Chapter 20 Hunting in the Eastern Suburbs
Time passed imperceptibly, and after the winter solstice, a heavy snow suddenly came, covering the entire northern part of the Great Zhou. The heavy snow turned the entire Shangjing City into a snowfield. It wasn't until the seventh day that the snow stopped slightly, but there were still some scattered snow foams drifting down.
Almost overnight, the plum blossoms bloomed throughout the capital city. The breeze greets and sends the cold fragrance of plum blossoms all over Beijing.
In the Purple Dragon Garden, a lifelike green dragon circled and turned over the snow-white plum forest, and the sound of the dragon's chant shook the Quartet Hou's Mansion. Around the garden, a beautiful maid wore a thick ratskin jacket and looked at the air with a red face.
"Young Master, it's going to break through again!"
As if in response to the speculation of these handmaidens, the dragon form in the sky suddenly shrank to about seven feet, and then expanded violently. I saw a circle of ice-crystal-like blue light suddenly spew out, and the seven-foot little dragon shook in the air, turning into a green dragon more than five feet long. On the top of the dragon's head, two horns clicked out.
Roar!
But hearing a shocking roar, dozens of plum trees in the Purple Dragon Garden shook, and countless snow-white flowers were swept up in the air by the wind and snow. And above the wind and snow, a huge green dragon twisted and circled, and there were faint bits of lightning on the dragon scales. And the two dragon horns that were not manifested originally, and the two hind feet also broke free!
"Hoof!
At this moment, the sound of horses' hooves sounded outside the courtyard wall of the Sifang Marquis' Mansion, and in the thick snow, I saw two fast horses riding in the wind whistling. There was a burst of laughter in the distance.
"Hahaha! Brother Fang, come out quickly! The heavy snow covers the mountains, and the time for hunting in the eastern suburbs has arrived!"
On horseback, two teenagers are dressed in brocade and are magnificent, they are really Zhang Ying and Zhou Xin. In the past two months, Zhang Ying and Zhou Xin's temperament have changed greatly, and they seem more confident. The two galloped on horseback, and when they arrived at the gate of the Sifang Marquis' Mansion, they pulled the reins and stopped at the door.
"Whew!"
The two of them had just stood firm, and within the walls of the courtyard of the Sifang Hou Mansion, a green dragon meandered across the air, dancing on all four legs, the dragon's head was fresh, and faintly exuded a breath of heavenly dragon.
Xi Yuyu!
The two horses felt the terrifying breath in the air, and they neighed violently, and the men and horses got up, and they were about to turn around and gallop wildly. Zhang Ying and Zhou Xin were slightly shocked in their hearts, and the two of them showed their abilities to stabilize the two frightened horses.
"Drink!" Zhang Ying shouted violently, and pressed his palm in the middle of the blades of the forefoot of the war horse, and the body of the war horse sank, and its four legs fell into the mud, unable to move.
"Yu!" Zhou Xin wanted to drink young, turned over directly from the horse, stretched out his right hand quickly, held the horse's neck, and stopped the war horse from castrating with strong force.
"Brother Zhang, Brother Zhou, why are you here!" The green dragon fell from the courtyard wall, and Fang Yun fell from the sky in white clothes. Within three feet of him, all the snow droplets were flying, and he couldn't get close.
As soon as he manifested his true body, the dragon qi disappeared immediately, and the mood of the two war horses immediately stabilized, but they still looked at him with frightened eyes.
"Brother Fang, don't you know what rì is today?" Zhang Ying said excitedly.
"What rìzi?" Fang Yun frowned slightly, he was so focused on cultivation that he didn't pay attention to these.
Seeing that Fang Yun really didn't seem to know, the excitement in the hearts of the two of them immediately reduced by half: "Brother Fang, today is the rì son of hunting in the eastern suburbs!"
"Hunting in the eastern suburbs!" Fang Yun's heart shook slightly, and then he heard that in the cold wind, the entire Shangjing City echoed with a hustle and bustle, and the sound of horses' hooves stepping on the snow drifted from a distance along the wind, and the sound of horses' hooves was also mixed with bursts of laughter from the prince's son.
