Chapter 548

"Da Niangzi, please this way."

The Feng family maidservant gestured.

After looking at the direction,

Kang Yuan'er said: "I know, you go down!"

The Feng family maidservant thought for a moment, then nodded and said: "Yes, Da Niangzi!"

Kang Yuan'er said "Mm," then walked toward that side by herself with her maidservant.

As the older sister, Kang Yun'er looked at the gazes looking over from around the martial arts field, looked at the owners of the gazes talking while covering their mouths with handkerchiefs, and vaguely heard laughter,

and then looked at her younger sister's figure, so she had no choice but to follow quickly.

"Rotten sluts from a soldier's family!"

"Stinking sluts from a merchant's family!"

"Stinking sluts from a commoner's family!"

"A courtyard full of gossiping women!"

Listening to her younger sister scolding in a suppressed voice, Kang Yun'er hurriedly accelerated and walked over, saying: "Sister, please shut up!"

Kang Yuan'er turned around, her fierce appearance quite similar to Kang Wang Shi, and scolded: "You're the one who should shut up!"

Kang Yun'er: "You! If you let people hear you, you'll offend people!"

"Pfft! So what if I offend them?"

Saying this, Kang Yuan'er walked forward by herself.

After passing the moon gate,

the place to change clothes was a fairly simple and elegant small courtyard, where there were places to change clothes surrounded by rockeries and bamboo forests that had lost their leaves.

There were also two Feng family old women standing on one side guarding.

Before Kang Yun'er could speak,

Kang Yuan'er shut her mouth herself.

Seeing someone coming, the Feng family old women walked forward a distance themselves, separating the changing area from the outside to prevent others or male guests from coming over.

Entering the inside of the changing area, they discovered that to keep warm, there was even a lit charcoal brazier arranged inside.

In the semi-open place, this charcoal brazier was better than nothing.

Martial arts field,

already off the field,

Gu Tingye, who was watching others play polo on the side,

looked at his younger sister Gu Tingyi, Rong Feiyan, and their group, then looked at his opponent, Xu Zaijing, who was standing on the field at this time, and said:

"Fifth Young Master, your eyesight is good; see what's wrong with Tingyi's side? I feel like they suddenly became unhappy all at once."

Jumping up,

after heading the passed polo ball away,

Xu Zaijing stood beside Gu Tingye, glanced at Chai Zhengzheng and the others, then looked at the Kang sisters walking toward the moon gate, and said:

"Rulan that girl's expression is a bit ugly; Fifth Da Niangzi and Tingyi look like they are still smiling, but the smiles are a bit cold."

"The two young ladies from the Chai and Rong families also look a bit ugly. It's possible the Kang sisters provoked them."

Hearing this,

Gu Tingye waved to Zhique on the side and said: "Go, ask."

Rong Xian's attendant looked at the two and also ran over following Zhique.

The two ran quickly and soon arrived.

Afterwards, the gazes of Chai Zhengzheng, Gu Tingyi, and several others swept over here.

After the person ran back, Zhique bowed and panted, saying: "Young Master, the Third Da Niangzi said it's nothing, so you shouldn't worry about it."

Seeing Rong Xian, who was talking to Xu Zaijing and Gu Tingye, also approach, the Rong family attendant looked at Rong Xian's expression and said: "Young Master, the Da Niangzi also said it's nothing."

"Wasn't it the Kang sisters who provoked them?" Gu Tingye asked.

"I didn't ask." Zhique lowered his head and said.

"Mm! Since my sister said it's not needed, then forget it." Gu Tingye said.

Rong Xian on the side said bitterly: "Hmph, don't let me see that kid Kang Jin, otherwise I'll definitely make him look good."

"Xian'er, why are you saying that?"

Rong Xian looked at Gu Tingye and said: "Second Young Master, have you forgotten? A few years ago during the Double Ninth Festival, when we were walking on the flower path at Madam Wu's polo field, we saw a woman slapping a sister? Wasn't it these two sisters of the Kang family who did it?"

"It must be this kind of ruthless and fierce character that provoked my sister and the others."

After Rong Xian finished speaking, Gu Tingye frowned and nodded, his mind recalling the little girl who stole cakes—Kang Zhao'er.

"I remember now."

