CHAPTER XV
Listening to Pei Xi's words, Shen Wei staggered a few steps, fell back to his original position and sat down, holding the empty letter tightly with one hand, lowering his head, and holding his hair tightly with the other.
Seeing this, Pei Xi pursed his lips and was silent.
自天香楼事儿后,他便替沈玮向李典学说明,随意寻了个理由,不再让沈玮与裴衡共住书院,而是起居在他这处在城东的私宅,每日共饮共食,礼乐射御书数,更是亲身教与沈玮。
Ning Wu did only catch Zheng Yuchi that day, but they were really willing to associate with Shen Wei, living etiquette, reading and shooting, Pei Xi watched Shen Wei integrate into Yuchang Academy little by little, and watched him gradually fall from the top of the list to be criticized by Li Dianxue, and Zheng Ze taught archery to be able to ride and shoot immediately.
In the firewood room at the foot of Qingbi Mountain, Shen Wei brought egg custard and medicine to Pei Xi. Pei Xi was drinking medicine and eating egg custard, and Shen Wei was babbling on the side, noble, you have to hurry up, don't forget to repay me. I want to be glorious and rich, I want to see the world, I also want to live the life of the son of a big family, think about me settling accounts here every day, these long-term followers have so much money, I don't dare to imagine what kind of fairy days the son and brother are.
Pei Xi agreed, so he brought Shen Wei to the capital, recognized him as a brother of his family, let him study, and made him as happy as ordinary noble children.
But often late at night, Qingxin would tell Pei Xi that Cui'er came to report, Duanying's brother was nightmare again, he didn't sleep, he just sat on the bed, lowered his head, and pulled his hair tightly with both hands, as if he was thinking about something, his eyes reflected the faint moonlight outside the window in the dark night, but Cui'er couldn't see Shen Wei's expression clearly, and Cui'er was a little stunned of Shen Wei at this time.
"He'll be fine."
Shen Wei was lowering his head, and suddenly felt someone gently hug him, and quickly let go. The man took down Shen Wei's hand that was holding his hair, the force was not great, but it was very strong.
Shen Wei raised his head, and Pei Xi said: "I am a person who does what I say, and in this hunt, I will not let Fan now have an accident in Pei Heng's hands." ”
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After January, the Magnolia hunting ground.
Hundreds of large and small tents of different colors are stationed here, and there are 72 enclosures in the Mulan hunting ground, and the enclosures are marked by wooden fences or willows planted at the mouth of the ditch.
Zheng Guan was dressed in armor, and beside him was Zheng Ze, who was also wearing full armor. The two of them led more than 1,000 cavalry, and several other armies, split up to form an encirclement, gradually forming an encirclement like an iron bucket.
This hunt is divided into families, Shen Wei followed Pei Xi's side, put on his hunting costume, and watched the bright yellow tent with the largest in the middle of the hundreds of roofs slowly opened, and a figure came out, surrounded by a group of princes and ministers and guards.
"That's the Holy One today." Pei Xi said.
It is strange that the emperor of this dynasty is diligent, Rao is emperor, and he is so thin, Shen Wei was secretly surprised, the palace should be the most prosperous and wealthy place in the world, looking at Jinshang's body, but it looks like a person who can't eat.
"Keep up, it's time to see the city." Pei Xi said again.
Shen Wei hurriedly followed a group of people from the Pei family, and followed suit, walking to see the city. The Pei family has a noble status, and when he was at the head of the team, when he looked at the city, Shen Wei glanced back, thousands of long steps, crowded, hunting flags fluttering in the wind, from his position, the people who were too far away from him were only like a small black dot. The black dot moves religiously, step by step.
This is more like a grand and sacred pilgrimage, and now, Shen Wei looked up and looked at the thin figure, which was the center of this pilgrimage.
"The queue is neat, and it shows the martial and brave demeanor of this dynasty." Jinshang stood at the top of the city, watching the troops under the city gradually surround him, "Fu Yao, you did a good job." ”
Several princes were standing next to Jinshang, and they couldn't help but praise him, Fu Yao smiled and bowed his head and said, "It's just that a few brothers are bothering together." ”
Jinshang raised his head slightly and said, "But this year's prey seems to be a little less." ”
Several princes looked at Jinshang's gaze, and their brows were also slightly furrowed. This Mulan hunting ground is circumferred for more than 1,000 miles, high and connected to the upper dome, the mountains are divided, this dynasty has not hunted for several years, it stands to reason that there should be a lot of prey has multiplied a lot, but in the hunting ground, there seems to be not many prey.
"Well, let's get started."
The guards of each class followed Jinshang and went down to see the city. There are people who lead dogs, there are eagle drivers, and there are many full-time guards who follow behind Jinshang.
Although he was thin and thin, he was also sharp in archery, and after a few strokes of his bow, he shot several wolves and a leopard, which was only wounded, and one or two guards immediately chased after him and hunted the leopard.
Imami Fu Bang lowered his bow, and then there was a violent cough. The surrounding people hurriedly gathered around him: "Your Majesty! ”
"Although the medicine is effective, it seems that the bones of this body are not as good as they were back then." After a cough, Fu Bang looked down at the handkerchief stained with a little blood foam, and looked at Pei Hai beside him indiscreably.
Pei Hai is the head of the Pei family, standing not far from Fu Bang on horseback, looking at Fu Bang, his eyes are full of concern, like a sincere courtier.
Seeing this, Fu Bang smiled mockingly, casually threw the handkerchief and bow to the guards, and said, "There are not many prey, so I won't steal the limelight with young people here." All affairs are handed over to Prime Minister Pei Cheng. ”
Pei Hai bowed his head and agreed, Fu Bang and some of the guards turned their horses' heads, went in the direction of the tent, and passed by Pei Hai's side before leaving. Fu Bang stopped the horse, patted Pei Hai on the shoulder, and said, "Remember to make some new styles of hunting, so that the children can have fun and do their best." You should be good at this. ”
"The minister will live up to His Majesty's trust." Pei Hai once again bowed his hand.
