Chapter 57
Mo Dong led the people out of the horse farm and into the hunting ground. There were already twenty or thirty people waiting at the meeting place.
Colorful flags fluttered around the hunting ground, gongs and drums were noisy, and everyone received a number plate and chose a crossbow and arrow according to their personal preferences. Everyone is eager to come out on top. Because the eldest prince announced that the top few who hunted the most could get a winter forest wild horse.
I didn't dare to swagger to bring the two BMWs I had just gotten, for fear of provoking people's eyes, so I chose a horse with stable legs. Mo Dongyan rode a black horse beside me, and the two of them rode side by side, and Mo Xiyu, the king of Gong, and several others were slightly behind. The other centaurs are also placed in later positions according to their respective identities.
Looking around, I observed the route I was about to take, and tried to be the first to enter the woodland. First come, first served.
There was a lot of noise around, and Mo Dongyan suddenly leaned on his horse, handed me a dagger and a cigarette screen bomb commonly used in the army, and said in a deep voice: "Take self-defense." ”
I looked at him silently and accepted his kindness. His gaze was cold, looking at the dense hunting forest ahead. Suddenly, his pupils contracted, his brows furrowed slightly, and he said, "This atmosphere is unsettling. Be careful in the woods at the moment. If something happens, remember to release the signal, it is not safer outside than in the palace. Here, I will try to protect you as much as possible. ”
Hearing him say this, I looked not far away at the woods that seemed to be dark and open with their mouths wide open, and pondered.
The timing is not yet perfect, and the emperor and Xia Lingran may not make a move against me. As for the Assassins who have been eyeing me, I have seen them many times, and I have some ability to fight back. Otherwise, there shouldn't be much of a problem. After all, the security measures in the royal hunting ground are proper, and there are dangerous places all around, and the guards here can immediately detect any abnormal situation. Therefore, it is very difficult to make mistakes in this hunt.
Out of gratitude, I smiled slowly, "This palace will pay attention." Thank you Brother Huang for your concern. ”
At the moment, there are many people around me, and I am not as big or small as I was just now, and I speak carefully and use proportion. There is also a sense of vigilance in my heart, Mo Dongyan's warning is not out of nowhere, and it is better to be careful.
Mo Dongyan seemed to be concerned about the chaos, sighed, and did not speak.
"Knock knock—"
One person on the stage struck the cowhide drum heavily, and everyone immediately galloped with their horses between their feet and scattered towards the forest, leaving only the smoke and dust that were quickly raised.
Roars, hisses, gongs and drums, the swift wind blows across his cheeks, and oscillates into a "porphyry" sound in the eardrums. I rode my horse and galloped quickly, and countless noisy sounds flashed in my ears, and it was like a battle of golden iron horses in my head.
Excited, I shook off the crowd behind me at once, and ran towards the remote part of the forest with the most prey, where many animals hid and roosted.
Mo Dong Yan followed closely.
When hunting, I'm not used to people being so close. In this way, I don't dare to go all out. Therefore, I stopped my horse and said to Mo Dongyan: "Big brother, I have my own measure. You don't have to follow me. ”
As if sensing my impatience, Mo Dongyan stomped his thick eyebrows, and then replied, "That's fine." You are careful in everything. ”
As soon as he had finished speaking, he drove his horse to the other side, and quickly disappeared into the woods.
Feeling the hidden anger in his words, I realized in hindsight: I seem to have provoked him?
Shaking his head, putting aside such thoughts, hunting matters. I moved on.
After a moment, I grabbed the reins, stopped with a "whoosh", and found traces of wild deer trampling and gnawing among the forests and grasses on the ground, my nose twitched a few times, and the air smelled of prey.
Draw your bow, set up your arrows, and hold the horse's belly and walk forward slowly and softly. Bypassing a few trees, a deer head suddenly appeared between the forks of the trees ten paces away, which was looking nimble and eating leaves.
I smiled at this, tore open my bow and let go of the arrow, and the tail of the arrow with the inscription cut a crack in the air, which was not visible. Now that there is no one around, I do not hide my skills, and proudly show my hand.
Although it is one thing to be good at hunting, it is important to have an accurate head and sharp eyesight. Unfortunately, I discovered this when the arrowhead made of fine iron was sharply stuck in the fork of the branch, and was still a finger away from the poor fawn.
Ignoring gluttony, my prey fled as quickly as possible, and glanced at it. I was immediately a little disgruntled, and I was so angry that this bastard thing dared to laugh at me.
At this time, the next few horsemen caught up with me, it was Mo Xiyu and Solo, and Mo Nanhuan's bastard boy. Mo Nanhuan noticed that there was a lot of prey here, cheered, and ran towards my left. Moxiyu greeted me and ran away with Solo in other directions.
Taking a breath, I clamped the horse's belly, and the horse that stepped down screamed in pain, raised its hooves and ran in the direction of the deer's escape. Dead deer, His Highness is going to capture you alive.
The deer was cunning, running in all directions, turning from side to side, not knowing in the slightest that he was provoking death. I chased and scolded.
After galloping for more than ten miles, the trees in the forest became sparse, the weeds were dense, the strange rocks were piled up layer by layer, and there was no half of a figure in the gaps, and the deer was in the weeds.
I stopped my horse and bent my bow to shoot. Suddenly, a dark light flashed from the depths of the grass a mile away, shooting at the fawn that was running rapidly. The deer, which I had been chasing so hard, immediately fell, and fiery red blood spurted into the air, and the air was filled with a thick smell of blood.
