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Although Jinling's winter is not as warm as spring, the sun also brings warmth when it comes out, and it won't be as cold as in the north.The new owner, Winter Hunting, had a fine day, and the sun was clearer than usual. The young nobles who participated in the hunt were dressed in brocade uniforms and rode on horses, all eager to try.

All the noble and noble families in Jinling were watching from the seats. Xie Zheng was on the high stage, looking at the clothes on one side of the table, with a hearty smile on his face. He said loudly: "Today is the first round of winter hunting, and I will have fun with you all alone!"

The aristocratic officials in the banquet on the stage looked at each other, not knowing what the new master was playing.It stands to reason that the new lord has just ascended the throne, and even the cold-eyed bystanders like them know that the nails in the city have not been cleaned up. Under such circumstances, the emperor will not be so big-hearted that he will participate in the first round of winter hunting.

They didn't know how to react, so they heard the new master on the stage say again loudly: "Since I have organized this winter hunting, I have invited all the gentlemen to attend, so I should treat all the gentlemen openly. What do you think?"

The heavenly light shone on the Son of Heaven, and the Son of Heaven’s voice seemed to have an inexplicable appeal in the light. Regardless of whether the audience’s clothes were sincere or not, they couldn’t help bowing their heads to the young and handsome Son of Heaven on the stage at this moment: “My lord is wise!”

The shouts echoed in the forest, and Lu Jue in the audience was riding a horse, seeing the admiration in the eyes of those noble boys looking at the emperor, he couldn't help but smile.

Xie Qiao listened to the shouts in the distance by the edge of a tent, and couldn't help showing a smile on his face.What the brothers and the others are going to do has begun.

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The emperor announced the start of winter hunting and stepped down from the high platform.He turned neatly on a black horse, raised his bow towards the group of teenagers, and said with a loud smile, "The one who has hunted the most today will be rewarded with a lottery! Anyone of you who has the confidence to win the lottery, come here!" After speaking, he pulled the reins and galloped towards the paddock, and Lu Jue followed immediately. The group of teenagers were excited, with a high-spirited fighting spirit on their faces, and quickly followed.Dust was flying under the stage for a while, the high-spirited shouts of the teenagers became farther and farther away, and a smile appeared on Li Ming's sad face.

Prime Minister Lu is old and in poor health, and he has not arrived today, so Li Mingbei is at the head.At this time, he was dressed in white, stood up and raised a glass of wine to everyone at the banquet, with a smile on his face, he said: "Your Majesty and them are both young people, so they are naturally young. The young people have gone hunting. I will wait for the old man to show up." Let's start the banquet, and wait for them to hunt back something good! This cup, Li respects everyone!"

Everyone at the banquet looked at me and I looked at you, and no one knew how to answer the conversation.Li Mingbei is the illegitimate son of the Li family, he came from a wrong place, and his methods have always been ruthless. In their eyes, he relied on crooked ways and his kinship to trick Xie Zheng into favor, so most of the aristocratic families in Jinling City disdain him. If you take the wine at this time, it will appear that you have broken your dignity and bowed to the upstart, which will damage your face.But this person will retaliate, he has a very small mind, and he is in power at this time, if he doesn't drink at this time, he doesn't know what kind of ambition this person will have in the future.Ling Ji, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, stroked his beard. He didn't know what he thought of, and stood up with a soft sigh, and raised his glass to Li Mingbei: "My lord respect."

"My lord."

When one person raised his head, the others stood up one after another, toasting to Li Mingbei.

Li Mingbei drank a glass of wine, squinted his eyes to scan the expressions of everyone in the banquet, and said with a smile: "Li Mou wishes you all a happy drink."

After everyone sat down, the person next to Ling Ji tugged at his sleeve and said in a low voice, "You actually took his drink?"

Ling Ji glared at him, pulled back his sleeves, and didn't answer.He sighed helplessly, and drank another glass of wine - did he want to?He did not want.But his unfulfilled son forced himself to show his favor to the new emperor when the situation was unclear.His son has a careless temperament, has never cared about political affairs, and has had trouble with the Lu family's kid since he was a child. Who would have thought that one day he would kneel on the ground and force himself to show favor to the new master who Lu Jue has been following.

It's okay to show favor, anyway, the reason why other people are still undecided now is just to find out the bottom line of the new master.he thinks.Children and grandchildren have their own blessings.Xie Zheng seemed to have an upright temperament, his first show of favor might pave the way for his son.

Li Mingbei and these honorable and high-ranking officials are fighting each other here, but Xie Zheng and Lu Jue are happily hunting in the paddock.

A group of teenagers in fresh clothes and angry horses chased a roe happily. Suddenly, Xie Zheng's eyes flashed brown, and he immediately drew his bow with concentration. The long arrow shot out with a "swish", and a heavy object fell to the ground from the bushes. the sound of.The palace servants rushed to see it, and when they came back, they said happily: "Your Majesty, you shot a stag! Your arrow pierced the stag's body and nailed it to the tree three inches!"

A group of teenagers looked at Xie Zheng excitedly, their eyes sparkled. The deer was far away from here just now, and the male deer was running fast. His Majesty only swayed for a moment, and he was able to shoot him so accurately. It was simply too brave!

