Volume 1 The Search for a Thousand Years Chapter 77 Hunting with the King
The days of studying are not so boring in the company of everyone and the active guidance of Mr.
On the other hand, Zhao Bixia, who is in the Jixia School Palace, is also valued by several gentlemen and Meng Fuzi, and is worthy of being modern, introducing Confucianism into many advanced ideas.
Zhao Bixia handed over the books she had compiled to Mencius.
"Sir, this is today's lecture record, it has been sorted out, please take a look" Zhao Bixia respectfully hugged the bamboo slips and put them in the corner of the table.
"Okay, put it there first, I'll finish reading it later, you can come over tomorrow" Meng Fuzi looked at the book in his hand without squinting.
"Yesβ" Zhao Bixia replied politely.
After a long time, no matter what occasion Mencius is, there is this young student who is born by his side. Although he was not introduced to the King of Qi, it was also quite eye-catching, and more or less attracted the attention of the King of Qi. (Naturally, these are all later words, which will become the help for Qu Yuan to finally talk about the Qichu Alliance)
In the blink of an eye, the autumn hunt was approaching, and the king sent invitations to invite the children of the nobles, officials and others who were good at hunting.
Since hunting with the king is naturally indispensable for the company of the prince and the princes, the princes will also choose their own close ministers to accompany them, of course, Qu Yuan is also among them.
It's the day of the autumn hunt. The king of Chu commanded thousands of military chariots, selected tens of thousands of riders, and went to Yunmengze.
The soldiers lined up the grass, the nets of the beasts covered the hills, the nets covered the hares, the wheels ran over the deer, the elk was shot, and the calves of the lin were grabbed. The chariots galloped on the salt flats by the sea, the blood of slaughtering animals stained the wheels red. Shoot the beast, and the prey is very large.
(It is described in "Chu Ce": "The king of Chu swims in the cloud dream, knots a thousand times, covers the sky with a flag, the rise of wildfire is like a cloud, and the howl of a tiger is like thunder.") It depicts in detail the pomp and circumstance of the King of Chu when he went out hunting, and his hunting place is called "Yunmeng".
Based on the geographical location of the state of Chu and the description in "Yu Gong", Yunmengze is located in the east of today's Jingzhou, which was originally the exclusive hunting place of the king of Chu, which is somewhat similar to the "royal hunting ground" in Chengde in the Qing Dynasty. οΌ
In early autumn, the warm breeze dances, the withered grass shines in the breeze, and the strings shine with their fruits, and in those withered grasses, there are sometimes some small flowers that do not know the season, showing that they have a charm that will never disappear. The grass where the rays of sunlight shine on, the dew on the grass is crystal clear, and it is very beautiful...... The white clouds flutter leisurely in the lazy sky, and the wind caresses the weeds, sometimes bending them, sometimes raising them, as if the earth is breathing rhythmically.
The warm autumn wind, blowing from the flowery mountain forest, with a distant fragrance, with a breath of moist water, rubbing the face of the earth, gently around the waist and shoulders of the tree, fluttering in Yunmengze, there was a slight rustling sound in the wilderness. Everything was cosy and peaceful.
The hounds barked and the silence was broken at once, and the hares and elk hurried into the grass.
In a few moments the sound of horses' hooves came from the wilderness, and the wild deer seemed to have broken out of the encirclement, and ran desperately, while the hunters who pursued behind, with a whistling sound, rumbled from a distance, and startled a pair of pheasants into the air, and made a loud chirping, and the hares fled in all directions......
The blue sky was like the sea, the white clouds were scattered, and dozens of elk ran in panic. Behind them, the stallions galloped, the smoke and dust billowed, and the flags were hunted and encouraged.
