The horn sounded for a long time, bringing a series of heavy echoes in the mountains and forests, so grand and far-reaching, that it seemed that the whole mountain range was shaken by it.

Taohua stood not far behind the Queen Mother, looking around, she was also a little excited.

They are now on a gentle slope. Several of the concubines who came with them were all carefully dressed up, and they all looked forward to being amazed by them when the emperor returned from riding his horse for a while. There were also young girls who came to watch the hunt, and several of them had changed their riding clothes, and planned to go out for a few laps in a while. These riding costumes are brightly colored and eye-catching, as if a flower suddenly bloomed on a hillside in autumn.

However, Taohua had no time to see what kind of clothes these ladies were wearing, what kind of jewelry they were wearing, and her eyes were completely attracted by the men on the flat ground below.

The emperor was dressed in a bright yellow riding costume, carrying a longbow, and riding a tall red horse, which looked majestic under the embrace of the stars and the moon. From his left and right hands, the guards in bright armor lined up like goose wings, all of them with their heads held high, and they looked like dragons and tigers.

In comparison, the group of noble children are a little immature, although they also look eager to try, and a few of them are also very good-looking, but they are like a group of little tigers who have just come out of the nest, a little messy, and a little unreliable.

The emperor raised his hand and smiled at the mountains and forests in front of him: "Today's hunting, whether it is the guards or the sons of the nobles, they are all ranked by the prey count, and I and the queen mother and queen have prepared a colorful head for you." As he spoke, he clapped his hands, and a group of ten eunuchs ran out from behind, each holding a tray with something in it.

Taohua saw at a glance that the second eunuch was holding the jade carved narcissus. In the yellow copper plate, the blue-white jade carving looks a little thin, and the brilliance is completely hidden by the colorful heads on both sides.

There was a burst of exclamation among the ladies and mourners. In the first tray was a pair of soft armor, as colored as silver, and the leaf-shaped pieces of armor seemed to be braided with gold wire, reflecting the brilliant light in the sun. The third tray is a Hui Luan hairpin, the golden wings are made of thin gold filaments, each feather seems to be lifelike, and a huge ruby is attached to the luan's mouth, reflecting the sun as bright as blood.

In the back six plates, there are sharp daggers inlaid with precious stones, as well as carved jade-inlaid horse halters, as well as handfuls of pearls or gold ingots, in short, all of them are dazzling enough, and they are really jewels together.

The eyes of the guards and the nobles' disciples lit up. Of course, what the nobles want is the opportunity to show their faces in front of the emperor, and if they can get the color head prepared by the emperor or the empress dowager, it will be a very long face. The guards valued the value of the lottery more, after all, many of them were not wealthy, and if they could get the top ranking, it would be equivalent to making a windfall.

However, there are more than 100 guards who can go down today, and there are dozens of noble children, and more than 200 people are vying for ten places, which is not easy. There are a few noble sons who know that they are mediocre with bows and horses have already retreated, after all, the guards are all very skilled, compared to those young masters who only regard bows and horses as a joke, they are simply incomparable.

"Come, drums!" The emperor waved his hand, and the hundred or so drums hidden in all directions suddenly rumbled, and the sound was like heavy thunder, which startled the beasts in the woods and became restless.

The first arrow always has to be shot by the emperor, and the prey must be shot. Therefore, the keepers of the hunting garden had prepared a group of slower beasts inside, and when the drums sounded, they drove them out of the woods. For a while, the sheep's head was crowded, the deer's legs were kicking wildly, and everyone was huddled together, but they didn't know where to go.

The emperor then opened his bow and released his arrows. He had also practiced archery in the palace on weekdays, and although it was difficult to say how accurate he was to shoot on a horse, at the moment the horse was just pacing in small steps, and the prey was crowded, so it was not difficult to shoot. So he shot an arrow at the neck of a deer, which shook and was knocked down by the guards who rushed up, and suddenly there was a shout of joy: "The emperor gets the deer, the emperor gets the deer!" ”

"The emperor is really a good archery!"

"100 shots!" Some people in the group of female dependents were already cheering, and the guards and officials accompanying them naturally shouted even louder, even louder than the drums just now.

