Zheng Lang sat down to drink tea.

In the distance, the little Khitan prince was hunting with his men.

In order to make the prince happy, some guards rode around and shouted, shouting as they copied, this shouted mountain. Startle the prey and drive it to Yeluhonki's side, so that Yeluhonki may have a good harvest.

Guo Kui asked: "Did you say that Yang Xi and Wang Sixing fell off the cliff?" ”

The two of them were in Zheng Lang's big tent, but Liao Xingzong couldn't say to Zheng Lang publicly: "We Khitan began to buy your subordinates. ”

will cause Zheng Lang to be disgusted.

Those who want to use Zheng Lang must pay attention, otherwise with Zheng Lang's gentlemanly behavior, what is the use of learning Su Wu or Xu Shu? On the contrary, it undermines the relations between the two countries, and the gains outweigh the losses. Therefore, Khitan design, everyone hunted together in Fuhu Mountain, Zheng Lang was also hunting, he was purely fun. But the guards who brought it liked it.

Zheng Lang does not reject this. I have to stay for a long time, and I don't want to let the Khitans look down on me, but I don't want them to do their best, and I'm afraid that you won't be able to suppress the Khitans. Including in the event of a conflict, you can't take the initiative to provoke others, but others provoke you, don't be afraid, and play the backbone of the Song people.

Then hunting in Fuhu Mountain, scattered, after a while, two Khitans came to report, saying that Yang Xi and Wang Heixing fell off the hanging bank and disappeared. Zheng Lang hurriedly went to inspect it, there were two broken traces on the edge of the cliff, and below was the Yin Liang River. When the water reaches here, it is forced by the mountain, although it is not wide, but it is very turbulent. Even if the body is recovered, I am afraid it will not be recovered. Asked why he fell off the cliff, a Khitan soldier said that he seemed to see a tiger just now.

There were a lot of tigers before, but in Song Liao, because of the hunting of people, there were gradually fewer, including the Khitan, which was said to be the moon to fight tigers and leopards, but the Khitan made many mistakes in hunting bowls, and it was recorded that the number of times the tiger was hunted was not much. But there is. Zheng Lang estimated that there were at least 10,000 Siberian tigers in the entire Northeast at this time, but the number was declining sharply under the frenzied hunting of people.

Half-truths.

Zheng Lang stared at Guo Kui and said, "I don't know. ”

In fact, both of them have an answer in their hearts. But I don't want to admit it.

Guo Kui said: "Zheng Xianggong, it's worse than we imagined. ”

"Yes, it seems that I underestimated the Khitans."

But to get to this point, you can only keep going.

Yelu Hongji beckoned in the distance and shouted, "Zheng Xianggong is coming, many birds and beasts are rushing over." ”

"Go," Zheng Lang said.

The two turned on their horses. Join the hunt.

It is possible that there are sparsely populated here, and there are really a lot of prey, Zheng Lang shot a pheasant for the first time, and he was still a beautiful male pheasant.

"Congratulations," Yelu Hongji walked over happily, and his unnamed teacher finally opened the pot. Zheng Lang smiled gently. For this student, Zheng Lang has always been not evil, on the contrary. I feel very guilty. He respects himself very much, but he pushes him down a path of no return. It seems that he took him to hunt by mistake, but in fact, a king focused on hunting. There will also be a path to depravity. However, the Khitan started as a safari, and no one thought that they were bad to the crown prince, but thought that they let the crown prince learn both civil and military.

Zheng Lang was carrying this beautiful pheasant, and he couldn't cry or laugh, he had at least a thousand arrows to shoot a prey, how difficult it was.

At this moment, his hair stood on end suddenly, and a shouting voice came from afar: "Your Highness be careful, Zheng Xianggong be careful." ”

Then there was a low snort. A tiger emerges from the woods.

At this time, he saw the true colors of Yeluhongji's youth, and he shouted: "My mother." ”

He sat on the ground and didn't move.

Zheng Lang was also dripping in a cold sweat, there really was a tiger. Grandma's, it's good luck that the Khitan Emperor hunted so much on such a large scale. It was difficult to drive out a tiger, he was just taken out by the Khitan prince, and he didn't know what the intention was to hunt, and he ran into a tiger. …,

At this time, he saw a person's courage, Guo Kui watched the tiger approaching, did not hurry, opened his bow and set up an arrow, and shot an arrow, hitting the tiger's neck. At the same time, an arrow was also fired. Zheng Lang turned his head and saw that he was a Khitan guard, not very old, only sixteen or seventeen years old.

