Chapter 579: White Deer
"Fangs, get on!" William brought the leash in his hand and gave orders to his hound.
Fangs is a typical French Hound and the oldest and most original French long-haired dog.
Its whole body is black and white, its back and head are black, its body is elegant, its balance and endurance are good, its bones are strong, and its limbs are strong and powerful, and it is very popular with nobles as a hunting dog.
William's "fangs" are already three generations old, and his grandfather "Fangs I" was given to him by William's father, the late old Duke Robert, before the pilgrimage, and has a very important place in William's heart.
For more than ten years, the bloodline of "Fang" has been passed down to the third generation, and his dogs and grandchildren have more than 100 dogs, which can be described as seeding robots, and William sighs to himself.
Three years ago, after the death of "Fangs I", William chose the strongest of his dogs and grandchildren to be his hunting dog, which was the third generation of "Fangs" in front of William's eyes.
"Fangs" turned into lightning and pounced on a sika deer not far away, and on the other side, Uraka and Avella did not show any weakness and cast their respective hounds: "Santiago! Catch up with it! "Leonardo! Just go! ”
Not only William, but also Prime Minister Ladolph, Duke Richard, and Guérand. Morality. The Duke of Pontier, the Mephistopheles and Dukes of Albert of the Hohenzollerns, the Duke of Maurice of the House of Welf, de Ville. Count Baldwin of the Brionne family, de Anderson. Count Geoffrey, Count Ferdinand and other nobles of the Mantville family also cast their hounds and ran in the footsteps of "Fang", "Santiago" and "Leonardo".
The scene was spectacular, a timid and shy doe was chased by dozens of dogs, and behind them was a group of tall Norman nobles, who were so frightened that they spread their hooves and fled into the jungle.
Behind the hounds, William and the others followed unhurriedly, they did not carry any bows and arrows, but chased their prey with their respective hounds.
This was both a pleasure for the nobles to hunt and a request from William, who remembered the story of his youngest son, Henry the Redbeard of England, who was shot by an arrow in the New Forest.
In order to prevent any ill-intentioned nobles from trying against him, William not only brought dozens of guards, but also ordered the people not to carry any shooting weapons, but only to carry swords and hunting clothes.
"Lord Ladolph, you and Albert, Mephistopheles, Ferdinand, and Baldwin go east, Lord Richard, you play with Welf, Pontier, Jeffrey, and Roger of the Beaumont family, and Uraka, Avella, and the others follow me forward!" William raised his hand and said aloud.
"Yes!" Everyone responded one after another, and under William's arrangement, they were divided into two roads, east and west, and separated in two directions.
As soon as the two groups separated, the team suddenly became much smaller, and behind William, in addition to Urraca, Avila and a guard knight, there were also William's brothers-in-law, Baron Franche, Richard, and De. Baron William of the Wallen family and other nobles.
Each hunter is arranged on different routes and strongholds, and hundreds of hunting dogs are running excitedly in the mountains and forests, howling and chasing their prey!
The howl of wild boars, the fluttering of the wings of wild ducks, and the hooves of deer running are constantly heard in the forest.
In the 900-hectare Royal Hunting Grounds, there are not only the most precious deer herds, but also fierce and fearsome wild boars, herds of goats, pheasants, mallards, elk, hares and dozens of other kinds of prey.
William's prey also appeared on his side, a herd of more than a dozen deer, of which a white deer was the most conspicuous.
The white deer was so outstanding, like a cheerful and jumping elf in the galloping herd, it firmly attracted the attention of William and the nobles.
"Haha, God blessed, today I met a rare white deer, it's mine, give me my 'fangs'!" William laughed and commanded the fangs in front of him.
"Hunting can't be polite, I bit this white deer, go 'Santiago'!" Ulraca refused to admit defeat and released her proud hound 'Santiago'.
"Brother-in-law, if I hunt a white deer, you have to grant me a small wish." Avella winks playfully at William, and then releases her hound, Leonardo.
Somehow, William nodded his head in agreement, much to the displeasure of Urakar.
"You can't let these two little girls get too much, otherwise the husband will be sluggish, how can he be the head of the family." William gritted his teeth and instructed the two nobles beside him: "My brother-in-law, Richard of Afrache, Robert of the Beauformont family, you two quickly come forward to drive the prey for me, and give me the white deer." ”
"Yes, Your Majesty." The two barons then rode out and chased the white deer under the guidance of their respective hounds.
"Despicable!" Uraka stopped William with a look of disgust.
On the other side, Avira also grimaced at William: "Brother-in-law, you are bad!" ”
"Uraka, this is a hunting activity, you can also call a helper to help." Listening to Avella's playful and ambiguous words, William keenly sensed a keen gaze projecting at him, and hurriedly changed the subject.
"De. Diego of the Vivar family, Philip of the Ledesma family, you two will also give it to me, and you will chase the white deer very much! Hearing this, Uraca immediately called the names of the two Spanish Castile nobles and ordered aloud.
"Yes, Your Majesty." The two bowed, and immediately rode after Richard and Robert.
Diego and Philip were among the most prominent Castile nobles in the Norman kingdom, and as vassals of the queen, they owned fiefs in the Zamorab kingdom of Casstill, while William also gave them a lot of estate estates in England.
As the Castile nobles of the queen's family, these people have become a powerful force in the Norman kingdom.
William didn't have any objection to this, after all, the queen was his wife, and she was also the co-queen and regent of the entire kingdom, and it was not too much to recruit some Castile nobles from her mother's family, not to mention that they also brought William a lot of benefits, especially the convenient reinforcement of cavalry.
"Woo Wang! Woohoo! ”
There was a peculiar cry of Fangs in front of him, and William looked out in surprise, only to see Fangs biting the neck of the white deer, knocking it to the ground, and at the same time asking William for credit.
"Haha, good job, fangs, the white deer belongs to me." William raised his whip and rode excitedly towards Fang.