The time of hunting passed quickly, the sun gradually turned overhead, noon had passed, Li Zhen's team harvested a lot, hunted two leopards, seven foxes, and dozens of fat deer and hares, pheasants, golden pheasants and other birds, but unfortunately failed to hunt tigers.

Li Zhen led his men to wash and peel two fat deer and a dozen rabbits by the stream, the stream was only covered with a thin layer of ice, and the water below was cold and biting, but it was crystal clear.

They smeared spices and salt on the meat, lit two fires, and roasted the venison and rabbit until they were bubbling with oil, and the people talked and laughed, and the brook was very lively.

Du Jin nibbled on the fragrant venison and asked Li Zhen with a smile: "Lao Li, after eating the barbecue, are we going back?"

Li Zhen looked at the sky, and saw that it was still early, so he smiled and said, "I want to hunt another tiger, but I'm still a little unwilling." ”

"It's never too late to hunt tomorrow!"

Li Linfu walked over, and he handed Li Zhen a dug reed root, which grows at the water's edge, a bit like a corn stalk, sweet and juicy.

Li Zhen knotted the reed root, chewed it carefully, shook his head and said: "The tiger has spirituality, such a big momentum, it scared them away a long time ago, and it is estimated that the tiger will not be hunted tomorrow." ”

At this moment, a hunting party appeared on the west side, and was walking along the brook, about twenty or thirty people, among whom were women,

The hunting team gradually approached, the soldiers got up one after another, Li Zhen also stood up, he recognized this hunting team, the woman for whom it was Wu Furong, the daughter of Wu Chenghei, and her warriors on the left and right.

They also had a lot of harvest, a dozen deer, a few foxes, and a leopard hunted alive, tied to a horse.

There were also two Hu men in Li Zhenxian's ranks, and after following the war horses carrying leopards, they lowered their heads and covered their curly heads with high collars.

Perhaps because Wu Chengsi was dismissed, Wu Furong did not have the arrogance she used to have, and she seemed a little preoccupied, she just glared at Li Zhen fiercely, and then turned her head away from him.

Li Zhen hurriedly ordered his subordinates to get out of the way, but at this time, he inadvertently saw the woman next to Wu Furong, and immediately startled Li Zhen, the woman next to Wu Furong turned out to be Wei Tuan'er.

I saw that she was holding a bow and arrow, and because of hunting, she did not dress up fancifully, but wore a white samurai uniform.

At this time, Li Linfu also recognized Wei Tuan'er, hurriedly held half of the roasted deer, stepped forward and said with a smile: "See Aunt Wei, this half of the roasted venison is willing to be dedicated to Aunt Wei." ”

Wei Tuan'er didn't accept his kindness, and snorted contemptuously, "I don't eat outsiders' things, you get out of the way, don't block our way." ”

Li Linfu was embarrassed to step aside, but Li Zhen had a little headache, these days he was careful to dodge, just for fear of meeting Wei Tuan'er, and the road to the enemy was not narrow, no matter how he hid, he still met Wei Tuan'er, which made him feel upset, and he didn't know what to do for a while.

At this time, Wei Tuan'er saw Li Zhen and saw that he was still standing still in the middle of the road, so he couldn't help but exclaim: "Bold! Who are your subordinates, and why don't you listen to my orders?"

Li Zhen was stunned for a moment, Wei Tuan'er didn't even know herself?

He took a closer look at Wei Tuan'er again, yes, her appearance and temperament, her speaking voice, and even a black mole on the corner of her mouth were clearly Wei Tuan'er, why didn't she know herself.

Li Zhen suddenly realized that perhaps because Wu Furong was also present, she didn't want Wu Furong to know about her relationship with herself, so she deliberately pretended not to know herself.

Thinking of this, Li Zhen immediately took a few steps back and got out of the way, while Wu Furong and Wei Tuan'er continued to urge the horses to go, ignoring them no longer.

Li Linfu had just touched a nail, and he was really a little unhappy in his heart, so he scolded a few words in a low voice, and went back to continue the barbecue, which caused a burst of laughter from the guards.

