Chapter 78
Chapter 78
After the emperor took out "Hanguang", the generals' children became even more emotional.Pairs of expectant eyes looked at the emperor in full costume.The emperor smiled and clapped his hands again.
A line of palace maids came each holding brocade boxes covered with red cloth. When they got closer, they could see swords shining with cold light, or priceless lifelike jade tiger cubs, or extremely gorgeous Butterfly Wearing Flower Gold Silk Peony Hairpin.There are ten samples in total.
Jia Hu immediately fell in love with the hairpin. The butterfly on it was so ingenious, its wings were still trembling slightly.The corner of his mouth raised a smile, if it was dedicated to his mother, she would be very happy.
"The top ten with the most and the best prey," the emperor stood up, and said vigorously, "you can get the reward you want. Boys, let's go!"
"promise!"
The sound of promises was overwhelming, and the emperor rode into the dense forest under the stars and the moon. Driven by the guards, a deer panicked and was driven into the encirclement. That majestic deer.
Long live Shan Hu, the emperor laughed loudly in a good mood: "It's up to you! The time limit is half an hour!" So the emperor left with a group of generals and a group of guards, and the remaining young children looked at each other With a glance, they scrambled to scatter around, chasing rabbits, pheasants and so on.
The prince is also among the hunters.As soon as the emperor left, several princes rushed to disperse.King Wu led his men to take the lead, and left with a big smile, "Be careful not to lose so badly!" King Li was not convinced, and also went to the opposite side with his direct descendants, saying ruthlessly, "I don't believe I can't win!" The two princes rode away together, looking at Youzai Youzai, it was obvious that they would not participate in the competition.
As for King Cheng, he watched the Ninth Prince for a while, saw that he was staring at Jia Hu unwillingly, and forced him to leave.Seventh and Eighth two slipped away quietly when no one was paying attention.
Seeing that all the princes and horses were gone, Jia Hu's horse was still parked in place. Yang Jinghui walked out a little bit, but when he saw that he was not moving, he couldn't help shouting impatiently: "Tu Nan! Why don't you leave!"
Jiang Fei, who was passing by on a horse, smiled presumptuously: "Isn't it because my legs are weak from fright!"
Yang Jinghui wanted to get angry, but the man ran away behind King Wu's army in a blink of an eye, reined in his horse, turned back to Jia Hu, and said bitterly, "Tunan, you have to teach them a good lesson!" shook his fist.
"You know him?" Jia Hu chose a direction with few people, that is, no prince, and walked slowly with Yang Jinghui.
"It's more than acquaintance!" Yang Jinghui muttered, but he didn't want to talk about the grievances between him and Jiang Fei. He just said anxiously, "Brother Jia, there is a certain number of prey in the mountains. If this continues, they will be hunted down." !"
"Don't worry!" Jia Hu replied, then drilled in another direction, explaining, "The guards must have put in enough prey. There were so many people just now, I'm afraid they might startle the horse. Now those pheasants and so on , I don’t know where the shock went.” As soon as the words fell, Jia Hu quickly raised his hand to shoot an arrow, and Yang Jinghui looked over, and saw a rabbit nailed to the root of the tree, the arrow shot through the eye, and the fur was intact. .
"Good shot!" Yang Jinghui's eyes lit up, he caught a figure and shot it too.It was a pheasant, shot in the throat.The accompanying guards quickly pulled the arrow out of the tree, and the two prey were placed on the horses behind them respectively.
Jia Hu turned around and said with a smile, "Brother Yang, you don't have to give way too much!"
Yang Jinghui smiled heartily, as expected of him!
He was eager to try, and the corners of his brows and eyes were full of vigor, "Why don't we compare?"
"Okay!" Jia Hu pointed to the road ahead and said, "Let's go to this road at the same time. Just shoot arrows and let the guards pick up the prey. It's limited to a quarter of an hour and see who shoots the most. How?" ?” Each person’s arrow has a different mark, and the number of arrows in each person’s quiver is also certain, which ensures the fairness of the game.
Yang Jinghui had no objection, the two agreed and explained to the guards behind.
