On August 15, he arrived in Usu.

What Henggu has become is the bright moon in the sky.

Wusu should also have a Mid-Autumn Festival, but yesterday's fire wiped out all the festivities, and the capital that should have been prosperous was lifeless.

It is said that when His Majesty learned that the temple had been burned down, a mouthful of blood spurted out, and he immediately fell to the ground, perhaps dying soon.

Wusu is a big country, and the power is still held by traitors, for Song Che, who is far away and has no power and no one, it is absolutely right to keep a low profile;

In order to avoid danger, Song Che found a small inn in the city, planning to stay for a few days to see how the wind went. If you really can't do it, smear the soles of your feet with oil and slip away with your treasures.

On August 15, the full moon shone high.

Before I knew it, I had been away from home for more than half a year, and every time I saw the bright moon, I couldn't help but remind Song Che of his hometown.

The lanterns in Hangzhou must be very beautiful, right?

Wusu is the last country, and if they can put their national seal on the paper, the trip to the Western Regions will be a complete success.

The next morning, people were arrested everywhere.

The soldiers took the serfs and checked the passers-by on the street, as long as they were identified as having appeared in Tianluo Temple, they could not tolerate the slightest quibble, and were directly arrested as suspects.

A good capital city has been turned into a miasma.

"Master Jun, our family has believed in Buddhism for generations, and every fifteenth day of the new year, we have to go to the temple to worship, you look at me, a hundred and a half hundred old people, how can I set fire to the temple?"

A fifty-year-old woman was dragged by two soldiers because she had a string of Buddhist beads around her neck.

"The National Teacher has an order, all those who worship the Buddha and believe in the Buddha should cooperate with the investigation! Even if you're seventy or eighty, you have to come with us! ”

"O Buddha! It's unreasonable! It's unreasonable! The old woman looked up to the sky and wailed.

"Stop!"

At this time, I saw a white horse galloping towards him, and on horseback sat this richly dressed, handsome and mighty young man, with a sword at his waist and a carver on his back, followed by twenty or thirty retinues, all warriors with swords and bows.

"See His Royal Highness the Prince!"

The guards hurriedly bowed down and bowed.

"You guys can't be crazy, even the old man won't let go!" The handsome young man turned over and dismounted, and snatched the old woman from the guards.

The guards didn't dare to raise their heads, so they could only quibble: "Your Highness, it's the national teacher who is—"

"Enough!" The handsome young man snapped: "From now on, if I find out that you are arresting the old and weak, women and children, and reducing you to slaves!" ”

He took two more silver coins and gave them to the old woman, and sent her home, and then mounted his white horse and hurried out of the city.

Song Che stood by the window, staring at the back of the young man leaving, and the kindness between his hands and feet could not be pretended. It just made him a little puzzled, the king was seriously ill and dying, as His Royal Highness the prince, why did he still run out of the city with a carved bow on his back? Is it going hunting?

"Yue'er, Jingxiang."

"What's wrong, boss?"

"Prepare a few horses, bring a few people, and let's go with him to have a look."

……

Outside the city of Wusu, the water and soil are fertile, the foothills are dense, and the nomadic princes and nobles like to come here to hunt.

Hadir, the prince of Usu, with a treasure bow in his hand, shuttled through the foothills, his brow furrowed, and he was engrossed in his search for something.

Pheasants, hares, even fat boars, did not give him a second glance when they passed by.

"Your Royal Highness the Prince, there has been no spotted deer in the northern foothills for a long time, let alone the deer king." The entourage beside him had a great intention of persuading.

Hadir said: "Even if there is a little hope of saving my father, I will never miss it, and if I can't hunt the deer king today, I will never return to the city!" ”

"Then why don't you take a break—"

"Shh

Hadir hurriedly signaled silence, and told his retinue with his eyes that in the dense forest, an extremely strong stag with slender antlers was leaning over to graze.

Hadir suppressed the joy in his heart, took out an arrow and put it on the string, slowly drew the bow full, took a deep breath, and listened to the sound of "bang", and the arrow came out of the string.

It's a pity that the arrow still shot crooked!

The frightened stag hurried to the depths of the forest.

"Damn it!"

Hadir didn't think about it, spurred his horse and caught up!

"Your Royal Highness! The danger in the depths of the forest is unknown, come back quickly! The attendants shouted and chased, but the narrow woods could not accommodate dozens of people to enter and exit together, and the prince's mount was comparable to that of their subordinates, and in a short time the prince threw away his entourage.

Hadir chased after the buck, shooting as he went, but each time it was a little worse, and the more he did so, the more anxious he became, regardless of how far he had gone after him.

Gradually, even the shouts of the attendants could no longer be heard.

The buck was exhausted by the chase and accidentally got stuck in the bushes.

"Haha! You can't run now! ”

Hadir tried to draw another arrow, but found that the quiver was empty, so he dismounted, drew his sword at his waist, and strode towards the stag.

The hard-won prey made him forget all the dangers, and just as he was about to approach the stag, his feet suddenly went limp, and the whole person fell into a pit full of dead leaves.

The pit was two feet high, and he couldn't fall clearly.

"Damn it! Which Orion set a trap! Hadir cursed, and tried to climb several times, but the pit was so smooth that there was not even a single grass to borrow strength, and in desperation he could only shout:

"Sesti, Eric...... Can you hear me? Get me there! ”

At this time, there was the sound of "...... of "" stepping on dead leaves.

Hadir was overjoyed, thinking that the attendant had heard his cry for help, but when he looked up, he found two strange men wearing facial bandans standing outside the cave, carrying bows and arrows and machetes, looking at the people in the cave condescendingly and coldly.

"Who are you?" Hadir asked with a frown.

A man said coldly, "We are the hunters of this forest. ”，

"I'm your prince, get me up quickly, and I'll give you a good reward!" Hadir shouted.

The two men were indifferent, and their tones were a little playful, "I know you are the noble Prince Hadir, but the target of our hunt is you!" ”

Hadir thought back to everything he had come, the stag, the forest, the subsidence, the hunters, it turned out that everything was a conspiracy against him.

Enraged, he pointed at the masked man at the entrance of the cave and scolded, "Damn minions! Let me out! Otherwise, when my guards come, they will hang you alive!" ”

The masked man laughed, "My dear Prince Hadir, those stupid guards of yours are still circling the forest, and when they find you, you are already a corpse. ”

"Stop talking nonsense with him, let's do it quickly!" Another person urged.

The masked man removed the bamboo basket on his back, aimed the mouth of the basket at the pit, whistled gently, and slowly poked out its head ...... a five-step snake spitting letters.