Time passed quickly, and before I knew it, it was the day of the winter hunt, and early, Mu Zifeng got into Shangguan Lian's carriage and went to the destination of the winter hunt with hundreds of soldiers.

As soon as the carriage stopped, Mu Zifeng jumped out of it, he stood in place and looked into the distance, only then did he know that the place of winter hunting was just a forest, the forest was full of trees, the leaves on the trees had not yet fallen off, and they were glowing with a withered yellow color and were blown by the wind. Outside the woods, tents were set up in advance for them to rest.

Retracting his gaze, there was the sound of horses' hooves behind him, Mu Zifeng turned around, and just happened to see Shangguan Haorong holding the hand of Condensing Jade and walking down from the carriage cautiously.

At the same time, Condensing Jade also saw him.

Out of sight is pure, out of sight out of mind. With this thought, Mu Zifeng endured the depression in his heart and looked away.

"Sir, look." Shangguan Lian tugged at Mu Zifeng's sleeve.

Following Shangguan Lian's line of sight, Mu Zifeng immediately noticed Zhu Yilong riding a black horse and wearing a military uniform. Of course, Zhu Yilong also saw him, and the latter nodded politely at him.

Zhu Yilong's internal strength was extremely deep, and Mu Zifeng was afraid that Zhu Yilong would see him, so he turned his back and tightened the mask on his face a little tighter.

Then, the princes and princesses also arrived here one after another.

Shangguan Haorong looked at his majestic princes with satisfaction, and said loudly: "Since everyone has already come, then Gu announced, the winter hunt starts now!" The time limit is four hours, more prey than anyone hunts, and if he gets the first one, Lone can fulfill one of his wishes. After speaking, he looked at Zhu Yilong again, "Gu Ke remembers your competition with Mr. Lian'er, and the general has to come on." ”

"The minister must live up to the king's high expectations!" Zhu Yilong replied confidently to Shangguan Haorong, and then turned his head to clasp his fist at Mu Zifeng, who had just stepped on the white war horse behind him, "Agreed." ”

Mu Zifeng only glanced at him coldly, then took the bow and arrow handed by the soldier, and rode towards the forest with Shangguan Lian.

Zhu Yilong frowned, stopped talking, and rode into the forest with the rest of the princes.

Shangguan Haorong stood beside Murong Qiushui and Jiang Yueyue respectively, but Condensation Jade was tightly held in his arms.

As soon as they entered the forest, everyone dispersed, and no one walked with anyone, for fear that someone would rob the prey. Only Shangguan Lian is still willing to continue to walk with Mu Zifeng.

"Why don't you go hunt your own prey?" Mu Zifeng smiled and looked at Shangguan Lian, who was riding a horse side by side with him.

"It doesn't matter to me whether I win the first place or not," Shangguan Lian looked at Mu Zifeng seriously, "The important thing is the competition between you and Zhu Yilong, if Mr. still wants to stay by Lian'er's side, then he must win the first place." ”

"Lian'er cares about me so much," Mu Zifeng smiled more and more evilly, "Are you reluctant to let me leave?" ”

Unexpectedly, Shangguan Lian's face turned red, and he retorted hesitantly: "How can there be! Root...... Prince Ben, how can he be reluctant to others? It's just that...... It's just that Mr. promised Lian'er that he would protect Lian'er well, and Mr. can't break his promise. Then he looked at Mu Zifeng worriedly, "Mr. must take the first, and Mr. can't take it lightly, but how can I take the first?" ”

Seeing that Shangguan Lian cared so much about himself, Mu Zifeng's heart felt warm, he looked around, and when he was sure that there was no one, he whispered to Shangguan Lian: "Mountain people have their own tricks!" Follow me. ”

As soon as the words fell, Mu Zifeng rode his horse towards the depths of the forest.

"Sir, wait for me!" Shangguan Lian tugged at the reins and hurriedly followed.

After a stick of incense......

Shangguan Lian and Mu Zifeng squatted on the branches, the latter leaned on the trunk of the tree and slept on Zhengxiang, and the former looked at the tree with a worried face.

"Sir, this ...... Will this work? Shangguan Lian pushed Mu Zifeng with his elbow, seeing that he was sleeping lifeless with his hands on his head, he gave up and continued to ask him.

Under their tree, there was a Mu Zifeng who casually made a ...... out of a tree branch In Mu Zifeng's words, that thing is called a "dustpan". It is a semi-circular lid, supported by a wooden stick, and many melons and fruits are placed under the lid.

The wooden stick was tied to a thin rope, one end was in Shangguan Lian's hand, and Mu Zifeng told him that when the little animals came to eat the melons and fruits, he would quickly tear off the wooden sticks and let the lid cover them.

It's just that Shangguan Lian is very optimistic about this extremely simple mechanism, he really can't believe that he can catch small animals with just this dustpan and a wooden stick and a rope. It's just that, out of the heartfelt trust in Mu Zifeng, he still leaned on the trunk of the tree in a regular manner, staring at the movement below motionlessly, even if his eyes were getting drier and drier, he didn't want to blink his eyes, for fear that he wouldn't have time to tear off the stick and let the little animals run away, causing them to work in vain.

But if the eyes are kept open and unblinked, people will be easily sleepy, and just when Shangguan Lian was a little drowsy, a small black shadow burrowed into the dustpan.

