The spring hunt of the royal family is actually a kind of hunting sacrifice, which means to thank the gods for their bravery, so it must be held every year, and the national funeral is also forbidden. The place of spring hunting has always been Jiu'an Mountain, which is five hundred miles away from the capital, there are dense forests, grasslands, and hunting palaces, which are very complete. However, according to the rule, three days before the spring hunt, even the emperor could not stay in the hunting palace, and had to camp in the wild to worship the sky.

On March 27, the Son of Heaven waved the flag out of the city, and the queen led the ministers who stayed behind to pay respects at the city gate. Although King Jing was ordered to "take Mr. Su with him", his position must be to be on the side of Emperor Liang's dragon chariot so that he could be on call at any time, but this "Mr. Su" could only take a few of his entourage and walk in the back queue with the people of King Jing's mansion.

However, it happened that because King Jing was summoned into the palace early in the morning and stumbled by Emperor Liang's side, he didn't see the scene that was bound to be suspicious, and Mei Changsu was very glad about it. In the morning, the person who entered the gate of Su's house a little swaggeringly to pick up Mei Changsu was Lie Zhanying, and everyone was scheduled to go to King Jing's mansion together, and a total of thirty people were incorporated into the spring hunting team as King Jing's entourage. Because the auspicious time was determined at noon, it was still early, so as soon as he entered the gate of Jingwang's Mansion, Lie Zhanying invited Mei Changsu to sit in the hall to rest, and he sat with him on the side, and the two casually chatted about some military affairs and time.

Before the cup of tea was finished, Mei Changsu suddenly heard a cry of "woo-woo-" from outside the hall. After a moment of frustration, he suddenly realized whose voice it was.

Lie Zhanying had already run to the entrance of the hall at this time and shouted, "Why are you tying it so early? Let go and get on the bus when the meeting is out. ”

Mei Changsu's face was a little pale, and he hurriedly raised his glass to cover it, and his mind was in a hurry. After a few moments, Lie Zhanying returned to his seat. He asked in a casual tone, "What's calling outside?" ”

"It's a wolf raised by our Highness the Buddha's tooth."

"Your Highness raises wolves?"

"Sir, I don't come to our house very often, so I don't know. The tooth of the Buddha generally does not come to the fore. It's a wolf cub that His Highness has picked up since he was nursing, but it's fifteen years old now. No one knows how long it will live...... The Buddha's tooth is very proud, except for His Royal Highness, it is not close to anyone, and His Royal Highness is the boss of our palace. It's the second one! Lie Zhanying laughed first because he was exaggerating.

"Oh?" Mei Changsu smiled with him and asked again, "Do you want to take it with you this time?" ”

"The Buddha's tooth likes to play with it outside, and now the days are running out, of course, His Highness can take it out."

"But even though it's domestic, it's always a wolf, why did you let people go just now?"

"Mr. Su, don't be afraid of the Buddha's tooth, although he doesn't care about people. But as long as His Highness does not give the order, it will not bite. ”

Mei Changsu rolled his eyes and smiled: "I'm not afraid that it will bite me." It's because I'm afraid that he will bite others. I'll tell you I have an ability. No matter how violent the animals are. are willing to be close to me and will never bite my - small - say - net "

"Is there anything like this in the world?" Lie Zhan Ying Daqi. "I've never heard of it."

As he spoke, a light gray, furry shadow had silently appeared at the entrance of the hall, as if a king was patiently patrolling his territory.

"Buddha's tooth is so beautiful." Mei Changsu boasted.

"It's not," Lie Zhanying looked proud, but it was like this wolf was raised by him, "its body is strong, its fur is thick and dense, and it was even more beautiful a few years ago, but now it is older, but its coat color is still very good." ”

The Buddha's tooth turned his head, and his dark brown eyes seemed to be shiny and shiny. It only stayed at the entrance of the hall for a moment, and suddenly raised its head and let out a long howl, and a bow on its back rushed straight at Mei Changsu like an arrow from the string, and the momentum seemed to be ready to swallow him whole.