Hunting in the eastern suburbs, for the princes and scholars of the entire Shangjing City, this is the most solemn festival of the year. Every year at this time, almost all the princes and scholars will ride horses, bring bows and arrows, and hunting dogs, and gallop to the eastern suburbs.
When the previous dynasty fell, the princes and scholars who were the rulers had a bad style. In order to avoid repeating the mistakes of the previous dynasty, Taizu of the Great Zhou Dynasty deliberately designated a large area in the eastern suburbs as a hunting area for the princes and scholars, which was used to sharpen the blood of these princes and disciples. After all, the world of the Great Zhou Dynasty will depend on these princes and disciples to support it in the future!
In the eastern suburbs, there are all kinds of fierce lions, tigers, bears, and leopards. In addition to these ordinary beasts, in the depths of the eastern suburbs, there are also fierce beasts and demon beasts caught by the Great Zhou Dynasty from outside the Koutu Divine Continent.
These fierce beasts and demon beasts are infinitely powerful, breathing fire and spitting smoke, extremely powerful. Only those daring princes and disciples have just gone deep into it and hunted these fierce beasts.
In order to force these princes and disciples to go hunting in the eastern suburbs, the Great Zhou Dynasty specially set up a law. All the princes and nobles of the Great Zhou Dynasty, each family must send at least one scholar to participate in the hunting in the eastern suburbs!
"Brother Fang, this time Zhou Xin and I have obtained our father's consent and are allowed to participate in hunting in the eastern suburbs. This is the first time we've participated, would you like to go along?"
Zhang Ying was also unsure in her heart, whether Fang Yun would go or not. Judging from his previous impressions, Fang Yun seemed to be only interested in the improvement of martial arts.
Fang Yun's eyes flickered, and many thoughts flashed: "There are only two people in our Fang family, me and my eldest brother. In the past, it was the eldest brother who participated in the hunt. Big brother can't come this time, only me can replace him!"
"Uncle Liang, prepare the horse!" Fang Yun turned around and shouted.
"Great!" Zhang Ying and Zhou Xin were ecstatic.
After all, it is a family of military generals, and it is efficient. In a few breaths, a servant came over with a fat black steed.
"Young master, the horse you want!"
"Well, it's hard work, you go to the tent to get some reward!" This horse is more than one person tall and extremely sturdy, Fang Yun can see that the horse servant takes care of it very carefully. After sending the horse servants, Fang Yun turned over and got on his horse, and the three of them drove towards the eastern suburbs of the school yard side by side.
The Eastern Suburbs School Farm is located at the entrance of the Eastern Suburbs Hunting Area, and the open space of thousands of zhang square is paved with stone slabs. The school field is surrounded by various flags, and the flags on the flags are the flags of the major princely families of the Great Zhou Dynasty. Under the flagpole, there were Da Zhou heavy soldiers wearing Xuan armor standing, all with indifferent expressions and expressionless faces, like messengers of death.
When Fang Yun and the three of them arrived, the hoof prints on the school field were messy, and hundreds of Wang Gongzi disciples straddled their horses and rushed to the school field early. These people were in small groups, each of them divided into small groups, and talked in whispers.
"It's here!" Zhou Xin pulled his horse and looked ahead. His expression was both nervous and excited.
Fang Yun also stopped, glanced at his eyes, and found that many of them were fresh faces, and they had never appeared in the Xue Palace. Most of the students in this school are fifteen or sixteen years old. But there are also some young people of eighteen or nineteen years old, all of whom are slender and have a long aura, exuding a powerful aura.
"It's Fang Yun!"
On the edge of the school field, several people felt Fang Yun's gaze and glanced back. When he found that it was Fang Yun standing behind him, his face immediately changed slightly, and he let out a low cry, beckoning his companions to drive the horse away.
In Shangjing City, the name Fang Yun has almost become taboo. Everyone knows that this person has provoked a lot of noble children, and it is easy to get into trouble when he walks with him.
A little bit of sāo chaos immediately spreads. Soon, Fang Yun and the three of them were surrounded by empty people. Feeling excluded by everyone, Zhang Ying and Zhou Xin looked stunned.
