"Your Highness, Your Highness, how are you? Are you not injured?" Liu Jin and others stepped forward in panic, surrounded Zhu Houzhao, asking and checking.
Everyone from the Jianchang Hou Mansion and Zhao Yuancheng also rushed forward to see if Zhang Yanling was injured.
Zhu Houzhao dusted himself off and looked back at Zhang Yanling. Their eyes met and they suddenly burst into laughter.
"What a risk! This beast! It's really powerful. It scared me to death." Zhu Houzhao laughed.
Zhang Yanling also laughed and said: "No, it scared me to death. I almost peed my pants. Hahaha."
Seeing that both of them seemed to be fine, Liu Jin turned around and shouted loudly: "Kill that beast. It almost hurt His Highness the Crown Prince."
Wu Dian pulled out his sword and aimed it at the leopard's throat. Zhu Houzhao suddenly said loudly: "Don't kill it, tie it up with a rope. Is there anything more powerful than catching a leopard alive? I want to keep it in the palace."
inside."
Liu Jin was stunned for a moment, and immediately understood what Zhu Houzhao meant, and laughed and said: "That's very true. Your Highness, the Crown Prince, captures a leopard alive, without using a weapon, and only relies on strength. This is called wise and powerful. The whole government and the public are not big."
Are you shocked? Everyone will know your highness’s reputation for bravery. Both the emperor and the queen will be greatly admired. This ability is no more than King Chu Ba’s."
Zhang Yong, Ma Yongcheng and others immediately understood what was said and agreed one after another.
"That's not true. Your Highness is going to shock the world now. What kind of skill is shooting tigers and leopards? Capturing them alive is the skill."
"Exactly. Throughout the ages, His Highness is the only prince who has captured a leopard alive at the age of thirteen. It is truly unprecedented and unprecedented."
"Moreover, he saved the Marquis from the leopard. He was really calm in the face of danger, like a god. If His Highness hadn't used a cowhide rope to strangle the leopard's neck, the Marquis would have been in trouble."
"..."
The more he got to the end, the more jealous he became. He didn't mention Zhu Houzhao being knocked down or Zhang Yanling's rescue efforts. Instead, he said that Zhu Houzhao saved Zhang Yanling. Zhang Yanling smiled bitterly and was speechless. These guys were just trying to flatter.
He can say anything, even lies to his face.
Zhu Houzhao did not lose his mind. He refused to admit that he was in such a mess just now, but he also knew that it was Zhang Yanling who saved him.
"Don't talk nonsense. If uncle hadn't pulled the leopard away, the leopard would have bitten my neck. It was very scary. The smell of the beast's mouth was sprayed on my face. Hahaha. This leopard was the result of my uncle and I.
What I caught was not my fault alone."
"That's not necessarily true. Your Highness's armor is so thick that the beast can't bite through it." Gao Feng said to himself.
Zhao Yuancheng was angry as he listened. He held up a helmet and said, "Can you bite through the armor? Take a look at Mr. Hou's helmet before you speak."
Everyone looked over and saw that Zhao Yuancheng was holding the helmet on Zhang Yanling's head in his hand. It was originally a brand-new round iron helmet, but it had been deformed at this moment. There were seven or eight dents on it, all of which were caused by the leopard just now.
It was caused by biting when he was angry. If Zhang Yanling's helmet was not a qualified steel helmet of the inner guard of the Daming Palace, with a layer of iron frame keel inside, it would have been bitten through and flattened.
Gao Feng quickly shut up and stopped talking. The leopard bit hard, and the force was definitely not small. Maybe one or two bites could not penetrate the armor, but if he was not rescued in time, the prince would definitely be bitten through the throat.
Zhu Houzhao hurriedly said: "Uncle, your head is not injured."
Zhang Yanling smiled and said: "It's okay, it's okay. Don't look at the terrible bite of this helmet. If this beast wants to hurt people, don't even think about it. I was not injured, and the prince was not injured. He captured a leopard alive and shot countless prey. Hahaha, this was a perfect time.
of hunting.”
