Chapter 179: Lishan Tiger Hunting
Emperor Tianduo naturally knew the system of the court, and also understood Wen Yiheng's outspoken and straightforward character, so he raised his hand and waved Yun Mulin off the car: "Mulin, did you hear that?" In the future, if you want to ride this chariot with me, you will have to work hard to accumulate battle merits from the horse. ”
Emperor Tianduo's words are not lacking in the meaning of educating Yun Mulin.
However, Yun Mulin only felt embarrassed, and did not carefully appreciate the meaning.
Yun Mulin couldn't, so he had to leave the imperial chariot with a disgraced face, but he didn't turn over and get on the horse again, only holding the reins and slowly following the imperial chariot in despair, slightly embarrassed.
Wen Yiheng saw that Yun Mulin was displeased, and held back the pleasure in his heart, but Yun Mulin saw the faint smile on Wen Yiheng's face, and he was even more resentful of Wen Yiheng in his heart.
The more embarrassed Yun Mulin became, the more resentful he became, but it was the effect Wen Yiheng wanted.
Wen Yiheng and Su Jiudong thought the same, and deliberately put the contradictions between the two sides on the table, which made the contradictions even more aggravated, and Yun Mulin's tricks behind his back were useless.
After Su Jiudong's suggestion was used, he was afraid that in the future, how Yun Mulin would say bad things about Wen Yiheng behind his back, Emperor Tianduo would only think of Wen Yiheng's falling out with Yun Mulin today, and thought that Yun Mulin was venting his personal anger, so naturally he would not take it seriously.
Wen Yiheng turned on his horse and went to the Lishan Hunting Ground with the hunting team.
The Lishan hunting grounds are verdant, and the plains are flat and wide, with no end in sight.
In the meantime, the water is abundant and the grass is abundant, the flowers and plants in the dense forest are not frozen at four o'clock, and the three or two clusters of trees become a forest.
The officials of the paddock came to receive them, and Emperor Tianduo led the prince and the courtiers to rest for a while, and then hurriedly got on their horses and began to hunt.
With Emperor Tianduo's order, Xia Miao began, and the courtiers and princes scattered in all directions. Wen Yiheng was injured in the back, so he only carried a bow and arrows, and rode his horse to walk slowly in the hunting grounds.
The hunting grounds are surrounded by flowers, and from time to time you can see deer or hares in the grass.
The first thing that appeared was a rabbit with gray fur, dodging from among the flowers and plants to the edge of a pond, trembling and bowing its head to drink, looking up from time to time to look around, very vigilant.
With the little rabbit's "risk" as a pathfinder, after a while, sika deer, foxes, hedgehogs, squirrels and other prey emerged from all over the mountains and forests, and they also gathered to drink water by the pond.
Emperor Tianduo saw many small animals around the pond from afar, so he rode his horse and quietly approached, striving to be the first to hunt prey. Yun Mulin, who was riding his horse, saw that Emperor Tianduo had already straddled and was ready, so he stepped forward and reported to Emperor Tianduo:
"Father, this time Xia Miao, in addition to preparing the common pheasants and hares in the paddock, the retainers had instructed the paddock officials to prepare two birds of prey for the father to hunt."
Emperor Tianduo was immediately interested, and asked curiously, "Oh? I want to know what kind of bird of prey it is. You say come and hear it? ”
"During the hunt last autumn, your father once said that although he had killed many pheasants, hares, and sika deer in autumn, he had no chance to hunt tigers, leopards, and jackals with his own hands, and felt very regretful. Therefore, Erchen specially asked them to prepare two big tigers. ”
"The prince has a heart!" Emperor Tianduo was happy from the bottom of his heart, and gently patted Yun Mulin's shoulder, and then said in confusion: "But at this season, there are no fierce beasts like tigers in the Lishan Hunting Grounds." ”
"It is precisely because of this that the sons specially ordered them to go to the mountains and forests to hunt and take good care of them, waiting for the release of the summer seedlings this time, which is the regret of the emperor last autumn."
Hunting tigers, raising tigers, releasing tigers... The cost of this period is not small. But because Yun Mulin was indeed "full of sincerity", Emperor Tianduo also saw that Yun Mulin's move was to curry favor with the Sacred Heart, so he didn't ask too much about the details.
"Bring it out." Yun Mulin opened his mouth to command, and the surrounding paddock officials all ran into the back garden, where two cages containing tigers had already been placed and waiting.
There is a densely wooded flat land to the west of the Lishan Hunting Ground, and the soldiers of the paddock drove the hares and sika deer to this area.
The accompanying guards and soldiers gathered at the front to prevent the little creature from escaping in all directions. The hares and the sika deer are both timid animals, and now they are besieged here, and they can't help but sniff around in horror and wander.
"Father, look, you're here." Emperor Tianduo looked in the direction pointed by Yun Mulin, and sure enough, he saw that the paddock officials pushed out the two cage carts containing tigers respectively, pushed them to the front of the flat ground and stopped.
The two tigers did not seem to have woken up from their dreams, they looked very quiet and lazy, and they were quiet until they were pushed to the ground, without the slightest sign of roaring.
