Chapter Eighty-Three: Eastern Suburbs, Demon Beasts!

Sneaked out of the back door of the Li Mansion again, and after returning to the East Palace, Li Yiqi immediately went straight to the Wude Hall to find the crown prince Xia Qing.

The plan in his heart would not have been implemented without the approval and support of the prince, but when he came to the palace, he unexpectedly pounced, and the prince was not here at all.

"What about His Royal Highness, what about General Dong?" Li Yiqi looked at the servants waiting in the hall and asked suspiciously.

When he came in, not only did he not see the crown prince Xia Qing, but even Dong Xiong, the general on duty at the door, was not there.

His Highness left after lunch, accompanied by General Dong. The subordinate replied respectfully.

"Where did you go, in the palace?" Li Yiqi frowned slightly, and then asked.

"This ...... The minions don't know. The subordinate bowed down and replied cautiously.

"You go down first. ”

Li Yiqi waved at his subordinates expressionlessly, and said secretly in his heart: "It's been so long, because it's time to enter the palace." ”

"Pedal—"

Just when Li Yiqi was guessing the whereabouts of the crown prince, a heavy footstep came from outside the door, Li Yiqi looked back, and saw Han Li, whose face was still slightly pale, striding in, clasping his fists and saying, "My lord, you can be regarded as back." ”

"Huh?"

Hearing a hint of urgency in Han Li's tone, Li Yiqi couldn't help but look up at the other party and wondered, "General Han, what's wrong?"

"Your Highness has taken someone to the Eastern Suburbs Hunting Garden!" Han Li said.

"Eastern Suburbs Hunting Garden?!" Li Yiqi couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this.

He knew that the eastern suburbs were a mountain range in the east of Shangjing City, and there was a hunting garden there, which was specially built by the royal family of Great Xia, covering a huge area, equivalent to a primitive dense forest, with beautiful scenery, and there were many jackals, tigers and leopards and other fierce beasts in it, which could be regarded as a place for the royal family to hunt and play.

Moreover, every early spring, the imperial court will come forward to organize the descendants of the major families in the capital to enter the hunting garden to hunt, and those who hunt more can even get rewards from the royal family.

The Great Xia Dynasty established the country by force, and the imperial court also had its purpose in doing so:

First, you can take the opportunity to hone and hone the bloody nature of these princes and disciples, so that when they go to the battlefield in the future, they will not be frightened by the smell of blood; second, they can see if there are any people who can take on great responsibilities in the future among the descendants of these princely families who are relied on by the imperial court.

Therefore, every year at the beginning of spring, the major families will send their best disciples into the eastern suburbs to gallop and show the style of men in the Xia Dynasty.

In the six arts of Confucian etiquette, the words "li", "music", "royal", "archery", "calligraphy", and "archery" in "shu" and "shu" refer to horseback riding and archery.

Li Yiqi also went to the hunting garden in the eastern suburbs a few times as a scholar of the palace, but he could barely pull two stone bows, even if he went, he drank tea in the pavilion, looked at the scenery, and at most reluctantly rode around the horse.

It was a fantasy to ask him to hunt, so he didn't feel anything about the direction of the land.

"However, now is not spring but winter, those mountain and forest beasts should rest, they should hide, it is difficult to find any prey, what can the prince do there? Hunt a hibernating black bear?" Thinking of this, Li Yiqi was suddenly puzzled in his heart, and couldn't help but look at Han Li and asked, "What is Your Highness going to the eastern suburbs to do at this time?"

"The last general heard rumors that the demon beast raised in the eastern suburbs devoured the guards of the forbidden army guarding it and got out of trouble. Han Li smiled bitterly and said, "This matter was in a uproar at the beginning, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince didn't know how to know about it, so he asked someone to accompany him to the East ......."

"Wait a minute!" Hearing this, Li Yiqi suddenly raised his hand to interrupt Han Li's words, and asked with some confusion, "General Han, what kind of demon beast are you talking about?"

In the eastern suburbs, there are all kinds of rabbits, elk, roe deer, honey badgers, and in the depths, there are black bears, lions, tigers, leopards, wild boars and other fierce beasts that are different from ordinary beasts, but there are no demon beasts.

Demon beasts, that is unique to the 100,000 mountains in the southwest.

Hearing this, Han Li grinned and asked, "My lord, it's the demon beast that was given to His Majesty as a birthday gift, don't you still know it?"

"Oh, it's the beast, the beast was raised in the eastern suburbs, I thought it was raised in the palace. Li Yiqi's eyes moved slightly, nodded, and his heart was suddenly relieved.

He had heard Gu Qianyang mention that demon beast a few times, saying that it was a birthday gift from Gao Yunzhi of the Anxi Army to Emperor Xia, and it was said that it could increase his strength and longevity with his blood alchemy. At that time, he didn't pay much attention to it, but he didn't expect that there would be such a big commotion now.

"Alas, the prince is really nonsense...... I'm not here, and you won't stop me. Li Yiqi closed his eyes helplessly, smiled bitterly and rubbed his temples. While he was thinking hard about recruiting talents for the East Palace, the prince still had a playful temperament, and he went wherever there was excitement, and this time he went to the eastern suburbs...... He suddenly felt a little tired in his heart.

"It is estimated that the prince's character is about to decline again in the courtiers' comments. Li Yiqi said secretly in his heart.

Hearing this, Han Li's face changed slightly, and he said with a wry smile: "My lord, you have misunderstood Your Highness this time. ”

"Misunderstanding?hehe, what do you say?" Li Yiqi blinked, sneered and asked, could it be that the prince didn't come to join in the fun?

