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Chapter 23 Autumn Hunting

At the beginning of May, the smoked wind gradually rises.Yuan Jing developed a poisonous disease this year, and he had been lying on the bed for half a month, and only now has he gained some flesh.At the end of the year, Dawan paid tribute to six BMWs, but they were still unusable due to the exhaustion of boats and vehicles. More than a hundred small internal eunuchs waited on them for several months, and finally made them regain the style of famous horses.As soon as Yuanjing recovered, he clamored to see it.At times like this, Emperor Yan often treated him with everything he wanted, that is, he asked him to pick a horse he liked.Yuan Jing went to the imperial stables, and caught a glimpse of a snow-white horse.The internal officials praised the prince's unique vision, because this horse has a slightly protruding strange bone in front of its forehead, which looks like a rare horn that has not yet grown. In addition, its feet are so powerful that it can travel thousands of miles a day and [-] nights. It is a heavenly horse, and it must be controlled by a human emperor.

Yuan Jing didn't know the art of looking for horses, but he saw that the horse's long mane was like snow and its legs were light and hoofed, which was very suitable for him, so he turned to Chu Yu: "Brother, what do you think of this horse?"

Chu Yu sneered at the eloquent words of the internal officer, looked carefully, and saw that the horse's ears were tight, its shape was like a cut bamboo, its back was wide and flat, its bright purple eyes were slightly lowered, and it was very docile, so he nodded. Said: "Not bad."

Only then was Yuan Jing satisfied, even if he had someone lead him out of the stable and put on the eight-treasure saddle and bridle, he went to the horse farm by himself without being followed.This was his first time riding a horse, the little inner eunuch took the reins and walked slowly ahead, while Yuan Jing was playing with the whip in his hand.Chu Yu didn't bother, and stood aside with his hands behind his back.Yuan Jing was led away for a while, feeling that this was very boring, looked thoughtfully at the whip in his hand, and suddenly said: "Go farther away." The little inner prisoner didn't know what to do, and stood beside him.I saw him flick in the air and hit the horse's belly.The white horse has been trained for a long time, and after eating this, it screams and gallops.

In the blink of an eye, he had already run far away, and almost turned into a phantom. The little eunuch was frightened out of his wits, and ran back to the stables to ask for help: "It's terrible! The horse is frightened!"

Chu Yu was listening to the eunuchs extolling the way of riding a horse, and when he heard this, his face sank, and he asked him, "Where is the prince?"

The little inner supervisor stammered: "On the top...on the horse..."

There were two bay red horses waiting for training at the side of the racecourse. Chu Yu hurried over, broke the tethering rope, and straddled the horses. The black whip was thrown like thunder, and they chased them like chasing the wind every day.Yuan Jing heard the voice behind, took a look, and said with a smile: "Brother, you are here too."

Chu Yu saw him sitting on the horseback leisurely, with a smile on his face, without any sign of being frightened, and frowned, "Why did your Highness run away by himself?"

Yuan Jing curled his lips and said, "He's pulling too slowly." Another whip was added, and the white horse was urged five or six feet away. He turned around and said with a smile, "Am I fast or the wind is fast?"

Chu Yu was a little surprised when he saw that his ability to drive and control the horse was completely out of order, as if he was only acting with the vigorous spirit in his heart.He didn't dare to let Yuan Jing gallop alone, he drove the horse side by side, and accompanied Yuan Jing for a full morning, whether the white horse was fast or slow, or bowed or leaned up, Yuan Jing enjoyed himself, and when he got off the horse heartily, he smiled It's almost spilling out of my eyes.The white horse snorted lightly on the side, and swished its long mane, as if reluctant to part with him. Yuan Jing was about to talk to Chu Yu, but his attention was immediately attracted by the horse: "Let me give you a name." He looked at Chu Yu: "Call it Yucong, okay?"

Ever since Wu Shan left, Chu Yu hadn't seen him so happy, and he felt at ease right now: "Okay."

For several months after that, Yuan Jing always went to the racecourse every ten days or so. Once when the weather was cool, Emperor Yan accompanied him. He saw that Aizi had a unique talent in this area. Also very proud.Afterwards, Han Lu held an autumn hunt and asked him to go outside to play.On the eve of the autumn hunting, Yuan Jing saw Chu Yu sitting by the bed and trying out the bow string. Suddenly, he came to his side and said, "Brother, you can also hunt a tiger for me tomorrow."

Chu Yu looked inexplicable: "What do you want the tiger to do?"

Yuan Jing said bluntly: "Didn't you kill a tiger for Ah Shan's sister? I want it too."