The Emperor himself smiled indifferently, and when he saw that the sheep and deer that had been driven out had come to his senses and began to run in all directions, he waved his hand and shouted, "Go! ”

A group of guards had been eyeing each other for a long time, and when they got the emperor's order, they immediately shouted in unison, and more than a hundred horses jumped out, and suddenly grabbed the front of those inexperienced noble children.

But there was one man who was faster than them. I saw that among the cyan guards' uniforms, a touch of red suddenly stood out and rushed to the forefront. And with the sound of a string, a deer that had not yet run far had already fallen, and the man in the red power suit with a short cloak of the same color on his shoulders did not stop at all, and drove the dark cloud under his crotch to cover the snow, and rushed into the woods first.

"Who's that?" The Queen Mother squinted, "Whose children are ahead of the guards?" ”

The sharp-eyed ones had seen it, but they didn't speak. However, there is always the head that can't turn around, and replies to the Queen Mother flatteringly: "It seems to be the king of Anjun." ”

The Queen Mother's face didn't seem to change, but somehow, the people around felt as if the weather was a little cold, as if a cold wind had blown somewhere. Only the head has not yet turned, and is still chattering: "Sure enough, it was raised by the Dingbei Hou Mansion, and the bow horse is not bad, but I heard that I don't read much - hey, I heard that Miss Cui is good at piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and I don't know if the husband and wife can talk together after the wedding." ”

This is the third daughter-in-law of Yu Ge Lao, who accompanied Yu Ge Lao to accompany him today.

Yu Ge Lao has passed the life of the sixtieth birthday a few years ago, and he will count to be sixty-six years old next year. However, his wife is remarried, and she is only forty-five this year. The first son was born with two sons, and now they are all officials outside, and the third son was born to the stepwife, who is only twenty-two this year, and is studying to prepare for the spring of the next year. Therefore, this third young grandmother is the daughter-in-law of Mrs. Ge.

At this moment, the old lady had a gentle smile on her face, but her hand pinched her daughter-in-law fiercely underneath, and finally made her shut up. Is she the only one who can see that it is King Anjun? Why is no one else silent? actually mentioned his wedding, don't you know that the queen mother doesn't want to let King Anjun marry at all?

Speaking of this daughter-in-law, Mrs. Ge was full of resentment. Yu Ge Lao's mind was on the original two sons, and he married the daughters of famous families to those two sons, no matter what happened inside, they all had a gentle demeanor when they went out, at least they wouldn't talk nonsense. deviated to his own son, and said that the Yu family had no military power in his hands, so he had to encircle the generals, and forcibly married him to the daughter of a thousand households in the guard, the only benefit was to be able to give birth to him, and he would be able to hold the two of them for three years after entering the door, but when he got outside, he couldn't control it, so that the old lady of the pavilion couldn't wait to give her a hanger and bring it out.

Fortunately, the people who can sit next to the Queen Mother are close to the Queen Mother, and the old lady feels even more embarrassed while being a little comforted - she has always been proud of her identity, but she has a daughter-in-law who can't take her hand, I'm afraid that those who are not as good as her are secretly laughing at her, right?

Yu Sanshao's grandmother still didn't quite understand. She felt that what she said was belittling King Anjun, and the Queen Mother should like to listen to it, why did her mother-in-law pinch herself? In short, she felt very lucky to be able to marry into the old mansion, but when she really married in, she found out that this family affair was not very good. The husband is still a lifter, when will he be an official? The Yu family looked at Xuan He for a while, but when he was really in it, he realized that it was not as gorgeous and wonderful as it looked.

The Queen Mother looked down from the hillside and saw Shen Shu's red clothes looming in the woods, galloping vertically and horizontally. Although there are trees to block and see clearly, looking at him like this, he also knows that his results must be good.

"Where's Hachiro?" The Queen Mother's face sank a little again, and she didn't turn her head, only asked the green jade beside her.

The eight lang she said is Yu Rui, the grandson of Yu Ge's old cousin, the commander of Jin Wuwei, and the only child of the Yu family who holds military power. Yu Ge Lao had great hopes for him, hoping that he would be able to command the twelve guards in the palace in a few more years.

However, it is not an easy task to command the guards of the inner palace, the first thing is to be skilled, and the subordinates must be obedient. Although Yu Rui has the ability, he is too young in the end, it is because of this Nanyuan hunt, whether it is Yu Ge Lao or the Queen Mother, they have told him to show his skills and come out on top, so that the Yu family can promote him.

