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The arrow pierced through the air, and with a chirping sound, it was inserted accurately and steadily into the body of the yellow-black animal running in front of it.It struggled a few times, then ran forward a few steps, then fell to the ground and did not move.A series of drops of blood sprinkled on the green grass, like bright red wildflowers blooming, reflecting the red sun slanting in the west, eye-catching.

"Okay!" Kangxi yelled, and watched with a smile as the guards got off their horses to pick up the dead roe, then turned his head, and smiled at Yinqi, "Your riding and shooting skills are not behind! In the past in the palace, I only heard Liu Tongxun talk about how you use your labor force. I thought my old 23 had become a nerd! But looking at it today, although the strength is still a bit weak, the accuracy is enough. Daily practice?"

Without waiting for Yinqi's answer, Kangxi asked the guards around him again, "Which one is this that brother 23 has shot?"

The chief guard hurriedly said: "Back to the emperor, it is the fourth deer. The hare has hunted twelve, and the gazelle has hunted three. Just now, a living fox was trapped, but brother 23 looked at it. That fox was too young, so he was released after asking the emperor."

When Kangxi heard this, he felt very relieved.This time he went to the grassland, but he just rode around on horseback, but it was difficult for him to shoot and hunt.But seeing that Yinqi can hunt so many prey at such a young age, he just thinks that this is a tiger father without dogs, and Yinqi is like him.In his heart, he regarded these prey as the ones he hunted by himself.

Looking at Hong Zhou who was smiling at the side, Kangxi did not forget to ask him: "Hong Zhou, now that I'm with you, you rarely shoot your bow. When you led people to hunt, what did you hit? Although he is a generation younger, he is older than your 23rd uncle, don't lose to him!"

Hong Zhou hurriedly rode up to Kangxi, and replied: "Back to the emperor, my grandson didn't hunt as many as Uncle 23. This is my grandson's fault. My grandson is just looking at the beautiful scenery on this grassland. Thinking that this is all the territory of our Qing Dynasty, I feel that it is not enough to see. For a while, I forgot the purpose of coming, and only fired a few times at noon."

Kangxi didn't have any dissatisfaction with his rhetoric, he just said: "You, children are just greedy for looks."

On the side, Yinqi laughed and said: "Huang Ama, don't be fooled by this kid! He wants to keep the prey, packed up and sent the best back to the capital to give to his mother, lest we rob him." of it!"

Kangxi suddenly became interested, and hurriedly asked the people next to him: "What did the fifth elder brother hunt? Is there anything good?"

It was still the head of the guard just now, who had already been waiting at the side, and when he saw Kangxi asked, he hurriedly replied: "Go back to the emperor, the fifth elder brother hunted two rabbits, but he hunted three deer. Just now, the servants have already sent them to him." Back to camp."

In an instant, Kangxi looked at Hong Zhou with a different expression.He looked at Hongzhou carefully, and then said: "Yinqi and I wandered around the grassland for a day, and only saw a few deer sporadically. Yinqi opened his bow several times, but didn't hit a single one. You really have The ability is to hunt three heads!"

Hong Zhou hurriedly said: "It's just that my grandson is lucky. I just came out of the forest and saw a group of them. So my grandson shot a few arrows and got these three by luck."

Kangxi looked at him for a long time before sighing leisurely: "Good luck...good luck..."

Yinqi said on the side: "If you say you are lucky, Yinqi will see that Huang Ama must be the person who is brought together by the fortune of the world."

Kangxi narrowed his eyes and said, "How to say?"

Yinqi laughed and said: "Yinqi heard people say that Huang Ama hunted in Mulan, and at most he hunted two hundred deer in one day! This is not comparable to that kid Hong Zhou's little bit of luck."

Kangxi suddenly laughed and said: "It's just spreading rumors! How did I hunt so many deer in one day? Maybe the hare can still have this number."

Yin Qi opened his eyes wide and sighed: "Hares are even more difficult to hunt! Such a small thing requires a very accurate arrow!"

Kangxi smiled and said, "Yinqi's arrow skills are not bad. It's just that you are still young and lack physical strength, so you can't open a strong bow. The hares that ran away just now were because your arrows were not fast enough. If you have enough strength, you can hit the hare no matter how fast it runs. This is not just a matter of checking the head."

Yin Qi nodded in agreement, then looked at Hong Zhou, and said, "But Hong Zhou was able to shoot the deer. Just now when Yin Qi saw the deer, he also opened his bow, but the deer still ran away."

Kangxi actually comforted him, and said: "I saw that one of your arrows hit the deer's shoulder, so it didn't count as a miss. It's just that you don't have enough strength to let the deer carry you." He ran away with an arrow. Although Hongzhou is only two years older than you, he is a lot bigger than you. It is normal that you are not as strong as him."

