"Master Yu... Do you want to..." The eldest prince was only a seven or eight-year-old child after all, and he asked hesitantly when he saw only him and Xiaocao left in the dark forest.
Although the nearby mountains and forests are dense, they are really nothing compared to those in my hometown, Xishan. When Xiaocao was still young, she dared to sneak to the outskirts of the mountain and set a trap by herself. However, feeling Zhu Hanwen's uneasiness, in order to protect the self-esteem of a young boy, she played the role of a weak person, saying: "I am timid, and I have never shot arrows before. If I am alone, I will be afraid. Your Highness, you Let me follow you!"
Zhu Hanwen immediately straightened his chest like a little man, and said: "Okay! Then you just follow Bengong's side honestly and don't run around!"
The dense forest was getting deeper and deeper, and the low jungle was replaced by towering trees. The dense branches and leaves covered the sky and the sun, and the light also dimmed. There were more and more prey. From time to time, a hare and a pheasant would jump out of the bushes at their feet, fleeing in panic, and the two of them occasionally let out a scream.
An unknown animal passed over Xiaocao's head, bringing a gust of wind, and she shrank her head with a shriek. Zhu Hanwen was startled by her cry, and followed her line of sight. It turned out to be a naughty little squirrel, holding a nut, sitting on a high branch, looking at them curiously.
"Didn't Father say that when you were in the country, you often went hunting? Isn't your father a good bear hunter?" Zhu Hanwen was speechless, not understanding why Father asked him to follow such a coward.
Yu Xiaocao was also very helpless, holding her breath and said: "Country girl, where can I use bows and arrows? The so-called hunting is nothing more than setting a trap and digging a trap! As for the bear hunting, my father went with others. Oh! Yes! Yes, just with the current little General Zhao..."
Zhao's father and son were at the border last winter, and once again repelled the attack of the Tartars, winning a complete victory. Xiao General Zhao also won the title of "God of War", the First Prince naturally knew of this. He flattened his mouth and said, "General Xiao Zhao, God of War, went hunting, not to mention hunting bears, even hunting tigers is easy. Royal father, why did you lie to me?"
"Maybe it's because I'm timid and dare not go to dangerous places. Your Highness, you will not be in danger if you follow me. Your Majesty is also a loving father!" Yu Xiaocao explained.
Zhu Hanwen's shoulders drooped, and he said in a disinterested manner: "With you as a hindrance, it seems that I don't want to impress my father today!"
"Aren't there Xiao Hei and Xiao Bai? Let them work a few more times, and the prey will be there?" Yu Xiaocao said comfortingly.
"Both of them hunted, and they both bit off their necks in one bite. It was not the credit of this palace. They also said that the father and mother would taste the prey I shot with my own hands tonight!" The eldest prince sighed, although the prey was not Little, but he was too alert, and he disappeared without a trace before he could draw his bow. Thinking about it now, the first pheasant was shot randomly by a blind cat and a dead mouse.
Yu Xiaocao looked at the sad bun face, pondered for a while, and said: "How about... I set up some nooses, and after trapping the prey, you shoot an arrow. How about it?"
Zhu Hanwen blinked his big eyes twice, looked at her for a while, then nodded and said: "Although there are suspicions of deceit, but in order not to disappoint the emperor and mother, this is the only way to do it. However, you are sure that the noose can catch the prey ? Have you got the rope?"
Yu Xiaocao looked left and right, chose a flexible rattan from a big tree, cut off the branches and leaves on it with the small dagger in her boots, and set nooses one by one in places where prey frequented. Near the noose, some diluted Lingshi water was secretly sprinkled as bait.
[How does this God Stone have such a stupid owner as you, who drank so much bath water from this God Stone, but still didn’t become smarter!]Xiao Butianshi sighed in her mind in a very speechless tone.
"Can you not mention the word 'bath water'? It's disgusting to think about it!" Yu Xiaocao bickered with it while teaching the eldest prince how to set a noose.
Xiaobutianshi snorted, and said: [Don't talk about bath water? Okay! How about saliva instead?]Sometimes, when it releases its aura into the well water, it deliberately takes the shape of a cat and spits water towards the mouth of the well. In fact, think about it, it is a small stone, where does the saliva come from
"If you have anything to say, just say it, don't say those disgusting Bala words that will scare people!" After Yu Xiaocao instructed the First Prince to make a rough noose, she asked the purpose of its appearance in her heart. This guy didn't know what stimulated him. In order to go back sooner, he practiced very intensively, and he often lost sight of his head and tail.
[With your current mental strength, it is not difficult to shoot your prey. Why even make an idiot noose? What a waste!]Xiao Butianshi did not forget to say a word to her.