The crowd was zhōngyāng, and five tall young men gathered together, laughing and laughing. Three steps behind the five young people, Yang Qian and Li Ping straddled the horses, their expressions humble, as if they were particularly afraid of the five people in front of them.
"Hmm," feeling the sāo movement on the edge of the school field, among the five people, a young man with a lot of anger turned his head, glanced at it, and suddenly laughed: "Look at what guests we have here." ”
This young man with a lot of anger was named Li Chen, the second son of the Marquis of Zhenguo. This time it was on behalf of the Marquis of Zhenguo Mansion to participate in the hunting in the eastern suburbs of the imperial court.
"Oh, it turned out to be the second son of the Fang family, and he also came to participate in the hunting in the eastern suburbs," Cai Feng, the prince of Mianxiu, laughed, he was dressed in brocade clothes and a white fox cloak, looking luxurious and handsome.
"Hmm, Fang Yun?" The young man riding a blood-red BMW, seven feet tall, and as strong as an iron tower, frowned violently, and suddenly shouted at Yang Qian: "What is not a weapon, is that kid taking your human-level beads?"
Yang Qian didn't dare to raise his head, glanced at Fang Yun on the edge of the school field, and said with a wince: "Yes, big brother, it's him!"
"Hmph! It's interesting, he hid in the Sifang Hou Mansion and didn't come out, I really can't do anything about him. Unexpectedly, he actually threw himself into the net and came to the eastern suburbs to hunt," Yang Biao, the eldest prince of Pingdinghou, snorted coldly, turned the horse's head, and rode towards Fang Yunchi.
"Ha, there's a drama to watch. In the Great Zhou army, there was friction between the Marquis of Sifang and the Marquis of Pingding, and now the eldest son Yang Biao is on the second son of the Fang family. It seems that the feud between the two marquis of Da Zhou will be passed down from generation to generation. Gao Wei, the prince of the Hehou family, raised his cloak and rode his horse to chase after him.
"Let's go over and see, the second son of the Fang family has indeed acted a little more flamboyant," Xu Quan said indifferently, a gentle word made the people around him feel shocked, knowing that this is the head of the prince of the capital city, Fang Yun is also a little dissatisfied. This sentence shows an attitude.
"Well, let's take a look," the five of them, along with Yang Qian and Li Ping, also followed.
"Fang Yun, you should snatch my human-level beads. I didn't think there would be today!" Yang Qian glanced at Fang Yun in the distance hatefully, and suddenly there was some perverted excitement in his heart.
"Hoof!"
The horses' hooves were raised, and snowflakes were splashed. Wherever the five nobles and princes went, the crowd was silent, and one by one they dodged away to make a way.
"Huh?" Fang Yun raised his head and noticed that in the school field, there were five fierce and menacing sons with fierce eyes: "It seems that they are here to find trouble." ”
"Zhang Ying, Zhou Xin, you retreat!" Fang Yun suddenly raised his hand and shouted.
"What's wrong?" Zhou Xin and Zhang Ying were happy, and when they heard this, they couldn't help but be surprised.
"I'm looking for trouble," Fang Yun looked at Yang Biao, the leader of the five people, and grabbed the horse's belly and greeted him.
The crowd was silent, and a pair of eyes converged on the two tall horses in the school yard.
"You are Fang Yun, my human-level pearl of the Pingding Hou Mansion, you took it?" Yang Biaole stopped the horse, and the first thing he said when he saw Fang Yun was to get straight to the point, and his tone was extremely unpolite.
"Not bad. Do you want to go back?" Fang Yun said coldly, his voice not giving in at all.
A trace of anger flashed in Yang Biao's eyes: "You are so bold, even if your eldest brother is here, you don't dare to talk like this in front of me!"
"How can you call the king a marquis if you don't have the guts? You are Yang Biao, the eldest son of the Pingding Marquis Mansion?"
In a few sentences, Fang Yun basically determined the identity of the young man in front of him.
"Hehe, good, very good! The people of the Fang family are really good!"
Yang Biao laughed angrily twice, and his voice suddenly became cold: "Fang Yun, give you two choices." One is to hand over the human-level beads, and the other is to be broken by me, and then, I will personally retrieve the human-level beads!"