Chapter 161: Hunting
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The prince of Jingxiang is hateful and fearful of Zhao Zhen, even if he has no ability now, sooner or later he will have this evil breath. When Yixuan went to see him, he heard his scolding from afar, and stood outside awkwardly for a while.
Luckily, someone came into the house to warn him.
Yi Xuan left after watching his subordinates give him medicine, and he didn't stay long. I thought that this matter was over, and I would never do it again in the future.
Zhao Zhen took her to the school to practice archery.
There are many generals on the school field, and they are taking turns to test archery. Seeing Zhao Zhen coming, they all came up and asked Zhao Zhen to show his hand.
Zhao Zhen casually took a bow, took an arrow out of the quiver, put it on the bow and pulled the string full, instantly let go of his hand, and the arrow flew out.
The movements are very swift and expressionless. Yi Xuan even doubted that he had seen the target clearly.
As a result, it is in the middle of the heart.
Yixuan was a little stunned.
Several generals applauded. One of them carried a cage of geese, opened the cage door, and the geese flapped their wings and flew up. Zhao Zhen didn't hurry to feel three arrows out of the quiver and pressed them on the bow, but he didn't pull the bow full. When the three geese flew into the sky, he pulled the string and shot the arrow like lightning, and the arrow went straight into the sky.
Then turning his head sideways, Chong Yixuan raised his eyebrows.
Yixuan has a feeling that her heart has stopped.
I forgot to breathe.
Although he knew that he did it on purpose, he deliberately came to the school field to be handsome and show off his archery skills.
However, Yixuan was really provoked.
So much so that in his eyes, he unconsciously revealed a little admiration.
Of course, Zhao Zhen will not ignore it.
He turned his head, the corners of his mouth slightly hooked.
Three geese landed one after the other, each of which was pierced by an arrow. The generals cheered even more excitedly, and asked the prince to practice arrows with them.
Zhao Zhen pointed to the little lady beside her, and said with a smile: "The princess is pestering this king and wants this king to teach her archery, but I'm afraid it won't work today." โ
Yixuan: ???
When did she say that?
"Hahaha, it's because we don't have eyes. Since the prince brought the princess, he naturally has no time to take care of us, hehe, how can he hang his wife to hang with us? Don't worry, the prince, we will go to the side and make room for you. โ
Zhao Zhen was also very polite, "Thank you." โ
When they walked away, Yixuan grabbed Zhao Zhen's collar, pulled the others down, glared at him and asked, "When do I want you to teach me how to practice archery?" โ
Zhao Zhen was surprised, "You came with me, I don't teach you, do you still let others teach?" โ
Yixuan said, "I can practice on my own." Looks pretty simple. โ
Zhao Zhen lightly knocked on her head and smiled: "Since it's simple, you can try it." โ
How to listen to this sentence, how can it have a kind of "I'm waiting for you to make a fool of yourself".
Yixuan had also touched bows and arrows in his previous life, but he was just playing, and his accuracy was not very good. She gritted her teeth, thinking that she couldn't make a fool of herself in front of him, so she picked up the bow and arrow he had just put down.
Not to mention, it's quite heavy.
One hand held laboriously.
Yixuan's hand was sore after raising it for a while, and she complained to the man a little aggrieved, "Why is the bow here so heavy?" โ
Zhao Zhen snatched the bow, put it back on the bow and arrow platform, picked a light one for her again, and said, "That one is not heavy, it is normal." You use this with little strength. โ
In the past, Zhao Yan specially made a light bow for her, but then she didn't know where to go. The one that Zhao Zhen picked up for her again was naturally not as light as the special one, but it was barely usable.
Zhao Zhen handed her an arrow.
Yi Xuan took it and tried his best to pull the bowstring, but he couldn't be as full as Zhao Zhen pulled, and after shooting out, the speed of the arrow was a little slow, and it fell down before it hit the target.
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Zhao Zhen smiled, "Simple, huh?" โ
He just waited for the little girl to beg him to teach.
Yi Xuan couldn't see his intentions, glanced at him, and said, "Diligence can make up for clumsiness, you are not allowed to laugh." โ
"Okay." Zhao Zhen tried his best to flatten the corners of his raised mouth, moved behind the girl, covered her left hand with the hand holding the bow, and held her elbow with her right hand, gently raising it. One foot took a step forward, parting her feet.
He looked down and whispered in her ear, "Aim for the bull's-eye." โ
In fact, it can be said that it can be said, why do you have to teach it by hand......
The man's warm breath ironed the skin around her neck, a little itchy. Yi Xuan's nervous palms were sweaty, and his ears were full of his slow breathing, and he couldn't concentrate at all.
Accidentally, her hand let go, and the arrow rushed out.
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Where is it?
She was suspicious, and suddenly heard the man behind her laughing, holding his forehead with his hand, and the laughter was low and uncontrollable.
"Not bad." Zhao Zhen patted her, "Your arrow flew through that gap." โ
The target is a perfect circle, framed by wooden strips, which forms a square on the periphery. Yi Xuan's arrow passed through the gap between the target and the wooden strip and fell to the ground.
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Yixuan's face was expressionless, "Oh. โ
The two stayed in the school field for half an hour, and after Yixuan's unremitting efforts, the level finally improved a little.
Her arrows were finally able to hit the target.
Instead of falling to the ground in all sorts of bizarre poses.
