Autumn is high and cool, the sky is clear, more than two hundred miles to the east outside the Chengxuan Gate of the capital, a large group of carriages and horses are marching towards the East Furnace Mountain, the long convoy is all covered with black cloth, no one can see what is carried on the carriage.

And Donglu Mountain has been heavily guarded as early as half a month ago, and unknowingly thought that it was preparing for another foreign invasion, but above the heavy troops, it was a song and dance.

King Jing, dressed in military uniform, looked in high spirits surrounded by the ministers on the left and right, and his face was full of red light. He is nearly forty years old, but he has a big wine bag belly, and he is five or six years old, especially when he stands next to a group of young soldiers with a sturdy posture, he looks even more bloated and bulky. However, he has a white face, although his eyes are cloudy, but his face is not too bad. While listening to the ministers boasting in their ears, his eyes were aimed at the palace maid who was carrying a fruit plate to the tent not far away, if it weren't for the guards beside him to remind him, it is estimated that he couldn't help but follow back.

King Jing came back to his senses and looked at Zhu Mingyun who was hiding in the crowd, and immediately stretched out his hand to beckon him forward, and praised him greatly: "Hahaha, today is really a good day, I didn't expect that even the owner of Zhu Shaozhuang could come, it is really so appreciative." Everyone was secretly surprised when they heard this, they didn't expect that the silent young man around him would be the young owner of Wanshun Village, and King Jing was so polite to him, could it be that there was another secret that the Zhu family had provoked Long Yan's anger before.

Zhu Mingyun humbly made a big gift to King Jing, showed a reserved and polite smile, and replied without being arrogant or humble: "Where did the prince say, it is an honor for the grass people to be invited to participate in this grand event, how dare you mention the word "big driver." ”

King Jing looked at Zhu Mingyun's courtesy and courtesy, and appreciated it in his heart. His tone pretended to be reproachful, but he smiled and said, "Hey, what you say is out of sight." Although my father listened to the slander and said that Wan Shunzhuang colluded with the Netherworld, I believe in your innocence. King Jing's words made his position clear, but it also made many people gasp.

Zhu Mingyun's aunt, who is also the concubine of the current emperor, died of illness in the palace not long ago. Insiders know that it was actually Concubine Shu who was robbed by the underworld on the way back to the palace from visiting relatives. But he was sent back to the palace unscathed, and the emperor became suspicious, not only gave the concubine death. He also took the title of Wanshunzhuang's generational imperial businessman. Moreover, the Zhu family was placed under house arrest in the capital, and the money houses in various cities seemed to be under the control of the government, and everyone thought that the Zhu family had fallen. I didn't expect Zhu Mingyun to be invited to participate in King Jing's hunting party, and he also received such a high value from King Jing. There were some alert eyes. I've already started to use my brains.

The emperor had a total of eight sons, except for the youngest son, who was not enthroned because of his humble biological mother, among the other seven sons, only the crown prince and the second-ranked King Jing remained with the emperor. The crown prince has been under house arrest in the East Palace for many years and has not heard from him, and King Jing has begged to enter the knees of Jingchengen, which is quite appreciated by the emperor. Although King Jing is the worst and incompetent, he is the most likely successor. Who accidentally stuttered.

If Zhu Mingyun climbs on King Jing's thigh, then King Jing will ascend the throne in the future. Wanshunzhuang wants to make a comeback, it is as easy as a snap.

Zhu Mingyun only kept a reserved smile and politely said: "The prince is well aware of righteousness and knows everything!" ”

"Hehe, but it's okay if the head of the imperial merchant is withdrawn, and you have been choked for so many years. Especially your flower-like sister, if you enter the palace at this time, you will be sinned. King Jing raised his eyebrows and glanced at Zhu Mingyun, "By the way, she is not young this year." ”

"Twenty-nine this year." Zhu Mingyun smiled, a hint of fierceness flashed in his eyes, and he quickly regained his composure.

"Twenty-nine is just in time, hahahaha." The crowd didn't know it, and only echoed King Jing and laughed loudly.

