"Xihao Chengsu, less and less receiving. Wanshi is strong, and Xiuying is inward. Peng Peng He, climb my farm. Both the signs and the punishment are restricted, and the foreign insults are refrained. Dare to fake and Zhong, and recommend hemp dogs. The protection of the gods is soft and far. ”

With the chanting of Da Yu Le Ling leading a group of subordinates, Liu Hong, the son of heaven, ascended the shooting platform. This kind of cumbersome ritual made the Son of Heaven quite bored, and finally waited until the song was over, he raised his toes with his hands behind his back, kicked a half-yellow and half-green fallen leaf on the platform, and glanced at the hundreds of officials and sergeants kneeling down below, and groaned slightly, and then said slowly and lazily: "The emperors of the ancients are all in the spring search, summer seedlings, autumn and winter hunting in the agricultural gaps. The so-called four o'clock out of the suburbs to show the world. Now when the four seas are peaceful, I am borrowing the field to hunt to talk about martial arts. ”

As he spoke, he took the treasure carving bow and golden arrow handed over by Zhang Rang, the regular attendant on the side. At this time, Zhao Zhong, another middle attendant, put a deer into the open space under the stage.

The elk's four legs had been almost broken, and it staggered to the center of the clearing under the gaze of countless people. The elk stared at its watery round eyes, looking horrified, vigilantly at the murderous surroundings of the swords, and it was looking for a gap, and if it did, it would run away and fight back desperately, even if it dragged its scarred four legs. But what it didn't know was that the real killing intent came from the high platform.

Liu Hong, the son of heaven, bent his bow and arrow, hitting the back of the elk, but because this treasure carving bow was a stone bow, the strength was too small. Although the elk was shot and fell, it staggered back to its feet, with an arrow hanging from its back. The bleeding elk had obviously panicked and lost the courage to fight the trapped beast, but it still did not notice the Son of Heaven who shot and wounded it on the high platform.

The Son of Heaven's face was a little uncomfortable, and Zhang Rang on the side immediately spoke, and deliberately said loudly: "Gu Sage Yun, the arrow of benevolence and righteousness of the Son of Heaven, three arrows and death, this is the way of Shang Tang to open one side." ”

The Son of Heaven raised his eyebrows and pondered, "Where did the sages say?" How did I not know? But Zhang Rang's nonsense also saved some face for the Son of Heaven. Fortunately, the elk was under the stage, but at a distance of more than a dozen steps, the Son of Heaven shot two more arrows, and sure enough, the poor elk was shot to death.

The arrow of the Son of Heaven is like the [name] of the kingdom, and cannot be given to anyone, but this bow is just right for rewarding his ministers, and according to custom, it is to be given to meritorious ministers or trustworthy ministers who will bear great responsibilities. The Son of Heaven flipped the bow in his hand, and saw that Zhang Rang next to him was ready to stretch out his hands and take the bow. Looking at the flattering expression, it was obvious that he wished that he would give him the bow.

"Father wants this bow?" Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong played a lot of roles in the process of Liu Hong's ascension to the throne, so the Son of Heaven often has the saying "Zhang Changshi is my father, and Zhao Changshi is my mother".

Zhang Rang was a little embarrassed, smiled, and said: "The things of the Son of Heaven, how can the ministers have them." But the hands were not intended to be put down.

"Hmph, it's a shame that you know each other!" The Son of Heaven waved his robe sleeves and drove Zhang Rang off the stage, ignored it no longer, raised his bow again, looked at Zhao Zhong, Jian Shuo and other eunuchs under the stand one by one, and finally pointed at He Jin, and said: "Henan Yin, come to the stage!" ”

When He Jin heard this, how did he not know the holy will, he was happy in his heart, pressed it and didn't show it, trotted up to the high platform, and knelt down in front of the Son of Heaven.

