Chapter 24: Misconception by the river [please recommend votes!]

Today, Li Yuan brought a family to hunt. Except for his wife and eldest daughter-in-law staying at home, the children were all wearing warrior uniforms and bows and arrows. The eldest son Jiancheng, the second son Shimin, the third son Xuanba, the fourth son Yuanji, and the daughter Xiuning. They have not seen each other for more than two years. They have all grown taller, especially Li Yuanji, who looks only six or seven years old, but he is strong and tall, and has a bit of his own shadow back then.

There is also Li Shimin. When he met him, he was still a naughty child, but just two years later, he seemed to have grown up all of a sudden. His naughty temperament was gone, his eyes were calm and polite, and he looked like a little adult. He did not admire him as much as he used to, at least he could not see it on the surface.

Yang Yuanqing greeted them one by one, and his eyes fell on the third son Xuanba. Two years ago, this was a sick child. He was treated by the miracle doctor Sun Simiao. The weakness brought by his fetus had been wiped out and his height grew sharply. He was ten months younger than Li Shimin, but his figure was half a head taller than Li Shimin. He was very tall and fat, with a little bit of Yang Wei's shadow back then. Moreover, Sun Simiao only cured him and was physically ill, but he could not cure his brain. He looked stupid and followed Li Shimin like a follower.

At this time, Li Yuan brought a tall and burly young man to Yang Yuanqing and introduced him to him, "Yuanqing, let me introduce you to him. This is my nephew Li Xiaogong, and he is also a man of high martial arts skills. He is one year younger than you. I would like to ask you for advice in the future."

Seeing that Li Xiaogong was handsome and had a pair of sword eyebrows straight into his temples and his tiger eyes were bright, Yang Yuanqing quickly bowed and smiled: "There is no weak son in the general's family, Yuanqing is very happy to know Li Xiandi!"

Li Xiaogong bowed and bowed, "I have heard of General Yang's reputation for being aware of it for a long time. I only regret that I am not in Dali City and cannot fight side by side with General Yang!"

Yang Yuanqing patted his shoulder lightly, looked into his eyes and said, "There will definitely be a chance. We will fight side by side on the battlefield!"

Lee Hyo-gong nodded solemnly, "I remember the general's words and hope they will become a reality in the future."

"It's almost dawn, let's go!"

Changsun Sheng shouted loudly, and everyone got on the horse and followed the carriage of Changsun's family and rushed outside the Dingding Gate. Li Xiaogong was good at using dogs. He took more than a dozen hunting dogs to gallop at the front of the team. He and Pei Xingyan were of the same age. The two were quite close, talking and laughing all the way, walking side by side.

Pei Xier was not good at riding horses, so she got into Changsun Wuji's daughter's carriage shortly after leaving. Pei Minqiu rode a horse very steadily, talking and laughing with Yang Yuanqing along the way without any fatigue.

Along the way, newcomers continued to join. The son of Yuanshou, Yuan Shangwu, brothers, brought their younger sister Yuanyuan, Li Mi, younger sister Li Hanyan, cousin Wang Bodang, Yu Shiji, Yu Rou, Xiahou Yan, Li Jing, and even Yang Rong, joined the team with his younger sister Yang Jiaoniang. A group of officials and their servants and followers, had hundreds of people, and rushed out of Luoyang City.

The hunting place is located west of Luoyang, outside Huitongyuan. There are large forests distributed here, sparsely populated and numerous birds and beasts. It was already dawn, and the morning glow shone in the mountains and forests in the distance, as if dyed a magnificent color. A few miles away, a river shimmered, surrounding the forest like a jade belt, and the scenery was extremely beautiful.

Everyone came to the riverside. Changsun Sheng was the leader of this hunting. He pointed to a wide grassland not far from the river with a horse whip and said with a smile: "The grassland is surrounded by forests and faces the river. It is suitable for camping, so camping on the grass!"

