It’s early autumn on the fifth day of August. Above the Baiyun Mountains, the temperature seems to be a little abnormal this year. It’s colder than usual. The frost and fog have actually begun to fall. However, it is a rare good time for hunting.
Baiyun Mountain Royal Hunting Ground is located in the primeval forest area in the hinterland of Funiu Mountain in southern Song County, Luoyang. It not only has beautiful scenery of dangerous peaks and rocks represented by Baiyun Peak, Yuhuangding, Xiaohuang Mountain, Jijiajiaojian, and Qianchi Cliff; it also has thousands of acres of primitive
Forest, Tang Dynasty Ginkgo Forest, Wild Peony Garden, Alpine Rhododendron Garden, Red Birch Forest, White Birch Forest, and Arrow Bamboo Forest; there are also the Black Dragon Pond, Huanglong Well, Pearl Pond, Qinglong Waterfall, White Dragon Waterfall, and Kowloon
The beautiful waterfalls and pools represented by waterfalls; the beautiful caves represented by Baiyun Cave, Green Snake Cave, Luogu Cave, Dongtian Plank Road, and Xianren Bridge; of course, the cultural landscape represented by Wuman Temple, Yunyan Temple, and Yuhuang Pavilion are also embellished
Among them; but it is said that what Emperor Wanchang likes most is the phenological landscape represented by the sunrise over the sea of clouds, summer escape, and golden autumn leaves. It is precisely because of this that the annual autumn hunt is so valued by Emperor Wanchang.
The entire Baiyun Mountain integrates mountains, rocks, water, caves, forests, grass, flowers, birds, and animals into one body. It is majestic, dangerous, strange, quiet, beautiful, and wonderful. It has the majestic state of the northern landscape and the
Rong Yunzheng, who has beautiful southern mountains and rivers, also likes this place very much. You must know that in his previous life, he rarely had the opportunity to see such scenery. The so-called benevolent people enjoy mountains and the wise enjoy water. However, this Baiyun Mountain is both a majestic mountain and a beautiful water.
Yijun, how can you make Yunzheng unhappy?
At this time, colorful flags were flying on the official road leading to Baiyun Mountain, and guards lined up with black armor and white feathers, standing with guns, like plain black dragons lying on the official road. At this moment, at the foot of Sui Mountain, a large group of people and flags covered the sun. The guards of Gyeonggi Province
Lin Jian, the commander of the military capital, Yu Xiang, the commander of the Yulin military capital, Qiu Linjiang, the prime minister on the left, Gu Heng, the prime minister on the right, and others went hand in hand, leading the Chinese civil and military forces to arrive. Behind them were the accompanying descendants and the imperial guards, all of whom arrived half an hour early.
Waiting for the arrival of Emperor Wanchang at the foot of Baiyun Mountain
At three o'clock in the hour, the golden drums played loudly, the trumpets sounded, and the guards knelt down in unison. The mountains shouted, "Long Live Long Live Chang". The emperor, dressed in a bright yellow flying dragon Wenrui uniform, with a jade crown and a red cloak, rode his horse and whipped his whip, and galloped in. Twenty
The elite cavalry front guard and four hundred fine armored infantry followed closely behind.
Emperor Wanchang dismounted from his horse, stood tall and majestic, walked past the kneeling civil and military officials, and walked to Lutai. He took the drumstick tied with red silk from the hands of the ceremony officials, stepped onto Lutai, and played with the giant drum in the sky.
Before, beat the drum three times to boost morale
At a quarter of an hour, Emperor Wanchang led his troops into the royal paddock, with civil and military ministers lined up on the left and right. On both sides of the stand in the middle of the paddock, ten guards stood with swords in their hands, looking solemn.
Wanchang came to the stage, standing tall and tall, looking down at the thousands of civil and military officials in the audience. Two masters of the imperial court stood on both sides with their swords pressed for a moment.
The bow came to the stage. Emperor Wanchang took the big bow with one hand, opened the bow, and filled the string. In an instant, there was a burst of explosion, and the red-headed feather arrow had passed through the paddock, making a "chichi" sound, and passed fifty steps straight.
red hearts outside
In the paddock, hundreds of horses of various colors were arranged in nine teams. The people on the horses included handsome young men who were no more than 10 years old, old men with white hair and white beards, princes and grandsons, and staff and diners of the ministers of the court. But
The most dazzling thing is the colorful team. They are the princesses and princesses who have not left the palace and the noble ladies of various families.
