On the second day, as soon as it was polished, the team that went into the mountain to find the auspicious bird set off from the palace in a mighty way.

When the common people heard that the emperor was going to find the auspicious bird in person, they knelt on both sides of the road and shouted long live, and the prince and several princes followed behind the emperor's sedan chair, full of spirit, and each showed a smile that was determined to win.

It was about half a day's journey from the palace on Biling Mountain, and it was not until noon that the procession stopped at the foot of the mountain.

The emperor walked out of the sedan chair, looking at the vast and majestic mountains, the green shade covered the sun, there was no trace of sunshine, and the sound of wolf howling was faintly heard in the distance, and the people who listened to it were a little hairy.

The crown prince stepped forward and said uneasily, "Father, no one has ever dared to set foot in this Ling Mountain, and there is hardly even a winding path in the forest, so you should camp here and rest, and let the retainers take people into the mountain to find it." ”

After being bumpy for half a day, the emperor was already a little out of breath, but he still insisted on entering the mountain in person, "Needless to say, since you have arrived here, let's go in quickly." ”

Everyone was no longer able to dissuade them, so they brought bows, arrows, swords, and halberds, and plunged into the mountains and forests with the emperor.

The more you go inside, the fog in the mountains becomes thicker and thicker, and you can hear insects and birds chirping from time to time, but this colorful auspicious bird does not even see a shadow.

Heng Xinyuan and the Seventh Prince followed the team, and discussed in a low voice, "The Seventh Prince, do you really think that there will be colorful auspicious birds in this Biling Mountain?" ”

Li Wenyao said with a smile, "The so-called auspicious omen from the sky is just the expectations of the people, a myth should not be believed, my father is already old, so he will naturally believe more in the words of ghosts and gods." ”

"So Your Highness thinks that we will all return in vain today?"

"Not necessarily ......"

The two of them supported each other, walking towards the depths of the jungle, one foot deep and one foot shallow, because the mountain fog in front of them was too big, they unconsciously fell behind most of the team in front of them.

After trekking for about an hour, Heng Xinyuan was already a little exhausted, so the two of them found a cliff with a clear spring and flowing water to sit down and rest.

Suddenly, there was a pleasant chirping sound overhead, melodious and moving, very different from ordinary bird calls.

Heng Xinyuan looked hard, and was shocked to see that in the clouds, a colorful light flashed and flew towards the other side of the mountain.

"Your Highness, look! Colorful auspicious birds! Heng Xinyuan hurriedly pulled Li Wenyao, who was closing his eyes and recuperating, and shouted.

Li Wenyao looked in the direction of his finger, and sure enough, he saw a large bird with colorful wings falling on a verdant pine and cypress tree in the distance.

The two of them hurriedly got up and ran towards the place, but the bird flew too high, and the resting place was at the top of the tree, and it was too much to catch.

"Your Highness, I have a pill here, please take it." Heng Xinyuan took out a fruit from his sleeve and handed it to him.

Li Wenyao was suspicious, confused, "Pills? What is it for? ”

"Your Highness will know when you take it."

didn't have time to think about it, Li Wenyao leaned his neck and swallowed the fruit, and after a while, he suddenly felt a strange movement in his body, dizzy, like falling into the clouds.

When he came to his senses, the auspicious bird waved its huge wings, fluttered and landed in front of him, circling around him.

Li Wenyao was shocked, "There really is such a divine bird in the world!" I've seen it today! ”

Seeing that this bird was indeed as rumored, with colorful wings all over its body, its head held high, and its long tail dragged behind it, like a proud colorful peacock, Li Wenyao hurriedly stepped forward and carefully hugged it.

"Congratulations, Your Highness! Let's hurry up and tell the emperor! ”

In fact, before the two of them rushed back to the team, the news that the Seven Princes had caught the auspicious bird had already spread back.

The emperor was sitting on a mountain rock looking forward to it, and when he saw the auspicious bird in Li Wenyao's arms, he said incoherently excitedly, "Okay, good!" The auspicious bird is here! I will definitely bless my Jiang country for eternity! ”

Everyone fell to their knees and shouted, "Congratulations, Your Majesty! Long live Your Majesty, long live, long live! ”

"Son, congratulations to the emperor, this auspicious bird will definitely protect your dragon body and health, and longevity is better than Nanshan!" Li Wenyao presented the auspicious bird with both hands, and he didn't see that there was already a lot of green smoke coming out of the prince's head on the side.

