Chapter 59: Shoot Li Kang
Whether it is Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty or the team of other courtiers, they are all protected by the emperor's guards, but Huo Quai's team is an exception, except for a few henchmen, that is, Huo Quai's personal guard twelve guards.
Among the generals who came with Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty this time, only Zhao Ponu and Li Kang were in Huo Quai's family, so there was no one else with him, saying that it was the emperor's hunting, and now it was a bit like the hunting party of Huo Quai's small group.
Huo Guang rode a horse and followed the middle of the team, this is not a battlefield to worry about fighting, but everyone is still wearing a set of thin leather armor, mainly to prevent people from being scratched by branches during the galloping of the horses.
"Hou Ye, look, there's a deer." In the middle of a wood, the eldest of the twelve guards saw a deer behind a low bush.
Huo Quzhi also looked in the direction of the third finger when he heard this, and at the same time pulled out an arrow from the quiver. However, this deer is also very alert, and seems to have sensed the danger, and Huo Quai's arrow ran away before it could catch the bowstring. The deer's movements have always been agile, but they disappear in the blink of an eye.
"Chase!" Huo Quzhi gave an order, and then rode his horse to chase after him. Among these royal gardens, the most common are pheasants and hares, followed by wild boars and deer. As for tigers, leopards and jackals, it is not impossible, but they are almost unavoidable. Therefore, it is very good to encounter wild boars or deer in general hunting, and these animals are large and meaty, and they are not as dangerous as tigers, leopards and jackals, so they have naturally become the best targets for hunting.
"Li Kang, your archery skills are good, just try it with Ben Hou and see which of us shoots this deer first!" Huo Quzhi galloped while riding a horse and said to Li Dang beside him. This kind of hunting competition is also extremely normal, and even Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty likes to do such a competition with his courtiers.
"Then you're welcome." Li Dang clenched the longbow in one hand, as a general, these competitions were exactly what he liked to see, and he agreed to it almost without thinking about it.
"Hahahaha, don't be too happy, until you get it!" Huo Quzhi smiled heartily, clamped the horse's belly between his legs, and galloped away at a faster speed.
Seeing this, Li Dare did not show weakness, and the horse under his crotch also galloped to follow. The two of them suddenly accelerated, which made Zhao Ponu, Huo Guang and the others behind them a lot slower, and the trees were thick, and soon the two in front disappeared from the field of vision of the people behind.
"Hehe, this Li Dang and Hou Ye are really similar in character, both of them are people who refuse to admit defeat. Let's keep up! Zhao Ponu said with a smile, because this is the hunting ground of Ganquan Palace, and Huo Quzhi and Li Dang are all rare generals in the world, so they don't have to worry about their safety. Therefore, neither Zhao Ponu nor Huo Guang nor even the Twelve Guards were in a hurry to catch up.
"......Suddenly, Huo Guang and the others heard a frightened neighing of a horse from a distance. As soon as this voice sounded, Huo Guang and the others suddenly felt nervous, and almost subconsciously everyone urged the horses under their crotches and galloped towards the place where the neighing sound came from.
"Ah...... The ...... "When the crowd rode over a small bush, they were stunned by what they saw.
Huo Guang saw that it was right in front of his eyes, and at this moment, Li Dang had already fallen off the horse and was lying on his side on the ground. And an arrow in his chest went straight into it, and streams of blood flowed down the arrow to the ground.
Li Kang's eyes stared at Huo Quzhi in disbelief, and at this moment, Huo Quzhi still maintained the posture of opening the bow, holding the bow with one hand, and the back of the bow was facing Li Kang. There is no doubt that the arrow in Li Kang's chest was shot by Huo Quzhi.
"Oops...... Historically, my brother shot Li Kang when he was hunting Ganquan Palace with Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, how could I forget about it? Huo Guang suddenly remembered that Li Dang was killed by Huo Qubing at this time in history. However, Huo Guang has been busy with the affairs of the Dark Pavilion recently, and he has been thinking about the matter of Chang'an Ling last night, and he actually forgot about Li Kang's affairs.
"Li Kang, although you are my subordinate, Ben Hou can't tolerate someone trying to kill my uncle. But don't worry, I will take care of your nephew Li Ling and your son Li Yu after you die. Huo Quzhi slowly put down his longbow and said in a calm tone, as if he had just done a trivial thing by killing Li Kang.
When Zhao Ponu and the others heard Huo Quzhi's words, they all lowered their heads unconsciously, there are no outsiders here, so Huo Qubing has no scruples, and it can be regarded as making Li Dare die clearly.
Huo Guang jumped off his horse and walked in front of Li Dang in a few steps. He found that Li Kang's eyes were distracted, even if he wanted to, he couldn't save it, and Huo Guang had no reason to save it again. However, Huo Guang was a little worried, after all, Li Dang was Lang Zhongling, how to say that he was also one of the Jiuqing, so he was killed by Huo Quai, there was really nothing?
Although Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty did not hold Huo Qubing accountable in history, but in this era, Huo Guang, who has been completely integrated into this power class, knows that everything will cause corresponding consequences, although Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty did not say anything on the surface, but I don't know where Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty will think of this matter in the future.
"You were too impulsive, you shouldn't have assassinated your uncle that day! I will try my best to help you take care of Li Yu. Huo Photovoltaic whispered in Li Kang's ear.
