On the sixth day of September in the second year of Longtai, it was the day of Hirabayashi autumn hunting.

Qi Ning had never been clear about how many officials were serving with the driver this time, and who would be with them, but after setting off, he found that there seemed to be a lot more officials than he expected.

Except for some old civil officials, such as Yuan Laoshangshu of the Ministry of Rites, who are really inconvenient to hunt on horseback, more than half of the officials who can go to the palace are accompanied by them.

Qi Ning thought about it carefully, but he was also relieved.

This Pinglin autumn hunting, of course, is to strengthen morale, but it is also an opportunity to show the imperial prestige, after Longtai ascended the throne, there is no real opportunity to show the imperial prestige to the hundred officials, since there is an opportunity for autumn hunting, naturally will not be missed.

The emperor autumn hunting, the dragon flag is naturally played.

On the extremely wide streets, flags are unfurled, covering the sky and the sun.

At the front is a team of royal guards cavalry, all of them are ironclad and cold, majestic and majestic, and at the front is Chi Fengdian, the commander of the Guards, with heavy armor, a cavalryman next to him holding a dragon flag, and behind the Guards cavalry, there is a team of cavalry with a longbow on their backs, which is also from the Guards.

Although the Guards were not very numerous, they were divided into cavalry and archers, in fact, the Guards were good at horse archery, cavalry could shoot arrows, and archers could also ride horses.

This time the emperor went hunting, mobilized 500 elites from the guards, and mobilized 500 cavalry from the Tiger God Battalion and the Xuanwu Battalion, plus the accompanying officials and the eunuchs who served, the mighty team was no less than 2,000 people, a team walked through the streets, but it was also magnificent, the soldiers and horses of the Tiger God Battalion had already formed a human wall on both sides, and the people were watching the Son of Heaven in two columns, and the dragon flag passed, and the people on both sides knelt down to the ground.

The procession marched quite slowly, which was also Longtai's intention, that is, to show the majesty of the Son of Heaven in front of the people.

Longtai was surrounded by a group of cavalry, dressed in golden armor, wearing a golden helmet, wearing a sword of the Son of Heaven at his waist, although he was young, but riding on a tall horse, he was also heroic and full of majesty.

The Son of Heaven hunts and shows martial arts, so naturally he will not take the dragon chariot to go.

Qi Ning rode on a horse, looking at the people kneeling on the ground on both sides, the sun was shining, shining on the golden armor of the Son of Heaven, flashing with golden brilliance, like a god descending from heaven, through the golden light, Qi Ning saw Longtai's upright posture, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

Under the awe-inspiring gaze of the people, the team finally left the capital and headed southwest.

Pinglin is the royal hunting ground, only a few dozen miles away from the capital, there are officers and soldiers guarding on weekdays, for this reason there is a special military town on the edge of Pinglin, and the officers and soldiers guarding Pinglin are stationed in the town.

It has entered autumn, the sky is high and refreshing, up to the Son of Heaven, down to the soldiers, all of them are riding horses, so it did not take too long to reach Pinglin this road, at noon, Qi Ning saw the endless hunting ground in the distance, not to the late autumn, the forest is verdant, and the mood is open.

Before Qi Ning set off, he also inquired about it, and the emperor was not just hunting with a group of courtiers.

The Son of Heaven has the hunting method of the Son of Heaven.

According to the rules, the first two days are actually led by the courtiers to hunt, the Son of Heaven sits in the town, and the winner is judged by the prey harvested by the courtiers, and the emperor will personally issue a decree to reward him.

Generally speaking, if the emperor has a prince, the prince will go hunting on the first day, and if there is no prince, he will hunt with military generals.

However, on the day of arrival, it is necessary to sacrifice first, all things have spirits, heaven and earth follow the usual, up to the Son of Heaven, down to the people, and have a sense of reverence for all things in heaven and earth.

When the Pinglin guards arrived at the emperor, they had already set up sentry posts on all sides of Pinglin, the hunting of the Son of Heaven was not trivial, and the idle people could not approach, and this Pinglin autumn hunting was not a secret thing, everyone in the streets and alleys of the capital was well known, and no one could guarantee that someone would take the opportunity to sneak into Pinglin, intending to mistreat the monarch and ministers, so after the Pinglin autumn hunt was determined, the Pinglin guards had already swept the Pinglin carpet several times to ensure that the hunting area was foolproof, and then set up sentry posts around Pinglin, And almost all the time, there were cavalry patrolling around the flat forest.

Pinglin as a royal hunting place, the area is naturally not small, the deep forest is dense, there are many birds and beasts stored in it, for the emperor to hunt when he is hunting, after all, the emperor no matter what purpose comes to Pinglin to hunt, naturally the more prey to hunt, the better, so the prey of Pinglin is not only numerous, but also because it is released into the wild, there is naturally wildness.

However, in order to protect the safety of the emperor, the wild beasts kept in the Pinglin are also very particular, under normal circumstances, without the emperor's special purpose, there are no large prey such as tigers and leopards in the Pinglin, mostly wolves, roe deer, storks and the like.

