Less than two miles into the forest, Yang Wuqing made the first record, hunting and killing a large adult wild boar weighing more than 200 kilograms. When his subordinates carried the huge wild boar to the camp, the camp was in a commotion, and more than a dozen girls came to watch.
A wild boar gathered together and whispered.
Although they were looking at wild boars, the eyes of the girls all looked at Yang Yuanqing and Pei Minqiu. What did they all realize sensitively?
Pei Minqiu saw Pei Xi'er exposed from a distance, and then went back, looking lonely. She couldn't bear it, so she said to Yuan Qing: "General Yang, I won't go hunting. I want to accompany Xi'er."
Yang Yuanqing already knew the whole story, so he nodded, and Pei Minqiu walked quickly towards the tent. At this time, Yang Jiaoniang quietly walked up to Yang Yuanqing, "Third brother!" She lowered her head and shouted timidly.
She had long wanted to come to Yang Yuanqing, but her second brother didn't allow her, so she didn't dare to come. Now that her second brother went hunting, she emboldened herself to sneak over.
In fact, Yang Yuanqing also likes his sister very much. After all, they have the same father and the same blood. Moreover, Jiao Niang is completely unlike her mother and has no arrogance. On the contrary, she is smart, considerate, and considerate. Yang
Everyone in the family likes her.
Yang Yuanqing smiled and said: "My dear, I haven't seen you for two years, and you have become more and more handsome. Have you made a decision?"
Being praised by her brother, Yang Jiaoniang lowered her head in embarrassment, "Not yet!"
Yang Yuanqing didn't know what to say to her. When it came to family, they were a little embarrassed, so he smiled and said: "If you have any difficulties in the future, just come to me. No matter what, I am your brother and I will try my best to help you."
, whoever dares to bully you, also tell me."
"Um!"
Yang Jiaoniang nodded, and asked curiously: "Third brother, are you and the girl from the Pei family..."...
"Children, don't ask these things!"
Yang Yuanqing didn't want to answer this embarrassing question, so he got on his horse and said to his subordinate: "Continue hunting!"
He led several of his men to turn their horses around and continue running towards the forest.
Most of the time, hunting is not about leaving early and returning late, but a kind of camping outing, which can last for as little as three or four days or as much as half a month. However, the day after tomorrow, Emperor Yang Guang will lead his officials on a southern tour, so the hunting time will be longer.
Just a peaceful day, go out early and come back late.
The actual hunting time is only half a day, so everyone works hard to harvest as much prey as possible in the shortest time.
In the afternoon, the hunting teams returned one after another, some with rich harvests and some with meager harvests. Among them, Yang Yuanqing - Xingren's harvest was the most abundant. Two wild boars - a clouded leopard, more than twenty deer and deer, pheasants - hares.
And so on, there are countless more.
Every family is happily taking stock of today's harvest. Only Xia Houyan is a little uneasy. His mind is not on hunting. Pei Minqiu's Qianli is always lingering in his mind, although he already knows that it is not Pei Xi'er.
But it doesn't matter, he doesn't want Pei Xi'er, he just wants this Pei family woman.
"Xiahou!"
Yuan Shangwu walked into his tent and smiled at him: "What's going on today? Why - there's not even a single prey. Even with my brother's skill, he hunted a few hares. Do you really want to come back empty-handed?"
Xia Houyan no longer had any thoughts about hunting. He sighed and felt a little confused. Yuan Shangwu and he were good friends. He understood his thoughts very well, so he laughed in a low voice: "Why, you have fallen in love with the Yang family's girl?"
Xia Xuyan shook his head and said with a bitter smile: "It's not the Yang family, it's the Pei family."
Yuan Shangwu was stunned, "Don't you dislike that Pei Xi'er?"
"I'm not attracted to Pei Xi'er, that one is too bland and I have no interest at all. I'm talking about another daughter of the Pei family."
Yuan Shangwu narrowed his eyes and smiled, then gave a thumbs up and said, "You have such good eyesight, you actually like Pei Minqiu."
"What do you think her name is?" Xia Houyan asked anxiously.
"I heard that her name is Pei Minqiu, the granddaughter of Pei Ju, and the most beautiful daughter of the Pei family. Your boy has actually fallen in love with her. I can only say it is your fate!"