Yin Qi looked at Hong Zhou angrily.Hongzhou's heart moved, he knew that this was about to get to the point, he hurriedly apologized and said with a smile: "My nephew is also a coincidence, but it is because the person who taught my nephew riding and archery is not ordinary. Take some time off."

When he said this, not only Yinqi looked at him with bright eyes, but also Kangxi looked over.Yin Qi quickly asked: "Didn't we all learn riding and archery from Master Kake? Where did you get a master?"

Hong Zhou smiled and said: "My nephew has already been eight years old when he entered the palace. He was at home before, so he was not ignorant. Before entering the palace, he also learned how to ride and shoot."

Yin Qi nodded and said: "No wonder you are no worse than me in riding and shooting bow and horse after entering the palace. It turns out that you have learned it earlier."

But Kangxi asked suddenly: "Who did you learn your riding and shooting from?"

Hongzhou's heart jumped violently, but he didn't show it on his face, he just said: "Return to the emperor, my grandson learned riding and shooting from Uncle Thirteen."

The thirteenth elder brother has not been knighted so far, so the princes and grandchildren are also embarrassed in front of him.When addressing him, he could only vaguely call him Thirteenth Brother, Thirteenth Uncle.

When he heard that it was the thirteenth elder brother, Kangxi's face turned gloomy reflexively.Yinqi hurriedly said: "Hey? I haven't heard of it. I only heard people say that the fourteenth brother can ride and shoot bows and horses, lead soldiers to fight, and do everything. Why is the thirteenth brother also good at this?"

This sentence made Kangxi stunned for a moment, and looked at Yinqi.Yin Qi looked back at him, his eyes full of doubts and guesses.

Kangxi let out a long sigh, and after a while, he said, "Yinqi, were you born in the 52nd year of Kangxi?"

Yinqi said: "Yes. Erchen was born on March 52, 27 years of Kangxi."

Kangxi said: "You don't know, it should be... These years, except for Yinzhen, few people have mentioned the bow and horse of the old thirteen."

Yinqi said: "Is it the fourteenth brother? Hey, is it the fourth brother? I heard that the fourth brother and the thirteenth brother have always been close. But it seems that the fourteenth brother and the thirteenth brother also grew up together, and the relationship is closer than our brothers Woolen cloth."

Kangxi said: "It's the fourth child. I see, now he is the only one who still remembers Yinxiang."

Yinqi blinked his eyes, waiting for Kangxi to continue to recall and continue talking.When he himself remembered how good Brother Thirteen was, he naturally softened his heart.

After all, he was the most beloved son in the past, so how could he just let go of that relationship?

It's not that Kangxi doesn't want to bring up Brother Thirteen all these years and bring him with him, right?

It's just that there are too many other considerations, and the relationship between father and son must be put aside first.

But Kangxi just sighed and stopped talking.Speaking of Elder Brother Thirteen, he lost his interest, and it was almost dusk, so he said, "Let's take the team back. In the evening, pick up the roe that Yinqi hunted, and send a share to each room, so that they can go home." I also accept Yinqi's filial piety. Prince Heng is also here this time? Also ask someone to send him the roe deer meat."

Yinqi looked at his face, and didn't dare to raise his head again, and said about the thirteenth elder brother, but pointed to Hong Zhou again and said: "Huang Ama, Hong Zhou still has three deer! We can't let him eat alone. !"

Hong Zhou quickly laughed and said: "The deer has been sent back, just to honor the emperor. The emperor treats Uncle 23 so well, and Uncle 23's venison must be eaten."

Kangxi stretched out his hand and tapped Yin Qi's head. Fortunately, both of them were riding on horseback, separated by a long distance, but the force was not strong.Yin Qi still held his head and hummed for a long time.Kangxi pointed at him and said with a smile: "You! You are still an uncle, how do you know that you are greedy for nephew Mo's things? You don't feel ashamed!"

Yinqi said, "I'm just joking with him."

Kangxi thought for a while, and then said to Hong Zhou: "Yinqi just said that the things you hunted were originally intended to be sent back to the capital for your mother?"

Hong Zhou hurriedly said: "I just want to keep a copy, and give it to Er Niang to try something new. She rarely goes out of the capital, and my grandson also wants her to experience the weather outside the Great Wall, but it is impossible. I can only send some food back home. It’s a heart-to-heart chat.”

Kangxi nodded and said: "You are also a person who knows how to be filial. This time, the venison skin bestowed on the capital will be given to Hong Zhou's mother, lest Hong Zhou still miss her here."

