Neon Clothes and Iron Clothes

At this time, Hu Liang noticed that the tent had become quiet for some time, and everyone was staring at him. He felt blood rushing to the top of his head and his face felt hot.

"Ashamed!" He replied with all his last breath of strength: "Forgive me for resigning first!" Then before the people around him could realize what was going on, he rushed out of the tent like the wind and met a man who was carrying a tray. The maid bumped into her, and the wine bottle on the tray fell to the ground, staining a large piece of carpet, which immediately aroused a burst of laughter. Hu Liang felt that he wanted to find a crack in the ground and burrow into it. He reached out to pick up the wine bottle, handed it to the maid, expressed his apology in an almost inaudible voice, and then ran out of the tent. His entourage quickly followed him. , the handle of the knife slapped the belt, making a crisp sound.

"It's so boring, I can't bear to say a few words!" Princess Taiping yawned and curled her lips in boredom: "Thanks to the emperor's brother, he always said good things about him. I can't bear this grievance. He is not even as generous as a child! "

"Princess, you shouldn't treat Mr. Hu Liang like this!" Prince Han said in a solemn tone: "You should have heard of it! If everything goes well, he will be your fiancé!"

"You also know that if everything goes well, it's too early to say this now!" Princess Taiping said: "With the way he looked just now, no one would be willing to marry him!"

"In my opinion, there is nothing wrong with Mr. Hu Liang!" Prince Han said: "It's not that he was ungrateful just now, it's just that he was honest and simple, and he hadn't had time to learn the glitz and glamor of Chang'an City!"

"You always say good things for him!" Princess Taiping said with a smile: "What do you mean by being honest and simple? It's not like General Wang is rich and powerful every day. Since he is the son of the General, how come he hasn't seen this before?"

"General Wang has more than one son!" Prince Han said: "This Mr. Liang is just one of them. And I heard that although the general is generous to his subordinates and gives heavy rewards, he does not treat his own family. How to take care of him, otherwise, why have he not had a few children and relatives around him over the years?"

"You mean that Hu Liang opened his eyes only after coming to Chang'an?" Princess Taiping asked: "But I heard from Qu Tucheng that his martial arts, riding skills, and conversation are quite good? Could it be that Qu Tucheng deceived me? of?"

"That's not true!" Prince Han said with a smile: "A general has spent his whole life in the military, so he naturally knows that martial arts, bow and horse, are the foundation of a career. Young Master Hu Liang must have just learned to walk, and then he started to draw a bow and shoot arrows; as for conversation and knowledge, , at such a young age, he has followed his father in all his conquests, so naturally he will be fine; it’s just that he hasn’t seen much of the banter and hypocrisy in the palace!"

"You are still saying good things for him!" Princess Taiping pursed her lips, and after a moment she asked: "Then will he be angry now and run back?"

"I don't know about that!" Prince Han said with a smile: "Your Highness, the good young master I have taken care of is still honest in nature. Even if you don't become a couple with him, becoming good friends is a blessing to the country, don't you think? ?”

"That's all!" Princess Taiping rolled her eyes: "For the sake of Prince Han, you have wasted so much time saying good things for him, so I went out to see how he was doing. Really, a handsome man still wants to It’s unheard of for my daughter’s family to persuade him!”

"Haha!" Prince Han laughed and said, "Princess Taiping is indeed worthy of being the emperor's sister, and her temperament is beyond the reach of others!"

Hu Liang, who rushed out of the tent, wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes with his sleeves. He was angry about why he couldn't control himself in the tent just now and had lost his father's face. He was about to leave when he heard the voice of the entourage behind him: "Young Master, Young Master!"

"What's wrong?" Hu Liang turned around.

"What's wrong with you?" the attendant asked anxiously, "You just ran out and I didn't even understand what was going on!"

"Didn't you hear that just now?" Hu Liang said angrily: "That woman mocked me! She said I was not stupid enough!"

"What?" the attendant said angrily: "That woman dared to mock the young master, I will chop her with a knife!"

Hu Liang then remembered that several of his followers were his companions who had grown up with him. They were highly skilled in martial arts and loyal, but they could only barely hear Tang's words. Just like what Princess Taiping said at the banquet just now, Luo Xia Yayan, if you want to It’s hard for them to understand.

"Forget it! In fact, what she said is right. Compared with my father, I am indeed far behind!" Hu Liang sighed in frustration: "If Yan Liang were here, this would not be the case! After all, he is He is his father’s legitimate son!”