Qingyu squinted her eyes and looked carefully, but Yu Rui was wearing the color of the guard's uniform, even though the color of the twelve guards' clothes was a little different, but it was difficult to distinguish it when scattered into the woods, no more than Shen Shu was wearing the red color of the county king, and he rode a black horse, which looked particularly conspicuous.

"If you go to sue Sùhachiro, you must do your best." The Queen Mother said in a deep voice, knowing that Qingyu would find someone to try to pass the word on. The hunt lasted from morning to mid-afternoon, with plenty of time.

In fact, there is no need for the Queen Mother to say, Yu Rui will do his best. He was born with great strength and could not study, but he was extremely talented in learning martial arts, and he was an outlier in the Yu family. If it were at another time, maybe he would be an unappreciated person at home, and he could only take the road of learning martial arts by himself. But now, Yu Ge is old, and there are not many outstanding children of the Yu family's own branch, and Yu Ge Lao wants to get another part of the military power, and he, a martial artist, suddenly becomes important. Yu Ge Lao specially planned for him, as long as he beat everyone else to win the championship in this hunt, his future will be smooth sailing.

With such a promise in front of him, how could Yu Rui not work hard? He chose the best bow and arrows, the lightest and strongest leather armor, and the best horses he had specially selected, and prepared them. However, just as the emperor gave the order, he was snatched to the front.

The first to take the lead was the fourth prince who came back from the northwest, Shen Shu, the king of Anjun.

Yu Rui had heard about Shen Shu going into battle in the northwest to kill the enemy, but he hadn't paid much attention to it. It's not just him, even Yu Ge Lao doesn't believe it very much.

Not to mention that Shen Shu is only twenty years old this year, just to say that he is the grandson of the royal bloodline dragon and phoenix, and the son of the daughter can't sit down, how could he go to such a dangerous place in front of the two armies? It's just because the Marquis of Dingbei commanded the northwest and wanted to make a military merit for his nephew in the army and make a few merits.

Therefore, although Yu Rui felt that Shen Shu knew how to bow and kick, and the horse he rode was a special divine horse with dark clouds and snow, he didn't think he could have many achievements, let alone overpower himself.

However, it was this King Anjun, who he didn't pay much attention to, who was the first to ride his horse and rush out, and the first to open his bow and release arrows, and shot down a deer with one arrow.

This shot was different from the emperor's situation where he was shot in the neck but was not fatal, and was finally pounced on by the guards. Yu Rui could see clearly, Shen Shu's arrow entered from the left eye and came out through the right eye, although the deer was not very far away at the time, but it had already spread its hooves and ran, Yu Rui thought to himself that if he shot it himself, he would shoot the neck or belly of the deer, and he didn't dare to shoot the deer's eye.

With just this arrow, it can be seen that Shen Shu is by no means an unlearned person, even if he didn't really go into battle to kill the enemy when he was in the northwest, at least his martial arts are also diligent.

However, Yu Rui soon couldn't think about it, because Shen Shu galloped in front, and the bow was like a full moon and an arrow like a meteor, and he had already shot two sheep and a deer in a row not far from the forest.

Yu Rui has been preparing for today for several months, and he is not willing to let people press him, and he immediately opened his bow again and again. He had already communicated with the people of Nanyuan, and knew where the prey was the most, so he immediately rode his horse straight to the west, and sure enough, he ran into a herd of deer.

When the deer saw Yu Rui coming, they naturally turned around and fled. Although the Nanyuan is large, the emperor came to hunt, and the people in charge drove the prey to the middle from all sides, and then pulled a large net to prevent the escape, so the deer ran around, it was a big circle. Yu Rui chased after him and aimed at the leading stag.

This stag is tall and long-legged, and a pair of antlers is extremely imposing, and if it is shot, it will be a very long-faced prey. But it ran fast and jumped high, and Yu Rui missed two arrows in a row, but it aroused his competitive mind and stared at the stag and chased after him. Seeing that the chase was getting closer, Yu Rui aimed at another arrow and shot out, the deer jumped to the side suddenly, the arrow grazed its back and shot into the air, but suddenly there was another string sound, a black arrow penetrated through the deer's eye, and the deer fell to the ground.

