"This? Is it a beast? "At this moment, inside and outside the house, the only one who doesn't feel nervous at all is probably Zhang Qian.

The moment he saw the beast, he recognized what kind of animal the other party was. And almost called out the scientific name of the animal, giraffe. However, Ran remembered Zhang Jiuling's previous advice on the road, so he had to desperately keep his mouth tight, look away, look at his nose and his heart, and make a clay wood carving.

"Grab it, use a rope, a rope to cover its front hooves!" A shepherd in the uniform of an eight-rank official rushed in and commanded four horsemen holding ropes, preparing to "capture" the giraffe by catching horses. Unexpectedly, the giraffe was already overfrightened and ferocious, and when he saw someone approaching him, he immediately faced a hedge. (Note: Pastoral Superintendent, National Nutrition Horse Farm.) ）

"Bang!" Dragged down by the official robe, the pastoral supervisor was unable to dodge, was knocked upside down and flew out, and had a close contact with the wall, and in an instant, blood was spitting from his mouth, and life and death were uncertain.

The grooms were so frightened that they hurriedly threw down their ropes and turned around to flee for their lives, but the giraffe chased them from behind, and kicked them all with their hooves. (Note: Giraffes are docile, but they are incredibly powerful, and there are videos of them kicking over lions in reality.) ）

A few more palace guards who arrived in a hurry decisively bent their bows and arrows. Before the bowstring could be full, on the steps of the main entrance of the Zichen Palace, another angry cry suddenly sounded, "Bold, put down the bow and arrows." Hurt the Rui Beast, do you want to cause a natural disaster to Datang? ”

Look at the scolder again, he is about fifty years old, he has spent more than half of his hair, but he has red lips and white teeth, willow eyebrows and apricot eyes, he is not a scholar of the Ministry of War, which one?

Immediately, all the guards put away their horned bows and were silent. And the giraffe, maybe he found that there were many people on the guard's side, or maybe he heard Zong Chuke's scolding and mistook him for a predator like a jackal. Suddenly turned his head, took a step on the long legs thick of four pillars, and went straight to the door of Zichen Palace.

"Help-" The military department Shangshu Sect Chuke was so frightened that he turned around and fled into the hall screaming, "Close the door, close the door quickly, the emperor is inside!" ”

"Rescue-" shouted loudly, and at the same time sounded in Zhang Qian's ears. Zhou Jianliang, the general of the Shuofang army, who had previously asked him for the specific details and usage of "gunpowder", rushed out with an arrow step and went straight to the giraffe's front legs.

When he entered the palace to be summoned, his weapons were handed over at the palace gate. All you can rely on at the moment is a pair of fists. And the giraffe, seeing someone running towards him, decisively raised his front hooves again.

"Bang" Before being kicked by the giraffe, Zhou Jianliang suddenly came to an oblique vertical. With countless experiences of rolling between life and death, he can avoid the huge deer hooves. The ground he had passed on before had been trampled to broken bricks, and cracks spread like spider webs.

"Bang!" "Bang!" Bang! The giraffe was too frightened, and couldn't find a direction to escape, so he missed the blow, and immediately regarded Zhou Jianliang, who was closest to him, as a great enemy of life and death, turned his body to chase him, and kept raising his legs and stepping on him.

"Brother Zhou, run to a high place, run to a high place, get out of the way. Giraffes are all on the front hooves and don't bite! I couldn't bear to see a good man who had been on the border for the country for many years, dying under the frightened hooves of a frightened deer, Zhang Qian instinctively tore open his throat and reminded loudly.

However, his voice was quickly drowned out in a panicked shout.

"Help, help, come over to me, block the palace gate. The emperor is inside, and he can't let this fierce beast hurt the emperor! ”

"You, what about you, come here, don't hide!"

Seeing that Zhou Jianliang would die at any time, a few guys dressed as eunuchs and officials did not order the guards to help. Instead, he jumped to his feet, opened his throat, and shouted everyone in his field of vision to block the main entrance of Zichen Palace.

"Put away the bow and arrows, hurt the beast, only you ask!"

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"That scar-faced soldier, don't hurt the beast, find a way to lure the beast outside. Lead to the open space in front of Hanyuan store, and give you a piece of miracle work! ”

The last sentence finally involved Zhou Jianliang, the general of the Shuofang army. But instead of telling him to be careful of his own life, he was afraid that he would hurt the giraffe and delay some people to continue to pay tribute to auspiciousness.

