On the second day of spring hunting, the sky was bright and clear, and the sky was cloudless.Flags were waving on both sides of the hunting ground, but as soon as the sun rose, crowds of people in twos and threes had already gathered on the hunting ground.
After the ceremony on the first day, King Gu Hong would not get up so early.There is no need for everyone to say hello, when the time for hunting comes, everyone can go into the mountain by themselves.
Princess Qingzhao Gu Jin got up very early, wearing a cinnabar red dress with narrow sleeves and a high collar, her long hair tied on top like a man's.On her back is a short bow of Polygonatum odoratum commonly used by her daughter's family, hip!Underneath is a Western Regions war horse with a snow-white body and no variegated colors.Under the rising sun, the whole person is more dazzling than the rays of the sun.
With a bow and arrow on his back, Gu Jin stared at the crowd on the hunting ground, as if he was looking for something.
Suddenly, the figure of a Mongolian young man wearing an eagle crown broke into Gu Jin's sight. Gu Jin bent his bow and set an arrow without hesitation, held his breath, and focused his eyes on the hair tassel on the top of the young man's head.The feathered arrow let go, and the arrow flew towards the young man at high speed, and pierced straight into the young man's cap. The crown and hat also fell to the sand beside the feathered arrow. The sudden impact made the young man almost fall. Get off your horse.
Ari Sillan, who came back to his senses, followed the direction of the feathered arrow and saw the beautiful woman holding a bow facing him under the rising sun. She walked up to the man with her horse under her belly, nodded and saluted Gu Jin: "I have seen you!" your Highness."
Azlan took the perched eagle crown picked up by the accompanying wolf guards, with a feathered arrow stuck straight on the top of the crown, Azlan held the crown and asked softly: "Your Highness, what is your name?" What do you mean?"
Gu Jin glanced at Ari Silan in front of him, and said coldly: "So, in the eyes of Prince Monan, are you the only one in the world who can give others a blow?"
Gu Jin's words reminded Ari Silan of the turmoil yesterday.
"Your Highness, what happened yesterday was not my intention, and I also obeyed my father's order... If I were the king of Monan in the future... I would definitely not..." For some reason, Ari Silan looked into Gu Jin's eyes , inexplicably incoherent.
"Your words have nothing to do with this palace. You, Monan, can stand up to you and start a war. Just remember not to implicate my younger brother. Otherwise, next time, my arrow will be aimed at the prince's head. "After that, Gu Jin straightened up and turned the horse's head, and rode away into the distance without looking back.
Arisilan looked at Gu Jinyuan's back, then looked down at the hat in his hand, pulled out the feathered arrow from the top of the hat, and murmured, "That day Han Dehe."
Narihandehe means morning glow in Mongolian language.
In the eyes of Ari Silan, Gu Jin is more beautiful than Zhaoxia.
On the second day of spring hunting, everyone can go hunting in the mountains.
Hunting in the mountains is no different from the first day where you can only hunt some small animals such as roe robes, wild deer, etc. The mountain has a vast landform, and within the range surrounded by yellow silk, there are also ferocious animals such as wolves, tigers, and leopards.
Those ferocious beasts were not originally owned by the mountains, but were raised as touchstones for the king.
Before the spring hunt, the emperor will leave a topic first, such as: white tiger or brown 罴 and so on.
If a warrior can really hunt this thing, he can find a fairly decent position in the court in the coming year.
Few of the honorable families who participated in the hunting went into the mountains to hunt.Only some bastards who yearn for high positions but cannot inherit the title will find such a different way to become an official when they have nowhere to go.
Therefore, every spring hunting, there are a few official family concubines who have died in the hunting mountains in order to earn their lives.
King Gu Hong's theme this year is: Golden Suan Ni Beast.
The annual offering of Anxi Kingdom the year before last, a golden lion cub.Now that the cub has grown up, it has become an examination question for the emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty to select a warrior.
Gu Xiu really wanted to go to the mountain to compete with the rumored golden suanni beast, but Han Mochu's complexion was not very good since he got up early, I wonder if it was because the night wind was too strong last night and he didn't sleep well.
Gu Xiu then went outside the tent and asked Han Mochu for an animal skin blanket so that he could rest in the tent.
In the afternoon, Han Mochu's spirit was still not very good, so Gu Xiu, who was extremely bored, went to walk his horse at the foot of the mountain alone.
"Your Highness Six! Your Highness Six! You can't go in ahead!" The little eunuch Bao Fu was panting after Gu You's horse, trying to stop him from moving forward.
"Why stop? Didn't you see the deer that I finally caught up with? You still want me to be scolded by my concubine?" Gu You turned around and cursed, tightening the reins even more.
He only hunted that one hare yesterday, and Concubine Li talked about it for a long time during dinner.So today, he worked hard and vowed to hunt down a sika deer to make up for Concubine Li.
The deer was nimble and vigorous, Gu You missed a few arrows in a row, Baofu was still arguing with him when he was getting angry.For a moment, he was not willing to listen, and he didn't care where the front was. He just chased the deer with all his heart, and crashed into the hunting mountain where fierce beasts appeared without thinking.
When the little eunuch Bao Fu caught up, Gu You had already disappeared in the mountains.
When Baofu was squatting at the foot of the mountain and crying loudly, he happened to meet Gu Xiu who was gliding his horse at the foot of the mountain.Seeing Gu Xiu in silver armor and light fur on horseback, he seemed to be grasping at straws for a moment.
"Your Highness Seventh, please help me. My Highness has just chased a deer into the mountains. If I tell Concubine Li that the servant did not take good care of His Highness, Concubine Li will kill the servant. The servant knows that you are very skilled. I beg you Go and bring the Sixth Highness out." Baofu cried with snot and tears.
