Chapter 259: Winter Hunt
Wei Jingcheng stood up, patted the snowflakes on his body, and said with a smile: "Brother-in-law, it's me." ”
"There is a loud noise outside the Prince's Mansion, do you know that I can cut off your head at any time?" Su Yang didn't look at him squarely: "Why are you here?"
"Brother-in-law, don't you know what day it is?" Wei Jingcheng didn't care about Su Yang's indifference to him, and said excitedly.
"What day?" Su Yang frowned slightly, he was so focused on cultivation and scheming that he didn't pay attention to these.
Seeing that Su Yang really didn't seem to know, the excitement in Wei Jingcheng's heart immediately reduced by half: "Brother-in-law, today is the day of winter hunting!"
"Winter hunting?" Su Yang's face was full of doubts, and then he heard the sound of the guards stepping on the snow from time to time in the cold wind, as if they were arranging their troops.
To say that the imperial capital temple fair is the most grand event in the entire imperial capital city, the winter hunting is the largest event exclusive to the court, every year at this time, almost all the princes and scholars will ride horses, bring bows and arrows, hunting dogs, to the hunting grounds outside the imperial capital to gallop and show their majesty.
This is also a wise feat of the first emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty, in order to avoid the erosion of the style of the court scholars, this important day was specially set up to sharpen the blood of these princes and disciples.
After all, the world of the Great Zhou Dynasty will still rely on these princes to support it in the future!
In the hunting grounds, there are all kinds of fierce lions, tigers, bears, and leopards. In addition to these ordinary beasts, in the depths of the hunting ground, there were also vicious beasts caught by the Great Zhou Dynasty from all over the world.
These strange beasts are infinitely powerful, breathing fire and spitting smoke, extremely powerful. Only those princes and disciples who are brave and brave have just gone deep into it and hunted these strange beasts.
In order to force these princes and sons to hunt, the Great Zhou Dynasty specially set up a law. All the princes and nobles of the Great Zhou Dynasty, each family must send at least one scholar to participate in the winter hunt!
And as a prince and princess, it is even more indispensable, and even one cannot be absent, which is even harsher than those scholars.
And now, in the entire Great Zhou Dynasty, there is only one prince left in Yuwenxin, and the princess Bai Rong.
However, Su Yang did not know anything about this, and he had no interest in this so-called hunting.
"Brother-in-law, it's not the first time I've participated in the winter hunt, my cultivation is still shallow, and I never dare to go deeper, but I have to participate, the time should be almost up, let's go quickly." ”
Before Su Yang could say no, Wei Yuxin walked over and said, "Jing Cheng, you go first, Your Highness and I will arrive later." ”
"Okay, sister, then hurry up!" Wei Jingcheng ran out of the prince's mansion in a hurry.
"If you're interested in hunting, you can go with your brother, why do you want me to do it?" Su Yang was slightly displeased.
"Your Highness, this is the will of the first emperor, all princes and princesses must participate, if you refuse, I am afraid that your majesty will be displeased. Wei Yu said in surprise.
But then she remembered the prince's amnesia, and she suddenly realized it, and hurriedly explained it to him.
Su Yang was very depressed, how could he still say this?
Although the implication is good, Su Yang has been in the Great Zhou court for so long, and he has not found out how bloody those scholars are, it is obvious that the meaning of this winter hunt has long become golden and ruined.
When they went to the palace school field to gather with the large army, Lin Dao and the others all followed, even the queen and Yu Xuelan were also present.
Leaving the palace, I rushed straight to the entrance of the hunting ground, where the open space was paved with stone slabs for thousands of square kilometers.
All around are planted with various colored flags, and the flags on the flags are the flags of the major princely families of the Great Zhou Dynasty. Under the flagpole, there were Da Zhou heavy soldiers wearing Xuan armor standing, all with indifferent expressions and expressionless faces, like messengers of death.
Su Yang looked at it, hundreds of princes and disciples were riding horses, in groups of three or five, each divided into small groups, talking in whispers.
He didn't see Bai Qing's figure, and he was right to think about it, after all, he was not a prince and princess, and a girl's family was allowed not to participate.
Although Li Hanyue is a talented man and is also qualified to participate in the hunting competition between princes and nobles, he has now become a wasted person, basically stuffed at home, not far from death.
"All princes and scholars, immediately line up to listen to the announcement!"
Receiving Emperor Zhou's signal, Lu Yu's thunderous voice rolled over the entrance of the hunting ground, and even the clouds in the sky curled. This commander of the forbidden army is like the god of war in the world, and his majestic aura is pervasive, covering the whole audience, and suppressing all the breath of all the princes and disciples.
Airplanes!
The war horses neighed, and the originally chaotic school field quickly became orderly, and the war horses lined up neatly, and everyone looked at Lu Yu without saying a word.
Lu Yu glanced at the square and bowed slightly. Only then did he reach into his arms, take out a golden holy scroll, and unfold it in a flash.
"Anything that is read in the roster, report immediately!"
This is to determine whether everyone has arrived, and the entrance of the entire hunting ground is quiet, only the voice of Lu Yu reading the roster and the monotonous word "to".
"Very good, this winter hunt, all the princes of the Great Zhou, the grand dukes of the imperial court, and the officials of the imperial capital will all arrive, and there is no default list!"
After saying this, Lu Yu put away the golden scroll and put it in his arms. Then he drew his bow and arrows, and the light was full of light, cutting through the layers of space, and the arrows stirred the air currents and headed towards the depths of the hunting ground.
Rumble!
In the depths of the mountains of the hunting grounds, the mountains shook for a while, and the neighing of a giant beast before death was heard in the distance!
The loud voice almost tore people's eardrums.
"Let's go!"
The general Lu Yu suddenly pulled out the long sword on his waist and shouted with a serious face.
Thundered!
Iron hooves burst, five thousand zhang away, thousands of Great Zhou forbidden troops divided into ten shares, one after another steel torrents galloped into the reckless mountains. Every winter hunt, there is a forbidden army escort to protect these princes and disciples.
There was a cheer on the hunting ground, and all the faces turned purple with excitement. As pampered Great Zhou scholars, this is the best way for them to experience the battlefield killing up close and release the depression in their hearts.
But in the same way, there are countless people who are frightened and whose faces turn pale with fear.
This is the absolute first time that Su Yang has participated in the winter hunting of the Great Zhou, and when he saw this kind of scene, he suddenly felt a little nervous and excited.
The forbidden army of the Great Zhou Dynasty quickly disappeared into the reckless snow-capped mountains, and next, it was the turn of the princes and scholars of the Great Zhou to set off. Only shouts were heard, and the soldiers at the entrance of the hunting ground rode horses with bows on their backs, and some of them even brought hunting dogs, galloping towards the snow-capped mountains.
Although this hound does not play the slightest role against the beast, at least when it encounters danger, it can delay the owner for a while.
And most people don't dare to go deeper, only wandering around the periphery, and in the periphery, there are only ordinary beasts, these trained hounds, which are still very lethal.