Fenghou

Chapter 261 Birthday Banquet ([-])

"When I was very young, my family arranged a marriage for me. The other party was Zhang Shuye's grandson, named Zhang Mingzhong. If there were no accidents, I would marry him in the past two years. Fate has been changed. Zhang Shuye's family was taken to the Kingdom of Jin. Hearing that Zhang Shuye committed suicide halfway, his children and grandchildren have no news. After so many years, my grandfather has always been ashamed of Zhang Shuye, so he refused. To cancel this marriage, we have to wait for that Zhang Mingzhong to come back."

Speaking of this, Lu Xiu sighed softly, and said: "Last year, my grandfather got the news that Zhang Mingzhong and his father were actually officials in the Puppet State of Qi. This made my grandfather furious, and he immediately canceled the marriage before letting him I was freed from the shadow of being outnumbered."

Chen Qing actually knew about this, Zhang Jun told him, but he didn't take this kind of thing to heart at all, and he was not a real widow, just engaged in a child marriage.

"Are you worried that I care about this?"

Lu Xiu nodded, "Grandfather repeatedly told me not to tell you about this matter, I feel very uncomfortable, I don't think I should hide it, but I have no chance to tell you, but I definitely don't want anyone to spread this matter maliciously. "

Speaking of this, Lu Xiumei looked at Chen Qing expectantly in her eyes. She hoped that Ailang's heart would be wider than the sky, and she could accept her honesty.

Chen Qing couldn't help laughing, "That Zhang Mingzhong's father is Zhang Zhongxiong!"

"It's him, Saburo knows him?"

"We have fought twice on the battlefield. He was still my prisoner of war. Later, he was released. If I knew there was such a relationship, I would have killed him with one knife."

"Oh! I thought you would rush to Bianliang with your sword and kill that Zhang Mingzhong!"

Seeing that Airang didn't care about this matter, Lu Xiu saw that the sun was shining in her heart, and she also joked.

Chen Qing chuckled, "Maybe we will do this in the future, but now we have more important tasks, and we haven't won the silver reward for the pot of arrows yet!"

"Let's go quickly, let's see who will fight against this girl!"

There was constant applause in the big tent. Chen Qing and Hu Yantong competed with Huyantong. Huyantong's cavalry and shooting ranked among the top five in the Forbidden Army, and Huyantong was even more powerful. He had grown a little this year, so when Chen Qing picked up When he was fighting Hujian, he couldn't help but proposed to compete with Chen Qing.

Fifty feet away, Hu Yantong threw the last arrow, 'Dang! With a crisp sound, the copper arrow bounced off the edge of the pot and landed on the ground, and there was a sigh of regret in the big tent.

The final result was [-] out of [-] shots, Hu Yantong shook his head regretfully, he could guarantee [-] out of [-] shots from [-] feet away, but he was really not sure if he was [-] feet away.

"Huyan, do you want to compare?" Chen Qing asked with a smile.

Hu Yantong snorted, "You want to take the fifty taels of silver away without throwing an arrow?"

The highest reward given by the Zhang family for the pot-and-arrow game is fifty taels of silver, and the five silver ingots are placed on the plate in the hands of the steward of the Zhang family. It seems to be easily available, but it seems to be thousands of miles away.

You can get the fifty taels of silver if you hit all five arrows of five feet, one arrow hits three feet and one tael of silver is rewarded for one arrow hitting five feet. Hu Yantong only earned two taels of silver.

Chen Qing took the copper arrow and looked for the feel, 'Whoosh! 'He flung it out,'Boom! With a muffled sound, the copper arrow accurately entered the hole of the pot five feet away, clean and neat, without dragging its feet.

There was a burst of applause in the big tent, "Good archery!" Even the samurai standing by the tent to maintain order couldn't help but applaud loudly.

At this time, Chen Qing saw someone waving to him at the door of the big tent, as if someone was looking for him.

Chen Qing smiled and said to the steward, "Give me all four bronze arrows!"

"Don't you take it easy, sir?"

"No, I just found the touch!"

Chen Qing shot four arrows like a string of beads, one after another, each faster than the last, and before everyone could react, the four arrows were shot, and all of them entered the pot with precision.

There was no sound in the big tent, and then there were cheers everywhere, and the sound seemed to lift the big tent.

Hu Yantong was amazed, this bastard's arrow skills are even better than last year, this is completely a talent, even if he rides a hundred horses, he can't catch up.

