After a while, Cao Huanzhi and Qi Xin came over together to announce that the hunt was about to begin, so that Your Highnesses could prepare early. The empress was already seated outside the camp, and many princes and nobles were also seated, and the eyes of many ladies fell on several sons of the family on the field, all of whom looked like mothers-in-law and sons-in-law were more and more satisfied.

Whichever team hunts the black bear first wins.

Next to the gong, drum and empress were a jade ruyi and a curved bow, the curved bow was polished smooth, with gilt lines on it, and the quiver was equipped with several black feathered gold arrows.

The empress said to everyone: "Hunting in the suburbs of Beijing has always been a tradition, and there are black bears in the mountains and forests, and if the team hunts the black bear first, it will be the winner." ”

Many relatives and nobles have seen the last Keju competition, how Shangguan Wan and Shen Changchun led the women's team to turn defeat into victory, and naturally did not dare to underestimate this hunting in the suburbs of Beijing, but hunting has always been physical work, and women are inevitably delicate, I am afraid that they can't stand the long-term riding and galloping. There are still a lot of discussions around him: "This hunt, maybe it will be indistinguishable, that Lord Jinxuan Siqing, but he is a delicate and clear character, I am afraid that there are a lot of clever plans waiting for our highnesses." But this hunting is also a group work, and I think that the men who hunt a lot have a better chance of winning. ”

The two teams rode separately, and King Yin only whispered to Shangguan Wan before parting: "Coral bracelet, gardenia hosta, I have given you two gifts, if I win this time, you can give me a big gift." This is a courtesy, I also have an object that can be ......", and then stopped silently, and continued: "It's nothing, let's see who comes out on top." With that, the king whipped his horse and galloped away.

When you get to the mountains, the sound of horses' hooves in the mountains and forests makes it easy for prey to hide in the east, and it is not easy to find a hiding place for black bears. Shen Changchun asked, "The black bear is hard to find, how can we do it?" ”

The princess said: "It's better for us to divide the soldiers into several ways to investigate carefully." ”

Shangguan Wan looked at the surrounding environment, the trees here were tall and deep, and they were criss-crossed, and it was easy to get lost when walking apart. Then he said to everyone: "We are all women, although women do not win and admit defeat, but our physical strength is relatively weak, we must fight quickly, this kind of digging search, too laborious, but also labor-intensive, we have limited numbers, physical strength is also limited." ”

Shen Changchun asked, "What should I do?" ”

Shangguan Wan pointed to the trees and said, "That black bear is a greedy lord, but his strength is boundless, although it is clumsy, if it is powerful, it is also amazingly fast. He likes honey sweets, and the place where the flowers in the valley are fragrant is where the bees collect honey, and the nearby mountains and forests must have bees nesting and black bears stealing honey. And the mountains and forests there are hard to find, and it is a good place to hide. Let's try our luck somewhere together. In addition to bows and arrows, we also brought a large net, and those who have learned martial arts may wish to weave a large net on the tree, and wait for a few of us to lure the black bear out and shoot it to death with the last few arrows. ”

Several people felt that it was reasonable, but the princess asked suspiciously: "How do you know where there are flowers?" ”

Shangguan Wan said: "When the empress sent me and Sister Changchun to lead the team, I had already asked a few guards from the Jinxuan Division to investigate. Compared with men, if you can't fight brute force, you can only use some thoughts. ”

Princess Ji smiled gently: "Lord Si Qing is really a person with a delicate heart."

After that, they followed Shangguan Wan together.

There is a stream in the valley that leads to the camp outside, and beside this stream flowers bloom and bees frolic here. Shangguan Wan came with everyone, and only whispered: "There are many beehives here, everyone be careful, look at the flowers and grass to see if there are traces of being trampled by huge objects, and there are signs of being overwhelmed, so we will check in two directions." There's always a right direction."

Everyone looked cautiously, but they heard a roar in the grass in the distance, and a huge black figure was holding a rabbit in its hand. Shangguan Wan immediately ordered: "Sister Changchun, who is very strong, will go to the tree over there with a few people, set up a net in the air, and I and a few people will go to attract the black bear." Princess, you are delicate, why don't I send a few people to send you to a safe place to rest for a while, and then go to meet you after we have killed this black bear. ”

Princess Ji shook her head: "Although I have been weak in the past two years, I am not a person who is afraid of things before, not to mention that I also have many years of experience in horses, Lord Siqing, we should fight side by side." ”

Shangguan Wan thought about it and nodded.

