As night fell, although there were bonfires to illuminate the scene, as the weather got colder, the crowd's interest also dropped a lot.
So, the drunken generals, escorted by their respective generals, returned to their camps. As for the civil servants, they had already gone back to rest.
By the light of the bonfire, after enjoying the lamb chops, Li Xiancai reluctantly left the barbecue grill.
He found that this thing called a barbecue grill is really interesting, especially for someone like him who likes food. He set up a barbecue grill in the back garden and used well water to ice a bottle of grape wine in the middle of summer. In the cold winter, it was just right to use it. Wouldn't it be nice to have a charcoal fire to keep warm?
The grilled lamb chops are so delicious. What would it taste like if other ingredients were used?
While walking towards the camp, Li Xian still couldn't help but fantasize about what kind of prey would be better to hunt tomorrow.
Watching Li Xian leave, and after chewing off the last bit of dried meat on the mutton chops, Li Xian threw the mutton bones and meat into the bonfire and prepared to go back to rest.
Although I beat the crowd with Shooting Bear today and got first place, it still doesn't make sense if I don't get any results tomorrow.
He has also heard the saying, "His Highness is satisfied shooting bears, but shooting other prey is boring." Although it can protect him for a while, it cannot protect him until the end of the autumn hunting.
You have to work hard to get the results you deserve!
Walking back to the camp in the dark, I had to lament that my wife was not there, and there was no one to warm the bed. I saw the lights inside the camp were brightly lit, and Li Yong stood in front of the two eunuchs who were being escorted and knelt on the ground, with a hand in his hand. Holding a horizontal knife.
Although his back was to the entrance of the camp and his face could not be seen, it could still be seen from his rising and falling shoulders that he was very angry now.
"what happened?"
Hearing the prince's voice, Li Yun calmed down a little. He turned around and cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, these two eunuchs do not belong to the East Palace. The guards saw them sneaking around in the camp, so they took them away. Stop. Unexpectedly, they will run away when they hear the summons. Your Highness will wait for a moment. After the slave has carefully interrogated the two people, it will not be too late for you to enter the camp again!"
A eunuch who does not belong to the East Palace?
Glancing at the two silent eunuchs, who looked like they were resigned to their fate, Li Xian pointed to his tent and said, "Let's check Gu's tent first. We are exhausted today, so we need to rest first. As for these two people, Li Xian, I’ll leave it to you.”
Li Yun bowed and saluted, and when he raised his head again, he looked at the two eunuchs as if they were two corpses.
Regardless of how Li Yun interrogated the prisoners, it is no exaggeration to say that in the entire East Palace camp, only Li Yun was the most trustworthy. When something goes wrong, he is the first to risk his life as a human shield.
in addition....
Someone is taking action so soon?
Ming Chongyan? Li Dan?
These two people wouldn't be stupid enough to take risks.
Could it be that anyone else has ideas about the position of prince?
But apart from Li Dan, only Li Xian has the ability to compete. However, Li Xian is basically like a puppet now, surrounded by the people of the East Palace.
Li Shangjin?
Those unlucky princes have managed to save their lives very well, but they still dare to have ideas about the throne?
With deep thoughts, after Zhou Quan's men checked the tent properly, Li Xian entered it.
No longer thinking about those things, after taking off his armor and getting into bed, Li Xian fell asleep without hesitation.
Being frightened is a big problem. When soldiers arrive, they will block water and earth. If you are frightened because of the slightest abnormality, it will be miserable if you fall into the enemy's trick of weakening the troops.
What's more, when you are at the center of power, you are competing on whether your subordinates can do what they do.
And whether it was Li Yun or Zhou Quan, or the eunuchs trained by Zhou Quan, they were not too bad.
But no matter what, you have to be careful tomorrow.
....
A good night's sleep.
When he got up the next morning, after applying lotion on his crotch, Li Xian put on his clothes and walked out.
Being in the wilderness, you don't have to think about taking a bath. It's a treatment reserved for emperors.
What's more, it would be too boring for an activity like autumn hunting to pay attention to this and that.
As soon as I walked out of the camp, I saw a group of generals doing morning exercises.
The so-called winter training is three days, and summer training is three days. Although there are no wars around Datang, they still practice hard habitually, just to maintain their combat effectiveness.
Peace is the biggest natural enemy of the general profession. Generals have the most say only when they go to war. However, when the prosperous times came, they had no choice but to use this method to relieve their boredom.
Once a habit is formed, not exercising in the morning will make people feel uncomfortable.
The generals who were running in twos and threes and sparring with wooden sticks couldn't help but cast strange glances when they saw the prince coming out and starting to run around the camp.
Cheng Wuting put down the stone lock, wiped the sweat from his neck, and said with a smile: "Don't look at it, I'm not pretending. His Royal Highness has been studying hard since he returned to Chang'an. Although he started a little late, judging from his archery skills , you know that this period of time has not been abandoned. Qihe, what do you think?"
Everyone in the army knew that Qi He's daughter was chosen as Crown Prince Liang Di.
Seeing his colleagues around him looking at him, Qi He could only reply: "General Cheng is right. When my daughter writes letters home, she often mentions the progress of His Highness the Crown Prince. During the Taiping years, His Highness the Crown Prince could still make such progress. My heart really surprised me.”
"The horse is released to Nanshan," is what those rotten scholars like to say. If the horse is released to Nanshan, what will they do to resist the invasion of foreign barbarians? With a pen? Now that the Tang Dynasty is coming, there is no war outside, and the world is at home. Our days , it will become sad soon. Although His Majesty promoted the new elite in the military, he was suppressed by the traditional family. In addition, although the military power is not in our hands, in this position, we have to avoid suspicion, so we want to live in peace. It’s really difficult.”
"Old Cheng, what do you mean by this?"
"Celebration, you haven't seen it yet? As a prince, there is no need to practice archery or learn martial arts. He may do this out of self-motivation, but at the same time, it is also a signal to us. It means that he is interested in I have a very clear view of the matter, and it is very clear how we should be treated, as well as other military generals.”
"you mean...."
Seeing that everyone around him looked worried, Cheng Wuting chuckled and said, "I, Old Cheng, just said a few words casually. What are you worried about? Look, the prince has started practicing archery. It would be better for us to go over and take a look. .”
When the generals saw that the prince had indeed started practicing archery in his camp, they all put on their clothes and prepared to go and have a look.
The prince's arrow yesterday really didn't look like it could be shot by a beginner, it looked more like a coincidence.
However, it's fine if your own people know what's going on, but you can't let outsiders know.
