Yan Xiuyu pulled the horse and walked towards the mountain with Yan Qingge.

He was wearing a red long cotton robe today, with the hem lifted and tucked in his belt. He wore a sleeveless fur vest and an iron-tired bow painted with crimson and jet black patterns, and his hair was held up with a brocade headband.

This dress made Yan Xiuyu's face like a peach blossom, as if he was a glamorous and bewitching forest demon in the script, so that Yan Qingge couldn't help but look at him secretly.

They hadn't walked a few steps up the hill before they arrived at the place where Yan Xiuyu's attendants were staying.

In addition to the group of dogs that were jumping around and sniffing around, there were also more than a dozen attendants brought by Yan Xiuyu. On the back of several horses they were carrying, there was already quite a lot of prey.

Most of these attendants knew Yan Qingge, and when they saw her, they stepped forward and saluted one by one.

Yan Xiuyu took down the large bag of food brought by Yan Qingge from the horse, opened it, and saw that there was a lot of food inside, in addition to pies, pancakes and steamed buns, there were also many sauced meat and white cut meat, as well as steamed white potatoes and taro, boiled eggs and other things.

The outer layer of food was already cold, and the innermost part was still warm. Yan Xiuyu took a few of them, handed the rest to the guards, and said, "You are blessed, Sister Qingge personally brought you food." ”

These guards set out early in the morning, and only nibbled on two mouthfuls of dry food on the way, and when they saw these foods, their saliva was about to fall.

They ate a meal of five and six drinks, their stomachs were full, they stood up, and waited for Yan Xiuyu's orders.

Yan Xiuyu had been talking to Yan Qingge on the side, and seeing that these guards had almost eaten, he said softly to Yan Qingge: "Sister Qingge, if you don't want to move around, we will give you a horse to ride." Don't worry, although the mountain road is not easy to walk, let's walk slower, the horse is led by someone, and you will be fine. ”

Yan Qingge saw Yan Xiuyu today, and he felt uncomfortable everywhere on his body, especially when he looked at himself. Her head shook like a rattle: "No! I'd love to walk more. ”

The mountains and forests are budding in spring, the branches and shoots are unfurled, and they have not yet grown into leaves, and the thick fallen leaves under the forest emit a fresh smell that can only be accumulated in many winters, and the scenery that can be seen by walking in it is much better than riding a horse.

Yan Xiuyu didn't force her, and said with a smile: "Since Sister Qingge likes it, let's take a walk." ”

Yan Qingge saw that he was walking in the forest with him, it was really like an outing, and said, "Aren't you competing with the prince for hunting, let's hunt faster." If you think I'm a burden, you can ask a guard to accompany me down the mountain. ”

Yan Xiuyu hurriedly said: "Where is the cumbersome!" In fact, we are not far from the crown prince, and we can hear what he is talking about. From morning to now, I have heard his dog bark twice, even if he is given two more days, he has not caught as much prey as me. ”

The eyes of the two fell on the prey carried by the horses on Yan Xiuyu's side, in addition to dozens of small prey such as pheasants and hares tied with ropes and tied into a string, there was also a half-large wild boar, which was pierced through the throat by an arrow, and was not yet dead, occasionally twitching on the horse's back, and as the horse walked, blood was dripping down the road.

Such a record is indeed good for a young man, and the prince is not good at hunting, it seems that Yan Xiuyu has won.

As they walked to the top of the hill, the dogs, who were exploring the way in front of them, suddenly barked and ran in one direction, and in a moment they were all gone, except for their excited barking.

Yan Xiuyu was pleasantly surprised: "This is another big prey." ”

He put the strong bow on his arm, and said to Yan Qingge excitedly: "Sister Qingge, you can come with me to take a look." ”

Yan Qingge did not hesitate, followed behind Yan Xiuyu, and went in the direction of the group of dogs.

In this competition, Yan Xiuyu and the prince's guards couldn't help with reason, so they just followed Yan Qingge and Yan Xiuyu loosely, and had no intention of helping Yan Xiuyu hunt.

After walking nearly a hundred steps to the right, Yan Qingge and Yan Xiuyu were dumbfounded.

I saw that the hounds were surrounded by not a big prey, but a young girl.

The girl was dressed in a light pink and goose yellow flowing palace dress, embroidered with gorgeous peach blossoms with crimson silk threads, and was wearing delicate and uncumbersome gemstone jewelry up and down, and was sitting on the ground, her eyes widened in horror, and there were a few lines of frightened tears on her face.

"Tell those dogs to stand down, if I'm not mistaken, it's Yuan Qianqian." Yan Qingge couldn't understand why Yuan Qianqian appeared here.

Yan Xiuyu smiled and said: "What are you afraid of, these dogs of mine are very well taught, I don't command, they won't bite people casually." Just let them scream, Yuan Qianqian has bullied you before, and it just so happened that today she was asked to teach her a lesson. ”

Yan Qingge didn't expect Yan Xiuyu to know about the matter between her and Yuan Qianqian, and shook his head and said, "She's just playing tricks in front of me." Let her go, lest she go back and talk, and then you will not be able to fall again. ”

"What am I afraid of her? Anyway, I can't spare the people who bully you. ”

Yan Qingge felt tenderness and sweetness in his heart for a while, and he didn't dare to look at Yan Xiuyu's eyes, and said, "Okay, if you don't let people go, the guards behind you will all come over." ”

Yan Xiuyu knew the measure, and saw that Yuan Qianqian was not lightly frightened, so he whistled and scolded twice, and those dogs all dispersed.

Yuan Qianqian saw that those vicious dogs retreated, and even rolled and climbed, not caring who it looked like, and suddenly pounced on Yan Qingge and Yan Xiuyu.

