The next day, the grand hunt began.

The location of the royal hunting ground is excellent: there are lush grasslands in the west, and there are many kinds of small animals; To the east is a dense forest, and there are as many birds as there are; To the south is a large lake, rich in fish; To the north is the lofty mountains, infested with large beasts, and was a favorite place for emperors and princes.

The concubines liked to hunt in the grasslands. During this season, the weeds that are one person tall grow wildly, and no matter how many people enter the grassland, they will be densely hidden and disappear.

In the early morning, the emperor wore a gilded silver armor and a green cloak with white piping and embroidered with blue and blue moire. Perhaps because of the color, when he was calm and immediately on the grassland, it seemed to be a clean sky.

Xichen and a group of nobles immediately watched the sorcerer's dance of offering sacrifices and prayers to the gods of Yamahara, and drank alcohol themselves, apologizing to the gods everywhere for the noise caused by the hunt, asking them to give them rich prey, and promising to sacrifice them.

Then, the trumpets sounded, the earth shook, and the warriors followed the emperor into the dense forest, first to hunt small game such as birds or elk and roe deer, and then to go into the mountains to hunt wild beasts. Xia Zhaoyi and Fu Concubine are all women from a family, and they have been familiar with riding and archery since they were children, so they also followed them into the depths of the dense forest. The others wandered around to see if they could hunt hares, pheasants, or the like.

Shen Wan sat in the tent for a while, feeling bored, so she changed into light clothes and walked around outside with a golden slug and a bag of short arrows. He didn't like horseback riding, and he didn't have good riding skills, so he had to go on foot.

As soon as he walked outside the camp, he saw a young general dressed in white fashion, wearing silver armor, holding a sharp sword in his hand, and carrying a bow and arrows on his back, leading a snow-white imperial horse standing there. It was Xia Wenze, who seemed to be waiting over there, staring at Shen Wan at this time.

Shen Wan had to step forward to salute and asked, "Why didn't the general follow them to hunt, is there something wrong with waiting here?" ”

Xia Wenze said: "I was ordered by the emperor to protect Shang Yi, but Shang Yi wants to go out?" ”

Shen Wan nodded and said, "I'm idle and bored, I want to hunt a few hares." ”

Wen Ze said: "The emperor said that Shangyi probably can't be idle, and he can't ride a horse, so he ordered the ministers to wait here, if Shangyi wants to go out, let Weichen ride a horse with him, there are still some steps away from the dense forest over there." ”

Originally, Shen Wan didn't want to, but thinking that this place was indeed a little far away from there, she agreed.

"Shang Yi, please get on the horse."

Shen Wan got on the horse with the help of Wen Ze and said, "The general doesn't have to be so polite, just call me Ah Wan." ”

Wen Ze said humbly: "How good is this, Shang Yi is serving in front of the emperor after all." ”

Shen Wan smiled and said, "What does it matter? That's what people close to you call me, you have saved me so many times, you always call me Shangyi, I feel awkward to hear it. Besides, isn't that what you called me that night in the Siguo Hall? I sound kinder! ”

Wen Ze opened his mouth, he called out in a hurry at that time, but in front of her at this time, he couldn't scream.

Shen Wan smiled: "It's better like this, I won't call you a general, just call you Brother Xia, okay?" ”

Wen Ze's heart warmed when he heard this, and said, "Okay! ”

Shen Wan said: "Then you can just call me Ah Wan." ”

Wen Ze was no longer embarrassed, laughed, and shouted, "Ah Wan." ”

Shen Wan smiled at him, thinking: According to the original plan, take Zhongxia Wenze, and don't worry about big things in the future. Xia Wenze, after all, he commands Yu Linwei!

Wen Zezong got on the horse and sat behind Shen Wan and pulled the reins, Shen Wan was surprised: "Why did you come up?" ”

Wen Ze said with an innocent face: "If not, how can the two of us pass?" ”

Shen Wan had to let him ride the horse, but fortunately, Xia Wenze was a righteous gentleman and had no thoughts of wrongdoing. After walking all the way, Shen Wan suddenly asked: "The emperor asked you to protect me, do others know?" ”

Wen Ze said: "My lieutenant knows that it is he who treats me to serve the emperor at this time, so I have to explain it clearly to him so as not to cause misunderstanding." ”

Shen Wan nodded thoughtfully, and asked again, "You haven't mentioned this matter to others again?" ”

Wen Ze said: "The emperor has instructed that this matter should not be publicized, so as a courtier, he naturally knows how to do it." ”

Shen Wan smiled: "What? Didn't you even tell your mother? ”

Wen Ze was stunned for a moment, and then said: "I didn't tell you about this, but ...... But I don't know if my lieutenant has ever told Wen Kun. ”

Shen Wanqi said: "Are you familiar with your lieutenant general and Xia Zhaoyi?" ”

"Yes, we all grew up together."

Shen Wan stopped talking, a clue flashed in her mind, and she was suddenly startled, as if she remembered something.

By this time they had reached the woods, and the two dismounted and walked for some distance. Shen Wan saw a hare passing in front of her, and just wanted to pull out the golden donkey to shoot, but heard the sound of horses' hooves approaching. It was the two Yu Linwei who came, and they saw that Xia Wenze's anxious face finally eased a little, but they still hurriedly reported: "General, there is an assassin in the forest, and the emperor is nowhere to be found......