After lunch, everyone packed up and continued to go northeast, not only Li Zhen, but all the guards hoped to shoot another tiger, everyone cheered up and looked around for traces of the tiger.

They walked into a dense forest, where there seemed to be few people, the trees were sparse and they could gallop on horses, and from time to time wild foxes and deer appeared behind the bushes, but they were no longer interested in fox deer, they had enough prey, and only a tiger was missing.

"Wait!"

After walking less than a mile, Li Zhen suddenly shouted to everyone, he had an unusual sensitivity to the approaching danger, he seemed to feel something, a bloody breath.

After the Tiger Incident, everyone also believed Li Zhen's warning, and they all opened their bows and arrows, looking around vigilantly.

There was a rustling sound from the bushes on both sides, and I saw five or six wild wolves come out of the bushes, their eyes were red, revealing their snow-white sharp teeth, staring at them viciously, everyone was taken aback, the wolves were too late to run away when they encountered them, and these wolves actually dared to attack them.

At this time, there was a strange flute sound not far away, and several wolves suddenly pounced on them like crazy, Li Zhen was furious, and two consecutive arrows shot out like lightning and shot into the mouths of the two wild wolves who pounced on him, and the two wild wolves immediately fell to the ground and died.

Out of the corner of his eye, he glanced at a wild wolf that was rushing towards Li Linfu's back, and without hesitation, he opened his bow and shot another arrow, the arrow was strong, and an arrow pierced the wolf's head.

In just a moment, all six wild wolves were shot to death by the guards, and Li Zhen turned his head to look at a big tree in the distance, where the strange flute sound just now came from.

These wild wolves are controlled by someone, otherwise they would not dare to attack humans at all, Li Zhen pulled out his sword and urged the horse to gallop towards the big tree in the distance, and the guards also followed.

The two gray figures had already fled on horseback, only to see several iron cages placed in the woods clearing, one of which also held a leopard, anxiously circling in the cage, and the rest of the iron cages were empty, and several dummies were tied to a few wooden stakes next to them, wearing clothes.

It seems that this is the place where they train their beasts, and they just let the wild wolves attack, just to prevent them from approaching.

"Lao Li, look at this!"

Li Linfu pointed to a dummy on a wooden stake, Li Zhen was slightly stunned, the dummy on the stake was wearing a pale yellow palace skirt, a huge peony flower on the stake, and a mask on his face.

A thought flashed through Li Zhen's mind, he remembered that his brother-in-law Cao Wen was pounced on by a leopard in the martial arts, and he remembered Wu Furong he had just met, he suddenly understood, and shouted: "Not good!"

Turning the horse's head, he galloped eastward, and heard him shouting from a distance: "Lao Du, I have a hurry to take a step ahead, you take everyone back!"

The guards looked at each other, not knowing why he was so anxious, but they saw him gallop wildly, and in a moment he ran away without a trace

In the hunting camp, there have been 66 consecutive hunting teams returning, some harvesting abundantly, some harvesting little, but no one returned empty-handed, the prey square is full of all kinds of prey, and dozens of guards are busy counting and registering the prey.

Shangguan Wan'er is also one of the hunting officers, she is responsible for judging the prey of the clan, she is wearing a pale yellow six-panel dress today, her hair is combed with cloud temples, and she wears a huge pink peony on her head, peony is her favorite, and wearing a peony on her head has also become a symbol of her.

She wore light makeup on her face and looked elegant, calmly directing several eunuchs to register their prey.

"Whose prey is here, why is there no brand?" Shangguan Wan'er asked, pointing to a few prey next to her.

Generally, when the prey is delivered, a sign will be inserted next to it to facilitate registration, but these prey do not have identification plates, Shangguan Wan'er glanced back at several eunuchs in charge of registration, and several eunuchs shook their heads blankly, not knowing who put the prey.

Shangguan Wan'er looked back at the prey, it was three deer and a leopard, and just as she was about to approach the leopard, the leopard's blood-red eyes suddenly opened, staring at Shangguan Wan'er fiercely

Wu Zetian, the son of heaven, was also accompanied by dozens of palace maids, and inspected all kinds of prey with great interest, she now has the most deer and hares, and there are some foxes, followed by leopards, and there are dozens, but she didn't see a tiger, she couldn't help but ask strangely: "Has no one hunted a tiger?"