Shangguan Wan took out two apples covered with honey from the cloth pocket on the side of the horse, and threw them at the black bear, who was eating the rabbit raw, and the rabbit's snow-white fur was stained blood-red with blood, along with the green blades of grass next to it. The black bear, who had been hit in the head, looked around, sniffed hard again, saw the apple rolling under his feet, picked it up, and greedily licked it with his tongue. At this time, Shangguan Wan and a few people took out the honey fruit that had been placed in advance from the cloth pocket on the side of the horse, and threw it towards the black bear, who was stunned for a while before he saw a few people not far in front of him. At this time, several people got on their horses one after another, and the black bear chased after them. Leading the black bear to the woods, the black bear seemed to be looking, Shangguan Wan saw this, just got off the horse, and continued to smash the black bear far away with the fruit, the black bear came forward angrily, and Shen Changchun and a few people who would work lightly in the air jointly lowered the net. Shangguan Wan and Princess Ji shot an arrow at the same time, and the black bear fell to the ground with a "whoosh", and blood oozed from the ground.

Everyone was pleasantly surprised.

There was a "whoosh" sound in the distance, and several people looked around vigilantly, but saw a huge black shadow on the hillside shouting at a few people under the hillside. Shangguan Wan said: "I'm afraid this black bear lives with it, but I'm afraid it won't work if we rely on a few of us to use brute force at the moment", the black bear came down from the hillside in a blink of an eye, but fell to the ground all of a sudden. I saw King Yin and King Yi and others behind the black bear, and the black bear was pierced through the heart by King Yin's arrow, and blood gushed from his chest.

King Yin and his entourage were stunned when they saw the scene in front of them, and then King Yin said, "They actually hunted a bear before us, which is a big loss." Lin Xu suddenly remembered Shen Changchun's sentence before leaving: You wait to drink my footwashing water. I couldn't help but shudder. King Yin hadn't said anything yet.

Shen Changchun rode over: "This time we won" As soon as he finished saying this, the black bear in the net wanted to struggle to get up again, and finally was hit by another arrow from Shangguan Wan, and he couldn't get up again.

King Yin smiled: "It seems that this time God also wants to let us win." ”

Shangguan Wan suddenly remembered King Yin's request before leaving, and her mind was swirling around what gift to give him.

The two teams carried the carcasses of the two bears back to the camp, and everyone waiting in the camp was amazed: "I hunted two bears!" One for each of them! God, we've never seen two bears hunted! ”

The Empress smiled and looked at the visitors, but asked, "You came back together, but who hunted it first?" ”

Looking at Shen Changchun's angry expression, the empress smiled: "From our Changchun's face, it can be seen that this time it was King Yin's team that won?" ”

Shangguan Wan stepped forward and said: "Back to Your Majesty, we originally shot this bear, and later saw His Royal Highness King Yin shoot that one with an arrow through the heart, but we didn't talk about me and Princess Ji failed to shoot this one with several arrows in a row, but at the last moment it struggled again." It seems that this time, God has the intention to let His Highness win, but it is not that a few of us are not angry, and the Empress should not blame us. ”

After hearing this, the empress laughed loudly: "You can hunt a bear is already a heroine among women, but you can set an example, why do I blame you." However, since the two teams are only a short time apart, this curved bow will be given to King Yin, and this jade Ruyi will be given to you. ”

Shangguan Wan only knelt down in fear: "Weichen is just a small Siqing, there are many Mrs. Lin and Princess Ji in this women's team, as well as the daughters of the nobles of the family, this is only a jade Ruyi, if it is rewarded to Weichen, Weichen is really afraid." ”

The empress asked Cao Huanzhi to take out nine jade red agate hairpins from the camp tent and said: "I have prepared it earlier, since you don't want it, I won't let you become the target of the public, and the nine of you will have a jade red agate hairpin for each person, this jade is a gift from southern Yunnan, and the red agate is also a foreign offering. It's a good idea to keep some decent jewelry at my daughter's house. As for the men's team, I ordered nine of the same gilded bows, one for each of them. To praise the heroics. ”

The people knelt down and thanked them.

Then the feast began.

Shangguan Wan had just finished changing her clothes, and King Yin was waiting outside the tent, and King Yin couldn't help but laugh a little: "Now God is also helping me, you are smart, but in the end I won." Don't forget the gift you promised me. ”

Shangguan Wan looked up at King Yin's eyes: "Li Chongrui, what do you want?" ”

King Yin was stunned: "Why do you call me by my name?" Aren't you afraid of being heard? ”

Shangguan Wan smiled slyly: "Your Royal Highness King Yin, don't blame me, after I got drunk on Princess Yin's birthday that day, you sent me on the way back to Jinxuansi, and I heard every word and sentence you said clearly." I remember you saying ......" the other day

King Yin's cold face was dyed red, but he just stammered: "It's your dream, I didn't say any nonsense" After speaking, he left. There is no majestic appearance at all.

Shangguan Wan shouted at his back, "It will be sent." ”