After raising the emperor, he always wanted to marry me

At the dawn of the next day, all royal families, civil and military officials gathered in front of King Gu Hong's tent one after another, and lined up to pay their respects.

Han Mochu has never been used to getting up early, last night he accompanied Gu Xiu, that little wolf cub, Gu Xiu, to fight until late at night, if he hadn't let Gu Xiu win the game, the child might not be able to fall asleep in the morning.

Taking advantage of the vacancy before King Gu Hong got up, Han Mochu stood where he was and closed his eyes to rest.

About half an hour later, Gu Hong, the king in military uniform, came out from the king's tent with his arms around Mr. Nan Xi, who was in a splendid attire with wide sleeves.

When all the ministers saw it, they immediately bowed and saluted, and shouted long live three times.

King Gu Hong motioned for everyone to be free from courtesy.Then he picked up the five-dragon golden arm bow handed over by the old eunuch, and shot three arrows into the sky according to the ancestral system, and then announced the official start of the Spring Hunting Ceremony.

The rule on the first day of spring hunting is that you can’t go into the mountains, each game is limited to one hour, and you can only hunt some small animals such as roe robes and wild deer at the foot of the mountain. Both the jackpot and the leader will be rewarded.

As the ceremony begins, Gu Xiu and Han Mochu both get on their horses.Before she could take two steps, Princess Qingzhao came over with her horse and told Han Mochu to take good care of her precious brother.

Gu Xiu's riding and archery skills are much better than those of youngsters of the same age. As soon as he got on his horse, he broke into the forest like a dragon entering the sea. fawn.

Gu Xiu immediately bent his bow and set an arrow. Before the feathered arrow was released, a feathered arrow passed behind the two of them and hit the deer's neck.

As the little deer fell to the ground, Han Mochu and Gu Xiu both turned around and looked behind them.

The archer was none other than the prince of Monan, Ari Silan.

Ari Silan sat on the horseback and nodded to the two of them, Han Mochu responded with a smile.Gu Xiu's brows were tightly furrowed, obviously he was very concerned about the fact that Ari Silan won the lottery from him.

The little eunuch who specialized in picking up prey also ran over from outside the forest, shouting as he ran, "The jackpot! The son of Monan wins! A wild deer with sika flowers!"

"Your Highness, the battle is just starting, you don't have to worry about the outcome." Han Mochu walked up to Gu Xiu and patted Gu Xiu's shoulder lightly: "But if you are still here, you won't even be able to compete for the leader gone."

Gu Xiu nodded, clamped his horse's belly in an instant, galloped in the dense forest, and hunted a hare within thirty or fifty steps.

Immediately afterwards, one after another, the prey died under Gu Xiu's galloping arrows.

I don't know why, Gu Xiu can always meet the Prince of Monan in the forest, and the records of the two seem to be evenly matched.Han Mochu also didn't know what the prince of Monan was thinking, even though he was five or six years older than Gu Xiu, why did he want to have trouble with a child like Gu Xiu.

Not long after, the final gong sounded.

Everyone walked out of the dense forest one after another, got off their horses, and stood in front of the pile of prey they got, waiting for the little eunuch to count the number.

In the first spring hunt, all the clans and princes were basically doing it for the occasion, and hunting three or five would be considered a lucky draw.

Only Gu Xiu and Ari Silan were piled high in front of them.

After the final count, Gu Xiu hunted a total of 27, and his son Ari Silan hunted a total of 27, and the two won the championship in a tie.

For the other princes, Gu Yan hunted [-], Gu Zhi hunted [-], and Gu You hunted a hare. Struggling all over the place.

Han Mochu followed behind Gu Xiu, looking at King Gu Hong's expression.At this time, the king's face was calm, and he couldn't see any joy or anger, but Mr. Nanxi in his arms smiled sweetly: "Your Majesty, according to my opinion, the reward for the leader should be given to His Highness Seventh. His Highness is young, no more than Mo Mo Nan Shizi has grown up, and now it's a draw, so His Royal Highness Seventh Prince must be superior in the future."

"Well, I also think it makes sense." King Gu Hong raised the corner of his mouth slightly, looking at Gu Xiu and Ari Silan under the high platform: "It's just that Xiu'er is my prince. If I am like this, isn't it because I am deliberately biased?" gone?"