Gu Xiu looked at the tears on the little eunuch's face, was at a loss for words, and thought to himself: Will the people around Gu You's mother and son do anything else besides cry to the end.
"Forget it, you wait here, I'll bring him out." Gu Xiu thought for a while, and lightly clamped his horse's belly and rode into the mountain. Before entering the mountain, he turned around and said: "Don't tell me that Master knows."
Gu Xiu rode a horse and chased into the mountain. The terrain in the hunting mountain was much more complicated than Gu Xiu imagined. The place where he grew up was either a wilderness or a barren mountain.
He seldom walks in such a dense forest. Fortunately, the sun is abundant now, and the yellow curtains in the distance can be vaguely seen in the gaps in the dense forest.
After riding for a certain distance, Gu Xiu had to slow down, walking carefully through the dense forest while paying attention to the imprint of the horseshoe under his feet.
Suddenly, there was a gust of cold wind in Gu Xiu's ear.
A hunting gray wolf rushed towards Gu Xiu from behind. In a blink of an eye, Gu Xiu pulled out the golden knife bestowed by the king yesterday from his waist, and cut the gray wolf's throat with one blow.Wolf blood sprayed Gu Xiu's face, and Gu Xiu raised his hand to wipe the eyes that were fascinated by wolf blood on his face.
The bloody smell of the gray wolf's dead body made Gu Xiu aware of the danger.He had to leave immediately, otherwise the smell from this wolf carcass would attract more beasts.
And according to the habit of wolves in the wild to attack in packs, the one that Gu Xiu killed was most likely the alpha wolf that was exploring the way to prey.
Although the beasts in the hunting mountains have been kept in cages since they were young, they will be released back to the mountains once they are activated, so as to maintain their wildness that dares to compete with humans.
Gu Xiu tightened the reins and quickly left the spot.Sure enough, not too long later, a few deep wolf howls sounded behind him.Gu Xiu held the golden saber in his hand, not daring to let go for a while.
Suddenly, there was another gust of wind behind Gu Xiu, and a black-gray wild wolf rushed towards him again. Gu Xiu sat back on the horse's back, raised a knife and cut open the abdomen of another wolf.
Following the death of another wild wolf, in the dense forest, under the dim light, seven or eight pairs of green eyes appeared in the low bushes beside the forest.
Gu Xiu gritted his teeth, pulled out a feathered arrow from his back, and aimed at the nearest green light.
The wolves were angry, they wanted to tear Gu Xiu who killed his companion to pieces.The remaining wolves walked out of the bush with low growls, digging their front paws to find the most suitable attack position.
Gu Xiu pulled out two more feathered arrows from his back and put them on the string, but he didn't know where to shoot them for a moment.
At that moment, the surrounding air was stagnant, and even a little cool mountain breeze was enough to make hair stand on end.
When Gu Xiu was in a dilemma, the wolves that had been roaring and approaching all quieted down, each of them shrank and clamped their tails, and retreated despondently into the bushes.
Gu Xiu was born in the northern wilderness since he was a child, and he understands the habits of these ferocious beasts. The reason why the wolves backed away was not because of the feathered arrow in his hand, but because behind him, there must be a more terrifying beast.
Gu Xiu turned over carefully on the horseback and sat upright.
I saw the legendary golden suanni beast standing on the hill directly opposite him.
The golden lion was huge, and Gu Xiu was not too close to it, but he could still feel the powerful aura of the giant lion.The giant lion's limbs are powerful, and it is estimated that one claw can open Gu Xiu's stomach, and then tear him to pieces.
Towards sunset, the golden mane of the giant lion reflects the sun's light through the branches.
This was the first time Gu Xiu saw a golden lion. It is said that in the Anxi Kingdom, the golden lion is better than the white tiger and is the king of all beasts.
Facing such a beast that had never been seen before, the impact force completely surpassed the maddened giant bear that came as a tribute from the Raksha Kingdom last year.
Because he didn't understand the habits of the golden lion, Gu Xiu didn't dare to act rashly, only dared to look at it quietly.
However, Gu Xiu's best horse couldn't stand the intimidation of the giant golden lion's aura, and just wanted to escape quickly with the owner on its back, so it neighed uncontrollably.
I don't know if the neighing of the horse annoyed the golden lion on the opposite side, the giant roared and rushed towards Gu Xiu.Gu Xiu immediately tightened his grip on the horse's belly, and steered the horse sideways into the forest.
Galloping all the way, almost fell off the horse's back several times, but Gu Xiu didn't dare to stop the horse, for fear that if he hesitated a little, he and the horse would be buried in the lion's belly.
After running for an unknown amount of time, Gu Xiu went through the dense forest and ran to a clearing.As the vision suddenly opened up in front of Gu Xiu, he finally reined in the horse and took a breath.
Fortunately, the golden lion did not catch up.
At the edge of the open space, Gu Xiu saw the young Gu You who was huddling into a ball and crying.The bow and arrow in the boy's hand didn't know where it went, let alone the horse in his hands. He was huddled on the ground in disgrace, and lost a shoe under his feet.
Gu Xiu stroked the beads of sweat on his head, and immediately stepped forward and called out: "Hey."
At Gu Xiu's call, Gu You, who shrank into a ball, immediately raised his head, and the crying sound exploded in Gu Xiu's ears like a thunderbolt.
"Ahhh!!! Seventh brother, you are finally here!!! I thought I was going to die!!!" Gu You's attitude towards Gu Xiu changed from the previous arrogant and domineering, he jumped up and threw himself at Gu Xiu's Matou, crying, narrated how he lost his way in the mountains and ran into wolves, how he fell off the horse, and how he climbed here step by step from the forest with difficulty.
