Chapter 26: Meeting the Red Eagle Guards for the First Time

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

The three little ones asked her what she wanted to play with a serious look on their faces, fully showing their respect as younger brothers. At the same time, Yan Qixun was gratified. She wanted to say that she was quite an adult now and didn’t need them to play with her.

But the three little ones thought that they had to let the Yan Qixun play to her heart’s content for the sake of the sweet dates. Yan Qixun had no choice but to pull out a straw and weave the animals for them. The three little ones were delighted.

The children in the countryside did not have many toys, and the adults were rarely in the mood to make toys for the children. They were too busy with the things in the fields.

Yan Qixun was skillful in her hands, and the animals were vividly woven. For the three little ones, they had only given face to their Yan Qixun for the sake of the big sweet dates. They had condescended to accompany her to play, but who knew that there would be a surprise.

The three little ones cheered as they held the grass-woven animals in their hands and compared themselves with each other. What was there to compare? Aren’t they all about the same?

Yan Qixun felt that she seemed out of place because she was not childish enough for her brothers. Therefore, her eyes could not help but drift toward the two old cows who were leisurely gnawing on the grass. What does she have to do if she wants to ride the cows? There should be a flute around here.

It was probably because her learning ability was too superhuman in her previous life. To distract her attention and give her a normal childhood so that she could appear more normal, her uncle desperately cultivated her interests and hobbies.

As a result, she learned other things such as calligraphy, painting, taekwondo, horsemanship, shooting, rapid progress in prodigy child prodigies, unique axes in music performance, piano, violin, zither, ancient string instruments, and so on. She didn’t like these elegant things at all, and it was not until she finally met Mongolian’s Morin Khuur. That was when she showed her talent in learning.

Later, an older man of the clan passed away. The old man was a senior, so she was brought back to the village to attend the funeral.

It was midsummer. After the funeral, her uncle brought her back to the village for two nights. The villagers liked to cool down in the yard at night. The moonlight was bright that night, and the sky was full of stars. She and her uncle sat under the moonlight and listened to the new relatives talking about exciting things in the countryside. 

Vaguely, she suddenly heard the unmistakable sound of a bamboo flute in the distance. It was the best flute sound she had ever heard. It was clear and musical, accompanied by the full court moonlight and the Starlight of the Milky Way. It became the most beautiful summer night in her memory.

Later, when she returned to the capital, she asked her uncle to find a folk music master who specialized in flute music to teach her. She studied it seriously for a year until the old man felt it was time for her to end her apprenticeship.

Perhaps it was because she loved the flute, so she had an inexplicable obsession with the flute-playing shepherd boy who rode the cow. This was probably all that she could imagine of rural life with no experience at it. Unfortunately, the little ones were having a good time and ignored Yan Qixun’s desire for the two old cows.

On the other hand, the two old cows were a little flustered by her burning gaze. They mooed and paced away from her. Yan Qixun looked at the old cows as they walked away from her. She clicked her tongue and decided to give up temporarily to maintain her lady-like character.

Of course, this was only her self-consolation. The truth was that although her riding skills were good in her previous life, it was only limited to horses while riding old cows might not be the same.

Perhaps next time her Brother Monkey was around, she could try it with his protection. It was better to forget about it today. If she fell off the ride, she would be a laughing stock for the three little ones. She could not afford to lose her pride like that. It looked like she had to hurry up and learn martial arts from her third sister and cultivation from Brother Monkey.

The autumn sky was clear, and the sun was just right. Yan Qixun sat cross-legged on the tied-up cattail grass and watched the young children playing in front of her. Cows leisurely gnawed on the grass and had a feeling of peace and tranquility. 

However, the peace and tranquility only lasted for a moment before the sound of horse hooves came from afar. Yan Qixun was shocked and quickly stood up to look into the distance. In the limited few years of her memory in this life, she had never heard such a dense sound of horse hooves in the territory of the Yan family village. 

She then quickly called the three little ones to stand behind her. Fortunately, they were not on the main road leading to the village, and there was still a field about twenty meters away from the main road.

The three of them were so scared that they did not dare to make a sound when they saw more than ten riders approaching. When the more than ten riders approached, Yan Qixun realized that the clothes on these people were not ordinary either. They had black wingless hats on their heads, wore long black robes, and had red eagle wings embroidered on their backs.

Yan Qixun looked at the more than ten riders approaching and comforted her three little brothers who were scared. However, she thought to herself, ‘Who are these people?’ 

She could not figure them out even after searching through her memories. However, one thing was for sure. These people were not ordinary people, and they had to be from the Chinese military. She was a soldier in her past life. She could immediately smell the smell of a soldier.

However, these ten riders were not ordinary soldiers. Their bodies were covered in blood and valor. It was not something that a regular army could have. More importantly, their clothes were too flashy. She did not think that it was something that an ordinary soldier would wear.

She comforted the little ones, and Yan Qixun then said, “I see that these two cows are almost done eating. When Second Brother comes to pick me up later, you guys should go back first. Who knows if those people from earlier will come back. Don’t bump into them.”

The three little guys hurriedly nodded. Little Eight also asked, “Yan Qixun, those people just now were awe-inspiring. Do you know where the nobleman is?” 

Yan Qixun shook her head, “I’m also not sure.”

Little Nine said, “Then I’ll go back and ask Great-grandfather because he knows everything. When he was young, he even went to Shengjing.”

Yan Qixun’s great-grandfather was a young scholar who took the Imperial Entrance exam. He had been an official in the Imperial Academy for his whole life. Therefore, Great-granduncle had previously gone to the capital to visit his elder brother. When Little Nine mentioned this, Yan Qixun frowned.

Her father and mother had grown up in the capital. The strange thing was that her father and mother had never mentioned anything about the Capital to them. When she returned home, she would ask her mother about their life in the Capital. She understood that probably her mother never mentioned this because they were still young, but now that she knew what kind of people they were, she should no longer treat them like children.

Just as she was thinking about this, she saw her second brother running over quickly. Seeing that Yan Qixun was safe and sound, chatting idly with the three little ones, Gongyu Hao heaved a sigh of relief.

“Xiao Xun, I’m here to pick you up.”

After picking up the two bundles of cattails with a stick, he carried Little Nine and Little Ten onto the back of the cow and instructed the three little ones, “Little Eight, bring Little Nine and Little Ten home as well.”

The three little ones did not dare to continue herding the cows and obediently followed their cousins into the village.

When they reached Yan Qixun’s house, Yan Qixun ran into the courtyard and took a few persimmons for the three little ones. After the three little ones happily went into the village, Yan Qixun and her second brother returned to the courtyard.

Only then did Yan Qixun ask Yan Yuhao, “Brother, did you see those people just now?” If he had not seen those people, he would not have rushed over to pick her up..