The next day, the hunt officially began.
Because the most honorable person is Mu Zhan, generally speaking, he should say two scenes, but his character has always been impatient with these, no nonsense, and directly announced the start.
Hunting also has a competitive nature, of course, there is no shortage of lucky draws.
The prizes for the winners are displayed on the side, which are all treasures. The higher the difficulty of the prey, the better the prize.
For noble ministers, the prize is not necessarily the most important, the important thing is to get the emperor's blue eye in the hunting ground.
Wen Mingyu got on his horse, and he could feel the obscure gaze from all directions. Since the palace banquet, when he appeared in public, it would be like this. He was a little used to it.
This time, there are acquaintances.
Wei Ying is tall and strong, and his voice is first-class and loud. You don't have to meet people to know that he is there.
"Brother, are you okay?"
"Is it appropriate to say this to a man?"
"What... oh, you mean that, hahahahaha, anyway, I'm definitely better than you!"
Wei Yingwu was still laughing, but the voice said no, it stopped suddenly, like a duck being strangled by the neck.
Wen Mingyu looked over and found that Wei Yingwu was surrounded by a thin young man with a handsome and gentle appearance. Although his complexion was a little morbidly white, his back was straight and he had an indescribable temperament.
Wei Yingwu suddenly silenced just now, as if he was suppressed by the man who gave him a fluttering glance.
Wei Yingwu was a general, and immediately noticed Wen Mingyu's sight, looked over, and said something to the people next to him, and both of them came over on horseback.
After the introduction, Wen Mingyu and Wen Changlan knew each other.
Wen Mingyu knew that Wen Changlan was Wei Yingwu's cousin, and after listening to their conversation, he also found that Wen Changlan's body did not seem to be healthy.
Wei Yingwu was nervous, but he was obviously quite worried about this brother and didn't trust him alone. But Wen Changlan frowned and chased people away, and said with disgust, "You are too noisy, the movement is too loud, and the prey with you will be scared away by you."
Wei Yingwu was dissatisfied, and screamed like a husky. The quarrel did not have to be justified, and the voice was strong enough to win, "You are too grumpy!"
But in the end, Wei Yingwu was kicked out of the group chat. When entering the hunting ground, he was alone, and his tall back revealed a sadness and resentment of being abandoned.
Wen Mingyu couldn't help but want to laugh.
In the next few days, Wen Mingyu was hunting, and her level gradually improved in practice. Most of the time, he is with Mu Zhan, and sometimes he will cooperate with Wei Yingwu and Wen Changlan to hunt big game.
Another day.
Everyone entered the hunting ground, some got into the dense forest, and some rode their horses to the grassland, and divided into several groups.
Mu Zhan wanted to hunt a big guy with the important minister and make a good start, so he didn't stay with Wen Mingyu for the time being.
When entering the forest, Wen Changlan was not far from Wen Mingyu, and he meant to hunt together. In fact, when Wen Changlan refused to go with Wei Yingwu on the first day, he faintly felt that Wen Changlan had something to say to him alone.
However, when they met, they were just talking about hunting, nothing else. Wen Mingyu thought she was too sensitive.
At this time, another person came to Wen Mingyu on horseback, smiled and talked, very familiar, as if he had a good relationship with Wen Mingyu, but in fact, Wen Mingyu only saw him for the fourth time.
That person's name is Chi Bibai, he always likes to laugh, and looks very happy to make friends. The first two times, I just met by chance during the hunting process and said hello. When Mu Zhan was away yesterday, he took the initiative to join in to help Wen Mingyu hunt.
Wen Mingyu was puzzled by his intention for a while, whether it was because of Mu Zhan that he also came to establish a good relationship and take the opportunity to test. He is not stupid, although every time he attends any event, many noble children will take the initiative to meet and talk, and they seem to respect him, but in fact they just want to obtain information through him, to see if it is worth using.
