The daily routine of the ancient imperial examination

do not go.

Lu Xiuyuan stared at the three big characters on the paper, as if reminding him, but where should he not go?

He was a little confused.

At this moment, Yun Chen, who was out to see off the employees, also came back. The other party saw that the lights in the room were dim, and he was puzzled.

"It's so dark in the room, why did you blow out the lights?"

Lu Xiuyuan turned his head and shook the dart in his hand at the other party: "Just now, this thing swished over and nailed it to the door, and the wind brought it out by the way."

"Who? Did you see a figure?"

Seeing the dart, the young master was startled. He didn't know how long that person had been lurking here, but he didn't notice it.

He shook his head: "I didn't see anything, just a blink of an eye, and the dart hit the wall."

"Then are you injured?" Shi Yunchen nervously checked up and down.

"It's all right." Lu Xiuyuan comforted the other party: "There is a piece of paper under the dart, it seems to be a reminder?"

He handed the piece of paper in his hand to the young master.

"Don't go?" Suspicion flashed across the face of the other party, "Where don't you go? Are you going out recently?"

"I don't think so?" Lu Xiuyuan didn't know very well. Apart from commuting to and from get off work every day, Lu Xiuyuan didn't seem to use his place to do business.

However, his doubts were quickly answered. At noon the next day, he was having a sweet time with Shi Yunchen at home, when he was taken to his senior brother by the servants of the Wu residence.

Walking into the living room, not only his senior brother was in the room, but even his master was there.

"Brother? What do you want from me?"

Seeing Lu Xiuyuan approaching, Senior Brother Wu took two steps forward and patted him on the shoulder.

"Junior brother, in two days' time for the autumn hunt, you may have to replace senior brother and master to form a team with the First Prince."

Autumn hunting?

"Isn't that an event that only ministers of the fifth rank can participate in?" Lu Xiuyuan was puzzled: "And the points are not all scored separately? When did you form a team again?"

The other party was also obviously unclear: "The rules changed suddenly. According to the decree passed down by His Majesty this morning, this year's autumn hunting will be divided into three teams, with two teams for the eldest prince and two princes, and one team for the remaining officials above rank five."

"Your master and I are too old to participate in these activities, so we can only let you form a team with the eldest prince instead of us."

Lu Xiuyuan thought of last night's dart pass: "This is not good, I haven't reached the official level yet? Can we not go?"

Guessing that others might want to take advantage of the chaos in Autumn Hunting to attack him, he didn't want to go.

That's for sure, when his life is in danger, he is not the kind of person who knows that there are tigers in the mountains and prefers to go to the mountains.

"I'm afraid it won't work." A look of embarrassment flashed across his senior brother's face, "The eldest prince should have drawn up a list and submitted it at this time. He should have just informed us when he came to tell us..."

After hearing this, Lu Xiuyuan wanted to scold the First Prince again, but when it came to this, who would remind him?

Thinking of those three big bold characters, he has never seen anyone with such handwriting, could it be...

A shadow of a person gradually appeared in Lu Xiuyuan's heart.

But no matter who reminds him, it's useless now, he still has to go in three days.

Fortunately, the First Prince's team isn't full yet, so it's easy for them to sneak people in.

So Shi Yunchen, who wiped off the imprint on his forehead, drew a disguise with a dark face and successfully joined the team under the recommendation of Lu Xiuyuan.

When joining the team, there was a small incident. Seeing that Shi Yunchen was thin and thin, the eldest prince doubted the opponent's ability. You must know that the reason why the eldest prince's team was dissatisfied was because he really wanted to win. The elite among the elites, Lu Xiuyuan represented the old chief assistant, and he was able to paddle as long as he wanted, and he didn't want to have a few more people holding him back.

Then Shi Yunchen showed the other party how to walk through Yang with a hundred steps, to let the eldest prince know that you should not judge a person by his appearance.

Seeing that Yun Chen was so good at riding and archery that he could even match himself, the eldest prince happily patted him on the shoulder.

"Outside, the team hunts and wins in groups. Our team will continue to reward according to the number of prey. Those who work harder get more rewards!"

In the hands of the First Prince's harsh selectors, they finally got everyone together the day before the autumn hunt.

