"Good!"

There were applause.

The guards put their prey in prepared cages. The cage is set up in a large cart, guarded by a special person, who follows at the back of the line.

With this pheasant as the jackpot, everyone's interest is even higher. Pheasants can also be found in this periphery, which means that there is better prey at a deeper level.

The hunting grounds were built for the emperor, so there were regular patrols, and if jackals, tigers and leopards broke in, they would try to get rid of them in order to avoid accidents.

Relatively speaking, this hunting ground, which covers an area of dozens of miles, is still safe, and the people of the royal family will not worry about whether they will encounter some large beasts.

The team slowly sailed into the depths of the hunting grounds.

During this time, someone also found a gray rabbit, two pheasants, and a fox that almost ran away. Other than that, the team didn't have much to gain on the periphery.

Yirong sat quietly in her husband's arms, paying attention to the movement ahead. Although the weather is cold, her husband is very warm, and when it reaches her, she doesn't feel so cold. The horse does not walk very fast, and it does not feel bumpy when riding on the horse.

When they reached the depths, everyone slowed down. The beasts had a keen sense of hearing, but the slightest unusual noise would alert them.

Yirong looked around, but there was nothing to see except the withered trees and the white snow.

Suddenly, a guard in front of him dismounted, walked to Lou Zhan's horse in the middle of the team, and said with a smile: "General Lou, the emperor asked you to come forward." ”

Lou Zhan said: "The minister will arrive later." ”

"Okay." The guard bowed his hand and returned to his place.

Lou Zhan drove the horse and went forward, and the horse stopped a little behind the old emperor.

"Your Majesty, what's the matter with summoning your ministers?"

The old emperor squinted his eyes and stared ahead, and said, "General Lou, why don't you just follow me and find prey for me." ”

Lou Zhan glanced at the young people behind the emperor, they were all descendants of the emperor's relatives and nobles, and they were all young people, and their eyesight was naturally excellent.

Lou Zhan understood, and said respectfully: "The minister obeys the order." ”

"Hmm." The old emperor nodded, clamped his legs between the horse's belly, flicked the whip, and the horse instinctively walked forward.

Yirong shrank in Lou Zhan's arms, only to feel that her face was like fire, although Lou Zhan covered her for her, she still felt the curious eyes behind her.

The team moved on. The old emperor was at the forefront, and Lou Zhan followed closely.

The old emperor was old and frail, and his eyesight was not as good as before, Lou Zhan could certainly understand.

Ahead is a bamboo forest.

The bamboo leaves have long since withered, and the ground is covered with snow, and there are no rotten branches and rotten leaves underneath. The horse's hooves stepped on it, and the ground shook, and suddenly a white snow was lifted from beneath the ground, and then a sharp and strange cry was heard—

"Squeak!"

From underground, a large number of bamboo rats poured up, frantically fleeing to other places.

Everyone was stunned.

Lou Zhan subconsciously covered the eyes of his little wife in his arms.

Rats are timid by nature and prefer to hide in the dark. The sound of horses' hooves shook the rats out of their burrows.

"Hahaha, just rats, timid and afraid!"

Someone scoffed.

This phenomenon seems a little strange to Lou Zhan, it stands to reason that the burrows of rats should be deep underground, even if there is a sound of horses' hooves vibrating, they will definitely not be so panicked, unless they encounter some crisis.

The old emperor stared at the cave for a long time, and finally gave the order to move on.

Yirong broke open the big palm that her husband was covering her eyes, and asked suspiciously: "Husband, what's wrong?" When she saw the marks on the ground, she felt really strange, she had just heard a lot of strange noises, could it be some kind of small animal?

"It's okay, it's just a bamboo rat."

"Bamboo rats?" Yirong exclaimed quietly. She had never seen a bamboo rat, but when she heard the name, she knew it was a rat.

"Yes, don't be afraid." Lou Zhan leaned down and hugged her tightly.

"I'm not afraid." Yirong looked at him with disgust, and said, "Rats are usually very timid, they will only steal food and will not harm people, why should I be afraid?" ”

The little wife blinked her eyes and her face was full of coquettishness.

"If I am afraid of mice, am I not even as brave as mice?" Seeing that he was speechless, Yirong continued to explain his crooked reasoning.

Lou Zhan smiled helplessly: "That's not the truth, although the mouse is timid, but ...... Are you really not afraid? Lou Zhan suddenly felt that he was a little short of words.

Yirong nodded: "Of course I'm not afraid, there's no reason to be afraid." ”

"It's good if you're not afraid."

The young couple whispered quietly, and the emperor on the other side was still pondering.

The old emperor had no intention of looking for prey anymore, he thought about the anomaly just now, and always felt that something was wrong.

Suddenly, the emperor reined in his horse. The line stopped.

"I'm tired today, so I might as well go back first."

Lou Zhan said: "Obey the emperor's wishes." ”

The team returned the same way it came.

The emperor said that he wanted to rest, and it seems that today's scene is over.

Yirong was suddenly a little disappointed.

Lou Zhan comforted her: "The next will be more exciting." ”

"Oh, then the husband will also perform again, right?"

Lou Zhan smiled dotingly, stroked the top of her hair, and said, "Of course you can." ”

After a short rest in the valley, they set out to return to the palace.

After the generals guarding the valley mouth saw off these people, they finally exhaled a breath and could finally rest.

At the gate of the palace, Wu Qi was waiting in a hurry, carrying his young master's package on his back. When he returned to the Taishi's Mansion last night, the housekeeper told him the master's explanation before leaving, so he hurriedly packed his things and prepared to send them over this morning, so he rushed here at noon, but was told that his eldest young master had already left to go to the hunting ground with the emperor.

Wu Qi was very worried, his eldest young master actually didn't know how to hunt at all, and he wasn't even skilled in horseback riding, so how could he follow the emperor to hunt? Moreover, the young master didn't bring anything, so it's really inappropriate to go so rashly, in case of an accident, what can I do.....

Finally, the emperor lived up to his wishes and finally let Wuqi wait.

Not far away, a group of people came. Of course, he recognized the leader, it was his aunt, and the young lady, behind them, the figure of his eldest young master was faintly revealed, wearing a military uniform, looking quite presentable, and Wu Yu secretly gave a thumbs up to his young master.

However, with Lou Zhan in front, his light and demeanor are even more than his own young master, his own young master is the grace of a noble son, but Lou Zhan has the brilliance of a hero, which is the demeanor that a general should have, majestic and majestic, stable as Mount Tai, this bearing makes people worship.

After being stunned for a while, Wu Qi came back to his senses from the different but equally extraordinary demeanor of the two, waved his hand and shouted, "Young Master! Master! ”

On the back of the horse not far away, Bai Yiyun heard a familiar voice, looked at the gate of the palace, and saw Wuqi standing there shouting excitedly, and hurriedly drove the horse to speed up. Yesterday he didn't bring anything, but he was uncomfortable, even the clothes were still yesterday, which was unbearable for him who loved cleanliness, but fortunately, Wuqi came in time.

Bai Yiyun quickly got off the horse and said, "You came just in time!" ”