In this era, class distinction, family background, power, wealth, none of these, it is difficult to stand. Those aristocrats from aristocratic families are always high above, have their own circles, and do not allow others to squeeze in.
People came over with a smile, but Wen Mingyu couldn't ignore it directly, so he could only add a couple of sentences, turned his head and chatted with Wen Changlan again, hoping that Chi Bibai would be more sensible and leave on his own.
"Is this military division Wen? I heard that I can win the battle this time, thanks to Mr. Wen's strategizing and resourcefulness, as if Mr. Wolong was alive."
Wen Changlan smiled modestly and rejected the compliment. Wen Mingyu found that his smile couldn't reach the bottom of his eyes. After thinking about it carefully, it seems that after Chi Bibai came, Wen Changlan's words became less, and he didn't like the other party
Wen Mingyu couldn't help but turn her head to look at Chi Bibai one more time. She was dressed in white and had a medium appearance, but her face was thin and her cheekbones were high, giving her a mean feeling.
He and Wen Changlan both look like literati, but when put together, they stand tall and low. Chi Bibai is like a copycat version, the more you look at it, the more incompatible it becomes.
When Chi Bibai saw Mingyu looking at him, his smile deepened and he was very enthusiastic. From the topic of hunting, he talked about the ferocious tiger hunted by the sage in one fell swoop, and how brave and invincible the sage once led his troops to fight, killing dozens of enemy troops. Wan, how to torture and kill prisoners and so on.
The front is still normal, but listening and listening, Wen Mingyu feels that this is about to describe Mu Zhan as a hellish Asura evil ghost, only cruel killing kills and wastes life.
Is it intentional
for what? Want him to be afraid of Mu Zhan
At some point, Wen Changlan rode away, as if he had deliberately made space for the two of them to chat.
Wen Mingyu rode into the dense forest while listening carefully to the surrounding movement, and found the sound of animals running through the grass behind the left side, and turned decisively to pull the bow and shoot the arrow, but the prey responded very quickly, the arrow just brushed past, hurting him. Flesh, it burrowed into the bushes, disappeared, and fled like a fly.
Wen Mingyu took the arrow again and planned to shoot it again, but Chi Bibai interrupted him.
"You didn't have the opportunity to learn archery before, but it's already very good to be able to do this now."
Wen Mingyu: "..."
Is it his delusion? Why do I feel a little yin and yang.
But it didn't take long for Wen Mingyu to realize that it wasn't his overthinking at all, and Chi Bibai slowly revealed his intentions.
"Although there are rumors about how you flatter and cling to the monarch, I don't believe it. The first time I saw you, I thought you were very good. I know very well that the temper of the saint... some ups and downs, and sometimes it may hurt you. , you are just pretending to protect yourself, you must have a hard time in the palace."
Wen Mingyu couldn't help but glanced at Chi Bibai subtly, as if looking at a rare animal. He didn't speak, Chi Bibai thought that he didn't believe in him, and continued to persuade, his mouth was like a perpetual motion machine, "I can understand you very well, if you have any troubles, if you don't mind, you can also treat me as a friend and tell me, I will Do what I can to help you."
"For example, leaving the palace..."
This sentence, he kept his voice so low that only the two of them could hear it.
Wen Mingyu finally didn't ignore it, but turned her head sharply and looked over, as if she was moved by what she said.
A trace of secret joy crossed Chi Bibai's face, feeling that her plan would succeed.
Wen Mingyu asked: "If you help me, won't you get into trouble? What should you do if the sage is furious?"
Chi Bibai: "I have some contacts in the capital, and I can arrange a house and money for you. You don't have to worry, and I have known Shengshang since I was a child. Even if I am discovered, I have a solution."
Hearing that he had known Mu Zhan for a long time, Wen Mingyu had an inexplicable feeling of discomfort, and frowned slightly, "The capital? It's at the feet of the emperor, it's not easy to find."