On the day of the autumn hunting, everyone wore the same clothes and set off on horseback behind the eldest prince.

This time the place is in the wilderness forest outside Chang'an City, it is said to be a wilderness, but it has become a place where the royal family uses cages/raises large dangerous animals, and there are special people to feed food every day.

This hunting is to release all the less dangerous animals that have been raised for a long time and drive them into the jungle so that these people can come to the shooting competition.

When everyone arrived, the eunuch next to the old emperor began to explain the rules of the competition in a shrill voice. It was no longer the previous individual competition, but divided into three teams to see everyone's team strength.

Everyone below listened carefully.

After finishing his speech, the eunuch returned to the old emperor to return to his command.

The old emperor winked at the people in the Ministry of Rites behind him.

Boom!Boom!Boom!

Three cannons rang out, causing the ground to shake slightly.

The birds in the dense forest ahead were frightened by the sound of the cannon, and they all flapped their wings in fright and flew into the blue sky.

Taking the bow and arrow from the eunuch behind him, the old emperor aimed at the birds scurrying about in the sky.

draw the bow, release the arrow

With a desperate whine, the two geese were pierced by an arrow and fell to the ground.

"Two wild geese with one arrow! Father is still so majestic! When will my subjects be as powerful as father!" The eldest prince complimented immediately.

The second prince, who came a step late, could only watch the eldest prince holding the old emperor's stinky feet with an ugly expression.

Hearing the first prince's compliment, the old emperor chuckled: "No, I'm getting old."

The old emperor got off to a good start, and then a eunuch screamed to announce the official start of the game.

The eldest prince got on his horse, turned his head and said to the old emperor behind him: "Father, please wait, this time my team will definitely win the first place!"

Seeing the eldest prince's arrogance, the second prince's face darkened again, but when the other party thought of the next plan, a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth.

See how long you can be proud.

In order to prevent people from accidentally injuring people when shooting arrows with too many people, the three teams entered the dense forest in three directions.

As soon as the eldest prince entered the dense forest, the other party immediately disbanded the team after he could no longer see the figures of the old emperor and the others behind him.

"The animals that people can hunt together are limited. Everyone can form a group to hunt separately, which is more efficient! If this prince wins the first place this time, the reward will definitely be indispensable to you."

After all, he rushed out as soon as he caught the horse's belly.

In addition to their different clothes, the three teams carried special marks on the bows and arrows they carried this time, so there was no need to worry about not being able to tell who succeeded after shooting the prey.

Under the order of the eldest prince, the crowd gradually dispersed, and no one formed a team with Lu Xiuyuan. Everyone knew that he was here to take the place of the old chief assistant for a formality.

When the crowd dispersed to the end, only Lu Xiuyuan and Shi Yunchen were left on the spot.

Good and bad.They are more comfortable without people, but they are easier to be targeted when there are fewer people.

About Lu Xiuyuan's assassination, I had told the old chief assistant two days ago, and reported it to the first prince, but the other party thought it was a fight between the two sides, and Lu Xiuyuan was just involved in it unintentionally.

The other party thinks that Lu Xiuyuan's official position is low, and he has nothing good about him, so he doesn't care at all, so what else can he say?

"This eldest prince's heart must be too big." Shi Yunchen was speechless. Anyway, Lu Xiuyuan is also the number one scholar, so he didn't leave anyone to protect him, even hunting together would be fine.

"Forget it, Ah Chen, let's just hunt rabbits and catch a few pheasants outside." Anyway, they didn't go deep, so it should be fine.

"Alright." Shi Yunchen nodded, this side is closer to the outside, we will run to the old emperor's side whenever there is a situation.

Then the two of them rode on the horse leisurely and began to look around within a range of ten meters in place to see if there were any rabbits or the like.

It's a pity that because everyone was delayed here for a while, the timid rabbits all ran away.

In desperation, they could only go to the place where there was a water source on the other side, but the distance was not too far.

It's late autumn now, and the withered and yellow leaves on the ground have fallen all over the ground. I am walking in the dense forest on horseback, making a nice rustling sound.

Breathing the fresh air, the two leisurely walked side by side, Lu Xiuyuan felt very relaxed.