The horse beneath me became furious at this moment, neighing incessantly, and its voice became harsher in the clear. My eyelids jumped wildly, and my heart was startled, and I reined in the mad horses with all my might, and with my right hand I drew the dagger from my legs and feet, and looked out into the wilderness.
Overhead, more than a dozen black eagles circled and roared, their strong wings obscuring what should have been a water-blue sky. A few dark clouds drifted in, blocking the light, and the sky and the earth suddenly dimmed, and a gray light rain fell.
I pricked up my ears to listen, and suddenly there was a slight sound in the quiet barren grass, like the sound of a tightening string suddenly tearing. I grabbed the reins in my left hand and stabbed the horse in the back, causing the horse to run away. I ran desperately, holding the dagger tightly in my right hand.
Overhead, like a torrential storm, many powerful crossbows roared in an instant, shooting round after round. There was a vague smell of rust in the air.
I held the dagger in my hand and broke away from the arrow that was close to me, and the arrow was dripping with green and black juice, and at first glance I knew that it was a poison that had been stained on my body.
The horse jumped behind a blackened boulder, and suddenly screamed loudly, and fell to the ground with a limp. I hurriedly jumped away, leaned against the cold stone wall, and leaned down. On the side, the horse had already lost its breath, dark spit was flowing from the corners of its mouth, its eyes were as wide as copper bells, and there was a crossbow arrow with rusty black spots on the side of the horse's tail.
My heart is half cold, so cold poisonous arrows. I still haven't learned the kung fu I estimated, and I don't have the talent for Ning Yue's ability to predict the destiny of heaven. Who will shoot this time?
It was getting dark, but it was still calm, and I didn't know how long I had been running in the stone formation, but the rain of arrows was finally finished, and I narrowly escaped a few poisoned arrows that almost hit my body, and finally gasped. The power slowly fades from the body. Power ...... Originally, the physique was not suitable for long-term dodging and fierce battles, and the body had recovered in the past two days, but the physical strength still could not be compared with ordinary people...... Hey, there's no forgiveness for wasting your work.
I threw away the longbow, leaving the quiver behind my back. Cautiously dodging away, I watched the movement of the crossbow where it had flown from.
Seemingly controlled by an invisible force, more than a dozen black shadows flew out of the grass at the same time, each holding a shiny long sword in their hands. In an instant, it was already in a circle around me.
I can't hide from them today, and I can't make them feel better. I looked at them with a blank face, and I grabbed all the arrows in the quiver from behind my back, and shot them at the man in black like a broken round mirror, and the speed of the arrows was faster than the wind.
Taking advantage of the moment they avoided it, I pulled the hoop of the smoke bomb and threw it into the air. In the dark sky, a smoke screen as bright and dazzling as a cluster of flowers suddenly appeared, and at the same time, the sound was like thunder, which could be heard within dozens of miles.
I was startled by the smoke screen, and I didn't know that I thought it was a fireworks. When I was wondering, I was distressed, and I prayed that someone around me would come quickly. If you know it earlier, you won't be able to see it like the deer that died early. Harming the deer will eventually harm yourself.
The three weaker ones in the black were shot away by the long arrows and quickly lost their breath. The other dozen or so were stunned for a moment, and then a leader-looking person had blue muscles at the corners of his eyes, his eyes were excited, and his voice was as cold as a snake: "Kill him." ”
The men in black quickly adjusted their state and fought back, and pounced on me with murderous aura. I held the dagger in my hand, and I don't know if it was rain or cold sweat on the door of my head, it was extremely cold.
Hmph, today is either you die or I live. I shook my head disdainfully, my hands and feet quickly dodging the silver sword that had been picked up from my left rib.
Restraining the two men in black with the whip at my waist, I raised my dagger and slit their throats. Then he jumped to his feet and struck at the nearest man in black. Suddenly, there was a pain in his right back, as if something cold and hard had pierced the skeleton, and warm liquid flowed out.
I felt something soaking in front of my eyes, and when I looked down, red blood was running down the arrow and soaking through my placket. The man in black was laughing, dozens of feet away from me. I still have a few arrows in my hand that I just shot at them.
"Mo Beichen, your death is not far off. Next year, today will be your memorial day. The man in black said in a strange and awkward language, each word a little broken and unfamiliar.
I covered my right chest, clicked a few acupoints to stop the bleeding, and sneered: "I don't die, see what you do." ”
However, his body slammed suddenly. Hey, I lost so much blood and I lost my strength.
The head of the man in black waved his hand, and the three men in black rose into the air and stabbed face down with their swords, and suddenly I thought that I would really become a target with several holes pierced.
But at the moment when I was as anxious as a spark, I heard a scream in my ears, and a few arrows shot through the three people first, splashing blood on my face. A light white shadow flew in, supported me, and asked urgently, "Are you okay?" ”
At this moment, I am so glad that someone came when I was dying, even though he was the Helan Jiyun I didn't want to see when I was embarrassed. Hey, the perfect image I usually maintained, collapsed......
Protecting me, Helan Beauty picked up the long sword from the fallen man in black, and then disappeared in front of my eyes like electricity, and in the blink of an eye, the four people closest to us fell down one after another, their bodies stiff, their eyes straight, and they looked incredulous.
I stood up, took a long sword thrown by Helan Jiyun, and leaned back against him.
When the head of the man in black saw Helan Jiyun, his eyes were cloudy, and he talked to Helan Jiyun in a language I didn't know, as if he was surprised and regretful. Then he raised his hand and swung his sword, which swept over like lightning, and the gradually heavier raindrops were cut off by the sword light.