Changsun Sheng issued an order to camp, and everyone ran towards the grassland cheered. Almost every household brought dozens of servants. There was no need for the owner to do it, and there were servants to serve him. Soon, more than two hundred tents appeared on this grassland covering an area of ​​dozens of acres.

Yang Yuanqing and nine iron guards camped together, and soon they set up seven tents, two largest tents as horse tents, one material tent, and the other four tents lived in people, Pei Minqiu, Pei Xier and Green Tea lived in one, Yang Yuanqing and Pei Xingyan lived in one, and the other nine subordinates lived in two tents.

Their tent is located at the west and south of the camp, close to the river to the south, and a hundred steps away is a dense black forest. People in the camp shouted and neighed horses, alarming the animals in the forest. From time to time, a sika deer poked out to look out.

In the camp, Pei Minqiu was laying the carpet with Green Tea. Pei Minqiu was not a precious lady. Since Yang Yuanqing and Pei Xingyan were camping with their personal soldiers, she felt that she could not be idle, so she lays the carpet with Green Tea.

"Miss Minqiu, please go back to Wuyuan County with us! I will take you on horseback, see Wuhai, and go to the prairie. You can run as much as you want, making your heart wider."

Green Tea likes Pei Minqiu very much, is kind and kind, and treats people sincerely. She does not look down on herself as a maid like Pei You and Pei Xier. She desperately encourages Pei Minqiu to go back with them.

Pei Minqiu smiled and laid a corner of the carpet, but asked casually: "Green Tea, do you have a mistress? I mean General Yang's wife, he should be married!"

"Don't mention it!"

Green Tea sighed and said, "Two years ago, the young master almost got married, and I almost had a mistress. As a result, a severe winter made General Yang not marry yet."

"Oh? What does this marriage have to do with the cold winter?" Pei Minqiu asked curiously.

"Hey! That girl's surname is Zhang, and she is childhood sweetheart with her young master. They have a good relationship. The young master took her to Dali City. As a result, she couldn't stand the severe cold of Dali City and had to return to the Central Plains. If she could survive that cold winter, she should be my mistress."

Pei Minqiu nodded silently. It turned out that Yuan Qing had a lover who grew up with childhood sweethearts. She felt sad and stopped asking more questions. Green Tea felt that she had caused trouble and quickly explained: "There was no news after leaving Dali City two years ago. The young master didn't know her whereabouts. I heard from the old man that marriage means that marriage requires fate. Although the young lady and the young master were childhood sweethearts, they might not have this fate. It was a girl...."

Before she could finish her words, Pei Minqiu interrupted her with a smile, "Where did you think of you, silly girl? I was just curious, why did you pull me in too."

Pei Minqiu picked up a roll of carpet and went to another tent. As soon as he walked to the door, he saw Pei Xier running over in a panic, "Minqiu!" She was sweating profusely and her face was a little wrong.

"What's wrong?"

Seeing that her face was flushed and she was quite flustered, Pei Minqiu asked with a smile: "Have you met your sweetheart, or is someone proposing to you?"

"Don't talk nonsense!"

Pei Xier pulled Pei Minqiu to another big tent. There was no one in the tent. Pei Xier lowered her voice and said nervously: "I saw that person just now."

"who?"

"I want to date me blindly. The young master of the Yu family seems to be named Xiahou Yan, and he is the stepson of Minister Yu."

Seeing that although she was very panicked, her eyes were flashing. Knowing that she was attracted by that young master Xiahou, Pei Minqiu smiled and joked, "Do you want me to borrow a set of rouge powder cakes for you?"

Pei Xier was shy and anxious, and pinched her hard, "What are you talking about? What do I want to make for rouge powder cake? I just told you that if he comes to me, I will tell him that I didn't come, anyway, I don't want to see him."

"Do you don't want to see me or dare not see me?"

Pei Minqiu laughed jokingly, then ran out, "I understand. If he comes, I will tell him that you are not here."

"This dead girl!"

Pei Xier was so panicked that Xiahou Yan's handsome and elegant image left a deep impression on her. She felt that she was much better than Yang Yuanqing.

