Hunting schedule: Starts at dusk on the first day and lasts until the afternoon of the third day. Most of the nobles brought masters with them, on the one hand, to protect their own safety, but more importantly, to hunt more prey in order to obtain the queen's reward.

It was just after noon when there was a commotion in the camp's makeshift schoolyard. Rick was very curious, and immediately rushed to the temporary school field with the four phoenix attendants and two personal guards, Lu Guangtou and Shui Zhuxiu. At some point, a samurai contest was staged. The contest consisted of a bow and arrow on a horse, shooting an arrow target from a hundred paces away on a galloping horse, and Rick didn't know anything about it, so he had to stand and watch. The contest was conducted under the auspices of Ma Yingshangshu of the Ministry of Rites, and the participants were all children of some nobles, as well as some samurai and generals recruited by various prefectures, and these warriors and generals generally had quite a status in each prefecture, so they were qualified to follow their masters to participate in hunting.

Among them, Rick unexpectedly saw Coren, Semez, and Li Yi, who were standing on one side of the schoolyard, looking thoughtfully at the children of the nobility who were snorting and drinking. Rick hurriedly walked up to greet them.

Coren said gratefully: "Xia Hua, thank you so much. ”

"Thank me?"

"Yes, if it weren't for you, Her Majesty the Queen wouldn't have summoned us so soon, and she wouldn't have allowed us to come to the western suburbs for a hunt."

Rick was slightly stunned, and only after a while did he remember that he had mentioned Koren to the Queen, but he didn't expect them to be summoned in advance because of this. Is my relationship with the Queen so good? Rick thought as he rubbed his head.

At this time, a handsome warrior in the jousting arena was galloping over the arrow target a hundred paces away, only to see him suddenly fall sideways on the horse's back. The arrow is like a meteor, and the bow is like catching the moon. Three arrows were shot in a row. The three arrows hit the red heart of the target one after another, and the score was exactly the same. Rick was amazed: "What a powerful archery! ”

Semez said contemptuously: "Carving insect skills, one of the top ten masters of the imperial capital shoots this kind of rotten arrow, shame!" ”

Li Yi said on the side: "Your archery skills are even more embarrassing!" ”

Rick was very interested in the "Top Ten Masters of the Imperial Capital" mentioned by Semez, and forgot his current identity for a while, and hurriedly asked. Semez wondered, "You haven't heard of it?" ”

Rick was startled, and then he remembered who he was now, but the words had been spoken and could not be taken back. I had to nod my head. Fortunately, Semez didn't care, he didn't know Xia Hua before, so he took it for granted that he was just a son-in-law, and it was reasonable not to know the "Top Ten Masters of the Imperial Capital". So he patiently explained: "The so-called 'Top Ten Masters of the Imperial Capital' refers to the eleven martial arts masters who live in the Imperial Capital, all of whom are amazing and have extraordinary martial arts. However, this assessment is not formal, but is privately assessed. ”

"How did the top ten masters become eleven masters again?" Rick wondered.

Semez patted him on the shoulder in understanding, as if to forgive his ignorance: "Because there is a twin sister among the ten masters, and they fight side by side at all times. Therefore, it can only be counted as one person. ”

Rick suddenly realized, he pointed to the handsome man who was receiving the reward from Ma Yingshangshu of the Ministry of Rites at this moment and asked, "How many of the top ten masters of the imperial capital are he?" ”

"Fourth. ' Ghost Fan' Fu Qing, the general of the Grand Duke of Singe's mansion, the only weapon is a black jade fan. ”

"What about the others?"

Semez crossed his fingers and said: "The first 'black-clothed swordsman' Mobius, a free mercenary, the second 'golden-armored god of war' Sicoro, the head of the Imperial Capital War Temple Warrior Regiment, the third 'Cloud Stirrger' Dasan Carlo, the second son of the prime minister, and also the squire of the military department, he is the most controversial of the top ten masters, because he has too few shots, and the fifth 'throat-piercing sword' Albeck, the personal guard of the auxiliary king--"

"The Vice-Chancellor? Isn't the highest title of the empire a duke? Why is there another auxiliary king? Because Qin Xin didn't mention the auxiliary king when he described the power structure of the empire, Rick couldn't help but ask.

Semez said triumphantly: "Only the older generation knows about this matter, and I also heard from an old man." The Auxiliary King is the uncle of the current Queen, who has been absent from the world for twenty years, and has been living in seclusion since he heard that he has been sick all year round. ”

Li Yi didn't bother to listen to this, she urged Semez to finish the ten masters of the imperial capital, obviously her information in this regard was as closed as Rick.

Semez continued: "The sixth 'Iron Fist' Fei Lei, the only son of Marshal Fei, one of the three major marshals of the empire, I heard that he is still studying at the Military Academy; the seventh 'Fairy Shadow Sword' Tang Zhaoxian, the commander of the Queen's Praetorian Guard; the eighth 'Wind Knife' Feng Piao, the commander of the military department, one of the four admirals of wind, fire, thunder and lightning; the ninth 'Cuinu Double Knife' Bei Linyu and Bei Lin Yu, the daughter of the owner of the Beilin Martial Arts Pavilion; The tenth is nameless, known as the 'Nine Aunts', the proprietress of the Golden Cave Mirror Flower Pavilion in the imperial capital. ”

"Even the brothel proprietress can be listed as one of the top ten masters?" Rick asked in surprise.