In this hunting competition, although there are three, six or nine levels of children from each family, no matter who they are, as long as they are qualified to appear in this team, they have the same chance to get ahead. Of course, the premise is that your riding skills are good enough, not to mention
A hundred hits and a hundred hits are always necessary. After all, no one here asks you to beat the enemy with a hundred steps, and no one forces you to compete with people like Yun Zheng.
The four big tiger-skin drums around the paddock rumbled loudly, and the sound of the drums shook the sky. The originally quiet Baiyun Mountain suddenly became a scene, just like a battlefield with thousands of horses galloping. It boosted morale and made a lot of achievements.
The impulse of an earth-shattering great cause
Next, after the introduction of various competition events and competition rules before the autumn hunting, the official said: "Start!", and suddenly the wind howled, the horses cried, the dust flew, and there were no horses in the paddock, leaving only a group of horses.
The civil servant looked eagerly at the horse retreating in the flying dust above the paddock.
Emperor Wanchang looked at the young man in white in the row to the left who stood out among hundreds of riders with his heroic appearance and majestic spirit. He raised a deep smile at the corner of his lips. There was a mixture of appreciation and regret in his eyes.
This person is Yunzheng
Looking at his father's mysterious smile with some confusion, His Highness the Crown Prince couldn't help but bowed and asked: "Father, can my son also attend..."
"Always so restless! Xu'er, you are the prince, they are your ministers, and you are the prince! No matter how good they play, you can't end up with them now, you can only obey me
"Stay by your side." Wanchang frowned and said to Lin Xu. Lin Xu didn't dare to argue and quickly responded.
But even though Wanchang said this, how could he miss such a good weather? Emperor Wanchang raised a smile, jumped down from the stands, his clothes were flying, and he had already landed on the white horse. He looked back and smiled and was still stunned.
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, two commanders and several ceremonial officials were on the stand.
"Your Majesty, wait!" Lin Jian and Yu Xiang immediately followed him.
"Father..." But before the word "Emperor" was spoken, Emperor Wanchang was already riding a hundred meters away.
"Why is it like this again!" Four or five lamentations sounded at the same time, and several officials lowered their heads and frowned, feeling helpless and desolate! Emperor Wanchang loved hunting, and Emperor Taizu of the Wei Dynasty rode a fast horse in the troubled times after the Anshi Rebellion.
The hard bow, which conquered the world with its proud military power, the old emperor had one of his last words to his descendants: We can value literature, but never underestimate martial arts. Therefore, even if the emperors of the Wei Dynasty lived a peaceful life, they would never hunt every year.
Those who dare to despise it, although Zongzheng Mansion is usually useless, if the emperor violates the ancestral precepts, Lord Zongzheng has Emperor Taizu's riding whip in his hand - that thing can whip the emperor!
Besides, Emperor Wanchang was determined to cheer up and considered himself a strong emperor. Since ancient times, strong emperors all loved the military. Although he had occupied all the border areas with the four surrounding vassal towns, he had no battles to fight, but he could always rest assured when hunting.
, so Emperor Wanchang was still very interested in hunting.
Two hours later, when the sun was at its strongest at noon, most of the contestants had returned to the school field in the center of the paddock. Some were happy, some were disappointed, but they all looked tired and had less than half a stick of incense left.
At that time, it was the final time of the competition. There were still dozens of contestants who had not yet returned to the school grounds.
Until the last moment, the etiquette officer looked at the high platform of the school ground, sweating profusely, and secretly complaining in his heart. Every time the emperor went hunting, he was always the last few to return to the school ground, which made a large number of officials and guards present sweat.
"Hey... Yu Du pointed out that this time the emperor has not returned to the school grounds so late. What do you think the emperor will hunt before coming back?" His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said to Yu Xiang, who was standing tall beside him.
"Back to Your Highness, I don't dare to speculate on the whereabouts of the Holy One." Yu Xiang said politely but seriously, but he was a little worried: "I heard that many places in the outside world are unstable. Will there be assassins sneaking into the hunting ground? Such a big hunting ground,
I don’t know if the defense can be defended... If they are masters of martial arts, how can those ordinary soldiers be able to defend it?"
