Zheng Xiao Mistake: The Mistake of Rebirth Provoked the Cold Master

The forest was filled with the unique fragrance of maple leaves, mixed with the smell of earth raised by passing horses. As we walked deeper into the forest, we found more and more broken branches and could see traces of many prey.

Gong Yixiu quickly drew his arrow and shot several hares and pheasants accurately. The palace servants led the hunting dogs to pick up the prey one by one.

The autumn sun shines through the dense leaves, penetrating the dense forest. Hunting in the red maple forest is not just a simple pastime. What's more, Gong Yixiu, like Gong Yihao, was born with a strange disease that makes his vision blurred.

Later, the emperor heard that practicing archery was very helpful for restoring eyesight, so he asked Gong Yixiu to learn archery from Rong Yan. It seems to be very effective, and he has recovered very well in recent years.

Gong Yixiu's shots almost never missed their targets. The rabbits, chickens and the like that were shot cried out in pain, and the palace servants who picked up the prey twisted their necks neatly.

Blood was gushing out, and Zhu Zheng deliberately avoided looking.

But his archery teacher...the bow on his back never left his hands.

Gong Yixiu held two yellow rabbits in his hands. "The student is showing off his skills in front of the teacher. The teacher is not prepared..."

Rong Yan didn't even look at him, he raised his index finger to his lips and made a "hush" sound.

"The forest is silent, and the prey is frightened."

Gong Yixiu shut his mouth awkwardly.

Zhu Zheng, who was a few steps behind, happened to hear this. He didn't know what to say and stopped talking altogether.

She stared at Rong Yan's back from afar. Although she knew that she was just a foil, she couldn't help but move to attract attention.

Rong Yan hardly ever looked at her straight along the way. Even when he occasionally glanced past her, he looked cold and indifferent, as if she had become a stranger with the veil on.

If Liu Feng had not come to give her peaches at the banquet just now, she would have almost thought that the Grand Tutor had completely forgotten about her in the past half month.

He felt like a ghost in the forest, able to observe people but unable to be seen by others. Plus, knowing that he was not good at archery, Zhu Zheng felt even more bored.

Rong Yan’s abnormality didn’t stay in her mind for long. Anyway, this was the same as her goal of drawing a clear line between her and him.

Being forcibly taken into the red maple forest with nothing to do, and with her sister missing, Zhu Zheng kept looking back, trying to find a way to escape.

Zhu Zheng wrote down what Nie Rusheng said unintentionally when drawing the envelope just now.

It turns out that the jade slips in the bamboo tube can be read in advance and taken out in advance.

Then, could it be that Gong Yixiu did it on purpose when he drew the sister?

If that's the case, he must have seen his sister a long time ago. Does her disappearance have anything to do with Gong Yixiu?

Zhu Zheng suddenly felt cold all over.

…No, if he had kidnapped my sister, he should have concealed his tracks. Why would he deliberately arrange the drawing of the slips in public to draw everyone's attention to "Zhu Qing"?

With her thoughts in a mess, Zhu Zheng looked at Gong Yixiu solemnly. He was chasing a young deer not far away. She was no longer in the mood to pretend to be nice. She wanted to catch him and ask him clearly.

At least try it out.

Zhu Zheng drove her horse forward, but Gong Yixiu ran farther and farther away. Rong Yan, on the other hand, squeezed his horse's belly and passed by Zhu Zheng.

The surroundings were silent, with only the occasional chirping of birds and the rustling of leaves in the wind. Zhu Zheng suddenly called out, "Master Taifu."

Rong Yan raised his eyes, and although he did not respond immediately, he reined in his horse and looked over with a serious look.

In the distance, the maple forest was as red as fire, and Gong Yixiu was directing the palace servants to search for the escaped doe.

The time was running out, and Zhu Zheng got straight to the point, "Have you met my sister, sir?"

The dense maple leaves are stacked layer upon layer, covering the sky and blocking out almost half of the light from the outside.

