Looking forward, the cornices of the star-retaining palace are faintly visible, but the fierce tiger chasing after him has killed all the guards who stayed behind to fight it, and the guards around Lin Qing are absolutely dragging the tiger's actions with his life. , Buying time for Lin Qing to escape.
But when he ran so far, there was only Lin Qing left in the forest.
Hearing the tiger roar close at hand behind him, he stopped running abruptly, drew a short knife from his waist, turned abruptly and rushed towards the tiger.
I can't escape anyway, so let's fight with it!
Lin Qing no longer felt the stomachache and discomfort at this time, he rushed into the canthus, thinking that even if he died, he would have to gouge out a piece of it.
Just as he turned around, there was a sharp shout not far away: "Prince avoid!"
At this moment, Lin Qing's nerves collapsed to the extreme, and his reaction power was extremely fast. Although his brain hadn't reacted yet, his body had already moved and rolled to the side. At the same time, a sharp blade glowing with cold pierced the air. , Flying from a distance, straight into the tiger's left eye.
The tiger was injured and bitter, and roared frantically. Lin Qing looked up and saw that Concubine Xi, who was already close in front of him, jumped from the back of the white horse, holding a short knife, and dived towards the tiger from mid-air.
One person and one tiger suddenly started fighting.
Although Xi Tan had hurt his muscles on the battlefield, he had a solid foundation in kung fu, and he was very good at light work. He was very flexible. The tiger was blinded in one eye when she went up and down, and she was teased by her. Got to go round and round, more and more violent.
After all, Xi Tan was injured, and his arm hurt when he tried hard. The roaring tiger swiped a paw on his shoulder, instantly tore off a piece of flesh, and fell heavily to the ground.
The tiger didn't take the opportunity to bite her, but pounced on Lin Qing again.
A mouthful of blood poured out of Xi Tan's throat, he gritted his teeth and patted the ground, leaped forward, grabbed the tiger's tail, and yelled at Lin Qing: "Run!"
Lin Qingxue's eyes were red, knowing that Concubine Xi was going to die if she left. She came to save her, but she ignored her. Such a ruthless and unrighteous act of greed for life and fear of death should be despised by the world.
Thinking of this, Lin Qing not only didn't run, but picked up his short knife and rushed towards the tiger.
Xi Tan was almost pissed off by him.
Lin Qing is the prince of a country, which is related to Dalin's roots. If something happens to him, the central government will inevitably be turbulent due to the crown prince. In history, is it rare for the country to disintegrate and foreign enemies to take advantage of it
As a general, she would never tolerate such a thing even if she was fighting for her life.
She can no longer protect her country on the battlefield. Protecting the prince from accidents is the only thing she can do now.
Xi Tan's eyes condensed, his right hand grabbed the tiger's tail and wrapped it around his palm twice, and then slammed it back. The tiger ate painfully and frantically, turning his head back to bite, Xi Tan leaned back, his back pressed against the ground, and his whole body She almost folded it in half and slid down on the tiger. She lifted the knife on her elbow and swiped it forward. The sharp blade burst open, and blood spewed out, pouring all of it on her pale face.
The tiger's deafening roar lowered, his huge body collapsed heavily, convulsed twice, and gradually lost his breath.
The forest was silent for a while.
Xi Tan raised his hand to wipe the blood on his face, slowly sat up from the ground, frowned and looked at Lin Qing: "Is the prince injured?"
Lin Qing was still stunned, the panic and fear of escaping from the dead came at the moment the tiger fell to the ground, and even the stomach pain that he had forgotten for a while seemed to be more serious than before. Lin Qing faltered, knelt down and panted, clutching his stomach.
There was a rush of horseshoes not far away, coming from the direction of the palace. The guard escorting him hurriedly arrived and ran towards the two in a panic.
"The subordinate escort is late! Please forgive the prince!"
Lin Qing was already unable to speak. When he looked up, he saw Lin Feilu, who was at the end of the team, swaying over on a big horse.
When she got off the horse, she staggered, and rushed to his side with her hands and feet. The usual soft and sweet voice was rare and serious and worried: "Prince brother, are you okay? Are you injured?"
Lin Qing was sour in her heart, and slowly looked towards the path.
All the way are the bodies of guards.
Lin Feilu followed his line of sight, saw the fragments and corpses all over the floor, and smelled the strong bloody smell brought by the wind, his face changed and he vomited on the spot.
Lin Qing couldn't care about her discomfort, so he hurriedly stroked her back and told the guard next to him: "Hurry up and take the five princesses out of here!"
Lin Feilu saw such a bloody scene for the first time. It was really shocking. He vomited into the dark. When he was carried on the horse by the guard, he still remembered turning his head and shouting Xi Tan: "Niang, are you okay?"
Xi Tan was supported on the horse by the guards, his expression still as indifferent as before, "It's okay, I'll go back to the palace."
