Du Keming rode his horse and walked to the middle of the forest. The forest was so quiet that it was frightening. Some dangerous animals were lying in ambush in the bushes around them, waiting for an opportunity to attack.
Suddenly, there was rustling in the grass in front of the horse, and with a whoosh, a strange-shaped thing rushed out, flashing past Du Keming. Du Keming yelled in horror, his hands trembled, his bones were numb, and he almost fell off the horse.
Taking a closer look, I saw that thing has long ears, big buck teeth, missing lip, short tail, black and white body, shuttles in the grass, it is clearly a wild rabbit!
False alarm. Du Keming swallowed, lifted his court clothes, and wiped the sweat from his forehead. He was about to shoot an arrow with his bow and shoot the hare to death, but in a blink of an eye, the hare ran away.
"Little guy, I was taken aback! If I don't shoot you to death, I won't be named Du!"
Holding the bow and arrow, clamping his legs, he rushed to the forest again. The more we drove, the denser the forest became. The rabbit burrowed into the tall bushes and could no longer be seen. The horse couldn't go any further. Du Keming was so angry that his seven orifices smoked.
"You actually let you run away! If you go back empty-handed, Rong Chang'an will despise me. I don't know how to get along with her. She must take this opportunity to make trouble in front of Yan Li! Look at Lin Hai's fight!" If there is no prey, if there is a prey, I will buy one from him, and it will be mine."
Thinking of this in his heart, a smug smile appeared on his mouth, thinking why he was so stupid and had to work so hard to hunt! Money can't buy anything!
Turning the horse's head and walking back, he just swears at Rong Changan, but he doesn't notice that behind a bush, there is a pair of sharp eyes looking at him.
Those eyes followed Du Keming closely, and at the same time, there was a Feather Arrow following Du Keming.
Suddenly, a voice shouted beside Du Keming: "Master Du, where are you going!"
Du Keming was taken aback, turned his head to follow the sound, and there was a whistling sound in the air, and by the time he understood that the whistling sound was a plume arrow shooting through the wind, it was already too late. The arrow pierced his throat, and blood sprayed on the fallen leaves on the ground. Du Keming turned over and fell off the horse, with a plop, the horse was frightened and ran out of the forest.
Du Keming was still struggling, but as more and more blood flowed out, his breath became weaker and weaker. In the midst of extreme panic and pain, he vaguely saw a horse approaching slowly, and immediately sat a person whose face was so familiar.
"Yes...it's you!" Du Keming made his last voice before dying.
Lin Hai spit at him: "This is the fate of treacherous ministers who betrayed!"
When Du Keming couldn't move anymore, Lin Hai jumped off the horse, pulled out the feather arrow from his throat, wiped Du Keming's court clothes to wipe off the blood, and then put it back into the quiver.
The sound of horseshoes sounded again in the woods. It was the two Imperial Forest Army who were surprised to see Du Keming dead on the ground.
"Commander Lin, Mr. Du..."
Lin Hai suddenly stared at the two imperial guards with piercing eyes, with a stern and stern face: "Master Du was attacked by a wild animal just now. He got off his horse and hit a tree. Unfortunately, he was killed. One of you went back to report to the queen and the emperor, and told them what happened."
The two royal guards were speechless. Not because of Du Keming's sudden death, but because they seemed to see the truth.
There was a small hole in Du Keming's throat, and he was obviously shot to death. How could he be attacked to death by wild animals? Besides, his head should have been damaged when he hit the tree, but Du Keming's head didn't have any fatal injuries except for a little scrape on his forehead.
Seeing the two imperial guards sitting on the horses, silent, Lin Hai gritted his teeth: "If anyone asks in the future, you can repeat what I just said. If anyone doesn't follow what I just said..."
With a cry of a wolf, Lin Hai pulled out the treasured knife at his waist, and slashed at the thigh-thin birch next to him, and the birch fell to the ground with a crash.
"Anyone who doesn't follow what I just said is like a birch tree!"
The two hurriedly clasped their fists together: "The villain must follow Commander Lin's words and never add a single word!"
"That's the best!" Lin Hai said, "Now hurry up and tell the queen and the emperor, and call someone to take Lord Du's body away."
"Decree!"
One of the imperial guards rushed back to the bear catching hall, and told Rong Chang'an and Yan Li what Lin Hai had said. Yan Li was still soaking in the hot spring, when he heard the news suddenly, he was horrified.
"It was fine just now, why suddenly..."
The Yulin army who reported said: "It really happened suddenly. We and Commander Lin were also very shocked. I can't believe that Master Du left just like that!"
Yan Li frowned: "What kind of beast made Master Du abrupt and killed Master Du?"
In Yan Li's view, the beast that could kill Du Keming was either a tiger or a leopard, or a wild boar. When Yan Li was the censor and the prime minister, he had hunted with Li Hai countless times, but no minister had ever lost his life because of wild animals. This time it was too sudden and unbelievable.
The Imperial Forest Army replied: "When we arrived, Master Du was already dead, and we actually didn't know what kind of beast it was."
Yan Li said: "Now you lead me to the forest, I want to see what kind of beast it is, it can kill Master Du accidentally!"
Yulin Jun said: "Do you want the villain to report to the queen again?"
Yan Li thought for a while: "No need, the queen is taking a bath, I just need to go and see it!"
The Imperial Forest Army led the way, and Yan Li followed two hundred guards to the forest just now. Lin Hai and a royal guard were standing beside the corpse.
Yan Li jumped off the horse and turned Du Keming over. It was seen that Du Keming's neck was bitten to pieces from the front and back by the beast, and the blood had already congealed on the wound. On Du Keming's forehead, there were marks left by being bumped by a hard object, and the marks were sunken. It is estimated that the skull had been broken. It can be seen that Du Keming was already dead when he hit the tree.
The wild beast arrived and bit Du Keming's neck, intending to devour his flesh. Probably because hearing Lin Hai and others arrived, the beast abandoned Du Keming's body and fled in a hurry.
Yan Li looked at Du Keming's body, lost in thought, and then looked at Lin Hai: "Commander Lin, did you see what kind of beast it is?"
Lin Hai clasped his fists and said, "Lin Hai has never seen that beast. It must be a cruel tiger or leopard."
Yan Li asked again: "When you arrived, Master Du had been dead for a long time?"
Lin Haidao: "When we arrived, Master Du was already dead."
"You see no trace of any beast?"
Lin Haidao: "I never saw it."
Yan Li's brows and eyes were downcast, covered by thick shadows, and his face was cold and gloomy. He looked into the distance, his eyes were sharp and shining, as if there was a target in the distance that could attract his attention.
"I see. Commander Lin, you take a few people to bury Master Du and put it in the bear trap first. Then send someone to notify Master Du's family and let them come and bring the corpse home. When will you bury him?" Follow his family's wishes. Then you inform all the officials in the capital that when Mr. Du goes to the funeral, they must send them to the funeral together, and anyone who dares to ask for leave for nothing will be severely punished!"
Lin Hai said: "Lin Hai obeys the order!"
"Everything here is under the leadership of Laurin. I'm a little tired, so I'll go back to the Bear Catch House first."
Before Yan Li finished speaking, he jumped on the horse and left in a hurry.