The original escorts of the Prince Consort and Crown Prince Yan were impressive enough. Because they were leaving the city, there were more officers and soldiers following the Imperial Guards. There were hundreds of people in total, all of whom were wearing bright clothes and angry horses.
, they walked to the street, and the momentum was so spectacular that pedestrians didn’t know what to say, so they couldn’t help but run away.【】
The group of people left Dongcheng and came to the suburbs. The grass here was green, with thin willow trees scattered among them. The river in the distance was as gentle as a jade belt, and there were wild flowers rippling in the bushes nearby. The scene was full of wild interest.
"Uncle, you, let's take the low mountain in front as the boundary. Let's rush out from here and go around the low mountain. The first one to get back here will win. Of course, since there are three people from each side, whoever wins
People, at least two of them must come back first."
Zhu Gaochi sat in the car and said with a smile to Wang's consort beside him. Wang's consort looked like he had a big belly and laughed loudly: "Gao Chi, I knew you were in my "Zhong Kui's Ghost Hunting Picture", if you open your mouth
It’s really hard for me as an uncle not to give it to you, but you insist on betting. Hey, you’re asking for trouble. With your wide and fat body, I’m afraid you’ve lost all your money.
Is it on your two brothers?"
The king's consort talked about Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaosui. Seeing that they were dressed in light arrow robes and riding majestic horses, he couldn't help but praise: "They are really two rare heroes."
He pointed at the two Zhu Gaoxu and said to the two equestrian instructors he brought: "It is clear that although the two princes are young, they grew up in Peiping. They also followed their father on an expedition outside the Great Wall, and they are all knights.
You two are very skilled. You two are famous equestrian instructors in Jinling City. I think your skills are not inferior to them. But if you really lose, hehe, you don't want to be left too far behind, otherwise my face will be disgraced.
"
These two equestrian instructors were selected from the most outstanding equestrian instructors in the Governor's Mansion of the Fifth Army. They looked down upon the two young princes from Prince Yan's Mansion, clasped their fists at the Prince's Prince Consort and said, "Don't worry, Commander-in-Chief, I will never be humble in my position."
It will disappoint your lord. In this Marseille, your humble position will definitely be won by your lord."
The king's consort suddenly laughed: "Okay, haha, if you really win, the prince will treat me to sixteen banquets in a row. Our Jinling City has sixteen famous buildings built by Emperor Taizu.
The delicacies on the sixth floor are already available all over the world. If you win, I will not only give you a lot of rewards, but you will also be able to sit down for every banquet and have a banquet on the sixteenth floor, where you can taste all the delicacies from all over the world."
The two equestrian instructors said confidently: "The humble position must fulfill the mission!"
The king's consort turned his head, smiled at Zhu Gaochi and said, "My dear nephew, let's get on the horse too."
"Yes, uncle, please."
The two people got out of the car, and someone came to lead the horse. Wang's consort was holding Sisi, but he was actually a military commander. How could he not know how to ride a horse and shoot arrows? The stableboy only gave a little help, and Wang's consort easily sat on the horse's back.
Zhu Gaochi held the whip in his hand and smiled. Zhu Gaochi's fat body really took a lot of effort. One of the four guards led the horse, the other dropped the stirrup, and the other two pushed together, using the strength of nine cows and two tigers.
Push the big fat man onto the horse's back.
As soon as Zhu Gaochi got on the horse, the horse neighed and stamped its hooves, obviously bearing some weight. In fact, Zhu Gaochi knew how to ride a horse. When he was a child, he was not so fat. He also danced with swords for a few days and practiced riding for a while.
However, his obesity became more and more serious and his body became more and more clumsy. Naturally, he could no longer ride a horse and shoot arrows. However, this skill he had practiced since he was a child would not be completely forgotten just because he had not practiced it for a long time. Besides, he was also fat.
The meat is so heavy that it almost bends the horse's back when riding on it, but it is really stable when standing up, and there is no risk of falling down.
The king's consort laughed, raised his whip and said: "Yang Baihu, you come and give the orders!"
"I obey my orders!"
Xia Xun smiled slightly, drove his horse forward, and shouted: "Get ready!"
Wang's consort, Zhu Gaochi and six other men and six horses lined up in a row and stood beside the marked line. They all leaned forward, their whips raised in the air, and they were ready.
Zhu Gaochi's eyes flashed and he glanced at Xia Xun. Xia Xun nodded without any trace, waved his hand and shouted: "Start!"
With a "whoop", the five fast horses rushed out like Xia Xun's roar. Zhu Gaochi held the horse's belly hard and whipped it twice. He rode off the horse.
Jianma reluctantly trotted out and ran out. At this time, the five consorts were already a stone's throw away. The guards who stayed behind couldn't help but laugh when they saw it.
As soon as the six people's horses went out, their guards and some imperial guards ran out from the left and right wings. Xia Xun said to Mr. Li: "Brother Li, please wait here while I walk with the prince."
Procedure."
Xia Xun is the biggest official here. Since he arranged it like this, the unsmiling General Li Qi nodded and agreed. He brought several officials with him to wait for who would be the first to come back. Xia Xun turned his horse's head.
He chased Zhu Gaochi down.
When they first rushed out, Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaosui were at the front. The two of them were really good at equestrian skills. In addition, although they were tall and strong, they were still fourteen or fifteen-year-old boys. Their bodies were not as heavy as those of adults, accounting for more than half of their weight.
It was cheap. However, the two equestrian instructors selected from the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion had relied on equestrian skills for their whole life, and their equestrian skills were not inferior to those of Zhu Gaoxu and the other two.
