Chapter 222: Shengxiang Enclosure
Chapter 222 Shengxiang Enclosure
Ten days later.
This is a paddock about thirty miles away from the imperial city, called Shengxiang. Sheng Xiang enclosure covers an area of one million square meters, is the first emperor of the Emperor Qiandi to build and continue to this day, since ancient times the water and grass are abundant, birds and beasts reproduce, there are vast grasslands and dense forests, there are records of clouds, the Emperor of the year praised it as "the source of water and the hometown of clouds, the shore of flowers and the sea of forests, the return of rare and exotic beasts". You can see how beautiful the scenery here is.
Mu Chen was in the team of the Jianming Martial Academy, each branch was led by a teacher, and the four people in the special class were with the large army. And the leader of the whole team is Pan Dongsheng!
On the side of the Jianming Martial Academy, there are nine academies in each branch, plus the teacher, Mu Chen and Pan Dongsheng, there are exactly forty-five people. And next to them, there was also a team of forty or fifty people, led by a middle-aged man with pursed lips and a somewhat mean look. It was another martial arts academy in the imperial city that stood side by side with Jianming, the Xinwei Martial Academy. The others also have some teams of ten or twenty people, but the scale is obviously not as strong as Jianming Xinwei's side.
At this time, the people of the two martial arts institutes were looking forward to it, and on both sides of the road were neatly dressed and cleanly dressed guards, standing straight, holding flags in their hands, which seemed to extend all the way to the imperial city.
In the distance, a guard rode a horse galloping, and then heard the sound of gongs and drums, and after a while, I saw a large group of men and horses coming towards the Shengxiang enclosure, the golden flag fluttering high, the umbrella covered with clouds, and the horses were guarded heroically, surrounded by one of the figures in dragon robes.
There is not a clear eye yet, but Mu Chen's eyes are already inexplicably wide!
Because he saw that in the midst of the mighty crowd, there was a thick cloud with brilliant gold, which was beyond Mu Chen's imagination! The thick cloud of luck was like a waterfall hanging from the sky!
"Hey, is this the luck of the Great Emperor?" Mu Chen stood in the crowd and subconsciously clenched his hands, unable to believe what he saw through the eyes of luck.
The group of people came in a mighty way, and Mu Chen also saw the second prince in it, but there was no figure of Li Yang.
Emperor Zheng stopped in front of the tent that had been set up long ago, and then ascended to the highest position. Some of the civil and military ministers who followed took their seats in turn.
Emperor Zheng stood up, and the ministers of civil and military affairs and the guards in the field wanted to kneel down and bow to him, but he waved his hand, "Today is here for the autumn hunt, not to mention that the soldiers are wearing armor, so they don't have to bow!"
After speaking, Emperor Zheng looked at the vast expanse in front of him, and Ha Lu Ha Da smiled, "Autumn is high and refreshing, and it is appropriate for autumn!"
After saying that, with a wave of his hand, the eunuch next to him was already prepared, took a step forward, and said in a loud voice, "The first emperor and Emperor Qiandi have clouds, and the husband is alive, and there are three happy things: the world is peaceful, the family gives people enough, and there is a happy thing; the grass is shallow and the beast is fat, and the hunting is done with etiquette, the bow is not false, the arrow is not in vain, and the second music is also; Liuhe Datong, Wanfang Xianqing, Zhang Lego banquet, up and down are happy, and the three are happy." Today, I feel the will of the first emperor, and then the autumn hunting is appropriate, the purpose is to show bravery, lift the spirit, and tap talents!"
After the eunuch finished speaking, he bowed his head and retreated, and Emperor Zheng stepped forward and said loudly, "Autumn hunting, start!"
Thundered!
The drums shook the sky, and then I saw a rare figure in the distance pushing a huge cage cart two people high, opening the cage, and then there were all kinds of beasts galloping out inside, tigers, leopards, bears, lions, pigs, deer, cattle and sheep everything, and then there were soldiers with bows and arrows, torches, shields and long knives running out, chasing these beasts and birds to run around, a lively scene.
Mu Chen's eyes did not focus on the fleeing tiger and leopard, but lowered his head and looked at Emperor Zheng with the corner of his eye. Between each other, hundreds of meters apart, not to mention that Emperor Zheng was wearing a crown, and he couldn't see his face clearly at all.
"About five hundred meters. If I use stealth to go over and then control the poison, I wonder if I can kill this Li Zheng?"
Mu Chen thought in his heart, and his heart was pounding. As long as Li Zheng is killed, the emperor will die, and it will be chaos. His revenge is almost half avenged!
However, this thought had just flashed through Mu Chen's mind, and the eunuch who had been standing behind the emperor with his head bowed after the loud reading just now suddenly raised his head and looked in Mu Chen's direction. Mu Chen hurriedly pretended to be shocked by the scene of the beast and bird running away, but he could still feel that his gaze was as sharp as an eagle's falcon. Although Zhilu Dao was not discovered, his heartbeat was still rapid.
Fortunately, the eunuch just glanced up and lowered his head. Mu Chen's heart was filled with monstrous horror. He was just a subtle thought, and he was keenly noticed by the eunuch, could it be that the eunuch was a strong man who opened up the seventh acupuncture point and connected the heavens!
If it is such a strong man, let alone that he wants to assassinate Emperor Zheng, I am afraid that he will not even be able to get close.
Mu Chen threw some unrealistic thoughts out of his mind, and then began to carefully appreciate this autumn hunt. I have to say that this magnificent scene of ten thousand beasts running away is indeed spectacular. Only the royal family would have such a big deal.
Emperor Zheng seemed to be in an extremely over-the-top mood, and Da Lu laughed and shouted, "Malai!"