Gu Xiu didn't have much interest in listening to him cry. Now that the sunset was approaching, he had to lead Gu You out of this dense forest in the shortest possible time.So he reached out and grabbed Gu You by the neck, and pulled him onto his horse: "Listen, from now on, you are not allowed to cry or speak until you go out, or I will leave you here .”
Hearing this, Gu You nodded repeatedly, while sniffling his nose, he raised three fingers to promise: "Seventh Brother, Seventh Brother, don't worry, I will never cry!"
Gu Xiu tightened his grip on the horse's belly and led Gu You along the same route he had come to prepare to return. Because night was approaching, the beasts in the forest became more active.
Sure enough, before the two of them had run far, a brown dog about the same height as a person stood up in the dense forest, and seemed to attack them. Turn around and run away.
"Wow! Seventh brother, you are so amazing! You just shot a bear! Seventh brother!" Gu You clapped his hands excitedly, and suddenly shrank his neck as if thinking of something: "Okay, okay, I won't talk, I won't talk. "
For some reason, Gu Xiu attacked more and more beasts along the way back, and gradually he even shot empty quiver.You can only clamp the horse's belly and quickly shuttle through the forest.
As it got darker and later, the road in the dense forest was already a little unclear. I didn't know how far he ran, but suddenly there was a creepy beast roar from behind Gu Xiu.
Gu Xiu couldn't help feeling cold in his heart, the voice was nothing but the golden scorpion that he had managed to get rid of just now, Gu Xiu's quiver is empty now, let alone with the burden of Gu You, he don't He had no choice but to rush down the mountain like crazy.
Due to the excessive bumps, Gu You on the horse screamed loudly while pulling his neck.
"Shut up! Bit your tongue carefully!" In a panic, Gu Xiu yelled.
Upon hearing this, Gu You submissively changed her screaming into a whimper.
On this side, Gu Xiu took Gu You to flee for his life outside the forest, while on the other side, the little eunuch Bao Fu, who was waiting outside the door, did not wait for the two masters to come out of the mountain.On the contrary, it was his master's horse that ran out alone. Looking at the empty horseback, the little eunuch's scalp burst instantly, and stars appeared in his eyes.As if borrowing two more legs from the sky, he rushed to Gu Xiu's camp and woke up Han Mochu who was resting with his eyes closed.
"Young master Han, something is wrong!" Baofu stuck his head in front of Han Mochu, and said quickly: "My highness went to the hunting mountain to chase a deer, and this servant asked His Highness Seven to help him go into the mountain to look for it. It's been two hours, and neither of the two Highnesses came out. Just now, I ran out on His Highness's horse by myself, and this servant thinks something must have happened, Master, please go quickly..."
Before the little eunuch could finish his sentence, two molars were slapped out by Han Mochu's slap: "It's been two hours, why are you talking now! If the two Highnesses are injured, ten lives are not enough to pay for it. "
As Han Mochu said, he got up from the couch neatly, picked up the longbow and quiver hanging on the wall and rushed out of the tent.
"Well, His Highness the Seventh Highness didn't let the servants say it! Young Master!" Baofu also chased him out, crying while clutching half of his cheek.
"Stop talking nonsense, go and report to His Majesty immediately, and let the Imperial Forest Army enter the mountain to search and rescue!" Han Mochu turned on his horse and said coldly before leaving.
The matter has come to this point, the little eunuch Baofu doesn't care about punishment or punishment, saving the lives of the nine clans is the most important thing, Sa Yazi ran to Wang Zhang, crying for help.
The shout alarmed the king, Gu Hong, and after hearing the reason, the little eunuch received the emperor's slap in the stomach.
"Slave dog! You only come to repay the matter after this is the case. If the emperor is at fault, I will chop you into mincemeat!"
Gu Hong was really in a hurry this time, he didn't have many heirs, and he was middle-aged.
Now, if he lost two princes at once, he didn't even dare to think about the consequences.
After hearing the news, Concubine Li cried so much that she almost fainted, beating her chest and regretting that she shouldn't have let her son live up to him with such stern words yesterday.
Therefore, Gu Xiu was involved, and Gu Jin, who got the news, jumped into the forest without any hesitation, and searched anxiously in the mountains.
"His Royal Highness, let me go with you."
Gu Jin, who was full of anxiety, turned around and saw Ari Silan who was chasing up with a torch.
"It's up to you." Gu Jin didn't have the heart to say a word to Ari Silando at all, and continued to search in the dense forest by the light of the torch.
Gu Xiu was running in the mountains, but he felt the wind behind him getting tighter and tighter.He even smelled the strong body odor of the giant lion.He didn't dare to stop, and he didn't dare to look back. If he hesitated for a moment, he would be buried in this deep mountain.
With a terrifying lion's roar, Gu Xiu's heart was cold. After all, he was overtaken by the giant beast. He didn't know whether to bite his throat or bite his stomach.
Suddenly, Gu Xiu noticed a figure in the forest in front of him on the left. The figure bent its bow and set an arrow, and then three feathered arrows flew past Gu Xiu's ears in unison. The huge golden suanniu that was about to bite off his throat was shot and flew out.
Gu Xiu was startled, what kind of exquisite arrow technique is it that can hit the target in such dim light in the dense forest [-] paces away?
Gu Xiu turned around and took a look at the giant lion that crashed to the ground, and took a few steps forward on his horse before he could see the face of the person coming.
"Master!" Gu Xiu, who was finally able to breathe a sigh of relief, called out in surprise.
With a sullen face, Han Mochu stretched out his hand to grab Gu Xiu's horse rein: "Your Highness, follow me out."
