Chapter 45: Autumn Begins
On August 18, the fifth year of Ziyang, the third autumn ceremony after Feng Haoxuan's accession to the throne kicked off in the royal enclosure, Qiyuan enclosure!
Although Feng Haoxuan ascended the throne for three years, the first year was canceled due to the death of the emperor, and in the third year, the autumn ceremony was canceled again because the concubine Degui left the palace to pray for the blessing of the country in Lingtai Temple. And this year happens to be the third autumn festival, which is more grand than the previous two.
Autumn is not only a hunting, but also plays a role in rallying the hearts of the military, strengthening unity, and consolidating border defense. Every autumn season, the military must be practiced in the way of hunting, in fact, it is also an important place for political and military activities!
The Qiyuan enclosure is vast, with mountains and plateaus echoing each other, vast forests, vast grasslands, and dotted lakes, which are intertwined. The animals are rich and diverse, including beasts such as roe deer, deer, tigers, and a small number of bears. There are also birds such as black grouse, golden eagle, and white-headed crane.
The autumn Qiyuan paddock is dyed with forests, wild fruits are fragrant, it is the time of harvest, every autumn to the emperor, down to the soldiers will be full of joy!
The paddock is divided into various paddocks according to the topography and the distribution of birds and animals, and only more than 10 of them are selected for hunting each autumn, and the rest of the enclosures are for recuperation and recuperation, so that wild animals and plants can reproduce and recover. However, hunting, not indiscriminate hunting, in each autumn is strictly ordered to ride the entourage to ride "meet the doe young beasts will be released", and there is a gap when setting up the fence, so that the young and strong beasts can escape.
At the beginning of each hunt, the cavalry led by the minister in charge of the siege first formed an encirclement according to the pre-selected range, and gradually narrowed. Soldiers wearing antler masks, hiding deep in the dense forest of the enclosure, blow wooden whistles, mimicking the sound of the stag's courtship, the female stag comes to find a mate, the stag comes to take the mate, and the other wild beasts gather to eat the deer.
When the encirclement could not be smaller and the beasts were dense, the minister asked the emperor to shoot first, the prince and grandson followed the shot, and then the other princes and nobles rode and shot, and finally there was a large-scale encirclement.
Because Feng Haoxuan was young and had no children and grandchildren, after Feng Haoxuan took the bow and arrow from the minister's hand and shot a golden eagle in the sky, the princes and generals who came with him directly began to shoot around. All of a sudden, thousands of horses galloped, and the grass flew to the lake!
After the hunt began, the accompanying family members returned to their tents and waited for the sunset for the soldiers to return, and most of the Wenchen only focused on participating, only running around to hunt one or two hares before returning to the camp.
Of course, they can't be idle, if Feng Haoxuan doesn't go hunting, they need to accompany Feng Haoxuan to discuss political affairs, even if Feng Haoxuan is not there, they must stay in their positions, and be summoned by Feng Haoxuan at any time.
This time, Qiu Zhuo was naturally accompanied by the Queen Mother, Concubine Degui, Feng Haoye, Feng Haoqi, and Feng Haoxuan personally issued an edict to accompany the dance night, as for the concubine and Concubine Liu, they were unexpectedly left in the palace!
Feng Haoxuan didn't go out to hunt again after shooting the golden eagle, if he wanted to hunt the black bear that was difficult to see, it was not wise to go out in a swarm at this moment, the black bear had already hidden. In the past, whenever there was a bad autumn, the emperor would definitely hunt a black bear to show his consummation, and of course he couldn't break this rule.
"Xuan!"
"Brother Huang!"
"You're here. Why don't you go out and have some fun, what are you doing in this camp? The huge tent was very gorgeous, Feng Haoxuan leaned on the recliner and held a book in his hand casually and looked at it leisurely.
"How could we leave you alone here, what we said that night, we have to be guarded against. I don't know who that Huang Gongzi is, and I don't know when he appeared in the Prime Minister's Mansion, let alone what kind of organization that hooks the soul! Nangong Yu poured a cup of tea for Feng Haoxuan and brought it over, and sat down on the agarwood chair beside him, with worry on his face. The always cold face, coupled with the melancholy, reveals a deeper chill.
"Yu, you're really eccentric, why don't I have tea to drink?" Feng Hao folded the fan at night and said with a hippie smile.
"If you want to drink tea, pour it yourself!"
Nangong Yu's tone was not very good, just because Feng Haoye left him in the mansion two days ago and then sent him a bunch of singing and dancing geisha, saying what made him take the first step towards the transformation of a boy into a man!
Feng Haoye's move is undoubtedly pulling teeth from the tiger's mouth and asking for death!
"Gotta get it! Am I wrong? Look at what you are all high and high, do you understand the color appetite? Seeing that the two of them were not interested, one was reading intently, and the other was playing against each other with a chess piece, Feng Haoye shook his head helplessly, he just wanted to play a prank, is it necessary to be so serious.
"Forget it, let's get down to business, the matter you asked me to investigate has already been concluded."
"How?"
"The first sentence: the soul is just like a ghost!"
"Oh~" Feng Haoxuan put down the book and sat up.
"The second sentence: The soul comes from the stars!"
"Smack!" The chess pieces in Nangong Yu's hand fell heavily, although he understood that his father had a certain rebellious heart, but he didn't want to be guilty of collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country!
Feng Haoxuan and Feng Haoye looked at him together, Nangong Yu put back the chess pieces he was holding in his hand, and looked back at Feng Haoxuan: "Xuan, just do what you want, since ancient times, loyalty and filial piety cannot be both, and there is still righteousness in front of loyalty and filial piety!" "There is love in front of righteousness, he can't say this sentence.
"Yu, if it's uncomfortable, I can let you leave, you once said that you like the mountains and rivers and people in the south of the Yangtze River, why don't you go and see, when do you want to come back and come back."
"I, Nangong Yu, will never leave Feng Haoxuan in this life!" Nangong Yu's eyes were determined and serious, which made Feng Haoxuan feel a little strange for no reason.
Nangong Yu's overreaction also aroused Feng Hao's suspicion, and he looked at him uncontrollably, thinking of a certain night six years ago.
"Yu, how do you tell me to thank you, because I will become an unfilial son!"
"Unfilial son? I am not benevolent, I am not filial, I am not guilty! ”
"Sit down, what are you so excited about? Later I'll go to Lanka Wai, which is the most frequented spot for black bears. ”
"Brother Huang, no! You know that Nangong Siquan has already set up an ambush, why did you go to danger! ”
"Yes, Xuan, since the soul hook is an organization that can be compared to ghosts, it must be extremely dangerous for you to go, this is really not a wise move!"
"I know, but only by luring the snake out of the hole can you take seven inches, and when the time comes, you can follow far behind with the forbidden army, and I should be able to protect myself!"
What's more, the dark guards of the Ghost Tower will also go with him, even if they never appear, but he can always feel their existence for twelve hours without stopping, he believes in dancing all night, believing in dancing with the same eyes as Hua Tingguo!
Feng Haoxuan, Nangong Siquan, this autumn is the beginning of their war! Nangong Siquan won't wait any longer, and Feng Haoxuan won't let Feng Haoxuan continue to plan!