That Zhou Jianliang, with his bare hands, was already forced to be embarrassed by the crazy giraffe. All relied on his loyalty to the Tang Emperor and was struggling to support. Suddenly, when he heard the orders of the eunuchs and officials, his eyes darkened with anger, and the movements of his hands and feet slowed down by half a beat in an instant.

And the rui beast in the mouth of the eunuchs and officials will not let Zhou Jianliang go just because he heard the order prohibiting harm to himself. Seeing that the opponent's dodging movement suddenly slowed down, he accelerated and rushed forward a few steps, and his two front hooves raised his face and smashed down alternately like a hammer.

"It's over-" Zhang Jiuling and the others closed their eyes in pain, not daring to look at Zhou Jianliang being smashed into pulp.

However, the screams did not appear for a long time. The sound of iron hooves smashing on the ground suddenly slowed down, from a drum beating, to a rhythmic percussion, and then, to a hesitant beating, "Bang, bang, bang-", after a long time, it reappeared.

Everyone opened their eyes in surprise, only to see that the strange beast had given up the pursuit of Zhou Jianliang, turned his head, and looked at a cyan official robe that everyone was familiar with, hesitantly.

The official in the green robe held a Qi plate in one hand, and threw oranges, citrus, candied fruits, dried fruits and other things that had been used to pass the time for everyone to pass the time towards the strange beast's nose one after another. Every movement is very gentle.

"Yoshiaki!" Zhang Jiuling's heart was instantly mentioned in his throat and eyes, but he didn't dare to shout too loudly, for fear of disturbing the strange beast and letting Zhang Qian die under the iron hoof.

And Zhang Qian, after losing a few fruit preserves, interfered with the attention of the strange beast. Unexpectedly, he lifted the entire Qipan with both hands, slowly raised it above his head, and from a position less than a zhang away, he sent an invitation to the strange beast in a very gentle voice, "Come, don't be afraid, eat." Eat a little, I know you're hungry. Come, you're welcome, I'm going to ask you to ......."

"Yongzhao-" Zhou Jianliang, who escaped death, saw that his eyes were about to burst, but he gritted his teeth and stopped, not daring to interfere with Zhang Qian's mind.

"Master Zhang-" The green-skinned parrots who had been waiting with Zhang Qian to "chase the court" also covered their mouths with their hands, staring at his every move without blinking. lest the sound of his mouth make him fall short.

Zhang Qian, on the other hand, didn't notice the movements of the people around him at all. With sweat on his head, he slowly retreated. As he retreated, he continued to extend an invitation to the giraffe, "Come, eat a little, you're welcome." I don't think it's to your taste, but it's better to make do than to eat grass. ”

Impulsive, impulsive again, originally just wanted to use food to interfere with the giraffe's attention, but he didn't expect that Zhou Jianliang would not be killed. actually attracted the giraffe's attention to his side!

Others don't know the attack power of giraffes, but Zhang Qian is clear. Adult giraffes are docile and can get angry, and a single hoof can kick off a lion's waist.

It's just that no matter how fast your two legs are, you can't outrun the giraffe's four big thick legs. Therefore, although he was so frightened that his voice changed his tone, Zhang Qian could only continue to work hard to support, "Come, on the ground, those on the ground are delicious." You come a little bit, and you can dissipate your anger. It's not easy for you on this cold day. Eating more can help keep your body temperature warm. You guys, who do me a favor and bring more fruit and preserves. It's better to bring something salty, it's, it's rare to eat salt once! ”

The next few words were obviously said to the surrounding humans, although the voice was very low and a little trembling, but they were clearly heard by everyone.

Immediately, Zhou Jianliang bent his waist, leaned against the root of the wall, and went straight to the wing room where everyone was waiting to "chase the court". In the wing room, Zhang Jiuling and others sent out all the snacks and fruits prepared for the officials on plates.

"Come, eat a little, don't be afraid. Yes, don't be afraid, you see, I'm shorter than you, and I don't have a knife in my hand. Zhang Qian didn't care to see who heard his cry for help, and continued to slowly retreat while concentrating most of his attention, staring at the giraffe's reaction. Always keep a good distance from the latter.

Looking at the giraffe again, maybe he vented enough anger in his heart, or maybe he was really hungry. He slowly followed, bowing his head to lick the fruit and preserves on the plate. As soon as the pink tongue curled, it emptied most of the tray.