Gu Xiu's heart sank, and Han Mochu's expression was obviously angry.Every time he sees Han Mochu's expression like this, Gu Xiu can realize his mistakes very accurately, and the palm of his left hand instinctively aches.
"Well, that's great, Young Master Han is here." Gu You, who was on the same horse with Gu Xiu, rubbed his eyes dazzled by the dust, and said happily, "Seventh Brother, you see, Young Master Han has come to us. Young Master Han We were almost eaten by wild beasts! Fortunately, the seventh brother is very skilled!"
Gu Xiu remained silent and did not speak, and was led by Han Mochu all the way out of the dense forest.
The moment the three of them walked out of the dense forest, the guards standing in front of the mountain gate immediately took the three of them off their horses.Concubine Li, who was guarding the mountain pass and refused to leave, hugged her disgraced son: "My son, my son, mother and concubine will never force you again, never force you again."
"Oh, concubine mother, I'm fine. It was my seventh brother and Master Han who saved me." Gu Youni happily rubbed her head in her mother's arms.
Hearing this, Concubine Li immediately turned her face to Gu Xiu, her face full of kindness and kindness: "Xiu'er, thank you for saving my son, if you want to, you can call me Concubine Li, and you and You'er will do it together." How is your brother?"
Gu Xiu was not used to this, so he took a step back in embarrassment: "Empress Li, you are too serious."
As soon as Gu Xiu turned around, Han Mochu who was beside him didn't know where he went.In the panic all around, Gu Xiu was not in a hurry to search.
When King Gu Hong saw the two of them coming back and looked at the two of them, although they were in a bit of a mess, they were safe and sound, a hanging heart finally fell to the ground.
"It's good that it's okay, don't take such risks in the future." Gu Hong touched Gu You's head, and subconsciously wanted to reach out to touch Gu Xiu, Gu Xiu's side, but in the end he hid.
"Your Majesty, it's too bad. In order to find the two Highnesses, Princess Qingzhao rode her horse into the mountain, but she hasn't returned yet!" The sharp voice of another little eunuch made King Gu Hong's heart hang again.
"Then why are you still standing there? Order the Imperial Forest Army to continue looking!" Gu Hong yelled sharply, and everyone panicked again.
After a while, a young eunuch who walked quickly knelt down in front of King Gu Hong again: "Your Majesty, there is no need, Prince Monan has brought the princess out."
Everyone looked in the direction pointed by the little eunuch, and saw that Ari Silan was leading a war horse, Gu Jin was riding on the horse unscathed, and Ari Silan's left shoulder was dripping with blood. All the people who greeted him, Arisilan finally fell down with peace of mind.
Before fainting, Ari Silan looked at Gu Jinwen on the horse and said, "Your Highness, I'm fine."
It was already late at night when the panic completely ended. Because of the grace of saving lives, the eldest sister Gu Jin went to take care of the injured Ari Silan at the order of King Gu Hong, leaving Gu Xiu alone in the tent.
Inside the tent, Han Mochu was stroking the smooth ruler in front of the night lamp, as if he had been waiting for Gu Xiu for a long time.
"His Highness is back?" Han Mochu turned to look at the front of the tent, and said in a deep voice.
"En." Gu Xiu nodded, walked to Han Mochu's door, and stretched out his left hand very naturally.
Han Mochu looked Gu Xiu's body up and down, and his gaze finally fell on Gu Xiu's blood-stained cuff: "Your Highness is injured?"
"No, that's wolf blood." Gu Xiu spread his left hand in front of Han Mochu and replied in a low voice.
"Your Highness means that you know your mistake?" Han Mochu took the ruler and stuck it on Gu Xiu's outstretched palm: "Then Your Highness, tell me, what's wrong with what happened today?"
"The fault lies in recklessness and incomplete thinking." As Gu Xiu said, Han Mochu's ruler slammed on Gu Xiu's palm.
"and also."
"There is also self-righteousness and self-righteousness."
The second stroke of the ruler was much heavier than the first stroke, and it hurt so much that Gu Xiu's heart tightened.
"and also."
"There's also danger to the body, disregarding safety." The third stroke of the ruler landed on the junction of the two wounds just now, Gu Xiu gritted his teeth and tried not to cry out.
"Also!" Han Mochu's voice obviously rose a degree.
"And..." Gu Xiu hesitated a little, thinking about the right and wrong of what happened today.
Seeing that Gu Xiu didn't answer, Han Mochu smoked three times in a row, and those three strokes were so severe that Gu Xiu's arms were almost unbalanced.
"Is there anything His Highness really doesn't know?" Han Mochu asked with a straight face.
Holding his swollen palm, Gu Xiu shook his head towards Han Mochu.
"It's your fault that you shouldn't have lied to your subordinates." Han Mochu put the ruler aside, and put his hands on Gu Xiu's shoulders: "Your Highness, you must remember that no matter where you are or what you are going to do from now on, you are not allowed If you keep any secrets from me, no matter what happens, I will go with you, and you are not allowed to risk yourself by yourself again."
Gu Xiu was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said, "I...I wrote it down."
Gu Xiu's humbly admitting his mistake made Han Mochu's face finally return to normal. He stretched out his hand and rubbed the mark on Gu Xiu's palm, and said softly, "Your Highness, haven't you had dinner yet?"
Gu Xiu nodded honestly.
"Then, let me take your highness down to find some food." Han Mochu smiled and took Gu Xiu's hand.
"Master, I'm tired." Gu Xiu grabbed Han Mochu's sleeve, raised his head and asked seriously, "Can I carry it on my back?"
"Your Highness, when did you learn how to make progress?" Han Mochu frowned with a smile, and stretched out his hand to pinch Gu Xiu's cheek.
