The dead enemy in the previous life gave me joy

In early spring, the weather is changeable, sometimes cold and sometimes warm, and there is a lot of rain in Sichuan. Chu Chu often opens the window, and it takes a long time to stand in front of the window.

"Sneak into the night with the wind, moisten things silently." [1] It would be great if they had such good rain in Lingguo!

The person behind him unknowingly took off his bamboo green leaf plum pattern cloak and put it on him.

Chu Chu's body suddenly felt warm, and he turned around and said, "Why are you here?"

"Your own health is not good, and you still have to open the window to enjoy the cold wind and rain. You are happy. When the time comes, the empress princess and the academician will blame me." Gu Zhai said.

He looked at the dark red silk satin gown with embroidered a hundred sons pattern［2］ on his body, and couldn't help asking: "The material of this dress was chosen by Huang Mo for you?"

Chu Chu shook her head: "I went to the shop to choose it myself, isn't it pretty?"

Chu Chu wondered, what's wrong with this material?

A few days ago, he was thinking about Lou Yue's poor quality clothes, so he deliberately took him to a silk shop to pick some materials, and cut his clothes, and he also made his own clothes at that time.

The shopkeeper of the silk and satin shop picked out a lot for him, but he only liked this one, the red color was restrained and beautiful, and there were many cute little dolls playing on it, which was very gratifying.

Gu Zhai looked at Chu Chu with meaningful eyes, and said, "It's nothing, it's pretty good."

"I still have a mink fur cloak. I'll give you this one. If you need any clothes in the future, tell me or report to Madam Huang. Don't go out to pick them out by yourself."

Chu Chu thought, Gu Zhai probably disliked his eyesight, but he didn't expect this person to be so picky and not to mention it, but he was afraid that people would say that his wife had poor eyesight and would embarrass him.

"In a while, it will be Chunsou (sweeping), are you going?" Gu Zhai almost forgot about the business, he asked Chu Chu.

Gu Zhai didn't want Chu Chu, a sick young man, to go with him. He would have to take care of him at that time, which would be a burden, but after all, this was the first year of their wedding, and all qualified officials of the Sichuan Kingdom would go with their families. With the excuse that Chu Chu is not in good health, no one dares to gossip on the surface, but behind the scenes, it may lead to speculation that the general and the general's wife are not on good terms.

Xu Shi finally felt cold, Chu Chu gathered the cloak on his body, turned his head and asked him: "What is Chunsou (shou)?"

"It's hunting in spring." Gu Zhai picked up the small teapot on the table and poured him a cup of hot tea before returning to him.

Chu Chu suddenly realized: "Oh, it's hunting."

Gu Zhai had always paid attention to Chu Chu's attitude, and caught his true inner thoughts from Chu Chu's face. It was obvious that he wanted to go, probably because he was bored in the mansion recently.

"If you want to go, you can't snooze tomorrow, you have to suffer a lot, and rest early tonight."

Chu Chu looked at Gu Zhai's back as he was going to the study, although he was puzzled and didn't know what the trouble was, he obeyed and went to bed on time.

Before dawn on the second day, Gu Zhai ordered someone to bring a set of riding clothes, the color is red which he likes.

After breakfast, Gu Zhai ordered his servants to lead the horse and take Chu Chu to the racecourse in the suburbs of Beijing.

Weng Hexuan was waiting at the rice wine shop near the racecourse early in the morning. When he saw Gu Zhai from afar, he greeted him and yelled. Unexpectedly, there was another person behind Gu Zhai. When he got closer, it was Chu Chu!

Weng Hexuan and Chu Chu had met before in the recruitment and selection process, but their friendship was shallow, so Gu Zhai acted as an intermediary to introduce them respectively.

Gu Zhai stood beside the two of them, and first introduced to Weng Hexuan: "My wife, Chu Chu."

Then he said to Chu Chu: "Weng Hexuan, the son of Weng Yanzhuo Weng, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, is in charge of the hunt this time."

It’s okay not to introduce, but Weng Hexuan saw some meaning when he really introduced it. Gu Zhai introduced Chu Chu first, and then introduced himself. Although it’s true in terms of status and relationship, Gu Zhai is not such a person. This is to put him far away.

Weng Hexuan pulled Gu Zhai over and the two started whispering.

"Where did you make such a fuss? Why did you bring him here?"

"In a few days it will be hunting. He still can't ride and shoot. I'll take him to practice."

"Are you really planning to take him there? With his body, I have never heard of anyone who has participated in hunting before."

"The princess used to not let him go because she was too fond of and worrying. As long as I take care of him and keep him safe, there will be no major problems. You just follow me to relax, with me and Xie Lan watching."

"Then you must pay close attention to it. Your wife is precious. Now she is not only the son of the princess's mansion, but also the son of the world."

Gu Zhai didn't bother to pay attention to him, and dragged Chu Chu to the racecourse.

Speaking of this racecourse in the suburbs of Beijing, it is the most frequented by dignitaries in the upper capital. Today, I don’t know who has directly booked the racecourse.

It was said that the person who booked the venue did so to prevent his wife from being injured by the horse. Although everyone wanted to play horses, they also understood this practice and praised the deep love between husband and wife.

Because of the presence of Song Li, the "magic hand" of domesticated horses, Chu Chu's Nanhong has been raised well during this time, and those problems of acclimatization and the influence of bean curd have been alleviated a lot.

Chu Chu pedaled hard on the saddle on Nan Hong's body, and it was a bit difficult to get on the horse, and she was angry in her heart: Why is this body still so unbelievable!

Gu Zhai also got on his horse and sat behind Chu Chu.

Chu Chu was stunned, and hurriedly said: "Why are you here too, where is your horse?"

