In the early hours of the morning, on a mountain peak on the left side of the Luohe River waterway, Wang Chonggu carried his hands and looked at a three-story boat that was sailing slowly on the river.

"Father-in-law, I think that guy is not coming. ”

On Wang Chonggu's side, a young man with a white face and beard let out a breath of white air: "There is news from Wei Ruo's side, saying that someone is shooting a book on the night shift to inform him of the whereabouts of this slave ship. Clearly, the man was alert and wanted to take our lead. ”

This person's name is Gong Yuanji, and he is an embroidered general. And the Wei Ruo he was talking about was one of his colleagues, and he was also the official to the position of the embroidered general.

"I don't think he'd be able to show up if he was smart. However, if he can find Wei Ruo, he is very well-informed. ”

Wang Chonggu's face did not have too much disappointment. He still looked calm, and continued to look at the river: "Let people do it, look at this ship, what's going on?"

When Gong Yuan heard this, he was stunned: "Don't you wait for the people from the Eight Divisions of the Demon Dragon to trade?" Zhu Cang said that the place of trading with them is the dock in front. ”

"The boat has the wrong draft. ”

Wang Chonggu's white eyebrows frowned slightly: "If it is really a thousand men and women in the prime of life, where can the side of the ship float so high? There has been no light on the ship - in short, you let people board the ship to have a look." ”

Gong Yuanji's expression was awe-inspiring, and he personally ran down the hill. Then there were more than a dozen fast boats, starting from the river bank, and on the surface of the river, they brought out white marks.

After a while, the three-story boat sailing in the middle of the river was surrounded by a group.

And when Gong Yuanji boarded the ship with a large number of embroidered guards, he immediately frowned. The ship was full of corpses that had been dead for a long time, and at the same time, there was a strong smell of blood, which penetrated into his ears and nose.

"Send a signal to my father-in-law and let him come and take a look!"

Gong Yuanji said as he strode towards the staircase on the lower deck: "Find the person at the helm of the ship, stay alive! Search all the corpses and see if there are any clues-"

Also here, Gong Yuanji suddenly paused, and he smelled a strange smell.

The smell had been suppressed under the smell of blood, but when he approached the staircase, it was so strong that it was pungent.

And Gong Yuanji's pupils also contracted into a needle at this moment.

"If there is brimstone, give me back! Everyone leave the ship quickly!"

Gong Yuanji himself did the same, he took three steps into two steps, and jumped directly from the boat.

And it was at Gong Yuanji, who had just jumped into the water for less than three breaths, and only heard a loud bang. The three-story ship suddenly burst into flames, and a huge tongue of fire swept around a distance of 200 zhang, covering almost the entire surface of the river.

Then there was the monstrous water wave, which set off more than thirty zhang, and the huge force shock, even Gong Yuanji, who was below the surface of the water, could not be spared. A mouthful of blood spat out of his mouth.

At this time, Wang Chonggu, who was located on the top of the mountain in the distance, was already pale, the anger in his eyes had almost turned into substance, and his fists were clenched tightly, and a trace of uncontrollable true yuan tore out deep marks on the ground that were several feet deep.

What Wang Chonggu didn't know was that just twenty miles away from the scene of the incident, an ink armor covered with black canvas as a camouflage was also watching this scene fixedly. The pupils in the sight hole were flashing thoughtfully.

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A few days later, a huge queue of more than ten miles long set off from the school field at the east gate of Luoyang and marched in the direction of Xingyang.

The so-called winter hunting is a ritual system handed down from the Shang and Zhou dynasties.

"Zuo Chuan: Five Years of the Hidden Father" cloud: "Therefore, spring and summer seedlings, autumn and winter hunting, are all in the agricultural gap to talk about things." ”

It means searching and hunting for unpregnant animals in the spring, hunting for animals that harm crops in the summer, killing and injuring animals in the autumn, and hunting birds and beasts in the winter.

This is the name of the four-season hunt, through organized hunting, to achieve the purpose of military exercises.

In ancient times, the materials were not abundant, the population was scarce, the suburbs were full of wolves, and the bears, lions and tigers were rampant in the wild, so the Son of Heaven and the leaders of the tribes would personally organize a large-scale hunt every season during the slack season, on the one hand, to hunt meat, on the other hand, to remove the wild beasts in the suburbs, and protect the people and agricultural hunting.

By the time of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty and the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the population was prosperous. During these four seasons, hunting gradually became a formality, and the purpose was no longer to hunt and expel tigers, leopards and beasts. At that time, wars between the kingdoms were frequent, and many kings took this opportunity to train the military horses in the country.

When the Son of Heaven in the Western Han Dynasty, he developed this into a ritual system, and all dynasties followed it, until the end of the Western Han Dynasty, it was gradually abandoned, and then the Wei and Jin dynasties, for various reasons, simply forgot about it and banned it.

Until the Wuhu Chaohua, the Son of Heaven of the Hu people himself loved riding and shooting, so he picked up this rule again, and it was not wrong to have fun and train military horses.

