Since Zhu Youxiao ascended the throne in the 47th year of Wanli and changed the Yuan Tianqi, Nanhaizi has been continuously expanding, and has become a forbidden garden for royal hunting.

Cao Huachun, the admiral and eunuch in charge of Nanhaizi, twice asked for the construction of a city to encircle Nanhaizi.

The current Nanhaizi, the surrounding city loop of more than 120 miles, nine gates in all directions, is specially for Zhu Youxiao and the future royal children to shoot and hunt.

In addition, there are eight small doors for guards and palace people to enter and exit.

The Nanhaizi Forbidden Garden encompasses a number of meandering rivers, criss-crossing and with dense forests and deep grasses.

The Nanhaizi Jing Army was also expanded from 1,800 to 2,600, most of whom were old and degraded eunuchs, all of whom were under the command of the admiral eunuch Cao Huachun.

Zhu Youxiao once issued an edict to give each of the eunuchs of the Nanhai Zijing Army 20 acres of land, each with a barracks, and lived in the barracks in the forbidden garden on weekdays, responsible for raising birds and beasts, planting flowers and fruits.

The responsibility of the Pure Army, not only to prepare in advance for the Son of Heaven's hunting, but also to maintain the Nanhaizi Forbidden Garden, patrol the comings and goings on weekdays, and clear the roads and roads, are also attributed to the Pure Army.

Speaking of Cao Huachun, as Wang An's confidant, he can have this status because he was inextricably linked with Wang An's faction in time to break off the relationship and join Wei Zhongxian.

Banner hunting, the sound of iron armor leaves intersecting is endless.

The horses' hooves made the grass tremble.

A white horse with vigorous and cheerful steps, ringing the bell from time to time, scattering Huan'er in the wilderness, this is Zhu Youxiao's mount.

"Drive!"

Today, before Zhu Youxiao left the palace, under Zhang Yan's service, he blew a royal civilian dress for hunting, with a heroic posture and a radiant look.

Zhu Youxiao sat on a priceless saddle customized for the Son of Heaven, and under his crotch was a thousand-mile divine horse, which was non-stop and extremely refreshing.

Greeted by a refreshing spring breeze, on his head, is a blue sky, Zhu Youxiao suddenly stopped his mount, looked around, and laughed:

"I haven't been to Nanyuan for horseback riding for almost a year!"

Behind him was a group of soldiers of the brave guard battalion wearing armor, and no one replied, all looking at the Son of Heaven standing on the slope on horseback, and guarded tightly.

The last time I came to Nanhaizi, I just succeeded to the throne not long ago.

The reason why I always came at that time was not only because I wanted to stay away from the temple dispute, but also because the palace at that time was indeed not as safe as Nanyuan.

Now again, it is a completely different mentality.

Zhu Youxiao was tired of riding, so he took out the royal Suifa bird gun customized by the Ordnance Division for the Son of Heaven and held it in his hand, searching for the prey in his eyes, and asked as if he had no intention of intention:

"What's going on in the DPRK and China lately?"

Although Cao Huachun is a eunuch, his equestrian skills are also exquisite, he refused to let go of this opportunity to get close to Tianyan, and said immediately when he heard the words: "Your Majesty, it has not been peaceful inside and outside the court recently. ”

"After the meeting, the gold list was issued, which caused indignation among scholars from all over the country, and some people said that the test questions of the meeting were sold in advance......

"And here's what, why don't I know?"

Zhu Youxiao glanced back at him, and as soon as his voice fell, before Cao Huachun could reply, Zhang Weixian, the British public who was driving, pointed ahead and exclaimed:

"Your Majesty, there is a flock of pheasants in the pine forest ahead!"

"All of you are heroes who accompanied me to conquer the southwest, and today they are all shooting with me!"

Zhu Youxiao seemed to forget what Cao Huachun said for a moment, and held the royal horsewhip inlaid with gold and jade in his right hand, slammed it towards the horse's hips in the back seat, and then loosened the reins of the horse.

The snow-white mount howled and galloped northward like an arrow from a string, like a white meteor, streaking across the yellow-green wilderness.

