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"At the end, I will greet His Royal Highness the Ninth Prince."

Yao Yishan was pinched by Qi Xiao's shoulders, thin sweat broke out on his forehead, it was pain and fear.

Yao Yishan had heard about Qi Xiao rescuing Tang Ling at the Blue Spring Station. The two assassins were killed and the other injured, but Qi Xiao was unscathed.

Originally, Yao Yishan was skeptical about this matter, the two assassins were not bad in skill, and Qi Xiao was just an idle prince, how could such a good martial arts match one against two and win so easily?Yao Yishan guessed that Tang Ling must be accompanied by shadow guards, and Qi Xiao took advantage of it.

When the matter was reported back to the capital, even His Majesty was very concerned.

Of course, His Majesty also has the same concerns, otherwise, how could he arrange for him to test Qi Xiao's skills by hunting.

Yao Yishan originally planned to follow Qi Xiao to see how good he was at riding and shooting, and then look for opportunities to harass him, but he never thought that Qi Xiao would be the first to strike first, and with only two people, he would dare to fight his entire team with bare hands... And let him lose ugly.

When the scout shouted "enemy attack", Yao Yishan immediately became alert, and he didn't dare to underestimate Qi Xiao, but when Qi Xiao suddenly rushed in front of him, he was caught off guard, Qi Xiao's skills were too fast and fierce Like a beast in the mountains, Yao Yishan was almost powerless to fight back.

Just now, Yao Yishan didn't have time to worry about Qi Xiao's status as the prince, he knew in his heart that he had tried his best, and he was no match for Qi Xiao in a single fight. Frustrated, he admits defeat.

Qi Xiao slowly loosened his grip, and when he let go of Yao Yishan, he patted Yao Yishan on the shoulder lightly, and said with a smile: "Xiaowei Yao has extraordinary martial arts skills, this king admires him."

"His Highness Ninth made fun of the last general, and the last general was ashamed."

Yao Yishan lowered his head, although Qi Xiao let go, but his arm was still numb and sore, the arrogance on the school field just now was completely extinguished, and there were no sparks left.

"Captain Yao is too modest."

Qi Xiao patted his robe, brushed off the dust, and said with a smile, "It's my first time to participate in autumn hunting, and I'm very unfamiliar with Baiyan Mountain. I lost my way. Fortunately, I met Captain Yao. I also hope Captain Yao can show me the way."

Qi Xiao looked calm, as if the person who fought with Yao Yishan just now was not him at all, he was just passing by.

"His Royal Highness Meng does not dislike it. I will be honored to lead the way for His Royal Highness in the end, please."

Yao Yishan was respectful, Zong Sheng and Baixiqiao looked at each other and smiled.

Baixiqiao counted the time silently. Up to this moment, the hunt has only just passed a stick of incense, and the next time is enough for them to hunt.

Yao Yishan seemed to be the person Qi Xiao met on the way of hunting, and then he simply joined him to take care of each other, so he brought Yao Yishan by his side.

What Yao Yishan ordered was the emperor's order, Qi Xiao never "difficult" him from the beginning, and let him follow him generously.

Baiyan Mountain is very close to the Yuan capital, unlike Fenglin Mountain where there are beasts and poisonous animals, so most of the animals that can be hunted are pheasants, hares and the like.

In the previous two days of hunting, the points were calculated based on the size of the prey. The smaller the size, the harder it is to hunt, and the higher the natural score.

Qi Xiao, Baixiqiao, and Zong Sheng have a good understanding, and they are looking for small ones as targets, mainly birds, squirrels, and voles. Returning to the prey, half of the twenty arrows were quickly used up, and they were already on their way back.

The forest is very big. Although they met other people, they all acted independently and didn't talk too much. Yao Yishan could understand that Qi Xiao had great confidence in himself, and he could hunt the rest of the prey on the return journey. Needing to go deep into the hinterland of the forest, he has no interest in hunting other people, Qi Xiao wants to hunt for the most points with the fastest speed.