And today's Great Sui Emperor, when he was still a prince, loved to hunt. Even after he succeeded to the throne, he did not let go of this preference, as long as he was in the Eastern Capital, he would not fall behind.

Li Shimin's expression was quite relaxed, with 1,100 knights of his subordinate Xuanjiadu, as well as 2,400 heavily armored soldiers of the Great Cause Palace, walking in the middle and rear of this 'long snake'.

He had already crossed the danger just now, and not long after he set off, the Son of Heaven led a group of ministers to personally ride and parade the whole army.

When passing by the queue, Li Shimin saw that His Majesty's expression was actually a little dissatisfied. But this one just frowned and didn't say much.

At least the knights of Xuanjiadu were able to ride their horses steadily, and they were able to maintain a neat queue when they were marching. All the soldiers also look powerful, with majestic bodies, and their fierce spirit is exposed.

If you don't observe them closely, you won't be able to see the essence of their gold and jade.

And the other iron cavalry can't even do superficial work. The queue was scattered, and those war horses still ran down the farmland below the royal road from time to time.

Li Shimin could hear the hoarse reprimands and roars of those colleagues from afar.

His Yin Yang Yuan Pupil could also see the pale face of the famous martial arts commander.

The Son of Heaven did not reprimand him on the spot, but only after that, the reward that His Majesty asked the chamberlain to send can know this person's mood.

Li Shimin obtained a pair of white and flawless jade, a pair of 600 refined thousand cattle knives, and a well-made horse lance, which was almost inferior to the divine soldiers, and 1,500 taels of gold.

The other lieutenants only got five hundred taels of gold.

However, this also brought side effects, and when Li Shimin communicated with several colleagues, he keenly noticed that these guys looked at him differently. The eyes are red, it is a kind of envy, jealousy and hatred and other emotions mixed with eyes.

Li Shimin didn't care much about this. Born in the martial arts Li family's family background, it is enough to suppress these jealousy and dissatisfaction for him, none of these martial arts captains can compare with him in family history.

In the army, one relies on ability, two relies on meritorious service, three relies on family, and four relies on seniority.

He can handle the first three things, and they are all top-notch, enough to convince the public. The only thing that's a little worse is age. But none of his colleagues is more than twenty-five years old, and their qualifications are not too deep, so they are not much better than him.

What's more, most of the people in the army are straightforward men. It's not that there are no villains who stab in the back and stumble, but after all, there are still not many.

Compared with the jealousy of these colleagues, the importance and favor of the Son of Heaven are undoubtedly much more important.

This is true both for him and for the martial arts Li clan.

Li Shimin's subordinates were also very happy. The Son of Heaven gave Li Shimin a generous reward, but he did not leave them behind.

And his eldest brother, the eldest grandson Wuji, got eight hundred taels of gold and a thousand cattle knife given by the emperor. The quality is not as good as Li Shimin's, but it is also a rare knife.

However, this one is also a little envious, looking at Li Shimin's newly replaced Qianniu knife and horse lance.

"Viruja, don't you feel ashamed of it? Someone else should have gotten these two weapons?"

When Li Shimin heard this, he immediately smiled dumbly: "Brother Wuji wants it, it's a pity that this is a gift from the emperor, otherwise I will give it to you, I have two other sets at home, and there is no shortage of this." ”

After hearing this, the eldest grandson Wuji almost wanted to vomit blood. It's not for the ridicule in Li Shimin's words, the indifferent attitude in this guy's words is the most hurtful.

"You bastard! don't want me to help you next time. ”

The eldest grandson Wuji cursed first, and then said in a condensed voice: "You are also careful yourself, haven't you noticed that the Son of Heaven is actually not very satisfied with your Great Cause Palace." ”

Even these soldiers of the Great Cause Hall have been rewarded with some silver money, but compared to the Xuanjia Rider, it is actually much inferior - this actually represents the attitude of the Son of Heaven.

"I know!"

Li Shimin's expression was helpless, these days, Luoyang City has been full of turmoil, and his own affairs are also complicated. I can't pay attention to official business at all.

I really hope that after this turmoil, Luoyang City can calm down a little——。

However, he wants to avenge Li Xuanba, and also find the mastermind behind the scenes, his god is bloody, and he is destined to set off a bloody storm and make waves in Luoyang City.

Thinking of this, Li Shimin couldn't help but smile bitterly again: "Xuanjiadu here, you pay attention to help me watch, I have to go to a few emperors and grandchildren to have a look." Pay special attention to that kid, don't let him get into trouble. ”

As he spoke, he glanced at someone behind him, squinting,

The eldest grandson Wuji knew this, and he was talking about Hou Junji, the captain of the Xuanjia Right Brigade.

He couldn't help but smile contemptuously: "Don't worry, the entire Xuanjia knows what kind of person this guy is, and he will never follow him." If he can't hold back and does something stupid, it's his own death. ”