Some of the guards escorted them back to the palace, while the other remained to clean up the scene.
When Lin Di got the news and rushed back, it was already an hour later.
Had it not been for he knew that no one dared to deceive the king, I would have thought it was a bad joke.
When the prince and Xiaowu left, the large group had not yet penetrated into the hinterland of the mountains and forests. The beasts had always appeared in the depths of the mountains and forests. They couldn't meet even hunting tigers. How could they be met on the edge of the mountains and forests? !
But when they got to the place where they met the tiger, everyone could smell the unfinished smell of blood in the air.
Although the guard cleaned up the broken arm, but watching the blood splashing around, one could still imagine the miserable situation at that time.
All the small troops who had escorted the prince were killed, and the guards who reported back and forth were stationed in the palace.
All she knew was that the five princesses rode all the way back and said that the crown prince met the tiger. It happened that the concubine Xi Gui was walking nearby and took the white horse and rushed away first. When they arrived, the concubine Xi had already killed the tiger.
Lin Di's face was terrible, and after returning to the palace, he went straight to the prince.
Although Lin Qing was not injured, he suffered from stomachache and was greatly frightened. The situation was not good. The imperial doctor who accompanied him had prescribed medicine for him to take. Because the medicine contained sleeping ingredients, Lin Qing had passed out at this time. .
Emperor Lin didn't wake him up. Hearing that Xiao Wu was in Concubine Xi's palace, he went straight to Concubine Xi again.
Compared with Lin Qing, Concubine Xi's injury was more serious.
She was slapped on the claw by the tiger, her skin and flesh were torn off, her shoulders were bloody and bloody, and the internal force was moved, causing the blood to reverse, and the injured muscles and veins were impacted, like the pain of broken muscles and bones.
But she didn't say a word, except for her pale face, she could hardly see that she was enduring the unbearable pain of ordinary people.
When Emperor Lin came over, Lin Feilu was sitting next to Concubine Xi’s bed drinking medicine. She almost vomited her bile on the way back, and she was very frightened. The imperial doctor also prescribed medicine to her. As soon as she finished drinking, the maid next to her immediately handed the candied fruit, and Lin Feilu stuffed it into her mouth, chewing and crawling over to Xi Tan who was half-lying on the bed.
He wrinkled his face and asked, "Manny, are you still in pain?"
Concubine Xi Gui gave her a sideways glance: "It doesn't hurt, you won't go back? What are you doing with me?"
Lin Feilu said, "I'm worried about the empress."
Concubine Xi: "Are you worried that I won't hurt anymore?"
Lin Feilu: "Didn't the empress say it doesn't hurt?"
Concubine Xi: "..."
Xiao Douding looked teary, but her tone was very real: "Say it if it hurts. No one will laugh at the empress. Girls don't need to be so strong." She said, leaning on her shoulders, and whispered twice. Down.
Concubine Xi Gui looked startled.
No one has ever told her before that girls don't need to be so strong.
The pain can also be said.
The parents just told her that the children of the Xi family bleed without tears. Those who guard the common people at dawn should not cry tired and painful.
The first time I heard such words, it was from a child.
Xi Tan was a bit funny and moved. Before he could speak, Emperor Lin's impatient voice came from the door: "Tan'er! I'm late!"
Xi Tan: "..." She lifted her eyes to look, and returned to the faint expression, "Your Majesty is not too late, not too soon, not too late."
Emperor Lin walked over quickly, picked up Lin Feilu, who was lying on the bed, and hugged him in his arms. He held his daughter in one hand and Xi Tan's hand in the other. His heart was full of emotion: "Thanks to ours today. Xiao Wu and Ai Concubine, otherwise... Hey!"
After that, she looked at Concubine Xi Gui admiringly: "I didn't expect Ai Concubine to be able to kill the tiger with her own strength without losing her skills back then!"
Xi Tan was startled with goose bumps in his eyes, and immediately drove people unceremoniously: "The concubines are fine, but they are a little tired. Your Majesty should go and see the tiger corpse brought back by the guards."
Emperor Lin hugged Lin Feilu and stood up: "The concubine loves to have a good rest. I will take Xiaowu away first, and I will see you later."
Lin Feilu obediently waved to Concubine Xi, and was hugged and left by Emperor Lin all the way.
Emperor Lin had learned from the guards that if the five princesses hadn't come back for help, the prince would have died today. Earlier on, he had listened to the old fourth, saying that the fifth sister is his lucky god, now it seems that this is really a little lucky star in the palace.
Emperor Lin didn't rush to see the tiger attacking people today, but first sent Lin Feilu back to the Lotus Palace.
The escorted guards were all dead, and the prince fell asleep again. Lin Di could only ask Xiao Wu what happened before.
Although Lin Feilu knew that there must be something wrong with the tiger, she could see the problem from the fact that it only chased Lin Qing and bit by one person, but she didn't say anything, she just told straight about the process she saw. .
