Early the next morning, at the beginning of the morning, the rumbling drums were heard in the winter hunting camp, and the 5,000 winter hunting soldiers selected by each army began to prepare.

Mianchi County is famous for its many deer, there are hundreds of thousands of fat deer living here, there are not only beautiful scenery such as the singing of the deer in the mountains, but also delicacies such as the deer meat in the capital.

Because of the abundance of deer, there are also many carnivorous beasts such as tigers, leopards, wolves, and jackals.

The generals of the various armies have long agreed on the rules of the competition, one tiger to three leopards, one leopard to four wolves, one wolf to ten deer, as for all kinds of birds and birds, only the feathered pheasants, golden pheasants, the rest are not counted.

In Wu Zetian's golden-domed sleeping tent, Wei Tuan'er was carefully combing Wu Zetian's hair, and at the same time said with a smile: "Could it be that the saint is also going to hunt and come back from hunting?"

Wu Zetian tried wild fun for the first time, and she was in a very good mood, she smiled and said: "I shot a few birds and sparrows when I was young, and where is that kind of body now, but I will still be happy to see the abundant prey." ”

She glanced at Xue Huaiyi who was standing next to her, and said with a smile: "But General Xue is going to try a bow horse today, and hunt a tiger and leopard for me to come back, so as not to disappoint me." ”

Xue Huaiyi is only from a medicine seller, he can't even shoot on foot, where can he talk about riding and shooting, don't talk about tigers and leopards, he can't shoot a sparrow with a slingshot, but he can shoot a dead tiger, and the people below will flatter him.

He was about to agree, but Wei Tuan'er gave him a look, and unintentionally touched his head, Xue Huaiyi suddenly suddenly, touched his bald head and smiled: "If Your Majesty likes it, it's no problem for Weichen to shoot ten tigers, but the monk shoots tigers, it sounds a little weird." ”

Wu Zetian laughed, "It's my negligence, you are a high-ranking monk! How can you let you shoot the tiger yourself, or let my children and grandchildren work hard to comfort my heart of merit." ”

She immediately said to Shangguan Wan'er: "Go and spread the word to me, the royal family, the kings of the relatives, each of them must shoot two deer, if it is insufficient, ten bowls of wine will be fined tonight." ”

"Wan'er obeys!"

Seeing Shangguan Wan'er leaving, Wei Tuan'er quickly gave Xue Huaiyi a look, Xue Huaiyi understood, stepped forward and bowed and smiled: "Although Weichen can't kill, he can hunt, Weichen is willing to go out to patrol and supervise, and don't allow relatives of the royal family to hunt and cheat." ”

Wu Zetian nodded happily, "It's still thoughtful, I will appoint you as the winter hunting supervisor and supervise everyone to hunt, go!"

Xue Huaiyi was just looking for an excuse to leave temporarily, he had another purpose for building this winter hunt, how could he have the heart to supervise everyone hunting, he came out of the big tent and immediately led dozens of warrior monks to ride horses and run to the northeast.

In the wilderness, people shouted and neighed, goshawks circled overhead, and thousands of soldiers and hundreds of princes and ministers were already eager to try.

Qianniuwei dispatched 2,000 soldiers, in addition to protecting the prince and high-ranking officials who went out to hunt, there were more than 500 people who were their own hunting team, 500 people were divided into 25 teams, 20 people were in a team, and a direct commander commanded by a commander.

Although Li Zhen was not a direct commander, Wu Youxu also asked him to lead a team, he was the seventeenth team, with twenty soldiers under him, and Li Linfu and Du Jin were also under him.

"Everyone, line up, follow me, don't get separated!"

The surroundings were very noisy, people and horses were mixed, Li Zhen shouted loudly to twenty subordinates, if he didn't follow closely, the team would gallop when it came out, and it would be easy to be scattered.

This was the first time he had commanded his subordinates, and he was a little nervous, but he thought it through, and gave each of his soldiers a goose feather and stuck it in his helmet, so that it would not be easy to be scattered.

At this moment, the horn of the hunting suddenly sounded, 'woo-' a thousand trumpets sounded in unison, echoing in the field, and countless branch hunting teams rushed out together, although Li Zhen's horse was fast, he had to wait for twenty men, so he specially slowed down the horse.

