Chapter 18: The Reborn Prince of the Hou Mansion 18
Chapter 18 The Reborn Prince of the Hou Mansion (18)
The autumn air is crisp and clear, the royal paddock is covered with flags covering a ten-mile radius, and there is a huge battle array.
All officials and nobles attended with their families. Everyone was dressed up in a complicated way and had a smile on their face. The noble ladies chatted with each other, and their eyes flashed across the young talents in the room from time to time.
"The Emperor has arrived——"
Nan Xian was also carefully groomed today. She wore a purple gold crown on her head, a black python robe, and a dragon pattern lock around her waist.
"See your Majesty, long live your Majesty."
Seeing the emperor's arrival, the scene suddenly became silent and everyone saluted.
"Pingshen", Nan Xian, the emperor, is already very familiar with it, and his smile is just right: "Many of you here are Dongyao's best young men. Let me see which young man will come out on top in this autumn hunt. I am very worried.
There’s a reward!”
As soon as these words came out, many noble disciples were gearing up.
Autumn hunting is held once a year. If you can get the top spot in front of the emperor, you will be successful.
As soon as the hunting ground was opened, the energetic young man passed by with his horse in the air, causing dust to fly.
Nan Xian rode a docile white horse, carrying a quiver on his back, and rode side by side with Si Xiao.
Listening to the chaotic sound of horse hooves next to my ears, I became interested. I drew my bow full of strings and pointed it at a deer hidden behind the bushes. I said with confidence: "Si Xiao, let me show you the results of my recent practice.
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There was a "swish" sound, the arrow missed, and the deer was frightened and ran away.
Si Xiao chuckled lightly and looked at him with a little smile in his dark eyes.
Nan Xian's face heated up when he saw it: "I saw that the deer was too young, so I couldn't bear to kill it."
"Um."
"If we go further, there are many live birds in this hunting ground." Nan Xian pinched the horse's belly, and the horse ran forward with its hooves raised.
Si Xiao looked around, frowned slightly, and followed closely behind Nan Xian.
When the two were level, Si Xiao looked serious and lowered his voice: "Xi Jin will definitely take action today. Don't leave my side so I can protect you."
"I know that you asked me to let Xi Jin and Concubine Shu go away that day just to lure out the small fish with the big fish. But that day I really didn't expect that during the three years that Xi Jin was a hostage in Dongyao, he would actually be placed in Dongyao.
So much detail."
"If we don't catch all these people, there will be endless troubles."
"The Holy One is wise," Si Xiao stared at Nan Xian with a complicated expression as he bent his bow and aimed at a gray rabbit. If he had known Nan Xian earlier in his previous life and pulled out the moths scattered by Xi Jin for her, would everything have been different?
occur.
He had already guessed the reason why his sister was relegated to the cold palace in her previous life. It was probably because she was bewitched by Xi Jin and fell in love with her, and was designed to expose her adultery in front of Nan Xian, so she fell out of favor.
Everything is just Xi Jin's calculation.
"It's rare for you to praise me." Nan Xian turned her head with a smile, and inadvertently looked into a pair of cold and gloomy eyes.
What did the villain think about and his expression was so terrifying?
Si Xiao calmly calmed down his anger and was about to speak when a "swish" sound broke through the air in his ears.
"Be careful-" He jumped onto Nanxian's horse, stretched out his arms and pressed him against the horse.
This arrow was like a signal to attack. Countless arrows sprang out from the forest and were shot densely at the two of them. The horses were frightened and spun around. One of them died on the spot, with red blood flowing all over the ground. The other's belly was covered in wounds.
It shot into a sieve and fled into the forest with a neighing sound.
There was no bunker around the two of them, so Si Xiao could only draw his long sword and shoot down the arrows in an airtight manner.
He held Nan Xian's hand with his other hand and walked through the forest.
"kill!"
"The Marquis has an order to only take the dog emperor's head and not to hurt the prince."
A group of men in black sprang out of the forest, the long swords in their hands shining with cold light.
Si Xiao carried Nan Xian up a tall tree branch and put him down, then jumped directly into the crowd of men in black. The long sword in his hand was fast and accurate. Every time he swung it, a bunch of blood flowers shot out. Soon there were several
The man in black fell to the ground.
But these men in black looked like dead soldiers, with no fear in their eyes. One group separated and entangled Si Xiao, while the other group ran under the tree, trying to cut down the tree and capture Nan Xian.
If he had not practiced martial arts before, Nan Xian would still be a little afraid of this kind of scene.
But at this time, she was extremely calm in her heart. She put her fingers on the string, straightened her arms, and aimed at the eyebrows of a man in black. As soon as she let go, the arrow penetrated the man in black's forehead, and the man fell straight down with his eyes wide open.
Si Xiao glanced over here, knowing that Nan Xian couldn't hold on for long. His thin lips curled into a cruel cold hook, and his movements suddenly became more than ten times faster. The man in black was killed on the spot before he could see clearly what he had done.
The men in black beside Si Xiao were quickly dealt with by him. Nan Xian also shot several men in black to death with arrows. When the remaining men in black saw that their companions were dead, they bit their fangs into pieces.
Fell to the ground.
Nan Xian used Qing Kung Fu to jump down from the treetop.
With her current internal strength, it would be impossible to reach such a high treetop in an instant.
As expected, Si Xiao was a martial arts genius just like Mu Xuan.
Looking at the corpses on the ground, Nan Xian frowned. Xi Jin was indeed insidious and cunning. He sent people to assassinate her, and he actually carried the banner of the Yongrong Marquis Mansion.
If she were one of those cowardly and foolish emperors in history who were afraid of death, I am afraid that even if she did not believe the words of these men in black, she would temporarily remain suspicious of the Yongrong Hou Mansion. After all, emperors were afraid of death and would rather kill by mistake than let go.
Si Xiao walked over holding a feather arrow with dark eyes: "It's an arrow from our house."
In order to distinguish the number of hunts by the talents of each mansion during the hunting convention, the name of the mansion will be marked on the arrows.
"Oops." Nan Xian's heart skipped a beat: "Go and see Marquis Yongrong and your mother and sister."
Si Xiao also thought of it, and his dark eyes instantly cast a layer of gloom.
The two quickly returned to the place where the female officials were resting.
As soon as he stepped into the tent, an arrow was pierced from the outside. Si Xiao raised his hand and clenched it tightly. There was a note tied to the arrow: "Mrs. Yongrong Hou and Si Yao are in my hands. I want to save people.
In three days, I will bring you Emperor Dongyao at the city gate in exchange."
Nan Xian looked at his expression and stepped forward to read: "What is written?"
Si Xiao squeezed the note tightly and walked out of the tent with a stern face. The place where he shot the arrow had long since disappeared.
Nan Xian could understand his feelings. In his rebirth, his biggest wish was to protect his family and the Yongrong Marquis Mansion. But now, in order to protect her, the person he hated most in his previous life, he put his family in danger.
Deep down in his heart he must blame himself and be on the verge of madness.
"The person Xi Jin wants is me. Your mother and sister should be safe during these three days."
Si Xiao clenched his ten fingers tightly, his eyes were misty, and his body was tense. His palm was gently held by someone, and his fingertips embedded in his palm were gradually opened: "Don't worry, I promise you, I won't let you go."
Something happened to your mother and sister."
Nan Xian was glad that Xi Jin didn't want Si Xiao to trade her head for her. As long as she lived, she would still have a chance.
"In three days, I will go and replace Mrs. Yongronghou and Si Yao."