Chu Yu said helplessly: "That's a coincidence, there won't be such beasts in the royal enclosure, where can I fight for you?" He only thought of this episode when he said Yuan Jing, and said "Oh", "I forgot. Seeing that he was sitting with his knees hugged, Chu Yu teased him, "Can I give you a little rabbit?"

The rabbit that Wu Shan found for him was ignored by the palace people, and one day it slipped away by itself.Fortunately, Yuan Jing has galloped his horse for a while, showing a bit of wildness, and he doesn't like playing with rabbits anymore, and he doesn't take it to heart. Now, after hearing Chu Yu's teasing words, he is very dissatisfied. He lay down on the bed, took Turning his back to him: "Why do I want a rabbit! I'm not a child anymore!"

Chu Yu tapped his ass with a bow, deliberately annoyed him: "Why not, I'm just a child." As soon as the words fell, Yuan Jing jumped up, stuck his whole body on his back, and carelessly covered his eyes and mouth. Covered up.Chu Yu grabbed him with a backhand, pressed him onto his knee, raised his palm, and made a gesture to hit him.Yuan Jing had experienced the strength of his hand, even if it wasn't a real fight, it would be too much to slap on the body, so he acted coquettishly and begged for mercy immediately, but was finally hugged by him, playing the strings with him, listening to the sound, and provoking the sight.

This is a meticulous job, Yuan Jing was taught by him for a while, but he felt his hands were sore and his eyes were blurred, he even yawned a few times, feeling tired and wanted to sleep.

When Chu Yu lowered his head, he saw that he was so sleepy that he couldn't open his eyes, and he obediently clung to his sleeves, and he felt a sense of love and pity.Poking him in the face like a bully, Yuan Jing buried half of his face in his chest, leaning on him and fell asleep.

His appearance is extraordinarily small and cute. Chu Yu looked at him for a long time. At that time, the night was silent, and he could only hear the sound of fire and candles in the room. At this moment, what he is holding is just a child who needs to be taken care of by himself.He put down the iron bow, hugged Yuan Jing in his arms, and thought to himself: "It's better to be a child forever."

On the second day, the paddock was very lively, and most of the noble children in Beijing were invited to come.On the huge plain, hundreds of tents were born.Yuan Jing followed Emperor Yan and stood in front of the largest and most magnificent imperial tent.He is wearing a sky blue horse suit today, with a wide and straight neckline tied up high, and a button made of sapphire, which holds his pointed chin inside.Only a handful of Wufa's hair was tied with jade buttons, and the rest was loosely draped over his shoulders, making his face even more clean and handsome, without any murderous look on his body. It didn't look like he was hunting, but rather like a nobleman coming for an outing. of.

His gentle and amiable appearance naturally attracted countless people to make friends, but it's a pity that standing beside him is a tall evil spirit in black clothes and strong armor.Pulling up the cloak, he half-circled the prince in front of him with great momentum, making people daunting.The prince was also very close to him, raising his head and whispering a few words in his ear from time to time, his faces were almost pressed together, and he smiled occasionally, all looking at him.With such a posture of acting like no one else, even if others dare to interject a half-word, he may not be able to hear it.

The drums and horns blare, and the autumn hunting begins.The first arrow was naturally fired by Emperor Yan. Ten internal officials stood guard next to a gigantic wooden cage, in which wild animals such as hares, red foxes, and roe deer were trapped. Opening the cage door, I saw all kinds of beasts scattered, and the dust was flying up.Emperor Yan was on the high platform, took the golden crossbow from Liu Lin, and shot an arrow, hitting a stag fleeing in a hurry.It is not difficult to shoot the prey in the presence of herds of beasts, but the stag is agile and more beautiful than ordinary prey.For a while, the words of praise were endless, Emperor Yan smiled self-consciously, and handed the bow and arrow to the side: "Jing'er also try?"

Yuan Jing took the bow and arrow, hung it on his back, and said impatiently, "I'll go down and try."

Emperor Yan knew that he wanted to run away a long time ago, so he smiled slightly, and ordered the noble children to go hunting separately, because the sky was dark today, and the wind was a bit chilly, he just stood here for a while, coughing continuously, and went into the imperial tent first to rest.

Yuan Jing led a dozen or so guards galloping wildly on horseback, chasing rabbits and roe deer when they saw them, but they didn't catch a few prey, which made the followers very tired.After playing for more than an hour, he realized that Chu Yu was gone when he dismounted to drink water.After asking a lot, I found out that Chu Yu disappeared when they first entered the paddock, and a Habayashi guard who was a little familiar with him finally gave him a place to go—"He seemed to say that he went to beat the little rabbit for His Highness. "

Yuan Jing curled his lips and muttered something to himself, but Habayashi Wei who was nearby couldn't hear him clearly, so he leaned closer and said, "What did your Highness say?" Yuan Jing said with a snort, "Nothing!" then go.

