After the founding of the Great Zhou State, the generals who accompanied the Zhou Emperor in the southern and northern wars were added to the knighthood, and the most eye-catching thing was the king of Quanyangcheng, the four feudal marquis.

One king is Zhou Tiexiong, the king of Lingnan.

The four feudal marquis are: Wu'an Hou Zhang Chaoyang, Pingyuan Hou Shi Tianchou, Dingbo Hou Lujiao, Julu Hou Xiao Zongtang.

The Great Zhou Dynasty is still martial, the people of the Zhou State are fifteen and crown, and they have to perform a coming-of-age ceremony, and the children and grandchildren of the princes and generals must participate in the Zhou Garden Hunting Ceremony held by the royal family every year after they become adults at the age of fifteen and before they are twenty years old.

The Zhou Garden Hunt, held once a year, is one of the most watched festivals in the Great Zhou Kingdom, and it is also a grand ceremony specially prepared for the nobility.

It serves two purposes.

First, in order to enhance the communication between the magnates of the Great Zhou, through hunting activities, the major princes and kings can strengthen the ties between each other.

The second is to test the strength of the major families. This is a great competition between the younger generation of nobles and grandchildren, and it is related to their status and authority in the family.

Hunting the most brute beasts in the hunt will be rewarded by the royal family, and the attention of the Great Zhou State from the dignitaries to the dawn of the people, whether it is for their own status or for the improvement of the reputation of the family behind them, it is a rare and good opportunity.

Zhou Garden is located in a deep mountain dense forest in the west of Quanyangcheng City, backed by 100,000 mountains.

This was originally the royal hunting ground of the royal family, covering an area of 300 miles, and thousands of fierce brute beasts were stocked in the mountains.

At the foot of the mountain, there is a thick and tall fence to prevent wild beasts from rushing out of the mountain and hurting people on weekdays, and only on the day of the hunting ceremony, it is open to outsiders.

On this morning, as soon as the sky dawned, Quanyangcheng was full of people, and a group of heavily armed hunting teams left the mansion surrounded by the clan generals and headed towards Zhou Yuan.

"Young master, get up quickly, get up quickly, Zhou Yuan's hunting is about to start, and it will be too late to do so. ”

After cultivating all night, Zhang Qingfeng, who had finally been promoted to the Seventh Heaven of the Zhou Heaven Realm, had just laid down when he was woken up by the maid Xiaochan.

"So early?"

Zhang Qingfeng looked out the window, the sky was bright, turned over and sat up.

Three days ago, he heard his father Zhang Beitian talk about hunting in Zhou Yuan.

According to Zhang Qingfeng's original intention, he didn't want to participate in this kind of brave and ruthless celebration, but the eager anticipation and sustenance in his father's eyes made him change his mind.

The Wu'an Hou Mansion has been trampled on by the major forces for too long, and Zhang Beitian, whose strength is gradually recovering, urgently needs an opportunity to give those forces who have suppressed him a head-on blow.

What better chance than a city-wide event like Zhou Yuan's hunting?

In addition to reviving the majesty of the Marquis of Wu'an, another reason for Zhang Qingfeng to change his original intention was the reward of this hunting ceremony.

A remnant sword called 'Chaos God'!

The 'Chaos God Remnant Sword' is a relic left by Zhang Qingfeng's brother Hua Mantian after he died in battle thousands of years ago, but it was later lost by Zhang Qingfeng and never found.

There are many people in the world who have the same name as the divine sword, and Zhang Qingfeng can't be sure if this chaotic divine sword is the one that is full of flowers, but no matter what, it is necessary for him to verify it himself.

The front of the Wu'an Hou Mansion was deserted.

The vermilion gate slowly opened, and Zhang Qingfeng and his father Zhang Beitian rode out of the Hou Mansion with only two guards behind them.

Mother Qin Huiying and Xiaochan saw off Zhang Qingfeng and his son, stood at the door and watched the four horses disappear into the street for a long time and refused to go back.

Out of the street in front of the Hou Mansion, the street suddenly became lively.

The hunting teams of the major families headed west of the city, surrounded by brightly armored guards.

"Father, I heard that each prince can have five hundred private troops, why is there only two guards left in our family?" Zhang Qingfeng looked at other people's hunting teams, and then looked at his shabby foursome, even the battle of a low-end family was not as good, and he couldn't help but ask Zhang Beitian.

Zhang Beitian sighed and said: "The so-called wall is pushed by everyone, since your grandfather has advanced 100,000 mountains in five years, life and death are unknown, my Zhang family is not as good as a day, those generals who have followed my Zhang family are gone, scattered, and the people are warm and cold, don't say it." ”

Zhang Qingfeng is so smart, he can understand it at a glance, nodded and said: "I see, it is not uncommon for trees to fall and scatter, but when my grandfather fought the world with the emperor, it is said that his prestige is so high that no one can match it, is there not some loyal people who swear to follow him?"

Hearing this, Zhang Beitian straightened his waist and said proudly: "Of course there is, I think that back then, the 50,000 tiger and leopard soldiers of my Zhang family fought in the south and the north, and no one could stop them, and there were 3,000 blood-clothed guards who swore to follow them. ”

"And then?"

Zhang Qingfeng is very strange about the current situation of the Marquis of Wu'an, no matter what, Zhang Beitian is also a prince under one person, above 10,000 people, the magnates of the Great Zhou, the so-called emaciated camel is bigger than a horse, no matter how poor and destitute, no matter how dilapidated and declining, it will not go out There are no two honor guards to support the scene, right?

"Later, your grandfather was afraid that his merits would be high, so he took the initiative to hand over 50,000 tiger and leopard soldiers to the royal family, and the 3,000 blood-clothed guards were also reduced again and again, and finally only 300 people remained, just because he didn't want Emperor Zhou to be suspicious of my Zhang family. ”

Zhang Qingfeng's grandfather Zhao Chaoyang, who had a vague impression of this, was in awe, and said with emotion: "No wonder I remember that when I was a child, the house was full of guards, and then it decreased year by year, and it turned out that the root cause was here." ”

Zhang Beitian said: "Your grandfather in order to solve the dark disease in your body, alone into the 100,000 mountains to find medicine, under the suppression of the major Hou Mansions, my Zhang family can not make ends meet, during which there are guards assassinated by mysterious people, in order to protect those who have followed my Zhang family, I dismissed them all." ”

Sighing, Zhang Beitian sighed with emotion: "A family, especially the nobles of the Great Zhou, it is difficult to pass on without a top master, fortunately, the sky has eyes, your body has recovered, and the problem of Huihai for your father has also been cured by you, rest assured, even if there is no grandfather, the Wu'an Hou Mansion is in the hands of my father and son, and it can also regain its majesty!"

Seeing that his father Zhang Beitian was full of confidence and looked excited, although Zhang Qingfeng still had some doubts in his heart, he did not continue to ask.

The father and son rushed out of Quanyang City on horseback, galloped for half an hour, and came to a clearing outside the gate of Zhou Garden.

At this time, thousands of people had gathered in this clearing, all of them were the hunting teams and entourages of the major marquis officials, and when they saw Zhang Qingfeng's father and son appear, everyone's eyes fell on them.