During this autumn hunt, Emperor Zhengyuan brought the queen, the noble concubine and the virtuous concubine to accompany him. After Emperor Zhengyuan shot the opening arrows, he sat on the high platform set up by the paddock to watch the hunting.
Colorful flags were fluttering in the wind outside the Liyuan paddock. Horses were galloping in the paddock, and their hooves were raising dust in the air. It was so lively.
The young officials, whether military generals or civil servants, all chased the prey into the mountains within a short time. Only a few young men and women were left on the grassland. They rode horses and ran wildly across the grassland, chasing a group of pheasants, hares and other small animals.
Emperor Zhengyuan looked at the lively scene with a smile on his face and felt very pleased. He has been in power for nearly twenty years. He has been working hard, not daring to slack off, and has finally ushered in a prosperous world that is getting better and better year by year.
"Cough, cough, cough..."
When Emperor Zhengyuan was feeling complacent, a suppressed cough suddenly came from his ears.
Emperor Zhengyuan looked over and saw that the person coughing was Xiao Cheng.
Although it is already autumn, it is still a little bit hot. Everyone present was wearing single clothes, only Xiao Cheng had put on a cloak early. Seeing him covering his mouth and suppressing his cough with difficulty, Emperor Zhengyuan couldn't help but darken his expression.
"It's windy here, fourth brother, please go back to your tent and rest. Be careful of catching a cold."
If Emperor Zhengyuan has any regrets, it is the fourth son, Xiao Cheng. Xiao Cheng was gifted with intelligence, benevolent nature, and respectful and filial, but he was frail. If it weren't for his poor health, he actually had the intention to make him his reserve.
Xiao Cheng returned to his tent according to the order. Without the cold wind, he coughed less.
"Your Highness, it's better to stop taking the medicine." An old man with white hair and beard persuaded Xiao Cheng while giving him acupuncture.
Xiao Cheng closed his eyes and said slowly: "Don't worry, Mr. Chen, I can still hold on. I'll stop talking about stopping the medicine after I open my house and build my teeth."
The curtain of the camp tent suddenly moved slightly, as if a gust of wind was blowing. Xiao Cheng suddenly opened his eyes, and in the blink of an eye, there was another person in the tent.
"Back to my lord, General Wei has left the paddock."
The person who came to dress up as a guard at Feihu Camp was Yan Wu from Xiao Cheng's Black Eagle Guard.
"Where will the prince lead him?" Xiao Cheng asked.
"It's the second peak of Queshan, Que'er Ridge." Yan Wu replied.
"Qierling? The biggest beast there is just a blind bear. Ziyuan has twenty soldiers... What kind of medicine is the prince selling in this gourd?" Xiao Cheng rubbed his eyebrows, revealing his silk exhausted.
His body is still too weak. However, after spending most of the day in the paddock, he felt a little overwhelmed.
"In the mountains and forests, what is more terrifying than wild beasts is poison." Old Chen said.
"So that's it." Xiao Chengmao suddenly said.
"Your Highness, would you like to take some of my antidote pills and send them to General Wei?"
Xiao Cheng lowered his eyes and smiled slightly: "No need. It's better to let the prince complete it as planned."
"If not, how can we prove that the prince has lost his virtue and harmed his loyalty? Yan Wu, go and remove all the people we have arranged on the mountain. Don't leave any traces."
"yes."
Another breeze seemed to blow through the tent, and Yan Wu disappeared again just as he came.
In the mountains and forests
Lu Wan'er took the lead. She jumped off her horse to look at the dirt, then got on her horse and climbed the branches on the side of the road to check... The group of people moved very slowly.
"Wan'er, didn't you say that this place was drugged? Isn't it okay for the horse to follow that lead?" Zhang Jingyi asked.
Lu Wan'er shook her head: "First, the amount of the medicine was very small, and many people were afraid of being traced, and now it has basically been dispersed. Second, the place where the medicine guided it was likely to have an ambush, so it was better to avoid it naturally. "
Wen Mingyun took a breath: "The person who planned this plan is really thoughtful."
