In March of the first year of Song Jianzhong's Yasukuni reign, and in March of the first year of Liao Qiantong, Liao's Shangjing Linhuang Mansion was well watered.

Haoshuiluo is a side branch lake in the middle and lower reaches of the Haoli River, and Liaozhi Asi Luduo is located near Haoshuiluo, which is placed by Emperor Yelu Hongji of Liao Daozong, and Haoshui Luoluduo is also called "Taihe Palace".

The so-called Huluduo, which means the palace tent or the palace, is the royal residence of the Turkic, Mongolian, Khitan and other nomadic peoples and the harem management and inheritance, and can also be understood as the emperor's palace tent, the emperor's palace, which is not fixed, but migrated around.

The Liao emperors generally set up one or more Huluduo, which were subordinate to the emperor, and after the death of the imperial family, they passed to the next successor to the throne. At the same time, all the Zhu Lu Duo are subordinate to the emperor of the current dynasty, and the Zhu Lu Duo is collectively called the "Great Horizontal Tent".

In addition to the Khitans, there are many Xi people, Bohai people, Jurchens, and of course there are Han people. In addition to this, there were a large number of slaves in Zarud.

In the Huluduo, the leather room army is the emperor's guard and pro-army, which is the elite division, and the Huluduo households are both in one and two positions, engaged in nomadic production on weekdays, guarding the safety of Huluduo, and is the emperor's subordinate army in wartime, called the "palace army".

In addition to the wartime conscription of the Huluduo households, the emperor can also temporarily recruit the Huluduo households, such as the Liao Emperors are very fond of the four seasons hunting.

Haoshuiluo is a side branch lake in the middle and lower reaches of the Haoli River, the lake water is clear, turquoise, shining under the sunlight, the whole lake is like an emerald inlaid on the earth.

On the lake, a large number of swans fly here from the south to lay eggs and breed in March and April every year.

At this time, thousands of swans, as white as snow, flapping their wide and thick wings, frolicked on the turquoise surface of the lake, splashing countless crystal water.

A beautiful scene full of life.

"Woo... Woo... Woo... At this moment, a long, low trumpet suddenly sounded in front of dozens of felt tents not far away, and the sound of the trumpets startled the swans playing on the surface of the lake, and they stretched their wings and flew into the air.

As the horn sounded, countless Khitan warriors, riding their horses and whips, surrounded by a young knight in golden helmets and armor, rushed to the front of the good water lake.

"Your Majesty?" A Khitan warrior rode his horse and galloped in front of the young knight in golden armor, and immediately bowed down and asked.

"Let's get started!" The young knight in golden armor raised the whip in his hand and pointed to the lake.

"Take my bow!" The young knight in golden armor then said excitedly.

When a Khitan warrior heard this, he handed the young knight a pair of golden-winged bows.

"Whew... Oh... Oh... The young knight raised his golden-winged bow with one hand, and lightly clamped his legs between his hips, and the horse rushed out like an arrow, rushing towards the lake.

Countless Khitan warriors also galloped on horseback, followed the young knight to the lake, and bent their bows and arrows to shoot at the swans in the lake.

The young knight of Jinjia is His Majesty Yelu Yanxi, the current emperor of Liao, who has just turned twenty-six years old this year, and is the son of Yelu Jun, who was posthumously presented as Liao Shunzong, and the grandson of Yelu Hongji of Liao Daozong.

Yelu Yanxi Taikang was born in the first year, and was almost killed by the powerful minister Yelu Yixin, but fortunately Xiao Wuna protected him thoroughly. In the sixth year of Taikang, he guarded the Taiwei and Zhongshu Order, was awarded the title of King of Liang, and entered the King of Yan and the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses. Daan became the heir to the throne in the seventh year. On the thirteenth day of the first month of the seventh year of Shouchang, Yelu Hongji died, so Yelu Yanxi was enthroned by his will, and the ministers were honored as "Tianzuo Emperor". On the first day of February of the same year, the name of the year was changed to Qiantong, and amnesty was granted to the world

The thirteenth day of the first month of the seventh year of Shouchang is the thirteenth day of the first month of the first year of Song Jianzhong, which means that the Liao Emperor Yelu Yanxi ascended the throne exactly one year later than the Song Emperor Zhao Ji, and two days earlier than Li Sanjian's cane to kill Zhao Xin...

The four seasons of hunting are loved by the Liao emperors, and the new emperor of Liao, Yelu Yanxi, is even more loved, which can be described as fanatic, so Yelu Yanxi ascended the throne not long ago, leaving behind countless political affairs in the court that urgently need to be solved, regardless of the fact that he has just ascended the throne, the court is still undercurrent, regardless of the fact that the Liao court has not yet stabilized, regardless of the cold bones of the first emperor Yelu Hongji, he ran to the good water to hunt swans...

Autumn and winter are cold, spring and summer are summer, and fishing with aquatic plants is normal. Each of the four seasons has its own place, which is called a bowl.

The Khitan was a nation on horseback, and the Khitan emperor still maintained a nomadic lifestyle after the founding of the country. Every year in spring, summer, autumn and winter, the Liao emperors would take turns to live in a different place, called the Four Seasons Bowl.