As the two walked, they heard the sound of trickling water after a while.

"Shh, wait a minute." Shi Yunchen suddenly reached out to block Lu Xiuyuan.

Just as he was about to ask what was the matter, he saw the other party draw an arrow from the quiver on his back and put it on the bow.

And the direction the arrow was aiming at was the direction of the sound of running water.

Looking along the line of sight, Lu Xiuyuan saw a deer drinking water by the stream.

Pull the bowstring, let go and shoot the arrow after the bow is full.

A sharp arrow mixed with the sound of the wind quickly shot at the deer, as if sensing a crisis, the deer moved its ears and quickly adjusted its position to escape.

But in the end, the bow and arrow was one step faster, and the moment the fawn raised its head, the arrow pierced through its neck.

"Achen, you are really good!" Lu Xiuyuan admired him very much. Although he had learned some riding and shooting under the guidance of his senior brother, his level was quite average, and he barely passed the test. In the situation just now, he may not be able to 100% Shot in the neck.

Shi Yunchen rode forward slowly on a horse: "This kind of immobility is not challenging, as long as you practice hard, you can do it."

Lu Xiuyuan led the two horses to feed water by the stream, while the other party picked up the dead deer next to it and pulled out the arrow.

"Eh? Isn't that arrow a sign? It proves that we hunted it. What are you doing pulling it out?"

Shi Yunchen pulled out a dagger from his calf, and swung it handsomely twice in his hand.

"For lunch at noon today, let's eat roasted venison leg."

Hey guys, that's okay too?It's obviously a hunting competition, but it's just a picnic for the young master, but it doesn't matter, he's here for paddling anyway.

Lu Xiuyuan tied the two horses to a nearby tree after feeding them, and when he trotted over to watch, Yun Chen skinned the deer with both hands.

Judging by the skillful movements of the other party, it seems that they have done this kind of thing a lot before.

Strange, isn't the other party the young master?How can you move so much?And the force value is still so high?Not just the violent kind?

Lu Xiuyuan stared at the opponent's movements in a daze, Shi Yunchen saw that he was idle, and pointed to the horse.

"There are a lot of fallen leaves and dead branches over there. Go and pick some up to make a fire later. Be careful not to go too far, and don't leave my sight."

"Oh." In response, he went to collect firewood nearby.

This side is the woods, and there are many dead branches and fallen leaves. After a while, Lu Xiuyuan came back with a lot of them.

Finding a place suitable for barbecue by the stream, he began to pick up stones to form a circle around the city, and built a fire in the circle after a while, so as to prevent the fire from being blown by the wind and causing a wildfire.

After he finished his busy work, Shi Yunchen's deer legs were also cleaned up.

The two made a rack, and then raised a fire under the rack to roast the deer legs.

While roasting the venison, Lu Xiuyuan watched the other party turn up and down skillfully, and finally asked his doubts.

"Achen is so good, did he practice hard since he was a child?"

"Huh?" The other party didn't expect him to ask this question, he was taken aback for a moment, and then replied: "Well, I learned two skills from my grandfather with my brothers when I was young."

Lu Xiuyuan thought that Ah Chen and General Shi were both so powerful, "Then the elder brother must be very powerful too?"

In his impression, elder brother Shi is an image of a shrewd businessman, as if he has never seen the opponent use force.

"No." Shi Yunchen smiled, "My elder brother didn't persevere, he prefers studying and doing business rather than practicing martial arts."

"It turns out that's the case. That's why our Achen is the most powerful." Lu Xiuyuan praised without hesitation.

"I can't, I can't." The other party shook his head, "I'm too lazy, I'm always lazy when practicing martial arts, and I don't like reading, so I'm the least ambitious person in the family."

"Besides, when I was young, I relied on my strength. My second brother used his skills to win. I can also win by relying on brute force. Being lazy has caused me to only put on airs now, relying on my strength to bluff others."

"How can you say that! Strength is also a skill. If others can't do it, you can do it. Besides, Ah Chen has saved me many times. Anyway, Ah Chen is the best among me!" Lu Xiuyuan patted his chest and assured.

When watching this scene, Yun Chen wanted to laugh. The other party's mentality is really rare. He knows that many men in the world would mind that their partner is better than him, but Lu Xiuyuan not only doesn't mind, but can be proud of it. It is rare.

