Chapter 128: The Son of Heaven is in danger
On the mountain path, countless bushes quickly passed by. Zhu Di's face was somewhat deformed by the wind. His nose was tall and straightened, which seemed even more prominent at this time.
When he arrived at a forest stream, Zhu Di turned his horse and ran into a forest. The guards behind him followed one after another, but in the woods, the flags had to be thrown to the side of the road.
Their arrival caused the birds in the forest to scatter, and countless birds flew up together.
Zhu Di smiled coldly, and did not put on a bow, obviously disdain to hunt these birds.
Xie Jin also followed out panting. He couldn't keep up with Zhu Di. The inner side of his legs had been worn out and his head was covered in cold sweat.
Zhu Di stopped his horse and glanced at Jie Jin coldly from the corner of his eyes, saying, "Why does Master Jie chase me?"
Xie Jin gasped heavily, wiped the sweat from his forehead with his long sleeves, and said without caring about his decentness, "Your Majesty, I can't help but worry when I see Your Majesty leaving with anger."
"What are you worried about?" Zhu Di's eyes wandered in the forest and continued, "I'm worried that my face cannot be put down, and that my son is a wine bag and can't even sit steadily?"
Xie Jin said: "That horse was taken off the croton."
Zhu Di sneered: "Of course I know that the prince has not yet gotten on the horse, so I know that the horse is dull and seems to be exhausted. Do you think this can't be hidden from me? I have been with the horse for so many years, and I still have this little vision."
Zhu Di's answer made Xie Jin stunned for a moment, and he couldn't help but say, "That Majesty..."
Zhu Di suddenly opened his bow, straightened his waist, and sat on the horse, like a javelin. He squinted his eyes, his eyes were like hooks, and the trace of eyes was like lightning. Suddenly, his hand released the bowstring...
The sharp arrow flew out like a meteor and quickly rotated in the air. The next moment, a rabbit in the grass was directly stabbed to the ground by the arrow. After only a few struggles, there was no movement again.
Several guards cheered quickly, and someone wanted to snatch up on him to pick up the rabbit. Zhu Di said, "No need to go, it's just a hare. Taking it back will hurt me."
When the guards heard this, their smiles stiffened. They all retreated one after another.
Zhu Di took out another arrow from the pot, and seemed a little bit frivolous. He pulled the horse forward and continued to move forward suddenly: "I am really angry with the prince. It's not that he is ugly today, but that the prince doesn't even know the habit of the horse. It's obvious that the horse has a problem. He is still ignorant, so he will embarrass people. My son can love beauty or be arrogant, but how can he not know the nature of the horse? He is not my son!"
This sentence was so shocked that Xie Jin was almost falling off the horse. He fought a cold war and hurriedly said, "But although Your Highness is not familiar with archery and horses, he is well-educated and knowledgeable, intelligent and kind."
In response to Xie Jin, Zhu Di snorted coldly. Xie Jin immediately said, "Your Majesty knows the nature of a horse. Have you ever seen a tiger?"
Zhu Di said proudly: "I have hunted no less than ten tigers."
Xie Jin said: "I think Your Majesty is a tiger. But Your Majesty knows that the tiger is poisonous and does not eat his son. I have a poem that I would like to ask Your Majesty to appreciate: The tiger is the Lord of the Beasts, who dares to touch his anger? Only the relationship between father and son is reviewed step by step. Your Majesty, even if the prince is not good, he is still His Majesty's son. No matter how ridiculed it, his Majesty's flesh and blood, his body, hair and skin are also from Your Majesty. Why does Your Majesty dislike it so much?"
These words made Zhu Di silent, and Zhu Di's face relaxed a little.
He heard Xie Jin continue to say, "The eldest son of the emperor is kind and filial. People know everything they know. The sage never regards bows and horses as the standard. Instead, he is based on his virtue. The eldest son of the emperor is humiliated today and is already burned to death. He is afraid that Your Majesty will blame him. If Your Majesty will not listen to him, wouldn't it make him even more sad?"
Zhu Di sighed and said, "What you said makes sense, but he doesn't look like me after all."
Xie Jin's eyes flashed and he said word by word: "But many people say that although the saint grandson is still in the middle of a young age, he is exactly the same as His Majesty."
Zhu Di's whole body was shocked. His hands holding the bow steadily gradually loosened, and his whole body softened. He nodded and said, "Not bad."
Xie Jin couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. The saint grandson was Zhu Gaochi's son, Zhu Di's eldest grandson. Although he was only five years old, he loved his grandson after all. Is the saint grandson exactly the same as Zhu Di? But in the heart of being a grandfather, he had already believed it in his heart whether he looked like it or not, so this was an irrefutable sophistry.
Xie Jin observed Zhu Di's changes and understood that the overall situation had been decided.
At this time, a trace of murderous intent suddenly flashed through Zhu Di's eyes, and he pinched the arrow's tail.
Chih...
