comeback [rebirth]

Seeing him looking back, Yan Xuan reined in his horse and stopped, and said casually, "It just so happens."

Cen Yuan: "..."

Who are you fooling?

The area of ​​Bailu Forest is vast, but since the 14th year of Ning Huan, whenever hunting, people will set up fences around it in advance to enclose an area exclusively for hunting.

Cen Yuan used to start from the edge and circle around the forest along the fence, because it is not always possible to see a person at two hours.How "coincidentally" does this person have to be in this corner with him now?

Cen Yuan didn't have a deep impression of Xia Miao in his previous life. He thought it was just a step-by-step process - he spent these two hours fishing and drying the net, and made a story that was not enough to make Emperor Ning suspicious, but not enough. Achievements that would be too eye-catching to deal with this hunt.

As for Yan Xuan at that time, Cen Yuan can't remember clearly, he only remembers that the other party went deep into the forest after the horn sounded, and the goodbye was after the hunting was over.That time, the opponent also took the lead as a matter of course.

However, this life surpassed Xia Miao, what did Yan Xuan suddenly say to him, what does it mean?

Seeing that Cen Yuan didn't respond, Yan Xuan let the horse walk to him slowly.

Yan Xuan□□This horse is named Ge Ying, and it was one of the hard-earned horses that a certain country in the Western Regions paid tribute to Daning in the 20th year of Ninghuan.At that time, after Yan Xuan won the first battle, Emperor Ning bestowed the horse on Yan Xuan.

This horse has always been rebellious, and when it met another horse, it immediately snorted twice. The horse Cen Yuan was riding was just an ordinary horse that was domesticated from the palace, not even a military horse, so at this time he was facing him head-on. Shang Geying's provocation inevitably made him restless, and the horse's hooves began to stomp left and right.

Cen Yuan was so shaken that he didn't care to think about it, and quickly leaned over to comfort the horse.Yan Xuan also took the reins, and yelled at Ge Ying in a low voice: "Don't make trouble."

Cen Yuan: "..."

He obviously didn't say it to himself, but as soon as he heard these two words, he suddenly laughed reflexively.

This smile is not as casual as he usually is, but with a bit of sarcasm and self-deprecation, but this complex emotion only lingers for a moment, and soon disappears from his expression.

Yan Xuan asked, "What?"

"It's nothing." The horse under Cen Yuan has gradually calmed down under his comfort, only the deep part of his throat is still neighing deeply.He stroked the horse's hair, and said nonchalantly: "I didn't know why before, but I always felt that you are really different from before."

Yan Xuan's long eyelashes trembled, and the color of his eyes under the shadow seemed to be stained with ink, and suddenly deepened.

After a while, he said: "Then now."

"Hmm." Cen Yuan pondered for a while, "Suddenly found some familiarity."

After all, he pulled the rein and let the horse walk forward, obviously unwilling to say more about this matter, so Yan Xuan didn't ask where the familiarity came from, but just rode beside him.

The two of them were only riding leisurely, and the sound of the horse's hoofs was not as intense as when they came. It was mixed with the slight rustling of leaves, and it was more like a harmony of the atmosphere.Although this was incompatible with what they were supposed to be doing now, it created a peaceful atmosphere at this moment.

And just under this background sound, Cen Yuan caught a small and crisp sound.

——It was the sword from Yan Xuan's waist.

Cen Yuan heard the reputation, and saw that the hilt of the sword the other party was wearing today was inlaid with jade, and the scabbard was as elegant as blue and white jade.

There was nothing on the hilt of the sword, and it looked a little thin, but it did not prevent the scabbard from being more and more shining like jade against the background of Yan Xuan's dark green clothes.

The sunlight reflected on the sword through the gaps in the leaves, making Cen Yuan's eyes flash.

He narrowed his eyes slightly, and at this moment, he saw a hand covering the sword, and a familiar voice came: "What's wrong with the sword?"

Cen Yuan thought for a moment, then shook his head: "I just didn't expect you to bring this sword."

The name of this sword is Mingyu Sword. Before Yan Xuan's 15th birthday, Cen Yuan specially asked an old man famous for making swords and asked him to make a sword. Later, he gave it to Yan Xuan as a birthday present. .

Counting it now, it seems that this is the last birthday gift he gave Yan Xuan.

Thinking of this, Cen Yuan suddenly thought of something, and turned his gaze to Yan Xuan's face: "Do you still remember the jade pendant I gave you the day before your first expedition?"

Yan Xuan quickly answered, "Remember."

Immediately afterwards, he raised his hand and took out a small jade pendant from his skirt, and handed it to Cen Yuan.

Cen Yuan subconsciously reached out to take it, stroked the surface of the jade pendant with his fingertips, and touched a piece of regular bumps and ups and downs - that was the word "Ping An" carved by himself.

Perhaps it was because of the memories of childhood a few days ago, or maybe it was because the luster of the Mingyu Sword and the jade pendant had the same effect, Cen Yuan accidentally remembered the existence of such an object, and now he casually mentioned it, regardless of whether the other party Remember, it's not a big deal.