Lie Zhanying had never encountered this situation, and his face turned white with fright, so he hurriedly jumped up to stop it. This Mr. Su is now the most important person in King Jing, if he stays by his side and lets him be injured by the Buddha's tooth, then it is better to find a piece of tofu and kill him first. However, although Lie Zhanying's reaction was extremely fast, the wolf's movements always had to overwhelm humans, not to mention that it was not a very long distance from the entrance of the hall to Mei Changsu. When he just jumped up and wanted to grab the Buddha's tooth, the gray wolf had already swept past him and threw himself into Mei Changsu's arms, barely knocking him down with the seat.

"Uh......" The next scene made Lie Zhanying stand dumbfounded with his mouth half-open, and he couldn't speak at all. I saw the two front paws of the Buddha's tooth on Mei Changsu's shoulder, wet and pointy nose, sniffing intimately between his neck, rubbing it from time to time, and the coquettish appearance was exactly the same as when it was on King Jing.

"How about General Lie," Mei Changsu finally dodged the saliva of the Buddha's tooth and said with a smile, "I didn't lie to you with this ability, did I?" ”

"Ju, it's really like this......" Lie Zhanying said in a daze, "This is too godly......"

"Once upon a time, there was a fierce horse that no one could subdue, but he would graze on my hands." Mei Changsu patted the Buddha's tooth on the shoulder and let it lie on his lap: "The Buddha's tooth is probably too lonely, His Royal Highness King Jing is so busy and rarely has time to accompany it, right?" ”

"Yes, you, especially in the past six months, His Highness has been busy...... Busy with his feet on the ground...... "Lie Zhanying's initial shock had not yet passed, and he stammered. Mei Changsu was not in a hurry, picked a few topics that he was interested in, and slowly led him to talk more. After all, Lie Zhanying is not a complicated person, and after the conversation gradually started, his attention finally left the Buddha's tooth, and began to follow Mei Changsu's guidance, chatting later, the more he spoke, the happier he became, most of the words became that he was talking, Mei Changsu just smiled and listened, interjecting half a sentence from time to time to show encouragement. The Buddha's tooth was beside him, sometimes circling around the seat, and sometimes slapping Mei Changsu's knees with his big tail, but he was entertaining himself, and after a long time, Lie Zhanying gradually got used to it.

In this way, half an hour passed quickly, and the preparations outside were ready. Qi Meng, who had been demoted to a centurion because of Mei Changsu's words, also strode in with his entourage this time to inform him that the time had come, and Mei Changsu couldn't help but smile slightly when he saw that his uniform had been promoted back to the captain. "Did you catch that monster?" ”

Qi Meng said sullenly: "Not yet...... That thing is cunning ......."

At this moment, Feiliu floated in and saw the Buddha's tooth and sighed. Reaching out to touch it, the gray wolf dodged away with disdain. At that moment, Daqi chased after him, touched the Buddha's tooth again, and flashed, but this time he didn't flash and was touched the neck. Dengshi turned back in a rage and counterattacked, and a man and a wolf made a fuss in the hall. And Mei Changsu smiled and looked at it from the side, without any intention of restraining it.

"Su, Mr. Su" Lie Zhanying was a little weak, "Time is almost up......"

"Oh, let's go, then."

He ...... They ......"

"When we're gone, they'll follow." Mei Changsu said and walked out first. Lie Zhanying had no choice but to follow him. But fortunately, as Mei Changsu said, as soon as they came out. Feiliu and the Buddha's tooth stopped fighting and ran out of the hall at the same degree.

Most of the small team in the Jingwang Mansion were martial artists. Only Mei Changsu is in a carriage. Buddha tooth insisted on squeezing into the carriage with him, so Feiliu, who had never ridden in a carriage, jumped into the carriage for the first time. One person and one wolf sit against each other, continue to play the game of you touching me, dodging, you biting me, and flashing, and the whole journey is not so boring.

Arriving at the town where he was scheduled to be stationed in the evening, the entire entourage was encamped and settled, and King Jing returned to the royal tent that Lie Zhanying had prepared to rest. As soon as I arrived at the tent, I saw two shadows flashing around the gate and the wooden stake disappeared, and I couldn't help but be a little surprised.