Under the high platform, Ari Silan gave a salute to the king Gu Hong, and said: "I report to His Majesty the Emperor of the Holy Dynasty. I think what the nobleman just said is true. Compared with His Royal Highness the Seventh Prince, I am indeed somewhat invincible. I have always heard about the Great Zhoutian! The Seventh Prince of the Dynasty is a young hero. He even fought and killed a giant bear at the palace banquet last year. I am infinitely impressed. Seeing you today, His Royal Highness is indeed a well-deserved reputation. Therefore, I want to give up the ceremony of today's leader. I also want to give His Royal Highness one more thing."

"Oh?" King Gu Hong's eyes narrowed slightly, and he asked in a deep voice, "What is it?"

Arisilan waved behind him, called the wolf guards who came with him, whispered a few words into one of the wolf guards, and then said to Gu Hong who was on the high platform: "Please wait a moment, Your Majesty the Emperor." .”

Not long after, four or five wolf guards brought back a solid wooden box about four feet in length and width, and inside the box was an exquisitely crafted longbow.The wooden bow arm is long and powerful, and the bowstring is black and shiny.

Gu Hong was also a person who once conquered on horseback, and the man with the bow and martial arts could tell at a glance that he was not ordinary.

"Please look, Your Majesty. This bow is called 'Iron General'. It is a new strong bow made in the southern part of the desert. Its range is comparable to that of ordinary bows! It is stronger than crossbows. Today, seeing that His Royal Highness is so good at riding and shooting, I want to give this bow to you. Your Highness the Seventh." Saying that, Ari Silan took out the longbow from the box, dragged it with both hands and held it in front of Gu Xiu.

Gu Xiu frowned and looked at the longbow in front of him, he didn't know what to do for a while, until on the high platform, King Gu Hong said, "Xiu'er, since it is a gift from your son, you can accept it."

"Yes, Royal Father." Gu Xiu replied, turned around and said, "Thank you, Prince Monan."

Gu Xiu stretched out his hand to pick up the longbow. The longbow was almost taller than Gu Xiu alone. Gu Xiu was a little caught off guard by the heavy strength. It was somewhat difficult for Gu Xiu to hold the bow with one hand, so he could only secretly grit his teeth and exert strength. , put the longbow on the back temporarily.

"Your Highness, how about trying the strength of this bow? If it is suitable, you can use it to hunt in the afternoon, and you will be invincible. I think with your skill, the strength of this bow will not be too heavy, right?"

Han Mochu saw the meaning of the Prince of Monan, he came here this time not simply to embarrass a young man with a heavy bow, but to demonstrate for Mo Nanan and even the entire Mongolian room.

In order to show it to the king of the Great Zhou Dynasty, their grassland tribes already had more powerful weapons.

As a prince, Gu Xiu didn't have any deep feelings for this so-called royal family.But the blood of a young man does not allow a foreigner to provoke such a provocation in front of the king.

So Gu Xiu took a deep breath, put the longbow in front of him with his backhand, and pulled hard with both arms.The strength of that bow completely exceeded Gu Xiu's imagination.On weekdays, the bow and arrow he used for riding and shooting was a crescent moon bow with a weight of seven buckets. In his birthday gift this year, General Ding Yu of the Zhen Kingdom gave him a new bow that weighed as much as a stone.His mother told him before his death that his grandfather Yunlie used a six-stone assault weapon to fight on the battlefield.

As for the longbow right now, he couldn't even estimate its strength. After repeated attempts, the muscles on the shoulder blade and forearm were a little twitched due to too much force, but he still couldn't fully draw the longbow in his hand.

Azlan's demonstration was a success without any surprise.

Gu Hong's face also became gloomy. Han Mochu stood beside him and clenched his fists, thinking of a way to break the situation, when the second prince, Gu Zhi, suddenly spoke like a headless chicken: "My father, seven My brother is young, and the strength of this bow is too heavy, as the elder brother, I am willing to give it a try."

Gu Zhi, as the only adult prince of the Yongxi dynasty, because his biological mother came from a humble background, he has always been tepid, and his achievements can be counted with one hand.He only wanted to stand out in front of the king, so as to strengthen his statement.Last time, he did not hesitate to take the risk to drug that giant bear, but Gu Xiu, a wolf cub, took all the credit for it.

Today is a good time for him to regain his achievements.

"Okay, let's try it if it's worth it." Gu Hong's gaze fell on the eldest son who volunteered.

