wei Yangyang's ability to overcome people: "Miss Wei is a little upside down, but I think it's because she has lived in the military camp for a long time and hasn't learned what an official woman should learn." But she's so smart, as long as someone teaches, it's not that she can't learn. Besides, although her father's brother's official rank is a bit low, I heard that Wei Zongbing is very prestigious among military generals, and this family is also in line with it. As long as King Qinghe goes to plead with Niangniang, Niangniang may not refuse to agree. So what does it matter if she doesn't understand the rules, if King Qinghe takes a fancy to her, that's the most important thing. Shen Minghuang saw that Song Wenru was seriously analyzing an absolutely impossible thing, and felt funny, so he chatted with her casually: "Then according to you, does King Qinghe like her?" Song Wenru shook his head: "I can't see it for the time being, but I see that the two of them have a very happy relationship, and King Qinghe often does things out of line, for example, who would have thought that he would ask the daughter of the general soldier to teach him kung fu?" So it's not surprising that he likes Miss Wei, right? ”