An hour after the hunt started, Qi Xiao returned from the forest with his men, Yao Yishan stood at the entrance of the forest with his men, raised his head and sighed, his hands were empty and he didn't know how to explain.

"You go hunting on your own."

"grown ups?"

Yao Yishan shook his head, waved his hands, and followed Qi Xiao's men out of the dense forest.

He has already lost, and he has no face to participate in the hunt again.

With Qi Xiao here, the winner of this year's Baiyan Mountain hunting won't be second-guessed, so he won't have to ask for trouble.

***

Qi Xiao came back too fast, it only took half of the time, he and his ten guards hunted small things, they rode their horses back and watched from afar as if they could hunt everything, returned to the school grounds, People tapped the prey and reported it to His Majesty. There were 57 birds, 33 voles, [-] squirrels, and [-] muskrats, which surprised everyone present.

Except for muskrats, which are more precious, the rest are not a few catties in total. Not only is it safe, but the score is definitely the highest.

Tang Ling looked at Qi Xiao with a smile, as if seeing Qi Xiao in Fuzhou, proud and arrogant.

Even though she had expected that Qi Xiao would win beautifully, Tang Ling still felt delighted and couldn't help but look at him a few more times.

Qi Xiao noticed that Tang Ling's eyes turned to meet him, and the corners of his mouth slightly raised.

The emperor was very satisfied with Qi Xiao's performance, and after taking a deep look at Yao Yishan who followed him back, he already had a conclusion in his heart.

"Ninth Brother is very capable," Fifth Prince Qi Li clapped his hands, stood up and said with a smile, "I just saw that Ninth Brother was wearing a cage, why do you want to hide something? Why don't you open your eyes?"

Qi Xiao also laughed: "Fifth brother was joking, all 110 arrows are there."

In full view, many people saw that there was a small bamboo cage around Qi Xiao's waist when he just walked over.

But Qi Xiao didn't lie, there were eleven people, 110 arrows, and 110 prey, not to mention that deceiving the emperor was a death penalty, where did Qi Xiao come from to be so bold?

The fifth prince, Qi Li, was at a loss for words when he was dismissed by Qi Xiao. Qi Xiao clearly hid something, if it was an empty cage, why would he carry it with him?

The fifth prince, Qi Li, turned his head to look at the emperor who was sitting in a high position, but he didn't get any response.

Qi Ting, the seventh prince, originally wanted to help, but it can be seen that His Majesty didn't even look at Lao Wu, which meant he was helping Qi Xiao. He would not displease His Majesty by himself, so he immediately silenced himself and drank tea by himself , as if nothing had happened.

The fifth prince, Qi Li, was depressed, but he had no choice but to sit back down.

Not long after, the emperor said that he was tired from sitting for a long time, so he broke up the table and let everyone go to play separately, and ordered Zhang Suian to stay and personally monitor the results of the hunting.

***

"What's in that cage?" The emperor drank tea and knelt down on Yao Yishan.

Yao Yishan explained in detail what happened in the forest, His Majesty has been silent, the silence in the golden tent almost broke Yao Yishan's back, but he didn't want to break the silence.

Yao Yishan couldn't help secretly heaving a sigh of relief, but he didn't dare to let go, and replied: "Your Majesty, it's a little white snake."

"White snake?"

"It was... His Highness the Ninth Prince grabbed it with bare hands."

"Barehands? Non-toxic?"

Yao Yishan swallowed his saliva, and said, "It's a highly poisonous puff-necked snake."

The emperor was stunned for a while, then suddenly laughed: "The white five poisonous snakes... are a rare thing, no wonder they have to be hidden and refused to be seen."

Yao Yishan was already drenched in sweat, he lowered his head and dared not make a sound.

In the forest, Qi Xiao shot down a bird and found the bird's nest on the tree, and saw the little white snake lying on the tree trunk and moved to the side of the bird's nest, ready to steal the bird's eggs.

Qi Xiao climbed up the tree almost without thinking, waiting for the opportunity to catch the little white snake.