Just as everyone was celebrating, a roaring beast scream pierced the sky, and a sergeant in the crowd shouted in horror, "There's a wolf over there!" ”

"There are wolves! There are wolves! Protect Your Majesty! Eunuch Chen hurriedly summoned the guards and gathered in front of the emperor.

"Whew! Oh! The voice was getting closer and closer, as if the wolf was beside them, but there were layers of mountain fog in front of them, and they couldn't see anything clearly, so everyone had to stand still, holding their breath, holding their swords, trembling in defense.

"Ahh There was a scream from the dead jungle, and one of the guards fell to the ground clutching his shins, shouting, "Here! The wolf is here! This brute just scratched my leg! ”

Li Wenyao held the bow and arrow tightly in his hand, his eyes were staring at the direction where the emperor was, only to hear a gust of wind howling in his ears, and an agile beast shadow flashed, and Eunuch Chen screamed in shock, "Protect Your Majesty!" ”

He turned his head sharply and saw that the wolf was spreading its claws and rushing towards the emperor!

"Father, beware!" He quickly put the arrow on the string, took a position, aimed at the wolf's body, and when it came into his range, he let go of his hand, and as soon as the arrow left the string, it thudged straight into the wolf's right eye.

Hearing a terrible scream, the wolf fell to the ground, fluttered twice, stood up and glared fiercely at Li Wenyao with the only remaining green eyes, and before he could react, the wolf pounced and tore a bloody wound on his arm.

Then, deep into the jungle, he wailed and fled.

Li Wenyao covered his wounds, grinning in pain, and the emperor hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Wenyao, are you okay?" Let me see your wounds! ”

"Father, I'm fine...... he gritted his teeth and pretended to be relaxed, "It's too dangerous here, maybe that wolf just now will bring more wolves, let's get out of the mountain quickly." ”

"Yes, yes, you are right......" The emperor was shocked just now, and his mood was still a little unstable, and he was busy with the support of everyone, and staggered out of the mountain.

When he returned to the foot of the mountain safely, the imperial doctor stepped forward to check Li Wenyao's wound, the wolf's claw was extremely sharp, almost tearing off half of the flesh on his arm, and the blood could not stop flowing, which was shocking.

Heng Xinyuan guarded him, tore a strip of cloth from the hem of his clothes, and wrapped it around the upper end of his wound to stop the bleeding.

"Yao'er, are you alright?" The emperor's eyes were full of a father's pity for his son, but seeing that although he was so seriously injured, he didn't cry, and he didn't even frown, and he appreciated this son who he didn't pay much attention to in the past.

"Back to Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the Seventh Prince's wound is a little deep, and the wolf's claws are very unclean, and there is already a slight speech outside the wound, and I want to go back to the palace for treatment quickly." The Imperial Physician said.

"In this case, then hurry back to the palace!" The emperor hurriedly instructed his attendants to help Li Wenyao onto the dragon he was riding.

The ministers who followed on the side all looked at each other, as if they saw some doorways, this dragon is only available to the Son of Heaven, and others are unapproachable, and now the emperor actually asked the seven princes to help the dragon to the dragon.

Isn't it meant to be a king?

On the way back, the people kneeling on both sides of the road were extremely excited, looking at the colorful auspicious birds locked in the cage, and shouting long live.

"Hahaha, it's still Bingyu's idea!"

"Winning Prizes...... Or Uncle Zhao is more worthy of admiration for reluctantly cutting his love......"

In the mansion of the Marquis of Wei, everyone laughed and laughed.

Zhao Yanyi said with a smile, "Last night, Bingyu suddenly came to my father to ask for the Persian feather bird, saying that it was to disguise itself as an auspicious bird, and we were all shocked. ”

"I was also in Uncle Zhao's yard last time, and I happened to see that bird, I didn't expect it to come in such a big handy!" Wan Bingyu looked at Zhao Fangyu's angry expression, and hurriedly flattered, "Uncle Zhao...... Bing Yu really has no choice, if you want the Seven Princes to be crowned princes smoothly, it is the best way to catch the auspicious bird and present it to the emperor, but we don't know when this auspicious bird will appear, so we have to pretend to be it...... The Persian feather bird you raised is snow-white, just enough to be dyed! ”

"Humph! The breed of that bird is precious! I'm going to send it out like this! "Zhao Fangyu is a bird lover, and he built a beast garden in the mansion to raise all kinds of rare and exotic beasts.

This Persian feather bird is his most beloved pet, and now it has been calculated by Wan Bingyu.