Chi Bibai: "The truth is that it's dark under the lights, but it's safer under the eyes. They must think you've escaped from the city, so go out to search for you, and it's safer to leave the city when the limelight is over."
This is so right. He is extremely considerate and considerate. He is like a holy father who can't see people's suffering and selflessly save people from the fire pit.
The Holy Father here is not a compliment.
Because Wen Mingyu didn't believe him at all.
Wen Mingyu really wanted to run, but when she saw an opportunity, she would rush forward stupidly, appearing so agreeable, how did she know it wasn't a trap
Moreover, listening to these words all the way, Wen Mingyu always felt a little green tea smell, and really didn't know what to say.
He lowered his eyes and thought for a while, and a bad idea popped up in his heart.
Wen Mingyu frowned sadly, as if in pain, and sighed long, "I really did not have a good time in the palace."
Chi Bibai's eyes lit up, and she hurriedly made an appearance of listening patiently.
"You don't know how hard I have lived. Every day, I have to accompany the saint to eat together. All kinds of delicacies from mountains and seas are delicious, and I will vomit..."
Chi Bibai nodded sympathetically, then widened her eyes... Wait, what are you talking about? ?
Wen Mingyu didn't seem to see his changed face, and continued to "pour the bitter water".
"I just want to eat some porridge and side dishes, why is it so difficult. Besides, do you know what I eat?"
Chi Bibai had a bad feeling and didn't want to hear it.
"Purple glaze auspicious cloud dragon pattern bowl. It was obviously used by the sage, but he insisted on letting me use it. The room is also full of treasures from the Treasure Pavilion, all of which are priceless. But the sage said it doesn't matter if it's broken. I'm willing to use the honor of those treasures. I even smashed a gilt cup and asked me to break a white suet pendant. If I didn't smash it, he would get angry and quarrel. He smashed several vases without noticing, and he laughed and said that the sound of smashing was too good."
Chi Bibai gritted her teeth: "..." Mother, I really want to hit someone.
Wen Mingyu continued to use magic to defeat magic and became a master of Versailles pretentiousness, "You said that the saint has a bad temper? I think you may be mistaken, his patience is terrifying, he teaches me lessons every day, and personally teaches me to ride horses and archery, But who likes class, I just want to play, it's annoying."
"Your archery... was taught by the saint?" Chi Bibai was like a duck with a strangled neck, her face greener than his name.
"Yeah, you think he's annoying too, don't you?" Wen Mingyu pouted with disgust.
Chi Bibai laughed twice, her face was very ugly, and she didn't want to believe it, "Are you kidding me? No matter how you hear it, it's not true. If the saint really treasures you so much, how could you be left here alone."
Wen Mingyu opened her mouth and was about to speak, but she seemed to see something, her face changed, she pulled the reins, and the horse changed direction, looking at it like she wanted to sneak away.
Chi Bibai looked back and saw Mu Zhan who was riding towards here at a glance.
Chi Bibai thought of something in his heart, and then glanced at Wen Mingyu trying to hide, and felt more and more that he was just talking nonsense. Chi Bibai immediately raised her voice and shouted, "Your Highness."
Mu Zhan looked over with a blank expression, his eyes passed Chi Bibai, he was about to move away indifferently, but in the next second he found Wen Mingyu hiding behind. He narrowed his eyes and rode over.
"Why don't you stay here?"
Chi Bibai thought that Mu Zhan was asking him, and answered quickly, planning to expose Wen Mingyu's lie just now, "Sacred..."
But just as he spoke, Mu Zhan passed him directly as if he hadn't seen him, and stopped in front of Wen Mingyu.
Wen Mingyu tilted her head, forced the corners of her lower lip to bend, and said a little pitifully, "The prey ran away and was missed."
Seeing him like this, Mu Zhan couldn't help but stretch out his hand and touched his head, his movements were gentle, with obvious consolation. It is normal for others to do this kind of thing, but this is Mu Zhan, the tyrant.