But the tiger has thick skin and thick flesh, and with injuries, it continues to pounce.

Guo Kui shouted: "Go." ”

I don't know who I said it to, so I pounced on it with a knife.

The guards who released the arrows just now saw Guo Kui rushing over, and they actually pounced at the same time. The two outflanked one left and one right, and when the injured tiger saw them, his head twisted twice, and he probably saw that the shiny armor on Guo Kui's body was not easy to gnaw, so he turned to the guard.

The huge body jumped up, opened its crimson mouth wide, and bit at the young man.

The guard deftly rolled on the ground and flashed.

Guo Kui had already pounced and did not try to catch the tiger, after all, Wu Song was very few, holding the arrow in both hands and pressing it down fiercely. The tiger was in pain, its tail curled, Guo Kui was thrown up, thrown onto a pine tree, and couldn't move for a long time. But the resistance of the two made the other guards sober up together, and dozens of Song soldiers and Liao soldiers rushed over, some with knives, some caught, and from time to time some guards were thrown out, or scratched, and let out miserable screams.

But a good man is hard to defeat with four hands, and a good tiger is hard to defeat forty people. These guards are all carefully selected warriors. After a while, the tiger was seriously injured, and was held down by the guards, lying on the ground and groaning. Guo Kui touched his nose, the impact was not light, the nosebleeds came out, and he was about to vent his anger with the knife.

Zheng Lang shouted: "General Guo, slow down." ”

Guo Kui stopped.

Zheng Lang helped Yelu Hongji up and said, "Your Highness, you go and kill." ”

"I'm going?" Yelu Hongji's little white face was miserable and white.

"You have to go, if you're not there, it doesn't matter if anyone kills you, but you're here, you have to kill."

"Thanks," Yelu Hongji finally came back to his senses, understood the joints, said gratefully, and walked cautiously with his knife. The prince wanted to come over to kill the tiger, and the soldiers of the two countries tried even more desperately to suppress the tiger and not let it move.

Yelu Hongji approached cautiously, stabbed him with a knife, and when he saw that he was safe, he stabbed one after another frantically, and after a while, the big Siberian tiger was stabbed by him and there was no breath.

Zheng Lang looked at the soldiers and said: "Today, the king of Liang is here to ambush the tiger, and the name of this mountain is called Fuhu Mountain, and this auspicious omen is also." ”

Yelu Hongji didn't know and grinned, but some Khitans knew, especially a few of Yelu Hongji's cronies, almost knelt down under Zheng Lang's legs to express their gratitude. This is undoubtedly to justify Yelu Hongji's name. The Khitan Emperor did not only have one son, Yelu Hongji. Although it is a key training object, it may not be known who will be the emperor in the end.

Zheng Lang said again: "Hundred good filial piety is the head, Your Highness." You should cut off the head of the tiger and offer it to Your Majesty. ”

"Okay," Yelu Hongji finally faintly heard what Zheng Lang meant, said yes, and shook Zheng Lang's hand, everything was silent.

Seeing Yelu Hongji cutting off the tiger's head with a knife, Guo Kui said in a low voice: "Zheng Xianggong." Why? ”

"Is it beneficial for a prince who likes hunting and Confucianism to ascend the throne, or is it beneficial for a more virtuous prince to ascend the throne?" Zheng Lang replied more quietly.

Guo Kui rubbed his bruised face, came to his senses, and said, "Zheng Xianggong is far-sighted, but I am far behind. ”

"You're not bad either," Mr. Zheng said. It's not about how much strategy you have, it's about your golden finger. After this Xiao Feng swore to his eldest brother and ascended the throne. made the Khitan black miasma, and the people were not able to make a living, which is the story of the rise of the Jurchens. Maybe the other sons of Yelu Zongzhen had something worse. No matter how bad it is, how much worse can it be than Yelu Hongji?

After Guan Jian's great favor is sold, what will the Khitan people think of themselves? …,

Yelu Hongji finally cut off the tiger's head, and everyone cheered together.

Zheng Lang said again: "Your Highness, you should thank him. ”

"Who?"

Zheng Lang pointed to the inconspicuous young man.