"Yesterday, I learned from Master Han."
After the ceremony on the first day, King Gu Hong would not get up so early.There is no need for everyone to say hello, when the time for hunting comes, everyone can go into the mountain by themselves.
Princess Qingzhao Gu Jin got up very early, wearing a cinnabar red dress with narrow sleeves and a high collar, her long hair tied on top like a man's.On her back is a short bow of Polygonatum odoratum commonly used by her daughter's family, hip!Underneath is a Western Regions war horse with a snow-white body and no variegated colors.Under the rising sun, the whole person is more dazzling than the rays of the sun.
With a bow and arrow on his back, Gu Jin stared at the crowd on the hunting ground, as if he was looking for something.
Suddenly, the figure of a Mongolian young man wearing an eagle crown broke into Gu Jin's sight. Gu Jin bent his bow and set an arrow without hesitation, held his breath, and focused his eyes on the hair tassel on the top of the young man's head.The feathered arrow let go, and the arrow flew towards the young man at high speed, and pierced straight into the young man's cap. The crown and hat also fell to the sand beside the feathered arrow. The sudden impact made the young man almost fall. Get off your horse.
Ari Sillan, who came back to his senses, followed the direction of the feathered arrow and saw the beautiful woman holding a bow facing him under the rising sun. She walked up to the man with her horse under her belly, nodded and saluted Gu Jin: "I have seen you!" your Highness."
Azlan took the perched eagle crown picked up by the accompanying wolf guards, with a feathered arrow stuck straight on the top of the crown, Azlan held the crown and asked softly: "Your Highness, what is your name?" What do you mean?"
Gu Jin glanced at Ari Silan in front of him, and said coldly: "So, in the eyes of Prince Monan, are you the only one in the world who can give others a blow?"
Gu Jin's words reminded Ari Silan of the turmoil yesterday.
"Your Highness, what happened yesterday was not my intention, and I also obeyed my father's order... If I were the king of Monan in the future... I would definitely not..." For some reason, Ari Silan looked into Gu Jin's eyes , inexplicably incoherent.
"Your words have nothing to do with this palace. You, Monan, can stand up to you and start a war. Just remember not to implicate my younger brother. Otherwise, next time, my arrow will be aimed at the prince's head. "After that, Gu Jin straightened up and turned the horse's head, and rode away into the distance without looking back.
Arisilan looked at Gu Jinyuan's back, then looked down at the hat in his hand, pulled out the feathered arrow from the top of the hat, and murmured, "That day Han Dehe."
Narihandehe means morning glow in Mongolian language.
In the eyes of Ari Silan, Gu Jin is more beautiful than Zhaoxia.
On the second day of spring hunting, everyone can go hunting in the mountains.
Hunting in the mountains is no different from the first day where you can only hunt some small animals such as roe robes, wild deer, etc. The mountain has a vast landform, and within the range surrounded by yellow silk, there are also ferocious animals such as wolves, tigers, and leopards.
Those ferocious beasts were not originally owned by the mountains, but were raised as touchstones for the king.
Before the spring hunt, the emperor will leave a topic first, such as: white tiger or brown 罴 and so on.
If a warrior can really hunt this thing, he can find a fairly decent position in the court in the coming year.
Few of the honorable families who participated in the hunting went into the mountains to hunt.Only some bastards who yearn for high positions but cannot inherit the title will find such a different way to become an official when they have nowhere to go.
Therefore, every spring hunting, there are a few official family concubines who have died in the hunting mountains in order to earn their lives.
King Gu Hong's theme this year is: Golden Suan Ni Beast.
The annual offering of Anxi Kingdom the year before last, a golden lion cub.Now that the cub has grown up, it has become an examination question for the emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty to select a warrior.
Gu Xiu really wanted to go to the mountain to compete with the rumored golden suanni beast, but Han Mochu's complexion was not very good since he got up early, I wonder if it was because the night wind was too strong last night and he didn't sleep well.
Gu Xiu then went outside the tent and asked Han Mochu for an animal skin blanket so that he could rest in the tent.
In the afternoon, Han Mochu's spirit was still not very good, so Gu Xiu, who was extremely bored, went to walk his horse at the foot of the mountain alone.
"Your Highness Six! Your Highness Six! You can't go in ahead!" The little eunuch Bao Fu was panting after Gu You's horse, trying to stop him from moving forward.
"Why stop? Didn't you see the deer that I finally caught up with? You still want me to be scolded by my concubine?" Gu You turned around and cursed, tightening the reins even more.
He only hunted that one hare yesterday, and Concubine Li talked about it for a long time during dinner.So today, he worked hard and vowed to hunt down a sika deer to make up for Concubine Li.
The deer was nimble and vigorous, Gu You missed a few arrows in a row, Baofu was still arguing with him when he was getting angry.For a moment, he was not willing to listen, and he didn't care where the front was. He just chased the deer with all his heart, and crashed into the hunting mountain where fierce beasts appeared without thinking.
When the little eunuch Bao Fu caught up, Gu You had already disappeared in the mountains.
When Baofu was squatting at the foot of the mountain and crying loudly, he happened to meet Gu Xiu who was gliding his horse at the foot of the mountain.Seeing Gu Xiu in silver armor and light fur on horseback, he seemed to be grasping at straws for a moment.
"Your Highness Seventh, please help me. My Highness has just chased a deer into the mountains. If I tell Concubine Li that the servant did not take good care of His Highness, Concubine Li will kill the servant. The servant knows that you are very skilled. I beg you Go and bring the Sixth Highness out." Baofu cried with snot and tears.
