The summer is hot, the cicadas are noisy, and the hot steam envelopes the earth at 360 degrees, waiting for anyone who dares to go out regardless of whether it is welcome or not.
Even Shengyuan, a little kid who was determined to play well before going to school, was somewhat complacent.
Her peaceful life made the other two core figures of the trio - Lu Sheng and Anyu - suddenly feel bored.
Although it was fun to exchange letters, having servants come and go on such a hot day was unbearable.
Probably because he was looking pitifully at his son counting how long it would be before he could meet his friends, Mr. Lu came up with an idea. Lu Sheng was so happy that he jumped up and down, clapped his hands, and shouted for Shengyuan and He. Anyu wrote a letter.
So that afternoon, Sheng Yuan met the servants of the Baoxianghou family.
The manservant, who claimed to be the Falcon Trainer, looked to be about fifteen or sixteen years old, fair-skinned, and quite clever.
Sheng Yuan, with her little hands behind her back, walked around the copper cage he brought a few times, pointed at the three palm-sized kestrels inside, and asked curiously: "Can they really deliver letters?"
The falcon trainer hurriedly responded: "If you tell me back to the little girl, I can really give it to you!"
"Hey! That sounds really fun!" Sheng Yuan's eyes lit up, she held her knees with both hands, bent down and looked at one of the little falcons with a tuft of light yellow fur on its forehead, "Go on, I'm listening! "
The falcon trainer added: "This little falcon is unique to our country, Kyoto, and is called Jing Falcon. It is different from ordinary little falcons. It is very smart and can understand human speech. As long as it is trained properly, it can not only send messages across thousands of miles, but also I can interact with people!”
"It's so strange!" Sheng Yuan quickly sat down and couldn't wait for him to demonstrate it to her.
When she said this, the falcon trainer looked a little embarrassed: "I'm not very good at training. The little falcons you train have some personalities. It's better that you feed them some special food first, so that they will listen to you and not be annoying."
"Special food?" Whenever Sheng Yuan hears something to eat, her ears prick up like radar. Even if she knows she can't eat it, she still stands on tiptoe to take a look.
The falcon trainer quickly asked the boy he brought to bring out the secret Beijing Falcon food.
The palm-sized copper round box is filled with light vermilion particles.
Sheng Yuan leaned over and smelled it, and couldn't help but look up at the falcon trainer in confusion.
"It doesn't taste like anything at all?"
The falcon trainer smiled and asked the boy to take out a copper stove the size of a hand stove, take out a pinch of the secret food and put it on. After a few breaths, the three little falcons in the cage all started to flutter excitedly.
"Birds can smell the fragrance of food; as long as it is placed in the courtyard, even falcons flying in the sky can smell it!" When talking about the secret recipe, the falcon trainer's face lit up, "The young man at home said, every day People will send this food to you in ten days."
"Oh~~That's right." Sheng Yuan nodded and said happily, "Then you go back and thank Brother Sheng for me."
Later, under the guidance of the falcon trainer, she personally fed the three young falcons. After the three little falcons, each with its own characteristics, had eaten and drank enough, they nuzzled her round wrist, apparently accepting her.
"The one with light yellow fur on the forehead belongs to Brother Sheng; the one with light brown fur on the abdomen belongs to Brother Yu; the one with orange blush on both sides of the cheek belongs to me? "
Sheng Yuan looked at the letter and confirmed it with the three little falcons released.
"My husband originally wanted to let you and Mr. An choose the ones you want, but this one with a light brown belly is aggressive and likes to compete with the one our husband raised, so he gave it to Mr. An."
"That's it!" Sheng Yuan looked at the three little falcons that were snoozing next to her hand, and she couldn't tell that two of them were at odds with each other.
Of course, now that she knew where the three little falcons belonged, Sheng Yuan openly favored her own one and gave it a name: "Can you teach it to know its own name? Its name is Yanzhi now!"
The falcon trainer smiled and said yes, and introduced Sheng Yuan: "Our young master's one is called Rong Rong; the one owned by Mr. An is called Chong Brown."
Sheng Yuan nodded, indicating that it was written in the letter.
Because Beijing falcons are rare, it is not easy for the three children to get one each. Therefore, in order to let the friends get familiar with the three little falcons, everyone spends a few days alone with the little falcons; until they are all familiar with each other, Come here, your little falcon will go back to your home.
Obviously, Shengyuan is the last stop.
"Can they deliver the letter now?" Sheng Yuan looked at the three lazy brothers at hand, always feeling a little unreliable.
But the falcon trainer patted his chest and said there was no problem: "When the sun is about to go down, you put them in the yard yourself. I will take them around the three houses with a whistle several times, and they will be able to memorize the route."
Of course, I have to trouble you to talk to them a lot in the past two days, interact with them according to the methods taught by the slave, and let them get familiar with you, and then they can send you letters on time. "
Sheng Yuan nodded quickly. She was very interested in such an interesting thing as talking to Xiao Falcon!
"But why do it when the sun is about to go down?" Sheng Yuan thought there was a secret in this and couldn't help but blinked curiously and asked.
The falcon trainer laughed: "These three little falcons are a bit naughty. If it is daytime, there are many birds in the sky, and it is easy for them to sneak attack."
"Sneak attack?" Sheng Yuan looked at the three little falcons sleeping little by little and was a little doubtful, "Do they still have such ability?"
The falcon trainer thought that he had brought medicine to treat the bird's injuries this time, and immediately said that he could give Sheng Yuan a try.
So, Sheng Yuan led her father, mother, and sister to the side courtyard, intending to see what these three little falcons were capable of.
The falcon trainer stood in the courtyard and signaled Sheng Yuan to blow the whistle according to the time he had played.
Sheng Yuan clenched her fist, stared closely at the falcon trainer's hand, and kept blowing the whistle.
At first, the three little falcons heard the noise and looked back and forth with confused eyes, but they did not move at all.
But soon, they fluttered their feathers and their big mung bean eyes began to move.
After a while, the little falcons flapped their wings and hung in the air, circling back and forth around Shengyuan.
"Little girl, don't stop! If you succeed this time, then you can take over!"
Sheng Yuan, whose cheeks were a little sore at first, didn't dare to relax after hearing this. He was so busy that he kept on working hard to ensure that he didn't suffer any loss.
"Baby, hold on!" Ms. Zheng quickly cheered her little girl up.
Mr. Sheng also encouraged him: "Our sister Yuan is the best!"
"Sister, I can do it!" Sheng An clapped her hands and encouraged her.
They spoke out at this moment, which was also what the Falcon trainer told them to do, in order to add disturbance to the little Falcon, and also to get acquainted with Shengyuan's family.
Sure enough, as soon as they spoke, three little falcons fluttered their wings and began to circle towards them.
"Little girl, don't be confused, keep holding on... hold on!" The rhythm of the beat on the falconer's hand remained unchanged, but the sound gradually disappeared, and in the end, only the hand was visible and no sound was heard.
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