"Your Majesty, your archery skills are really good! You must hit every shot every day!" A young man rode forward and said to Xie Zheng with eyes full of admiration.The young man's mind is pure, and his mood is so excited at this time, he doesn't care about the difference between upper and lower.Here is flat land, the sun shines down, Xie Zheng smiled so much that his eyes seemed to be sprinkled with gold, he raised his eyebrows, pointed at the young man with his bow, and said, "Practice hard, you can do it too!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Lu Jue also smiled when he saw this scene, and when he saw that everyone continued to move forward, he also rode to follow.

The people rode to a crossing in the forest. Suddenly, there was a loud sound mixed with animal groans in the bushes, and then the bushes swayed, and they saw a huge tiger with yellow stripes and a thin man with green eyes. The wolf jumped out and rushed towards the crowd.

"Tiger...it's a tiger!"

"Then...is that a wolf! There are wolves!"

"Protect Your Majesty!"

Everyone panicked all of a sudden, and even the soldiers escorting them were scattered, and they didn't know what to do for a while.

Most of these teenagers were raised by gold and jade since childhood, even if they are used to hunting on horseback, at most they would shoot roe deer and foxes. They have never seen such a terrifying beast, so they panicked all of a sudden, and even the horses ran around in fright.

The tiger rushed towards Xie Zheng's horse, and the hungry wolf rushed towards the crowd, Xie Zheng concentrated his attention, and shouted loudly: "Huai Yu, I will leave that wolf to you!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Xie Zheng pulled the reins hard, staring intently at the tiger with its mouth wide open. He took the two halberds from a panicked soldier, clamped the horse's belly between his legs, and controlled the horse not to move around. With a whistling sound, Xie Zheng rushed towards him, Xie Zheng's eyes dimmed, and he seized the opportunity to swing two halberds, stabbing at the tiger's neck with all his strength.

The black horse let out a piercing long cry, and the fierce tiger let out a long roar in pain, and then remained motionless.The soldier hurried forward to check, and then said in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty...Your Majesty, don't move."

Xie Zheng nodded and went to check the crowd.The wolf was very hungry, so he rushed at a young man, only to see Lu Jue pulling the bow with concentration, his eyes were like flames burning in a torch. With a sound of "嗖", the arrow pierced through the hungry wolf's body like a bolt of lightning, leaving only the bowstring trembling and making a clear clank.

The blood-stained body of the wolf fell right beside Ling Daoyuan, and he fell to the ground, staring blankly at Lu Jue who was riding on the horse, speechless.

"The last general's escort came late, please forgive me!" The person in charge of the guard heard the roar of the tiger and knew that something had happened, so he hurried over and knelt down to plead guilty when he saw the scene.

The soldier who panicked just now also had a look of shame on his face, and knelt down to plead guilty: "Please forgive me, Your Majesty!"

Xie Zheng took a cloth towel from a palace man, wiped the blood on his hands, and said to everyone with a smile: "It's all right now. I don't blame you, Gu Fei wanted to come to this forest. Now everyone is shocked , let's go back."

After hearing this, the general and soldiers burst into tears and choked up: "The last general is waiting, and I will swear to follow my lord to the death!"

Those teenagers also half-kneeled on the ground, their faces pale from fright, but their eyes shone like bright stars: "Thank you for saving your life, Your Majesty, I will swear to follow His Majesty to the death!"

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When the people at the banquet heard the roar of tigers and wolves in the forest in the distance, they panicked and couldn't sit still any longer.Those who followed Xie Zheng to hunt were all young children in their family who were in their prime, and the family's hopes were all on those children, if something happened...

When they saw the guards in the distance rushing over, they panicked even more. Some stood up tremblingly, looking in the direction of the forest, their eyes filled with fear.Some people even took people to the woods to find them.

At this moment, a group of people came out of the forest following Xie Zheng on horseback, the crowd approached, and seeing that their children were fine, they finally put their minds back.

Xie Zheng came back on horseback, dragging the prey behind him, he got off the horse, threw the bow and arrow to the palace servants beside him, and while striding towards the seat on the high platform, he waved his hand at Li Mingbei who was on the seat : "Go and check! Gu is waiting for a result here!"

Li Ming bowed his head sadly: "I obey the order."

Those teenagers returned to their families and told what happened just now. As soon as the nobles heard it, their faces were full of fear, and they looked at Xie Zheng with genuine gratitude in their eyes.

Xie Zheng said "check", and they waited.The royal paddock has always been heavily guarded, and the defense will be even stricter when the emperor comes to shoot and hunt, but just like this, someone actually let such a ferocious beast in.They also want to see who is so bold to kill the emperor and their children.

At this time, everyone was talking in low voices with fear, and no one noticed that there was a look of fear on the face of the person at the end of the banquet.Li Mingbei was ordered to leave the banquet to investigate, and when he passed by, he smiled at the man.Li Mingbei was actually very good-looking, but when the man saw it, he seemed to see a ghost, his hand trembled, and he touched the wine glass in front of him.Li Mingbei bent down, straightened the man's wine glass, and said with a smile: "Master Wang, be careful."

"Thank you so much, Mr. Li."

"You're welcome. Master Wang eats and drinks well." Li Ming turned around and left without fading the sad smile on his face.