The two horses are side by side, both of them are holding bows and arrows, their waists are slightly bent, and they are ready to go.A guard ordered: "Start!" He rushed out in an instant, and the arrows fell like rain.The guards behind quickly followed.
There are indeed a lot of prey in the dense forest, and they are still stupid, just flopping around, and from time to time there are pheasants jumping around with their wings flying.Yang Jinghui took the lead, his eyes fixed on the front, and he did not relax for a moment.Jia Hu got on his horse and followed him closely, holding his hand firmly. Sometimes when two people shot at the same prey, it was not certain who was faster and who was slower.
A quarter of an hour passed quickly, the two stopped, and the guards counted the prey, and they were evenly matched, with the first hare, pheasant and so on.Among them, Jia Hu also shot a snake that was about the size of a bowl, and hit it seven inches in the middle.
"I lost." Yang Jinghui gave him a thumbs up, and readily admitted defeat, "The snake soup tastes good, tsk tsk, it seems that I have a good meal tonight!"
Jia Hu didn't give in either, and quickly took over the job of serving snake soup.Jia Hu reckoned that the time was almost up, so the two walked back.Along the way, Yang Jinghui complained all the way, "Every time I feel that I don't have enough fun." Jia Hu replied absent-mindedly: "There are still a few days! Brother Yang, why are you in a hurry?"
"That's right." Yang Jinghui rubbed his head and smiled, saw a shadow flickering under the tree with his sharp eyes, and shot out with another arrow.There was a muffled hum from under the tree.Yang Jinghui turned pale with shock, could he have shot someone?
A series of stories with heroes saving the beauty, fighting in the dark house, and true love invincible flashed through his mind, "Young master accidentally injured a girl while hunting - the girl who was seriously injured and the two fell in love at first sight and brought her back to the mansion for healing". The guard who went to check changed his face: "It's His Highness Ninth Prince!"
Jia Hu raised his heart all of a sudden.Nine princes?No, no, Cheng Wang is with him!
When the person brought him over, the person was seriously injured and almost died, and Yang Jinghui's arrow made the situation even worse.He said intermittently: "There are a dozen wild wolves! Quickly ask someone to save the Ninth Prince and King Cheng!" After finishing speaking, he tilted his head.Reaching out to touch, only a weak breath remains.Appears to be passed out, not dead.Yang Jinghui couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
Jia Hu made a decisive decision, and said to Yang Jinghui who was still reaching out to test the dying guard: "You take someone to ask for help, be careful!" After finishing speaking, regardless of Yang Jinghui's worried expression, "Two tigers, come with me!" He took his two people and chased after the guard's escape trace without hesitation.
Yang Jinghui also knew that the matter was of great importance, and his expression was solemn, fearing that someone outside would obstruct him, so he went to the place where King Jing of Beijing had just seen.
But it's Jia Hu's side.At the beginning, the bloodstains were clear, but the traces of the grass and trees were heavy, and it became more and more difficult to distinguish the source later.Now we have reached another fork, and there is no obvious difference between the two sides.The horse couldn't pass, Jia Hu hesitated for a moment, then got off the horse and ran away from the camp.
Dahu and Erhu were puzzled, but they didn't dare to ask questions, and they also got off their horses and ran quickly.Jia Hu seemed to know what they were thinking and explained it to them.
"Okay, how could there be wild wolves in the enclosed hunting place? Someone must have done it on purpose. A dozen wild wolves can't kill the two princes, so there must be a second move! If you dare to openly intercept and kill the two highnesses here, I'm afraid the camp will kill them." The emperor is in danger! Going to the camp for help will not be His Highness's first choice."
The Highness Jia Hu was talking about was naturally His Highness Chengwang.King Cheng got the news early and thought he was well prepared.Jia Hu originally wanted to hide as expected, but he couldn't let go anyway, so he must go and have a look.
Sure enough, Jia Hu chose the right path, and soon, the three of them saw a dozen people who looked like guards surrounded King Cheng and the Ninth Prince, and were fighting to the death with a dozen wild wolves.Most of the guards were injured, but they still desperately protected the two Highnesses, preventing the wolves from taking a step.King Cheng stared at the uninjured wild wolf with a cold light in his eyes.
