Notes of Lanxi Crossing

Looking from the grain drying yard to the gathering place of the houses, we can find that the walls of the houses are all made of mud, and the roofs are covered with dry straw.

The rice fields on the other two sides have been harvested, and the straw that has lost its millet has been tied into large haystacks and placed in the rice fields. It is in such haystacks that this gray bird got into.

Lan Xi watched from a distance, frowning, with a guess in mind.

This thing doesn't look like a bird, but looks like the pheasant she saw in the back mountain when she was a child!

Modern pheasants are basically protected animals, but now in ancient times, it is no problem for them to catch one...

Lan Xi scratched his forehead in embarrassment.

Song Lanjiu and Liu Shuhuan couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief, and Lan Xi took the opportunity to approach them.

"Third Brother, Huanhuan, what you guys just shot seems to be a pheasant!"

"Pheasant?" The two asked in unison.

Zhan Chen and the others leaned over: "Does the chicken look like that?"

The Zhan family had never seen a live chicken, so they were simply asking about the chicken at this time.

Lan Xi is used to their lack of common sense in some places, just like she knows nothing about antique jewelry, it is all due to differences in education.

"Where is this chicken? There is such a small chicken? What's more, its fur is so black!" Liu Shuhuan immediately refuted her suspiciously.

Liu Shuhuan and Song Lanjiu always like to wander around the capital, and they often set foot in civilian areas, and they have seen chickens before.

Lan Xi was helpless: "That's why they are called pheasants. The chickens in the wild, the ones you see are domestic chickens, they are different!"

Liu Shuhuan still didn't believe it. When did Lanxi understand this, it must be nonsense.

"Whatever it is, we'll find out when we go in and find out." Song Lanjiu put the slingshot in his belt, borrowed a bamboo basket and a bamboo sieve from the villagers, and threw all the captured birds into the basket , and then put a cover on the bamboo screen.

Now, no matter where they want to go, these birds can be safely placed in place, just let a guard watch over them.

Seeing this, Liu Shuhuan finally knew how to deal with his spoils. After discussing with Song Lanjiu, he threw his own strings of birds into it together.

As for Zhan Chen and the others, like Lan Xi, they didn't catch a single sparrow after half a day's work, so naturally they didn't have such troubles.

The soil in the paddy field has dried up, and the haystacks are neatly arranged in it, and the layout is clear at a glance.

Song Lanjiu climbed off a branch from the big tree, distributed the branches on it to a few people, and said: "I'll go over and use the branch to check later, if there are no snakes and rats, you can come together."

"Snake?" Zhan Jin's face turned pale, and the maids behind her also showed fear.

After taking the branches, Liu Shuhuan comforted her: "Don't worry, I'll go with Brother Jiu, and I'll definitely clean them up. If you're afraid, stay here and don't move around."

"How can this be done, miss, let me go, I've caught snakes at home before, so I'm not afraid!" Xiaoling anxiously wanted to snatch the branch from her hand.

Bai Zhi and Bai Xue clutched Lan Xi's sleeves tightly, their faces wrinkled.

They don't want the lady to go there, but they don't dare to catch the snake, what should they do?
The corner of Zhan Yu's mouth twitched, he really didn't know what these people were thinking: "I said, can't you let the guards drive them away?"

It would be good to leave these things to the guards. Why would a good master do such a dangerous thing himself.

He turned his head to look at the guards standing beside them, and pointed out a few people to give orders.

"You guys, have you heard what we said? Hurry up and go!"

The brothers and sisters of the Song family seldom carry guards with them, only the servant girls who accompany them.

They grew up with Bai Zhi and the others, and they had a deep relationship, and they would not really let the latter do anything dangerous.

Although Zhan Yu didn't receive too much attention from Zhan Heng, he was one of the few sons of the emperor after all, so he was very easy to summon.

The guards were skilled in martial arts, and they immediately inspected the haystack quickly and calmly, and by the way, the pheasant ran out in shock.

"There!" Zhan Yu exclaimed, this kid has sharp eyes, Liu Shuhuan and Song Lanjiu are not bad, just when he made his voice, two stones shot the pheasant from two directions respectively.

Suffering severe injuries, the pheasant finally lost the strength to run again, walked a few steps crookedly, and bumped into the feet of Zhan Chen who was standing on the other side watching the excitement.

The pheasant was hit like this, his mind was completely confused, and he fell to the ground immediately.

Zhan Chen was stunned by the accident, he didn't dare to move away, and he didn't dare to reach out to grab it, so he could only stand there and look at a few people for help.

"Hahaha——" Song Lanjiu laughed loudly, and approached him with big strides, "Zhan Chen, you cut off Huan'er and me!"

Liu Shuhuan also ran over, stretched out his hand and grabbed the pheasant's neck on the ground, and agreed: "That's right, everyone is waiting for the rabbit, we are waiting for the chicken!"

Zhan Chen explained dumbfoundingly: "It couldn't last long, even if it didn't hit me, it would stop. It's the credit of Young Master Song and Miss Liu."

Song Lanjiu shook her head in disgust: "Why do you still call me Mr. Song, just call me Ninth Brother!"

Liu Shuhuan accepted his words: "Yes, you are the same as everyone else, just call me Huan'er."

Zhan Chen's face was brightened when he heard the words, and he was happy in his heart—they must have treated him as a friend if they were willing to get close to him. He cupped his hands and replied, "Ninth brother, Shuhuan!"

Song Lanjiu was okay, but Liu Shuhuan seemed to be about the same age as him, even half a head taller, and he couldn't call his sister, so he could only call her by her first name.

But Liu Shuhuan has a straightforward personality and doesn't mind at all. It's all her name, so it doesn't matter what her name is.

Of course, it's all about Lanxi, she loves Lanxi and calls her Huanhuan, which makes them very close.

Zhan Jin and the others didn't move so neatly, Lan Xi helped her lead her, and now she walked up to them, Lan Xi looked closely at the pheasant in Liu Shuhuan's hand, and immediately made a decision.

"That's right, this is a pheasant!"

I saw it kicking its legs straight, its eyelids closed tightly, and it seemed that it had passed out, but its chest was still jumping and moving occasionally, and it was impossible to tell whether it was really fainted or pretending to be dead.

Liu Shuhuan also carefully observed the little thing in his hand, and nodded slowly: "Although the coat color doesn't look like it, it looks like a chicken. I didn't expect such a chicken to exist!"

I don't know if the chicken just flew down from the mountain or if it has made a nest nearby, and if there are any eggs in the nest, Lan Xi turned to ask the guard.

"Did you see a pheasant nest during your inspection?"

The guards shook their heads. They knew the bird's nest, but they didn't know what the pheasant nest that Miss Song was talking about was thinking.

But one of the guards replied: "I don't know what the pheasant nest looks like, but I found a few birds' eggs in it."