On a thin layer of snow-covered meadows, horses galloped in unison, and in addition to the soldiers of the army, there were also their own guards of each royal palace, who were well prepared with falcons and hounds.

The hunting army was dense at first, but as the distance lengthened, the ranks gradually dispersed among themselves.

Li Zhen led twenty of his men along a small stream, and he shot deer in Dunhuang, knowing that he would find a herd of deer along the stream.

"Lao Li, there is a fork in the stream ahead, which way shall we go?"

As Li Zhen was valued by Wu Youxu and ordered him to command a team, Li Linfu's name for him also changed, from calling him by his first name to calling him Lao Li.

Li Zhen urged him to take a closer look, one flowed to the northeast, and the other flowed to the northwest, he muttered to everyone: "To the northwest is the water, this stream will inevitably flow into the big river, and the northeast direction is the way of the team, I think the deer will be frightened into the forest, it is better to go due north." ”

He was the leader, and everyone naturally listened to his opinion, Li Zhen rode his horse, left the stream, and led his men to run into the forest due north.

Running out of less than a mile, I saw a large group of deer rushing wildly, there were hundreds of heads, seeing someone in front, the deer herd turned around and fled westward, Li Zhen and his subordinates were overjoyed, they all opened their bows and arrows, the deer herd screamed, and was shot down more than a dozen in an instant, and Li Zhen alone shot down four heads.

The subordinates still wanted to chase the deer, but Li Zhen waved his hand to stop everyone, "Silence, listen!"

Everyone reined in their horses, listened carefully, and faintly heard a few tiger roars, and everyone was suddenly shocked, and the last tiger roar was clearly near them.

"Retreat!"

Li Zhen shouted, as soon as his shout fell, he saw a white-fronted colorful tiger leaping out from behind the bushes one person high, he happened to face Li Linfu, Li Linfu's crotch war horse neighed in fright, and his front hooves jumped high, knocking Li Linfu to the ground.

Everyone's war horses were so frightened that they turned around and ran away, several war horses even collapsed on the ground, although Li Zhen's crotch BMW was different, but also frightened back more than a dozen steps, and at this moment, Li Zhen pulled the bow like a full moon, and shot an arrow at the tiger's head, this arrow was as fast as lightning, the power was strong, and it shot in from the tiger's left eye, and an arrow was inserted into most of it, leaving only the tail of the arrow.

The tiger roared in pain, the tiger roared and shook the forest, Li Zhen's war horse was also so frightened that its hind legs were unstable, and he half-knelt on the ground, just when the tiger shook its head twice and was about to escape, Li Zhen's second arrow shot at the moment.

'Poof!' The arrow shot into the tiger's right eye, and the tiger was blind in both eyes, lost his balance in the air, and slammed into the tree, and lay on the ground without moving.

At this time, Li Zhen realized that there was still an arrow stuck in the tiger's buttocks, and it turned out that someone had shot it first.

He jumped off his horse, drew his sword and slowly walked in front of the tiger, only to see the blood in his eyes gurgling out of the two arrows, he kicked the tiger, the tiger body stood still, the huge tiger was dead.

"Lao Li, is it dead?" Li Linfu in the back got up and asked tremblingly.

Li Zhen nodded, "It's dead!"

At this moment, the sound of horses' hooves was heard not far away, and someone shouted, "There!"

I saw more than 20 people riding horses and rushing towards this side, and in a moment they ran in front of them, a young man wearing a golden crown, wearing a purple robe, a jade belt around his waist, his figure looked slightly fat, and he looked gentle.

He was followed by a young man, about twelve or thirteen years old, dressed like a young man, but very handsome, with unusually bright eyes, full of excitement and excitement.

Behind them were their guards, all of them with bows and arrows, all of them majestic.

Li Linfu knew these two people, he stepped forward and knelt down on one knee to salute, "Under Li Linfu, see the king of Shouchun County and the king of Linzi County." ”

Li Zhen was slightly stunned, he had heard that the king of Shouchun County was Li Chengqi, and the king of Linzi County was Li Longji, both of whom were the sons of Li Dan, and the young man behind him should be the future Tang Ming Emperor, but he had seen a lot and was immune to this kind of endless celebrities.