In the distance, the white divine horse that Emperor Zheng had ridden before galloped over and stopped in front of Emperor Zheng with great spirituality. Emperor Zheng turned over and got on his horse and shouted, "Bow here!"
Suddenly, there was a guard who was waiting early next to him handed the bow and arrow to Li Zheng's hand, Li Zheng rode his horse and galloped out, followed by the ten thousand beasts, and then took a bow and shot arrows, the arrows were like meteors, and a blood flower suddenly bloomed on the neck of a stag a hundred steps away, and then fell to the ground and convulsed.
Li Zheng didn't seem to be satisfied, his eyes swept, and when he exhaled, he saw a giant tiger in front of him, and shot an arrow again, and the arrow went directly into the tiger's eyes. The tiger that was blind in one eye was aroused to be ferocious, roared and rushed towards the emperor, and the guards around him were nervously shouting to escort the driver, but the emperor laughed and shot an arrow again, and even blinded the tiger's other eye!
Moreover, this second arrow, the power of the arrow is so fierce that it does not go straight into the tiger's eye socket, leaving only the tail feathers outside!
The tiger screamed and fell to the ground!
Mu Chen, who was in the distance, gasped when he saw this scene. Emperor Zheng's archery is not to mention for the time being, and he can still shoot the tiger's eye a hundred steps away, which can be regarded as a good example. What surprised Mu Chen was that when the bow and arrow were shot, it was completely straight, and it could penetrate deep into the tiger's eyes after crossing a hundred meters!
It is important to know that after the arrow is fired, it will be offset by gravity. And 100 steps is 150 meters, at such a distance, the arrow is still straight and can penetrate the tiger's eyes, what kind of strength does this need?
Just this small detail, Mu Chen already knew that this heroic Emperor Li Zheng must be a not weak martial artist!
After Emperor Zheng shot a deer and a tiger, he seemed to be having fun, and Da Lu laughed and threw down his bow and arrow and turned back. And there are already guards behind to collect Emperor Zheng's prey.
And behind Emperor Zheng, the eunuch who couldn't see his face clearly followed closely, even if the emperor rode his horse and galloped, he was not thrown away, but this scene was rarely paid attention to, only Mu Chen saw it in his eyes.
Emperor Zheng returned to the tent, and the flag was blown by the wind, as if singing the praises of triumph. The warriors in the back carried back the corpses of the tiger and the stag, and immediately there were ministers singing praises, "Your Majesty has become a martial virtue, the stag is killed with one arrow, and the tiger has two arrows to cover the eyes without the slightest fur, and the minister admires!"
Emperor Ha Luha smiled, waved his hand to let the prey be carried to deal with it, and instructed to make a chair out of the tiger skin. Then he looked ahead and said, "Yang'er, Ye'er, Ming'er, I asked you to formulate the rules for selecting talents for this autumn hunt, how did you do?"
Li Ye, the second prince. And Li Ming is the third prince.
The three of them walked out from below, and then came to the middle, and said at the same time: "Father, the autumn hunting selection system has been completed!"
"Tell me about it!"
The three princes smiled at each other, nodded humbly to each other, and there was no trace of the open and secret battle below, and then Li Yang took the lead and said: "My father is so concerned that even if he hunts in the autumn, he will not serve the country and the people in vain, and we are naturally willing to share the worries of His Majesty." Considering that I am so big that I am a martial artist and only a martial artist, after discussing with the second and third brothers this time, I have formulated a selection method that is in line with this autumn hunt. ”
The second prince, Li Ye, took a step forward and said with a slight smile, "We have specially invited more than 300 talents from the two martial academies of Jianming Xinwei, as well as the large and small martial academies of the imperial city and even the surrounding areas, regardless of talent, family background, age, just success or failure!"
Emperor Zheng nodded slightly, since he succeeded to the throne, he has always been eclectic and downgraded talents, thinking that the real talents are in the people, and in the same way, such talents are more loyal and better controlled. For example, Luo Tianci, who is now the title of Tianci General by Emperor Zheng, is a civilian. Therefore, Emperor Zheng was very satisfied with the way in which the Prince of Sanwei mobilized talents from the major martial arts academies and then rose from them.
The third prince, Li Ming, saw the approval on the emperor's face, his face showed joy, and he hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Father, this autumn hunt should be based on this." The tigers, leopards, bears, lions, pigs, deer, cattle and sheep, tigers, leopards, bears and lions are counted as three points, the cattle and deer are counted as two points, and the pigs and sheep are counted as one point. One stick of incense is limited, and its ears are taken as evidence, and they are ranked by high and low scores. ”
Emperor Zheng nodded, not indicating anything.
The second prince, Li Ye, rolled his eyes, took a step forward and bowed, "Please also ask my father to announce the start!"
Emperor Zheng sat back in his seat and waved his hand casually, "Let's start." ”
Below, people from different martial arts academies had already heard the rules of the competition and were gearing up. This is a good opportunity to show his face in front of the emperor, how can you not take advantage of it?
The three princes lit an incense stick in front of the tent, heralding the official start of the competition. Suddenly, these hundreds of people scattered in a hurry and rushed towards the sea of beasts in the distance.
The countless beasts and birds, originally driven by the soldiers, had already gone away, and Mu Chen thought that he needed to chase them. But I didn't expect to run a few steps, but I saw the mighty beast tide, and ran back, looking into the distance, but found that there was a dense black line in the distance, it was a thick row of soldiers wearing heavy armor, and the shields were connected to the wall, and it was hard to drive the beast tide back!
At the same time, the left and right also gathered black heavy armor soldiers, and they formed a huge circle, encircling all the tens of thousands of beasts and birds inside, tigers roaring and lions roaring, pigs and deer roaring into chaos.