Zhu Houzhao nodded and said: "Exactly, there is no danger, that's what makes it exciting."
While talking, Wu Zhuan and his men tied up the leopard with ropes. After the limbs were tied, the leopard could only stare and roar. In order to prevent hurting people, a rope net was put on its mouth. At this time, Zhu Houzhao and
Zhang Yanling came closer to look at the beast again. The leopard was lying on the ground. It was more than seven feet long, with tusks nearly half a foot long. Its eyes were fierce and terrifying. Even if I look at it now, I feel a sense of fear.
feel.
"I can't believe that such a big and ferocious beast was actually captured alive by us." Zhang Yanling curled her lips and said.
Zhu Houzhao nodded and said: "Isn't it? It's like a dream. But where can I keep this thing when I bring it back to the palace? I don't have a place to keep it in Chunhe Palace. If I roar in the middle of the night, I can't scare the maids.
Death. If this vicious creature escapes, won't it hurt anyone?"
Liu Jin whispered from the side: "It's easy to do. His Highness asked the Emperor to build a fence for His Highness on Qionghua Island in the middle of Taiye Pool. The leopard can be placed on that island. There is water all around, and it has nowhere to run.
.I usually feed them some live chickens, rabbits and the like. If I want to watch them, I can watch them outside the fence."
Zhu Houzhao said happily: "This is a good idea. There are many rare birds and animals in the palace, but there are no leopards yet. Raising a leopard will be so majestic."
Liu Jin smiled and said: "How about converting the palace on Qionghua Island into a leopard room to show off His Highness's heroic deeds of capturing this leopard alive."
Zhu Houzhao said happily: "What a great idea, Liu Jin. This is a great idea. Teach people to remember this."
Zhang Yanling was dumbfounded as he listened to this. How could he not know the name of the Leopard House? After Zhengde came to the throne, it was the place where he was extravagant, extravagant and happy. Could it be that the Leopard House was built after he helped him catch the leopard?
No? This is really unexpected.
In the evening, Zhu Houzhao, Zhang Yanling and his entourage returned to the capital. In order to show off the results of this hunting, Zhu Houzhao ordered people to tie the live leopard to the roof of the car with horizontal bars, and piled the large and small prey into the cart.
Entering the city gate in a daze.
Soon there was a commotion in the city, and the people on the streets rushed to watch, pointing and talking.
"Catching a live leopard is really impressive. I heard that the prince caught it. The prince is so brave at a young age. Will he be able to do it again in the future?"
"Yes, yes. Don't look at the fact that the prince usually doesn't show off his talents, but this one is astonishing. It's really unexpected that the prince is so full of martial virtue."
"I'm afraid the prince is the reincarnation of King Chu Ba. Capturing a leopard alive is something that ordinary people can't do."
"I guess, the prince is the future emperor, and he has his own divine power. Those tigers, leopards and insects still don't bow down when they see them, and they behave like cats. This is called the spirit of an emperor. In the future, my Ming Dynasty will have another wise man.
The mighty emperor."
"..."
Zhu Houzhao sat on the horse, listening to the comments around him, and his heart was filled with joy. Naturally, young people like to listen to these flattery words, and they felt very proud of themselves.
Zhang Yanling smiled and listened to such discussions, and was very happy in his heart. For Zhang Yanling, the purpose of this hunting was to get closer to Zhu Houzhao and pave the way for the future. Originally, an ordinary hunting would have an average effect, and at most it would make
Zhu Houzhao was just happy. But he didn't expect that after such an episode, it would obviously achieve an effect beyond expectations.
Zhu Houzhao was still a little respectful of himself before, but now, it is obvious that he has a very good attitude towards himself. He talked and laughed with himself along the way, and he was no longer restrained. This was an excellent start.