Gao Yanfu next to him said with a smile: "This year, there are few tigers in the area of Kunshan Mountain, and there are many on the side of Zhongnan Mountain, but I heard that someone has hunted a tiger." ”

"Who hunted the tiger?" Wu Zetian asked with an interesting smile.

Wu Youxu, the general of Qianniu, said: "I heard that it seems that the king of Linzi hunted it, but they haven't come back yet." ”

Li Longji is Wu Zetian's favorite grandson, and when she heard that her grandson actually hunted the only tiger, she was overjoyed, and hurriedly ordered left and right: "Wait for San Lang to come back, let him come to see me!"

At this moment, there was a sudden scream not far away, followed by a leopard's roar.

Wu Zetian was shocked, looked up, and saw dozens of steps away from the palace maid and the eunuch stumbling in fright, scattering and fleeing, a huge leopard was approaching Shangguan Wan'er step by step, with a fierce light flashing in his eyes.

Wu Zetian was so frightened that he turned around and shouted: "Save Wan'er!"

As soon as she finished speaking, the leopard roared again and threw down Shangguan Wan'er, causing everyone to scream in shock, and many people were so frightened that they closed their eyes.

At the same time, the sound of horses' hooves suddenly came from the distance, and a knight galloped from the other side of the prey, it was Li Zhen who had returned from galloping twenty miles away.

He lined up his war horse, the war horse crossed the fence high, and the shape was already extremely critical, and the leopard opened its bloody mouth, looking like it was about to bite Guan Wan'er's snow-white neck.

At this moment, Li Zhen turned around in mid-air and drew his bow and shot fast, the arrow was like lightning, and an arrow shot at the neck of the leopard seventy steps away, causing the leopard to stumble.

The leopard was painful and ferocious, and threw away Shangguan Wan'er and pounced on Li Zhen, Li Zhen was as calm as a mountain, drawing arrows and taking a bow, his eyes narrowed slightly, flashing with a sharp gaze,

When the leopard was still twenty steps away from him, he jumped up and pounced on Li Zhen, looking at the leopard's bloody mouth, Li Zhen pulled his bow like a full moon, and shot an arrow, this arrow was extremely powerful, the arrow entered from the leopard's mouth, penetrated its head, and the tip of the arrow penetrated through the back of the head.

The leopard landed with a bang from the air, twitched for a moment, and died under Li Zhen's arrow.

It was only then that the guards reacted, and they rushed up together, surrounding Shangguan Wan'er, and a dozen other people surrounded Li Zhen, aiming their spears at him.

Several palace maids hurriedly stepped forward to help Shangguan Wan'er, and Shangguan Wan'er was so frightened that her face turned pale, trembling all over, and she couldn't say a word.

This thrilling scene Wu Zetian could see clearly, Li Zhen's prancing horse back shot chic, the precision of the archery, the calmness of the danger, and the strength of the arrow, it simply made her breathtaking, leaving an extremely deep impression on her.

Seeing that this guard saved Shangguan Wan'er at the most critical moment, Wu Zetian patted his chest, breathed a long sigh of relief, and hurriedly ordered left and right, "Don't hurt him!"

At this time, Gao Yanfu also recognized Li Zhen, he was worried and happy in his heart, the worry was that Li Zhen trespassed without permission and shot arrows in front of the saint, if it was investigated, this would be a capital crime, and the joy was that Li Zhen saved Shangguan Wan'er at the last moment, at least he could offset the merits.

But he didn't have time to take care of Li Zhen, so he hurriedly ordered someone to help the saint back to the big tent, and asked the palace maid to carry Shangguan Wan'er into the tent with her shoulder, and find the imperial doctor to heal her, and the camp was in chaos.

Wei Tuan'er stood aside, looked at Li Zhen in shock, and then burst into anger in his heart, this damn bastard actually ate inside and out, saved Shangguan Wan'er's life, and ruined his own big thing.

Wei Tuan'er stomped his feet with hatred, full of anger and nowhere to vent, turned around and slapped the palace maid beside him

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