Chapter 235: Goose Hunting (II)
Wild geese, also known as the birds, migratory large birds, every autumn and winter, must fly from Siberia to the south in groups to spend the winter, the following spring, then return to Siberia from the south again to breed, a migration takes more than two months, the journey is nearly 10,000 miles away, such a long journey can not be done in one go, there must be a lot of resting places on the halfway, the water and grass of Guangchengze are lush in a radius of hundreds of miles, the fish and shrimp are full of lakes, it is one of the most important rest points on the way of the wild geese migration, every year since April, Then there are flocks of geese flying from all over the world to feed and frolic here, the geese rise and fall all over the lake, its scenery is magnificent, if the place of hunting geese, there is no right person out of this place in the Central Plains, even if it is early summer at this time, the flock of geese that can not be delayed in Guangchengze still has as many as five groups, and the size of each flock is more than 200 birds.
The goose meat is extremely fresh, take a bite, it is definitely fragrant lips and teeth, but it is not easy to eat, because the wild goose is smart by nature, it is needless to say when flying high in the sky, ordinary bows and crossbows can not shoot so high at all, even when it is a night rest, there are also incomparably diligent old geese in the vigil, a little wind and grass, the whole flock of geese will rush to the sky, the difficulty of hunting is really unusually large, even if it is a very experienced old hunter, it is difficult to guarantee that it can get back to the hand, if there is half the success rate, It can already be called a wild goose killer, as for the probability of hunting a white goose, it is only afraid that the probability of winning a billions of jackpots in the lottery in later generations is even lower, just because there is no such species as the white goose in the classification of wild geese, even the bar-headed goose with the most white feathers on its body is not a pure white goose, its head and body have a lot of gray miscellaneous hairs, as for the gray goose, bean goose and other other wild goose species, it is even more rare to see a few white hairs, the so-called white goose is just a wild goose with albinism, obviously, Finding this pure white goose is undoubtedly a little more difficult than looking for a needle in a haystack, let alone hunting it.
The task is more difficult, but unfortunately Li Xian has no choice, not only has to be completed, but also as soon as possible, otherwise, the situation in Luoyang City will inevitably change, in this way, Li Xian's earlier plan is very likely to be completely nullified, and this is obviously the result that Li Xian is 120,000 unwilling to see, because of this, Li Xian arrived in Guangchengyuan on the night of the superintendent led the selected more than 100 guards in six small boats to quietly hide in the middle of the lake.
The island in the middle of the lake is said to be an island, in fact, it is just a small hill tip that exposes the surface of the lake, a total of dozens of zhang square, strange rocks are craggy, the grass and trees are sparse, except for some weeds and shrubs, there is nothing left, but the reeds along the south side of the island grow extraordinarily dense, crowded and connected into a vast and vast area, as for the west and north sides of the island edge is a continuous cliff, although not very high, but steep tightly, only the east of the island is a gentle slope, and here is a group of more than 300 geese flock of the place to rest at night, Naturally, it is also the destination where Li Xian and others went through the night.
At the end of the day, the moon has set, and the sun has not risen, it is the darkest time of the day, of course, since it is also the best time of the day, not only for people, but also for geese - on the gentle slope of the east bank of Huxin Road, hundreds of geese are crowded together, or lying on the grass, or lying on the stones, with their heads buried in their wings, and they are sleeping very sweetly, but there are three old geese who are always in good spirits patrolling the shore, and the alert appearance is not much worse than that of the military patrolmen.
The goose sentinels are undoubtedly extremely conscientious, even if the night is silent, quiet and peaceful, but the goose sentinels have no carelessness, all of them open their eyes, vigilantly looking at the movement around them, but this kind of conscientiousness encounters the cunning of humans, but it is just doing useless work - six small boats, with the help of the cover of the reeds, have already quietly moved not far from the flock of geese, and a bloody killing is already on the way.
At three o'clock, the sky finally dawned, the disc-shaped sun poked out of the distant horizon, the golden sunlight tore through the gray sky like a sharp sword, stimulated by this dazzling light, the sleeping geese woke up, countless geese probed their brains to look at the slowly rising sun, let out a burst of idle chirp, the whole habitat suddenly became noisy, the goose sentinels who were patrolling back and forth non-stop arrived at this time, also relaxed their vigilance, lazily flapped their wings a few times, Staggered towards the chaotic flock of geese, as if he wanted to hand over his duties, but at this moment, a change suddenly happened!
"Shoot the arrows!"
A broken cry sounded violently in the reeds, followed by a bowstring sound, hundreds of steel arrows densely covered the flock of geese in the chaos like rain, although the arrow started from the flock of geese has a distance of nearly twenty zhang, but for the steel arrows in the burst, it is just a matter of moments, only in a moment, more than 20 unlucky geese have been shot on the spot, and the rest are in a mess.
"I, I, I......"
In the chaos, a huge head goose suddenly broke out with a loud chirp, and took the lead in flapping its wings and rushing into the lake.
"Seventh brother, hurry, hurry, oops, why don't you kill it, the geese are about to run away, you should hurry up!"
