Fortunately met when I was not married

Chapter 28
Chapter 26: No appointment (1)
Pei Yunkuang had inquired about Zhan Peng's background in private.He is from Dongdu, and he was very weak when he was young. His father sent him to Shaolin Temple to practice martial arts with an eminent monk. When he was 19 years old, he went to Shangjing with his parents. He worked as a bodyguard in the Weizhong Bodyguard Bureau for two years. He is quite talented in martial arts.His family background was not good, he did not study much, and he was not outstanding in military strategy in the literary examination, so the emperor designated him as Tanhua in the palace examination.

These days he has become a sought-after figure, both Zuo Shiqiu and Pei Shangfeng have entertained him.I don't know if he is very wise or stupid or really not enlightened. He socializes between various factions and has no position at all.

Pei Yunkuang loves talents very much, and he really wants to take him for his own use, so that he can become Shang Yu's right and left arm in the army in the future, so he also has the intention of tempting and wooing him for today's banquet.However, during the banquet, Zhan Peng always looked at Si Tian intentionally or unintentionally, which made him a little uncomfortable besides accidents.

A young man is in vain if he is not romantic.In fact, in his eyes, lust is not a man's shortcoming, but a good thing. He can do what he likes and give him beautiful women.However, if Zhan Peng is good at the color behind him, he feels a little inappropriate.Why is it wrong?He put the hand holding the wine glass to his lips and paused for a moment.

He spent money to cultivate her, besides allowing her to accompany him and do some things that the guards could not do, there are other uses.He was reluctant to give it to Zhanpeng.He felt that the discomfort and inappropriateness in his heart should come from this, and he repeated it in his heart, aggravated and affirmed.

The three men were talking while drinking, Si Tian naturally couldn't intervene, but when Zhan Peng glanced at her, she smiled at him out of courtesy.He also smiled back at her, he was talking to Pei Yunkuang, if you didn't look closely, you couldn't tell if he was smiling at Pei Yunkuang or at her.

Unfortunately, there was someone who was watching someone's movements, and could clearly see this smile.He felt more and more uncomfortable. Originally, he felt a little heroic towards Zhan Peng, but at this moment, his affection was gone.

Pei Yunkuang couldn't see Si Tian's smile, but he saw Zhan Peng's smile, and he frowned slightly.

In order for Zhan Peng to concentrate on talking to him, he turned to Si Tian and said, "Go and tell the kitchen to make spicy cabbage soup."

He inquired about Zhanpeng's favorite spicy cabbage soup. In order not to make it too obvious that he had inquired about him, he deliberately did not present this dish, but unexpectedly at this moment he blurted out this dish in a hurry.

Si Tian went in response.

Shang Yu secretly breathed a sigh of relief, drank two glasses of wine, got up and pretended to be convenient, and temporarily left the banquet.

He was waiting under a privet tree by the spring corridor of Yihu Lake.After a while, she came back.

He coughed lightly and stood out from the shadow of the tree.

She was startled, and was about to say hello to him, but remembered that Pei Yunkuang had explained that she pretended not to know him when she saw him.So, she ignored him and went straight up the steps.

He was a little angry, a little helpless, and stretched out his hand to grab her sleeve.

She hurriedly turned her head, looking a little flustered.

"Tomorrow, I will ask the pigeon to bring you a letter. Remember to read it."

He said something quickly and let go of his hand.

She was puzzled, but she couldn't ask in detail at this moment, so she hurriedly stepped into the hall.

He stood under the tree, paused for a moment, and walked in.

The moon rabbit rises in the east, the night wind in late autumn is also bleak, and the banquet is also dispersed.

Pei Yunkuang sent the two upstarts out of the gate.

Shang Yu got into the sedan chair first, and Zhan Peng stopped at the foot of the steps, and didn't get into the sedan chair immediately, as if he still had something to say to Pei Yunkuang.

Shang Yu ordered the sedan chair to be picked up, Zhan Peng might have something to say in front of him, and he wanted to speak to Pei Yunkuang in private, it would be best if he expressed his position, it fulfilled Pei Yunkuang's wish, and he was happy to see it come true. There is also an ally by his side.

Although he coveted his people, private affairs and public affairs should be distinguished.

However, just after the sedan chair took two steps, he actually heard such a sentence!

"My lord, that girl just now"

He didn't hear the second half clearly, and a small flame suddenly sprang up in his heart. Could it be that he wanted her from Pei Yunkuang?He wanted the sedan chair back almost impulsively, but he held back.

It was very dark inside the sedan chair, only a lantern in front of the sedan chair occasionally flashed a glimmer of light from the curtain of the sedan chair. He clenched his fists, feeling very confused.

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Pei Yunkuang was slightly taken aback when he heard Zhan Peng actually called out Si Tian's name, he actually knew her!No wonder, he kept looking at her, and he felt relieved. In fact, he was also worried that he would ask for her.

Zhan Peng said: "The Si family is very rich. Her father moved his business from Xinzhou to the capital. I don't know why she is in the palace?"