The Son of Heaven held the treasure carving bow with both hands and recited: "The bow is flat, the four marquis are good, and the determination is constant, and it is obedient." It is to descend to its church, and it is to do its deeds. Both Zhi Nai Zhang, the shooter shoots the life. The voice of the shooter, the power of the chariot. Both were abandoned. Then he said: "In the past, Zhou Tianzi kissed his old friend with the gift of Binji, and Henan Yin was my relative, so he should follow the old guard of Huo and Kuang Bi to share my worries!" As he spoke, he handed the treasure carving bow to He Jin.

He Jin raised his hands high, held the treasure carving bow, grabbed the ground with his head, and said: "The minister's stupid assets, please be effective, and there is no excuse for death!" ”

The Son of Heaven smiled, and no longer looked at He Jin, but whispered: "What is the point of death?" is to die for me, how many people can do it? ”

He Jin knelt at the feet of the Son of Heaven, and he could hear this voice, but he choked enough, and just said tremblingly: "Your Majesty......"

Seeing that He Jin was still going to show loyalty and justification, the Son of Heaven waved his hand impatiently and said, "Enough is enough!" You will arrange for the various departments to be stationed first, and in the afternoon I will hunt with the ministers. ”

After the Son of Heaven has performed the salute, there are still many cumbersome steps, but the Son of Heaven is too lazy to participate in these ceremonies, so he goes back to the imperial tent directly. Without the emperor, the red tape was not finished until noon, and He Jin arranged for the Inner Dynasty, Jiuqing, Zhuqing and each battalion to be stationed separately, because they were well prepared in advance and arranged in an orderly manner.

Whether it is spring search, summer seedling, or autumn hunting, winter hunting, no matter how big an official is, hunting with the Son of Heaven, he will not bring too many followers, as for Yuan Shao and Jiang Xun, who are servants who use their white bodies as Henan Yin, it would be good to be able to bring one or two followers. Therefore, many things such as setting up a tent and cooking a pot have to be done by yourself.

After hastily having lunch, Jiang Xun, Zhou Bi and Jing Wei helped everyone in this group make a pair of stirrups. This time, it was all made of the single stirrup of the iron that I had received, so it was much more stable and reliable than the previous rope stirrup. Jiang Xun not only changed it for himself, but also prepared one for Cao Cao, but before Cao Cao came, a waiter came to pass the word, saying that the Son of Heaven was suddenly unwell, and he asked the hundred officials to go hunting by himself in the afternoon, and He Jin naturally had to visit. Originally, the Son of Heaven just wanted to come out to scatter his mind and hunt, but he was not interested, so Yuan Shao, Jiang Xun and the others just sent He Jin away, and they didn't feel anything wrong.

After waiting for a long time, I didn't see He Jin come back, and Cao Cao, who had made an appointment, never came to look for them. Jiang Xun saw that there were already many people leading Huang Qingcang and riding horses into the mountains and forests, and he was sitting here, so he couldn't bear the loneliness and wanted everyone to go hunting together.

Zhou Yu and Wu Qiong are both good rangers, and Yu Xing naturally likes it. It's just that Yuan Shaojiu was by He Jin's side, and Yu understood the situation in the DPRK and China more thoroughly, and vaguely felt that something was about to happen, so he said: "You go first, I'll wait here for the king, and I'll be there later." ”

Jiang Xun also saw something unusual in Yuan Shao's expression at this time, so he asked, "Brother Benchu, but something happened?" ”

Yuan Shao couldn't say for sure, but he vaguely felt a little, maybe he was suspicious, and seeing that Wu Qiong and Zhou Bi were full of interest, it was not good to be disappointed, so he said: "It's okay, it's just that Ziyuan and Ziqing don't like hunting, and the prince hasn't returned, so I'll wait for the prince here." ”

Jiang Xun didn't say anything more, led Wu Qiong, Zhou Bi and Jing Wei by himself, stuck arrows in his back, and galloped away. What Jiang Hyun didn't expect was that what happened in the imperial tent was closely related to him.

