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It rained for two days in a row, and it gradually eased in the night of the second day, but the wind picked up again, whistling so noisy that it was hard to sleep.

Afterwards, the weather has not been very good, very gloomy, with occasional light rain, but the hunt in Baiyan Mountain has reached the most critical stage. Since His Majesty’s brocade box was given, the hunt has officially started, but the heavy rain has delayed it for a while. On that day, people from all walks of life responded very quickly and wanted to move quietly to avoid people's eyes and ears. The original excitement was mostly hidden by the rain, and the camp seemed deserted.

The mountain was windy, foggy and cold, the three princes, the sons of the various families and the army all went into the woods. The number of people around His Majesty suddenly decreased, and he became a little bored, so His Majesty summoned Tang Ling to play chess.

Incense was burning in the golden tent, and the kettle on the stove was gurgling and gurgling. Tang Ling and His Majesty each prepared a cup of tea, and Zhang Suian was serving. The other internal officials and guards did not dare to disturb them. Inside the tent, only chess pieces were placed on the plate. , seems to be quieter than off the account.

The guard entered the account quietly, and stood at the door to give Zhang Suian a respectful salute.

"Zhang Suian, is there any news?" His Majesty is still thinking about the chess game. Tang Ling is very skilled at chess, and it is very difficult to deal with it. This game has been played for nearly two hours, and it is at the critical moment of the finale. She cannot tolerate even a single bit of it. Omissions, at this moment even the news of the hunting is not important.

Zhang Suian recruited people in.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, the wind outside seems to be raining again. His Highness Fifth and His Highness Seven have already returned to the camp."

"Back? Where are the others?"

"The Forbidden Army, the Five Capitals and the Five City Guards haven't returned yet, Shen Consort and Feng Shizi have already returned earlier."

His Majesty waved his hand and asked people to retreat, but when he reached the door, His Majesty called out, "Wait, where is King Chu?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the King of Chu has not returned yet."

His Majesty shook his head and smiled: "Let him go."

The people in the military department are all rough-skinned and thick-skinned. Years of tempering are used at this time. Hunting in Baiyan Mountain is their best and fastest opportunity to get ahead. They will never let it go, so they work hard every year. Trying my best, after so many years, those who have won the prize are all from the military. Although the fifth and seventh princes have good grades, and even chased them several times and they seemed to be able to win, they still missed the opportunity after all.

This time the lottery winner is a night heron, and the question given by His Majesty is divided into three parts. Since it is clearly for them to unite and form an alliance, it is intentional to see their own choices.

The military department is smart, and simply unite internally, so as to avoid choosing between the princes and unite with the strongest partners.

It's just that the imperial army, the five capitals, and the five city guards have always acted independently, and it is difficult to reach a cooperation within three days.

On the contrary, Qi Xiao, king of Chu, went into the forest before dawn, and is still struggling with the military. It seems that he is bound to win.

After another half a cup of tea, Shi Jin held the lamp, and the game of chess was finally settled.

"Congratulations, Your Majesty."

His Majesty sighed deeply: "Hey, this game is wonderful, Tang Qing played a good game of chess, it was very hard work for me to win.

Sure enough, heroes come from teenagers. "

When Tang Ling came to Dachen, he was conferred the title of "Suwei Lang" by His Majesty, so he was regarded as a minister of the Chen Kingdom.

"Thanks to His Majesty's praise, the servants are terrified.

Your majesty's layout is exquisite, and your ministers have benefited a lot. "

"Hahahaha, playing chess with Tang Qing is really interesting, even more interesting than hunting."

His Majesty laughed, "It's getting late, Tang Qing will stay with me for dinner."

"Your Majesty loves me so much, and I am honored by your subjects."

***

When Xu was approaching, Tang Ling returned to her tent, and the first thing she did was to ask, "Has King Chu returned?"

On the way back from His Majesty's golden tent, Tang Ling passed Qi Xiao's tent, there was no guard outside, and there was no light inside, so he knew that Qi Xiao had not returned yet, but he still couldn't help asking.