Zhang Weixian naturally knew that the Emperor of the Apocalypse was pretending to be stupid, so he didn't say anything, took out his horse whip and whipped his mount, and galloped forward, and the cavalry of the Yongwei Battalion also caught up with him and followed closely behind.

The pheasants reacted quickly, felt a slight tremor on the ground, and fled in all directions, but Zhu Youxiao's mount was like a wind under the hooves, how could they run away.

"Bang ——!"

With a bang, Zhu Youxiao shot a shot, but he didn't think about it, turned around and lashed three times, controlling the mount to turn around and chase after a few pheasants who were lonely.

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

Three more gunshots rang out, and at last one of the pheasants fell,

The smoke of the bird's guns filled the wilderness, and with a faint smell of blood, the sun gradually set.

The white horse seemed to understand the mood of the master, running fast and steady, I don't know how long it took, Zhu Youxiao took the shotgun after having fun, and reined in the reins, and was planning to stop today.

"Your Majesty is mighty!"

Zhang Weixian followed behind, patting the horse in the wind.

"I am not mighty, but the mighty ones are those capable officials of the Ordnance Division, Bi Maoliang, Bi Maokang, Xu Guangqi, without them, there is no such a good bird!"

Zhu Youxiao laughed, and before his words fell, his figure suddenly shook.

But it was the white horse that stepped on a piece of wet grass, and Zhu Youxiao stopped the reins of the horse, his front hooves slipped, and the horse's body fell forward.

Zhu Youxiao was almost thrown down, but at the last moment, with a hard pull on the reins, the white horse suddenly jumped up, and then gradually regained its calm.

"Your Majesty——!"

Zhang Weixian hurriedly came up, and when he saw that Zhu Youxiao was fine, he turned around and said angrily: "Cao Huachun, there are more than 2,000 people in the net army, is the imperial court raised for nothing, Nanyuan is not well guarded, this is your dereliction of duty!" ”

"If it weren't for the courage of Your Majesty today, I'm afraid of making a big mistake!"

Cao Huachun didn't expect it to be such a coincidence, the emperor happened to pass by a piece of wet grass when he stopped his horse, and hurriedly knelt down and pleaded guilty: "Slaves and maids are dead, slaves and maids are dead!" ”

This was an accident, and Zhu Youxiao didn't take it seriously, but was a little happy.

If it weren't for this accident today, Zhu Youxiao wouldn't know how far his equestrian skills had become, so he waved his hand and said:

"It's okay, it's okay, it's unpredictable!"

Cao Huachun wiped the cold sweat on his head, as if he felt that there was something in the emperor's words, and he didn't dare to be the slightest slack, so he hurriedly said:

"Your Majesty is kind-hearted, slaves thank Your Majesty for your grace!"

"Hahaha, why are these little things going to be beaten, killed, by the way, I remember that you said that you would try someone to sell test questions in advance, who are they?"

Zhu Youxiao laughed a few times and asked while rubbing his wrists.

Cao Huachun got up, followed the side of the white horse and walked slowly, and said:

"Back to Your Majesty, this matter is very important, it is said that the chief examiner Gu Dazhang deliberately peddled test questions to Donglin Gongsheng, and even Zuodu Yushi was involved in it."

"I also vaguely remember that in the recital a few days ago, the proportion of tribute students on the gold list was a bit too much..."Zhu Youxiao held the reins of the horse in one hand, and seemed to be thinking about something when he said this, and then smiled again:

"But it doesn't matter, it's just a coincidence of today's events. But where these rumors came from, I am very concerned. ”

"Gu Dazhang and Liu Zongzhou are both important ministers of the imperial court, and they are gentlemen of Donglin, I think they will not do this..."

"If you send a message back, tell the Yamen of Shuntianfu to immediately put up a list to soothe people's hearts, and say that the rumors in recent days are all rumors, and the court will definitely arrest the initiators of the rumors."

After speaking, Zhu Youxiao accelerated the speed of the horse and said while riding:

"Today's hunting is full of loads, and the deer I hunted will be sent to the concubine, as for the pheasant, pick the fattest one and stew it and send it to the Qianqing Palace, I want to share it with the queen!"

Watching the emperor and his entourage leave, Cao Huachun was a little unpredictable, could it be that such a major matter, Zhang Bang appeased people's hearts and even passed?