"If I don't come up, you know how to ride?" Gu Zhai knocked on Chu Chu's forehead, hoping that he would be more calm and obedient. It's not fun to fall down accidentally.

Chu Chu didn't dare to say that he could ride a horse. He estimated his strength and was a little cautious when riding a horse, but he couldn't lose in momentum. He replied: "My Ah Hong is very good."

"Sit still, I'll take you for a walk first." Gu Zhai smiled.

Gu Zhai patted Nan Hong's horse's buttocks lightly, and Nan Hong's horse's hooves started to run on the racetrack like a merry-go-round. Chu Chu felt that she hadn't felt so happy for a long time.

The sky had already begun to turn bright, and a little bit of the morning sun was already in front of their eyes. Gu Zhai's legs clamped the horse's belly, Nan Hong slowed down, and said to Chu Chu: "Your horse is really good."

Chu Chu followed Nan Hong's hair, and said, "It's because I'm also on the horse that I'm so obedient." If you were alone, you would have been knocked down a long time ago!

Gu Zhai stretched out his hand holding the rein, and signaled Chu Chu to try to grab it, "Hold on tight, ride around by yourself, don't be afraid, you won't fall, I'll watch over you."

It seems to have magic power, if Gu Zhai is not on the horse, he is really worried that his strength will not be able to pull the rein, but Gu Zhai is like a reassurance, with him riding together, Chu Chu believes that he will not fall, Nan Hong is very happy It slowed down obediently, and it didn't want Chu Chu to fall off the horse.

Just like that, the two rode together three times. Gu Zhai drew the bow and arrows that had been prepared, and drew the bow full with Chu Chu.

"I have found someone to improve this bow, even weaker people can draw it, try it."

Chu Chu took the bow and looked at it carefully. This is a newly made bow, but the strings of a newly made bow should be tighter, but the bowstrings of this bow are quite loose, as if they have been pulled by someone. Thousands of times, very strange.

Gu Zhai taught Chu Chu how to set up the bow, how to draw the string, and how to aim. He surprisingly felt that this delicate and weak young man learned it quickly and well. Except for his weak strength, everything else met the basic standards.

He nodded in satisfaction, flew off the horse, and sighed that he didn't expect to be a teacher so soon, why is he still a little bit unsatisfied?

Weng Hexuan also walked up to him, and praised him: "Unexpectedly, Xiao Shizi learned quite quickly. I think his posture of drawing the bow is more standard than yours. Are you a disciple of the church starving to death, a master?"

Gu Zhai laughed more and more clearly, "Do you have eyesight? It's obvious that my famous teacher gave birth to a high-level apprentice, so he's good at posture. I'm afraid he won't be able to hold a bow and shoot arrows..."

Before Gu Zhai finished his words, the man on the red horse had already drawn an arrow from the quiver behind him.

Gu Zhai was startled, and was about to get on his horse and catch up to stop it, and then he saw the arrow of the young man in red put on the bowstring, aim, pull it full, and shoot it!

The silver arrow brushed against the wind, and flew forward against the rising red sun. Gu Zhai's eyes were hurt by the sunlight, and he couldn't see where the arrow hit.

On the other side, Chu Chu had turned his horse around and raised his bow towards him.

The young man was riding on the horse, his upper body stood up straight, his red clothes blended with the sunlight, Gu Zhai seemed to see a long-lost and familiar figure from the light and shadow, and he whispered his name softly.

"Gu Zhai, I've shot it!" The boy shouted to him, his voice full of excitement and joy.

Chu Chu thought, this body can still hit the target, as long as it takes time and practice more, it can completely hold the bow and set the arrow, and maybe even use the gun in the future!

Gu Zhai came to his senses, waited until the horse stopped, and pulled him off the horse, he was about to reprimand him, but was stopped by Weng Hexuan.

"I said you have to teach the apprentice to starve the master to death, look at the arrow shot by Chu Xiaoshi, it hit the bull's-eye, very talented!"

Gu Zhai was stunned, did he really hit the shot?Or hit the bullseye?How is this possible?

Even if this was the case, his heart was filled with anger, he picked up an arrow and shot at the bullseye, the sharp arrow pierced through the bullseye hard.

"Where do you put your own safety? If you are so nonsense, I shouldn't be soft-hearted and bring you to the racecourse." He said to Chu Chu, and then said: "If you are my soldier, I will break your leg immediately. ."

Chu Chu did not expect Gu Zhai to have such a big reaction. His words were stern, domineering, and unreasonable. For a moment, Chu Chu couldn't help thinking of Gu Zhai who was giving orders in front of him on the tower and forcing him to pray to him. A layer of gloom slowly closed over my heart.

He reflected that after staying with him for a long time, he actually felt that this person was easy to get along with, and he forgot what kind of person he was in his bones!

Gu Zhai felt that the joyful energy of the person in front of him was quickly dissipating, and he immediately regretted that he had spoken too harshly. He was a little worried that this delicate young man who was raised by others would not be able to bear it.

The author has something to say: [1] From Du Fu's "Happy Rain on a Spring Night".

A private setting:

——Why is it that Chu Chu, who came through as a mausoleum soul, can understand many poems and dictionaries?

——I said in the selection of the recruiting officer before that when Tao Jiang and Gu Zhai were fighting against each other, they sent people to Sichuan to search for military books. Kind of poems and songs, and then we Tao Xiaocute read it seriously, it’s the sauce~

[2] Baizitu, also known as Baiziyingfutu and Baizixichuntu, has a specific meaning in traditional culture, because "bai" means big or infinite, so the good wishes of blessing and congratulations are brought into full play. This extreme state, of course, there is also a saying that implies hundreds of sons and thousands of grandchildren, branching and spreading leaves.

(Chu Chu doesn’t understand these traditional cultures, but it’s good that Gu Zhai understands ←_←)