With this benefit, his father expanded his hunting scope, not only hunting insects, birds, and beasts, but also monsters and spirits in his prey list.
He inherited his father's business and became a famous hunter in the country. As long as he could catch it within the borders of the Song Dynasty, he would find a way to catch it.
In recent years, some people in the world have collected strange people and their deeds and created a list of "Four Great Strange People", and he was among them, which made him even more arrogant.
At this moment, his fingers were beating excitedly. He was about to kill mandrills again. Over the years, he had gone to famous mountains and killed many mandrills. He had learned the living habits of mandrills thoroughly. He could smell whether there were mandrills on a mountain. , feel it, and know it almost immediately.
The mandrill has a unique smell to which he is extremely sensitive.
The mountain wind blew stronger and stronger, their bodies became colder and colder, but their fighting spirit became stronger and stronger.
"Children, get ready." The old man's face was very excited. He narrowed his eyes with a smile, showing his yellow and white teeth. "We are almost there." He reached behind his hand and pulled out a cold arrow from his quiver. The short arrow is colder than the cold wind.
The old man skillfully placed the arrow on the bow and tightened it.
In an instant, the old man's brows glowed red, and he let out a fierce murderous aura.
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Yun Kong knew that the mandrill had only one leg.
So he wasn't too surprised when he noticed that the old man and the girl didn't move as well as humans.
Yun Kong saw the two mandrills motionless and meditating. He felt a little relaxed. In addition, his body was very tired. As soon as he closed his eyes, his consciousness became blurred.
Sleepy.
His body was gradually surrounded by a comfortable feeling. He felt very relaxed and fell asleep.
The old man glanced at Yun Kong and made sure that he had fallen asleep, then asked the girl in a low voice: "Daughter, what do you think?"
The girl's eyes were rolling, which was very cute. She said worriedly: "Dad, I'd better not go down the mountain. There's nothing wrong with being here."
"I still want to go down the mountain," the old man said, "We have been practicing for many years just to go down the mountain. We can't change our mind just because of a few words from this Taoist priest."
"What he said is quite reasonable."
"He is a human being," the old man said. "Of course he values people and helps others. How can he ask us to live with them?"
The girl pursed her lips and remained silent.
Suddenly, the old man raised his head suddenly, feeling a burning murderous aura approaching at lightning speed.
Although the wind was strong, it could not withstand the murderous aura.
Although the wind was strong, it could not blow the cold arrow.
The arrow rushed through the wind, not taking the wind seriously at all, and streaked through the night, straight to the mountain.
When the old man felt murderous intent, he only had a blink of an eye to react.
The arrow encountered a soft barrier, and it struggled to pass through it. The arrow was stained with strong blood. It drank enough blood, felt satisfied, and finally stopped its momentum.
The girl fell down and the hut disappeared immediately.
Yun Kong opened his eyes suddenly, and he was awakened by the cold air.
He looked around and saw that the hut was gone, the fire was gone, even the old man and the girl were gone, and there was nothing but darkness all around.
In the wind, Yun Kong shivered on the ground, and the sudden cold suddenly numbed his nerves.
In the roar of the wind, Yunkong vaguely heard: "Master, your archery skills are really superb!" Yunkong then discovered that a monster fell to the ground, and an arrow with a terrifying cold light was inserted into it.
The monster is about a foot long, has one hand and one foot, and has an ape-like face.
It is the girl just now!
But the old man disappeared.
A strong fire lit up at the bottom of the mountain, and they lined up to go up the mountain with torches. This group of people thought that the task had been completed and they were no longer afraid of disturbing the creatures in the mountain forest, so they lit the torches and hurried up the mountain.
Yun Kong was too cold to speak and watched a group of people walking towards him.
"Master, there is one more!" Someone saw Yun Kong and hurriedly drew an arrow and put on a long bow.
"He's a human being." The old man who shot the arrow didn't even look at the sky, he just looked down at the mandrill. The short arrow pierced her lungs, and she was still breathing hard, trying to replenish the air lost from the puncture.
Yun Kong's whole body trembled, and he looked up at the group of people in front of him with half-open eyes.
The old man continued: "He is popular, not a mandrill." Then his disciple drew back his bow.
"I'm afraid it was captured by a mandrill." A disciple said.
Everyone helped Yun Kong up and took him down the mountain.
His yellow cloth bag was still slung over his shoulder, and his bamboo pole was held by another man.
His eyes were too cold to roll.
A very old mandrill hid behind the rocks, preventing the mountain wind from revealing its scent.