But what he didn't expect was that after more than four years, the other party not only remembered, but even carried it with him.

What's more, it's just an ordinary hunt now.

When he was at the hunting ground, he wrote a note for Yan Xuan, perhaps promising to give him a more formal gift when he went out for the first time.Therefore, he quickly did it himself. First, he bought a piece of high-quality sheep fat white jade with a lot of money, and then invited a well-known jade carving master to study with him for several months. The jade pendant was made of fat white jade and engraved with words.

Cen Yuan's eyes still fell on the jade pendant, and he asked, "Did you always carry it when you went to the battlefield these few years?"

Yan Xuan said, "This is the amulet you gave me."

As the name suggests, isn't it to keep him safe and sound at all times?

Cen Yuan twitched the corners of his mouth, and silently slandered: But I thought that our relationship has become so estranged in the past few years, and you will not carry this jade pendant anymore.

But in the end, he still didn't make it clear, and instead smiled slightly: "It seems that this amulet is still somewhat useful. You see, you are standing here intact now."

He returned the jade pendant to Yan Xuan, and stroked Ge Ying's hair.

"No, it can't be said to be standing." He teased, "It's riding a horse, and it can handle such a noisy and arrogant horse so honestly."

Ge Ying seemed to know that he was talking about it, snorted instantly, and turned his head towards Cen Yuan.The latter withdrew his hand quickly, grabbed the reins and accelerated the horse, and slipped forward, as if you couldn't catch me and you couldn't do anything about me.

After running a few steps, he stopped, and when he looked back, he saw the sweaty BMW exhaling several times one after another, obviously expressing his dissatisfaction.

Cen Yuan looked at the man and the horse, and for some reason, suddenly became happy and laughed out loud.

It happened to be surrounded by a forest that didn't seem to have been taken care of very much. The branches were drooping and fell right around the two of them, as if to enclose an independent space around them.

All of a sudden, there was a lot of laughter. Cen Yuan was dressed in a white narrow-sleeved dress, and most of his face was in the shade of a tree. spa.

It's as if it hasn't changed since childhood.

Yan Xuan stared at him intently, clutching the jade pendant tightly in his palm, whispering almost to himself, "Your Highness, you know that the amulet entrusts the blessing of the person who gave it to you."

If the giver is no longer safe, then naturally, the amulet will also lose its function.

Cen Yuan was separated by some distance and couldn't hear clearly, so he asked loudly, "Did you say something?"

Yan Xuan immediately let go of her fingers, carefully put the jade pendant away, and drove her horse to catch up.

"Why did you suddenly think of this jade pendant?" He asked.

"Oh, didn't I just see you carrying this sword, so I asked by the way." Cen Yuan didn't notice anything wrong, pulled a leaf from one of the branches, and said casually: "Don't worry, since it's given to you, it's yours No matter what you do with it, whether you take it with you or leave it in the house, I won't say anything."

Yan Xuan: "..."

He wrapped the rein around his hand, pulled it slightly, and stopped Ge Ying, who wanted to get closer, and suddenly changed the subject after a while: "If that's the case, let's have a competition."

Cen Yuan was taken aback: "Compared to what?"

"Hunting." Yan Xuan said, "Let's go together and see whose arrow is faster."

This is the way they used to compete since the first match in the hunting ground, but in recent years, they have seldom competed in private, so Cen Yuan didn't react for a moment.

At this time, a quarter of an hour had passed since the hunting started, and both of them had quite a few arrows, Cen Yuan looked at the densely packed arrow feathers and said with a smile: "Okay, what is the result of our latest match? "

Yan Xuan said: "I will win with one rabbit and one pig."

"Hiss—" Cen Yuan gasped exaggeratedly, but there was no fear on his expression, "I still remember that I won the first time we competed, this time I won't let you be so rampant Already."

There was a very shallow smile on Yan Xuan's face, but it was very obvious because it was rare, and he said in a deep voice, "We will wait and see."

Cen Yuan took off the bow on his back, glanced at the surrounding environment, finally stopped in a certain direction, and pointed with the bow.

"Then start here and end when you meet the fence." Cen Yuan said, "Same as before, the one who shoots more prey wins."

Yan Xuan had no objection, and quickly said "yes".Seeing that he was ready, Cen Yuan began to count down: "Three, two—"

Before the word "two" could be finished, Cen Yuan swung his whip at the horse, and the last word "one" was abruptly pulled into a sound of reining in the horse.Although his first horse was not as good as Ge Ying, it still galloped out under the impact like an arrow leaving the string.

Before Yan Xuan could react, Ge Ying neighed first, and was about to charge forward clamorously, but the person driving it didn't startle or scold, instead, the old god was there, looking at the back of the man in front and smiling With a sound.

Cen Yuan didn't hear the voice behind him. Looking back, seeing Yan Xuan still staying in place, he shouted as if nothing had happened: "Hurry up! Don't say I'm robbing your prey when the time comes!"