"Sure enough, it's a big tiger!" Emperor Tianduo was very satisfied with the two sturdy tigers, and couldn't wait to let go of the arrows to chase them. Qishu.com
Yun Mulin stepped forward to "invite merit" and said: "For today's Xia Miao, Erchen specially instructed the officials in the paddock not to feed these two tigers yesterday, just to increase the enthusiasm of the two of them, and it can be more interesting to chase!" ”
The two tigers were starved for a day, and at this time their stomachs were empty, and when they saw the hare and sika deer in front of them, their eyes lit up, and they stood up in the cage, and swept away the ignorance when they first entered, and their spirits were uplifted.
Wen Yiheng heard that Yun Mulin had specially prepared a tiger for Emperor Tianduo to shoot, so he said worriedly: "I was hungry for a day, but I am afraid that these two tigers will be more ferocious and will attack people and animals together." In case of the above accident, how can you afford it, prince? ”
Wen Yiheng said to Emperor Tianduo: "The prince did not report to Weichen before, and prepared the tiger in private. All present today are princes and important ministers who are favored by the emperor. If something goes wrong, the consequences are unimaginable... The minister thought that these two tigers could not be released. ”
In fact, it is not only Wen Yiheng who is worried, but also some civil officials and princes with poor hunting skills also respect these two tigers.
The guards were also extremely nervous when they saw the tiger being pushed out by the paddock officials, and their palms clenching the spears couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat. No matter which one of them was injured by the tiger, they were afraid that they would lose their lives.
"Zichu, this is the prince's intention, and it is also what I think. Besides, with so many guards present, those two beasts can't hurt us. "Emperor Tianduo just wanted to start hunting as soon as possible, and he didn't take Wen Yiheng's advice to heart.
"Wu Song and Li Kui are both good at fighting tigers, I don't have to fight tigers in close quarters like them today, I only need to shoot two arrows from afar, and these two big tigers will be killed, where is the danger? Zichu is still too forward-looking. ”
Wen Yiheng saw that no matter how much advice he had, it was useless, so he chose to follow closely on the right side of Emperor Tianduo in silence.
Yun Mulin, who was on the left side of the horse and Emperor Tianduo, couldn't help but be overjoyed when he saw Wen Yiheng deflated, and his face was obviously dancing with eyebrows, raising his eyebrows.
Well... In Yun Mulin's own thoughts, he raised his eyebrows, but in Wen Yiheng's opinion, it was the face of a villain.
Emperor Tianduo insisted on saying "nothing", and Wen Xiangjin, who was still the order of Shang Shuling, was also rejected, so no other official dared to echo Wen Yiheng and dissuade Emperor Tianduo again.
Emperor Tianduo only hopes that he can get rid of the "mouthy" Wen Yiheng as soon as possible, which is better than the addiction of hunting birds of prey.
Yun Mulin nodded slightly to the paddock officials, and the guards paddock officials immediately understood, waved back the guard wall in front, and then opened the tiger cage, and then cautiously escaped from the flat ground, while being accidentally injured by the tiger.
As soon as the cage door opened, the two tigers immediately galloped out, as fast as lightning, and saw only the little prey that had heard the wind and fled in all directions, chasing the hares and sika deer closely.
Emperor Tianduo was not in a hurry to shoot the tigers first, but intended to let the tigers play for a while, relax the confinement of the captivity, and finally shoot again, which would only speed up their minds.
One of the tigers quickly caught up with a sika deer and quickly threw it to the ground, holding its front paws against the deer's body so that it could not escape.
The other tiger had just devoured two hares, and at this time it was leisurely opening its bloody mouth, with bright eyes and sharp teeth, and pounced on the sika deer. The panicked sika deer panicked and ran to the mouth of the first tiger instead.
The delighted Yun Mulin emphasized again: "Father, look! The two tigers prepared by Erchen are really brave, right? This was specially captured by Erchen from the northeast, and his physique was twice as large as that of ordinary tigers! ”
Emperor Tianduo nodded in agreement, silently rode on the horse and watched, the bow and arrow were already on the string, but he was not in a hurry to shoot out, just waiting for the opportunity, one shot was hit, and one blow was killed.
While everyone was watching, the life-and-death chase on the flat ground was still ongoing.
The first tiger that had just eaten was jumped, and accurately bit the hind legs of a thin sika deer, only to see the sika deer being folded to the ground and letting out a hoarse scream.
Wen Yiheng thought that this sika deer must be unable to escape death, but he knew that the sika deer with a strong desire to survive actually broke free from the tiger's mouth and escaped death after several rolls.
The big tiger saw that the food was about to arrive but fled at the last moment, and immediately chased the sika deer.
The sika deer, which was originally heading north, found that there was another tiger waiting under the tree for it to throw itself into the net, and had to choose another way to escape. The sika deer couldn't dodge, and immediately chose to flee quickly in the southeast where there was no tiger, that is, in the direction of Emperor Tianduo.
The first tiger turned around and galloped in pursuit of the sika deer, its claws tearing through the flat grass. The sika deer suddenly swept under Emperor Tianduo's horses, and the crowd watching the chase immediately panicked.
The tiger behind the sika deer jumped suddenly, and when it was about to rush to Emperor Tianduo, the frightened horses suddenly became a mess.
It was too late, it was too late, Wen Yiheng clamped the horse's belly and drove the horses under his seat to crash into the horses of Emperor Tianduo, and then quickly took the bow and pulled the arrow, aiming at the tiger's head!
Just at the thrilling moment, Wen Yiheng pulled his bow and shot a silver feather arrow that pierced the air, and a straight shot hit the eyebrows of the tiger that rushed forward, and the big tiger couldn't stand the recoil, fell to the ground, and was killed on the spot.