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Xiahou Yan's camp is in the northeast corner. Although his elder brother Yu Rou also participated in the hunt, he did not live with his elder brother. He had a bad relationship with the Yu brothers, and he was very different. Yu Rou was over thirty years old and was a personal friend of Li Yuan, while he was only nineteen years old.

He lived with Yang Rong and Yuan Shangwu, so their camp was naturally built by servants, so he didn't have to worry about it, so he practiced riding and shooting on the grass with Yuan Shangwu and others. Yuan Shangwu's sisters Yuan Yuan and Yang Jiaoniang, as well as several other girls from aristocratic families sat aside to watch their brothers practice riding and shooting.

Xiahou Yan ran on his horse and took a bow with an arrow. The arrow was strong and hit the bull's eye more than thirty steps away, which attracted a lot of cheers from the girls. Xiahou Yan was proud. He had already shot the bull's eye three times in a row. He was very satisfied with his archery technique.

He secretly glanced at Yang Jiao Niang again. Yang Xuangan's daughter looked quite charming, which made him feel moved. Although he looked down on Yang Rong very much, he was a little interested in his sister.

"Brother Xiahou!"

Yuan Shangwu's younger brother Yuan Shangjun urged the horse to come, pulled Xiahou Yan aside, and whispered to him: "That girl from the Pei family is here, just to get engaged to you. Pei Xier, don't you go and see her look?"

Xiahou Yan really couldn't be interested in this Pei Xier. He was a little interested in Yang Rong's sister Yang Jiao Niang, so he waved his hand, "I don't want to go!"

Yuan Shangwu also came forward and smiled and said, "Go and have a look! Maybe he is a peerless beauty. If you miss it, you will regret it."

Xiahou Yan thought about it, okay! He had never seen Pei Xier before, but he just heard from others that he would take this opportunity to secretly see her at first sight.

"Where does she live?"

Yuan Shangjun pointed diagonally and said, "It's in the southwest corner, and the few tents beside the river."

Without waiting for them to finish, Xiahou Yan turned his head and headed towards the southwest corner. The camp was in chaos and it was inconvenient to walk. He simply walked around the river and went west along the river. After walking about a few hundred steps, he reached the west of the camp.

From afar, he saw a girl in a red dress and yellow shirt collecting water by the river. When she picked up the kettle and stood up straight, Xiahou Yan was stunned. He had never seen such a beautiful woman, with her eyes as autumn water, her face as beautiful as jade, and her slender neck as delicate and elegant as a swan, and she looked so beautiful that he stared at the girl with her eyes, her saliva almost flowing out.

Seeing the girl turning around and leaving, he quickly dismounted and chased her, "Miss Pei! Please wait."

The girl intake water was not Pei Xier, but Pei Minqiu. She saw a man staring at her from a distance, looking frivolous, which made her very unhappy. She ignored her and took the water and left. Unexpectedly, the man called her.

She stopped and turned around and asked, "Who are you? Is there anything you need to ask me?"

When Xiahou Yan heard her agree to the name of Miss Pei, he couldn't help but feel ecstatic and wished he could give himself a dozen mouths. If he didn't want a fairy-like beauty, he wouldn't want it. It was so stupid!

"Miss Pei, I have something I want to tell you?"

His mind was spinning desperately, trying to find an excuse to chat with the fairy sister. At this moment, Pei Xier ran out. She saw Xiahou Yan in the big tent, for fear that Minqiu would say that she didn't come, so she rushed over, "Young Master Xiahou!" she shouted.

Pei Minqiu then realized that this person was Xiahou Yan, the person Xier liked. He actually regarded himself as Xier. She felt relieved, and a trace of dissatisfaction just now disappeared. Then she smiled and pointed at Pei Xier, "This is the girl Pei you are looking for. I am her sister."

She turned around and left. Her sweet smile just now made Xiahou's soul almost fly. He stared at Pei Minqiu's back, his eyes remained motionless, and had already thrown Pei Xier beside him out of the sky.

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