Chi Bibai was stunned, unable to believe it.
what's the situation? Could it be that what Wen Mingyu said just now is true
Is this still a tyrannical tyrant who kills like a gangster
Isn't it some kind of numb and sticky love-brain infatuation? !
Because he wanted to touch his head, Mu Zhan naturally had to be very close to Wen Mingyu, and the two horses under him were almost close to each other, and Mu Zhan's horse rubbed Wen Mingyu's horse with his nose intimately.
The two of them seemed to be a world of their own, and there was no room for others.
Chi Bibai seemed superfluous.
Mu Zhan didn't care about him at all. After touching Wen Mingyu's head, he said, "Go, I will continue to teach you."
Wen Mingyu smiled, "Okay."
When the two were about to leave, Wen Mingyu suddenly seemed to remember something, turned her head to point at Chi Bibai and said, "Your Majesty, he just said that my archery skills are poor."
Mu Zhan looked over.
Chi Bibai's heart skipped a beat, and a large drop of cold sweat dripped on his forehead, unable to hide his fear. He anxiously defended: "No, Wei Chen didn't say that..."
However, Mu Zhan didn't care about his defense at all, and said in a deep voice, "You said that his archery skills are not good. You must be very confident in yourself. Let Gu see how good your archery skills are."
Chi Bibai wanted to say something more, but as soon as she met Mu Zhan's eyes, she couldn't say a word. She could only obey orders stiffly, picked up her bow and arrow, and waited for a while, when she saw a passing fox, throwing the arrow with the arrow. shot out.
The fox screamed, turned and ran away nimbly. The arrow didn't even touch the fox's fur.
Wen Mingyu pretended to be stunned, gave a small wow, and said in a very admirable tone: "This archery technique is astounding."
What bad thoughts can a bunny have? He just wanted to compliment people.
It's just that in this case of shooting in the air, the more sincere the praise, the more ironic it is.
Chi Bibai felt blood rushing up, her throat seemed to taste a fishy sweet taste, and she was about to vomit blood. But when Mu Zhan was here, he couldn't vent, and he had to apologize with a smile, "We are ignorant and offended Master Wen for a while, and I beg Your Majesty's forgiveness."
Mu Zhan said coldly: "You are ignorant, have no self-knowledge, and treat others rudely. You should apologize to him and tell Gu?"
Chi Bibai choked, gritted her teeth, and bowed her head to apologize to Wen Mingyu.
Wen Mingyu saw that he was reluctant to bow his head, the depression in his heart dissipated, and he was a little relieved.
For him, things are over, but Mu Zhan is not so easy to deal with. Dare to provoke to come to the front, naturally will not end well. However, he glanced at Wen Mingyu next to him and knew that he was a little timid, so he changed his words and ordered: "Since you are so confident, go hunt a hundred prey and come back, small animals don't count. , and no one is allowed to help.”
Chi Bibai's eyes widened. How is this possible? !
Mu Zhan's eyes turned cold.
He hurriedly lowered his head, "Wei Chen obeys."
Then, he could only keep his head down like this, watching the horse's hoofs on the ground go further and further, never daring to look up. Chi Bibai froze in place, as if he had become a stone statue, clenching his hands into fists, his strength was so great that blood was oozing out, his eyes were full of resentment and unwillingness.
On the other hand, Wen Mingyu left this person behind without hesitation, forgetting very simply. An unimportant and disgusting person, thinking of him is a complete waste of time.
Without the disturbing people, Wen Mingyu really began to experience hunting.
Wen Mingyu, based on her hunting experience a few days ago, moved her horse forward and began to look for prey. He didn't stay with Mu Zhan, but they were not far apart. After all, the teacher will be dependent on his side. After he expressed this, Mu Zhan glanced at him, not sure.
After hunting a fox, he turned his head and found that Wen Changlan was not far behind him, talking to Mu Zhan.