"Before leaving, His Highness asked me and Brother Dong if it was a credit to capture this demon beast. ”

Han Li lowered his head and said in a deep voice, "Brother Dong and I didn't think much of it at the time, and casually replied 'yes', and then His Highness set off. ”

Hearing this, Li Yiqi's eyes flickered slightly, and he restrained the sneer on his face, and after a long time, the corners of his mouth slightly provoked a trace of imperceptible arc, raised his head, and sighed: "Our Highness, finally learned to think, it's not easy." ”

"Your Excellency......" Han Li's eyelids jumped violently when he heard this, but he didn't dare to answer, his face was full of wry smiles.

"However, catching demon beasts is a matter for the forbidden army, and even if he goes, he may not be able to be one step faster than the forbidden army. Taking a step back, even if the demon beast is caught, this credit is not enough to speak in front of Emperor Xia, so that Emperor Xia will be gracious to the queen. Li Yiqi shook his head helplessly and sighed lightly, he already knew that he had misunderstood the prince this time.

"The prince's move, eighty percent is to please Emperor Xia, but unfortunately, it's just a demon beast, even if this demon beast was specially caught to refine the pill for Emperor Xia, how could Emperor Xia put it in his eyes. Li Yiqi shook his head, and secretly said in his heart, in his opinion, the prince's rare 'inspiration' is doing useless work.

"My lord, should we go after Your Highness, after all, the eastern suburbs are suburbs, with high mountains and dense forests, ravines and ravines, not as good as the capital. Han Li said with some concern.

"......" Li Yiqi heard this, pondered for a while, and asked, "How many people did the prince take?"

"One hundred East Palace guards. Han Li replied in a deep voice.

"Only a hundred?"

Hearing this, Li Yiqi's brows suddenly furrowed, and his face began to become a little solemn.

Demon beasts are no better than beasts and fierce beasts, he has heard that some demon beasts are not only infinitely powerful, but also have some special natural skills, and their strength is stronger than that of human warriors.

"However, there must still be the forbidden army in the eastern suburbs of Shangjing searching for that demon beast, as long as the prince is not rushing to the forefront, safety should not be a problem. Li Yiqi touched his chin slightly, his eyes flickered, he looked at Han Li, and asked, "The forbidden army should have started to look for that beast all over the mountains, right?"

"It should have started a long time ago, the beast was out of trouble last night, when the news came at first, there was a lot of uproar in the palace, in order not to cause a commotion in the market, the news was quickly suppressed by the forbidden army. Han Li replied respectfully, "The forbidden army searched the mountain overnight that night, and it is estimated that it will be found within two or three days. ”

These news were also inquired by him through acquaintances in the forbidden army.

"That's good......"

Hearing Han Li's words, Li Yiqi breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, it shouldn't be too much of a problem for the forbidden army to go all out to hunt down a demon beast, and the more the forbidden army dispatched, the safer the prince's side would be, after all, it was impossible for the forbidden army to know that there was a prince present and not send anyone to protect it.

"Let's go, take the rest of the guards, and we'll pick up Your Highness, this matter has nothing to do with us. Li Yiqi thought for a moment, and immediately made a decision, he walked a few steps, suddenly paused, turned his head to look at Han Li, and asked, "By the way, General, how are your injuries?" If not, stay in the palace. ”

"The end will be fine. Han Li's face showed a look of determination, and he clenched his fists and said, "I am willing to go with my lord." ”

"Okay, let's go. Li Yiqi smiled slightly.

After the two discussed, they immediately counted the remaining people in the East Palace.

Five hundred guards of the prince's mansion were taken away by the prince One hundred, and there were four hundred left, Li Yiqi left another hundred people to guard the East Palace, and took the remaining three hundred guards out of the palace city while the sky was not completely dark, and three hundred people rode fast horses all the way to the eastern suburbs.

......

Eastern suburbs, hunting garden.

At this moment, this place has been blocked by the forbidden army, and from a distance, there is a faint firelight all over the mountains, which is a forbidden army soldier holding a torch. At the foot of the mountain, one camp tent after another has been neatly set up at this moment, with three steps and one post, five steps and one sentry, and the guards are tight.

Among the temporary military tents, the most central is the camp tent belonging to the generals of the forbidden army, the camp tent is surrounded by torches and black flags, under the flagpole, a strong black armor soldier holding a halberd, one by one looks indifferent, with evil in his eyes, and a strong breath.

"What did you say?, how could you lose it?!"

Inside the tent, a big man wearing black gold chain mail had blue tendons on his forehead and bloodshot eyes, and he was roaring wildly at his subordinates.

"General, the crown prince...... He doesn't listen to his subordinates. ”

A kneeling general's body trembled, his face and forehead were covered with sweat, his back was already soaked, and the whole person looked as if he had just been fished out of the river, looking extremely frightened.

"Put your mother's fart, you can't do this thing, what's the use of Lao Tzu keeping you?!"

The big man in the black gold chain mail, with a pair of tiger eyes full of bloodshots, roared at his subordinates, and with a 'bang', he pulled out the long sword at his waist, and in the blink of an eye, he was about to slash at the subordinates kneeling on the ground.

"General, stop!"

"Think twice, general!"

“......”

Seeing this, the rest of the soldiers in the tent were taken aback and hurriedly got up to stop them.

"Newspaper—"

At this time, a herald suddenly shouted outside: "General, someone from the East Palace is here again, I want to see the general!"

"What?!"

The big man wearing the black gold chain mail was suddenly shocked in his heart, this prince had just disappeared, and he hadn't reported it yet, so why did someone come to the East Palace.

"General Yan is here?"

Just when the big man was at a loss, an extremely young voice suddenly sounded outside the tent, and before the voice fell, a long white figure opened the curtain and walked in.