Among them, the spring bowl, that is, from the beginning of the first month to the beginning of March, is generally for hunting swans, fishing, etc.; The summer bowl is from mid-April to mid-July, mainly for summer retreat, political discussion, and hunting; The autumn bowl is in the middle of July, mainly to shoot deer, bears and so on; The winter bowl is after October, which is to avoid the cold, discuss politics, hunt tigers, wolves, and so on.

Hunting, in the Song Dynasty, it was also called "field hunting", "feather hunting", "hunting", "beating" and so on.

Every day of hunting for the Liao Emperor, there are not only generals, warriors, guards, soldiers, palace people, servants, hunters and other people to accompany him, but also the queen and many concubines, princes, princesses to follow, it can be said that there are a large number of people, the momentum is huge.

They hunted tigers, leopards, wolves, rabbits, roe deer, deer, birds, and birds to be sacrificed. From the prey obtained to the distribution and reward after the end, there is a complex set of etiquette, like a well-planned major military battle.

At this time, Yelu Yanxi hunted swans and personally led 2,000 leather room troops and 3,000 temporarily recruited Huluduo households, plus concubines, princes, princesses, ministers and others, a total of six or seven thousand people hunted together. And the Huluduo people can hardly do anything these days, only accompany Yelu Yanxi to shoot swans, fish, etc.

This is Yelu Yanxi's first hunt after his accession to the throne, and of course, the pomp and circumstance should be as big as possible. 020

With Yelu Yanxi's order, the Khitan warriors galloped wildly, along the shore of the lake to the lake to shoot their bows and arrows, for a while, the arrows rained down, covering the sky and the sun, countless swans in the arrows made a burst of neighing sounds, fell from the air, and fell into the lake with a poof.

Braving the rain of arrows, hundreds of slaves and Huludo dwellers jumped on rafts and rowed into the lake, and plunged into the water to catch the swans that had been hit by the arrows.

If you offer a swan to Yelu Yanxi, it is best to be immortal by an arrow, or even catch a swan alive, then you can get a rich reward, and even be crowned an official and knighted

So, what's the point of taking some risks?

Countless swans were shot down from the air by sharp arrows, and many swans fled to the other side of the lake.

"When... While... While... ”

"Crackle! Crackling! Crackling! ”

At this time, there were bursts of piercing sounds on the other side of the lake, and countless households beat gongs and drums, set off firecrackers, and erected several terrifying totems on the other side of the lake, desperately driving the swans to the shore where Yelu Yanxi was.

Many of the households jumped into the lake, rowed rafts, and chased the swans.

His Majesty the Great Liao Emperor loved to hunt swans, but his archery skills were commonplace, so he had to drive the swans closer to him in order to win the favor of Yelu Yanxi.

The lake was turbulent, coupled with the chaos of the scene, and the northerners were not accustomed to boats, so there were many swans from the Huluduo households who did not catch up, but fell into the water, and the sound of popping continued to sound, just like dumplings in the lake.

At this time, although it is spring, but the spring in the north is still relatively cold, the lake water is very cold to the bone, many of the households of Huluduo have been fished up, they have already been frozen to the face blue, shivering for a long time unable to speak, and even some people were directly frozen to death.

However, despite this, there are still many households in Huluduo, regardless of the danger of falling into the water, rowing rafts and driving swans.

At this time, the people of Huludo not only had to risk falling into the water, but also braved the rain of arrows and the risk of being injured by bows and arrows as they got closer to the opposite shore.

On the shore of the lake, Yelu Yanxi rode an unusually supernatural, jujube-red royal horse, laughed, and kept bending his bow and arrows, shooting at the swans in the lake, but 。。。。。

It's just that the feather arrow shot by Yelu Yanxi didn't hit a swan... It is said that the swans have long been frightened, and many swans have already spread their wings and flown into the distance, so Yelu Yanxi did not shoot a single swan, but heard a burst of exclamations from the lake.

"Someone got an arrow...

"Quick, get on the raft."

Yelu Yanxi was stunned for a moment when he heard this, took a golden arrow, and shot another arrow into the lake...

The arrows went like meteors, and soon Yelu Yanxi and the others heard a miserable scream, and at the same time, there was also the sound of someone falling into the water.

"What a disappointment!" Yelu Yanxi threw away the bow and arrow in his hand, and said stupidly: "The injured person will reward each of them with two fat sheep, go back to recuperate." ”

In fact, at this time, Yelu Yanxi did not feel disappointed, but felt a little excited...

It turns out that shooting people is much more interesting than shooting animals... Yelu Yanxi thought excitedly in his heart.

"I'm tired... Yelu Yanxi then jumped off the royal horse, stretched and said.

"Come and wait for Your Majesty!" Hearing this, an attendant waved his hand and let the two palace maids who accompanied him come over.

The two fifteen-year-old palace maids of the Liao Palace walked to Yelu Yanxi's side one left and one right, and helped Yelu Yanxi to a place where the grass grew particularly lushly.

Yelu Yanxi lay on the ground, looking at the blue sky and white clouds, smelling the grass and the fragrance of the two girls beside her, and couldn't help but close her eyes comfortably.

The two girls began to untie their clothes, and at the same time, they also gave Yelu Yanxi wide clothes.

The palace guards who were escorting around also quickly surrounded Yelu Yanxi and the other three with thick cloths.

So the yin voice soon came out of the curtain and floated on the grassland.