Suddenly I was very fortunate to stop the other party at the Zhenyuan Bookstore.

While thinking, the deer legs on the shelf made a greasy sound under the high temperature of the flame, looking really delicious and craving.

Shi Yunchen took out the specially prepared barbecue seasoning from his pocket, and sprinkled it while turning the venison leg.

The special secret roasting material bursts out a special fragrance instantly after being stained with oil, and gradually spreads to the surroundings.

"It smells so good!" Lu Xiuyuan took a deep breath.

"Not yet, we have to wait a little longer." The other party skillfully turned the deer's legs up and down.

Smelling the enticing aroma, he couldn't help but have a guess: "Our roasted venison leg is so fragrant, if it is blown by the wind, do you think those people waiting outside can smell it too?"

Shi Yunchen paused, looked up at the sky: "It's really early for lunch at this time, maybe someone with a keen sense of smell can smell it?"

Hearing this, Lu Xiuyuan couldn't help laughing: "At that time, after we finish roasting, we quickly change to another place to eat, otherwise, if the old emperor smells it, it will be miserable if the other party sends someone to check."

Just when their discussion was on the rise, many birds suddenly flew up in the dense forest behind them. The sound of flapping wings was obvious, and the two of them noticed it immediately.

This indicated that there were many people moving together in the distance. Shi Yunchen stood up and observed the direction of Asuka's escape, and kept speculating about the direction of the group of people in his heart.

When Lu Xiuyuan was still guessing whether he was really right, Shi Yunchen's face suddenly turned cold.

The other party stood up and took his hand and ran towards the place where the horse was tied. In this situation, Lu Xiuyuan didn't make a sound but followed the other party silently.

When he came under the tree, Shi Yunchen cut the rope without any hesitation.

"Get on the horse."

The two climbed onto the horse's back with smooth movements, and ran to the other side with the horse's belly clamped.

Not long after they left here, more than a dozen people rode horses and galloped to the place where the deer legs were roasted.

The leader looked at the meat on the grill and the burning fire, and listened to the sounds in the forest. The dense forest floor in late autumn was covered with a thick layer of fallen leaves, and the sound of horses running could be heard. more obvious.

"They just left, chase over there!"

As he said that, he rushed over immediately.

The others also followed closely behind the leader, but at the end one person did not leave, but silently dismounted to fetch water to put out the fire. Now in autumn and winter, the sky is dry and things are dry, and it is easy to cause a wildfire if it is not extinguished.

More than a dozen people galloped on horses, and the sound of the horseshoes stepping on the pile of fallen leaves was like a thousand horses. They rushed straight to the direction indicated by the leader in front of them.

Lu Xiuyuan and Shi Yunchen sat on a tall tree branch, listening to the sound of horseshoes getting closer, silently drew the bowstring.

Just now when the two of them rode halfway, they gave the two horses a whip and let the horses run away casually, while they themselves climbed up the surrounding tall trees and lay in ambush.

According to the young master, blindly running away is too passive and unsafe, it's better to take a gamble, anyway, if there are many people, they will run away, if there are few people, they will fight.

So the two of them climbed up a tall tree.

As the sound of horseshoes stepping on dead leaves became louder and louder, the dozen or so masked men gradually came into view.

Lu Xiuyuan raised his bow and aimed at the chest of the outermost person. Out of the corner of his eye, he wanted to see who the young master was aiming at. The two of them should not repeat each other.

The scene in front of him made his hands tremble, and the arrow almost shot out.

Without him, it's just too outrageous!

Lu Xiuyuan knew how much he was, so he only aimed at one moving target, but the young master's bowstring was now full of five arrows!

But this would not be the time to think about these things. He saw the group of people gradually approaching their big tree, and after making sure that their goals were not repeated, they kept adjusting their positions.

It wasn't until those people entered the distance they had agreed upon before that the two of them let go with full bows!

In an instant, six of the underground chasing people on horseback fell, five were shot in the neck and killed, and the other was shot in the shoulder.

Well, the crooked one was shot by Lu Xiu.

The author has something to say: Eight thousand more today! (kimbo proudly)