Ye Huai shook his head: "Not yet."

"Haven't you come back yet?" Tang Ling frowned. Could it be that something happened, so she asked again, "Where are the others? Where are the people from the military department?"

"I came back half an hour ago."

Tang Ling was stunned for a moment, and all of them came back, only Qi Xiao didn't come back...

"Ye Huai, where are our people? Are you still following?"

"Yes, according to the son's order, follow the king of Chu, adapt to the situation, if there is something urgent, someone will send a letter back."

Tang Ling took two steps back and forth, and said in a low voice, "If it wasn't for the wounds on your body that haven't healed, I should have let you go."

Ye Huai stood aside and didn't respond. Qing Lan looked at Ye Huai and then at Tang Ling secretly. She felt that her young master cared too much about that kid Qi Xiao. Ye Huai had always been there to protect Tang Ling personally. Without this qualification, let alone Qi Xiao.

But Qinglan has learned a lot, and she just keeps these words in her stomach and thinks about them, and dare not say them easily.

Qi Xiao only has two wood carvings in his hands now, without the third wood carving to piece together a complete wood carving bird, the mystery of the wood carving cannot be solved, how can he hunt for the color?

But Qi Xiao went there for a day and didn't come back at night, what happened?

Baiyan Mountain is full of Dachen's army, Xingluowei is difficult to do things, the forest in the mountain is very big, it is useless for a few people from Xingluowei to go in, now he has nothing to do with the people and things in that forest I don't know, but I can't suppress the uneasiness in my heart.

The day before yesterday Tang Ling asked Ye Huai to quietly send the wood carvings to Qi Xiao, Qi Xiao took the wood carvings and only asked Ye Huai to say "thank you" to Tang Ling, then there was no more, and he never came to see Tang Ling again.

Qi Xiao said that when Tang Ling made up her mind and told him, then she just waited?If Tang Ling didn't look for him, he wouldn't come?It’s fine if you don’t come, and as soon as the rain stops, you will go into the woods, and it’s gone forever?

Tang Ling was in a panic, he gave Qi Xiao the woodcarving to help him, and also gave him a step down, but Qi Xiao was more calm than he imagined, but if Tang Ling didn't go, he wouldn't go. coming.

Simply exasperating.

But Tang Ling was only angry for a long time. At this moment, the impatience that had been suppressed in his heart for a long time couldn't stop coming out in the quiet night.

Tang Ling read at the desk until midnight, but still had no news. He didn't ask Ye Huai again, as if he didn't have any worries in his heart.

"My lord, it's late at night, should you rest? It's damp and cold in the mountains, and I'm afraid you'll catch a cold after sitting for a long time."

"Let's rest."

Qing Lan lit a soothing incense for Tang Ling, but Tang Ling still couldn't sleep well, and suddenly woke up in the middle of the night, the wind in his ears was getting louder, so noisy that he couldn't sleep at all, so he got up and lit a lamp, and walked slowly to the window , quietly listening to the wind for a while.

Qing Lan was in a deep sleep, unconscious, but Ye Huai was vigilant, seeing that there was nothing wrong with Tang Ling, so she didn't make a sound to disturb her.

Outside the window, the wind was strong and the cold air came in through the gaps in the window sills. It seemed that there was some rain and dew falling on Tang Ling's body, which was very cool.

After standing for a while, Tang Ling felt cold. She put on a coat and sat down on the bed. She casually pulled the short table and set up the chess game. Both black and white pieces were at hand, and they were alternately placed on the chessboard. She walked out of the meeting with Qi Xiao that afternoon. One round.

Tang Ling was a little restless, she moved the chess very slowly, and the light from an oil lamp was dim, but the chess game was in front of Tang Ling's eyes, and he remembered it in his mind, and she couldn't make a wrong move.

"Ye Huai."

Tang Ling suddenly spoke up.

"Son."

Ye Huai came out and stood in the corner.

"After dawn, you go and send a message to King Chu, saying that I want to see him."