Wen Changlan was unexpectedly sharp, and he noticed his gaze almost at the same time as Mu Zhan, and looked over. Wen Changlan gave him a gentle smile, with a literati and elegant temperament, it was easy to make people feel good. And although he looks weaker than ordinary people, he has strong insight and pays attention to strategy, and animals can't play him at all.
While Mu Zhan was hunting by himself, he would also instruct Wen Mingyu in a timely manner. Wen Changlan occasionally said a few words, but they were not out of line, and they got along surprisingly harmoniously.
Later, Wen Changlan found an opportunity, rode to Wen Mingyu's side, and whispered, "Chi Bibai used to be the companion of the Fourth Prince."
Didn't say much, but obviously reminded him to be unbelievable. Wen Mingyu remembered Mu Zhan's past, tortured by her biological mother, neglected by her father, and bullied by other brothers. Chi Bibai said she knew it, but it wasn't a good thing to think about it. As expected, she set a trap for him to jump in with malice.
Wen Mingyu suddenly thought of something, and said with a subtle expression: "What I said to Chi Bibai just now... Did you hear it?"
Wen Changlan was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "You mean—the sage favors me too much, what should I do if I'm so distressed and annoyed, and so on?"
Wen Mingyu was so embarrassed that she wanted to get into the tree hole, and suddenly remembered the scene of Wen Changlan and Mu Zhan talking just now, she raised her head suddenly, and asked nervously, "You didn't talk to the sage, did you?"
Wen Changlan smiled, "What do you think?"
Wen Mingyu felt that she died on the spot, and the words she wrote were completely dead without being exposed.
Wen Changlan looked at him with a loveless expression, and couldn't help laughing, "Don't worry, I just told the sage that Chi Bibai said something unpleasant to you. If you don't believe it, you can go. Ask the sage to confirm."
Wen Mingyu breathed a sigh of relief.
Wen Changlan added: "My stupid cousin treats you as a half-brother. He often mentions you to me, which makes me curious. When I saw you today, it's really... different."
Wen Mingyu always felt that he wanted to talk about strange things. He smiled faintly, and after chatting for a while, he turned his head to devote himself to hunting more.
Wen Changlan looked at his vigorous back and ran away after chasing his prey.
In fact, a large part of the reason that Wen Changlan came to participate in the hunt this time was to meet Wen Mingyu. When he heard Wei Yingwu talk about the situation at the palace banquet before, he noticed some details, such as the sage's sudden anger at the dancer, but it was rare to let him go.
In the middle, only Wen Mingyu and Sheng Shang said two words.
He can influence the Holy One.
Wen Changlan wanted to see with his own eyes whether this was the case, or just a coincidence.
Before the start of the hunt, he looked at him without looking at it, and just happened to see a timid palace servant trembling and almost made a mistake. The sage's face was very ugly. If it was according to the sage's violent temperament in the past, this palace servant would definitely be punished. Heavy fines and even death.
But the next second, Wen Changlan saw Wen Mingyu leaning over, smiling brightly, and after saying something to the sage, the sage's face softened, and he touched Wen Mingyu's hair smoothly.
He had never seen anyone able to do such a thing.
Literati probably all have the same pursuit, hoping to serve Mingjun, make achievements, and be famous in history. He could see that the sage was able to handle political affairs with ease, and had the ability to become a wise ruler, but the biggest problem was his violent temperament. This is very unfavorable. If it continues to be serious in the future, it will inevitably become a murderous tyrant who has been stigmatized for thousands of years.
Now, there is a possibility of reversal, and he naturally attaches importance to it.
Wen Changlan was thinking about it when a rough and loud voice suddenly exploded in his ears.
"Brother, what are you doing stupidly?!"
The big fan-like hand slammed on his back, which restrained his strength, but with Wei Yingwu's strange power, he could send people away in minutes.
Wen Changlan turned his head and showed him a very gentle smile, "Cousin, should we compare?"