"Thank you, I don't regret it, and I won't resent Lord Hou." Li Dang's eyes were already half-narrowed, he glanced at Huo Guang hard, and said weakly. Huo Guang could feel that Li Kang really didn't have any resentment, as if he didn't have any regrets about dying like this. Or on the day of the assassination of Wei Qing, Li Kang already regarded himself as a dead man.
"Go in peace!" Huo Guang finally said in Li Kang's ear, and as soon as he finished saying this, Huo Guang reached out and grabbed the arrow in Li Kang's chest, and then pulled it out without hesitation. As soon as the arrow pulled out of Li Kang's chest, the barb brought out a stream of even greater blood gushing out, and at this moment, Li Kang closed his eyes and stopped breathing.
Huo Guang held the arrow, stood up and looked around, looked down at the arrow in his hand again, and then took a few steps and stuck the arrow on the ground less than two meters away from Li Kang's body.
"Brother, it's better to report this matter to Your Majesty as soon as possible!" After Huo Guang did all this, he walked up to Huo Quzhi and said, the two brothers looked at each other and nodded slightly.
"Broken slave, go and tell Your Majesty, just say that Li Dare is dead." Huo Quzhi looked at Zhao Ponu and ordered, and then Zhao Ponu rode away without saying anything.
Huo Guang stood in place like this, waiting for the arrival of Emperor Wu of Han, while Huo Quzhi and the Twelve Guards were still on horseback, but consciously they happened to surround Li Kang's body in the middle.
Soon Huo Guang heard a large number of horses' hooves and noises in the distance. At this time, Huo Quzhi and others turned over and dismounted, and almost at the same time, Emperor Wu of Han and Li Cai and others also rode to the scene.
Li Dang...... My nephew ...... "The first to dismount was not Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, but Prime Minister Li Cai, who was over fifty years old. Li Cai used to be a veteran general who galloped across the field, and his body bones naturally did not speak, as soon as he jumped off the horse, he rushed to Li Kang's corpse, and shouted with tears in his arms Li Kang's corpse.
Emperor Wu of Han also turned over and dismounted, Huo Guang noticed that when Emperor Wu of Han saw Li Kang's corpse, he glanced at Huo Qu's illness at the same time, and then frowned slightly. Then he walked quickly to Li Kang's corpse and asked with concern, "What's wrong with Lang Zhongling?" ”
"Your Majesty, Li dares him...... He's out of breath......" Li Cai stretched out his hand and probed Li Kang's nose, and then said sadly. Li Cai is really heartbroken about Li Kang's death, not only because Li Kang is his own nephew, but also because Li Kanggui is the commander of Lang Zhongling, and he is also an important political force in their Li family.
"Du Zhou, let's see what's going on with Lang Zhongling?" Emperor Wu of Han hurriedly said to a lean official in his thirties behind him.
This person Huo Guang didn't know, but his name Huo Guang had heard. This person is Cheng Du Zhou in the imperial history, is the deputy of Zhang Tang, the imperial historian, and is also recommended to Zhang Tang by Yizong, this person can be praised by both Yizong and Zhang Tang, and of course he is also a famous cool official.
Du Zhou is a taciturn person, who looks like a generous and benevolent person on the outside, but on the inside he is an extremely strict person. He walked in front of Li Kang in a few steps, stretched out his hand and groped for a while on Li Kang's body, of course, the most important thing to look at was the blood hole in Li Kang's chest. Seeing the bloody hole in Li Kang's chest, Du Zhou frowned, then looked around, and his eyes fell on the arrow that was inserted on the ground by Huo Guang not far away.
At this time, Li Cai also saw the arrow not far away, and began to be excited Li Cai only cared about sadness, and did not care about the weirdness of Li Dang's death, and now when he saw the arrow inserted in the ground, he saw the fatal wound on Li Kang's chest. Li Cai also frowned.
"What's going on?" Emperor Wu of Han seemed to ask impatiently.
"This ...... Back to Your Majesty, Lang Zhongling has a broken arm, he should have fallen off the horse, but the fatal wound seems to be an arrow wound......" Du Zhou said with some hesitation, to be honest, he didn't have a bottom in his heart, if Li Kang didn't have any obvious wounds on his body, it would be fine, but there was an arrow wound in his chest, and there was an arrow not far away. Officials, especially high-ranking officials, are extremely cautious people, and no one is willing to talk much until they understand the situation. Because it is easiest to say more than you want to lose in officialdom!
"Arrow wounds? So Lang Zhongling was shot by a bow and arrow? Is that really the case? Emperor Wu of Han asked suspiciously, his tone clearly revealing disbelief.
"Your Majesty, the minister saw that Lang Zhongling was hunting wild deer, but he was knocked off his horse by the wild deer, and then he was hit by the antlers in the chest and died. At that time, the elder brother shot the deer with an arrow in a hurry, but still let the deer run away. As soon as Emperor Wu of Han's words fell, Huo Guang stood up and said.
"Wailing...... My Lang Zhongling was actually hit by a deer and died...... Spread my will, let Li Dang's son Li Yu inherit the title, and benefit a hundred households, and then crown Li Yu as the prince. Prime Minister, please also mourn! Before everyone could react, Emperor Wu of Han had already said a series of words, and he immediately decided Li Kang's future.
At this time, although everyone still had many questions in their hearts, no one said anything more, but they all echoed in unison: "Your Majesty Shengming! ”
Li Cai also touched a handful of tears and stood up with the support of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, but when he got up, he glanced at Huo Quzhi and Huo Guang vaguely, with a hateful look in his eyes that no one noticed.