Hong Zhou turned around alertly and saw Princess Hehui standing in front of him, dressed in men's clothing.
He breathed a sigh of relief, then his expression turned to blame, and scolded: "What are you doing secretly? There is no place for joking around Huang Ama's camp!"
Princess Hehui tilted her head and hit the riding crop in her right hand casually on the palm of her left hand, making a crackling sound.
Hong Zhou glanced down and saw that the handle of the riding whip was engraved with flowers, which were flowing and complicated, making a riding whip even more gorgeous.
He couldn't help but shook his head, thinking that after all, He Hui was still a little girl, and even a horse whip was decorated with colorful flowers, which looked good but was useless.
He and Hehui were walking along the camp while talking.
Outside the Yinzhen camp, there were imperial guards walking back and forth all the time. When they saw Hong Zhou, they all saluted and said: "Fifth elder brother!"
Most of the imperial guards were descendants of the clan and Mongolian princes, with high family status and outstanding martial arts skills. Hong Zhou also nodded and raised his hand to signal them to stand up.
Many people among them saw Princess Hehui who was behind Hong Zhou and didn't pay much attention to her. They just regarded her as a descendant of the clan.
He Hui was talking to Hong Zhou when he suddenly saw the back of a young guard. His footsteps froze. Before Hong Zhou noticed, the young guard touched his waist with one hand and turned around.
Hong Zhou saw only his sword-shaped eyebrows and thin lips, a straight nose, and a face full of youthful youthfulness. His eyes first fell on Princess He Hui, and the two people's eyes met, and both of them paused.
The young guard then saluted Hong Zhou and said, "Brother Five!" After a pause, his voice became softer and he said, "I have met Princess He Hui."
Hong Zhou's heart moved. After calling the young guard, he walked over for more than ten steps, turned his head and glanced at Princess Hehui. Seeing the extremely unnatural expression on her face, he smiled slightly and said: "Hehui, in the dark night
, you are dressed in men’s clothing, not many people can recognize you at a glance.”
He paused and said: "The guard just now is from Huang Ama's palace. When I look at you, you seem to know each other?"
Princess Hehui said nothing, but turned her head and looked silently at the darkness of the wilderness in the distance.
Two days later, after passing a river beach called Pasuma, we entered a natural enclosure.
At this time, we are very close to the place where we worship Changbai Mountain.
Yinzhen has always been diligent in his work, working more than three hundred days a year. Except for the day of Wanshou Festival, he has almost no rest. Even during these days on the road, he has to pick up and deliver discounts on the carriage every day.
After suffering all the hard work of writing documents, he became interested when he saw the mountains. He ordered people to enter the mountains on the left side of the road, and took hunting with him as he walked.
Seeing the emperor's interest, General Shengjing immediately sent people to make arrangements. He also selected a thousand archers from the accompanying Eight Banners soldiers, and lined up around a mountain peak, expanding to both sides, forming a huge ring, and circuitously surrounding the general.
The wild beasts are driven out.
Yinzhen led his retinue, and the guards slowly entered the circle, while the surrounding soldiers were only allowed to watch and were not allowed to release an arrow. Then, Yinzhen issued another decree: When hunting, a hole must be left, and the beasts must be attacked.
You cannot kill them all.
Hongli and Hongzhou were both on horseback and followed Yinzhen into the hunting circle. The two brothers were both young at heart and held bows and arrows at their sides, looking eager to try.
Hong Zhou smiled and said: "Fourth brother, do you think there are bears in this mountain?"
Hongli looked around, shook his head and said, "I don't know."
Hong Zhou stretched out his hand, patted him on the shoulder and back, and said: "I see... it would be nice to have a few lone wolves. I'm afraid the ground is full of rabbits and foxes! Fourth brother, rabbits and foxes will
I’ll leave it all to you.”
He used so much force on his hand that Hongli swayed forward slightly when he slapped him, then turned around and pushed his arm away, saying angrily: "Don't make trouble!"
Hong Zhou laughed, retracted his hand, and tightened the horse's reins. When he turned his head, he saw He Hui carrying a bow and arrow, following Yinzhen, walking on the mountain road despite the horse's hooves, but she just lowered her head.
, absent-minded.
Hong Zhou's heart moved, and he looked for Huang Ama for the person he met last night.
The imperial bodyguards were already capable, and Hong Zhou knew all the older clan members among them. At this time, he eliminated them one by one and quickly found the young man from last night.
I saw him walking six or seven steps behind Yinzhen, holding the reins and keeping his back straight.
Just as Hong Zhou glanced at him, he heard someone calling his name from behind, and the young guard responded.
It turns out his name is "Lorhan".
Hong Zhou turned the name over and over in his mind and thought about it several times before he figured out that this was a person from Zhenglan Banner. Both his father and brother served in the court. In terms of lintels and other imperial guards, they were just ordinary and did not count.
High, but loyal.
As he was thinking about it, he saw chaos among the vegetation in the mountains. The archers responsible for the siege had driven away the wild beasts.
The hunt begins.
Yinzhen's imperial bow was completely black. At this moment, he held an arrow in his hand and shot it out. He took the lead and hit the prey first. He only heard the imperial guards shouting: "Long live! Long live!", their voices rushed forward.
The sky is clear and blue.
This was a rare opportunity to show off their bravery in front of the emperor. For a time, the guards and military attachés all got very energetic and started running around in the paddock. The sound of horse hooves, shouts, and screams of wild beasts filled the air.
There was flying dust in my ears and before my eyes.
Behind the archers, bright yellow flags danced in the wind, seeming to dye the entire mountain range with a layer of bright yellow.
Hongli whipped his horse and ran out. The royal family's children were all skilled in bow and horse since they were young. Hongzhou watched him rush out, so naturally he wasn't willing to lag behind. He whipped his horse and followed him out.
Princess Hehui raised her eyes and looked up. With a slight exertion on her legs, the black horse under her crotch ran out.
He Hui let the horse run for a while, gradually entering the mountains, but she seemed to have something in her heart. When she turned around, she saw Luo Erhan also riding a horse, following far behind.
Princess Hehui pulled the reins of the horse, stopped, turned the horse's head, looked at Luo Erhan, tilted her head slightly and said, "You are the imperial guard. If you don't follow Huang Ama, why are you following this princess?"
Luo Erhan raised his head and wiped the sweat from his forehead with the back of his hand. He did not look directly at Princess He Hui, but whispered: "Princess is a beautiful woman, hunting is dangerous, and I can't worry about it."
When Princess Hehui heard the words "Don't worry," she raised her hand to point at Luo Erhan, but slowly put it down.
She bit her lip slightly, her cheeks gradually turned red, and whispered: "If you want to follow me, then follow me!"
After she said this, she seemed to have thought of something again, and the blood on her face gradually faded away. She just lowered her head, held the riding crop in her hand, rubbed it back and forth in her hand, and said slowly: "I lied to you before - I
You are the third son of Mr. Zhai Jia, are you not angry at all after being kept in the dark by me for so long?"
Luo Erhan slowly shook his head, lowered his eyebrows, and said in a low voice: "The princess' status is noble, and her identity cannot be revealed to others. It is naturally reasonable."
Princess Hehui was silent for a long time. The two of them sat on the horse without saying a word. They looked at each other in silence. They could only hear the cold wind whistling through the mountains, mixed with the faint sound of the horses neighing from the hunters.