It was night, and the wind blew up deep in the mountains. The wind passed through the mountains and forests, and the sound of the waves was like a tidal wave, and the sound was very powerful. In the middle of the night, everyone heard the cry of the night owl in the mountains and forests, and the roar of the night beast was very sad and terrifying. Mixed with it was
The sound of beasts, like tigers and leopards, made everyone's hair stand on end and shudder.
Zhang Yanling's shack was next to Zhu Houzhao's shack, and he was woken up by Liu Jin, Ma Yongcheng and others in the middle of the night.
"Master Hou, did you hear that? There seems to be a beast roaring in the forest."
Zhang Yanling slept in a daze, yawned and said, "I heard it, it seems that there are really ferocious beasts in Zhangzi Mountain."
Liu Jin whispered: "Master Hou, please go and persuade the prince. It's better for us not to take risks. It's too dangerous. If something goes wrong, Master Hou cannot afford it, and we will all die."
Zhang Yanling said: "Why don't you go and persuade me? Is His Highness awake?"
Liu Jin smiled bitterly and said, "I'm trying to persuade him? I just said a few words and was scolded. The prince is currently in high spirits. How can I persuade him?"
Zhang Yanling spread his hands and said: "You can't even persuade me, let alone me. Don't worry, everyone, the wild beasts are active at night, so it sounds scary. I won't be so worried during the day. Put more people around the prince tomorrow, and you let Wu
Send people in advance to drive away the wild beasts in the mountains and forests. The wild beasts are the most keen and will run away when they hear the sound. There is no need to be afraid."
Liu Jin sighed: "Hey, that's the only way it can be. To tell you the truth, I was so scared that I couldn't sleep when I heard the sound. That man was good, but he was so happy that he couldn't sleep. Mr. Hou, you are also serious, why are you playing with him?
No, I have to come hunting."
Zhang Yanling smacked his lips and said, "What's the use of talking about this now? Fortunately, we have more people, so we can protect the prince with no worries. Go to sleep peacefully, and help people burn the bonfire louder, lest tigers and wolves sneak into the camp soon."
Liu Jin was so frightened that she almost jumped up. She rolled her eyes and said, "Did the Marquis deliberately tell me not to sleep that night?"
After a long night of tossing, in the early hours of the morning, the surrounding area became quiet. Everyone was able to sleep peacefully for a while. Zhang Yanling also managed to sleep for a while, but at dawn, he was woken up by Zhu Houzhao's voice.
"Get up, get up. Get ready to hunt. Liu Jin, go wake up the Marquis. Wu Zhuan, tell everyone to get the equipment together. Hurry up, hurry up, I can't wait any longer."
Everyone had to get up, get dressed and wash up. Zhang Yanling felt fine. Although she was a little tired, she was young and recovered quickly. After sleeping for two or three hours, she was almost recovered. But looking at Liu Jin and the others,
They all had dark eyes, haggard faces, and messy buns, as if they had aged a few years. It seemed that they had spent the whole night without daring to sleep.
While eating dry food, Zhu Houzhao enthusiastically took a charcoal stick from the campfire and pulled Zhang Yanling to draw on a rock while talking.
"Uncle, I have made a hunting plan. Today we are divided into ten groups and we will drive the prey in the forest from the bottom of the hillside all the way to the top of the mountain. Didn't your uncle say that? There is an open space on the top of the mountain, and we will drive them to the top of the mountain.
In the open space, we can shoot as much as we want. What do you think?"
Before Zhang Yanling spoke, Zhu Houzhao said excitedly: "Did uncle hear it last night? In the middle of the night, I heard the howling of wild beasts. It was either a wild wolf or a tiger and leopard. Hey, there will definitely be a big harvest today. Liu Jin and the others also heard it last night
They advised me not to hunt here today because they said it was dangerous. Hahaha, I came here just for them. Could it be that they scared me away? Uncle, don’t you think so?"
Zhang Yanling could only say: "What the prince said is absolutely true. However, the prince must be extra careful. Today, the prince must have more people around him to avoid accidents. If there are tigers and leopards, it is not a joke. Wild animals are ferocious, absolutely first,
Otherwise, all of us will be scolded and punished when we go back, and the prince doesn’t want to see us scolded and punished, right?”
Zhu Houzhao smiled and said: "What's wrong? My uncle is also afraid? Why don't you stay in the valley and wait, watch me take people to shoot tigers and leopards, and bring them back for you to see."