"Xiao Hugu, come here."

Xiao Hugu walked over, bowed down and said, "Let Your Highness be frightened, the minister is guilty." ”

Zheng Lang was clever in his heart, not necessarily all the Khitan ministers knew his origin, but this person knew. He is a loyal minister of the Yu concession style. Since childhood, he has been strong and powerful, and he has made up for the forbidden army. In the Khitan army, the name has not been obvious, until Yelu Zhao San to destroy the rebel department, there are strong people in the rebel department who can leap to Luo Feng, this person came out in heavy armor, and his hand did not press Luo Feng's strength. Directly wearing armor, jumped to the top of Luo Feng, which was nearly two meters high, and a golden rooster came.

There is no need to wear armor, just jump lightly, and how many people jump to the top of Luo Feng without using their strength, and stabilize their bodies? The traitors are famous. Not only bravery, but also loyalty. Yelu Yixin controlled the Khitan government, harmed the people, and brutalized the crown prince and queen, this person was unjust, and wanted to eliminate harm for the Lord, so he lay down under the bridge where Yixin often traveled, and wanted to assassinate. As a result, the torrential rain arrived, but it was fruitless. I also wanted to kill Yi Xin in the hunting ground, but I was hindered by my relatives and friends, but I couldn't do it. Once again, he wanted to plan an assassination strategy, but the rumors came out. Arrested, but killed by Jeluhongki.

He sighed secretly in his heart, in fact, whether it is the Song Dynasty or the Khitan, there are many capable people.

However, neither country has made good use of human resources, which has caused the country to degenerate day by day.

Then I thought of one more thing, could it be that Yang and Wang were really chased off the cliff by the tiger?

I saw Yelu Hongji hand the knife that cut the tiger into Xiao Hugu's hand, and said: "You are innocent and meritorious, this is the knife that kills the tiger, and I will give it to you." ”

Guo Kui's head was sweating, how dangerous the situation was just now, and he was only given a broken knife.

Xiao Hugu was not dissatisfied, and bowed down and said, "Thank you, Your Highness." ”

After this fright, all of them have no interest in hunting. Carry the tiger down and start picking the tiger's skin around the camp, as well as other prey, ready for a picnic.

A crowd gathered around Yeluhonki and talked excitedly.

Zheng Lang took a book and came to the pine forest to read. It is a small Khitan script (the Khitan script is divided into two types, but Chinese characters are still the mainstream), I have been in the Khitan for a long time, and I can speak some Khitan language, even if the Khitan script can understand one or two, after all, it is modified on the basis of Chinese characters.

Suddenly, a Khitan soldier came over silently.

Lowering his head, the guards beside Zheng Lang glanced at it and didn't care. There are not only more than 90 guards from Zheng Lang here, but also more than 200 guards brought by Yelu Hongji, and no one dares to have any unfavorable thoughts about Zheng Lang.

continued to walk forward, the pace was very slow, and when he came to Zheng Lang's side, he didn't turn his head, and said in a low voice: "Zheng Xianggong, I'm Zhang Hai." ”

Zheng Lang immediately dropped the book and looked up, it was not Zhang Hai, why was he so dressed and secretive?

Zhang Hai said: "Zheng Xianggong, Wang Sixing and Yang Xi have betrayed and are in your camp in the Khitan Chinese army. ”

After observing for a long time, I saw Zheng Lang far away from everyone, so I approached. It is a fluke to hunt here, otherwise there is no chance of getting close. But there are guards nearby, all of them are guards brought by Zheng Lang from the Song Dynasty, King Yang has betrayed, God knows if the other guards have betrayed?

Zheng Lang's head was turning sharply, he had thought of more, but he couldn't hesitate, once Zhang Hai stopped, there would be guards around him, and something would happen. So he stood up and walked towards the river at a faster pace, but when he passed by Zhang Hai's side, he whispered: "There is a small cave behind the low hill in the south, and the bushes are overgrown nearby, if you find a way to sneak over, I will also pass, and you can only show up if I or General Guo appear." ”

"Whoa."

The two have staggered.

No one noticed, Zhang Hai turned to the side and disappeared into the dense forest for a while. Zheng Lang looked at the pine forest, then looked at the tiger underground, and said to Guo Kui: "Shooting a tiger today is really a good sign." (To be continued)