Chapter 247: Spring Hunting
Spring returns to the earth, flowers are blooming, and the capital finally fades away the last trace of spring cold, and gradually becomes warmer. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
At the beginning of April every year, the emperor will take dignitaries and nobles to the enclosure on the outskirts of Beijing for spring hunting, and allow them to bring their wives and children to enjoy the good spring together.
The enclosure in the suburbs of Beijing is close to Dayang Mountain in the south, the Fengshui River in the north, it is a natural hunting place, as early as the previous dynasty, this place was enclosed into a royal enclosure, when Emperor Taizu of Daliang ascended the throne, the enclosure was extended out for fifty miles, the whole royal enclosure is wooded, the water and grass are abundant, it is a good season for hunting.
At this moment, the ground on the paddock shook violently, the sound of horses' hooves trampling from far and near, and the emperor led by him was returning with a group of loyal ministers.
Next to the royal enclosure is the Royal Annex, which stands on the bank of the Fengshui River, and the scenery is very beautiful.
In this hunt, the emperor authorized the courtiers to bring the female dependents of the family to come, and at this moment most of the female dependents have been settled in the other courtyard, that is, the emperor, and also brought the queen mother, the queen, the imperial concubine and the two-year-old prince.
Taking the lead at the gate of the courtyard, the emperor turned to the courtiers behind him who were all dressed up and smiled with a smile: "Gather at the gate of the courtyard every three minutes, and take one hour as the limit, to see who hunts the most prey, and the top three who have the most prey, I will be rewarded." ”
After a few words, many young men were eager to try.
Qi Chenjing didn't care about this, his eyes seemed to be casually looking at the surrounding environment, spring hunting, such a good time, it was impossible for the emperor and the queen mother not to use such a good time.
The Queen Mother and the Emperor have been very calm with him in recent months, and the calmer they are, the more Qi Chenjing knows that they are waiting for their time.
Go back to the yard where you live. As soon as Qi Chenjing sat down, Meng Zihan quietly walked in from outside.
"Have you seen all the terrain around?" Qi Chenjing raised his head and asked.
Mencius frowned. "Nothing unusual was found."
He took two or three turns around the paddock and found nothing suspicious.
The corners of Qi Chenjing's mouth curled slightly. "No anomaly is the biggest anomaly, and they can't let it go at such a good time."
Paddock hunting, there are many people, horses, and prey, and anything can happen, such as being released with a cold arrow, such as encountering a huge prey. For example, someone was done right away, etc., in short, there are too many ways to kill a person in the paddock.
Qi Chenjing discussed many possibilities with Lao Jiang and them before coming, and also made sufficient preparations, Liu Wenqing even quietly prepared a variety of drugs with different medicinal properties, just afraid that if he ran into giant prey such as tigers and bears, Qi Chenjing would not be passively injured.
Meng Zihan nodded. "So when it's time to hunt, just wander around the middle of the paddock, don't get close in the direction of Dayang Mountain, and see what else they can do."
Qi Chenjing's place of residence is separated by two families. It is where the Chen family lives.
Many people went to rest after lunch, so as to save up their energy. In the afternoon, you can show off your skills when hunting.
Under the porch, there was a pair of young men and women talking in a low voice.
The girl stopped the boy. "Sixth brother, you take me in to have a look. I'm just curious, people say there are a lot of small animals in the paddock. ”
Chen Yikang, who was stopped, was helpless and a little annoyed, "Third sister, do you think the paddock is a place to play?" A lot of the animals in there can hurt people, did you know? And in the afternoon, everyone has to go hunting, once those prey are chased and intercepted, they will be even more angry when they get angry, in case I hurt you, how can I explain to the fourth uncle and four aunts when I go back? ”
The girl pouted, obviously unhappy, "I said that I would only follow you, can't I promise not to run around?" ”
As he spoke, he stepped forward and took Chen Yikang's arm coquettishly, "Sixth brother, please, you know that I finally came to the royal paddock once, you take me in, okay?" ”
She knew that she was the sixth brother, and her face was cold and warm, especially for her family, and she begged her more, maybe he agreed.
"Moreover, I heard that my future sixth sister-in-law is also here, don't you want to know what kind of person she is? You take me into the paddock, and I'll help you get close to the future sixth sister-in-law. ”
He really didn't want this, Chen Yikang looked at the girl in front of him, Chen Kexuan, the third girl of the Chen family, the pearl of the fourth master of the Chen family.
Chen Kexuan is the only girl in the fourth room of the Chen family, she is inevitably spoiled since she was a child, and her temperament is a little strong and refuses to admit defeat, and she is especially curious about new things.
If he didn't promise her today, it was estimated that he wouldn't even be able to go to the paddock in the afternoon, Chen Yikang shook his head helplessly, and said, "Don't you go to change your clothes?" First of all, when you enter the paddock, you can only follow me, and you can't run around anywhere. ”
It seems that I will not be able to hunt any prey this afternoon.