Xu Zaijing also nodded.

In his memory, Kang Haifeng and Wang Ruoyu had two legitimate daughters, the older one named Kang Yun'er, the younger one named Kang Yuan'er, and a legitimate son named Kang Jin.

Kang Yun'er was still okay, but this Kang Yuan'er, whether in the original book or the TV series, married into the Wang family and became the daughter-in-law of Wang Yan, the biological uncle of Hualan and Rulan.

Her perverse and vicious personality was inherited from her mother, Kang Wang Shi!

After marrying into the Wang family,

she either beat maidservants to death or caused concubines to miscarry, yet she couldn't get pregnant herself.

After all that, she stirred the Wang family into a mess!

It got to the point where even Kang Yuan'er's own biological maternal grandmother, Old Madam Wang, didn't want to protect this granddaughter, so one could know how much evil this Kang Yuan'er could create.

It is said that

this Kang Yuan'er even conspired to kill Old Madam Wang and Madam Feng to become the mistress of the Wang family herself,

almost causing the Wang family's only heir, Wang You, to have no descendants.

It can be seen how crazy Kang Yuan'er's personality was.

Thinking of these, Xu Zaijing sniffed, looked at the charcoal brazier placed in the corridor not far away, and shook his head in confusion.

Inside the small courtyard for changing clothes next to the Feng family,

Kang Yuan'er walked out of the changing area with a cold sneer on her lips.

Looking at the Kang family maidservant who greeted her, Kang Yuan'er reached out and said: "My handkerchief fell inside."

The Kang family maidservant hurriedly handed the spare handkerchief to Kang Yuan'er.

"Sister, this Feng family is not like home; if you act arbitrarily, be careful that Father will beat you if he finds out."

"Hmph, with Mother protecting me, does he dare to lay a hand on me?"

"You..."

While talking, Kang Yuan'er walked toward the moon gate out of the courtyard.

Just as she was about to leave the courtyard,

Kang Yuan'er turned her head and looked at the courtyard next to the changing area with an unclear expression.

Seeing Kang Yun'er's group leave the small courtyard, the two Feng family old women walked toward the surrounded changing area.

Carrying a basket filled with wood ash, the old woman entered the surrounded area,

first looked at the bright red charcoal in the brazier, warmed her hands, and then sprinkled the wood ash down,

completely unaware that two pieces of charcoal were missing from the brazier, nor did she notice the ashes of the burnt handkerchief in the brazier.

Next to the changing small courtyard,

was the stable courtyard,

where there were quite a few haystacks in the courtyard,

and on top of two of the haystacks, half-red and half-unlit charcoal blocks lay quietly.

A breeze blew,

the red part of the charcoal block brightened,

and the hay under the charcoal block was ignited and began to smoke.

Looking from the haystack,

not far away, there were tung oil barrels that the Feng family was preparing to brush and refurbish the carriage,

and the servants and stable hands in the courtyard,

some were watching the polo on the martial arts field not far away at the courtyard gate,

while others were lowering their heads and drawing wooden buckets from the well,

none of them discovered the smoke rising from the haystack near the wall.

Suddenly,

a servant looked over here, pointed at the smoke, and said a few words to his companion.

The companion glanced, waved his hand, showed a somewhat lewd smile on his face, and whispered a few words to the servant.

The servant nodded repeatedly, and some ideas appeared in his eyes.

Seeing this, the companion on the side seemed to warn him a few times, so the servant dismissed his thoughts and turned his head to continue watching the polo on the martial arts field.

"Neigh~"

Some distance from the wall,

Alan, who was tending to the little Xiao Li Ju, touched the horse head of the Xiao Li Ju that was snorting, and asked in confusion: "What's wrong?"

The little Xiao Li Ju, which had its saddle and bridle removed, pawed the ground with its front hooves and shook its horse head anxiously.

Seeing that Alan still didn't understand, the little Xiao Li Ju was somewhat anxious and nudged the thick fence beside the stable with its strong body.

Before Alan could ask again,

a breeze blew,

and a dry grass leaf that had been ignited drifted leisurely into the tung oil barrel.

"Boom!"

Flames suddenly burst out from the ignited tung oil barrel.