Zhang Yanling laughed and said: "Your Highness has also learned how to provoke generals. What should I be afraid of? That's the motherfucker."
Zhu Houzhao laughed, imitating Zhang Yanling's tone and said: "Yes, motherfucker."
Liu Jin stared at Zhang Yanling and thought to himself: Marquis of Jianchang, Marquis of Jianchang, you don't know the importance. If something happens to the prince, even if you are the uncle of the country, you will lose your head.
Like a general, Zhu Houzhao began to personally assign tasks and prepare in groups. As a result, Liu Jin's plan to ask Wu Xian to send people to the mountains and forests to scare the beasts was in vain. Zhu Houzhao gave the order, and all the teams acted in unison and in unison.
They were only allowed to drive away the prey, but were not allowed to let it go. Liu Jin could only stare, unable to do anything.
After the reorganization was completed, more than a hundred people were divided into ten teams, each with a distance of twenty steps. They spread out in a fan-shaped formation and entered the forest along the hillside. They had already made preparations before coming, including gongs, horns, bamboo whistles and other equipment.
Everyone is fully prepared. At this moment, each team has a bamboo whistle, and each team has a gong and a horn. After entering the forest, the horns are whining, the gongs are ringing, and the bamboo flutes are blowing randomly. The whole mountain forest is like
It was noisy and noisy like a boiling pot.
The forest birds on the branches were frightened and flew up, and the pine rabbits and small animals on the ground were frightened and ran around, panicking. The team of Zhang Yanling and Zhu Houzhao walked up the mountain forest in Zhengbei for less than a few hundred steps when they saw a deer.
He rushed forward in a hurry. Zhu Houzhao bent his bow and shot an arrow, hitting the prey's neck. The deer ran a few steps and then fell to the ground.
Zhu Houzhao shouted loudly. Someone had already rushed over and dragged the deer over. Everyone gathered around him, but it turned out to be a fat male deer. He was very strong.
"Congratulations to the prince on your victory. A good deer." Liu Jin said with a smile.
"His Royal Highness has improved his archery skills. He killed a man with one arrow and hit his throat. He is an expert archer." Ma Yongcheng and others also said.
Zhu Houzhao laughed endlessly and was so happy that he didn't expect to hit the arrow just now. He just saw the prey's conditioned reflex and shot an arrow, but he didn't expect that it hit the throat. Could it be that his archery skills have reached the point where he can send and receive at will?
As the book says, it has reached the point where you no longer need to aim with both eyes, but only aim with your mind?
Zhang Yanling also smiled and said: "It's amazing. Before I could see it clearly, Your Highness brought down the prey. It's really amazing."
Zhu Houzhao said: "What is this? It's just a deer. There will be fierce beasts soon, and shooting the beast is considered powerful. But in any case, this is the first prey today, and it is also a good sign. According to hunting rules, the first one is
The heart of the prey is dug out and eaten.”
Zhu Houzhao reached out and took out a sharp dagger from his waist, cut open the deer's chest, reached in and pulled out the fist-sized heart and cut it off, then he opened his mouth and took a big bite.
Everyone looked at him speechlessly, not knowing where they learned that the first prey actually wanted to eat the heart alive. It was really disgusting to see his mouth full of bloody foam from chewing it.
"Everyone takes a bite and shares the prince's prey." Zhu Houzhao said.
Liu Jin and others had a sad face and had to take a bite each. The meat was raw, bloody, hot, and smelled like wild animals. Everyone almost vomited after eating it. But they still pretended to be happy.
He seemed to be enjoying it very much, and the expression on his face seemed to be crying or laughing, and he was extremely embarrassed.
"Uncle, take a bite." Zhu Houzhao handed over the bloody heart.
Liu Jin and others turned to look at Zhang Yanling, waiting to see the joke. It would feel much better if the Marquis also suffered.
"Your Highness, you don't need to eat the heart of the deer. If you want to eat, just eat the heart of the beast. Kill the tiger and wolf later, take out the heart and eat it. Throw it away." Zhang Yanling said.
Zhu Houzhao smiled when he heard this and said, "That's absolutely true."
Bang, the deer's heart was thrown into the grass. Liu Jin and others rolled their eyes and were speechless, thinking: If you didn't tell us earlier, we would all take a bite and it would make us sick to death.