Fu Bang looked up to the sky and laughed a few times, and said: "Spread my imperial decree, whoever is the most brave first, I will definitely have a heavy reward!" ”
With that, he rode back to the tent with the support of a group of guards. The other young children and several family heads stood in place with Pei Hai, and many young children listened to the promise of Jinshang, and they were very ready to go.
Pei Hai ordered someone to stop these young children. Shen Wei was puzzled and looked at Pei Heng, but Pei Heng had an indifferent look on his face, as if he didn't care about what his father did.
Pei Haidao: "Don't be impatient, the sea has come up with a way for everyone to have fun and make hunting more interesting." ”
Shen Wei looked at Pei Heng who was riding on a horse in red, every time he saw Pei Heng, he couldn't wait to beat this guy immediately so that his father and mother didn't recognize him, but he could only endure it.
Listening to Pei Hai's words, Pei Heng sneered: "This yin person really still has to use the old method." ”
The army suddenly became agitated, and it seemed that someone was entering again. Shen Wei listened to Pei Heng's sneer, and felt uneasy for no reason, and his heart beat wildly, and his intuition told him that something he didn't want to happen next.
"Pei Xiang is really wise!" Someone in the crowd sighed.
Indeed, another group of people entered, but instead of riding horses and holding bows like Shen Wei and them, they walked barefoot on the ground, with shackles on their hands, and rows of soldiers in front of them were pulled into the venue with shackles.
"Who is this?" Shen Wei was shocked, he didn't wear armor, he didn't hold a bow, and there were men, women, and children in this group, both old and weak, sick and disabled, it was impossible for them to come to hunt.
Shen Wei's uneasiness intensified, he looked around in the crowd, wanting to find Pei Xi to ask clearly, as soon as he found Pei Xi's position, he heard Pei Hai say a voice: "Okay!" Loosen the shackles and let them chase their prey! ”
Let this group of unarmed men chase the beast? Shen Wei didn't care about etiquette, squeezed next to Pei Xi, and asked urgently, "Who are these people?" ”
"Naturally, it's a slave, Brother Duanying, what are you nervous about," Ning Wu came over leisurely and said at some point, "This is Pei Xiang's usual way of playing, if the prey is not enough, let the slave chase the prey, so that the prey will be more active, wouldn't it be more interesting?" ”
Shen Wei's eyes were cracked, and he grabbed Ning Wu's chest: "But they don't even have weapons!" There are also women, old people and children inside! How do they go about chasing their prey?! ”
"Oh, hey, Brother Duanying, why are you so excited!" Ning Wu was very dissatisfied with Shen Wei tugging on his chest, and tried his best to pull Shen Wei's hand away, "This is the slave of Pei Xiang's family, how do we know what Pei Xiang thinks?" That is, the Pei family has a deep heritage, otherwise who would dare to take so many slaves to the hunting ground, do you know that slaves are precious! ”
Are slaves precious? Shen Wei turned his head and was about to turn his head to ask Pei Xi, but the young man behind him was already eager to try, and rushed out on a horse to hunt, Shen Wei was caught off guard, so he had to hold the reins of the horse, and was scattered by the crowd for a while.
The sound of horses' hooves, bows and arrows, the neighing of wild beasts, and the panicked screams of slaves and the laughter of young nobles filled the hunting grounds for a moment.
Shen Wei didn't care about anything else, so he had to ride a horse while drawing his bow and arrows and shooting a few wolves chasing after the woman and the girl. The chaotic scene, Shen Wei didn't understand why anyone could be happy from this, thinking of Pei Heng's empty envelope a month ago, he was always uneasy in his heart, and he just wanted to find Pei Xi quickly and ask for clarification.
The Mulan hunting ground covers a wide area, Shen Wei is anxious to find Pei Xi, and it is the first time to hunt, he can't find it all over, his eyes are sweeping around, but he sees a familiar figure for no reason, with an empty sleeve.
"Fan Xian!" Shen Wei was shocked, and what frightened him even more was that he saw that Fan Xian was followed by a fierce tiger, and he subconsciously shouted, "Fan Xian! Go to the cave! ”
Fan Xian seemed to hear his shout, dragging a hand to drill into the cave, and the tiger actually wanted to drill into the cave as if following Fan Xian. Shen Wei hurriedly drew three bows and arrows and shot them towards the tiger, but because the distance was too far, he only injured the tiger's fur.
As if enraged, the tiger turned its head around and prepared to rush towards Shen Wei. Shen Wei could continue to draw his bow and arrows, but he couldn't catch off guard, the tiger was running extremely fast, and it seemed to bite him in the blink of an eye.
Behind him, he suddenly remembered a violent sound of horses' hooves, a longbow pierced through the wind, and shot at the tiger's eye, the tiger neighed, as if in extreme pain, and a dozen more soldiers came up, fired several arrows, and drew out their spears, stabbing the tiger in the abdomen. The tiger's blood gushed out, and after a few last screams, it didn't move.
It was Pei Xi who came here with the Pei family's guards, Pei Xi took Shen Wei's hand dissatisfied, and asked, "Why is one person acting indiscriminately!" ”
Shen Wei didn't care about this, waved away Pei Xi's hand, and hurriedly dismounted. Pei Xi grabbed Shen Wei's hand again, his expression on his face was not as calm as usual, and said, "What else are you going to do!" ”
"Fan Xian!" Shen Wei's emotions were even more excited, "I saw Fan Xian!" ”