Hongzhou hurriedly thanked him, and when he straightened up from the horse, Kangxi had already rode the horse and walked ahead.He also quickly followed, looking at the little boy riding a bay red horse beside Kangxi, Hongzhou felt a sigh in his heart.

I don't know how he survived all these years with the king.

But he can still care and love himself so sincerely, this kind of friendship is really rare.

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Back at the camp, I saw Elder Sixteen walking towards Kangxi's tent from a distance, holding something in his hand, which moved from time to time, like a living thing.

The sixteenth elder brother also saw Kangxi, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute.Yin Qi and Hong Zhou also greeted him, and Elder Sixteen smiled and said: "The emperor is still a dragon and horse spirit. Being a son on the horse has only been tossing for a long time. Now the bones are about to fall apart, but look at the emperor. It’s still such a radiant face after going out to hunt this day.”

Kangxi laughed and scolded: "That's because you are not good at riding and shooting when you are a child! Now that you are not doing well, who can you blame? You should say a few words, so as not to embarrass yourself in front of your brother and nephew!"

Then he asked: "What is that in your hand? Where are the people following you? Why do you let a brother like you hold it by yourself?"

Brother Sixteen raised his hand with a smile, but what he was holding was a live fox.That fox is only about the size of a cat, with snow-white fur on the tip of its tail, lower jaw, chest and abdomen, and four feet, while the rest are brownish-red, with a pair of black eyes that are watery. It looks pitiful, but it makes people feel cute.

He swung the fox back and forth a few times, and the fox whined.Elder Sixteen smiled and said, "This fox was captured alive by Erchen. It looks small, but it's fun, so I brought it to Brother 23 to play with."

Yinqi took a closer look, raised his head and smiled at Kangxi: "Huang Ama, isn't that the fox that my son caught today? We saw it together at that time, and then let it go. Who knows that it was caught by the sixteenth fox again?" Brother caught it."

Kangxi squinted his eyes for a while after hearing this, and said with a smile: "Really! At that time, I also said that the red fur on this fox is beautiful. If it is bigger, it can be used as a muff or a leather collar. That's right. But it's a coincidence, Yin Qi let it go, why was it arrested by the sixteenth?"

Looking at the sixteenth elder brother again, he smiled and said, "Yinlu, tell the truth, do you just follow me, and when Yinqi releases the fox from the front, you catch it again from the back, so that you don't have to come here Can't catch a single prey, is it embarrassing?"

Brother Sixteen made a wry smile, and said: "No matter how bad my son is, I wouldn't be so ashamed. But when I caught this fox, I really felt that it was a little panicked. It must have seen the face of the sky, and this fox knew it too. To be in awe, to be intimidated by the majesty of the emperor's heavenly power, this is why I have caught a loophole, it is unknown."

Kangxi laughed and said, "You rogue monkey! You've always been good at speaking well!"

The sixteenth elder brother laughed and said: "My sons are not as capable as brothers. If they can share father's worries, they can only joke with father and relieve father's boredom. This is also called colorful clothes to entertain relatives. "

Kangxi laughed again, and led several people into the tent hall.The sixteenth elder brother handed over the fox to the little eunuch who served outside the tent, and followed him in. When Kangxi saw it, he smiled and said, "Yinlu, where is your fox? Didn't you say you were going to give it to Yinqi? Why not?" brought it in?"

The sixteenth elder brother said seriously: "I'm afraid that the fox will be scared stupid when he sees the emperor's real dragon spirit. This fox is not clever, but it's not fun. Brother 23 doesn't dislike it?"

Kangxi was amused by him again, coughing a little while laughing.Li Dequan hurriedly offered tea, Kangxi drank it, still smiling, looked at Elder Sixteen, and said, "You didn't come here today just to give away a fox, did you? Tell me, what else is there for you?"

Elder Sixteen looked as if he had been told what was on his mind, rubbed his hands and said with a smile: "I really asked Huang Ama."

Kangxi pursed his lips, and prayed to Yin: "Look, your sixteenth brother is so virtuous! If you want something from me, you are so affectionate."

Yin Qi muffled a laugh, Elder Sixteen looked embarrassed, and hurriedly said: "Huang Ama, my sons and ministers are usually very filial."

Kangxi said: "Come on, being filial or not is up to you. After all, what do you want?"

The sixteenth elder brother smiled and said, "I don't ask for anything else, but I want to ask Huang Ama for two pieces of venison."

As he spoke, he scratched his head again, and said with a chuckle: "Before I came, I promised someone that if I hunted a deer, I would share the meat with others. But Erchen is really... well, it's also because Erchen was unlucky, Today, after wandering around for a long time, I only managed to catch a few rabbits. It seems that I will go to Rehe in a few days, and the deer, Erchen, has not been found yet."