It is also for this reason that many young disciples walked into the mountains and forests chatting and laughing without feeling even the slightest bit nervous.
Not far into the mountains, Xu Mingshi reined in his horse and said, "Grandpa, my grandson wants to walk around in the woods alone."
Last year, he followed his grandfather into the mountains. As a result, many people secretly laughed at him for not being weaned. They also said that he relied on his grandfather to get the prey and lied that he had hunted it himself.
Boys have to be strong-minded and decided to be alone before going into the mountains this time.
Not only to silence others, but also to clear one's conscience.
Hearing his grandson's request, Duke Zhenguo listened to the faint chatter and laughter from all around, and just nodded and said: "Go, remember not to show off in anything, no matter whether you have hunted prey or not, go out of the mountain when you hear the sound of the drum."
Facing his grandfather's look that said, "It's just for fun, our family doesn't lack broken bows like that anyway", Xu Mingshi responded knowingly: "Grandpa, don't worry, my grandson is sensible."
Watching his grandson riding away, Duke Zhen Guo carefully identified the movements everywhere, and then he drove his horse forward and sideways in a leisurely manner.
It doesn't matter if the grandson doesn't want to follow him, after all, he is here for hunting today.
And now, he is going to find his prey.
Xu Mingshi was determined to be self-reliant, but after leaving his grandfather, his plan to "rely on his own" still didn't go smoothly.
At this moment, Xu Mingshi felt as if he was holding a half-dead gray rabbit covered in blood in front of him, holding his head high and making a look like "Look, I'm not a freeloader."
Complex.
Seeing that he didn't move, and that the rabbit was struggling and trying to escape, the big bird took the rabbit back with a paw, and called out to the boy urgingly.
"..." Afraid that the longer he delayed, the more attention he would attract, Xu Mingshi could only move slowly and nock an arrow.
Since we were close enough and the rabbit could barely move, we shot it without any suspense.
Xu Mingshi dismounted, and with difficulty he picked up the prey that did not belong to him and threw it into the bamboo basket on the back of the horse.
Then, he turned to the big bird and said seriously: "Tianmu, I won't do this next time..."
He is not the kind of person who likes to cheat.
His original intention was to have a clear conscience during this trip.
Although... when he shot the rabbit with an arrow, he felt vaguely that he was dirty.
What happened next made him go further and further away from a clear conscience.
Indeed, the third eye no longer helps him catch prey.
However, once a prey appears, he chases it on one side, and the third eye blocks it on the other side to prevent it from running away... With the increasingly tacit cooperation time and time again, Xu Mingshi just feels like a hunter leading a hound into the mountains.
On the other side, Ji Xiu, Minister of the Ministry of War, nocked an arrow at a chipmunk looking for food.
He hasn't had any interest in hunting for many years.
In addition, I don’t have enough physical strength to keep up now. I usually ride in a sedan when I go in and out, and I rarely ride a horse.
This time, I have no intention of stealing the limelight from young people.
But after coming here, what if he returns empty-handed? It will inevitably make people think that he, the former commander of the three major battalions, is no longer useful - Xia Tingzhen has been ill recently? It is a good time for him to consolidate and win over the emperor's heart and people's hearts.
Therefore, I still have to bring some things back more or less.
But just when the arrow in his hand had just left the string, an arrow suddenly flew from nowhere and shot the big chipmunk in front of him!
Who can be so ignorant and unruly?
Ji Xiu frowned and turned around to look. He saw that the man with white hair in his bun was slowly driving his horse closer, but his figure was still tall and tall. The man with the beard was undoubtedly the Duke of Zhen.
"It turned out to be General Xu." Sensing the unfriendly aura on the other side? Ji Xiu sneered and said, "It's just a rat, is it worth General Xu's robbery?"
"Grab? Even if I don't shoot the arrow, you may not be able to hit it!"
When Ji Xiu heard this, he looked at the place where his arrow landed. Is it true that there was still some distance from the chipmunk that was pinned to the spot by the opponent's arrow? His face couldn't help but turn red and white.
When he met the candid eyes of Duke Zhen Guo, who was sitting high on the horse, full of contempt and disdain, his eyebrows furrowed deeper and deeper.
To be honest, before the world was settled, he, who was unknown at that time, was in awe of General Xu, who was famous all over the world. But this awe? Most of it has faded with time.
But over the years, he has only fought openly and secretly with Xia Tingzhen? He believes that the Zhenguo Government has always been a good person, so why did the other party suddenly provoke him this time?
And why did he look like he was going to attack him at the next moment?
This idea just appeared in Ji Xiu's mind. Before he had time to think about it, Duke Zhen Guo had already taken out the whip from his waist and waved it. It made an ear-splitting sound in the air. Without saying a word, he whipped it towards one person and one horse.
Passed by!
He struck quickly and fiercely, and wherever the long whip passed, the wind blew away green leaves.
The unprepared Ji Xiu's pupils shrank violently.
The whip was so fierce that the horse underneath him started to neigh and stamped its front hooves in an attempt to escape.
During this gap, the whip was already coming to Ji Xiu.
He even felt that if the whip really fell on him, it might be able to cut him in half!
At this time, apart from saving life, it is impossible to have any other thoughts.
Ji Xiu could no longer care about anything. In order to avoid the fatal whip, he fell back and rolled off his horse.
The frightened horse lost its reins and ran away.
Before running away, he accidentally stepped on Ji Xiu who fell to the ground.
"What is General Xu doing! I don't know where Ji offended the general, so that General Xu was so cruel!"
Ji Xiu, who was trampled on the face by a horse's hoof, became furious and reluctantly climbed up from the ground to sit up and asked in a deep voice.
Duke Zhen Guo jumped off the horse and stepped forward with a cold face. He still didn't say anything in a hurry. He just raised his leg and kicked the man who had just stood up to the ground again.
He has no intention of talking nonsense with this kind of rat. Anyway, his purpose is to hit people, so he will hit them first and then talk.
Ji Xiu fell to the ground, clutching his stomach in pain and sweating profusely.
Seeing the old man who had been fighting for most of his life and had developed a fierce aura walking towards him step by step, he began to move back in fear.
Until his back was pressed against a thick tree, with no way to retreat.
At this moment, when Ji Xiu clearly felt the threat to his life, the fear in Ji Xiu's heart was amplified to the extreme, and the anger on his face was almost uncontrollable: "General Xu... If Ji Mouruo did something wrong, please speak out...
...As an official in the same dynasty, General Xu acted so recklessly, which may not be beneficial to himself!"