"Sir! Mr! Shangguan Lian woke Mu Zifeng up excitedly, and then he pulled the sleepy-eyed Mu Zifeng to look at the black shadow under the dustpan, "It's a rabbit!" It's not one, it's three, two big and one small. ”

Mu Zifeng also woke up, and hurriedly said to Shangguan Lian: "Pull the rope quickly!" ”

As his words fell, Shangguan Lian also quickly pulled the rope, and before the three rabbits could react to what was going on, they were already covered under the dustpan.

Seeing that the dustpan was about to be pushed away by the rabbits, Mu Zifeng hurriedly jumped off the tree, took the rope from the horse, and then lifted the dustpan, relying on his high and ordinary speed because of his deep internal force, when the rabbits were about to jump out, he grabbed their ears and quickly tied the three rabbits together with the rope.

"Really caught!" Shangguan Lian was amazed when he saw it in the tree.

He really couldn't imagine that such a simple mechanism could really capture prey! Looking at Mu Zifeng, his eyes were full of admiration.

"In previous winter hunts, how many prey were first caught?" Mu Zifeng raised his head and asked.

Shangguan Lian thought for a moment and replied, "Winter prey is scarce...... Ten at most! ”

"Good! Then we'll get twenty of them! After speaking, Mu Zifeng set up the dustpan again, put the rabbit into the bag on the horse's body, and jumped up the tree with light skills.

In less than an hour, they had caught about twenty hares. This harvest completely stunned Shangguan Lian. When he looked at Mu Zifeng, he found that he was pointing to his head.

Wisdom! Shangguan Lian replied in his heart.

It wasn't until they caught twenty-six hares that the two lit a fire under the tree, that's right, Mu Zifeng was hungry and wanted to roast rabbits to eat, anyway, there were still more than three hours before the end of the winter hunt, not in a hurry, the sky and the earth were big, and the meal was the biggest.

The two of them sat by the fire, looking at the roasted and oily rabbit, and couldn't help but swallow their saliva, how could Shangguan Lian still look like a prince at this moment.

"Sir, are you ready to eat?" Shangguan Lian swallowed his saliva again, staring intently at the roast rabbit and asking Mu Zifeng.

"Not yet, we'll have to wait a while." Mu Zifeng said unceremoniously and knocked Shangguan Lian with a branch and quietly stretched out his claws towards the roast rabbit, "If there is barbecue ingredients, chili oil, pepper, salt, green onions...... That's it, that taste, it's really good! ”

In addition to not understanding the word "barbecue ingredients", Shangguan Lian understood the other seasonings, but the more Mu Zifeng said it, the more he wanted to eat it, and the more he felt that his saliva was about to flow out again.

"Sir, are you alright? I see that its skin has been baked and browned, and it will not taste good if it is baked after a while. Shangguan Lian said to Mu Zifeng again.

It felt the aroma of roast rabbit into its nose, and its saliva fell with a "snort".

Shangguan Lian scratched his head a little embarrassed, "I'm sorry sir, I didn't mean to. ”

Mu Zifeng looked at him quite amusedly, snorted at him, and said, "Okay! Look at your gluttony, you can eat it now, Lian'er eat it quickly. ”

When Shangguan Lian heard this, regardless of the hot hands, he hurriedly took the roast rabbit off the wooden stick, and while blowing it with his mouth, he tore off a large rabbit leg for Mu Zifeng, handed it to Mu Zifeng and said, "Sir, eat!" ”

Before Mu Zifeng could stretch out his hand to take the rabbit leg, a cold arrow shot from the dark with a "swish", heading straight for Shangguan Lian's outstretched hand.

Mu Zifeng's eyes suddenly froze, pulled Shangguan Lian over, and stood up vigilantly.

If it weren't for his quick reaction, the cold arrow containing deep internal force might directly abolish Shangguan Lian's hand. Ignoring the roast rabbit that fell in the snow, Mu Zifeng held Shangguan Lian tightly in his arms, and looked around coldly.

Before Shangguan Lian could ask "What's wrong", dozens of black shadows walked out from behind the trees not far away. That's a dozen men in black! They all had fierce eyes, and they all held long swords in their hands, approaching Mu Zifeng and the others step by step.

"What should I do, sir?" Shangguan Lian looked at Mu Zifeng worriedly.

"Don't worry, I'm here, it'll be fine." Mu Zifeng comforted him, but he also had some drums in his heart, he didn't bring the ruthless sword with him, and this time the Winter Hunt King Rong only issued a set of bows and arrows for each person. And he didn't know the strength of the other party, and he wasn't completely sure, so he said this just to make Shangguan Lian feel at ease.

"Who are you? Dare to assassinate the prince? Mu Zifeng drank coldly.

His first reaction was that they were coming for Shangguan Lian.

"Lian'er, run!" Taking advantage of the fact that the man in black was unguarded, Mu Zifeng lifted Shangguan Lian to the horse, and then slapped the horse's buttocks with the wooden stick in his hand, letting the horse hold Shangguan Lian away.

But at the moment when the white horse carried Shangguan Lian away, those black-clothed people seemed to have no worries and came straight to Mu Zifeng.

Mu Zifeng was wrong?! The man in black is coming for him?!

didn't have time to think about it, Mu Zifeng turned around and ran, he didn't even have time to look at the direction of the escape.