Emperor Lin nodded thoughtfully, hugged her back to the Lotus Palace, gave Xiao Lan a few words, and left in a hurry.
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The tiger's body was carried back by the guards and placed in the side hall.
Emperor Lin was also a person who had seen the big scene. At this time, when he saw the tiger's blood-hole-like left eye, and then looked at it almost fatally wounded, thinking about the usual cold and indifferent appearance of Ai Concubine, he couldn't help but shiver. .
Worthy of being a female Yama.
Really ruthless.
He looked around with his hands down, the tiger was dead, and he couldn't see anything. He only asked the guard in a deep voice, "Why did the tiger appear on the edge of the forest? Can you find the reason?"
Where can I find the reason? Maybe this tiger is in a good mood to hang out
Of course, the guard didn't dare to say that, he only guessed: "My Majesty, it may be that the mountains have been raining recently, and the little beasts are hiding, and the tigers can't find food, so they will haunt the edge."
In this era of cold weapons, beasts are very dangerous and powerful for humans, not to mention tigers, beasts that are the king of beasts.
Wild beasts attack people every year. The prince and princess meet the tiger. Everyone thinks it is an accident. No one thinks about man-made reasons at all. Had it not been for Lin Feilu's own eyes that the tiger only attacked Lin Qing alone, I am afraid he would not have noticed that there was something tricky in it.
After investigating for a long time, Emperor Lin didn't ask what the result was. Adhering to the principle of not wasting, he asked people to peel off the tiger skin, planning to reward Xi Tan.
Concubine Ai is afraid of the cold, so in the winter, she put this tiger skin on the couch as a cushion, which is both majestic and warm. It must be great.
This happened on the first day of Xia Shou. In ancient times, everything had to be fortune-telling, and the people of the Qin Tianjian said it was not good. The Emperor Lin felt that hunting might not be suitable this year, and Xia Shou stopped afterwards.
Lin Qing woke up in the evening. After taking the medicine, the stomach discomfort had subsided. Accompanied by the palace maid, he went to thank concubine Xi.
Concubine Xi’s shoulder injury was a trivial matter, but the old injuries caused by internal force were more annoying. Xi Xingjiang came back and stayed here after seeing Lin Feilu in Hese.
Seeing that Lin Qing was about to worship, Xi Tan asked Xi Xingjiang to stop the people.
She is a concubine, how can she bear the prince's gift.
Lin Qing said solemnly through the curtain: "Today's noble concubine's life-saving grace is unforgettable in this palace."
Concubine Xi's faint voice floated from inside: "The prince is safe, and I am innocent in Dalin. It is the matter of the courtiers, and the prince does not have to take it in his heart."
Lin Qing had only occasionally heard of Xi's full family justice from the Taifu's mouth, and Xi Xingjiang's usual style of work was very turbulent, and he didn't really care about it at first. After this encounter, it was considered that Xi's family was thoroughly seen.
No one can feel the thrills of his life and death at the time.
Although Xi Xingjiang stopped him, Lin Qing bowed slightly before walking out of the hall with heavy steps.
The guards were all dead, only he and Xiao Wu witnessed the situation at the time. Not to mention the fact that she was young in her fifth year. At that time, she probably didn't notice the strangeness of the tiger at all. After she threw the rabbit, she was taken away by the frightened white horse, and she did not see the scene afterwards.
The tiger only chased after him and bit by one person.
Now telling others, how many people can believe
Even he thought it was absurd.
Lin Qing went back to the temple in silence all the way, his personal bodyguard immediately greeted him and whispered: "His Royal Highness, the subordinates went to check the food left over from yesterday. It is non-toxic, but..."
Lin Qing looked up.
The guard said: "The subordinate took all the food that His Royal Highness ate yesterday and went to see Doctor Gao. Doctor Gao said that Xiaoguo and Quercus are both cold foods. Although they are non-toxic, if they are eaten at the same time, they will aggravate the cold. , Causing stomach pain."
The meals in the palace are under the unified responsibility of the Imperial Dining Room. These two kinds of food are not rare things. If someone deliberately replaces the fruit after dinner with Xiaoguo, it is not impossible.
Lin Qingxiu clenched his fists tightly, and the guards watched his expression and tentatively asked: "His Royal Highness, do you want to report this matter to your Majesty for further investigation?"
"Detailed investigation? How to investigate?" Lin Qing sneered, "There is no evidence for the death of the tiger, and the food can be said to have been eaten by mistake. I quarreled in front of my father, but I can't show evidence. I don't want to say anything to my father. I'm afraid it will We were slandered by the opponent's anti-general."
The guard hesitated: "His Royal Highness already knows, who did this?"
Lin Qing looked at the darkening sky outside the window, and said in a low and heavy tone: "Tell her to send someone to investigate the recent actions of Ruan Xiang's mansion. This matter is definitely not good at this matter."