The manager smiled and handed the fifty taels of silver to Chen Qing, "This silver reward must belong to the young master. If someone exceeds it, I will pay for it myself!"

"Thank you steward, if someone surpasses, I will make a big bet with him."

Chen Qing gave Lu Xiu a wink, and walked out of the tent. Lu Xiu hurriedly followed. Just like all the young people, she cheered for Chen Qing's superb archery skills. She even forgot that Chen Qing was her lover.

It was only at this moment that she suddenly realized that the honor actually belonged to herself, and an indescribable joy and pride suddenly surged in her heart.

"Sanlang, how much did you earn?" Lu Xiu ran forward happily and asked.

"Fifty taels of silver!"

Chen Qing smiled and handed a heavy cloth bag to Lu Xiu, "I'll buy makeup for you!"

"Then I'm welcome!"

Lu Xiu took the money bag with a smile, but she was thinking about what gift to buy for Chen Qing.

At this time, a follower with a lantern stepped forward and saluted: "General Chen, my master is here to invite you!"

Zhang Jun wanted to find him, so Chen Qing bid farewell to Lu Xiu and went with his followers.

As soon as Chen Qing left, Li Meier came over, took Lu Xiu's arm and said with a smile, "I gave you all the fifty taels of silver, which is really good!"

"Amei, I want to buy him a gift, what do you think is better?"

"Buy some nice clothes, I think he's wearing common clothes."

Lu Xiu shook her head, "He probably doesn't like silk clothes very much!"

"Then buy a good folding fan and draw a picture on it."

"That's a good idea!"

But when Lu Xiu changed his mind, he shook his head again. Fan and San sound the same, which has a bad meaning!

"Buy a pair of shoes! I think he is still wearing leather boots. On such a hot day, cloth boots are more breathable."

Lu Xiu nodded. In fact, she also noticed that no one cared about this man's life, and he was still wearing leather boots in such a hot day.

Liu Huan hurriedly found Shen Gai, "I found out, the matter is not that bad!"

Shen Gai sat by the small river in a depressed mood, he slowly raised his head, "Isn't it true?"

"The two of them do have a marriage contract, and it was Lu Xianggong who promised the marriage himself. Many people know it, but their marriage contract is only a verbal promise, and they haven't invited a matchmaker to propose marriage, nor have they exchanged engagements. That is to say, the Six Ceremonies have not yet begun. !"

Shen Gaiteng stood up, "Really?"

"Of course it's true, what did I lie to you for! Their marriage can be canceled if they say it is cancelled, it's just at Lu Xianggong's thought."

Shen Gai hesitated a little and said, "You just said that many people know about it."

Liu Huan understood his good friend's worry, he was afraid that Lu Xianggong would not easily cancel the marriage out of face.

"It depends on who is asking for marriage. Most people will not easily agree, but you are different. You are a current researcher, you are about to be appointed, and you are a well-known family in the south of the Yangtze River. It is of great benefit to the Lu family, how can a military general compare to it?"

Shen should be persuaded, he nodded, "Well, I will invite my parents to propose marriage as soon as possible!"

At this time, Zhang Jun, the owner of the Zhang Mansion, was chatting with more than a dozen important ministers in the main hall, and the academician Xu Xiantu mentioned an interesting incident that happened yesterday.

"That Wanyan Chang is supercilious, I don't see him looking down on anyone, but yesterday he respectfully accompanied a smiling face on the street, was ridiculed a few times, and had to hold back his breath, it's really rare."

Lu Yihao nodded, "I've also heard about this incident, who is it that made Wan Yanchang bow his head?"

"Mr. Lu is very familiar with this man! I heard that he is planning to recruit him as his son-in-law."

"It's Chen Qing?" Lu Yihao was startled.

"It's him, I'm right there, listening to him teach Yan Chang a lesson."

Lu Yihao smiled slightly: "In this way, they should be a dialogue between opponents!"

"It should be. They said it very implicitly, but they concealed their wit. Judging from their tone, they should have fought more than once. It seems that Wan Yanchang almost died in Chen Qing's hands."

Lu Yihao sighed softly, "The court doesn't know about these things, it shouldn't be! Chen Qing is still too young, and he doesn't know how to respect the court. If I hadn't persuaded him to persuade him, he would not be willing to hand over the treasures of the former emperor to the emperor. .”

Zhang Jun said with a smile: "Speaking of treasures, I still want to ask him, what happened to that white jade Guanyin?"

At this time, a follower reported from the hall, "Master, General Chen is here."

"Please come in!"

(End of this chapter)