Gu Xiu looked at the tears on the little eunuch's face, was at a loss for words, and thought to himself: Will the people around Gu You's mother and son do anything else besides cry to the end.
"Forget it, you wait here, I'll bring him out." Gu Xiu thought for a while, and lightly clamped his horse's belly and rode into the mountain. Before entering the mountain, he turned around and said: "Don't tell me that Master knows."
Gu Xiu rode a horse and chased into the mountain. The terrain in the hunting mountain was much more complicated than Gu Xiu imagined. The place where he grew up was either a wilderness or a barren mountain.
He seldom walks in such a dense forest. Fortunately, the sun is abundant now, and the yellow curtains in the distance can be vaguely seen in the gaps in the dense forest.
After riding for a certain distance, Gu Xiu had to slow down, walking carefully through the dense forest while paying attention to the imprint of the horseshoe under his feet.
Suddenly, there was a gust of cold wind in Gu Xiu's ear.
A hunting gray wolf rushed towards Gu Xiu from behind. In a blink of an eye, Gu Xiu pulled out the golden knife bestowed by the king yesterday from his waist, and cut the gray wolf's throat with one blow.Wolf blood sprayed Gu Xiu's face, and Gu Xiu raised his hand to wipe the eyes that were fascinated by wolf blood on his face.
The bloody smell of the gray wolf's dead body made Gu Xiu aware of the danger.He had to leave immediately, otherwise the smell from this wolf carcass would attract more beasts.
And according to the habit of wolves in the wild to attack in packs, the one that Gu Xiu killed was most likely the alpha wolf that was exploring the way to prey.
Although the beasts in the hunting mountains have been kept in cages since they were young, they will be released back to the mountains once they are activated, so as to maintain their wildness that dares to compete with humans.
Gu Xiu tightened the reins and quickly left the spot.Sure enough, not too long later, a few deep wolf howls sounded behind him.Gu Xiu held the golden saber in his hand, not daring to let go for a while.
Suddenly, there was another gust of wind behind Gu Xiu, and a black-gray wild wolf rushed towards him again. Gu Xiu sat back on the horse's back, raised a knife and cut open the abdomen of another wolf.
Following the death of another wild wolf, in the dense forest, under the dim light, seven or eight pairs of green eyes appeared in the low bushes beside the forest.
Gu Xiu gritted his teeth, pulled out a feathered arrow from his back, and aimed at the nearest green light.
The wolves were angry, they wanted to tear Gu Xiu who killed his companion to pieces.The remaining wolves walked out of the bush with low growls, digging their front paws to find the most suitable attack position.
Gu Xiu pulled out two more feathered arrows from his back and put them on the string, but he didn't know where to shoot them for a moment.
At that moment, the surrounding air was stagnant, and even a little cool mountain breeze was enough to make hair stand on end.
When Gu Xiu was in a dilemma, the wolves that had been roaring and approaching all quieted down, each of them shrank and clamped their tails, and retreated despondently into the bushes.
Gu Xiu was born in the northern wilderness since he was a child, and he understands the habits of these ferocious beasts. The reason why the wolves backed away was not because of the feathered arrow in his hand, but because behind him, there must be a more terrifying beast.
Gu Xiu turned over carefully on the horseback and sat upright.
I saw the legendary golden suanni beast standing on the hill directly opposite him.
The golden lion was huge, and Gu Xiu was not too close to it, but he could still feel the powerful aura of the giant lion.The giant lion's limbs are powerful, and it is estimated that one claw can open Gu Xiu's stomach, and then tear him to pieces.
Towards sunset, the golden mane of the giant lion reflects the sun's light through the branches.
This was the first time Gu Xiu saw a golden lion. It is said that in the Anxi Kingdom, the golden lion is better than the white tiger and is the king of all beasts.
Facing such a beast that had never been seen before, the impact force completely surpassed the maddened giant bear that came as a tribute from the Raksha Kingdom last year.
Because he didn't understand the habits of the golden lion, Gu Xiu didn't dare to act rashly, only dared to look at it quietly.
However, Gu Xiu's best horse couldn't stand the intimidation of the giant golden lion's aura, and just wanted to escape quickly with the owner on its back, so it neighed uncontrollably.
I don't know if the neighing of the horse annoyed the golden lion on the opposite side, the giant roared and rushed towards Gu Xiu.Gu Xiu immediately tightened his grip on the horse's belly, and steered the horse sideways into the forest.
Galloping all the way, almost fell off the horse's back several times, but Gu Xiu didn't dare to stop the horse, for fear that if he hesitated a little, he and the horse would be buried in the lion's belly.
After running for an unknown amount of time, Gu Xiu went through the dense forest and ran to a clearing.As the vision suddenly opened up in front of Gu Xiu, he finally reined in the horse and took a breath.
Fortunately, the golden lion did not catch up.
At the edge of the open space, Gu Xiu saw the young Gu You who was huddling into a ball and crying.The bow and arrow in the boy's hand didn't know where it went, let alone the horse in his hands. He was huddled on the ground in disgrace, and lost a shoe under his feet.
Gu Xiu stroked the beads of sweat on his head, and immediately stepped forward and called out: "Hey."
At Gu Xiu's call, Gu You, who shrank into a ball, immediately raised his head, and the crying sound exploded in Gu Xiu's ears like a thunderbolt.
"Ahhh!!! Seventh brother, you are finally here!!! I thought I was going to die!!!" Gu You's attitude towards Gu Xiu changed from the previous arrogant and domineering, he jumped up and threw himself at Gu Xiu's Matou, crying, narrated how he lost his way in the mountains and ran into wolves, how he fell off the horse, and how he climbed here step by step from the forest with difficulty.