A young man dressed in luxurious clothes followed an old man who was nearly half a hundred years old, driving a carriage decorated with beautiful jade, waving a crank flag made of fish whiskers, and waving a flag decorated with bright moon pearls. Although the old man was nearly half a hundred years old, he was not familiar with a few young people, he raised his arms and shouted, raised his sharp spear, held a carved black bow in his left hand, and held a powerful arrow in Xia Ji in his right hand. The wheels were rolled over, trampled on the void, the axle head hit the rogue to death, and the arrow shot the wandering horse.
"Whoosh!" Arrows were fired in unison, dancing angrily into the sky, and countless silver rays of light swept through the midday sun.
Cheers and shouts rang out all over the field. The sound of "whoosh" is endless.
A sturdy stag rushed left and right, running wildly to escape.
There was a loud roar, the car rushed out, the car and the rider chased quickly, like thunder rolling, as if a hurricane attacked, like a meteor falling, like a thunderbolt hit. The old man at the head had long ape arms, his bow was like a full moon, and the tip of the arrow pointed at the fleeing stag. The sun was shining, and the sharp arrows were shining with a cold blue light. The old man narrowed his eyes, a grim smile spread across his face, and his fingers loosened.
"Whew!" Blue Light Dance. The bow does not miss the hair, runs through the chest, and reaches the armpits.
The soldiers applauded.
The old man's face was filled with a smug smile, and he pulled out the second arrow in high spirits, turned around and smiled: "Zhongqing, see where I want to shoot it this time?" β
All the soldiers turned their eyes to the banner of the exhibition. The middle-aged and elderly man with a white helmet and a silver armor belt under his banner has an awe-inspiring momentum of freedom without anger.
"Eyes. Don't hurt his fur. One of Jing's sons said.
The king glanced back at this son: "In the end, it is a family of military generals, so I will listen to you"
Before the words fell, the second arrow flew out like a thunderbolt.
Call-!
Long arrows flew out of the air and shot into the elk's eyes, blood splattering, and the feathers buzzed.
Xiong Huai behind him was amazed: "Okay, father Shenwu." β
Subsequently, all the soldiers shouted: "The king is a martial artist, and his archery skills reach the sky." The cheers exploded.
The king laughed and stopped wandering, wandering through the forests north of the mountain, watching the wrath of the mighty men and the fear of the wild beasts. Intercept the weary beast, capture the exhausted beast, and watch the beasts in all their different forms. A stag screamed and was shot in its left hind leg by a long arrow.
Rabbits have three holes, but elk do not have the ability to avoid predators, they rely on four-legged running, relying on speed. The elk with the arrow fell into the grass in a hurry, and was out of sight.
"Let the Dog Go"
The crowd roared, and the horn broke through the air. Dozens of hounds rushed out of the air, barking wildly and rushing towards the fallen elk in the distance.
Suddenly there was a flash of golden light in the grass, and a white shadow jumped up and fought with the hounds, like a beast that had lost its mind, scurrying and bumping in the decaying grass. From time to time it whirls up the broken leaves of the grass on the ground, and suddenly it sees the hound thrown to the east, and suddenly the hound falls to the west, and suddenly it sees the hound fluttering, and suddenly it is thrown aside by the white shadow and does not move.
The soldiers surrounded it, and when they saw that it was a tiger beast, they surrounded it, and the rest of the generals and the son's brother also rode their horses to arrive.
The white jade light flashed in the sunlight, and the phantom of the tiger beast suddenly stood and pounced.
This is the point where the spear has been flying and stabbing the beast.
Everyone was shocked. Looking back, it turned out to be General Jingcui who had returned from the war.
Jingcui walked up to the king and knelt down on one knee: "Your Majesty, the border has been decided"
(In the pre-Qin classics, the earliest records about Yunmengze are from "Zuo Chuan", "Yu Gong", etc.: "Yunmengfang is eight or nine hundred miles, across the south of the Yangtze River, North Huarong, Zhijiang, Jiangxia, and Anlu are all its places.") In "Zhou Li", it is stated: "Jingzhou is said to be in the south, and Yunmeng is said to be in Zexu." οΌ