Gu Zhi confidently walked up to Gu Xiu, stretched out his hand towards Gu Xiu, Gu Xiu loosened his arms, and handed the longbow to Gu Zhi.Gu Zhi just took the bow, weighed it in his hands, and felt a chill in his heart.

He originally thought it was because of Gu Xiu's lack of arm strength that he couldn't pull the longbow. He has always been proficient in riding and shooting, and he can already easily pull two stone bows.But the strength of the bow in his hand is many times heavier than the two stone bows.

Gu Xiufang was forced to compete between the two parties, and if he couldn't pull it off, there was still a saying "young and weak".

And him?He volunteered.If he couldn't pull the bowstring, the face of the entire Great Zhou Dynasty would be trampled into the mud by those Mongolians because of him.

Just when Gu Zhi was hesitating, Ari Silan spoke again: "His Royal Highness, do you also think that the strength of this bow is too heavy? It seems that we didn't think carefully, and thought that all the people in the Great Zhou were strong, so we will be here. Xian's bow arms are made a bit heavier."

"As the son said, I did not feel that the bow is too heavy for His Highness Prince Rui, but that although the bow is good, it is just that the workmanship is not very fine, and I am afraid that it will be bad if it is accidentally damaged." Standing aside. Han Mochu spoke with a smile, and the calmness in his tone made Arisilan startled.

Ari Sillan's thoughts were always on the children of the Great Zhou royal family, and he didn't pay too much attention to the courtier next to Gu Xiu.Now after looking at it carefully, I can only feel that this neichentong has an aggressive aura from top to bottom.

"My lord, are you saying that the 'Iron General' of our Mongolian Ministry is vulnerable?" Ari Silan raised his voice.

"I don't mean that. I just said that the bow is not very strong. Just now His Highness the Seventh Highness also pulled it carefully, for fear of breaking your heart." Han Mochu's words made Gu Hong, the king on the high platform, laugh.

"Since this lord is confident, why don't you try the strength of this 'Iron General'." Ari Silan said to Han Mochu with a dark face and a deep breath: "I also want to see if this bow is like As you said, it is not solid."

"Master Han, the prince has already said this, so you can try it." On the high platform, the king Gu Hong squinted at the people below the high platform.

Han Mochu accepted the decree, and smiled happily: "Since His Majesty has decree, then I will be disrespectful."

After all, Han Mochu took the longbow from Gu Shen's hand and weighed it lightly.He found that the bow was at least eight stones heavy. The heavy armored cavalry of the Great Zhou Dynasty could only use three stone bows at most, and generals above generals could open five stone bows at most.

The Monan tribe came here to demonstrate with eight stone bows, which shows that their tribe has the heart of disobedience and conspiracy.

And this disobedience must be snuffed out in the bud.

"Your Majesty, I have to bend my bow. If the bow is really damaged, don't be offended."

Han Mochu glanced at Ari Silan, whose face was obviously not very good-looking, and then held the bow arm, raised both arms flat, hooked the bowstring with both fingers, gathered the energy of the dantian, and put the strength of the whole body on both hands. Arms, under the force of both arms at the same time, the bow was pulled like a full moon in an instant.Immediately afterwards, Han Mochu made a strong grip with his front palm, and with a crackling sound, the hard solid wood bow arm split, and with a burst of fine dust, the invincible Iron General that Ari Sillan had spoken of was broken into pieces by Han Mochu's hand. two sections.

"Your Majesty, I really didn't mean it." Han Mochu held a half-broken bow in his hand, saluted Ari Silan with a face of guilt, and said loudly to King Gu Hong: "Your Majesty, I accidentally damaged the tribute. Your Majesty, please punish me."

On the high platform, King Gu Hong raised his mouth again and did not speak.Mr. Nanxi in his arms spoke first, "Your Excellency, you won't be so stingy, right? Young Master Han is just a civil servant of the fourth rank of my court, and he never thought that your offering is so rotten and fragile. , no wonder I don't want to bow to the prince, it turns out I'm saving face with you."

"Return to His Majesty the Emperor, this matter is my fault alone. I didn't check it carefully before presenting it. I don't think the bow is indeed damaged. It was not intentional and has nothing to do with the southern part of the desert." Ari Silan gritted her teeth and walked towards Gu Hong. Kneel down and salute.