Mental power, what is that? Yu Xiaocao was at a loss: "How to use mental power? No one taught me, you think I'm a genius, self-taught?"
[You concentrate and stare at the prey, what do you find? ] Xiaobutianshi reminded her.
This is, a pleasant bird song sounded from the canopy above her head. She raised her head, followed the method of Xiaobutianshi, stared hard at the unknown bird, and was surprised to find that the bird was about the size of her fist. In her eyes, it was getting bigger and closer, and it was as big as a millstone. Moreover, its every move seems to be palpable, and the action of combing feathers is like the slow motion of a movie. Could it be that this is the benefit of spiritual power
[How about it? Do you think you can hit the target?]Xiao Butianshi asked leisurely.
Such a big target seems to be so close at hand, only a fool can't shoot it! Yu Xiaocao didn't say anything, she took off the small bow and arrow she was carrying on her back, pulled it away forcefully, and aimed according to the steps Zhu Junyang taught her before. The arrow left the string and hit the silly bird's neck.
"Wow! Master Yu, the real person doesn't show his face!! You can hit such a tall and small target, and you still say you can't shoot?" Zhu Hanqi held his breath from the moment she drew the bow to shoot the arrow. I thought she just had an itchy hand and tried it casually, but I didn't expect that she could really hit the target.
The eldest prince's voice pulled her back from that mysterious world. She picked up the first prey she had shot in her life, and facing Zhu Hanwen's envious eyes, she felt a sense of pride in her heart.
"Tell me quickly, how can you hit the target from such a long distance?" Zhu Hanwen's eager little eyes made people unable to refuse.
Yu Xiaocao thought for a while and said, "Ji Chang learns archery, have you learned this article?"
Seeing him shaking his head, he said, "There is an article in "Liezi. Tang Wen", which is about learning archery. To learn archery, you must first practice your eyesight, and keep the state of not blinking. Blink... You see, your eyesight is not perfect yet!"
She intentionally punched the eldest prince in front of him, and barely stopped within an inch of his eyes. Zhu Hanwen, who was suddenly attacked, of course blinked reflexively and retreated.
"The second level of vision training is to see a very small thing as a huge thing. Ji Chang practiced year after year and day after day, and finally saw a small lice as bigger than a wheel. "Yu Xiaocao told the eldest prince an article she had learned in elementary school in her previous life.
Zhu Hanwen murmured thoughtfully, "A small one that is bigger than a wheel? How long will it take to practice?"
"As long as you work hard, you can grind an iron pestle into a needle. As long as you have perseverance and perseverance, there is nothing you can't achieve!" Yu Xiaocao's words planted the seeds of perseverance in the heart of the future prince. In the future, no matter how difficult the court encounters, he never backs down and wins the trust and love of his courtiers. This is something!
Yu Xiaocao tried to draw the bow a few more times, and sure enough, the admiration in Zhu Hanwen's little eyes was like a torrent of water, surging more and more. It's a pity that the good times don't last long. It takes a lot of energy to draw a bow and shoot an arrow like this. When her temples began to swell and her head ached, she realized that there is no free lunch in the world.
After taking out the water bag and drinking a few mouthfuls of Lingshi water, my head felt a little better. Looking up at the time, Yu Xiaocao said: "Your Highness, it's getting late, let's go back and see if there is any harvest in the cover, and then go back early, so as not to worry the emperor and empress."
"The sun is still high, let's go further inside, maybe there is a big guy waiting for us! Noose, it's not too late to check on the way back! Little Zhuozi, why don't you bring some prey first Go back, so you don't run out of it later." Zhu Hanwen ordered the little eunuch who had been enthusiastically helping them pick up the prey.
Xiao Zhuozi saw that the sika deer was the biggest prey they had encountered along the way, and there was no danger at all, so he carried a deer and a few hares and pheasants back to the place where the horses were tethered. He didn't know that during the time he was away, his master was in a huge web of conspiracies and was going through the test of life and death.
"Look! What's that? It looks like a huge mouse with a snout like a pig..." Zhu Hanwen pointed in one direction quietly, reminding Yu Xiaocao to look over.
Yu Xiaocao glanced at the direction he was pointing at. The animal that was gnawing grass seeds had stubby limbs, a big head and thick neck, small eyes and small ears, and a mixed body of black and white—isn't this a badger
"That's badger, also called pig badger! The meat is tender and delicious. Its fat can be used as medicine, and it is very effective in treating scalds and burns." Yu Xiaocao gave him a popular science.
"Shh... this badger is hunted by me." Zhu Hanwen slowly approached the badger with his bow raised. The badger didn't seem to be aware of the danger. It dug out a wild peanut from the soil, bit the shell, and ate it happily.
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Going to work again tomorrow. Alas... melancholy!