Gu Xiu didn't have much interest in listening to him cry. Now that the sunset was approaching, he had to lead Gu You out of this dense forest in the shortest possible time.So he reached out and grabbed Gu You by the neck, and pulled him onto his horse: "Listen, from now on, you are not allowed to cry or speak until you go out, or I will leave you here .”
Hearing this, Gu You nodded repeatedly, while sniffling his nose, he raised three fingers to promise: "Seventh Brother, Seventh Brother, don't worry, I will never cry!"
Gu Xiu tightened his grip on the horse's belly and led Gu You along the same route he had come to prepare to return. Because night was approaching, the beasts in the forest became more active.
Sure enough, before the two of them had run far, a brown dog about the same height as a person stood up in the dense forest, and seemed to attack them. Turn around and run away.
"Wow! Seventh brother, you are so amazing! You just shot a bear! Seventh brother!" Gu You clapped his hands excitedly, and suddenly shrank his neck as if thinking of something: "Okay, okay, I won't talk, I won't talk. "
For some reason, Gu Xiu attacked more and more beasts along the way back, and gradually he even shot empty quiver.You can only clamp the horse's belly and quickly shuttle through the forest.
As it got darker and later, the road in the dense forest was already a little unclear. I didn't know how far he ran, but suddenly there was a creepy beast roar from behind Gu Xiu.
Gu Xiu couldn't help feeling cold in his heart, the voice was nothing but the golden scorpion that he had managed to get rid of just now, Gu Xiu's quiver is empty now, let alone with the burden of Gu You, he don't He had no choice but to rush down the mountain like crazy.
Due to the excessive bumps, Gu You on the horse screamed loudly while pulling his neck.
"Shut up! Bit your tongue carefully!" In a panic, Gu Xiu yelled.
Upon hearing this, Gu You submissively changed her screaming into a whimper.
On this side, Gu Xiu took Gu You to flee for his life outside the forest, while on the other side, the little eunuch Bao Fu, who was waiting outside the door, did not wait for the two masters to come out of the mountain.On the contrary, it was his master's horse that ran out alone. Looking at the empty horseback, the little eunuch's scalp burst instantly, and stars appeared in his eyes.As if borrowing two more legs from the sky, he rushed to Gu Xiu's camp and woke up Han Mochu who was resting with his eyes closed.
"Young master Han, something is wrong!" Baofu stuck his head in front of Han Mochu, and said quickly: "My highness went to the hunting mountain to chase a deer, and this servant asked His Highness Seven to help him go into the mountain to look for it. It's been two hours, and neither of the two Highnesses came out. Just now, I ran out on His Highness's horse by myself, and this servant thinks something must have happened, Master, please go quickly..."
Before the little eunuch could finish his sentence, two molars were slapped out by Han Mochu's slap: "It's been two hours, why are you talking now! If the two Highnesses are injured, ten lives are not enough to pay for it. "
As Han Mochu said, he got up from the couch neatly, picked up the longbow and quiver hanging on the wall and rushed out of the tent.
"Well, His Highness the Seventh Highness didn't let the servants say it! Young Master!" Baofu also chased him out, crying while clutching half of his cheek.
"Stop talking nonsense, go and report to His Majesty immediately, and let the Imperial Forest Army enter the mountain to search and rescue!" Han Mochu turned on his horse and said coldly before leaving.
The matter has come to this point, the little eunuch Baofu doesn't care about punishment or punishment, saving the lives of the nine clans is the most important thing, Sa Yazi ran to Wang Zhang, crying for help.
The shout alarmed the king, Gu Hong, and after hearing the reason, the little eunuch received the emperor's slap in the stomach.
"Slave dog! You only come to repay the matter after this is the case. If the emperor is at fault, I will chop you into mincemeat!"
Gu Hong was really in a hurry this time, he didn't have many heirs, and he was middle-aged.
Now, if he lost two princes at once, he didn't even dare to think about the consequences.
After hearing the news, Concubine Li cried so much that she almost fainted, beating her chest and regretting that she shouldn't have let her son live up to him with such stern words yesterday.
Therefore, Gu Xiu was involved, and Gu Jin, who got the news, jumped into the forest without any hesitation, and searched anxiously in the mountains.
"His Royal Highness, let me go with you."
Gu Jin, who was full of anxiety, turned around and saw Ari Silan who was chasing up with a torch.
"It's up to you." Gu Jin didn't have the heart to say a word to Ari Silando at all, and continued to search in the dense forest by the light of the torch.
Gu Xiu was running in the mountains, but he felt the wind behind him getting tighter and tighter.He even smelled the strong body odor of the giant lion.He didn't dare to stop, and he didn't dare to look back. If he hesitated for a moment, he would be buried in this deep mountain.
With a terrifying lion's roar, Gu Xiu's heart was cold. After all, he was overtaken by the giant beast. He didn't know whether to bite his throat or bite his stomach.
Suddenly, Gu Xiu noticed a figure in the forest in front of him on the left. The figure bent its bow and set an arrow, and then three feathered arrows flew past Gu Xiu's ears in unison. The huge golden suanniu that was about to bite off his throat was shot and flew out.
Gu Xiu was startled, what kind of exquisite arrow technique is it that can hit the target in such dim light in the dense forest [-] paces away?
Gu Xiu turned around and took a look at the giant lion that crashed to the ground, and took a few steps forward on his horse before he could see the face of the person coming.
"Master!" Gu Xiu, who was finally able to breathe a sigh of relief, called out in surprise.
With a sullen face, Han Mochu stretched out his hand to grab Gu Xiu's horse rein: "Your Highness, follow me out."