Semez rolled his eyes and said: "Do you think that masters carry a big sword, walk around the streets, kill people when they see them, and cut them when they meet people, and always look like they are cool?" ”

As soon as Rick asked, he realized that he had asked a stupid question, so he did not refute Semez's sarcasm, explaining: "I mean, it is understandable that a brothel proprietress is so good, the question is why she would show her skills in front of people, people like her, just like she does not reveal her name, otherwise she will make a big splash." Therefore, she is also listed among the top ten masters in the imperial capital, which is obviously very unreasonable. Can you give me an explanation? ”

Semez shrugged his shoulders and said, "You ask me, who do I ask?" But--" he said, "you have a point. After speaking, he showed a contemplative expression.

Rick didn't allow him to ponder, he still had a lot of questions to ask, and continued to ask: "The top ten masters of the imperial capital seem to be relatively young. Don't the emperors have older masters? ”

"Of course there is, but the judging criteria for the top ten masters of the imperial capital is that they are no more than forty years old, and those who are over forty years old cannot be selected."

"I see." Rick said suddenly, and then asked another question that he was eager to know, "Is that Tang Zhaoxian, the leader of the Queen's Praetorian Guard, a woman?" ”

"Of course, all the queen's guards are women, and the palace guards (also known as 'palace guards') who guard the perimeter of the palace are men." Speaking of this, Semez asked suspiciously, "Haven't you seen Tang Zhaoxian?" ”

Rick scratched the back of his head and said, "I've only been in the palace a few times, but I once met a palace maid named 'Zhaoxian', who doesn't look like the commander of the Praetorian Guard, and that maid is still sick." ”

"Who said my Praetorian Commander was sick?" Suddenly, a majestic voice came from behind them.

Rick quickly turned his head and looked shocked. At some point, the queen and a group of people were already standing not far behind her. Rick and the others hurriedly knelt on the ground and shouted "Long live the Queen". The queen's words were just a casual question, and after Rick Ping, he did not mention it again, but walked straight to a high-height grandstand directly north of the temporary school grounds, where several delicate wooden chairs were already placed, and the most luxurious one in the middle was the throne. Rick wanted to stand still and continue to watch the competition, but he didn't want the chamberlain to wave his hand and ask him to follow behind the ministers, and Semez and the others followed. On the wooden platform, of course, Rick was not qualified to sit, and could only stand on the wide steps at the edge of the stands, which was extremely uncomfortable. However, what balanced him was that Coren, Semez and others had to stand under the stands, and although they were only a few steps away from him, they were treated worse than him.

At this moment, a man dressed as a military general in the school field was on horseback, he obviously saw His Majesty in the stands, hurriedly rode his horse to the stands, dismounted and knelt on the ground, and said loudly: "The commander of the Thousand Cavalry of the Leopard Shadow Legion, Nubin Nigus, I implore Your Majesty to show his skills." ”

As he gave his name, Semez explained: "This guy is the only son of the old Negus, the secretary of the ministry, and he is very fond of fighting. ”

Rick was not surprised by the status of Nubin Negus, in fact, the people who could participate in the hunting in the western suburbs were all high-ranking officials and important ministers of the empire, and the ministers who were slightly disfavored in front of the queen or the nobles who did not have the title of marquis or above (including marquis) were not eligible to participate in the hunt. Being qualified to participate in the hunt as the little captain of Nubin Neguez is naturally stained with the light of his old man. Rick was surprised that Semez knew the background of almost everyone in the field, was it just because he had a sister who was a legion commander? Rick was full of doubts about him. He also thought that this might be because the Hua Ming family was a big family in the imperial capital, but he asked Qin Xin about the Hua Ming family, and Qin Xin said that it was just an ordinary family, almost unknown, if it weren't for the fact that there was a leader of the Purple Cloud Legion in the family, it would be even less noticeable.

Here he was lost in thought, where the queen had granted Nubin's request. After Nubin thanked him, he supported the ground with one palm, spun on the horse, and performed a beautiful light body kung fu. Immediately after getting on the horse, he turned the horse's head sideways, and when he was a hundred paces away from the target, he rushed to the target, and then bent his bow and shot three arrows under the horse's belly. "Whoosh--" The three arrows made a neat shrill sound in the air, and finally hit the heart at the same time. Everyone watching was amazed, and some of the women screamed.

Nobin spun his horse's head again and came under the stands, this time to receive the Queen's reward. The Queen of the Blue Moon rewarded him with a hundred gold coins and a red samurai scarf, and he immediately thanked him loudly and exclaimed, "Long live the Queen." Seeing that Rick pouted on the side, he was probably very disapproving.

Nubin got off the field, and immediately another samurai came on the field, also dressed as a general, but he was a female general. She rode to the front of the stands, dismounted and knelt on one knee and said crisply: "The little woman Similian, a small captain of a thousand horsemen in the Skylark Country, begs Her Majesty the Queen to give her permission to try her skills." (To be continued......)