The location of the royal hunting ground is excellent: there are lush grasslands in the west, with many kinds of small animals; in the east, there are dense forests, where there are as many birds as possible; in the south, there is a large lake, rich in fish; in the north, there are mountains, where large beasts roam, where the emperor and
the princes' favorite place
The concubines like to hunt on the grassland. During this season, weeds as tall as a person grow up like crazy. No matter how many people enter the grassland, they will be densely hidden without a trace.
In the early morning, the emperor wore gilt silver armor, a green cloak with white piping and embroidered with cyan cloud patterns. Perhaps it was because of the color. When he stood calmly on the grassland, it seemed like an extremely clean sky.
Xichen and a group of nobles immediately watched the dance of wizards offering sacrifices and blessings to the gods of the mountain. They also drank wine in person, apologized to the gods for the noise caused by hunting, asked them to give them rich prey, and promised to offer sacrifices.
Then, the horn sounded and the earth shook. The warriors followed the emperor into the dense forest. They first hunted some small prey such as birds or elk and deer, and then entered the mountains to hunt wild beasts.
So I followed them into the depths of the forest and the others wandered around to see if they could hunt hares, pheasants and the like.
Shen Huan sat in the tent for a while, feeling bored, so he changed into light clothes, took a golden sword and a bag of short arrows and walked outside. He didn't like riding horses and his riding skills were not good, so he could only leave on foot.
As soon as I walked outside the camp, I saw a young general dressed in white fashion, wearing silver armor on his head, holding a sharp sword in his hand, and carrying a bow and arrow on his back. He was standing over there holding a snow-white royal horse. It was Xia Wenze.
He seemed to have made a special trip to wait there, and was staring at Shen Huan at this moment.
Shen Huan had no choice but to step forward to salute and asked: "General, why don't you follow them hunting? What's the matter waiting here?"
Xia Wenze said: "I was ordered by the emperor to protect Shang Yi, but Shang Yi wants to go out?"
Shen Huan nodded and said: "I'm bored, I want to go hunt some hares."
Wen Ze said: "The emperor said that Shang Yi might not be able to stay idle, and he couldn't ride a horse, so he ordered his ministers to wait here. If Shang Yi wanted to go out, he would have Wei ministers take him with him on horseback. There is still some distance from here to the dense forest over there.
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Shen Huan was not willing at first, but after thinking that this place was really far away from there, she agreed.
"Shang Yi, please mount your horse."
As Shen Huan got on the horse with Wen Ze's help, she said: "General, don't be so polite, just call me Ah Huan."
Wenze said humbly: "How good is this? After all, Shang Yi is serving in front of the emperor."
Shen Wen smiled and said, "What does it have to do with it? Everyone close to me is called that. You have saved me so many times and you always call me Shang Yi. It sounds awkward to me. Besides, you were in court that night, weren't you?
Did you call me that? It sounds more cordial to me!"
Wenze opened his mouth. He screamed out in desperation at that time, but now in front of her, he couldn't scream out.
Shen Huan smiled and said: "How about this? I won't call you General anymore, I'll just call you Brother Xia, okay?"
After hearing this, Wen Ze felt warm in his heart and said, "Okay!"
Shen Huan said: "Then you can just call me Ah Huan."
Wenze stopped being coy, laughed, and shouted: "Ah Huan"
Shen Huan smiled at him and thought: According to the original plan, if Xia Wenze is selected, there will be no need to worry about Xia Wenze being successful in the future. He will command the Yulin Guards after all!
Wen Ze got on his horse and sat behind Shen Huan and pulled the reins. Shen Huan asked in surprise: "Why did you get up?"
Wen Ze looked innocent and said: "Otherwise, how could the two of us get there?"
Shen Wen had no choice but to let him ride the horse. Fortunately, Xia Wenze was a gentleman and went on the journey without any wrongdoing. Shen Wen suddenly asked: "Does anyone else know that the emperor asked you to protect me?"
Wen Ze said: "My lieutenant knows that he wants me to accompany the emperor at this time, so I have to explain it clearly to him to avoid misunderstanding."
Shen Huan nodded thoughtfully and asked, "Have you never mentioned this matter to anyone else?"
Wen Ze said: "The emperor has ordered that this matter should not be made public, so ministers naturally know how to do it."
Shen Wen smiled and said: "What? Didn't you even tell mom about your sister?"
Wen Ze was stunned for a moment, then said: "I didn't tell you about this, but...I don't know if my deputy general told Wen Wan."
Shen Huan asked curiously: "Are your deputy generals familiar with Xia Zhaoyi?"
"Yes, we all grew up together"
Shen Huan stopped talking. A few clues flashed in his mind. He was suddenly startled and seemed to remember something.
At this time, they had arrived in the forest. The two dismounted their horses and walked for a while. Shen Huan saw a hare passing by in front of him. He was about to pull out his golden spear and shoot it, but he heard the sound of horse hooves approaching. Two Yu Lin were approaching. Wei, they saw that Xia Wenze's anxious expression finally softened, but they still reported in a hurry: "General, there is an assassin in the forest, and the emperor is missing..."