Gu Xiu's heart sank, and Han Mochu's expression was obviously angry.Every time he sees Han Mochu's expression like this, Gu Xiu can realize his mistakes very accurately, and the palm of his left hand instinctively aches.
"Well, that's great, Young Master Han is here." Gu You, who was on the same horse with Gu Xiu, rubbed his eyes dazzled by the dust, and said happily, "Seventh Brother, you see, Young Master Han has come to us. Young Master Han We were almost eaten by wild beasts! Fortunately, the seventh brother is very skilled!"
Gu Xiu remained silent and did not speak, and was led by Han Mochu all the way out of the dense forest.
The moment the three of them walked out of the dense forest, the guards standing in front of the mountain gate immediately took the three of them off their horses.Concubine Li, who was guarding the mountain pass and refused to leave, hugged her disgraced son: "My son, my son, mother and concubine will never force you again, never force you again."
"Oh, concubine mother, I'm fine. It was my seventh brother and Master Han who saved me." Gu Youni happily rubbed her head in her mother's arms.
Hearing this, Concubine Li immediately turned her face to Gu Xiu, her face full of kindness and kindness: "Xiu'er, thank you for saving my son, if you want to, you can call me Concubine Li, and you and You'er will do it together." How is your brother?"
Gu Xiu was not used to this, so he took a step back in embarrassment: "Empress Li, you are too serious."
As soon as Gu Xiu turned around, Han Mochu who was beside him didn't know where he went.In the panic all around, Gu Xiu was not in a hurry to search.
When King Gu Hong saw the two of them coming back and looked at the two of them, although they were in a bit of a mess, they were safe and sound, a hanging heart finally fell to the ground.
"It's good that it's okay, don't take such risks in the future." Gu Hong touched Gu You's head, and subconsciously wanted to reach out to touch Gu Xiu, Gu Xiu's side, but in the end he hid.
"Your Majesty, it's too bad. In order to find the two Highnesses, Princess Qingzhao rode her horse into the mountain, but she hasn't returned yet!" The sharp voice of another little eunuch made King Gu Hong's heart hang again.
"Then why are you still standing there? Order the Imperial Forest Army to continue looking!" Gu Hong yelled sharply, and everyone panicked again.
After a while, a young eunuch who walked quickly knelt down in front of King Gu Hong again: "Your Majesty, there is no need, Prince Monan has brought the princess out."
Everyone looked in the direction pointed by the little eunuch, and saw that Ari Silan was leading a war horse, Gu Jin was riding on the horse unscathed, and Ari Silan's left shoulder was dripping with blood. All the people who greeted him, Arisilan finally fell down with peace of mind.
Before fainting, Ari Silan looked at Gu Jinwen on the horse and said, "Your Highness, I'm fine."
It was already late at night when the panic completely ended. Because of the grace of saving lives, the eldest sister Gu Jin went to take care of the injured Ari Silan at the order of King Gu Hong, leaving Gu Xiu alone in the tent.
Inside the tent, Han Mochu was stroking the smooth ruler in front of the night lamp, as if he had been waiting for Gu Xiu for a long time.
"His Highness is back?" Han Mochu turned to look at the front of the tent, and said in a deep voice.
"En." Gu Xiu nodded, walked to Han Mochu's door, and stretched out his left hand very naturally.
Han Mochu looked Gu Xiu's body up and down, and his gaze finally fell on Gu Xiu's blood-stained cuff: "Your Highness is injured?"
"No, that's wolf blood." Gu Xiu spread his left hand in front of Han Mochu and replied in a low voice.
"Your Highness means that you know your mistake?" Han Mochu took the ruler and stuck it on Gu Xiu's outstretched palm: "Then Your Highness, tell me, what's wrong with what happened today?"
"The fault lies in recklessness and incomplete thinking." As Gu Xiu said, Han Mochu's ruler slammed on Gu Xiu's palm.
"and also."
"There is also self-righteousness and self-righteousness."
The second stroke of the ruler was much heavier than the first stroke, and it hurt so much that Gu Xiu's heart tightened.
"and also."
"There's also danger to the body, disregarding safety." The third stroke of the ruler landed on the junction of the two wounds just now, Gu Xiu gritted his teeth and tried not to cry out.
"Also!" Han Mochu's voice obviously rose a degree.
"And..." Gu Xiu hesitated a little, thinking about the right and wrong of what happened today.
Seeing that Gu Xiu didn't answer, Han Mochu smoked three times in a row, and those three strokes were so severe that Gu Xiu's arms were almost unbalanced.
"Is there anything His Highness really doesn't know?" Han Mochu asked with a straight face.
Holding his swollen palm, Gu Xiu shook his head towards Han Mochu.
"It's your fault that you shouldn't have lied to your subordinates." Han Mochu put the ruler aside, and put his hands on Gu Xiu's shoulders: "Your Highness, you must remember that no matter where you are or what you are going to do from now on, you are not allowed If you keep any secrets from me, no matter what happens, I will go with you, and you are not allowed to risk yourself by yourself again."
Gu Xiu was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said, "I...I wrote it down."
Gu Xiu's humbly admitting his mistake made Han Mochu's face finally return to normal. He stretched out his hand and rubbed the mark on Gu Xiu's palm, and said softly, "Your Highness, haven't you had dinner yet?"
Gu Xiu nodded honestly.
"Then, let me take your highness down to find some food." Han Mochu smiled and took Gu Xiu's hand.
"Master, I'm tired." Gu Xiu grabbed Han Mochu's sleeve, raised his head and asked seriously, "Can I carry it on my back?"
"Your Highness, when did you learn how to make progress?" Han Mochu frowned with a smile, and stretched out his hand to pinch Gu Xiu's cheek.
"Yesterday, I learned from Master Han."
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