However, it was said that Liu Hong, the son of heaven, returned to the imperial tent after the shooting salute, and after lunch, Lu Qiang, a regular attendant, handed over a piece of music. The Son of Heaven was very puzzled, although this Lu Qiang was a eunuch and was also ranked among the middle attendants, he had never been in the company of Zhang Rang, Zhao Zhong and other twelve permanent attendants, but preferred the party. At first, when the Son of Heaven made many of the middle servants marquis, he also named Lu Qiang as the marquis of the capital, but Lu Jian couldn't resign. Not only did he not agree, but he also wrote a request to reprimand the traitor, Ren Zhongliang, Bo Fu, Hou Nongsang, and open the way, and the Son of Heaven naturally knew that his loyalty could be learned, but for various reasons, he could not accept it.

The Ten Standing Servants have always excluded and isolated Lu Qiang, and things like handing over chapters, serving in front of the emperor, and going out to supervise the prison have not fallen on him, and he will not fight. So this time, Lu Qiang personally handed over the chapter, and the Son of Heaven still felt a little strange, so he asked: "Hehe, Lu Changshi actually found time to come to the front of the palace in his busy schedule!" ”

Lu Qiang knelt on the ground and said directly: "Your Majesty, Chen Liu's famous scholar Cai Yong is sparse about the matter, please preview it for Your Majesty!" ”

The Son of Heaven leaned on a few sticks and asked, "Cai Yong?" I remember if he was not allowed to return to his place of origin? ”

Back then, Cai Yong was exiled to Shuofang and could not be removed by pardon.

The enemy Yang Qiu was afraid that Cai Yong would come back and send multiple assassins to assassinate Cai Yong, but the assassins felt Cai Yong's loyalty and righteousness, and it was useless. Yang Qiu also poisoned Cai Yong by the officials along the way, but the instructed people instead told Cai Yong the news and asked him to be more vigilant. Cai Yong was always spared because of this, and he arrived safely in Anyang, Wuyuan.

The Son of Heaven also knew that Cai Yong was a rare talent, and in the second year, he granted amnesty to Cai Yong and returned to his hometown to stay in order to complete the "Han Ji", and he was exiled to pardon, which lasted for nine months. This series of things is remembered by the Son of Heaven. But he didn't know what happened after Cai Yong was pardoned.

The Son of Heaven took over the music, and when he saw that Lu Qiang didn't speak again, he unfolded the bamboo slip and looked at it, and at first he had been wearing a cynical smile, but gradually became cold.

The Son of Heaven closed the bamboo slip, waved his hand, and sent away the palace attendants in the imperial tent, leaving only him and Lu Qiang, he lowered his head, stared at Lu Qiang who was on the ground at his feet, and said word by word: "What Cai Yong said, is it true?" ”

The atmosphere in the imperial tent suddenly dropped to freezing, and Lu Qiang was under the authority of the Son of Heaven, and cold sweat flowed down his spine, but he had already taken out a few silk books from his arms and presented them to the Son of Heaven.

The Son of Heaven took the silk book, read it in a hurry, and then asked, "Cai Yong can be in Guangcheng Garden?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, Cai Yong is still in the city."

Thinking in the mind of the Son of Heaven, Lu Qiang knelt on the ground and did not dare to make a sound. I don't know how long it took before the Son of Heaven said slowly: "Yuan Shu, the captain of Changshui, entered the camp to guard the camp, and the Huangmen squire Jian Shuo took over the internal and external access, and then summoned the Taiwei Yang Ci, Situ Yuan Kui, Sikong Zhang Ji, Zhongchang Zhang Rang, and Henan Yin Hejin to meet immediately!" This matter is secretive and silent! ”

Liu Hong, the son of heaven, was mediocre and confused in court politics, but he was always cautious and did not dare to be careless in his grasp of authority. Cai Yong's statement was very important, so that Yuan Shu, the nephew of Yuan Kui, the third duke of the fourth dynasty, mastered the camp guards, and then ordered the eunuch Jian Shuo, who was not so compatible with the ten permanent servants, to take charge of the entry and exit, and then summoned the third duke, Zhang Rang, and He Jin to meet him, also so that he could get strong protection in the event of a change.