Yan Xuan suppressed his smile, and only waved his horsewhip in a low voice, "Drive!"

Even though Cen Yuan Laipi ran out for a while first, once Ge Ying used all his strength, how could that nameless horse be able to compare.

Soon Yan Xuan caught up with the opponent, slowing down so that the two horses were neck and neck.Just at this time, there was a patch of weeds swaying in front of it, and a young rabbit hiding behind suddenly heard the rapid sound of horseshoes from far to near, and ran away from the sound of horseshoes.

However, no matter whether it is going left or right, there is a sound that almost hits its ears approaching it. Just as it turned around and tried to escape, arrow feathers flew towards it like lightning in the left and right directions, and within a second Both pierced its chest.

The arrow feathers assigned to everyone all end with feathers of different colors to distinguish the prey.Yan Xuan's is black, while Cen Yuan's is white.Until the stabbing, the white arrow was half an inch faster than the black one.

Cen Yuan said: "It's mine."

"Ah."

Following Yan Xuan's response, two horses rushed past the rabbit's corpse, crushing the broken branches and leaves among the weeds into pieces.

Although the direction Cen Yuan pointed at was not the exact center of the entire White Deer Forest, it was much more lively than the corner where they had just been together.Apart from the still lack of human voices, the creaking sounds of branches and leaves kept coming and going.

The two didn't mind being noticed by the prey at all, but the prey had to flee.The sound of horseshoes is like a marching horn, making every "enemy" have nowhere to hide under the pressure step by step.

Cen Yuan roughly counted: "There are four."

Yan Xuan took the arrow and drew the bow: "Yes."

However, Cen Yuan over there had already taken out four arrow feathers from his quiver, and immediately squinted his eyes and drew the bow.

"I want it all."

It only took him a moment to aim, and before he finished speaking, he suddenly let go of the bowstring, and four arrows shot out of the air in four directions.In the blink of an eye, the leaves were still swaying from the strong fan blown by the prey, and the living creature that was still alive a second ago was already lying down among the weeds, with blood oozing from the wound.

Except for one remaining wild boar.

Seeing that it survived the disaster, it was stunned for a moment, then came back to its senses, and was about to hide behind the weeds with its clumsy hooves.At this time, there was only a sound of "swipe--", and the black arrow feathers cut through the sky and hit the wild boar's waist.It fell down suddenly, its body trembling, and in the weeds beside it, there was another black-feathered arrow and two broken white arrows.

——The first arrow that Yan Xuan shot just now, unexpectedly shot through one of Cen Yuan's arrows abruptly and broke in two!

"Tch..." Cen Yuan curled his lips unconvinced, "You snatched one."

Yan Xuan said: "You are four and I am one, you are the one leading."

"Hmph, don't worry." Cen Yuan waved his horsewhip, and then said, "I won't give you a chance to overtake."

Cen Yuan kept his word, and along the way, even though the number of prey the two shot was increasing, Yan Xuan was always one or two fewer than him, and never overtook him.

"Little General!" Cen Yuan shouted with a smile, "Don't release the water, I can already see the fence."

The fence erected on the edge of the White Deer Forest faintly appeared at the end of the line of sight. Yan Xuan seemed to be in a good mood, which directly reflected the sharp increase in the frequency of smiles on that handsome face.

He looked sideways at the other party: "There is no water."

Cen Yuan said: "Then you have to work harder. Drive!"

The two of them gradually approached the fence with two horses, and the branches and leaves were not far away. Cen Yuan quickly and skillfully took out the arrow feathers and aimed it in the direction of the bushes.However, just as the arrow was about to leave the string, Cen Yuan barely stopped the movement of releasing the arrow.

——Behind the gap between the leaves, a young deer was faintly revealed.

Cen Yuan quickly reminded: "Yan Xuan! Don't shoot the arrow!"

In order to ensure the safety of hunters, since the establishment of fences around the White Deer Forest, the prey available for hunting in the forest has also been regulated. Therefore, there will naturally be no deer in this game.

——If you hunt deer in a grand manner, could it be that you want to tell the emperor that you are coveting the throne!

That being the case, why did this deer appear in the arena?

Is it unintentional?Or artificial?

Cen Yuan put down his bow and arrow hands, reined in his horse and stopped.But the young deer saw the figures of the two, turned around and fled towards the fence.

However, in the next second, an arrow feather pierced through the void and suddenly pierced the fawn's neck!

The nock has white feathers!

Although he knew that it was not Yan Xuan's doing, Cen Yuan still looked at him reflexively, and then saw that the other party was also looking at him.

They all read the same message from each other's eyes—

There are others!

Cen Yuan looked around quickly, and immediately found a gap in the fence surrounding the White Deer Forest, and something behind the nearby tree trunks was flashing a light and shadow in the sun.

In the blink of an eye, the light and shadow came out of the string, and flew towards Cen Yuan's direction with a speed of breaking bamboo!