Under the mottled shadows of the trees, Zhu Zheng was finally able to take a closer look at the long-lost Grand Tutor. There was some fatigue in his eyes, and he seemed to need a good sleep.

Rong Yan was silent for a long time, until Zhu Zheng was staring at him intently and was almost speechless and forgot what she had asked. Only then did she hear him reply in a very soft voice.

"Don't worry, she's fine."

As if she had finally grasped a life-saving straw, Zhu Zheng asked anxiously, "Have you seen her?"

Rong Yan nodded.

"Then where is she now?"

Rong Yan did not answer, but suddenly steered his horse half a step closer.

"Hand out."

Zhu Zheng didn't understand what was going on, but still stretched out a hand obediently.

Rong Yan raised his hand and stroked it across her palm. His slightly cool fingertips rubbed across her palm, bringing a slight itch.

A red, round fruit was placed in the palm of my hand.

It was the red citron fruit that was hanging on the tall tree just now.

"Let's play with it."

In a tone like coaxing a child.

While Zhu Zheng was stunned, he had already jumped over her on his horse, leaving her with only his tall and handsome back.

The surface of the red citron is covered with thorns, but this one was cleaned completely. I don’t know when the Grand Tutor picked it.

"There's the doe!"

Suddenly, a palace servant's shout came from the front, breaking the tranquility of the maple forest.

The sunlight shines through the dense treetops, casting dappled shadows. A sturdy doe moves flexibly among the woods, followed closely by a group of hunters on galloping horses.

Seeing this, Gong Yixiu immediately whipped his whip and spurred his horse to chase after the deer, shouting, "Whoever can hunt the deer heart will be rewarded handsomely by me!"

Rong Yan also turned his horse's head and gave Zhu Zheng a brief instruction, "Stay here."

The noise of the people and horses disturbed the tranquility of the forest, the birds flapped their wings and flew away, the hares fled everywhere. The doe rushed left and right in the dense bushes, shuttling between the intricate shadows of the trees, appearing and disappearing from time to time.

Suddenly, the deer jumped out from the dark bushes and bumped into a red horse in panic.

The horse was frightened and neighed, then threw Zhu Zheng off its back and threw her to the ground.

The world was spinning, and a pair of green eyes looked at her in the jungle.

Before he could think about it, the black shadow pounced on him swiftly - it was actually a wolf, with ferocious green eyes and drooling saliva. It was obvious that it also regarded the deer as its prey, and pounced on him with extreme ferocity.

Zhu Zheng reacted quickly, using all his strength to pull the bow off his back, but it was too late to put an arrow on it. He could only use the bow as a weapon and stabbed it hard into the gray wolf's chest.

The gray wolf roared in pain and almost tore the thin bow in one bite. Then it slapped Zhu Zheng with one claw, making a sound like wind tearing the surroundings.

Zhu Zheng's heart trembled, and she rolled on the ground, narrowly avoiding the gray wolf's claws.

However, before she could gain her footing, she heard a sound of breaking air behind her.

An arrow whizzed past Zhu Zheng's ear and shot accurately into the center of the gray wolf's eyebrows.

The evil creature howled in pain, and its huge body fell to the ground with a bang. Blood splattered everywhere. A fishy and hot smell rushed to the face, and also dyed the surrounding dry grass red, and dyed Zhu Zheng's dress red.

Zhu Zheng looked back in shock, only to see Rong Yan riding a horse and galloping towards her with a longbow in his hand.

Amidst the sparse shadows, she suddenly felt a chill on her back and looked towards the depths of the forest behind Rong Yan.

There seemed to be another pair of eyes shining with a faint light hidden there.

The owner of those eyes was still as sharp as a full moon, his gaze firmly fixed on her, with a playful smile at the corners of his lips.

Someone called Zhu Zheng's name, but she stood there motionless, forgetting to respond.

Arrow shot.

The sound was like jade cracking, and the cold light was sharp.