It faced the cold wind blowing from the bottom of the mountain, and its tears were blown away by the wind drop by drop.
In the evening, lanterns were lit in a corner of Kaifeng Mansion to guide the incoming guests.
Tonight was a treat for the "Commander of the Infantry Army". In addition to the banquet for military attachés at all levels, several civilian officials were also invited. Basically, the status of civilian officials is higher than that of military attachés. Only military attachés with literary talent can gain the respect of civilian officials. Therefore, the deputy commander of the infantry army did not want to bring trouble on himself, so he only invited civilian officials with whom he was familiar.
What is the background of this deputy commander of the infantry?
It turns out that the military attachés of the Song Dynasty could not lead troops on weekdays, but were only sent to lead soldiers in wartime. There were three yamen to manage soldiers on weekdays: Dianqiansi, Majun division and infantry division. The three units operated independently, and their chiefs were called Du The commander of the infantry is the leader who is in charge of the infantry, referred to as the "bu commander".
When Bu Shuai hosted a banquet, the dishes were all ordered from Fanlou, the most famous restaurant in Kaifeng Prefecture, which was a great honor.
As soon as the guests were seated, good wine was served to them, and there were several plates of side dishes, including braised meat, mopped meat, sliced sheep heads, roasted pig skins, minced chickens, etc. The flow was endless, but the main banquet had not yet begun.
The banquet was extremely extravagant, with just the food and wine to warm up the party, one person could eat the common people's food for several years. The reason why it was so extravagant was to set off the real protagonist tonight.
Finally, the leader of the palace department arrived, known as the "palace commander". He commanded the soldiers who were responsible for protecting the imperial city, and was directly responsible for protecting the emperor. He was the most popular person in front of the emperor, and everyone was respectful.
After the Palace Commander sat down, the Bu Commander also stood up and signaled everyone that he was going to start speaking.
"Dear colleagues and friends," Bu Shuai was wearing a robe, his face flushed with excitement, "I welcome you all tonight, it is a great joy!"
"Is Bu Shuai going to take a concubine?" someone joked loudly.
"Taking a concubine is just an ordinary small joy, not a big deal." Bu Shuai shook his head happily and said: "Today's joy is extraordinary. I'm afraid it's only a once-in-a-thousand-years and once-in-a-lifetime experience. Just listen to what I have to say..." Bu Shuai had already prepared a speech in his mind: "You may have heard that during the Warring States Period, there was a dispute between Wu and Yue. There was a lot of copper in the south, and Wu Yue became a world-famous swordsmith."
Bu Shuai said that during the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, King Yunchang of Yue ordered Ou Yezi to make five swords, among which three, "Zhanlu", "Panying" and "Yuchang", were dedicated to the state of Wu.
The fate of the three swords was different. "Yuchang" was used by the assassin Zhuan Zhu to assassinate King Liao of Wu, "Pan Ying" was used by King Helu of Wu to be buried with his beloved daughter, and "Zhan Lu" disappeared and later appeared in the Chu Kingdom.
King Helu of Wu saw that Yue's swords were exquisite and ordered Gan Jiang, Ou Yezi's fellow disciple, to forge swords. Gan Jiang could not forge a sword that could match his brother's. Gan Jiang's wife Moye threw her body into the furnace so that her husband could forge a sharp sword. . The first one is a yang sword, named "Qianjiang", and the second one is a yin sword, named "Moxie".
These famous sword stories have been popular among swordsmiths throughout the ages, causing them to spend their entire lives and energy trying to forge a peerless sword that can summon ghosts, gods, and wind and rain.
When Bu Shuai said this, he said proudly: "However, swordsmiths in the past could only make a handful of famous swords in their lifetimes, but there is a swordsmith in this dynasty who is extremely talented and has made many famous swords. Everyone is proud to get his sword and proud to wear his sword."
With Bu Shuai's opening remarks, the answer was already obvious. Someone among the guests said: "Could it be..."
"This swordsmith is the world-famous Yang Tushe, named Hua Laizi."
"Sure enough." Someone among the guests nodded sharply.
Bu Shuai snapped his fingers, and each of the eight soldiers respectfully took a long box and lined up in front of him.
"Everyone," Bu Shuai announced loudly, "Today, I want to show you Hua Laizi's newly forged sword!" Everyone was in an uproar and talked about it, especially when they saw that there was not only one sword box, but eight! Some people are very envious, some have jealous looks on their faces, and some are sneering.
