Chapter 819: Saving Grace

Pei Lin said before that a fierce tiger appeared in the hunting ground some time ago, but it had been shot and killed, it stands to reason that one mountain cannot tolerate two tigers, and Pei Lin also said that he had asked people to turn over the hunting ground, and no trace of other tigers was found, otherwise Li Xiu and Pei Lin would dare to go around the hunting ground without any escort before. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info

But what Li Xiu and the others never expected was that just when they accompanied Li Shimin to the hunting ground again, and hunted a lot of prey and were about to go back, a fierce tiger suddenly jumped out of the mountain forest, only a few hundred steps away from them. Originally, ordinary tigers rarely took the initiative to attack people, after all, compared to other small animals, people are too big, even tigers are not willing to take risks, but this tiger is not afraid of people at all, and pounced on it with a roar.

"Your Majesty, go away!" Pei Lin was also taken aback when he saw this tiger pounced, and then hurriedly asked Li Shimin to leave quickly, and he himself opened his bow and arrows to stop the tiger, but he was old and weak, and he was almost dead against such a tiger.

"It's just a big worm, I don't know how many I shot before, it just so happens that the queen is weak, I added a fur fur to her in winter!" Li Shimin said very calmly at this time, and said that he took the bow and arrow in his hand, but he was not in a hurry to shoot it, but was ready to let the tiger pounce on a hundred steps before shooting the arrow, after all, the light was dim now, and he was not sure if he was far away.

Li Shimin is a military general, when he first started the army, he often went into battle in person, in terms of force may not be as good as his younger brother Li Yuanji, but it is not comparable to the general general, it is said that he was very strong when he was young, he can open three stones and heavy bows, and he likes to hunt, and there are indeed not a few tigers that have been killed, so when he encounters this tiger now, he is not panicked, but is also very excited to shoot this tiger.

However, Li Shimin was too excited, he forgot that he had long lost the courage of his youth, especially the comfortable court life in recent years, coupled with the busy government affairs, made him rarely have the opportunity to ride a horse and shoot arrows, and his body was no longer as strong as when he was young, and even his archery skills were a little deserted, and he was not using a hard bow on the battlefield before, but an ordinary hunting bow.

It was the combination of the above conditions that made Li Shimin shoot an arrow with confidence in the approaching tiger, but the arrow was inserted into the tiger's head, but it failed to shoot it, but it stimulated the tiger's ferocity, only to see the tiger roar again and accelerate towards Li Shimin again.

Seeing that he failed to kill the tiger with one arrow, Li Shimin was not alarmed, and immediately opened his bow again and prepared to shoot the second arrow that had been prepared, after all, it was enough for him to shoot three arrows within a hundred steps.

But Li Shimin obviously ignored one point, he could remain calm in the face of this situation, but he couldn't step off the horse, after all, he was not riding the war horse that was born and died with him before, but the horse prepared for him by Pei Lian, although this is also a good Dawan horse, but it has not been tempered by the battlefield, in the face of the fierce tiger, this horse is also frightened and screamed, and as a result, Li Shimin was lifted off the horse, and the bow and arrow in his hand were naturally lost.

Pei Lin next to him saw Li Shimin fall off the horse, and immediately frightened his soul flew out of the sky, after all, even if they can't beat the horse, they can escape, generally speaking, the tiger will not always chase the prey, but now Li Shimin actually fell from the horse, if he is really bitten to death by the tiger, I am afraid that all of their Pei family will have to bury Li Shimin, and then the forbidden army will close the mountain, and Li Yuan, who is hiding in the valley, may also be searched.

Thinking of the consequences of Li Shimin's death in his hunting ground, Pei Lin also fought hard at this time, and shot two arrows in a row in the hope that he could shoot the tiger to death, but he was old and frail, and only one of the two arrows was hit, and even if he was shot, he could only barely shoot through the fur, and he couldn't hurt the tiger at all.

However, at this critical moment, Li Shimin suddenly rushed out of a healthy horse behind him, and then collided with the rushing tiger, and as a result, the top of the pounced tiger turned out a few heels, and this time the collision was very heavy, so that the tiger couldn't stand up for a while, but the horse that hit the tiger also fell to the ground all of a sudden, and a person screamed and fell to the ground, it turned out to be Li Xiu.

It turned out that Li Xiu saw that Li Shimin's situation was critical, and wanted to come forward to rescue him at the moment, but he didn't expect that the horse he was riding was also frightened at this time, and he didn't dare to step forward at all.

Seeing that Li Xiu actually risked his life to save his life, this made Li Shimin stunned at first, and then his face was a little complicated, but he seized this opportunity to find the bow and arrow that fell to the ground, and then shot several arrows one after another, and finally shot the tiger who was struggling to stand up, which made the three of them breathe a sigh of relief.

"The ministers deserve death, let the saint fall into danger, please punish Your Majesty!" Pei Lin also rolled off the horse at this time, and then knelt down in front of Li Shimin to plead guilty, after all, this is his hunting ground, but Li Shimin was almost injured by a fierce beast, no matter what, he can't get out of it!

"Haha~, it's okay, I haven't fought such a thrilling hunt for a long time!" Li Shimin laughed loudly at this time, and then said without surprise, and walked quickly in front of Li Xiu after speaking, and then pulled him up and asked with concern, "How are you, don't you get hurt?" ”

"I didn't ...... It's okay, cough cough~, it's just that I hit the ground with my back when I fell, and I almost got out of breath just now! Li Xiu clutched his chest at this time and said, but as soon as the words fell, he felt a hot pain in his back, and he also inhaled cold air in pain at the moment.

Li Shimin saw this and hurriedly looked at Li Xiu's back, only to find that the clothes on his back were worn by the sand and gravel on the ground, and there were several cuts on the skin behind him, although it was not deep, but the blood kept oozing out, which made him can't help but be moved: "You have a meritorious role in saving the horse, I ...... I really don't know what to say? ”

"Your Majesty is polite, this is what a minister should do!" Li Xiu also endured the pain in his back at this time, the skin on his back was worn out, although the injury was not serious, but the pain was terrible.

Li Xiu's injury needs to be treated, and there may also be sand and gravel in the wound, so the three of them immediately got on the horse, Li Xiu's horse was injured and couldn't ride, so he had to ride the same horse with Pei Lian, and then the three of them went out of the hunting ground, but when the people outside knew that there were tigers in the hunting ground, they were all scared.

Li Xiu's injury was not serious, and he would be fine after cleaning up and taking medicine, at this time, it was getting late, and Li Shimin was going back, only to see him come to Li Xiu again at this time, and then patted him on the shoulder and said solemnly: "This life-saving grace of yours, I have written it down!" ”