Daming: Stealing Chen Yuanyuan at the beginning

Chapter 229 Can hold the eagle bow like a full moon, look northwest, and shoot Sirius

On the second day after Prince Heshuojian Jidu arrived in Rehe, the autumn hunting activities began.Naturally, the Rehe hunt at this time cannot be compared with the Mulan hunt of the two Qing emperors Kangxi and Qianlong in history, and the scale is much smaller.

However, Jidu went hunting on behalf of the emperor's father and the regent, and the due rituals were still intact.First, tens of thousands of soldiers with blue flags came out of the camp and lined up. They held the flags and sat on their horses, with a neat and solemn appearance.

Then dozens of lamas took out the copper qin and played it.Tongqin, also known as "Dafahao", is made of red copper and has a rough and powerful voice, deep and majestic.

In the deafening voice of Tongqin, Jidu worshiped the heaven and the earth, then climbed on the horse, drew out his knife and shouted: "The hunting begins, let's go!"

The Manchus were originally nomadic people, good at riding and shooting, and very good at hunting.

The entire hunting activity is divided into several stages. The first stage is "cloth encirclement": the Eight Banners soldiers start from the periphery of the hunting ground, gradually narrow the hunting range, and drive the wild animals into the encirclement circle, so that the subsequent hunting activities can be carried out.

More than 1 soldiers scattered in all directions, flew out for more than ten miles, and then drove back from all directions.They screamed wildly, knives and spears flew over the weeds, foxes and rabbits started up, and elk, roe deer, and wild boars ran wildly.

The second stage is "waiting for siege": while the Eight Banners soldiers narrowed the hunting range, Jidu watched from an excellent position, waiting for the completion of the "cloth encirclement" part.

Jidu let his mount trot up and flexed his muscles. He turned to Sun Kewang and said: "King Yi, while the soldiers are driving away the prey, let's warm up. Later, I want to see your skills, so I'd like to ask King Yi to give you a try." Show your power!"

Sun Kewang suffered from a fear of light when he was in Kunming. Later, he surrendered to the Manchus and was granted the title of king, and his symptoms were alleviated.But for some unknown reason, the old illness suddenly relapsed in the past few days and I was miserable.

At this moment, he tilted his head as much as possible, lowered his eyelids, covered his eyes with one hand, and said: "My eyes are afraid of light, and my tears keep flowing, I'm afraid I will be powerless."

Ji Du curled his lips slightly, and said, "It's okay, you see wild beasts everywhere in this place, and you can shoot them with your eyes closed."

Zheng Zhilong on the side said: "King Yi is not feeling well, why don't I hunt for him. I have lived at sea for many years and am a good fisherman, but I have never hunted in the mountains and forests..."

Without saying a word, Zheng Zhilong hurriedly shut his mouth when he glanced at Ji Du's gloomy face.

The attitudes of the Manchu and Qing courts towards Sun Kewang and Zheng Zhilong were completely different. They praised Sun Kewang very highly, but they were very wary of Zheng Zhilong.

For this autumn hunting, although Jidu brought Zheng Zhilong with him and let him participate in this grand celebration, he would never give him the chance to hunt.The reason is simple, Jidu was worried that Zheng Zhilong would take the opportunity to escape.

At this time, although Zheng Zhilong was riding a horse, he was unarmed, and there were four Tartar cavalry regiments surrounding him.

Half a day passed, and when the soldiers of the Xianglan Banner drove all the beasts to their proper positions, the hunt officially began.

In order to ensure that wild beasts would not rush out of the encirclement during the hunting, Jidu sent Mongolian soldiers to encircle first, and then sent Eight Banners soldiers to encircle the second circle.When the encirclement circle is formed, Jidu and Sun Kewang are the first to enter the center of the hunting ground to shoot.When they finished hunting, it was the turn of the soldiers.

"King Yi, follow me!" Ji Du handed Sun Kewang a bow and a quiver, and rushed out first.

Hundreds of soldiers guarded and protected them, and flying horses galloped.The soldiers waved flags and shouted, and all kinds of wild animals fled in groups. Jidu kept an eye on a group of elk and pursued them closely.

