Chapter 17: Spring Hunting (3)
Yan Xu's eyes were closed, and she was not blind to the sound of the cart pulling slowly.
It is well known that most of the horses in the chariot are docile.
The soldiers who pulled the chariots and horses naturally knew that if they wanted to make these royal docile horses have something to do with them, and to lose their temper, they couldn't do it by some means.
As for what kind of means to use, it depends on what kind of effect you want to achieve.
Spring hunting is usually a man's business, and I am afraid that the family members of the inner house will be bored, and singing and dancing instruments are naturally indispensable.
No, on the hunting platform, the sound of singing sounded. Later, if you are interested, you can naturally bring your family and sit on the other seat set up behind the stage, and at this moment, everyone's attention is also on the royal song and dance.
At this moment, the soldier looked around, took out a small jar of medicine from his bosom, opened the lid, put it on the nostrils of the four horses in front of the chariot, and smoked them one by one, not forgetting to cover his nostrils. After using it, he hurriedly walked to the side, buried the powder in the lid in the soil, and then hurriedly left.
"Please rest here, the servant has retired. Before leaving, the soldier did not forget to salute and leave.
Yan Xu's well, let the soldiers think that Yan Xu did not find anything abnormal.
Just after the soldiers hurriedly left, Wang Cen's entourage hid behind a nearby tree and saw all this. The four horses remained docilely in place.
The attendant only felt strange, quietly walked to the place where the powder was buried, touched the soil, leaned on the tip of his nose to smell it, and then showed a sudden expression of realization, trotted, and ran towards the seating area behind the song stage. But halfway through, he turned back and ran in a different direction, where it seemed that the courtier's carriage was parked.
The attendant put his mouth to Wang Cen's ear and whispered. Before the words fell, I heard a few neighing of horses in the distance, and some family members seemed to hear it, and were looking around, but they didn't see any reaction from the palace people around them, so they turned their heads in confusion and looked at the singing and dancing on the altar.
Wang Xi, who was standing next to the singing stage, looked back meaningfully, and the little eunuch Malier next to him ran back.
Several soldiers were patrolling the area, trying to find the neighing horses. The first thing to arrive was the place where the royal chariot was parked, and the soldiers who had led Yan Xu's chariot were guarding the entrance of the royal chariot.
"Did you hear the neighing of the horses? But from here?"
The soldier looked back and saw that two or three chariots were parked in a staggered manner, and the horses were all led to the stable, and everything seemed to be fine, "I have nothing to do here, maybe something happened to the official's horse." “
When the soldiers on patrol heard this, they did not stop to look closely, but quickly ran towards the officer's horses. If at this time, the horses accidentally went crazy and disturbed the families of many courtiers, it could be regarded as a catastrophe, and these soldiers naturally did not dare to delay.
"The neighing of the horses here?" the soldier asked, looking at one of the grooms.
"Yes, it was the horse under Feng Fusi's seat, I don't know why I suddenly went crazy, but fortunately I found it in time and was pulled, otherwise I might have run wild. The groom, who was tending the horses, wiped his sweat.
"Okay now?"
"Yes, the horses have been crazy for a while, but now they are quiet. The groom nodded. The carriage of each courtier usually brought a groom from the palace, and the chariot of the royal family was managed by soldiers.
"Then withdraw. Several soldiers looked at the horses that were now quiet, put down the stone in their hearts, beckoned, and walked back.
"The official has worked hard, worked hard. The groom wiped his sweat and nodded his head.
The little eunuch ran to Wang Xi's side and reported to Wang Xi that the horse that had just happened was the horse of Feng Fusi's family, and Wang Xi nodded. Everyone thought that this emergency had been reasonably resolved. But no one found that only three of the royal chariots remained.
The neighing of horses, the whistling of the wind in your ears, and the sound of wood grinding against the chariot as it was scraped by the branches.
Yan Xu sat in the carriage, and the force of the gallop forward made her have to lean on the back of the carriage.
Yan Xu's ears were filled with the sound of the chariot vibrating violently, and Yan Xu always had a feeling that the chariot seemed to fall apart soon.
The chariot is carved with delicate patterns, the canopy is made of the finest gauze, and everything is so beautiful. The royal stuff, while exquisite, is definitely not suitable for such a toss. No, as the four royal horses were speeding through the woods, the roof with the best gauze had been lifted by the thick branches, and it had broken away from the galloping chariot, and rolled backwards a few times, until it finally broke into several pieces and scattered among the trees.
Blowing the oncoming wind nakedly, his face was expressionless, or he was trying to be expressionless.
Under her ghost mask, her facial features were all wrinkled. She was scared, but pursed her lips.
She was scared because, despite her destiny, she was just a child, a girl of only eight years old. She pursed her lips and was reluctant to call for help, because this was her calamity, and she would accept it calmly.
After galloping for miles, the horses finally came to a halt in a slightly flat area. The horses pouted their hooves anxiously, their nostrils wide open and they exhaled, but they no longer galloped wildly.
Yan Xu breathed a sigh of relief, although she can divinate the future, she only knows the general trend, just as she knows that in today's disaster, she must have a noble person, as for who it is, how to save it, and what will happen to her, she doesn't know anything.
Yan Xu sighed slightly, this may be the limitation of blood, or maybe his ability is not enough.
Yan Xu straightened out his clothes, only to find that his robe embroidered with blue birds and the sun and moon may have been blown off by the wind in the process of running wildly, and he didn't even know it.
Yan Xu rubbed his blown face, the ghost mask, because of his kneading, up and down. waited until his little face became a little conscious, and then sat on the edge of the chariot. The two little feet swayed, since he knew that he couldn't die, Yan Xu just had to wait here for his nobles to come. As for why the horses went crazy, Yan Xu didn't care at all.
Just like his father said, everyone has a predestined calamity, and it will be over, so why bother to investigate the source, if the calamity is doomed, whether it is her or him, there will be someone to push the gears of fate.
Thinking of this, Yan Xu was relieved.
Long Xiang, who was also in this deep mountain, seemed a little absent-minded. Behind him, there were four or five pro-soldiers, riding horses, driving slowly in the mountains and forests.
In Long Xiang's mind, he kept swaying the gaze of Yan Xu before he left.
He didn't have to think about it to know that there must be a lot of people surrounding those three concubines, after all, their family power was there. But what about Yan Xu? Will she be bored by herself? Will she be bullied?
Thinking about it, Long Xiang couldn't help but shudder, what's wrong with him? Could it be true that to this eight-year-old girl, isn't he a beast?
No, no, this is simple, caring, caring.
Long Xiang comforted himself, he just regarded Yan Xu as his daughter-like sister, yes, that's it.
Long Xiang let the horses under his crotch walk on his own, and did not look at the road carefully, unconsciously, and walked to a completely unfamiliar road.
At this time, the pro-soldiers on the side pulled out the reins and said loudly: "Emperor, don't go forward, in the forest in front, there are many fierce tigers, please ask the emperor to take a detour." “
It was a soldier who had guarded the forest, so what he said must be true.
Hearing the soldier's exhortation, Long Xiang thought about it, tried to pull out the horse that was in turmoil under his crotch, listened carefully, and sure enough, he heard the low roar of the tiger, thought for a while, pulled the reins, and nodded.
It seems that there really is a tiger here.