Zhu Mingyun endured the anger in his heart, saw Gu Lianzhao standing with the people of the Soldiers and Horses, and glimpsed that King Jing had turned to talk to others, Zhu Mingyun strode towards Gu Lianzhao, deliberately making a surprised expression, "Gu Yanshi, I didn't expect you to come to this grand event, by the way, I almost forgot that you were a celebrity in front of King Jing." ”

also didn't expect Zhu Mingyun to participate in this hunting meeting, Gu Lianzhao was stunned at first, and then thought that he deliberately lured himself to anger that day, and almost injured Ran Ran, his anger suddenly rose, and he said viciously: "The surname Zhu, don't be complacent too early, I will never show mercy to my subordinates this time." ”

Hunting, as the name suggests, is a competition in which whoever catches the most prey and the rarest is the winner. In previous years, the emperor personally brought people here, but this year, because of the concubine, he was sick in bed, and he even pushed the early dynasty several times, let alone went out hunting. King Jing interceded and took the lead in leading his ministers to come to the autumn patrol to hunt, but King Jing brought most of his cronies and neutral ministers, so the whole hunting meeting seemed to be happy.

Every year, those who win the hunt usually receive an additional reward from the Emperor, and although the Emperor did not come this time, there are still many people who want to show their skills in front of King Jing.

Everyone was dressed in armor and was full of energy, and they were privately discussing what they would hunt this time, when someone suddenly exclaimed: "Hey, why are there so many prisoners?" ”

Listening to the exclamation, everyone's eyes looked ahead, and seven or eight carriages covered with black cloth slowly stopped. As soon as the black cloth covering the car was lifted, the people who were not locked in the cage immediately curled up and hugged each other, as if the evil ghost had seen the light, and they all hugged and trembled. In front of each carriage, there were several jailers, who opened the cages, shouted at the people in the carriage, and forced them to kneel in a row in the direction of King Jing.

King Jing looked at the prisoners in death row uniforms kneeling quietly, nodded and smiled with satisfaction, and explained to the minister next to him who was chattering and puzzled: "By the way, I forgot to tell you that birds and beasts will not be released during this hunt. My father has been in poor health recently, and he wanted to start an amnesty for the world, but he was rejected by the old bones of the Hanlin Academy. Since this is the case, we don't force it, so I discussed with the Criminal Department and released these death row inmates. Give them five days, and if they can escape the pursuit within five days, let them live, or else they will be immediately back and executed. ”

This can scare many people, most of the birds and animals hunted in the past have been domesticated, and basically even if they can't be caught, they don't have to worry about the danger to their lives. However, this time they have to hunt death row prisoners, not to mention that they have hands, feet and brains, in case they encounter any of the most vicious and are attacked in turn, then their lives will not be guaranteed.

Even Gu Lianzhao was secretly surprised, he had never heard the Yao family mention that King Jing wanted to use death row prisoners as prey, King Jing decided like this, presumably the palace did not know about it. Isn't he afraid that the emperor will blame him for such an arrogant and cruel act?

The chief of the palace who followed King Jing saw that everyone's faces were worried, and the previous high fighting spirit was instantly extinguished, and King Jing also looked a little displeased, and he stood up to relieve the siege: "Rest assured, the whole mountain is fenced, they can't escape, and there are soldiers on the mountain, if they dare to resist, the secret guard will not let them go." ”

"But they're all human!" I don't know who whispered.

"Hmph, they are all death row prisoners, they should have been beheaded after the autumn, and now this king has given them a chance, which can be regarded as accumulating virtue for their father!" King Jing's face showed a look of indignation, and he swept in the direction where Fang had just complained, "You usually claim to have great abilities and excellent martial arts, now let's see if you can arrest them back." ”

A dog-legged official came out and asked flatteringly, "Go back to the prince, what if you accidentally kill them?" ”

King Jing raised his eyebrows and said contemptuously: "Kill it, kill it, anyway, they are all damned people, if they can be captured alive, this king will reward each of them with five hundred gold!" ”

"Yes!" Hearing that it doesn't matter if you kill someone, you can still have a reward if you catch it alive, and the fighting spirit that has just been suppressed by conscience is stirred up again. (To be continued......)