Chapter 44: The Sniper

The annual autumn hunt is a particularly important official activity of the Zhao State, led by the King of Zhao himself, and the participants are mostly the nobles of the dynasty and their cronies.

In previous years, the location of the hunting was far away from Handan City, but this year it was different, Ma Fujun's fiefdom was very close to Handan, which can be said to be the beginning of the day, so the pomp and circumstance were also a lot larger, and there were no less than 2,000 people.

Zhao Dan began to nag in Zhao Kuo's ear when he left Handan City, and kept asking Zhao Kuo how he was prepared, whether there would be any mistakes, and Zhao Kuo, who was full of worries, wanted to knock Zhao Dan unconscious, so as not to be annoyed, and finally Zhao Kuo patted his chest and promised to let Zhao Dan close his mouth.

Zhao Kuo has long been ready, two brown bears and a leopard are enough to make Zhao Dan out of the limelight, what he is worried about is not the hunting, but the good show he directed, if the drama is smashed, all the hard work will be done in vain.

Mao Sui saw that Zhao Kuo and Zhao Dan were separated, and walked over and said: "Second son, everything on the mountain has been prepared, and there will never be mistakes....... ”

Zhao Kuo looked ahead and said, "Sir, are you talking about Pingyuan-jun and Pingyang-jun?" Zhao Kuo knew that they might take action while hunting, whether it was against me or the crown prince, this was a great opportunity for them, and I would seize this opportunity as well. ”

Zhao Kuo still had a layer of worry and didn't say it, Tian Wei was like a poisonous snake dormant in the dark, waiting for an opportunity to attack the crown prince Zhao Dan, and a shot would inevitably be a fatal blow, whether Zhao Dan's life could be saved or not was said.

Mao Sui said: "When hunting, the second prince should try not to deviate from the team, once the opportunity is given to others, the consequences are unimaginable, it is best to let Li Mu accompany him, the second son and Li Mu's archery skills are incomparable, which can greatly reduce the danger when hunting." ”

Zhao Kuo said with a smile: "Sir, don't worry, no matter who wants to do it, Zhao Kuo will cut off his hand, so that he can't say anything about his suffering." ”

Mao Sui got to the point, Zhao Kuo had already let Li Mu hide, the praying mantis catches cicadas, and the yellow finch is behind, no matter who wants to deal with Zhao Kuo, he will inevitably be hit by Li Mu's thunder, but Zhao Dan took advantage and had a free bodyguard.

Ma Fujun Zhao Hao's fiefdom is mostly a dense forest that cannot be seen at a glance, and there are many rare birds and beasts, which is also one of the reasons why King Zhao decided to set the hunting location here.

Arrived at Mafu Mountain for a night without words, the next day, by King Zhao personally presided over the hunting ceremony, and assigned the hunting area, the father naturally favored the son, Zhao Dan's hunting area is in the north, where the jungle is the densest, the mountains overlap, the corresponding beasts will be more, and the hunting area of others is obviously not as good as the north, everyone knows it, but no one dares to refute King Zhao's arrangement.

King Zhao waved the command flag in his hand and said: "It is inconvenient for the widow to saddle the horse and bump, so I will not participate in this hunt, it is still the old rule, those who hunt more beasts will be rewarded, and those who will be punished less, start." ”

With the wave of the flag of King Zhao, everyone immediately started, the slaves of the various provinces waved the flag and shouted to run to their own hunting area, the originally silent mountains and forests were suddenly full of people, the neighing of horses came far away, the birds that inhabited the mountains were frightened and flew up, the beasts scattered in panic, and the animals that exposed their tracks suddenly became the target of shooting, and it was not long before the provinces harvested a lot of prey. (Exclusive work, please indicate if it is illegally reprinted)

Besides, the crown prince Zhao Dan, accompanied by Zhao Kuo, went straight to the north, and almost an hour later, Zhao Dan, who was quite agile, shot a few birds, and Zhao Kuo also gained a little. When Zhao Dan was depressed, he didn't touch a large beast, let alone a tiger and a leopard, and he didn't even see the shadow of a roe deer, so he couldn't help but be deflated.

After running down for more than an hour, Zhao Kuo felt that his mouth was dry, and the others were even more tired and sweaty, and the four legs of the horses pulling the cart trembled.

Zhao Dan put away the bow and arrows, gasped and asked, "Zhao Kuo, didn't you say that everything was arranged?" Why didn't you even see a roe deer? ”

Zhao Kuo took a sip of water and said, "Don't be impatient, the prey is in front, we'd better go back before dark, so as not to be suspicious ...... others." ”

Zhao Dan thought about it for a while, when he learned that the prey was a brown bear and a leopard, Le's mouth couldn't be closed, and he thought that he could be in front of everyone with infinite scenery, and his heart was so comfortable!

A bright light flashed, Zhao Kuo's brows furrowed, according to his agreement with Li Mu, if someone was close to him and Zhao Dan with hidden whereabouts, Li Mu would use a bronze mirror to reflect the sunlight to inform him, which was also the reason why Zhao Kuo decided to return to the main camp before dark, if it was night, his contact with Li Mu would not be so close, and it would inevitably give people an opportunity.

Li Mu hid among the trees in a tight costume, drew a sharp arrow and drew a full bow, aiming at the "prey" that was nearly a hundred steps away from him, and as soon as his hand was loosened, the sharp arrow of the titanium alloy arrow shot out, and the prey fell to the ground without making a sound.

Li Mu pulled out the sharp arrow again, blew on the arrow, and pulled the bow to aim at the second "prey", this time it was even more outrageous, after hitting the throat of the "prey", he directly nailed the "prey" to the trunk of the tree, and died so straight.

Li Mu waited for a while, and after making sure that there was no danger, he went to get the sharp arrow, compared with the person who was shot by him, the value of the sharp arrow was much more important, he just bent down to pull out the sharp arrow on the dead body, he heard footsteps, looked up and found that it was Zhao Kuo, sighed lightly, and said, "There is no one else." ”

Zhao Kuo nodded and turned over the two dead bodies and examined them, there was no special discovery, I don't know who sent these two killers, looking at the weapons they held, they were all good at archery, but unfortunately they met Li Mu, who was more skilled in archery, and they died without even having a chance to draw the bow.

"The arrow is poisonous, it's snake venom." Li Mu took those arrows and looked at them, and said: "As long as the skin is punctured a little, there is no cure, these people's methods are really vicious, and they clearly want to put the son to death." ”

Zhao Kuo said: "Their target should be the prince, fortunately there is a sniper like you, otherwise it will be difficult to ensure that there will be no mistakes!" We're going to shoot the three beasts now, and we're going back to camp at once." ”

Zhao Kuo didn't dare to be careless, he was not afraid of poisonous arrows, Zhao Dan would not be so good, if he was really hit by a poisonous arrow, there would be no cure, the situation would become extremely complicated, this was not what Zhao Kuo wanted, he didn't want to change the history of Zhao with Zhao Dan as the main line, because that would make him at a loss.