He immediately vaguely guessed that the arrow on the tiger's ass must have been shot by them, and he looked at the two brothers silently to see what they would do with the matter.

Li Chengqi bowed slightly to Li Linfu in return, and then urged the horse to come to the tiger, and his brother Li Longji also followed behind, although they also knew that the tiger was dead, but the majesty of the tiger on the ground still made them afraid and did not dare to approach.

Li Chengqi saw the two arrows in the eyes of the tiger, and his heart was very shocked, you must know that the tiger is extremely flexible, can dodge danger in an instant, and it is almost impossible to shoot it in the eye.

But the tiger in front of him was blinded in both eyes, and the arrow almost shot into the skull, what degree of strength was required?

He looked back at Li Zhen again, and saw that he was wearing a military uniform prepared by a thousand cows, tall, dignified, and looking at himself indifferently.

Although there was a huge difference in status between them, Li Zhen's two arrows brought a great shock to Li Chengqi, he didn't dare to put on a show, and said with a smile: "May I ask this sergeant's surname?"

Li Linfu next to him was startled, these two are both county kings! Li Zhen actually stood up and didn't worship, which was too inconsistent with etiquette.

He was about to remind Li Zhen, but Li Zhen bowed slightly and saluted: "In Xiadhuang, Li Zhen, see the two royal highnesses of the county king!"

"You are Li Zhen!"

Li Chengqi was taken aback, it turned out that the young man in front of him was Li Zhen, and Li Chengqi had already heard of his name.

Li Chengqi's gaffe surprised everyone around him, Li Linfu wanted to remind Li Zhen to be polite, but he had better keep his mouth shut.

Li Zhen also wondered in his heart, how could this Li Chengqi know about himself? He suddenly remembered that Shangguan Wan'er had told him that the Maitreya relics were offered by Li Dan, and Li Chengqi was Li Dan's eldest son.

Li Zhen immediately understood that Wang Yuanbao must have been entrusted by this Li Chengqi to go to Gaochang to compete for relics, so it was not surprising that Li Chengqi knew about it.

Li Longji in the back was confused, he stepped forward and asked in a low voice, "Does Brother know him?"

Li Chengqi nodded, "I know him!"

He smiled at Li Zhen again: "Brother Li, we should have dealt with each other." ”

Li Zhen also smiled faintly: "Exactly, but I didn't know it was His Highness at that time." ”

"What if you knew it was me?" asked Li Chengqi again.

"There should be no change, Your Highness should know that I was involuntary at that time. ”

At this time, Li Zhen's subordinates also returned one after another, listening to the riddle-like conversation between the two, everyone looked at each other, not knowing why, but one thing is certain, the two of them have dealt with each other.

Li Chengqi glanced at everyone, turned back to his brother Li Longji and said, "Let's go!"

Li Longji looked at the tiger a little reluctantly, an arrow on the tiger's ass was shot by him, but he also understood that it was far from a fatal injury, and the person who really shot the tiger was the guard Li Zhen, he sighed and turned around to leave with his brother.

Li Zhen smiled and said, "Won't this tiger carry it away?"

Li Chengqi turned his head, looked at the tiger and smiled: "I don't have this kind of ability, it will only be a crime of bullying the king to carry it back, thank you for your kindness." ”

Li Zhen shook his head, "I'm not saying that this tiger was hunted by you, I gave it to the King of Linzi County, and no one will say anything about him." ”

Li Longji's heart suddenly warmed up, looking at his brother with anticipation, Li Chengqi groaned, and then smiled: "Then thank you!"

He instructed the guards a few words, and five or six guards stepped forward to carry the tiger, and Li Chengqi hugged his fist at Li Zhen, turned around and walked away quickly.

It wasn't until they were far away that Li Zhen turned around and smiled at the guards: "If we continue to search, I believe there will be greater gains." ”

All the guards agreed, stepped forward to clean up the fat deer that had been shot down earlier, and Li Linfu walked up to Li Zhen and secretly gave him a thumbs up

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