It's too late to dodge.

The two men saw her and stopped.

Su Yu continued to step out of the threshold, approached under the attention of the two opposites, saluted slightly, and then walked around.

"Little lady, wait for me!"

Candle also hurriedly saluted Pei Xiaoyuan and Chengping and chased after them.

"Just now I was waiting here, when I saw Pei Langjun and the nobleman suddenly turn back. I said that you are still in front of the county guard, just after speaking, turn your head, little lady, you will come out......"

Behind him, the small footsteps and squeaky chatters of the maid chasing after him floated into Pei Xiaoyuan's ears, the woman was silent, and he didn't look back.

Out of the corner of his eye, in a breath, the flaming red skirt disappeared from sight.

Suddenly, he was hit the shoulder, completely unprepared, almost unstable, staggered to a stand, and turned to see Cheng Ping turn his head back, a face pounced in front of him, full of envy. I only heard him say: "It's not kind! I was almost coaxed by you! ”

"This is the bride that the county guard has chosen for you? Firmament! You still don't want to have a wife like this? ”

Chapter 6

Before this moment, Pei Xiaoyuan had never expected that he would collide with Ye Zhongli's granddaughter like this.

After a short moment, the person was gone. But the marriage mentioned by my uncle and him last night seemed to gradually emerge from this moment. It's not as chaotic and fuzzy as it was last night. Or because he saw the woman who was about to become his wife appear alive in front of him, he suddenly realized that this was true, and he was going to take a wife.

"You just saw it clearly, right? You Pei Er still can't bear it? ”

Chengping was still noisy in his ears, he woke up from his slight dazedness, and looked at the study in front of him: "Didn't you prepare a gift for my uncle?" Don't go yet. But I'll warn you again, he won't take it. ”

It turned out that the two of them had already gone out of the city gate and were about to set off, Cheng Ping suddenly remembered that he was passing by on this trip, and he specially prepared a gift for Pei Ji, two old ginseng and a fur coat, because they arrived too late last night, they forgot, so they took it and rushed back.

Cheng Ping also pulled out the aftertaste from Fang Cai's shocking glance.

Although the girl's appearance and generous and cold temperament made him quite amazing, he was not a person without measure, jokes between friends were jokes, Pei Xiaoyuan's bride, he was going to call his sister-in-law in the future, how dare he be disrespectful. Hearing that Pei Xiaoyuan changed the topic, he immediately became serious.

"Whether I accept it or not, I must do what I want. But here you are, good things have come, there is no news before, I am not prepared at all, this time it should not be in time for your wedding, I must think about it, what to give you, so as to celebrate your marriage. ”

The sound of the two of them had already come in, and Pei Ji heard the sound and came out, and saw that his nephew and Chengping were back, and both of them stopped at the bottom of the steps. Chengping made his intentions clear, and sure enough, as Pei Xiaoyuan said, he was rejected by Pei Ji, and Chengping had no choice but to give up.

Pei Xiaoyuan said: "My nephew has retired, and today I will lead Chengping out to hunt." ”

Pei Ji's gaze fell on his face, hesitated slightly, and nodded: "You go first!" ”

Pei Xiaoyuan led Ping out of the city, took a dozen followers, and a group of people went on a safari. On this day, not only the weather is fine, the sky is shining, the wild wind blows, as if there is a sense of spring breeze, his hand is also excellent, almost the arrows have never missed, it is rare to be so hearty, the surrounding Xiao Yuan wilderness, which he has long been familiar with, seems to have a little more spring vigor than in the past, and even the tips of a few tufts of buds and grass covered by the self-residue frost that he has never paid much attention to in previous years are also quite gratifying and lovely.

Until the evening, the two of them returned happy. Chengping first went to the post house and instructed the officials to prepare for tomorrow's trip, while Pei Xiaoyuan went back to the county guard's mansion.

Qingtou was originally the little guy in front of him, but when he went out last autumn, Qingtou was unlucky and twisted his leg, so he didn't go out with him. At this moment, I saw him returning from a distance, and I ran out to meet him with joy, shouting: "Congratulations to Langjun!" Here's where the good thing comes! I said, how do I always see magpies parked at the eaves recently, and sure enough, a happy event has arrived at home! ”

Early in the morning, Pei Ji chatted with those subordinates, couldn't suppress his joy, and slightly revealed a few happy things about his nephew's upcoming marriage, although he didn't say that it was the little lady Ye who came from the house in the past few days, but everyone had eyes. After those people came out, good guys, but after half a day's effort, Ye Xiaoniang and his good deeds spread, and everyone knew about them inside and outside.

Pei Xiaoyuan didn't say anything, only smiled faintly, threw the reins of the horse and the whip over, Qingtou caught it, he took a few steps up the steps and stepped into the door.

