Not many people know the name Xiao Shiji, but Qi Yizhi, the second son of the King of Qi, is famous. Qi Yizhi has just turned 20 this year. He is proficient in the art of war and has many capable men and fierce generals under his command.

Everyone stood up, including Mr. Mu Hou and his wife. They walked out quickly. After a while, there was a burst of laughter, and two young men came over. Mu Hou and his wife followed respectfully.

Du Hengshuang's quiet eyes suddenly lit up, and her brilliant face attracted two pairs of deep eyes for a moment. However, it only took a moment before they moved away.

Mu Yelai was also stunned. She really didn't expect that he would come to her instead of looking for him. In the last life, during their autumn banquet at Muhou Mansion, Xiao Shiji and Prince Qi's second son had never been here at all.

!

Does having such a good start mean that her pursuit in this life will not be so hard?

Thinking of the countless tossing and turning nights in his previous life, Mu Yelai's eyes filled with tears, and he stepped forward to greet her.

A man wearing a black robe strode over. He was tall, with eyes like stars, a nose as straight as a peak, and a smile on his lips. He was so handsome that even the noble second son of King Qi next to him couldn't catch him.

His momentum subsided.

It was Xiao Shiji who came to the women's side.

Mu Yelai hurriedly stepped forward, "Xiao... Young Master!"

Xiao Shiji turned a blind eye to her, strode past her, came to Du Hengshuang and Fang Wuniang, bowed deeply to Fang Wuniang, "Aunt Fang is well."

Fang Wu Niang smiled hurriedly and said, "I haven't seen you for a year and a half. You have been very busy recently?"

Xiao Shiji smiled. There were several gasps from the female family members.

Du Hengxue quietly pushed Du Hengshuang, "Sister, Brother Xiao is here to see you."

Du Hengshuang hummed slightly, her eyes seemed to be glued to Xiao Shiji.

After not seeing each other for a year and a half, he seems to have grown taller and stronger, with a little more wind and frost between his brows...

Xiao Shiji turned to look at Du Hengshuang, and his voice softened involuntarily, "Shuang'er, I just sent a few boxes of things to your house. You can take a look when you get back. Those clothes, materials, makeup and jewelry are all from me.

It was shipped back from a trip to Jiangnan..."

Standing between Fang Wu Niang and Du Hengxue, Du Hengshuang and Xiao Shi spoke in low voices as if no one else was watching.

Seeing that some of the women's eyes were about to pop out of their heads, Fang Wu Niang said with a smile: "This is the husband our Shuang'er has been engaged to since childhood. After the wedding next year, our Shuang'er will get married."

It turned out that they were an unmarried couple who were going to get married soon.

Everyone just said "Oh", looking at the beautiful couple half with envy and half with jealousy, and congratulated Fang Wu Niang.

Fang Wu Niang felt happy, her attitude improved a lot, and she started chatting happily with others.

When Mu Yelai saw this scene, his heart was twisted, and he almost wanted to hit him to death. But after thinking about it again and again, he still couldn't let go of this enemy from his previous life. He had to grit his teeth, turned around and walked back, came to Du Hengxue, and asked quietly

Said: "Who is that?"

Du Hengxue pursed her lips and smiled: "My brother-in-law."

Mu Yelai curled his lips. He wasn't married yet, so he had the nerve to call him "brother-in-law", but he couldn't argue with Du Hengxue. He just smiled and asked, "Have you said hello to your brother-in-law?" After saying that, he pulled Du Hengxue's sleeve hard.

, "You don't even say hello. How rude." He dragged her to Du Hengshuang and Xiao Shiji.

Du Hengshuang and Xiao Shiji were still whispering and didn't even notice that there were two more people in front of them.

Mu Yelai's face was as dark as water.

But Du Hengxue covered her mouth and laughed quietly, whispering in Mu Yelai's ear: "You don't know, when my brother-in-law saw my sister, there was no one else in his eyes or ears. We don't have to bother to say hello, and we can even beat him."

Can't hear it."

Mu Yelai froze there.

how so?

She remembered very clearly that the relationship between Xiao Shiji and Du Hengshuang was not harmonious. When she entered Xiao's house, Xiao Shiji had not been to Du Hengshuang's room for a long time.

But seeing their appearance now, Mu Yelai felt sad and bitter in her heart. It wasn't until a burst of cheers erupted from a place not far away that she woke up.

Mu Yelai clenched his fists in his sleeves.

Don't be afraid, many couples who were loving at first ended up being strangers. She couldn't shrink back when she saw how much they loved each other now. She had two lifetimes of experience and time to slowly think about Xiao Shiji.——This time, he must be

Can't run away...

Mu Yelai raised his head and saw that the archery competition with the male guests opposite was entering the final round.

The last round is to shoot the apples on the four maids.

This task is too difficult. If you are not careful, someone will die.

Soon, three of the four male guests who entered the final round gave up, leaving only the elegantly dressed An Zichang.