Shen Zhuo was silent for a moment and said: "Wan'er, it doesn't matter if you go slower, you can be more careful."
"General Wei and the others did pass by here, about half an hour ago." Lu Waner held a branch in her hand. There were fresh creases on the branch. She lowered her head and smelled it.
"Not good!" Lu Waner's eyes suddenly turned sharp.
"What's wrong?" Shen Zhuo asked hurriedly.
Lu Wan'er turned over and dismounted, then lay on the ground to examine carefully. After a while, she straightened up, with a serious look on her face, contrary to her previous relaxed attitude: "Poisonous snakes, like green bamboo leaves."
Several people were silent.
At this moment, "acting chivalrously and doing justice" is no longer a slogan, but has become a naked danger and a real reality of life and death.
These people are all noble girls who have been pampered since childhood and have never experienced any storms. How can they have faced such a situation?
Yes, it's a poisonous snake. Shen Zhuo silently gave Lu Waner a thumbs up in his heart.
In his previous life, Wei Ziyuan was attacked by a large number of poisonous snakes in the mountains. He later described it as "like a tide." Most of their horses were poisoned, and several of their soldiers were poisoned. Then they encountered brown bears again... Finally It was his personal soldiers who protected him and escaped to Queer Ridge. Then he lost his memory. When he woke up, he was already under the highest cliff of Queer Ridge.
"First the traction, then the poisonous snake. This is no child's play." Xiao Yushu's face became serious.
"I'm afraid I want to kill people." Wen Mingyun said coldly.
Without saying a word, Zhang Jingyi suddenly grabbed the horse's belly and ran forward.
"Wan'er, take them back immediately! Find the guards. I'll follow Jingyi."
Shen Zhuo also pinched the horse's belly, patted the horse and chased in the direction of Zhang Jingyi.
Shen Zhuo quickly caught up with Zhang Jingyi: "Jingyi, stop!"
Zhang Jingyi didn't stop, her eyes were red: "Jiaojiao, I can't just know that he is in danger and just ignore him."
Shen Zhuo said angrily: "I asked you to stop your horse, but I didn't ask you to save General Wei."
Zhang Jingyi then reined in the horse and stopped.
"Riding horses all over the mountains to look for people, the target is too big. Don't let General Wei fail to rescue him and get himself involved instead," Shen Zhuo said.
"What should we do?" Zhang Jingyi asked.
"Go up the tree." Shen Zhuo pointed to the tall trees on the mountain, "And there are poisonous snakes on the ground. It's safer to walk up the tree."
When it comes to horseback riding, Shen Zhuo and Zhang Jingyi are not good at it, but climbing trees is their strong point. So the two of them put their bows and arrows on their backs, "swish, swish, swish" and climbed up the tree, and then jumped up in the forest through the branches of the big tree.
The two of them were jumping on the tree, while the horse was running under the tree. Zhang Jingyi said that since her horse could bring her here, it meant that the traction was very effective for it. If the horse ran on its own, she might be able to find Wei Ziyuan faster.
Zhang Jingyi's judgment was very accurate. After jumping on the tree for a while, they heard the sound of fighting in the distance. The two looked at each other and jumped in that direction faster.
The horse under the tree also ran more happily, but something unexpected happened suddenly! Dozens of sharp arrows shot out from the forest and headed straight for the two horses.
“Tweet~~~”
The two horses raised their hooves and screamed several times, then collapsed to the ground, blood flowing from their necks and abdomen. Both horses had about a dozen arrows deeply embedded in their bodies.
Zhang Jingyi covered her mouth and suppressed her scream. She clawed at the branch, trembling all over, and her heart was beating wildly, as if she was about to jump out.
"Zhang Mazi, they are two empty horses." Someone from below raised his voice.
"Most of the people are nearby, Liu Er, go find them and kill them." Zhang Mazi said with a gloomy expression, "If even a little bit of news about this matter leaks out, you and my whole family will die!"