The fierce flames had already set the roof of the stable on fire before the crowd in the stable courtyard could react.

"Neigh~"

The smoke and flames made the horses in the stable restless one after another.

Martial arts field,

beside the corridor,

Rong Feiyan, who was basking in the sun, looked at the Kang sisters who walked out of the small courtyard and were walking toward her, preparing to sit with Rulan. She stood up by herself and said: "Sitting is boring, I'll go for a walk again."

Gu Tingyi said: "Feiyan younger sister, we might be called back to eat soon; why not wait a while?"

Chai Zhengzheng, who wanted to stand up on the side, sat back down and said: "Tingyi older sister is right."

Rong Feiyan took a deep breath and whispered: "I'd better go for a walk; otherwise, if I see the way others look at me later, I'm afraid I won't be able to help but take action."

Hearing Rong Feiyan say this, Chai Zhengzheng, Fifth Da Niangzi, and others on the side, as well as their respective maidservants, laughed lightly one after another.

Rulan lowered her head with an awkward expression.

Gu Tingyi reached out and held Rulan's arm, saying: "Rulan younger sister is different from them."

Rulan raised her head and squeezed out a smile.

Afterwards,

Rong Feiyan stood up, took her maidservants, raised her chin, walked past the Kang sisters without looking at them, and walked toward one side of the martial arts field.

In the stable very close to the fire,

several horses were startled by the sudden smoke and fire and began to neigh and struggle frantically in the stable.

With a sudden force, these few horses actually snapped the wooden pole they were tied to.

Along with it, the wooden pillar supporting the stable was also pulled down,

and the flying wooden pole and wooden pillar smashed heavily toward the burning tung oil barrel on the ground.

In an instant, the burning tung oil flew around chaotically,

instantly covering the surroundings with sparks.

Only then did

the servants and stable hands in this courtyard react.

But it was too late at this moment,

the area of smoke and fire was larger, and some were even on the roof,

but there were many horses in the courtyard, and in the chaos, everyone didn't know whether to control the horses first or put out the fire first.

And Alan, who saw this scene from afar, said loudly: "Pull the horses here away first."

After Alan shouted, just as everyone was about to take action,

"Boom!"

Eight or nine startled horses, when pulling the wooden pole and wooden pillar, collapsed the wall on the side close to the martial arts field.

Instantly, the startled horses in the smoke and fire had a place to escape, and while struggling and pulling their reins and bridles, two startled horses had already run toward the martial arts field.

Alan in front of the stable also reacted extremely quickly.

Looking at the startled horses that were dizzy and neighing, as well as the restless little Xiao Li Ju, he immediately prepared to pull the wooden pole used as a fence to the side, and at the same time shouted toward the direction of Xu Zaijing:

"Go, find the Young Master!!!"

"Neigh~"

The little Xiao Li Ju's large body leaped lightly in front of the manger and stood in the courtyard, then walked toward the martial arts field.

When the little Xiao Li Ju entered the courtyard, the crowd here marveled at the little Xiao Li Ju's strength, and seeing this scene, everyone retreated to the side one after another.

Afterwards,

horses startled by the fierce smoke and fire ran toward the martial arts field one after another.

And at this time,

the people in the martial arts field also noticed the anomaly here,

and everyone retreated to one side one after another.

Rong Xian, who saw the startled horses for the first time, wanted to run toward Rong Feiyan, but was pulled by Gu Tingye, who said: "Xian'er, you can't go over! Startled horses don't have eyes!"

"My sister is there! Let me go!"

Rong Xian struggled and said.

While speaking, the little Xiao Li Ju had already run out with the startled horses.

The difference was that the little Xiao Li Ju came toward Xu Zaijing's side,

while among the five or six startled horses, some were kicking and rushing straight, while others ran toward Rong Feiyan, who was carrying maidservants and some distance away from them.

In the corridor and the room,

because of the startled horses, smoke and fire, and the collapsed wall, quite a few screams of women had already come.

Instantly,

this large courtyard became even more chaotic.

Xu Zaijing looked at Rong Feiyan, who was being protected by maidservants and walking quickly in the distance,

then looked at the few startled horses,

and after quickly estimating the speed of himself and the little Xiao Li Ju in his mind,

Xu Zaijing immediately put his fingers into his mouth, took a deep breath, and blew hard.