"Master!" Seeing the young master's appearance, the attendant said anxiously: "You can't be discouraged first. Among the old master's many sons, you are only slightly worse than His Majesty, and there is no way that His Majesty will come. From Chang'an. So no matter what the woman says, as long as the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty wants to marry the general, the only one she can choose is you! You are not begging her for this matter, she is begging you!"

"She begged me, not me begged her?"

"That's right! Don't you understand? In fact, today's big scene is all prepared for you. Otherwise, how could she, such a golden person, come to see your falcon first and then come to talk to you so much? Don’t you want to find out first? I’d like to say something outrageous, let alone a talent like you, young master. Even if you are a demented and stupid person, as long as you are the son of a general, the woman must marry you. When will such a thing happen? Are you free of women?"

The follower's words can be said to have awakened the dreamer. Hu Liang was not a fool, he was just in the middle of the situation and never came back to his senses.

"Protect the good master, protect the good master!"

Princess Taiping's voice came from behind. Hu Liang turned around and felt reassured. He thought to himself that the follower was indeed right: "This woman is so disgusting. She actually played with me like this!" He suppressed the emotions in his heart and pretended. Looking at a loss: "Your Highness Princess!"

"Young Master Hu Liang!" Princess Taiping pretended to be gentle and virtuous: "I just made a mistake in the tent, did you blame me? I apologize to you, Master!"

"This woman is so cunning. I don't know what she's up to. Let's play with her and see what kind of medicine she sells in her gourd!" Hu Liangliang thought to himself, but on his face, he hurriedly avoided Princess Taiping's gift and returned the gift with his hand. Said: "How dare you, I just made a mistake in the tent and made the princess laugh!" "I made a mistake!" Princess Taiping looked around and asked: "Young master is like this, is he going to leave?" She did not wait for Hu Liang to leave. He replied, "If so, wouldn't it be my sin?"

"This woman is so cunning, she beats me to the punch every time I say it, so I can't get angry!" Hu Liang was secretly angry, but he could only say: "No, I just felt stuffy in the tent and wanted to take a few breaths!"

"That's it!" Princess Taiping patted her chest and said with a smile: "I have long heard from the emperor that the Haidong Saker Falcon is the best in the world. He has two donated by your father. They are as precious as treasures, and others will touch them. It’s not allowed. I wanted to take this opportunity to see it this time, but if I miss it, I don’t know when it will be!”

Hu Liang was originally quite wary of Princess Taiping, but when he saw her skin was like jade snow, her eyebrows were as picturesque, and her smile was as beautiful as a spring flower, she was so delicate and beautiful that she could not help but feel a thump in her heart, thinking to herself, I have seen her before There is no young girl who can compare with her. Only Her Royal Highness the eldest princess can compare with her. She is indeed worthy of being called the princess of the kingdom of heaven and the immortal in the sky.

Seeing Hu Liang not speaking, Princess Taiping secretly resented in her heart: "This brat is so arrogant. I am already like this. If you are still like this, if it weren't for your father's sake, I would have asked the emperor to arrest you." Cut off the head!" She was angry in her heart, but the smile on her face became a little brighter: "Then it's settled, after the first round, let your Falcon compare with mine to see which one is more powerful. !”

"I don't dare!" Hu Liang cupped his hands, but agreed.

The two returned to the tent and sat down separately. Prince Han secretly breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this. He was also afraid that the two little Taisui would cause trouble again and he couldn't afford to clean it up. He quickly announced the rules of the siege that day and their respective positions, and then asked everyone to go back to their tents to prepare. Everyone is in place at the agreed time, which is like sending off the plague god.

Hu Liang returned to his tent, packed up, and rushed to his place. Although there were only a few of them, they were all experts. Several of his followers took cowhide drums and iron forks, and while beating the drums, they walked towards the reed swamp. Suddenly, they stirred up a swarm of waterfowl. Hu Liang could see clearly. He quickly uncovered the rope of the falcon standing on his cowhide armguard and the leather muzzle on the falcon's mouth, raised his right arm forward, and shouted: "Go!"