Anyway, she still had a trace or two of clarity in her mind, and she knew that she couldn't touch the man casually, so she grabbed the hem of Yan Qingge's clothes and shouted bitterly: "Someone wants to kill the prince!" ”

This news was so terrifying that Yan Qingge and Yan Xiuyu couldn't help but look at each other.

Yan Qingge held Yuan Qianqian's hand, only to feel that the tentacles were cold, as if she was holding a piece of cold ice, she asked patiently: "You say slowly, what's going on?" ”

Yuan Qianqian's unfocused eyes slowly recovered, and she recognized that the person in front of her was Yan Qingge, and her face couldn't help but distort.

Her tone involuntarily brought out meanness and bitterness: "Someone wants to harm the prince, don't you understand, why don't you hurry up and take someone to rescue the driver." ”

"How do you know that someone is trying to harm the prince, you can't talk nonsense. This is a royal hunting ground, and ordinary whites can't get in. Yan Xiuyu frowned and said unhappily.

This is the royal hunting ground, there are nearly 100 people who are proficient in serving the grassland and mountains and forests live here all the year round, maintaining the grasslands and forests, except for some harmless prey that can only be left by the grace of the law, even a poisonous snake can not be found.

Every year before the start of the spring and autumn hunts, there will be the royal guards to come and comb the surroundings, this place is like an iron bucket, nothing has happened over the years, Yuan Qianqian is so alarmist, Yan Xiuyu really doesn't believe it.

Yuan Qianqian didn't talk to Yan Qingge well, but when she faced Yan Xiuyu, she didn't have so much confidence.

"Of course I saw it with my own eyes and heard it with my own ears. Why else do you think I'm here? It's all to blame Yuan Niannian for thinking about that little slut, deceiving me away, and trying to make me miss out on Brother Prince, but she didn't expect that I didn't meet Brother Prince, but overheard the news that someone was trying to kill him. Yuan Qianqian stomped her foot and pushed Yan Xiuyu violently: "You go and save Brother Prince, if you don't go, it may be too late." ”

Her words were entangled, Yan Xiuyu was also a little annoyed, and said: "You urged me to save people, you don't say what danger it is, is there an assassin or someone set a trap, or did you encounter a big beast that shouldn't be encountered?" As he spoke, he shook his head and said, "It can't be a big beast, if there is, those dogs brought by the prince should have barked a long time ago." ”

Yuan Qianqian's eyes turned red: "It's an assassin!" ”

Hearing that there was an assassin, Yan Xiuyu's expression was straight, and the guards he brought with him had almost arrived. He said to the people around him: "You two, send the two girls back to the place where the tent is set, and you immediately go down the mountain to report to the Praetorian Guard, saying that the prince on the mountain is in danger." Follow me for the rest. ”

"I'm not leaving!" Yuan Qianqian shouted loudly: "I want to follow!" ”

Yan Qingge was speechless for a while. This girl kept shouting that there was an assassin who wanted to kill the prince, and now that others were going to save people, she would follow, didn't she know that she was a burden?

"Miss Yuan, we don't know how to work hard, but if we stay, we want them to spare people to protect us, so it's better to go down the mountain first." Yan Qingge couldn't bear Yan Xiuyu being entangled by her, and persuaded him.

"Hmph, you're a burden, but not the Lord Ben Weng. I studied Kung Fu in college. Yuan Qianqian's nostrils were facing the sky, and a look of expectation appeared on her face: "When we take down the assassin, as soon as Brother Prince compares, we will know whether it is me who rescued the driver, or Yuan Qianqian's little slut who can only pester people." ”

At this time, Yuan Qianqian still wanted to compete for favor.

Not to mention Yan Qingge, even Yan Xiu's face turned pale.

"Bring me a horse, and I'll ride it away." Yuan Qianqian waved her hand, pointed at the guard who was leading the horse behind Yan Xiuyu, and said arrogantly: "Pick a clean, good horse, put so many dirty things on it for you, it's disgusting to death." ”

"Miss Yuan, it's not good to ride a horse on the mountain road, so you better go down the mountain." One of the guards persuaded.

"I'm a good rider, you can't ride, I can ride! Besides, my foot is broken, and you tell me how to walk. Yuan Qianqian looked up and said very unhappily.

Yan Xiuyu walked behind Yuan Qianqian, and his face was full of impatience with Tie Qing.

He raised his palm, and the wind in his hand was like a knife, slashing at the back of Yuan Qianqian's weak neck. Yan Qingge stood in front of Yuan Qianqian, and saw it most clearly, Yuan Qianqian didn't even make a sound, and as soon as she rolled her eyes, she fell to the ground softly.

"Take her down!" Yan Xiuyu impatiently pushed Yuan Qianqian, who had fainted to the ground, with his toes, and ordered the guards.

Then, his tone naturally showed tenderness, and he said kind words to Yan Qingge: "I can't accompany Sister Qingge to go shopping today." I'm going, I'll wait for me to go back in the evening, and I'll bring you some of the best-looking pheasant feathers to play with. ”

Yan Qingge nodded, and just as he wanted to agree, a guard who climbed to the top of the tree to look around suddenly panicked on it: "Little prince, it's not good!" At the foot of the mountain was smoking, and there was fire, and the forest was burning. ”

Everyone was amazed.

On the other side of this mountain is a cliff, and there is no way to escape, and the only way to escape is to go down the mountain the same way.

Now that winter is just over, the trees are brittle and there is not much water, and once the fire under the mountain is formed, everyone above will suffer.

Yuan Qianqian just said that there was an assassin who wanted to kill the prince, but in fact, Yan Xiuyu only believed six or seven percent, but he was worried about the possibility of that event, so he had to go over and take a look.

Now there is an inexplicable fire at the foot of the mountain, and it seems that this thing is true.