In the afternoon, the sky turned cloudy and there was a slight drizzle. Everyone in the entourage entered the tent. Emperor Yan only asked a few close ministers to go to the imperial tent to drink together. Today the infantry commanded the eldest son of the emissary, Guo Yan, He hunted more than [-] wild animals and won the first place. Emperor Yan gave him a precious carved bow and allowed him to enter the account to have a feast together.The banquet was naturally top-notch wild game, which was cooked exquisitely by the imperial chef, but Emperor Yan had a poor appetite recently, so he only ate a little.Yuan Jing had been looking at the entrance of the imperial tent absently, Emperor Yan lowered his head and asked: "What is Jing Er looking at?" Looking around: "Where's Chu Yu?"

It took too long to hunt rabbits, Yuan Jing hesitated and couldn't explain why.Guo Yan, who was sitting below him, heard it, and boldly interjected: "I saw Chu Lingwei leaving the paddock with a cage cart, and it seems to be going to the back mountain."

Emperor Yan wondered: "Why did he go to the back mountain?"

Yuan Jing let out an "ah", suddenly realized.There were indeed no ferocious beasts in the paddock, even if there were, they were driven to the back mountain long before Yu Jia arrived.He remembered what Wu Shan said - "In Heqi, it takes more than a dozen people to work together to kill a tiger", he was flustered immediately, and he didn't know how to explain the cause and effect, so he grabbed Emperor Yan and said: "Father, get someone to go quickly." Take him back."

Although Emperor Yan didn't understand what he meant, seeing his panicked face, he hurriedly said: "Don't worry, I'll send someone to go right away."

Xiao Huangmen left immediately after receiving the order, and after leaving the tent for a while, he went back again, saying that Chu Lingwei had returned, and... hunted back a fierce tiger.

Yuan Jing got up and ran immediately when he heard the words. As soon as the tent door opened, Chu Yu saw a figure rushing towards him. into his arms.Yuan Jing plunged his head into the bright mirror in front of his chest, and the nasal bone hurt. When he raised his head, there were tears in his eyes, which startled Chu Yu: "What's wrong, Your Highness? Why are you crying?"

Yuan Jing covered his face and cried, "Nose hurts."

Chu Yu held his face in his hands, blew at him indiscriminately, and said strangely: "Who told you to run so fast."

Yuan Jing was worried that he would be injured, but looking at it now, he was full of vigor when training people, and there was no smell of blood on his body, he felt relieved, and calmly said: "I want to see the tiger you hunt."

Chu Yu rubbed his hair, pointed to the inside of the tent: "Go in and have a look."

Everyone sits down in the account and hears about his feats, and they all want to open their eyes.Emperor Yan made a gesture, and the eight Habayashi guards left the tent.The tiger weighed more than [-] catties, and they worked together to lift it from the cage into the tent, but saw a black-feathered iron arrow pass through the eye and shattered its skull, other than that, there was no scar on its body. .When everyone saw it, they were all shocked and speechless for a while.

Emperor Yan knew that he didn't like to show off this kind of limelight. When asked why, Chu Yu said, "The prince has seen that His Majesty is not in good health recently, and he heard that tiger bone wine is the strongest for health, so he came here for the prince and dedicated it to His Majesty." Emperor Yan was a little surprised, took Yuan Jing's hand and asked, "Is that so?"

Yuan Jing secretly said "Ah", knowing that this acknowledgment would mean sending the prey out. Seeing Chu Yu winking at him, he had no choice but to say dryly, "That's right."

It is very rare for him to hunt down a tiger by himself, and adding the prince's filial piety, Emperor Yan was overjoyed. Not to mention, even Guo Yan, who was rewarded earlier, also presented his precious carved bow, saying that he was unparalleled in courage and strength. Bow himself deserved it.Chu Yu naturally won't win the honor.Emperor Yan came out to smooth things over with a smile, and he said generously: "You have worked hard, I should reward you, but you must not look down on ordinary things, how about this, I promise you one thing, what do you want?" Yes, just say it, I will allow it."

As soon as these words came out, there was a silence in the big tent, Yuan Jing bit his finger, thinking: I don't know what elder brother wants.The old prime minister furrowed his brows secretly, calling to the emperor that what he said was really imprecise, if he opened his mouth and said that he wanted to go back to northern Xinjiang, the emperor should not?Emperor Yan's expression moved, as if he had thought of this, and he wanted to add a sentence. Chu Yu had already knelt down on one knee in military salute, and said in a deep voice, "Then please resume the Lantern Festival, Your Majesty."

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