He went back to his lodgings first and changed out of his clothes, which had been stained with dust for a day. He came to him and said that the county guard asked him to come over.

Pei Xiaoyuan replied and asked casually: "What did uncle say?" ”

He Shi looked at him, hesitated slightly, and shook his head: "You will know when you go." ”

His uncle must have known about his marriage to the woman at the earliest. Pei Xiaoyuan saw that she had been looking at herself at the moment, and she wanted to stop talking, suspecting that she wanted to talk to herself about the next marriage preparations, she couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed, but she didn't show it on her face, afraid that she would also make fun of herself, so she hurriedly finished changing her clothes and went to Pei Ji when she came out. Soon arrived, went up to salute: "What did my uncle call me?" ”

Pei Ji slowly closed the scroll, didn't speak, and sighed first.

"What's wrong? Why did my uncle sigh? ”

Pei Ji sighed again: "Xiao Yuan, uncle also knows that when I told you about the marriage last night, you were a little insincere. That's fine, and you don't have to force yourself for my sake. ”

Pei Xiaoyuan was slightly confused: "What did uncle say about this?" ”

"Soon after you left in the morning, Su Yu came and postponed the marriage. I wanted to tell you after you turned back, but I didn't call you when I saw that you and Chengping were in a hurry to hunt, and I will talk about it when you come back in the evening, and it's the same. ”

There was a moment of silence in the room.

In the corner, the tea boiling on a small tandoor slowly boiled, and the boiling water overflowed the lid of the pot and sneered on the red-hot coals, and the fire was extinguished, and a pungent smoke rose.

Pei Xiaoyuan stepped up with an arrow, took away the teapot, and covered the charcoal fire. After putting out the fire, he hesitated, turned around and looked at Pei Ji: "She...... What do you mean? ”

Pei Ji told the story of the meeting between Ye Nu and himself in the morning. It turned out that she had only agreed to the marriage for the sake of appeasing her grandfather's heart. Uncle originally hoped that the two of you would get married, but he didn't want to, but he was disappointed. That's it, since you and her have no intention of getting married, it's not easy to be twisted. I have called you here to tell you about it, and the marriage contract will be put to rest, and it will not be mentioned again. ”

Having said that, Pei Ji still felt regret in his heart after all.

Pei Xiaoyuan left Beijing to come to him after losing his mother at the age of eight, and it can be said that he grew up under his nose. Although there is not much talk between uncles and nephews, Pei Ji can feel that he respects him like a father from the bottom of his heart. Not only that, in the past ten years, whether it is his daily life or military experience, it has already been proved that his nephew's appearance, character or ability are all outstanding, and they are not comparable to ordinary people. This naturally made Pei Ji very proud. But at the same time, as the nephew grew older, in addition to pride, a trace of worry began to arise in the elder's heart.

The nephew's self-discipline and composure are naturally good, but if they pass, it is not appropriate. In front of this nephew who is old-fashioned and rigorous, sometimes even Pei Ji himself doesn't dare to relax too much.

I know that the accident many years ago had a profound impact on my nephew. It's not that he doesn't have to look bad now. But what a pity it would be for a person to live like this and have no joy or fun. This is also one of the reasons why he began to be anxious to make a family appointment for his nephew as soon as possible. If there is a woman by his side, accompanied by her interpretation and knowing the joy of flying, he may be able to make him pleasant and happy, and there will be a change, but there has been no suitable person before, and finally this time God finally sent the opportunity, but the result was ......

Pei Ji raised his eyes and saw that his nephew didn't say anything again, his expression was as usual, presumably in his heart, and he was secretly relieved for this. He couldn't help but let out another long sigh.

Pei Xiaoyuan came over with a teapot, his hands steady, and poured him a cup of tea.

"My nephew got it. So much better. His tone was calm.

Just like the charcoal fire that was extinguished by tea just now, Pei Ji also completely extinguished his hope. That's it. His gaze fell on the cup of smoky tea that his nephew had just poured for himself.

Pei Xiaoyuan put down the teapot and continued to stand beside him.

"It's another thing to call you here. Su Yu's mind must be a thousand turns. Although I earnestly kept her, the marriage did not work out, and I was worried that she should also have concerns, thinking that it would be embarrassing to meet you in the future. Uncle thought, no matter whether the marriage is successful or not, Ye Zhongli has solemnly entrusted her to me, and she will be his own family in the future, and the two of you have met when they were young, and now there is no need to avoid suspicion. It's better for you to go to her as soon as possible, explain to her, and match her brother and sister in the future, so as to dispel her worries, so that she can stay with peace of mind. ”

"The nephew understood. My uncle was very thoughtful, so I went to her. ”

Pei Xiaoyuan withdrew from Pei Ji, and while it was still dark, he went straight to the woman's residence.

