Xiao Bi never thought that the "goblin" who took away half of her power was actually the young man she had met twice.

A good friend of Cao Kun, the master of Hanshuang, the grandson of Duke Huan...

A series of thoughts quickly bubbled up in her mind.

When they came to Dingguo's mansion as guests, the Huan brothers did not dress as grandly as they did when they met the saint yesterday, but they dressed up in fancy clothes.

Practicing horseback riding and shooting all year round, the two brothers are both tall and tall, with waists like a bee and arms like a monkey, and they are majestic and heroic.

Compared with those aristocratic children in the capital who are pampered and look relaxed, it is too easy for them to win the favor of others.

Seeing that his Xiaojiu was far less lively than usual, Xiao Xuan smiled and said, "Xiaojiu, these are the two elder brothers of the Huan family."

Xiao Bi was not a thoughtful person and quickly put those messy thoughts behind her.

She smiled, cupped her fists and saluted the two brothers: "Xiaojiu has met the two brothers of the Huan family."

The two brothers hurriedly responded: "Your Majesty, you are welcome."

The courtyard where Xiao Xuan lives is called Wenlan.

The area of ​​Wenlan Garden is almost the same as that of Xiao Bi's Quail Garden, and the layout is grand yet elegant.

A few people sat down at the Xiang Liu Pavilion located in the south of the garden, and the servants were soon served hot tea and snacks.

Seeing that Xiao Jiu of the Xiao family was much more easy-going than he thought, Huan Ji lost all scruples and started chatting with her all over the place.

Xiao Bi's thoughts were half on Huan Yu. While talking to Huan Ji, she listened carefully to the conversation between the other two people.

After the greetings, Huan Yu asked about the other two young masters of the Xiao family.

Xiao Xuan explained: "Xiao Qi and Xiao Ba are studying in the Imperial College. They were delayed for more than half a month in Guangling County. When they came back, they were watched by the second uncle to make up for their homework. Let's meet again in a few days."

Huan Ji's ears are not idle either. He has loved liveliness since he was a child. When he heard that Xiao Qi and Xiao Ba were not in the house, he couldn't help but feel a little regretful.

I just heard him sigh: "I still thought that I could compete with my seventh and eighth brothers in martial arts today. What a pity!"

Xiao Xuan said with a smile: "If I had known that the person that Third Brother Huan wanted to spar with was not Xiao Jiu, I would have kept Xiao Qi and Xiao Ba today no matter what."

Huan Ji hurriedly said: "No, I most want to compete with Xiaojiu..."

Xiao Bi had always wanted to compete with the Huan brothers, but she had just met him, so she didn't want to be too eager.

After listening to Huan Ji's words, she could still hold back.

"What does Brother Huan want to compete with? Swords and guns, fists and kicks, riding and shooting?"

Xiao Bi asked quickly and urgently, and Huan Ji couldn't help but feel confused.

The Xiao family is famous for their marksmanship, and of course he most wants to test his marksmanship with Xiao Jiu.

But the opponent is two years younger than me and is a girl. If you pick her strengths to compete, the possibility of losing is very high, which is really embarrassing.

But... if there was a competition between swordsmanship and fists, would I definitely win? I really don’t dare to say.

If you lose accidentally, you will lose both yourself and the Huan family's face.

After weighing it again and again, he finally made a decision: "I heard that Xiaojiu won the first prize in the hunting field last autumn. I want to see your riding and shooting skills."

Huan Yu could hardly hold back his smile.

He wants to compete with whatever younger brother is the strongest. This stupid boy is really hopeless.

If anyone in the world understands Xiao Bi best, it is none other than Xiao Xuan.

Even he didn't dare to say that he would be able to win Xiao Jiu's riding and shooting. Huan San... could he really do it?

Although they got along very harmoniously, after all, he and the Huan brothers had known each other for less than two days, so it was hard to put them in a bad light.

He secretly tugged at Xiao Bi: "Where in our house is there such a big place for you to compete in riding and shooting? Let's talk about it another time."

Xiao Bi said disapprovingly: "Then let's go out and compete. Even though it's the first time for these two brothers to come to our house, they will never dislike us for not being well received!"

Xiao Xuan could hardly hold back his smile.

He's taller than you!

Is it difficult to live a day without causing some trouble?

Sure enough, there are really naughty children, and they get together to make a big fuss!

Huan Ji became more energetic: "Then where should we go to compete?"

Xiao Wei thought for a while: "There is a school ground in the northeast of the capital, which is specially used for soldiers of the Forbidden Army to practice riding and shooting.

They just had a practice a few days ago, and now it happens to be empty, so let's go there."

Xiao Xuan smiled bitterly and said: "The school is dozens of miles away from the capital, so we have to have lunch before setting off."

Xiao Bi said: "It's still early before lunch, so it's boring to wait here.

Why don't we go to the Peach Blossom Wine Restaurant for lunch? Not only is it convenient, but the food is also very delicious, not to mention the peach blossom wine brewed by the landlady herself..."

Before she finished speaking, Huan Ji felt that his saliva was about to drip.

"What are you waiting for? Let's go quickly!"

Huan Yu really couldn't laugh this time.

He never took eating and drinking too seriously, but after listening to Xiao Jiu's description, he felt very eager to go to the Peach Blossom Wine Shop to taste delicious food.

The young man's mobility was very strong. After a stick of incense, a group of twelve riders left the Duke's Mansion.

In addition to the Xiao brothers and sisters, the Huan brothers, Qingye, Sang Pu, Bei Mo and other six young servants, Xiao Bi's maids Qingzhao and Yingshui were also dressed in riding attire, following the masters with heroic appearance.

Less than fifty feet away from the north city gate, Xiao Bi and his horses approached Huan Yu.

Huan Yu's eyelids twitched, and for some reason a sentence came into his mind - being courteous for nothing is either adultery or theft.

Turning her head to look, Xiao Bi indeed had a "malicious" smile on her face.

"Brother Huan, I don't know your name yet."

Huan Yu pursed his lips. What a lie!

But in this case, it was naturally not easy for him to argue with a girl.

"My single name is Yu, which means Ziqing."

The smile on Xiao Bi's face became even brighter: "Autumn water is the sacred jade, and the bones are the same. Brother Huan really lives up to his name."

The corners of Huan Yu's mouth twitched slightly.

Autumn water is sacred and jade is bone, which describes a person's appearance as light as autumn water and body as elegant as jade; it also describes his noble character and refined temperament.

Anyone should be happy to receive such praise.

But when these words came out of Xiao Jiu's mouth, it sounded a little strange.

It's not an ordinary girl who is infatuated with a handsome man, but she feels that he is being... molested by her.

Huan Yu cleared his throat: "Xiao Jiu is exaggerated. My word "Yu" is not "yu" which means jade, but "depressed".

Xiao Bi chuckled and said, "Brother Huan, do you mean that you are a depressed person?"

After saying that, she clamped her horse's belly and followed Xiao Xuan and others through the North City Gate.

Twelve riders lined up outside the north city gate.

Xiao Bi pointed to the northeast with the riding whip: "Brother Huan, the Peach Blossom Wine Shop is fifteen miles away from here. We might as well have a horse race first to see who gets to the wine shop first."

Huan Ji was eager to give it a try and said to the others: "Xiaojiu and I will race horses, do you want to place a bet?"

Xiao Xuan smiled and said: "Brother Huan and I each gave one hundred taels for the lottery!"
Chapter completed!