The sound of breaking through the air came out, and a sharp arrow flew towards Zhu Di's chest.
Zhu Di suddenly pulled the reins and his body slanted. The arrow flew past Zhu Di's ears, and then he made a loud noise and pierced into the trunk of the tree behind Zhu Di. The tail of the arrow was still shaking wildly and buzzing.
Zhu Di immediately raised his bow and shot out with an arrow. Then, dozens of feet away, a person suddenly fell from the tree, and the arrow penetrated through his eye sockets.
Everyone was shocked, and a guard shouted: "Assassin, there is an assassin, Your Majesty retreat quickly, I'll be waiting for the guard..."
Countless guards flocked forward, and Xie Jin was almost scared to fall off his horse.
Zhu Di pulled out the sword on his waist and said, "There is an ambush here. The assassin plans carefully. The rear path must be cut off by them. There must be crossbowmen on both sides of the left and right. Follow me and rush forward!"
Xie Jin was so scared that his face looked like a slight look. He sat on the horse and seemed to be shorter. Qiqi said ai: "You... Your Majesty... Don't take risks."
Zhu Di laughed loudly, and he was already rushing away with his sword and horse.
Inspired by Zhu Di, countless guards pulled out their long swords and followed them.
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"Your Highness, do you want to take a break?"
Hao Fenglou on the other side was a little tired. He tried to shoot a few preys, but he returned in a desperate situation several times, which made him feel disheartened. Hao Fenglou's biggest feature is that he will never be stubborn. Since he is not good at bows and horses, he will never continue to do such stupid things. He simply watched Zhu Gaosui, the boy, chased the hunting back and forth. If he shot the prey, he would shout for him twice, and then hang the wild animals under his horse and treat it as his spoil. If he didn't shoot, he would have to whistle and boo him.
Zhu Gaosui was sweating all over and was exhausted. He turned over and got off the horse and said with a smile: "I was just intrigued. Hunting with you is really boring. It would be better to follow my second brother to play, but my second brother's riding and shooting skills are better than mine. Following him, I can only get a bargain behind my back, which is boring."
Hao Fenglou took out the water bag from the saddle, pulled the soft stuff and drank it, and said, "Don't tell me about these fights and killings. Alas, today's right eyelid is always leaping. I always feel that something is going to happen. Be careful when Your Highness shoots an arrow later, don't hurt me by mistake."
The two sat down on the spot, and Zhu Gaosui ordered people to get food and ate it on the spot.
Zhu Gaosui blinked at Hao Fenglou and said, "You just talked about Master Jie. Master Jie goes to pursue his father. Can a few words make his father calm down?"
Hao Fenglou looked at him deeply, smiled mysteriously, then fell asleep on the hay, pillowing his head with his hands, squinted his eyes to look through the branches and leaves, and said, "You only know how to ride a horse and shoot arrows, but you don't know that moving words are more effective than killing people with sharp blades. Swords can splash blood, but words can touch people. Ha... You want to mess with me again, it's even more boring to hunt with you. You always want to make my decision."
Zhu Gaoshui laughed dryly and went to feed the horses.
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In the camp, from time to time, knights who returned empty-handed from time to time were depressed, and some people returned with full loads, carrying turtle doves, wild rabbits, etc. Just now, a group of Yanshan Guards brought back a wild boar, which attracted many female relatives in the camp to see, but most of the female relatives were firmly sitting in the camp, like virtuous women waiting for their fathers, brothers and husbands to return home.
Empress Xu's tent was quite lively, and many noble ladies were eating melon seeds and talking about men.
Everyone speculated about the harvest of hunting today, and some people came here to see fresh things. They usually stayed at the door of their homes. Now they arrived at the Purple Mountain. Although they were still in the camp, everything was curious.
Empress Xu was dignified and quiet, and most of the time she pursed her lips and said nothing. She only explained a few words appropriately when everyone was in a good mood. She sat next to her, which made many noble ladies envious.
Miss Lu was there too, but she was with her mother and didn't dare to speak. She just fiddled with her sleeves boredly. Sometimes she would smile when she heard some interesting things, but she was afraid of losing her manners. She quickly stopped it after clicking and looked at other people's reactions carefully. She found that everyone's attention was not on her, so she sighed.
When she heard others say how many wild animals her man would catch today, a bold idea came to her mind, how many wild animals would Hao Fenglou hunted? Thinking of this, she didn't dare to think about it, and suddenly felt that she had no sense of shame, and she blushed into her ears and her palms were full of sweat.
At this time, a eunuch rushed in, and even the two guards outside the tent did not stop them. The ladies and ladies in the tent were startled. The eunuch fell to the ground and said in a hoarse voice: "Empress, empress... something is not good. Your Majesty meets a hidden place in the northern foothills... There are assassins... There are assassins..."
When this came out, the whole tent exploded, and all the noble ladies were shocked. Some people looked blue and white, and some people were sitting on the chair with wide eyes. Some people were trembling and they didn't know what to do.
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Chapter completed!