Before the team arrived, Hirabayashi had already set up a tent, the Emperor's tent was golden in the sun, surrounded by the Guards barracks, and the courtiers' tents were several miles away from the Son of Heaven's Tent, and no one could easily approach the Emperor's Tent unless summoned by the Emperor.

The east side of Pinglin has already set up a sacrificial place, Longtai led the ministers to perform the sacrificial ceremony, it was already dusk, the emperor issued an order, the ministers returned to the camp to rest, and gathered in the hunting ground the next day.

The next day, as soon as the sky was bright, the horn sounded, the ministers had gathered in the open grass outside the flat forest, Longtai came to the open space in a golden armor, swept the ministers, and sat down, after the ministers worshipped, stood on both sides, Longtai gave Sima Lanzuo a decree, and then smiled: "I am today with you Aiqing Pinglin Autumn Hunting, you Aiqing also know that this is to show my great Chu's martial arts, this Pinglin Autumn Hunting, is the Zhenguo Gong on the letter to invite, everything is also Zhenguo Gong personally worked, I have the old Guogong to arrange all this, my heart is very relieved." ”

The ministers thought that the emperor was smiling, and his tone was also very cheerful, but they didn't know whether the emperor was really happy, and the holy will was unpredictable, so naturally no one dared to speak.

Most of the important ministers in the court came with the car, but the Yiguo Gong Taihuang was weak, so he naturally couldn't make the trip, although the West Gate of the Shenhou Mansion would go to the court, but as a unique yamen, many ceremonial activities in the court, the Shenhou Mansion did not participate in it, and the West Gate Wuxian rarely walked with the ministers of the court.

In fact, all the ministers know very well in their hearts that the Yamen who is responsible for Ximen Wuxian is mainly responsible for dealing with the affairs of the rivers and lakes, and is also responsible for exploring all kinds of intelligence.

"Old Guogong, what kind of activities should be arranged today?" Long Tai seemed to be in a good mood, it seemed that he had been in the deep palace for a long time, and he came out to breathe, which also made the young emperor feel happy.

Sima Lan immediately got up and arched his hand: "Your Majesty, today should be selected by the emperor to select a few courtiers and lead a team to hunt, limited to three hours, after three hours, return here with the prey, and win with more prey. ”

Long Tai said with a smile: "Let them go hunting, I and all Aiqing have to wait here for three hours, wouldn't it be boring?" ”

All the ministers were stunned, and Sima Lan was also stunned, but he immediately said: "I, the first emperor of Great Chu, are all like this." ”

"Old man, I have an idea, you don't think it can be done." Long Tai said with a smile: "When I practiced riding and archery in the palace a few days ago, I personally went to the Imperial Horse Supervisor to select horses, and found that there were many good horses in the Imperial Horse Prison, and two of them were quite strange, and I heard that more than a dozen horse trainers could not tame them, and the other horses of the Imperial Horse Supervisor did not dare to share their grooves. ”

Sima Lan smiled: "The emperor is talking about the two horses of Jinghong and Heishan?" ”

"It turns out that Guogong knows about those two horses."

Sima Lan said: "Back to the emperor, those two horses are tribute. One is the West River into the offering, is the black flash, the black flash is still young, galloping, but all horses, most of them are good at the plains, but the black flash is able to walk on the flat ground in the mountains, it is really a good horse, where the black flash comes from, no one knows so far, but some people often see the black flash galloping in the mountains, and it is all a flash, no one can touch its fur. Later, the local government of Xichuan spent hundreds of people and several months to capture it, and then dedicated it to the palace. ”

Long Tai smiled: "It was a wild horse, it has been in the palace for many years, and it is still wild and untamable. ”

"As for that shocking horse, it was obtained in Chen County when I captured Chen County when Da Chu captured it." Sima Lan said: "When the city of Chenjun was broken, Jinghong appeared in the city, fast as lightning, the soldiers took a lot of effort to capture it, and several people were flashed by Jinghong, after entering the palace, the first emperor wanted to tame this horse, it was the old minister who admonished that this horse was too violent, in order not to hurt the dragon body, not to touch lightly, the first emperor ordered it to be included in the imperial horse prison. It's just that after Jinghong was admitted to the Imperial Horse Prison, he was still not at peace, and he injured several good horses in a row, and finally was separated alone. ”

Long Tai bowed his head and said: "I saw that these two horses are wild and untamable. It's just that such a rare two good horses, if they have been locked up in the Imperial Horse Prison, it is really a pity, so I brought those two horses this time, today we are not in a hurry to hunt, I want to see if among you Aiqing, can anyone tame these two fierce horses? Heroes and horses, both of which are unborn horses, and I am here today to make a decree, but if anyone can tame any of them, I will not only reward them with a hundred taels of gold, but also give them a horse. ”

The two sides immediately talked about it, and Wen Chen didn't care, but for many of the generals who followed, they were all excited.

For the warriors, the sword and the good horse will always be full of attraction to them, everyone knows very well in their hearts, the more difficult to tame the horse, the more rare, and since these two horses were originally dedicated to the palace, it is naturally one in a million BMW, many generals are gearing up, thinking about going up to try it later, if you can tame the BMW in public, not only can you get the BMW, but also be able to show your face in front of the emperor, which is naturally beneficial to the future.