Yao Yishan was surprised that he had never seen a small jade white snake, but when he saw it suddenly straightened its neck and stretched out its fan-shaped flat neck, Yao Yishan was shocked, this little white snake was actually extremely poisonous.

There are many names for this swollen-necked snake, some are called five poisonous snakes, and some are called five-step snakes, which means that they are extremely poisonous, and they will die if they are bitten within five steps.

I don't know if this little snake Yubai is more poisonous!

Yao Yishan watched Qi Xiao approaching, wanted to tell him to stop but didn't dare to make a sound, for fear of startling the little white snake.

Qi Xiao found out that the little snake was poisonous early in the morning, but he still liked it, so he climbed on the tree and waited. When the little white snake bit the bird's egg, he immediately grabbed the little snake seven inches and grabbed it in his hand. Yao Yishan gasped in shock.

Now that Yao Yishan thought of that scene, he still couldn't help sweating. If Qi Xiao was bitten, he would probably be the least responsible for his poor guarding, and his head would fall to the ground.

"You're doing well, go down."

Yao Yishan actually heard His Majesty's praise, he was overjoyed, and hurriedly kowtowed: "Thank you, Your Majesty.

Will resign at the end. "

"White Snake..." Yao Yishan walked to the door and heard His Majesty muttering so, but didn't understand the meaning.

Yao Yishan didn't dare to guess what His Majesty was thinking, but he felt that His Majesty liked King Qi Xiao of Chu very much. He couldn't say why, it was just an intuition.

***

On the other side, after the banquet was over, Qi Xiao disappeared without Tang Ling noticing for a moment. She was a little inexplicably lost, but when she returned to her tent, she found that Qi Xiao had sneaked in a long time ago and was making tea for herself. , it seems that Tang Ling went to the wrong camp.

Yesterday when Qi Xiao left was not happy, Tang Ling thought that he would not give her a good face recently, but seeing Qi Xiao in his tent at this moment, she suddenly breathed a sigh of relief.

"Why are you... here?" Qing Lan was startled, she opened her mouth and wanted to shout, but was stopped by Tang Ling's wink, and stopped abruptly.

"Come and talk about tea."

"..." I have never seen such a shameless, dignified king of Chu short of this tea?

Tang Ling couldn't help laughing: "Are you tired?"

Qi Xiao smiled and shook his head.

"Happy? Is it fun?" Tang Ling knew that he liked hunting, but she didn't think Qi Xiao would really enjoy today's hunt. Qi Xiao had a bad face when he left the school grounds.

"Here, let me show you something."

Tang Ling sat down opposite Qi Xiao: "What?"

Qi Xiao put the small bamboo cage around his waist on the case and pushed it in front of Tang Ling: "Look, it's for you."

Tang Ling became even more curious. Isn't this what the fifth prince wanted to see just now, but Qi Xiao refused to give it in front of His Majesty?

Tang Ling opened the bamboo cage and was shocked to see the little white snake inside: "Snake?!"

Qing Lan rushed over when she heard it, and she almost jumped up after only one glance: "My lord, be careful! This snake is very poisonous!"

"It's okay, I used some incense and it fell asleep."

"Mixiang..." The dignified king of Chu brought Mixiang with him?Qing Lan almost couldn't help it, she just wanted to drive Qi Xiao out.

"Does it look good? Do you like it?" Qi Xiao drank tea and looked at Tang Ling with a smile, as if offering a treasure to Tang Ling.

Tang Ling nodded.

Qi Xiao laughed out loud: "Does it look like you?"

Tang Ling was slightly taken aback, and suddenly didn't know whether Qi Xiao was praising him for his good looks, or referring to him as poisonous.

Qi Xiao finished a cup of tea, before Tang Ling could answer, he got up suddenly and said, "Don't tell others.

I go first. "

"Why give it to me?"

When Tang Ling asked, Qi Xiao just smiled but left without answering.

"Young master, give me this thing, it's dangerous."

Qing Lan reached out to Xiaozhucage, but was stopped by Tang Ling who patted the back of her hand.

"Sir?"

Tang Ling picked up the small bamboo cage and ignored Qing Lan.

The author says:

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