Chen Kexuan was stunned for a moment, then realized that Chen Yikang had agreed to her, and shouted excitedly, and then realized that everyone else from the family was resting in the house, so she hurriedly covered her mouth and pulled Chen Yikang excitedly, "Thank you Sixth Brother, I know that Sixth Brother is the best." ”
After that, she ran to change her clothes, and hummed in her heart as she ran, Dong Yujiao also laughed at herself that she had never even entered the paddock, and this time she had to see how she got into the paddock.
At three o'clock in the morning, a trumpet sounded, and the sons and daughters on their horses rushed into the paddock, excitedly chasing their prey.
Qi Chenjing drove his horse in the middle unhurriedly, neither in the front nor in the rear.
Following the crowd for a distance, I saw that many people rushed in the direction of Dayang Mountain, the place near Dayang Mountain has the most dense trees and the most animals, if you want to get a good ranking, you naturally have to rush there.
Of course, there are also a small number of people who want to find another strange path, and do not go in the direction of Dayang Mountain, but choose the fork in the road next to it and take it to the middle of the paddock.
The depth of the royal enclosure is very long, and although it is not as dense as the trees next to the Dayang Mountain, it is also verdant and vigorous, and the distance is long, so you can hunt many animals.
Qi Chenjing saw the opportunity, turned into a fork in the road with the people who were taken away in the middle, followed behind this group of people unhurriedly, and when he encountered some small animals, he shot and hunted at will.
Although he didn't care about taking the top few, he couldn't go back empty-handed and give the emperor a chance to laugh at him.
Qi Chenjing paid attention to the movements around him as he walked.
Suddenly, he saw a half-human-sized sika deer lying quietly in the grass on the right, Qi Chenjing raised his eyebrows, with this sika deer, he would shoot other animals casually, and his ranking would not be too bad.
He took his bow and arrows, and shot them aim.
Qi Chenjing is very confident in his archery skills, and this arrow will definitely hit.
He smiled and lowered his arms, but saw a light green figure suddenly rushing out of the place where the sika deer was lying in front of him, and rushed towards the sika deer.
Qi Chenjing's arrow went straight towards the figure that ran out.
Qi Chenjing secretly said in his heart that it was bad, but the distance was too far, and it was too late to save him, so he had to shout, "Be careful." ”
At the last moment, a figure flashed as fast as lightning, and quickly rushed to the front of the light green figure, knocking the person to the ground.
Qi Chenjing sighed at him, and he recognized that the figure that flashed quickly was Meng Zihan.
Meng Zihan's kung fu is better than him, and with him, he will definitely be fine.
Qi Chenjing didn't have time to think about it, he was obviously aiming at a sika deer, why did a figure suddenly run out, and he ran forward quickly.
Just as he was about to ride his horse over, he saw an arrow shoot out from each side of the woods, and the target was the pale green figure in front of him.
What the hell is going on?
When Meng Zihan pounced and pressed the figure below to the ground, the soft touch in his arms and a scream made him raise his eyebrows and quickly jumped to the side.
It turned out to be a woman!
He saw a figure suddenly popping out just now, and before he had time to think about it, he pounced, and did not see clearly whether the figure running out was a man or a woman.
Chen Kexuan, who was thrown to the ground, wrinkled his facial features with sore eyebrows, but when he looked up, he saw a man dressed in black with cold eyebrows sitting next to him, and couldn't help but scold angrily, "Hey, what's the matter with you, you don't have long eyes when you walk?" ”
She and the second girl Dong happened to hide behind the tree, ready to get closer to take a good look at the sika deer, she has grown so big, she has never seen a real sika deer, who knew that she suddenly stumbled under her feet, and she rushed out from behind the tree.
Meng Zihan's eyes were cold, and he was about to speak, but he heard a low warning, "Be careful, Zihan." ”
His face changed suddenly, and the person jumped up quickly, knocking Chen Kexuan down again
Before Chen Kexuan could react, he saw the man next to him suddenly jump up and throw himself to the ground again.
The world swirled for a while, and Chen Kexuan heard a dull low snort from the man pressing on him, and then felt a sharp pain in his left arm.
Before she could react to what was going on, she heard a sharp scream, "Ah, come on, King An has killed someone, King An has killed someone, and the third girl of the Chen family has been shot to death by King An." ”
The three girls of the Chen family? Isn't that her? Chen Kexuan thought a little confused.
Qi Chenjing, who had already rushed to the front, knew that something was wrong after seeing two more feather arrows shooting from different directions towards Chen Kexuan and Meng Zihan, who were sitting on the ground.
Those two arrows were a little later than the one he fired, no, even at the same time, and he only had time to give a warning.
Then a sharp cry was remembered in the woods.
When he heard the content of the cry, he knew that he was careless.
Because many people quickly rushed out of the woods, and when they saw Meng Zihan and Chen San, who was still pressing under him, the audience was in an uproar.
"What the hell is going on here?" A slightly angry voice sounded behind him.
Everyone turned around and saw the emperor slowly walking over on horseback with a group of older courtiers. (To be continued.) )
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