The hunting falcon rushed into the air like a sharp arrow, spread its wings, flapped twice quickly, and rushed over the group of fleeing waterfowl. Then it retracted its wings and pounced down. The sharp claws directly inserted into the neck of a wild goose, and the huge momentum immediately broke the neck bones of the wild goose. Then the falcon opened its one and a half meter long wings, flapped hard a few times, and lifted up. Following the prey, it slowly flew towards Hu Liang.

"Akru, you did a great job!" Hu Liang stretched out his leather-covered right hand to catch the falcon and took the prey off the falcon's claws. This immediately aroused the falcon's dissatisfaction. The majestic raptor made a sharp cry and flapped its wings a few times, seemingly complaining to its master.

"Don't worry, your share is indispensable!" Hu Liang smiled and picked out two pieces of prepared lamb liver from the bamboo tube with his left hand, and brought them to the mouth of the raptor. This is the falcon's favorite food. In two or three mouthfuls, he devoured all the lamb's liver, then turned his attention to Hu Liang and let out a cry of dissatisfaction.

"Sorry, there are only so many!" Hu Liang said with a smile: "If you still want to eat, then catch another bird!"

As the nominal host and referee of this falconry, Prince Han's position was on a mound near the swamp. The location was very good, overlooking the entire hunting ground. More than a dozen followers with good eyesight were looking around nervously, writing down the results of each participant. At the end, the results of this falconry will be ranked, and generous prizes will be prepared in advance. Of course, for these participants who are either rich or noble, they don't care too much about the prizes, but this falconry will be an important talking point among Chang'an's upper class in the future, and this is the most important thing. Wherever you go, you will hear your name mentioned. This is something that wealthy and idle people cannot refuse. After all, vanity is an irresistible temptation for humans.

"The first one, the first one succeeded. What a handsome falcon. Look at this flapping and these wings. Isn't it five feet long?"

"It must be more than five feet! It can kill a wild goose in one go, and it can fly back with the prey like this. This is a condor!"

"Can you tell which family the eagle is from?"

"Wait, let's see clearly, it belongs to Mr. Hu Liang! No wonder, this must be the legendary Hai Dongqing. No wonder he is so powerful. It seems that this time the top spot must belong to him!"

"Hehe, Mr. Yang's mouth is so angry that he is holding back his energy and wants to show off his face today!"

"Then there's nothing you can do. It's nothing more than anything else. If it's horses, falcons, furs and gold, who can compare with Mr. Hu Liang? Behind him is General Wang. With the power of General Wang, what wonders are there in the world? Can’t you get the rare treasure?”

"That's true. Today we can only see who is second!"

The chatter and laughter among the followers was just an unknown episode in the whole falconry, but the two sea turtles of Hu Liang quickly established an absolute advantage over the other hunters. They succeeded in hunting every time they attacked. Under their huge wings and iron claws, no matter whether they are swans, wild ducks, wild geese, or white storks, they cannot escape the fate of being hunted. And unlike other falcons, due to the limited power of the falcon, if it is hunting huge prey such as wild geese and swans, it is generally difficult for the falcon to bring it back. Therefore, the hunter's companion is required to run over on foot and bring back the prey. The wingspan and strength of Hai Dongqing who protects Liang are far superior to those of his kind. Except for the last few times when his strength was really exhausted, the other times he directly hunted and killed the prey, and was able to directly bring the prey back, allowing one to The onlookers were stunned.

"Good eagle, good eagle!" Princess Taiping wore leather gloves and used a pair of long iron chopsticks to pick up the lamb's liver and feed it to the falcon on Hu Liang's arm. Along with her, there was Concubine Yang's niece. It has been wrapped in white cloth, and I am still a little afraid of the falcon, but the eyes looking at the falcon are clearly full of envy.

"A Liu, do you want to feed me a few more?" Princess Taiping handed the iron chopsticks to her friend.

"Me?" A Liu was a little nervous: "Will it peck me again?"

"You're not touching its feathers, you're feeding it food. Why is it pecking you? Besides, if you put on leather gloves and hold such long iron chopsticks, how could you get pecked?" Princess Taiping said with a smile.

Encouraged by his best friend, A Liu put on his leather gloves and picked up the iron chopsticks to pick up the lamb's liver and feed it to the falcon. The more he fed it, the more enthusiastic he became, shouting "Good falcon, good eagle" incessantly. It looked like he had already eaten the falcon. The pecked Qiu was thrown out of the sky.

"A Liu, after you go back, if your aunt asks you how you injured your arm, how will you answer?" Princess Taiping asked. (End of chapter)