"There's no one left to compete? Then I won the first prize at the Autumn Banquet without using archery?" An Zichang said lazily, spinning a long bow in his hand.

Qi Yizhi was talking to Mu Hou in a low voice just now, and it just came to an end. He looked up and saw An Zichang's proud look. He rolled his eyes and called Xiao Shiji over, "Shiji, come here, do me a favor.

Let's go and compete with the vanguard general to see who is better, him or us."

Xiao Shiji hurriedly waved his hands and said: "Isn't this good? How can I be as powerful as the vanguard general? - I am ashamed of myself and admit defeat!"

Du Hengshuang watched Xiao Shiji admit defeat with a smile on his face. Somehow, that smile hurt An Zichang's eyes.

"Brother Shiji said that, do you think you don't take me seriously? - Who loses and wins can only be known by comparing. If you admit defeat without comparing, you are completely looking down on me and deliberately want to humiliate me." An Zichang

Said very rudely.

An Zi often said this, Xiao Shiji did not give him face if he did not compare.

Qi Yizhi patted Xiao Shiji's shoulder and said, "In that case, just do whatever it takes and give it a try. You have admitted defeat anyway, so why not lose again?"

Xiao Shiji had no choice but to nod, "Then I would rather obey your orders than be respectful."

An Zichang stood up straight and watched as the servants of Muhou Mansion handed a long bow to Xiao Shiji's hand.

Xiao Shiji took out a green thumb ring from his sleeve pocket and put it on. Then he placed the arrow on the long bow.

The arm was straight and the wrist was strong, but the feathers of the arrow did not move at all.

An Zichang's face turned serious. Xiao Shiji was indeed a skilled practitioner. His bow-drawing posture was exactly the same as Du Hengshuang's. It seemed that he was taught by a master...

Du Hengshuang couldn't help but walked towards the men's archery competition.

Du Hengxue also trotted to keep up.

The female family members were all attracted by the archery competition between the two handsome men, and they gathered around one after another.

"Since there are only two people in the last round, each of you shoot two maids. Whoever shoots the most apples and is the most accurate will be today's winner!" Mu Hou loudly announced the rules of the competition.

Tsk! Tsk!

Several feathered arrows suddenly shot toward the maid opposite like meteors. The tails of the arrows pierced the air and made a whistling sound. The sound was extremely shocking.

The maid standing opposite also turned pale.

This was not the first time they had been targeted like this. But this was the first time they had encountered such a powerful and powerful arrow flying through the air.

But they can't leave temporarily.

They knew how strict the rules of Muhou's house were. When he was in Anxi, when Muhou got angry, he would drag the maids and servants who had made mistakes to feed the mastiffs!

Compared to being eaten alive by a dog, it would be more comfortable to be shot to death by an arrow.

These maids closed their eyes and waited for the last moment to come.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Several times passed by, and the apples held on the heads and arms of the four maids fell almost at the same time. However, they stood there intact, looking at each other, not believing their luck.

They actually escaped death!

The four maids knelt down in unison to An Zichang and Xiao Shiji who were opposite them, and thanked them for not killing them.

Xiao Shiji was stunned. What happened to these maids? Why were they kowtowing to him?

An Zichang disagreed. He knew it. This is the traditional custom of their Anxi nobles. During the autumn banquet, in order to add some fun to the banquet, shooting a living person is a must-have activity. - Shooting apples is just a cover.

That's all. It was only when they arrived in the Central Plains that they, the Anxi nobles, restrained themselves a little and did not dare to go too far.

"Hahahaha, you two actually shot down the apple at the same time, tied for first place! Tied for first place!" Mu Hou laughed and winked, and asked the four maids who were kneeling on the ground to be taken away.

A burst of warmer cheers erupted on the court, and even Du Hengshuang, who had always been aloof, clapped along to cheer up.

Mu Hou waved his hand, and two guards brought two trays up.

The red silk covering on the tray was uncovered, and twenty gold ingots were neatly stacked on the tray.

"Come on, good things come in pairs this year. At our first autumn banquet in the Muhou Mansion, we actually have two tied for the top spot. It's really gratifying! - Since they are tied for the first place, they naturally have one thousand taels of gold each.

Please accept the lottery prize from the two champions." After Mu Hou finished speaking, he stood aside with a smile and twirling his beard.

An Zichang and Xiao Shiji both took the tray generously, raised it and shook it at everyone.

The bright yellow gold blinded everyone's eyes.

Xiao Shiji held the tray and came to Du Hengshuang. He smiled and said: "I have to go out to do errands, so help me keep these."

Du Hengshuang nodded, called Uncle Qian over, and collected a pallet of gold.

When Xiao Shiji saw Uncle Qian, he wanted to salute, but was stopped by Uncle Qian's look, so he had to nod slightly.

An Zichang also came over with gold, and said to Fang Wuniang: "Aunt, I'm staying at my uncle's house now. These will be my accommodation expenses. I hope my aunt will accept it." After saying that, he also handed over a thousand taels of gold.
To be continued...