Yi Xuan was a little stunned, she didn't have any problem riding a horse, and if her archery skills were so poor, it wouldn't be interesting to join the autumn hunt. Do you want to sit in two rows with Concubine Ning and Concubine Li, eat tea and chat with melon seeds?
The Emperor summoned the men to prepare for the first hunt of the day.
The area of Nanyuan is very large, and the temples for human habitation, as well as the chrysanthemum garden and peony garden with ornamental properties, are only a very small part, and they are all concentrated in the north. To the south are large jungle swamp lakes.
Hunting takes place in the south.
When Zhao Zhen arrived, almost everyone had arrived, and they were all dressed in riding clothes, even Zhao Yan was no exception.
The flags in the field are fluttering, the horses are all oily and smooth, and they are very strong. Everyone chose their horses, and stepped on their horses, carrying quivers on their backs, and holding bows and arrows in their hands, as if they were determined to win.
Zhao Zhen also picked a horse and hooked his hand towards Yixuan.
Yi Xuan glanced at him lazily, her voice a little wilted, "What are you doing?" โ
She was immersed in the sadness that she couldn't participate in the hunt, and was sitting in a row with Concubine Ning.
Concubine Ning is quite arrogant. Yixuan felt that Concubine Ning was a little hostile to her out of nowhere. She obviously didn't have much to do with Concubine Ning, and she had seen her in the palace that time when Zhao Yan summoned her.
Oh, maybe it was that time, Concubine Ning ate flying vinegar.
On the other hand, Concubine Li was a little too enthusiastic, and her eyes kept blinking and talking to her. Concubine Li looks like she is only fifteen or sixteen years old, with unlost baby fat on her cheeks, round eyes, and two curved crescents when she smiles, which is quite cute.
However, Yixuan had a hard time getting close to people she didn't know, so she sat there, a little cramped.
Zhao Zhen said, "Come here, I'll take you." โ
Yi Xuan didn't understand the meaning of his words for a while, and looked at him in a daze, "What take me?" โ
Concubine Li smiled and pushed Yixuan, "The princess is going to go, the prince is going to take you hunting." โ
Hunt?
Yixuan is in good spirits.
She hesitated and walked over, Zhao Zhen pulled her into his arms, rubbed her head, and said, "Get on the horse." โ
Yixuan didn't move.
Everyone is one person and one horse, and the horses are running fast, how can the two of them catch up with others if they take one horse?
"Forget it, I'll wait for you here."
The girl lowered her eyes, obviously not very happy.
Zhao Zhen smiled, stretched out her hand, picked up her chin with her index finger, her head came up, and the two touched their foreheads.
"You're afraid I'll lose?"
Yixuan didn't speak, and stepped back a little embarrassed.
"Get on the horse." Zhao Zhen grabbed her waist and helped her get on the horse. Yi Xuan didn't refuse again this time, and after sitting firmly on horseback, Zhao Zhen also turned over neatly, sat behind her, wrapped his hands around her and held the reins, leaned over and whispered in her ear.
"Sit tight, maybe a little quick."
Everyone's eyes couldn't help but look here.
I have never seen a woman hunting, but I have never seen a couple hunting on a horse.
Like glue to the point of paint?
Can't be separated for a moment?
Yi Xuan was a little uneasy under the gaze of the people around her, but Zhao Zhen didn't seem to be aware of it. At this time, Zhao Yan rode slowly past them, stopped a little in front, and turned the horse's head in front of them.
Zhao Yan looked at them almost with a smile and said, "I remember that the princess herself can ride a horse. โ
Yi Xuan replied.
But she doesn't know how to shoot arrows!
How can you hunt if you don't know archery?
So she didn't plan to enter the hunting ground, but since Zhao Zhen was willing to take her to jump, she was also willing.
Zhao Yan didn't say anything more, and continued to drive his horse to the front. A guard held a flag in his hand, waved it down, the fence opened, Zhao Yan rushed out first, followed by a team of escort guards, and then the princes and marquis jumped out.
Zhao Zhen didn't want to be crowded in the crowd, so he simply fell to the end.
The main prey in the hunting ground is deer, rabbits and pheasants, and there are many other kinds of birds and animals, all of which are born in the hunting grounds, run very fast, and are good at hiding, if there is no excellent eyesight and the ability to penetrate the poplars, it is difficult to have gains.
Not long after Zhao Zhen entered the hunting ground, he swished three arrows, hitting three rabbits and a pheasant. However, in hunting, the most valued prey is the deer. However, deer are scarcer and more sensitive than rabbits and pheasants, making them difficult to hunt.
Not to mention the deer, even when Zhao Zhen shot rabbits and pheasants with a bow and arrows, Yixuan was completely in a state of confusion.
Where?
Where is the prey?
She, how, what, look, no, see?
Then when Zhao Zhen shot the prey, she suddenly realized.
Oh, there's a rabbit there!
The prey that each man shot was picked up by the guards who followed. Zhao Zhen always has a calm face when he shoots arrows, his eyes are dark and cold, and his speed is very fast. After the shot, he doesn't look at it again and just leaves.
The two came to a dense place of grass and trees, Zhao Zhen's body was slightly leaned, his head was lowered, and he pointed to a certain place and said:
"There's a rabbit there, do you see that?"
Yi Xuan followed the direction he was pointing and saw a fluffy white tail, which was very inconspicuous among the grass and trees.
He handed her the bow and arrows and said, "Try it." โ