Yuan Shangwu patted his shoulder heavily, "As the saying goes, we are well matched. Your father is the most favored minister of the dynasty and a master of calligraphy. The Pei family is also a famous family. The Yu family and the Pei family are simply a match made in heaven. Brother Xiahou, this
If you don't want the opportunity, we will take it.
Pei Minqiu's appearance in the hunting team naturally aroused the admiration of many young men. Yuan Shangwu's younger brother Yuan Shangjun was also one of them. Yuan's sister Yuan Yuan and Pei Xi'er had a good relationship. From her sister, Yuan's
The brothers knew Pei Minqiu's name and her marriage status. They especially knew that Pei Minqiu might like Yang Yuanqing.
Who is Yang Yuanqing? The Yuan brothers know better than anyone else. In the He Ruobi case, their father Yuan Shou was removed from the post of Minister of Taifu Temple and demoted to the magistrate of Chayang County. Fortunately, Yuan Shangwu's brother-in-law was the King of Qi, so Yuan Shang was promoted to the throne.
Shou was pardoned last year and reinstated.
The painful lessons from their father made the Yuan brothers dare not mess with Yang Yuanqing, but if Xia Houyan was willing to fight for Yang Yuanqing's woman, they would be happy to see it.
Seeing that Xia Houyan was a little tempted, Yuan Shangwu went further and said, "I heard that Pei Minqiu has not been betrothed to someone else. If you don't actively fight for it and someone else takes her away, you will regret it."
Most of a man's courage comes from women. Xia Houyan's courage to fight for women was ignited by Pei Minqiu's beauty. He strode out of the tent, got on his horse, and ran towards Pei Minqiu's place of respect.
The prey of Yang Yuanqing and his men filled the open space in front of the camp. Pei Minqiu and Green Tea were carefully looking through the shanzi inside, talking and laughing in low voices. The gorgeous feathers of the shansui attracted the hearts of the girls.
Not far away, Pei Xier stood in front of the tent and looked at them calmly. She was not interested in decorative items such as Shanya feathers. She was not interested in most things. Her biggest interest was sitting in her room.
She didn't like to go out to read a book or sit still. Especially today, Xia Houyan ignored her, which was a heavy blow to her, and her mood never got better.
At this time, Pei Min already had a bunch of the most gorgeous mountain feathers in his Qiu Huzhong, so he stood up and smiled at the green tea: "I'll give it to Jiao Niang."
Pei Minqiu was very attentive. She heard that Yang Yuanqing's second brother, Yang Rong, only hunted a few hares today, so she wanted to send some feathers to Yang Jiaoniang.
"I'll deliver it!" Green Tea felt that it was his responsibility to run errands.
Pei Minqiu shook his head, "If you go and give it away, she will definitely not dare to accept it. Besides, I also want to talk to her."
Pei Minqiu walked quickly towards Yang Qiuniang's tent. Yang Qiuniang's tent was located in the middle of the entire camp. It was only a few hundred steps away from their tent and could be reached in a short time.
Pei Minqiu had just walked a hundred steps when someone next to her suddenly called her, "Minqiu!"
Pei Minqiu was stunned and looked back, only to see a person coming on horseback. It was Xia Houyan whom she had seen in the morning. She felt a little dissatisfied. Only her family could call her Minqiu. Even Yang Yuanqing called her Miss Minqiu.
I have no connection with him, so he actually calls me Minqiu. This is a bit too frivolous.
Moreover, she had a very close relationship with Xi'er, but the appearance of this person caused a slight rift between her and Xi'er, which made her even more dissatisfied with Xia Houyan.
Pei Minqiu was unhappy in his heart, but he did not show it on his face. Instead, he remained polite and said, "If Mr. Xiahou wants to find Sister Xi'er, she will be over there in the tent."
"I don't want to find her, I want to find you."
"What does the young master want from me?" Pei Minqiu asked coldly.
"Min Qiu, don't you think there is a bit of fate between us?"
Pei Minqiu's face suddenly darkened, and she turned around to leave. Xia Houyan followed her with a stern face and continued: "Originally, I had no interest in Pei Xier at all, but I wonder if Pei Xier is as beautiful as a fairy? I'll give it a try.