Li Xian's boat did not participate in the action of the crowd to kill the geese, but quietly docked outside the reeds, although more than a dozen sergeants on the boat were all bows and arrows, but none of them fired an arrow, just silently waiting for Li Xian's order, this inaction made Xiao Taiping jump up dissatisfied, pulling a sharp voice, shouting non-stop - the little girl has stayed up for most of the night, isn't the picture just the excitement of hunting, this time I saw others playing happily, but I could only sit and watch, How can there be a reason that can't be disturbed, but unfortunately Li Xian was not moved at all, and stood on the bow of the boat with a solemn expression, his eyes full of solemnity.
Seeing that the flock of geese has begun to take off, Li Xian's mood is not as calm as it seems, and it is natural to be anxious, just because if you want to make things seamless, there is only one chance - whether there are white geese in Guangchengze Li Xian is not clear, but Li Xian has a few in his hand, of course, it is just some Xibei goods, to put it bluntly, it is a thing concocted with ordinary geese, the process is not complicated, the team that has lurked in Guangchengze a few days ago has trapped more than a dozen live geese early, with vinegar, ginger juice, Lime water is blended into a fading secret recipe, the feathers of the live geese are faded, and several of the most successful "works" are selected from them as a backup, the inventory is not lacking, and there is no fear that someone can verify the authenticity, the problem is how to put the goods on the bright side, always can not let the white goose that has always been a rarity become a stinky street stall, there is no doubt that the scene of shooting the white goose can only be sung once, if there are more, I am afraid that it will not be said, even if it is a fake show, but no matter what, it has to be really sung.
The geese have the lead of the head goose, and they escape very quickly, only a moment of effort, most of the geese have pounced into the lake, and then there is so much time, they will collectively take off, and at that time, the geese will be able to escape from the killing smoothly, but unfortunately no matter how smart the prey is, it is difficult to escape the hunter's calculation - just at the moment when the head goose just took off, a clipper suddenly rushed out of the reeds, like a sharp arrow sideways into the flock of geese in the outlaw formation, the sound of bows and crossbows, The panicked geese were shot and killed more than a dozen again, and the rest were all in a mess, flying up in all directions, the lake was in a dark chaos, in the chaos, a panicked white goose was quietly thrown into the lake from the clipper, this poor white goose was free at first glance, how dare to stay in place, paddling forward frantically, after a few flapping wings, it was already flying into the sky, soaring and rushing close to the boat where Li Xian was.
"Seventh brother, white goose, look, white goose!"
Xiao Taiping's eyes were very good, and when he saw a white goose in the flock of geese flying wildly, he jumped up excitedly and screamed with his hands dancing on the ground.
"Shoot the arrows!"
Well done, it's finally here! There is no need for Xiao Taiping to remind, Li Xian has already discovered the appearance of the prey, his mind is shocked, his arm is forced, the big iron bow he is holding has been rounded, and he broke off, aiming at the white goose flying over is an arrow, but listening to the bowstring, the eagle feather arrow has torn the space like a rainbow through the sun, with a strong roar, accurately shot into the chest of the white goose, at the same time, the guards who have been on standby for a long time have also opened their bows and shots, and more than a dozen feather arrows rose into the air, shooting the oncoming geese to pieces.
"Shoot, shoot!"
The white goose that was hit by the arrow screamed and plunged into the lake, and the sharp-eyed Princess Taiping saw this, and immediately clapped her hands excitedly, shouting happily, her little face was full of excitement, as for Li Xian, she didn't say anything special, but the corners of her mouth curved, revealing a playful smile......
"Your Highness, the King of England has hunted the white goose and is rushing to Luoyang!"
In the study room of the East Palace of Luoyang City, the prince Li Hong, who was dressed in bright yellow clothes, was buried in the pile of recitals that could never be corrected, and the fine and dense sweat was all over his forehead, but he didn't care to wipe it, and so on, Wang Dequan was sad to see it, but he didn't dare to come forward to admonish, just because he knew very well that his master was bitter, which was to suppress the depression and irritability in his heart by working, however, when a little eunuch who came in a hurry reported the news of Guangchengyuan, Wang Dequan couldn't care about the prince's feelings anymore, hurriedly grabbed the prince's side, pressed the prince's ear, and whispered the news he had obtained.
"Huh?"
As soon as he heard this, Li Hong's hand couldn't help but tremble, the pen he was holding was crooked, and a striking cinnabar drag mark had stained the recital in the correction, and the dazzling red was as dazzling as bloodstains, but Li Hong had no intention of paying attention to it, he looked at Wang Dequan with a gloomy face, his teeth were bitten, his face twitched, and after a long silence, he sighed and said: "Lone knows, go, please Yan Xiang immediately enter the palace to discuss matters, go quickly!" ”
"Yes, slave and maid obey!"
Wang Dequan knew that the matter was important, and he didn't dare to be the slightest bit lazy, so he hurriedly answered, hurriedly rushed out of the study, and went to summon Yan Liben without mentioning it.