"Father Khan, the fifty slaves that the sons have prepared for today's hunt have arrived, and they can start at any time!"

A group of slaves were escorted outside the venue, thinly dressed, barefoot, shackled, and with fear in their eyes.

"In that case, let's get started." Timur waved his hand.

The soldier unshackled the slave and pointed to the forest not far away, shouting, "Do you see that forest?" This is your hiding place, His Royal Highness has blessed you for two quarters of an hour, and in two quarters of an hour he will come to hunt you, and if you can escape the hunt for two hours, you will not only live, but you will also be rewarded by the Great Khan, now, run! ”

"Smack!"

With the sound of the soldier's whip, fifty slaves scrambled to the woods, and the more time they had to buy, the more chance of survival.

After the slaves were released, the three princes and the young leaders of the tribes also left the table, carrying their bows and crossbows and weapons, and waited outside the venue for the hunt.

This hunt was only between the prince and the young master, and it coincided with the opportunity of Timur to become emperor, and the significance contained was not trivial - among the nomads, force was more important, and the best way to judge the level of force was the skill of riding and archery.

Whoever comes out on top in this hunt will likely be chosen as his successor.

It is not difficult to find that there is an obvious line behind the three princes.

Most of the princes' mothers were nobles from other large tribes, and they themselves had strong backgrounds behind them.

For the big tribes, if they stand on the right side, the prince will become the prince in the future, and even the emperor of Hu, they will also become a new nobleman.

Among the three princes, the eldest prince Sultan is undoubtedly the most powerful, after all, he is the eldest son of the Great Khan, and he was born with an advantage in the womb; The second prince Kuimu and the third prince Bach are slightly inferior, but the difference is not big.

"Mr. Song, today is a rare winter hunt in my country, why don't you also experience it?" Arhan said with a smile.

Song Che's heart sank, this old fox was digging a pit for himself again, as the envoy of the Great Liang Dynasty, if he participated in the hunt, he would definitely have to choose one camp, then he would offend the other two, and most of these slaves were Liang compatriots, so how could he do it?

He could only politely refuse: "Song is just a businessman, and he can't even pull a bow of a hundred catties, so in order to avoid dragging the princes back, I think it's better not to go." ”

"Hey, Mr. Song, you are humble again, I have seen you hunt red deer and snow leopards with my own eyes, and in the past you won the third prince with superb shooting in the palace," Arhan was coercive, "Today is Your Majesty's birthday, you must not spoil the fun." ”

Having said that, does Song Che have any reason to refuse?

He nodded in agreement, and then asked Tuya beside him in a low voice: "Who do you think among the three princes should choose to stand in line?" ”

Tuya shook her head, a little embarrassed: "In terms of power, the Sultan's mother is the sister of the patriarch of the Eagle Tribe, and the Eagle Tribe is the most powerful tribe outside the capital; In terms of financial resources, Kuimu's wife is the daughter of Sato, the finance minister of Hu; In terms of strength, Bach's riding and archery skills are much higher than those of the other two brothers, alas......"

She sighed lightly: "I knew that we would pretend to be sick together, this banquet is simply a game of power......"

Song Che pursed his lips for a moment, already knowing in his heart, he got up and strode to the sidelines.

Everyone is staring at the choice of this Liang man, he is the messenger of the Great Liang, and his position is very important.

Song Che first went to the horse farm to choose a horse, and then picked a bow and crossbow, and he led the horse to the three princes.

"Mr. Song, your hard crossbow is really bad, I have a 'cloud-piercing crossbow' here, one hundred and fifty steps away, one arrow can pierce armor and pierce the chest, and three arrows can be fired at once, as long as the prey is locked by it, there is absolutely no escape."

The Sultan took the lead in throwing an olive branch, he beckoned slightly, and the servant held a hard crossbow painted with gold paint, and stepped forward to present it to Song Che.

But without waiting for Song Che to respond, the second prince Kuimu pointed to the three hounds tied to the reins in front of his horse and said: "The target of this hunt is slaves, they are much more agile than animals, and the environment in the jungle is complicated, no matter how good the bow and crossbow may not work;

But my three hounds are different, they have been raised on human flesh since childhood, and as long as they lock the scent, they can track them within a radius of five miles, even if they hide underground;

Assuming that Mr. Song follows me, I promise that you will not return empty-handed. ”

Song Che had a straight face, just after hearing the words "raised with human flesh", he had an absolute disgust for these two princes in his heart.

"Second, you should use a bow and crossbow to hunt, compete with archery skills, you bite people to death with hunting dogs, is this still called hunting?" The Sultan sneered.

Kuimu retorted: "Big brother, don't you also lead the hounds? It's just that I don't know how to raise it. Besides, those prey are given to you to raise, and who knows if you have marked them? ”

The Sultan glared: "How could I be that kind of person!" ”

"Stop arguing, y'all!" The third prince Bach led a horse to Song Che, "As the saying goes, a BMW is a hero, Mr. Song used to be narrowly better than me in archery in the court, this 'purebred sweat and blood BMW' will be given to you, with it as a mount, even the snow leopard can catch up!" ”

"Third child, you are really joking, how useful can horses be in hunting from the forest? Let's use my cloud-piercing strap! ”

"With my hound, I'm guaranteed to come out on top!"

They all knew that if anyone could win Song Che, the envoy of the Great Liang, not to mention whether they could improve the efficiency of hunting, it would be the head of the city who would go first.

Song Che sneered in his heart, if it weren't for the hat of "envoy" on his head, how could these three people be the first to come and offer their courtesy.

"Your Royal Highness, Your Royal Highness, Song himself doesn't know how to hunt, so no matter how good the bow and crossbow are given to me, it's useless;

Your Royal Highness, Second Prince, your hounds are so fierce that they may bite their prey to death before I can shoot an arrow;

Dear Royal Highness the Third Prince, BMW is indeed worthy of a hero, but Song claims to be a businessman and is not worthy of the word 'hero', so you should keep this bloody BMW for yourself, but ......"

Song Che led the horse and came to the side of the third prince Bach, and said with a smile: "In the past, when I was archery in the court, Song felt the bravery of the third prince, and I want to go hunting with you, it will definitely be more interesting." ”

Bach was flattered, and then laughed: "Mr. Song, what a wise move!" ”

The other two princes changed their respectful attitude and took turns sneering at Song Che:

"Hmph, the guy who doesn't know how to lift, don't regret choosing him!"

"Hunting is not only heroic, but also depends on brains, you choose the most brainless person, it can be seen that you don't have a lot of brains!"

"Second brother, who are you scolding for having no brains!" Bach shouted angrily.

"Whoever has no brain, I will scold whom." Kui Mu said coldly, led the hound and turned away.

The eldest prince and sultan also left a disdainful look and rode away.

"Two quarters of an hour is up, and the hunt is about to begin!"