The twilight clouds flew high, and the last rays of the evening sun shone red on the half-walled walls of the courtyard. The door was hidden in vain, and there was no figure in sight.

He stood in the walkway for a moment, and was about to go up and knock on the door, when he heard footsteps from inside. He stopped again, looked over, and with a "babbling" from the hub, the door opened.

It turned out that the maid named Candle had come out.

"Pei Langjun! Why are you here? ”

Candle looked up and saw him standing outside the courtyard, his face surprised.

"Where is Little Lady Ye?"

"In!"

"Is she comfortable talking at the moment?"

After he asked, he saw that Candle looked at him and didn't speak, suspected that he was pursing his lips and laughing, his expression turned serious, and explained: "I came here on the order of my uncle, looking for her to have something." ”

Candle nodded and smiled and said, "The little lady should be convenient." Lang Jun, please come in, I'll call her out. As she led him in, she said, "When the little lady came back from the county guard in the morning, she shut herself up in the house, and she didn't say anything to eat, and she didn't come out for a moment, and she didn't know what she was doing. He quickly led him to a hall, asked him to sit down, and went in to report to him.

Pei Xiaoyuan didn't sit down, but just stood and waited in the hall. There was a knock and a faint voice from inside.

“…… Please Pei Langjun wait, I'll go see him now......"

A low, gentle voice drifted into his ears.

For the first few years after he came to this land as a child, he often stopped alone in the middle of the deserted wilderness, engrossed in catching the different sounds of the wind coming from all directions, which was his way of gaining peace of mind, and thus cultivating his ears far better than ordinary people.

Here at this moment, with the sound of this word, the secret rhythm of breathing from the chest when the speaker spits out the words seems to have merged into his ears.

He stepped out, stepped over the threshold, and waited in the hallway outside.

Candle quickly turned out and said with a smile: "The little lady asks Pei Langjun to wait a while, and she will come out." ”

The sunset light passed past him, slanting through a window by the door, and was cut into a thick and faint lattice of golden orange light, casting it on the open space within the threshold.

Ye Nu didn't let him wait for a long time, and soon she came out, but she was no longer what she was when Pei Xiaoyuan met her in the morning. The pair of butterflies that had stopped in her hair and fluttered with her movements were gone, and the face was washed off with incense powder and lip grease, which was the outfit of a young man.

I don't know what she was doing in the house, she should have washed her hands and came out, and there were still some residual water marks on her wrists.

"What is Pei Langjun looking for me?"

She happened to stop in the sunset on the threshold, smiled at him, and invited him in to speak.

Pei Xiaoyuan didn't move, only glanced at the maid who still didn't know how to retreat. Candle Er realized this and hurriedly walked out, leaving him and Ye Nu alone.

Chapter 7

Her eyes turned, and the light fell squarely on his face.

Pei Xiaoyuan didn't want to look at her, and was about to look away to say something, when he suddenly noticed that there seemed to be a scar on her forehead, and his eyes stopped unconsciously for a while, and finally saw clearly.

Truly. The sunset sun completely illuminated the unconcealed traces. It was shaped like a tiny star, resting in the center of her smooth forehead just above her eyebrows.

"Pei Langjun is looking for me?"

The sound of questioning was heard again.

Pei Xiaoyuan was startled and immediately withdrew his gaze.

She didn't invite him in again, and he stood still where he was, separated by a threshold from her.

"I just came from my uncle, and he told me about your meeting with him in the morning."

He opened his mouth with a calm expression.

"I came here to you on purpose to tell you that everything is based on your wishes, and I have nothing to do."

Su Yu looked at the man outside the door deeply: "It's all my fault." Meng Pei Gong and Pei Langjun are not to blame, fortunately! ”

He raised his right arm to her, signaling that she didn't have to.

"You don't have to worry about it, just treat it as if it never happened, and you will make this your home from now on. In addition, I have a matter that I would like to discuss with you again. ”

"Pei Langjun, please speak."

"I remember that you followed your grandfather here when you were young, which shows that you have a good relationship with my Pei family. My uncle considered you his own, and so did I. I am a little older than you, if you want, you can regard me as a brother in the future, you are like my sister, we are commensurate with brother and sister, what do you think? ”

Pei Xiaoyuan made her intentions clear, and when she saw that she seemed to be stunned, she looked at herself and did not respond immediately, suspecting that she had not reacted.

He nodded to her, smiled as well, and said in the gentlest tone he could say, "I have a cousin in my family, the son of my uncle, but he gave his life for the country when I was young. Now, if I can have such a female brother as you, it is like making up for regrets, which is a great blessing for me Pei. ”

After he finished speaking, he looked at the woman opposite with a smile.

"Brother, please accept my worship!"

Su Yu hesitated, but finally saluted again and changed his voice to call him brother.

"Sister, get up quickly, you don't need to be polite to me in the future!"