Halfway through the distance, when they crossed a small river, the two instructors had already jumped half a horse's head forward, and Wang's consort was chasing after them. When they saw that their men had passed ahead, they couldn't help but rejoiced and shouted loudly.
: "Good boy, if you pass and reach the finish line first, my reward will be doubled."
When the two equestrian instructors heard this, they became energetic. They laughed provocatively at Zhu Gaoxu, who was gnashing his teeth and lashing their whips with all their strength. They whipped their horses and accelerated violently, then rushed one horse forward and ran towards the short mountain without looking back.
go.
Zhu Gaoxu yelled unconvinced and winked at the third child Zhu Gaosui. The two of them also suddenly accelerated their speed. However, they were able to throw the people behind them further and further away. They wanted to catch up with the two people in front of them, but unless they
The horse stumbled and fell.
In front of the king's consort, the extremely angry Zhu Gaoxu brothers, and behind him, Zhu Gaochi, who seemed to be riding a free horse, couldn't help but laugh a few times, and also raised their hands and whipped to speed up.
The king's consort ran to the bottom of the short mountain. As soon as he rounded the hillside, he saw five or six men and horses lying on the ground in front of him. They were all Jinyi officers who were accompanying Brother Zhu Gaoxu. They fell to the ground one by one and screamed miserably. The horses also neighed miserably.
Unable to get up, he couldn't help but turn pale with fright. He hurried over on flying horses and said loudly: "Why were we so careless that we all bumped into each other? Where are the two princes?"
An injured Jinyi officer pointed forward in pain and said: "Prince-in-law, they ran away, ran away!"
"What?" The king's consort followed the direction they pointed, and saw a few horses fleeting in the forest on the right front side. The forest here was dense, and there was only one path around the mountain. If the captain in Jinyi hadn't pointed it out in time,
I'm afraid that by the time they get into the woods, he won't be there either.
"Oops, I was fooled!"
The king's consort was shocked and was about to give the order to give chase. Suddenly, more than a dozen big men jumped out of the grass on both sides of the road ahead. Everyone was holding a crossbow. He could only hear the "clang" sound of the machine gun. The healthy horse neighed in response.
The horses of the accompanying guards were struck by crossbow arrows. Some horses fell to the ground, and some horses jumped wildly in pain. They were thrown off their horses one by one, and they were in a miserable state.
Just now, the two brothers Zhu Gaoxu escaped, but they were caught by surprise. They ordered the guards to attack the Jinyi Guards School who were following them, wounding people and killing horses, and fled quickly. When the king's consort arrived, only his bodyguards and the Jinyi Guards Schools were around, and they were lying in ambush.
Only then did the guards of Prince Yan's Mansion suddenly show up in the bushes.
The powerful crossbow fired quickly, killing the king's consort and the horses of the guards. They immediately abandoned the quiver, pulled it behind their backs, and raised another box of powerful crossbows. The king's consort had just stabilized his body and was about to draw his sword to fight back.
He and his guards couldn't help but change their expressions.
"Don't hurt the prince-in-law! Don't hurt the prince-in-law!"
Zhu Gaochi roared at the top of his voice. He had tried his best and rushed over as quickly as possible. There were also some Jinyi Guard officers around him to monitor him. But when they rounded the corner of the mountain and saw the accident ahead, the Crown Prince
The guards of Prince Yan's Palace around them suddenly took action and attacked them.
Zhu Gaochi rushed over panting, and apologized to the king's consort: "Uncle, my nephew has no intention of offending my uncle. However, our father is suffering from a mad disease, but the court refuses to let us go back. As the son of a man, how can we not stay in front of the bed?"
How about serving medicine and food? I have no choice but to make this decision. If I offend my uncle, I will kowtow to my uncle later to apologize!"
"Your Majesty, go quickly, go quickly!"
Among those holding crossbows, one of them looked like a leader and waved his hands at Zhu Gaochi. Zhu Gaochi didn't even bother to say anything. He bowed to the disgraced prince's consort on his horse, and then rushed towards the bushes and woods, and fell into the desert.
Escaped.
"Alas! You...can you escape..."
Seeing that he didn't hurt her, the king's consort felt a little more at ease. Seeing them fleeing into the dense forest, he couldn't help but let out a long sigh with emotion.
Seeing that the prince had left, the guards of Prince Yan's Mansion retreated towards the grass. They still held crossbows and arrows, their eyes sharp and cold. The Prince's Consort, the guards of the Prince's Palace, and the Jinyi Official School did not dare to move. They had no doubt that even if they were doing
If they make a forward movement, these cold guards of the Yan Mansion will release arrows without hesitation, turning them into thorns.
Xia Xun, riding his horse and whipping his whip, had just turned the corner of the mountain with seven or eight guards in royal robes.
According to his plan, Prince Yan set up an ambush here to help them escape, and Yang Xu came later and pretended to chase them. Among the Jinyiwei officer schools present, he had the highest official position, and everyone else had to listen to his orders, etc.
When he chased into the dense forest, he could easily get rid of the others and rush to join Prince Yan. By the time the truth came to light in the court, he had already accompanied Prince Yan out of the river and into the sea.
The problem is, even if everything counts, it is not as good as God. Xia Xun pretended to ask the king's consort what had happened, pretending to be filled with righteous indignation, and was about to order the Jin Yiwei officer school to follow him into the dense forest, when Luo Kedi had already led dozens of Jin Yiwei.
Come here in a hurry and you will soon reach the corner of the mountain.
The sound of hooves is loud and clear, like wind and thunder! To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to () to vote for recommendation. Your support is my biggest motivation.