Yu Xiang looked around anxiously and felt a little uneasy. The emperor's assassination last time was left unsolved. If another assassin comes back this time, then his responsibility is really big. Lin Jian is the emperor's uncle.
It's okay, I don't have such a good identity! Although most of the Imperial City's Imperial Guards are accompanying them at this moment, and they are secretly protected by experts from the Privy Council, there is still no guarantee that there will be no emergencies.
"Yu Duzhi is really loyal!" Although Lin Xu was unhappy in his heart, he still said with a smile on his face.
The sun was scorching in the sky, the sun was like fire, and there was no coolness of autumn at all. Many civil servants in the school grounds were naturally exhausted. Just when impatient complaints were heard in the school grounds, suddenly thousands of horses seemed to be galloping towards them, and only one person was seen.
Two horses, one black and one white, galloped out of the trees at the south end of the school ground, racing together. Although they were only two horses, the sound of whipping the horses shocked the center of the school ground.
"Hey!" In the midst of the roar, two riders, one black and one white, had arrived at the center of the school field, causing everyone around to move away involuntarily.
The two horses circled around the school grounds, and the man on the horse seemed to have no intention of dismounting. Emperor Wanchang, who was sitting on the white horse, raised his eyebrows and looked at Yunzheng on the black horse incomprehensibly.
He showed an expression of appreciation and smiled slightly: "My worthy son-in-law is indeed very capable, no less capable than your father back then."
Hearing this, Yun Zheng got off his horse, knelt down on one knee, and said sternly: "I have offended you!"
Emperor Wanchang dismounted happily, gave Yunzheng a little support, and said with a smile: "Where did you offend me?" Yunzheng was stunned when he was asked, and he didn't know how to answer for a while, but Emperor Wanchang laughed and stepped forward with his hands behind his back.
On the high platform of the school field
Each royal hunt lasts for five days and is divided into two parts, hunting and mounted archery, followed by mounted archery. In the first three days, all contestants are eliminated in three rounds. The winner is determined by the number and treasure of the prey hunted.
The last twenty winners, basically, these twenty winners either received rewards of gold, silver and jewels, or were promoted to noble positions.
At sunset, the guards sent all the prey to each camp. At this moment, everyone in the paddock screamed because the guards were carrying a pure white wolf. Everyone was wondering.
Who could hunt this strange white wolf? In the end, everyone’s eyes fell on the Yun family camp. Yes, it was the heir to the Yun family who hunted this white wolf. Yun Zheng, the consort of the Princess of Huai’an, was also known to future generations.
As you know, wolves are the most widely distributed animals on the earth besides humans. In the past, there were more than thirty kinds of wolves in the world. Their fur was mostly brown and dark gray, but only one was white, so it was called the dream wolf.
, living on the barren mountains of the sparsely populated island of Newfoundland.
As for Yunzheng, he was also shocked when he first saw the white wolf. How could this wolf appear in a temperate continent like China? He was about to shoot him, but he hesitated and felt that if the white wolf appeared in China, it must be a different species.
It’s better not to kill them all
Unexpectedly, although he planned to show off his dignity, there were others who disagreed with seeing this magical white wolf at the same time. There was also the ambitious Emperor Wanchang. When Emperor Wanchang saw the white wolf, his eyes immediately lit up. He was overjoyed and thought of a wolf. However,
There are two colors of gray and tea, and today there are all snow-white alien species. Could it be that there is something in the sky that indicates something? His thoughts are spinning rapidly, white wolf, white wolf... I am enacting a new law, how dare those cowardly guys with dark hearts dare to
Resistance is blocking my path to the new law. Doesn’t this white wolf mean “white block”, which means that their behavior is nothing more than a mantis trying to overestimate their own capabilities? In this case, I will definitely hunt this white wolf!
But the white wolf was not only extraordinarily strong and huge, but also extremely agile. Emperor Wan Chang shot an arrow at it, but it dodged it. This white wolf was born a strange species and was very ferocious. When he saw the man on the white horse dared to attack it, he became furious.
, roared and rushed over
Wolves are animals that live in groups, but lone wolves are often more terrifying. This white wolf is obviously a strange lone wolf. The white wolf roared sharply, and Emperor Wanchang was startled, but he had a bow and arrow in his hand.