"Whew~"

After a whistle,

Xu Zaijing pointed his finger in the direction of Rong Feiyan.

The little Xiao Li Ju, which was still some distance from Xu Zaijing, was accelerating.

After hearing the whistle, its large horse eyes looked at the direction Xu Zaijing was pointing,

and the little Xiao Li Ju immediately turned its four hooves and changed direction after a sharp turn, running toward Rong Feiyan.

But at this time,

startled horses had already approached Rong Feiyan, who was carrying maidservants.

In the eyes of Rong Feiyan, Seeing Xi Bu, and Ningxiang, the running startled horses were like wild beasts, terrified, and they were tripped by their skirts while ignoring their feet.

The three of them fell to the ground at once.

Seeing this scene,

Chai Zhengzheng, who hadn't screamed originally, couldn't control herself and grabbed Gu Tingyi's clothes, wanting to shout anxiously, but didn't know what to shout.

After a while,

two startled horses were already neighing and approaching Rong Feiyan and the other two.

Rong Xian, in Gu Tingye's arms, shouted with his eyes splitting: "Sister!"

While shouting, Rong Xian also looked at the black streak flying toward the field.

"Da Niangzi... Da Niangzi!"

Seeing Xi Bu and Ningxiang beside Rong Feiyan shouted with trembling voices and crying sounds.

Looking at the startled horses that were like wild beasts,

Seeing Xi Bu wanted to crawl a few steps, her eyes somewhat determined to lie on Rong Feiyan, but she couldn't crawl after one step!

Looking back, it was Ningxiang on the side who was so scared that she pressed down on her skirt.

Seeing Xi Bu wanted to speak,

but the startled horses had already reached them.

And Rong Feiyan's eyes were full of terror; she only felt her hands and feet go soft and couldn't move at all.

In the panic,

Rong Feiyan's consciousness suddenly had a trace of clarity.

After many thoughts flashed through her mind,

she looked in the direction of her brother Rong Xian by chance.

Rong Feiyan saw her extremely anxious brother Rong Xian, also saw the Second Young Master of the Gu family holding her brother behind him, and also saw the Fifth Young Master of the Xu family beside him, whose eyes were full of anxiety.

'He is anxious!'

Rong Feiyan had a trace of joy in her heart, and even more fear.

Before Rong Feiyan could react, a black streak flashed past the corner of her eye.

"Thump!"

A huge impact sound came,

and the startled horse that was only two steps away from Rong Feiyan

was directly knocked away by the sturdy little Xiao Li Ju, which relied on its shoulder height and the thick chest above its front legs.

With this force, the little Xiao Li Ju's speed slowed down a lot; after its front hooves landed, its back hooves kicked out.

"Pfft~"

The startled horse that had just passed behind the little Xiao Li Ju's butt was directly kicked in the head by the little Xiao Li Ju's back hooves, and then it fell straight to the ground.

"Neigh~~~"

The little Xiao Li Ju, having dealt with the two startled horses, supported itself with its back hooves and stood up proudly, neighing.

After its front hooves landed back on the ground,

"Pfft~"

The little Xiao Li Ju pawed the ground with its iron hooves in front of Rong Feiyan, raised its head, snorted, and looked at the young lady nearby with its large horse eyes.

"Da Niangzi, Da Niangzi, it's... it's Fifth Young Master Xu's horse, Xiao Li Ju..."

Seeing Xi Bu behind Rong Feiyan said with a trembling voice.

Rong Feiyan looked at the sturdy Xiao Li Ju in front of her, and not knowing where the strength came from, she stood up tremblingly and actually had the leisure to touch the little Xiao Li Ju's neck.

The dust on her hands left earthy handprints on the little Xiao Li Ju's black horse body.

Looking at the young lady's eyes, the little Xiao Li Ju lowered its horse head slightly, and Rong Feiyan finally reached the little Xiao Li Ju's horse head.

"Good horse, good horse." Rong Feiyan patted the horse head and muttered.

"Clang~"

In the distance, a startled horse ran in the wrong direction and hit the wall straight on, then fell softly.

Rong Xian, in Gu Tingye's arms, also slumped softly to the ground.

(End of chapter)