Yu Rui grabbed the reins of the horse violently and glared at the black horse in front of him: "King Anjun!" ”

The person who released the arrow in front of him was Shen Shu, and he didn't even let the horse slow down, but he raised the longbow in his hand and gestured to Yu Rui, and rolled over like a whirlwind.

Yu Rui's face turned blue. The prey was snatched away by someone when it was close in front of him, and he missed an arrow and was hit by Shen Shu, which was even more excessive than a slap in the face! He stared at Shen Shu's back, shook the reins and drove the horse to follow - Shen Shu can rob his prey, he can also rob Shen Shu!

The two horses galloped through the woods one after the other, Yu Rui's eyes were no longer searching for prey, but staring at Shen Shu, as long as Shen Shu raised his bow, he immediately rushed to shoot the arrow. In such a hurry, his quasi-head was naturally not very good, but the two times he encountered were solitary beasts such as foxes, and he did not shoot an arrow in the grass and low trees.

However, in this way, the beast was disturbed by him, and Shen Shu had no chance to shoot an arrow. After Yu Rui missed the first shot for the second time, and was startled by a weasel swishing into the dirt hole, Shen Shu glanced back at him.

Yu Rui raised his head defiantly, and out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of a pheasant taking off from the bushes in a panic, and immediately shot an arrow. Almost at the same time as he raised his bow, there was also a string sound on Shen Shu's side, and the two arrows collided in mid-air, but the pheasant fluttered and flew away.

"You-" Yu Rui was furious, but Shen Shu only smiled at him, slammed the horse's belly, the dark clouds covered the snow with a long neigh, jumped over a fallen tree, and Yu Rui left behind.

Yu Rui's hand holding the bow almost trembled, and he was about to rush up to fight with Shen Shu regardless of it, when he suddenly heard a noisy shout in the distance: "Tiger, there is a tiger!" ”

Tiger! Yu Rui suddenly perked up.

Generally, when the emperor came to hunt, he would not let the tiger out, because he was afraid of hurting the nobles. However, today is the victory of everyone, so it is natural to release some big prey, just shoot some sheep and deer, although the prey is not small, but it is not very good.

Among the beasts, bears and wild boars sound inconspicuous, but they are very dangerous, but in comparison, it is the tiger hunt that is the most cost-effective.

Yu Rui circled the horse's head and galloped towards the place where the tiger's roar came, shouting: "Don't destroy the tiger's skin!" "The tiger is not better than the bear, if the arrows are fired randomly, it is not difficult to shoot to death, but it is not better than the bear, and it is even more crazy if the arrow is hit. He was far away, and if he was preempted by those people, he was afraid that he would not be able to catch up. If you shout like this, it is not good for those people to release arrows together.

In fact, Yu Rui was too worried, and when he got closer, he found that it was not the guards who encountered the tiger, but a group of noble children. These dozen or so people are all sparse with bows and horses, and they don't have the heart to win, but everyone gets together and shoots pheasants and rabbits to play. Even when they see a wolf, they have to retreat, not to mention the tiger, at this moment, some people are already so frightened that they turn around and run, and some people can't even control the horse, they can only bark at the throat.

Yu Rui was overjoyed. If he can shoot a tiger, then no matter how many deer Shen Shu shoots, he will definitely come out on top today. Excited, he urged the horse to rush forward again and again.

Seeing that there were many people, the tiger suddenly raised its head and let out a roar.

The roar of the tiger passed through the mountains and forests, causing a series of echoes between the distant mountains. There was chaos in the forest, the beasts were avoiding, and the horses under the seats of several noble sons had bent their front hooves, and they fell to their knees in fright, and even the riders on their backs were lifted off.

When the tiger raised its head and roared, it was exposing the bottom of its neck. Yu Rui bent his bow and arrow, and was about to shoot at the opportunity, but the horse he was riding was so startled by the roar of the tiger that he jumped up, Yu Rui's hand was loosened, the arrow deflected, and flew over the side of the tiger.

Although the horses used by the guards were good and had been trained, after all, they had not been in battle, and they were inevitably shocked at the first sight of the tiger.