But I met you in the end, and you are indeed as beautiful as a fairy. I feel that this is simply God’s arrangement for me and Min Qiu to be destined.”
"Enough!"
Pei Minqiu couldn't restrain himself anymore, his face turned red, and he scolded him angrily: "Your father is still an important minister of the imperial court and a famous scholar all over the world. You can be shameless yourself, but how about you save some face for your father!"
Xia Houyan is a veteran of Huacong. He knows that when talking about marriage, it requires elders to propose marriage, which has nothing to do with Pei Minqiu's own preferences. In the morning, Pei Minqiu's indifference to him made him very uncomfortable. Since being knowledgeable and sensible has no effect, he simply went rogue -
Point, maybe she is still impressed by herself.
Xia Houyan was not annoyed at all and still said with a smile: "When I saw the girl today, I knew it would be difficult to sleep tonight. My love for Miss Mu is astonishing. If the girl is willing to give me a chance, I will swear to grow old together with her.
Never marry again."
Pei Minqiu knew that if she talked to him again, she didn't know what dirty words would come out. She ignored Xia Houyan and increased her speed.
When Xia Houyan saw that she was silent, he felt even more proud. He followed her on his horse and sweetly expressed his love in his heart. Pei Xuqiu was angry and resentful, but could not get rid of his entanglement, so he just lowered his head and walked away quickly.
At this moment, the sound of horse hooves came from behind, and then Yang Yuanqing's voice was heard, "Miss Minqiu!"
Yang Yuanqing's voice made Pei Minqiu grasp a piece of wood like a drowning person. She was surprised and happy, turned around and ran to Yang Yuanqing, "General Yang!" Her eyes were a little red with grievance.
Yang Yuanqing came after him after hearing the report from Minghu. When he saw Pei Minqiu was about to cry and didn't know what kind of insult she had suffered, he couldn't help but became furious. He pointed his riding whip at Xia Houyan and said, "You are so big."
How brave!"
Xia Houyan sneered, "I like Min Qiu and want to marry her. She also likes me. We are in love. Yang Yuanqing, what does this have to do with you?"
"You're talking nonsense!"
When Pei Minqiu saw that he was talking nonsense in front of the person she liked, she couldn't hold back the tears anymore and welled up from her beautiful eyes, "When did I like you? You shameless person."
Xia Houyan smiled proudly and said, "Miss Pei, it doesn't matter whether you like me or not. As long as I like you, I will ask my father to go to your mansion to propose marriage. In a month, you will become my bride."
Yang Yuanqing's murderous intention appeared in his heart, and he said to Pei Minqiu: "Go back first!"
Pei Minqiu turned around and ran towards his tent. When Yang Yuanqing saw her walking away, he slowly pulled out his knife and pointed at Xia Houyan, "In that case, pull out your knife!"
Xia Houyan was stunned, "Yang Yuanqing, what are you going to do?"
"It's very simple. I like Miss Minqiu too. Since you want to take away my love, let's solve it the way men do. Pull out your knife. Either you will die today or I will live!"
Xia Houyan was shocked and took two steps back. Of course he knew that he was not Yang Yuanqing's concern. He shouted, "Yang Yuanqing, I won't compete with you. Let's see who can marry her first."
He turned the horse's head and left. Yang Yuanqing drew an arrow and shot it at his horse. The arrow hit the dung gate of Xiahouyan's mount. The horse screamed and fell on its back, knocking Xiahouyan over.
On the ground, the war horse fell heavily on him.
Yang Yuanqing urged his horse forward, drew his bow, pointed the bow and arrow at him, and said coldly: "Do you still dare to steal my woman?"
Xia Houyan was thrown so hard that his bones were almost broken. He was pinned down by the horses beside the carriage and could not move. He was filled with hatred and fear, so he had to relent and said: "Yang Yuanqing, you are so cruel, I won't fight with you."
Yang Yuanqing sneered and deflected the arrow downwards. The arrow pierced his thigh and pinned him to the ground. The pain made Xiahou scream like a pig being killed.
"This arrow is a warning to you. If you dare to have evil thoughts and steal my woman again, I will make you die!"