"Along the way, the Buddha tooth has already played with me and Feiliu." Mei Changsu came out of it and stepped forward with a smile: "General Lie also said that the Buddha tooth doesn't like to be close to people, in fact, it has a good temperament, I am very good at getting along with animals, and it's nothing, but Feiliu is a loner, and the Buddha tooth also gets along well with him." ”

"Really? Buddha tooth really doesn't like to be close to people, it seems that you and Feiliu are really different. Although King Jing was also surprised, he didn't pay much attention to it because he didn't see the Buddha's tooth rushing into Mei Changsu's arms and refusing to come out, but looked around and asked, "What about Zhan Ying?" ”

"My strings are broken, and I asked him to help me pick out two good sideburns." Mei Changsu pointed to the back, "Look, he has seen His Highness running over." ”

As soon as the words fell, Zhan Ying had already rushed to the front, clasped his fists and saluted: "Your Highness's camp tent has been arranged, please rest in peace." ”

"Do you know that Mr. Su's tent is going to be surrounded by you?" "That's exactly how it was arranged."

"Okay." King Jing turned to Mei Changsu approvingly, and said, "It's still early, Mr. come to sit in my tent?" ”

Mei Changsu was worried that the Buddha's tooth would come back, and said with a faint smile: "I was supposed to obey my fate, but I just rushed for a day, and I felt a little sleepy, and I still wanted to sleep early." ”

Xiao Jingyan knew that he was not in good health, but he didn't mind being rejected, and said gently: "Then I won't delay you, I have to travel for a day tomorrow, and I really should rest early." ”

Mei Changsu bowed slightly, and returned to his tent. Lie Zhanying was a little nervous because he was in charge of all the affairs around the king's tent, of course, he would not have thought of chatting with King Jing about the Buddha's tooth when he first saw Mei Changsu, and after waiting for King Jing to enter the tent, he went around again.

Early the next morning, King Jing hurried to Emperor Liang to ask for peace, because he was given food, so he never came back, and he has been accompanying him. Mei Changsu deliberately got up a moment later than him, and the two did not meet.

The day was faster than the previous day, and at dusk they arrived at Jiu'an Mountain, and set up a large tent outside the hunting palace. In the center is the golden top cloud dragon of the imperial tent is five zhang high, ten zhang wide, although it is temporarily erected, but the interior furnishings have been extremely exquisite, the middle hangs down the velvet embroidery curtain weft, the whole imperial tent is divided into two parts: the outside sitting, the inside sleeping. Concubine Jing's tent was adjacent to the imperial tent, and the regulations were smaller, but because she had to serve Emperor Liang, she basically lived in the imperial tent at night, and only returned to her tent when the men went out hunting.

The 3,000 forbidden troops who came with Meng Zhi guarded the two tents like iron buckets, and they were heavily guarded, and I am afraid that even a marmot would not be put in.

The tents of the other royal families and important ministers were naturally smaller, and they surrounded the imperial tent layer by layer according to their status, like the stars holding the moon.

After a night's rest, the spring hunt officially began the next day. Although Mei Changsu also changed his outfit and followed King Jing's side, he didn't even bring half an arrow, obviously not planning to have anything to do with the word "hunting". Most of the people who drove with his companions had heard of his place name, and they couldn't help but come to greet him, so they walked through the land in return salute all the way. Before arriving at the hunting platform, Emperor Liang ordered Gao Zhan to summon him and King Jing to the stage together, laughing and chatting a few words, although he didn't say anything real, but at least he showed a loving attitude to show the surrounding royal relatives and nobles.

Spring, because it is the season of reproduction of all things, it is not suitable to kill, so spring hunting is different from autumn hunting, it is mainly based on rituals, there is no competition, everyone goes into the forest to turn around, but it is just for show, except for occasionally shooting two hares, pheasants or something, generally will not shoot deer, roe deer and other conventional hunting.

Emperor Liang presided over the hunting ceremony early in the morning, and under the heavy protection of his guards, he went into the dense forest for an hour, and finally returned to the tent with two pheasants. After all, he was old and tired, and he was tired after lunch, and when he fell asleep under the gentle beating of Concubine Jing, he fell asleep profusely.

Concubine Jing got this free time, and Gao Zhan carefully guarded herself and got out. While walking towards the concubine's tent on the side, he instructed the maid who was close to him: "Go to King Jing and ask him to invite Mr. Su to see me."