Pei Yunkuang smiled slightly and said, "I don't know what's going on with her family. Wealth is easy to lose, maybe it's downfall."

Zhanpeng turned around and went down the steps disappointedly.Sitting in the sedan chair, he thought of the past.At that time, her younger brother Xiao'an admired his kung fu very much, calling him a tiger hero all day long and pestering him to learn from him.Every time she came over and pulled Xiao An back, he was very familiar with her, she didn't have any airs of being a lady, and she always called him Brother Huzi when she saw him.I haven't seen her for two years, she was born very beautiful, but unfortunately, she has been reduced from a young lady to a maid.He felt a little uncomfortable and distressed, and wanted to do something.

Pei Yunkuang watched him leave, and stepped into the door.Passing by Yihuchun, she saw a few maids clearing away the cups and plates, and she was there too.He was talking to a maidservant, smiling brightly and beautifully.

He stood outside the hall watching for a while.

She and Zhanpeng are old friends. It seems that there is great hope to win over Zhanpeng.Before the Northern Expedition started, we should bring her more and meet Zhan Peng.

It was also a surprise that Si Tian met Zhan Peng by accident.At that time, when his family first arrived in Beijing, they were very poor.The mother thought that they were from the same hometown, and often helped his mother.Unexpectedly, he has such a promising future today.It seems that it is just around the corner to seal his wife and son after making great achievements.She is very happy for him.

Early the next morning, Pei Yunkuang was summoned into the palace.She was arranging his bookshelves when suddenly a white pigeon stopped by the window.Isn't this Shang Yu's pigeon?She stretched out her hand cautiously, touched its little paw, and found a very thin bamboo tube tied to its foot.Only then did she remember that Shang Yu said last night that he asked Ge Zi to bring a letter.She untied the bamboo tube and wanted to touch the pigeon in her hand.But it flapped its wings and flew out.

It's really like the owner, very personal.

She opened the bamboo tube and took out a note.

Jinghu Lake, Tongfang Painting Boat

She frowned, what does this mean?
Jinghu Lake is a small lake outside the east gate of Pei Mansion, and the name "Yihuchun" of Huating is derived from this.Could it be that she was asked to go to Tongfang Painting Boat by Jinghu Lake?Are there any boats there?She really didn't notice it.

She felt a little strange after reading the note, what did she ask her to do there?Did she have something to tell Pei Yunkuang?
She packed up the house and was going to an appointment.Suddenly, Pei Yunkuang came back.

He smiled as if he had something happy, and said to her, "Come hunting with me later."

hunt!She doesn't even know how to ride a horse, how to pull a bow and arrow, or how to shoot. Isn't it a joke to go hunting?Why take her?
He looked at her bewildered and surprised, and said with a smile, "Don't be afraid, just follow along and watch, and I'm not asking you to go hunting."

She breathed a sigh of relief and followed him to see it, which was okay.He was willing to take her with him, and she was inexplicably happy.

He went first on horseback, and she arrived later in a carriage.In fact, she was sitting in the carriage, still very puzzled, why did he take her with him?

The hunting ground is in Tongzi Mountain on the outskirts of the city. Some elk, goats and hares are kept in fences. It is the place where the emperor went to hunt when he came to Dongdu in autumn.But in the past two years, he has been obsessed with alchemy, and this entertainment has also been saved.

She arrived at the hunting ground, got out of the carriage, and saw Pei Yunkuang riding a horse parked in front of a fence from a distance, talking to Zhan Peng.

It turned out that he came hunting with Zhanpeng.She stopped in front of the carriage, wondering if she should go up to greet Zhan Peng, or pretend she didn't know him?
Zhan Peng had already asked Pei Yunkuang about her, so when he saw her this time, he no longer hesitated, and just smiled and called her by her name.

"Si Tian, ​​you're here too. Are you here to see the excitement?"

She smiled embarrassedly. She was indeed here to watch the excitement, or she was dragged here by force.

She glanced at Pei Yunkuang, he was wearing a strong suit today, and the black shirt with narrow sleeves and tight waist was also elegant.She had never seen him riding a horse, nor had he dressed like this. He was sitting upright on the horse, facing the high autumn wind, making people want to look up to him.

He seemed to sense her gaze, lowered his gaze, and glanced at her with a smile.

She hurriedly lowered her eyes, feeling a little flustered.

"Si Tian, ​​you wait in the pavilion and roast rabbits later."

So he brought her here to let her roast prey for them?She was a little disappointed, but also a little relieved.

The two steeds flew away from her eyes like clouds and lightning, and the following attendants followed like arrows leaving the string.Only she and a few guards remained in the pavilion.

She looked at him from a distance, the white horse in black clothes was hidden in the mountains and forests, and she completely forgot that there was a person waiting in Jinghu at this moment.The hillside in the distance is green, thin and red.The wild red of maple leaves is as strong as wine, dyed with the last touch of autumn colors.

The wind is getting tighter and colder.

(End of this chapter)