Wei Yingwu's eyes suddenly lit up, "Bi! Bi! What if you lose?"
Wen Changlan said: "I know a kind of food that rabbits like very much. It is comparable to catnip for cats. I can tell you."
Wei Yingwu was really interested and nodded without hesitation, as if he had won.
Wen Changlan went on to say, "If you lose, within three days, you will do whatever I say, and you are not allowed to refuse."
When Wei Yingwu heard it, he felt that this was nothing. Even if there was no gambling contract, his cousin had a way to make him do things, but he couldn't play it at all.
So, he readily agreed.
When they were about to report to the Sage, they happened to meet Chi Bibai again. He was hunting non-stop because of the Sage's order.
Wen Changlan said hello and greeted: "Chi Shizi is very good at archery, I'm afraid he has hunted a hundred prey, right?"
Wei Yingwu was stubborn and valued his strength. Hearing this, he retorted without thinking: "Brother, are you mistaken? How can he deserve such an evaluation of archery."
He bumped into Wen Changlan, thinking that his voice had been lowered, but in fact, it was useless to suppress his loud voice. Chi Bibai's face is not as simple as blue, it has to be red, orange, yellow, green, blue, blue and purple.
After a few seconds, Wei Yingwu came to his senses, scratched his hair embarrassedly, and felt that he was telling the truth and didn't want to apologize. He pulled the reins and rode to Wen Mingyu's side. He had nothing to say, "Brother Wen. I was just hunting roe deer, let's go hunting for black bears together another day, I hunted one last year."
Before he finished speaking, he received Mu Zhan's cold gaze.
Wei Yingwu, who is nearly two meters tall, can't help shivering. He doesn't understand very well, but his mouth instinctively saves himself first, "Of course, this minister cannot be compared with the sage. The tigers in the hunting ground are afraid of the sage."
Chi Bibai had long been angry and ran away, and was also rushing to hunt a hundred prey, otherwise there would definitely be a heavy punishment.
Wei Yingwu and Wen Changlan went to the hunting competition, leaving only Wen Mingyu and Mu Zhan.
The hunting time passed quickly, because Mu Zhan was by his side, even if someone saw them, he would avoid them from a distance and would not come forward to disturb them, giving Wen Mingyu a good practice space.
The end result was very rich.
According to the number of prey and the difficulty of hunting, he can barely get a small prize.
Although there are countless treasures in the Penglai Hall where he lives, the one he won is of course very different. He holds the jade pendant with a happy and precious look on his face.
Mu Zhan tilted his head to look at him, "You like it that much?"
Wen Mingyu smiled brightly, "Yeah, this is what I won through hard work, of course I like it."
After he finished speaking, he tilted his head and looked at Mu Zhan for a while, then suddenly reached out to hold Mu Zhan's hand, unfolded his palm, and put the jade pendant in his hand.
"To Your Majesty."
Mu Zhan: "…Why?"
Wen Mingyu said without hesitation: "There is no reason, just send it if you want. And if it wasn't for Your Majesty, I would definitely not be able to get this jade pendant."
Mu Zhan looked down at the jade pendant in his hand, and said lightly, "I have never used such a poor quality jade pendant."
Wen Mingyu heard that and wanted to say that it's better to give it back to me, but just as he was about to stretch out his hand, he saw Mu Zhan put the jade pendant into his sleeve pocket...
A good "disgusting".
Why didn't he find out before that the tyrant also has an arrogant attribute
Aggressive and arrogant.
… coquettish
Damn, I thought it was kinda cute.
His brain was out of whack.
The author has something to say: Report, Your Majesty is trying to kidnap your wife.
Tyrant: Drag it out and cut it!
Jade Cub Versailles: The sage has to personally guide me every day, but who likes to take classes, it's so annoying, I want to play.
The tyrant pulls people into the bedroom: no class, go to play, play for three days and three nights.
Jade cub: ? ? ? Then why go to the bedroom