Chapter 1,246 Hunting Competition, Stealing Home Quietly
When the group arrived at the Dahongmen in the north of Nanyuan, there were already people from the Haihu Banner who were in charge of Nanyuan kneeling down to pay their respects:
"Good luck to you, Fourth Master!"
"No need!"
Su Mingzhe opened the carriage door curtain, looked at the people, frowned and asked:
"Are the ponies I asked you to prepare yesterday ready?"
The bannerman responded with a grimace:
"I was already ready to go back to Fourth Master. However, just now, Eighth Master and Fourteenth Master came over and snatched a little mare away!"
"Eighth brother and fourteenth brother are here too?"
Su Mingzhe was a little surprised, but didn't say anything more:
"Since it's the two of them who want it, I can't blame you. Take us to see it first!"
"!"
Seeing that the "Cold-faced King" was not angry, the banner man did not dare to talk nonsense anymore, so he immediately led the way forward.
Nanyuan is 35 meters wide from east to west and 25 meters long from north to south, covering an area of more than 300,000 acres.
In the Ming Dynasty, this was divided into twenty-four gardens.
During the reign of Emperor Shunzhi of this dynasty, the two governor camps were first merged and the current "East Palace" was built.
A few years ago, Kangxi ordered people to build a new palace in the northwest corner and named it West Palace.
The West Palace is divided into the first three and the back three, a total of six gardens.
The most suitable place for children to play is Yuxingxuan at the back.
Yuxingxuan is a large courtyard with five entrances. There are small bridges, flowing water, pavilions, pavilions and ancient trees in the courtyard.
Because the original fourth elder brother Yinzhen liked to worship Buddha, Kangxi gave this courtyard to Yinzhen.
Led by Na Haihu bannermen, the group arrived at the gate of the West Palace. Su saw Yin and Yin walking horses with Ruoxi.
"Fourth brother is here!"
The fourteenth elder brother Yin snatched the young mare that Su Mingzhe had arranged for. Now that he saw the real owner, he came over and said hello.
"Fourth brother!"
"Good luck to you, Fourth Master!"
"We are all family members, no need to be polite!"
Su Mingzhe first showed a gentle smile and asked Ruoxi to excuse herself, then smiled at Yin and said:
"Eighth brother, in a few days, it will be tenth brother's big day. I thought you, eighth brother, would help tenth brother organize it, so I didn't go over to ask. But it turned out that you were lucky enough to come out and be lazy too!"
"Fourth brother, actually the marriage of tenth brother is being watched by the head of the House of Internal Affairs. It doesn't matter whether I go or not."
Yin was criticized by Su Mingzhe and felt a little unconvinced, but due to his status, he had to keep low and explain.
Yin also helped to explain, saying that Yin's wedding had been prepared for a long time.
Ruoxi was still sad because Kangxi granted Yin a marriage. When she saw the three men talking about Yin's marriage, she immediately stopped smiling, greeted Honghui, and the two Jiashan children went off on horseback.
Seeing that there were only three brothers left, Yin changed his gentle and gentle demeanor and "provoked" Su Mingzhe:
"Fourth brother, it's rare for us brothers to get together. How about we compete to see who hunts more today?"
Yin is only three years younger than Yin Zhen.
When they were teenagers, the two were adopted by the queen together, and later went to study together in Nan Study.
However, Yinzhen has a strong learning ability and is more prudent and rigorous in doing things than Yin.
With no choice but to find another way, Yin Zhen could only find a new way to "please others" and build good relationships, so he became known as the "Eight Wise King", which was exactly the opposite of Yinzhen's "Cold-faced King".
Normally, Yin would never dare to compete with Su Mingzhe, but with Yin here today, that's a different story.
After all, Yin doesn't like reading, but he likes to practice martial arts and archery.
Yin has great confidence in Yin and will definitely make Su Mingzhe lose face.
"Myna, this is a good suggestion!"
Yin and Yin were "in tune". He guessed his Bago's suggestion and immediately smiled at Su Mingzhe:
"I
I still remember that my fourth brother and my eighth brother both taught me bow shooting when I was a kid. Today the three of us will have a test to see if I, the apprentice, am better than you two masters!"
Seeing the challenge between the two brothers, Su Mingzhe was not the original Yinzhen, so naturally he would not suppress his temper and immediately laughed and said:
"Okay, I also want to see how my fourteenth brother's riding and shooting skills are going."
The three brothers each selected a horse, took their swords and bows, carried their quivers on their backs, led their guards, and rushed towards the depths of the garden forest.
If Kangxi came to hunt, the forest guards would definitely clear the place first, then drive away the small animals in the forest and gather them together so that Kangxi could shoot around them.
However, Su Mingzhe and the others came here originally to teach women and children how to ride horses, and they did not take that many people with them at all.
Therefore, if you want to hunt, you can only do it yourself and try your luck.
Of course, after Yin and Yin entered the depths of the garden, they were really trying their luck.
Su Mingzhe's consciousness unfolded, and as soon as he entered the forest, he rushed towards a big bear.
the other side.
Ruoxi saw that Yin Zhen, Yin, and Yin were going hunting on horseback. She wanted to follow and watch the fun, but she was "dagged" by the two little guys, so she could only continue to practice riding skills angrily.
Just then.
Su Mingzhe, who had just left for a short time, actually returned within a moment.
"Fourth Master!"
"Amma!"
Ruo Xi took her two children to greet him, and then she saw a burly guard running over with a big black bear on his back, humming.
Su Mingzhe looked slightly interested, with a hint of showing off in his tone:
"I just killed a big bear, so I sent it back first, and I'm going to ask the chef to make a bear paw for me to drink with it tonight."
"How are you three practicing your riding skills?"
"Not yet!"
Honghui is an honest child. He is only six years old. His height of 1.2 meters is considered outstanding among his peers, but compared with the little mare, he is still a little shorter.
Jiashan was a little older, but at this moment, he shook his head slightly.
Yesterday, the Zhenbeile Mansion sent people to select two young mares, one for Ruoxi to ride and the other for Honghui to ride.
Jiashan can only ride the ones found temporarily, which is somewhat problematic.
Compared with the modesty and honesty of the two children, Ruoxi's character is much more out-of-the-box. A look of joy appeared on her pretty face, and she said with a smile:
"Fourth Master, I'm almost done practicing. Can you take me hunting?"
"Okay! But you can't ride this little mare!"
The reason why Su Mingzhe came back so quickly was because of this girl. When he saw her taking the bait, he immediately dismounted, saying that if she wanted to follow the hunt, she could only ride with him.
It's not like Ruoxi has never ridden a horse with a man before, so when faced with this condition, she didn't care at all.
Seeing Ruoxi sitting on the tall horse, Su Mingzhe sat behind her and ran towards the depths of the garden forest.
Honghui and Jiashan looked pitifully at their retreating figures. After looking at each other, they both showed helpless expressions.
"drive!"
Holding the heroine in his arms, Su Mingzhe lowered his head and smelled the fragrance of his hair, resisting the urge to scream loudly in his heart:
"Old Eight, Old Fourteen, you two country bumpkins, leaving the beauty alone, insist on competing with me in hunting! Today I will teach you a lesson, what is a truly good hunter..."