However, he was not too panicked and immediately prepared to add another arrow. Unexpectedly, although he was not panicking, the horse under his crotch did not dare to face the giant wolf that was half a man tall. It raised its front hooves and was about to run away.
He was startled!
Emperor Wanchang didn't pay attention and was almost thrown off his horse! Emperor Wanchang knew how dangerous it was to be thrown off his horse. He decisively chose to throw away his bow and arrow and hold on to the reins - first ensuring that he was not injured and fighting the wolf.
There’s no need to rush!
Unexpectedly, the wolf seemed to be scheming. When it rushed over, its speed was average, no different from ordinary wild wolves. However, Wanchang startled his horse, and when he was in a hurry, it suddenly accelerated and ran as fast as lightning!
As soon as Wanchang stabilized his body, he suddenly saw the huge white wolf flying in mid-air and rushing towards him. In almost a blink of an eye, the giant wolf could pounce on him, and then use a weapon so sharp that it seemed to be glowing.
The teeth bit his neck... Emperor Wanchang's heart was hanging in the air at this moment. If he hadn't been a king for a long time and couldn't express his emotions and anger, he would have screamed in fear.
"Correct-poof!"
Just before the white wolf pounced on Wanchang, a chirping sound sounded, a flash of black light flashed out, and then a streak of blood shot out, and it flew towards Emperor Wanchang. The white wolf, which was less than a foot in front of Emperor Wanchang, was suddenly hit by a blow.
The arrow missed the direction, fell to the ground with a "pop", and never moved again.
Yun Zheng looked panicked in the distance, and said anxiously from afar: "I'm too late to save you, I'll die, I'll die!"
Wan Chang didn't know what to think. He thought it would be auspicious to kill the white wolf, but he was shot by this guy with an arrow. But it was only right that he had to thank him. And this guy at least looked like
He still looks loyal and loyal, and there is no reason why he should not be rewarded for his merits.
I had no choice but to wave my hands and say in a pleasant manner: "My good son-in-law came just in time. I have seen this wolf a lot, but this is the first time I have seen a white wolf. I was about to shoot him, but unexpectedly this wolf... Well, my good son-in-law saved him successfully. I always
I have to reward you, so I'll reward you..." He suddenly paused as he spoke, thinking that the Yun family is already so great, if they reward you more, why don't they reward you with nothing in the future, which would be a big trouble. So
He took off his cloak smoothly, walked over and put it on Yun Zheng: "I will reward you with this Yunlong cloak. Hey, there is no need to refuse, good son-in-law. Now you are not only a minister, but also my 'son-in-law', and you have saved me.
If I say you can wear this Yunlong Cloak, then you can wear it."
The father-in-law and son-in-law returned side by side, which was the scene just now.
There is no doubt that there are divine arrows and bloodless Yun Chengfeng here. The results of the free autumn hunting in the first two days are not in suspense. Everyone thought so. Sure enough, on the second day, Yunzheng hunted twenty-eight again.
The cunning rabbit, six elk, five wolves, three wild boars and a big bear were far ahead and ranked first. On the spot, Jingkou Yuyan called it "Xiaoyun's magic arrow, which is always missed", which was said to be comparable to that of the founding of the country.
Yun Zheng heard these eight words, but they all sounded familiar to Yun Zheng. After thinking for a moment, he burst out laughing. Isn't this a replica of "Xiao Li's flying knife, never misses a beat"? But it's okay.
My name is Li Tanhua, I am Yun Tanhua, everyone is Tanhua, and they all have no false starts. Very good, the sign is very good!
Although it is warm during the day, even a little hot, it is autumn after all. At night, it is cold and frosty. The Baiyun Mountain in the autumn night was originally deserted and deserted, but today it is in a scorching heat.
There was a glass of wine in the royal paddock, and we were having a great time together. A bonfire in the middle was crackling and crackling, continuously emitting heat, making the warm atmosphere of drinking and talking in the paddock even more joyful.
Emperor Wanchang also put down his usual airs and toasted with the ministers one by one, which made them all a little flattered. The most eye-catching thing was that the emperor was in great spirits today and even invited Yunzheng to drink together. Both of them said:
The wine jar was substituted for a cup, and he drank three jars in a row, so heroic that it really opened the eyes of the civil and military officials present. They were a little confused. Why did the usually cold and dignified emperor treat Yun Zheng so freely and openly today? You know that the emperor was hot on the outside and cold on the inside.