Suddenly, several cold arrows shot into the open space.King Cheng raised his heart, fearing that he might be an enemy.After seeing who came, he breathed a sigh of relief.The Ninth Prince shouted: "Jia Hu!" Shock and joy were contained in these two words.
Jia Hu didn't answer, holding a bow and arrow, staring closely at the field, lest he shoot anyone who was fighting with the wolf.The big tiger and the two tigers rushed over immediately after protecting Jia Hu into a safe place.
It's not because of their skills that Da Hu and Er Hu can be reused by Jia Hu. Once they joined, the guards who died two or three and most of them were seriously injured were really relieved.Soon, with the help of the two tigers and Jia Hu's cold arrows from time to time, several of the remaining wild wolves died, and the leading wolf was seriously injured and finally retreated.
Before leaving, the first wolf stuck several arrows in his body, turned his head and stared fiercely at the culprit—Jia Hu, before limping away.
The wild wolf left, Jia Hufang felt the pain in his tiger's mouth, and his arms were so sore that he almost froze.Only then did I have time to reply, "Your Highness, Yang Jinghui has already gone to ask for help. Fortunately, I didn't come too late."
It is indeed lucky.Those who become kings may die or be seriously injured when they fight the wolves to death.
After counting the number of people, the leading guard, Ada, reported with a heavy heart: "Your Highness, there are thirteen of us in total. Twelve went to report the news, and four, six, and seven died. The others were all slightly or seriously injured. .”
King Cheng looked at the nine guards who were still alive.
One of Ah Da's arms was disabled, Ah Er and Ah San were only slightly injured, and Xiao Wu was the most seriously injured. There was nothing good about his whole body. Without the conditions for self-cultivation right now, he might not be able to live long.There are also eight, nine, ten, eleven, and thirteen. The injuries are not serious, and they can move anyway.
"Bury Xiaosi, Xiaoliu, and Xiaoqi." Cheng Wang said.
It's important to escape for your life, how can you take care of so much?The Ninth Prince looked at Fifth Brother disapprovingly, and then went to see Jia Hu, seeing that he was Fifth Brother's aide, so it was fine if he didn't dissuade him, but he seemed to agree.
Jia Hu turned around, "Is there something wrong with His Royal Highness?"
The Ninth Prince snorted coldly, turned his head away, and did not speak.
Jia Hufang said: "Your Highness, you might as well wait for the storm to pass before cleaning up the corpses. There is a bloody smell here, and if wild animals are attracted here, the loss outweighs the gain."
Ah Da also said with tears in his eyes: "Xiao Si and the others will not be willing to put the master they are desperately protecting into danger again. Your Highness, let's leave as soon as possible."
These words touched Cheng Wang's heart.With a long sigh, he agreed.Then he asked Jia Hu, "How is Father?"
Jia Hu shook his head: "As soon as I heard the guards calling for help, I rushed over. I don't know where the emperor is."
King Cheng sighed, and Jia Hu kept preventing him from telling his father the news of King Wu's possible rebellion.One is that it is easy to arouse the suspicion of the father, and the other is that if other people survive, it will undoubtedly be very unfavorable to King Cheng.After all, the emperor finds those grown-up princes extremely displeasing to the eye, and it is better for a few younger ones.
Cheng Wang didn't think so.His father's recent actions are undoubtedly cultivating him.Jia Hu didn't know, if Jia Hu knew, I believe he would have made such a decision.Regardless of whether his father is interested in him or not, if his father finds out that he knows the truth and does not report it, the consequences will be disastrous.
If what Jia Amnesty said is correct, there must be some of the emperor's confidantes who rebelled.In his previous life, his father never thought that that person would betray him, causing him to be seriously injured, so he had no choice but to pass on the seventh prince.If he had taken precautions this time, would his father die early?
King Cheng was not sure whether this was good or bad for him.He just needs to be worthy of his own conscience.
This period of psychological journey was not told by King Cheng.However, Jia Hu had already guessed it.
The reason why Jia Hu supported Cheng Wang was because he saw that he was not the kind of person who would kill everything.However, it is meaningless to say this.Therefore, when the Ninth Prince anxiously asked, "Fifth Brother? Where are we going next?", Jia Hu spoke.
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