Sun Kewang was cautious at first and did not dare to speed up because of his eye problems.Later, he smelled the fragrance in the wilderness, felt the soft weeds brushing his feet, the breeze, and the gurgling stream, and he suddenly became interested.

"Drive!" Sun Kewang kicked the horse's belly fiercely and chased after Jidu.

There were more than 20 elk in that group, they were fat and strong, but they were extremely agile and flexible.They jumped over the creek, ran up a small hill, ran over the hill again, and fled into a forest.

Jidu chased after him all the way, and he shot two arrows, but both missed, and his fighting spirit was aroused even more.While screaming strangely again and again, he galloped his horse into the woods.

This is a birch forest, with gray and white trunks everywhere, and the bark is cracked.It was late autumn, the leaves had fallen all over the ground, the branches of the birch trees were splaying their teeth and claws, breaking the blue sky into pieces, and there was some darkness in the forest.

Sun Kewang entered the woods, because the light was not so strong, and his eyes felt a little more comfortable.But for some reason, he suddenly felt a chill run down his spine, and a gust of cold air rose from his heart.

"Could it be dangerous?" Sun Kewang became alert and looked around, but his eyes were full of tears, and everything looked blurry.

"King Yi, come quickly, this king has shot an elk!" From deep in the forest, Ji Du's cheers came.

Sun Kewang hesitated for a moment, decided to dismount and walk, jumped off the horse's back and took the rein, and walked forward step by step.The Qing soldiers protecting him laughed and cast contemptuous glances.

Suddenly, there was a gust of wind in the woods, and the shadows of the trees shook.A group of birds fluttered their wings and flew high, screaming in panic and panic, the horses behind them neighed, and people stood up.

Sun Kewang was almost driven by the horse and fell down. He hastily let go of the rein in his hand, and the horse ran away like crazy.

"what happened……"

Sun Kewang didn't finish his sentence, he covered his neck, let out a "ho ho" sound, and fell to the ground.

Blood gushed out from the crevice of his right finger covering his neck, and dripped on the dead leaves, making a loud noise.

Sun Kewang couldn't breathe and felt extremely uncomfortable. His legs kicked wildly, the muscles on his face were twisted, and veins popped out on his forehead.

He was dying, and at the moment of his death, strange to say, he was no longer afraid of the light.

The foreground became extremely clear, the tall birch trees, the distant blue sky, the fallen leaves dancing like yellow butterflies...everything was within reach, but kept moving away from him.

In the distance, a person slipped down from a tree without a sound, and fled to the outside of the forest at high speed. Judging from the figure, it should be a woman.

This was the last scene Sun Kewang saw in this world. He weakly raised his left hand and pointed a finger at the figure as agile as an elk, but he soon died and his left hand dropped down.

"King Yi..." the soldiers shouted, jumped off the horse, pulled Sun Kewang's hand away and saw a hole in his throat, which seemed to have been shot through by an arrow.

"There are assassins, there are assassins!" The soldiers shouted in panic, quickly drew their swords and gathered together, looking around back to back.

When Ji Du heard the shout, he hurried over, and when he saw Sun Kewang's situation, his scalp became numb!
"Did you see the assassin?" Ji Du asked.

The soldiers shook their heads, Ji Du was furious, and shouted: "Search, dig three feet to find the assassin!"

Immediately, thousands of people were mobilized to conduct a carpet search centered on the forest, 500 people searched for clues in the forest, and the other 500 people went out to explore.

Jidu personally escorted Sun Kewang's body back to the camp. Along the way, his mind was in a mess and he had no clue.When he saw Zheng Zhilong's eyes at the entrance of the military camp, Jidu realized that something was wrong.

Zheng Zhilong's eyes were full of suspicion and worry. He probably thought that Sun Kewang died at the hands of Qing soldiers.Ji Du couldn't help shivering, his numb scalp burst, and he thought to himself: "It's over, can I explain clearly in front of the regent?"

Then he was even more annoyed, and furiously said: "The hunting activity is cancelled, everyone goes out to catch the assassin! If you can't catch it, you don't have to come back, let the beast eat it!"

(End of this chapter)