However, Yu Rui's arrow was powerful, and although it was not missed, it also rubbed the tiger's belly with pain. The tiger knew what was going on, so he turned his head and kicked on all four paws, and fled straight into the forest.

Yu Rui urged the horse hard, but the horse was shocked, and he couldn't control it for a while. As he was spinning around with the reins of his horse, he heard the sound of the horse's hooves falling like drumsticks, and a short red cloak swept past him like a red cloud, followed by an attendant who chased the tiger.

It's Shen Shu again! Yu Rui was so dizzy with anger that he slammed his hand hard, strangled the blood from the horse's mouth, and finally stood still. It's just that although he stood still, he refused to move forward, Yu Rui whipped three times in a row, and the horse just spun around in place, refusing to move a step. Yu Rui was thinking about changing horses, when he heard the horn of the bull outside the forest sounding for a long time - the hunting time had come, and he was about to collect his troops and return to the camp.

The ladies outside the woods were already waiting impatiently. Hunting in the woods, many large prey were carried out by their own accompanying soldiers. At first, they were still amazed when they saw the beasts being sent out, but later they became a little bored, and only those who had children in the family who participated in the hunting were still watching with concern.

The Queen Mother is naturally also concerned, but through the layers of woods, she really can't see anything, but she exerts too much force, and she only feels that her eyes are a little dizzy, and her head is dizzy. Qingyu hurriedly stepped forward to gently massage her temples on both sides, but the county lord of Nanhua turned his head and said, "What about the Jiang family?" The Queen Mother is a little unwell, don't you see? ”

Sure enough, trouble came. Taohua thought to herself, and had to step forward. However, instead of massaging the Queen Mother's head, she took the Queen Mother's hand and clicked it on the back of her hand.

The Nanhua County Lord raised his eyebrows: "What are you doing here?" She was very unhappy. Yesterday, Jiang Heng went to plead with Taohua in front of the Queen Mother, and the room was full of wives, and the lord of Nanhua felt that several people were laughing meaningfully. Although she couldn't get any evidence, she just felt that these people must think that Jiang Heng had a personal relationship with the Jiang family, so they were ridiculing.

The so-called cup bow snake shadow is suspicious of neighbors because of the axe, and people are most afraid that they are suspicious, and the lord of Nanhua County has been tossing and turning for half the night without sleeping well in his life. Jiang Heng is now a good time to discuss his relatives, and he must not be delayed.

The county lord of Nanhua is a person who protects his shortcomings, it is not good, it is absolutely not bad for his own family, so it must not be Jiang Heng who did something wrong, it must be that there is something wrong with the girl of the Jiang family, maybe she asked Jiang Heng to intercede, and Jiang Heng had to agree for the sake of her diagnosis of the happy pulse of the Wen family.

If possible, the lord of Nanhua really wants to suspect that this Jiang family girl is seducing his son. However, in fact, she knows where Jiang Heng goes every day, and since entering Beijing, Jiang Heng has only met the Jiang family girl once in the palace, and she can't find the truth of seduction anyway. But the county lord of Nanhua is still uncomfortable, and now he is not about to attack when he has an opportunity.

"This is the Zhongzhu Cave." Taohua owed, and while answering, she still rubbed the acupoint for the Queen Mother, "Stop being dizzy." ”

The lord of Nanhua was not convinced: "What does the queen mother think?" "She also really cares about the Queen Mother.

The Queen Mother was silent for a moment and hummed lightly. She was not happy in her heart, but after pressing the Zhu acupoint, she did feel better, and she couldn't talk nonsense with her eyes open, so she had to respond casually.

Wu Cairen blinked his eyes beside him, and said softly: "It turns out that dizziness can be cured by pressing this acupoint, why haven't you heard the imperial doctors in the palace say, isn't it a folk remedy?" ”

Taohua was very reluctant to deal with her anymore, but she couldn't help but answer, so she simply hummed.

Wu Cairen blinked his eyes again, revealing a look of fear: "Some of these home remedies are credible, but some can't be trusted. When the concubine used to be at home, there was a mother in the family who had heart palpitations, and she also listened to some home remedies that made people prick needles, and as a result—"

She deliberately paused without saying anything, and the queen said, "What is the result?" ”

Wu Cairen's face showed a look of horror: "As a result, he was stabbed to death!" ”