He couldn't understand why General Zhang Tie could only be used by the most powerful warriors in their tribe, so why he was so easily destroyed by the polite and smiling Han Mochu.Why are there such fearsome people from the Central Plains in the Great Zhou Dynasty, and they are only enshrined as palace ministers?

Now, if he failed to establish his prestige, he completely ruined the dignity of Mengshi Monan.

Now that the matter has come to this point, he can't say anything more, he can only take responsibility for his mistakes, and he can't implicate the entire Monan family.

"Forget it, my son was also careless for a while, I don't care about it." Gu Hong caressed the side of Nan Xi's face, and said loudly: "Master Han was also careless for a while, so don't worry about it, my son."

Ari Sillan's arrogance was completely extinguished by Han Mochu, he lowered his body and said, "Return to Your Majesty, I dare not."

"Today's spring hunting is a happy event. Why bother to hurt the peace of both parties because of a dead thing? Come, give each of the Seventh Prince and His Royal Highness a golden saber." Gu Hong smiled and raised his hand, and the old eunuch Cui Shang held it The golden knife prepared early in the morning was placed in the tray, and it was carried from the high platform to the opposite of the two.

Arisilan looked at the golden knife inlaid with gems on the tray, but felt his cheeks were hot and his heart was cold.Hold up the hilt of the knife with both hands and salute to thank you on the high platform, but feel that the golden knife is as heavy as a thousand catties.

"It's getting late, there's another game in the afternoon, everyone, go back and rest first." King Gu Hong rarely let go of Mr. Nan Xi from his arms, and before leaving, he did not forget to scratch the overconfident man with his eyes. It's worth a glance.

Gu Zhi was swept away by that look, and was startled suddenly, his legs almost gave way and he knelt on the ground.

Under this turmoil, it was Han Mochu and Gu Xiu who stole the limelight again.

After the crowd dispersed, Han Mochu relaxed his tense strength just now. That seemingly easy pull actually consumed most of Han Mochu's vitality.Due to the excessive force, the blood qi surged up, and now the throat is full of fishy sweetness, the two fingers pulling the bowstring are almost unconscious, and the internal organs seem to be twisted together.

Now that his energy was vented, Han Mochu only felt his arms go weak and his eyes dizzy.

In the situation just now, Han Mochu had no choice but to fight desperately.Because it's a matter of God!Face to face, if it is not handled properly, who knows if the king Gu Hong, who has always been unfair in dealing with things, will blame Gu Xiu for his fault?

"Master."

Han Mochu's fingers, which had lost consciousness, were painfully touched by something. When he came back to his senses, he saw that little wolf cub, Gu Xiu, with a handsome face, holding his left hand and looking at him hesitantly.

"Hiss, every time His Highness calls Master like this, he always asks for something." Han Mochu opened his lips and smiled, swallowed back the blood that was about to gush from his throat, and walked towards the camp holding Gu Xiu's hand.

"Ah."

"Then what is your Highness asking for?" Han Mochu raised his eyebrows lightly.

"Strong Bow."

Gu Xiu looked sideways at the broken bow that was torn off by Han Mochu on the ground beside him, his mind was full of Han Mochu's amazing arm just now.

"His Royal Highness wants to learn a strong bow? Then His Highness calls a few more nice ministers before thinking about it."

"Master." Gu Xiu covered his mouth and coughed lightly, looking aside.

"Can't Your Highness call you good master?" Han Mochu has always been very good at making progress.

"Okay..." The upright Gu Xiu finally compromised in his expectation of learning a strong bow, his cheeks flushed from holding back, and it took a long time to squeeze out a sentence: "Good master."

"Well, Your Highness's voice is really sweet." Han Mochu held Gu Xiu's hand with a smile.

"Then how do you think about it?" The blush on Gu Xiu's cheeks has not faded, and he looked at Han Mochu seriously.

"I originally thought about teaching Your Highness how to practice a strong bow after the spring hunting. I don't want His Highness to take the initiative to mention it today, so I will teach you with all my heart." Han Mochu patted Gu Xiu's shoulder with a smile, and said sorry. It's not too much to beat.

"Han Mochu!" Gu Xiu angrily swung Han Mochu's hand back, and walked forward alone.

Seeing the back of Gu Xiu walking away, Han Mochu calmly spit out the bloody phlegm in his mouth onto the sand beside him, wiped the corners of his mouth, followed him calmly, and walked beside Gu Xiu.