"..."

"what happened?"

"The King of Chu hasn't come back yet."

Tang Ling was stunned for a moment, the chess piece in her hand fell down unsteadily, messing up the entire chess game.

"What did you say? Didn't come back? Didn't come back overnight?"

"Yes, I didn't return overnight."

Tang Ling suddenly stood up: "Where are our people?"

"I came back with a message saying that King Chu will not be coming back tonight."

"He... He sent someone to send a message back?"

Ye Huai nodded: "I said I was afraid that the son would be worried, so I sent someone back to say something."

Tang Ling breathed a sigh of relief: "Then you won't report me?"

"Young master didn't ask."

Tang Ling glared at Ye Huai, without blaming her, she waved her hand to make Ye Huai disappear immediately.

Although Ye Huai's temperament is calm and calm, which is quite different from Qing Lan, but he probably doesn't like Qi Xiao at all.

Tang Ling sighed softly, he himself did not understand what Ye Huai and Qing Lan meant.

Can……

Tang Ling rested her forehead and lowered her head, silently sorting out the chess game.

The night heron only came out at night or in the morning and evening, and Qi Xiao stayed in the forest for a day and a night without coming back. Presumably, he had solved the puzzle, found the prize, and was ready to set up an ambush, waiting for the prey to take the bait.

But without the third piece of wood carving, how could he solve the puzzle?Or, how did he get the third wood carving?Who gave it to him?

Tang Ling couldn't figure it out, Qi Xiao was powerless in the Yuan capital, who else could help him in this Baiyan Mountain siege except Lu Fangjin?But Lu Fang never participated in the hunt, so how could he help him?

The time limit for hunting the lottery head is three days. If he can't find it, will Qi Xiao have to squat in the woods for two more days?The wind and rain cannot stand, and the mountains and forests are cold and damp, Qi Xiao may not be able to bear it even if he is made of iron.

It's not a war, why should he work hard?

After thinking about it, Tang Ling became more and more annoyed, and couldn't sleep any more. Sitting like this, the sky gradually turned pale. It wasn't until the sun came in that Tang Ling suddenly realized that it was dawn.

He really didn't come home overnight.

Tang Ling's brows were tangled, did His Majesty send anyone to look for the prince who went to the mountains for a day and a night?Just leave it to him?What if something happens?

***

In the golden tent, Zhang Suian waited for His Majesty to get up and freshen up.

"His Majesty……"

"Ok?"

Zhang Suian opened his mouth to speak but stopped, hesitating but did not speak.

"Zhang Suian, do you dare to act in front of me?"

"The old slave is terrified."

Zhang Suian panicked and was about to kneel down and kowtow.

"Okay, tell me, what's the matter."

"Your Majesty, last night His Royal Highness the King of Chu ordered someone to pass on a message that he would not return to the camp at night."

"Huh? Not going back to camp?"

"Yes.

His Royal Highness the King of Chu has not yet returned to the camp. "

His Majesty was shocked, and murmured after a while: "I didn't come back..." This son is different.

The winner this time is the night heron, and it was done on purpose. The night heron hides during the day and comes out at night, which is very difficult to hunt. This gave the three wood carvings a joint strategy. Even if they have to squat in the forest in order to win, they can take turns.

"Just himself?"

"Return to Your Majesty, King Chu still has three guards from Zhou Kingdom."

His Majesty smiled lightly, except for Zhou Guo's proton, no one would help him.

Qi Xiao asked Zhou Guo to help him, and it seemed that he was very grateful for his life-saving grace.

Seeing His Majesty's silence for a long time, Zhang Suian couldn't help asking: "Your Majesty, do you need to send someone to find His Highness King Chu back? Or, help His Highness?"

"No, since he wants to win, let's see if he has the ability."

"Yes."

The morning light is warm and brighter after the gloom.

"Report.

His Royal Highness the King of Chu has an audience. "

"Huh? I just talked about him, and now you're back?"

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The wolf cubs will be back in the next chapter!