[Red House] Ban'er's Road to Imperial Examination

The depths of the Mulan paddock are full of tall trees, and it is inaccessible and very deep. Where the group passed by, they could only hear the occasional chirping of birds, and the occasional prey they caught were all let go because they were too small. Go deeper.

Because of the TV series or novels I have seen, the hunting ground is always a place where accidents happen frequently, so Wang Yue is very alert, looking around from time to time, so as not to be attacked suddenly.

Although he is not as clever as the guards on one side, no one dares to say that he is timid when it comes to his actions. On the contrary, some people say that he has a stable personality. Wang Yue knows that the reason why these people praise him so much is because of Tu Hui's face. In fact, after all, the talent and family background of those who can guard the prince closely are all outstanding, and they don't even take a small Tanhua Lang into their eyes.Knowing the reason, Wang Yue praised them, but just laughed it off and didn't take it seriously.

Although Tu Hui cared about the prey, he was not aggressive. He always sent people to investigate on the way ahead, but even though he was so careful, when they ran into the prey and ran away in a hurry, they chased after them, and gradually deviated from the direction. Farther and farther away, the places to go are more and more remote.

"What's wrong? Why did it stop suddenly?" The two guards who were exploring the way ahead suddenly turned around, and Ye Bo, the leader of the guards, asked, "But what's going on?"

"Reporting to Your Highness, a tiger is found ahead, do you want to track it?"

When Tu Hui heard the news, his eyes lit up, but then his eyes fell silent again. He lowered his head and pondered for a moment, before he said: "Based on your experience, how far is this tiger from here?"

The two men looked at each other, thought for a while, and one of them stood up and said: "This subordinate just found the tiger hunting here. I think it should be the tiger's territory near here, so I guess the tiger is not far away. No more than half an hour at most."

"Half an hour?" Tu Hui hesitated, and asked left and right: "Do you think it's worth the risk?"

Ye Bo, the leader of the guards, is a stable person. He is most concerned about the safety of Tu Hui, so when Tu Hui opened his mouth, he immediately shook his head and said, "Your Highness, we are already too far away from the main force. It's too late to call for help, and the subordinates feel that safety is the priority, and it's best to turn around now."

As soon as Ye Bo's words came out of his mouth, someone questioned him: "My subordinates don't think so."

Tu Hui turned his head and saw that the person who made the rebuttal was one of his guards, named Zhou Qi'an. He looked Zhou Qi'an up and down, smiled and said to him: "Oh? You have a different opinion? Why don't you say Come and listen."

Zhou Qi'an smiled, turning a blind eye to Ye Bo's condemning eyes from the leader of the guards, but said very confidently: "Although the subordinate's words are inevitably suspected of boasting, but this time, the subordinate has to say a word without shame. The skill of the brothers in the team is that they have the ability to retreat completely when encountering anything, so what about taking a risk? The captain is just too careful."

As soon as he said this, the other members of the guard team couldn't help puffing out their chests, and their eyes showed eagerness to try, but in the end they still took into account that Tu Hui hadn't issued an order, so they still held back.

Wang Yue has met this Zhou Qi'an before, but he was very silent before. I don't know if it's because of his duties, otherwise he would talk too much, thus covering up his personality, or there are other reasons that asked him to change his previous behavior this time. Style, suddenly talk more.

However, Wang Yue noticed that when Zhou Qi'an spoke, Tu Hui's eyes darkened, and Ye Bo's eyes were no longer just condemnation, but also a little bit of regret and hatred. Wang Yue observed more carefully. Only then did I notice that when Zhou Qi'an stood up, the two people behind him quietly moved to his left and right sides, and their hands were pressed on the hilt of the sword at his waist, as if they were preparing to attack at any time. Draw your sword and come out.

Wang Yue immediately understood that there was probably something wrong with Zhou Qi'an, but fortunately, it seemed that Tu Hui was well prepared.

So he swallowed the words he wanted to persuade Tu Hui, and prepared to see how he would respond.

What I didn't expect was that Tu Hui didn't ask someone to take him down immediately, but encouraged him with a smile: "What you said is very reasonable. I can't believe the strength of the guards. I believe that no matter what happens, You will always keep Gu safe."

Hearing Tu Hui's trustworthy words, the young people in the guard immediately rushed to express their loyalty.And their emotions seemed to affect the horses they were sitting on. These horses kept kicking, eager to try, as if they could step forward at any time and fight the tiger.

Seeing that everyone's mood has been mobilized, Tu Hui didn't talk nonsense, and said directly: "Since everyone wants to try it, let's take a risk, so that everyone outside can take a look at the guards of the Eastern Palace. It's not a decoration!"

After he finished speaking, he went up first, and the others immediately followed up. Wang Yue also had to follow the pace of the large army and pat the horse to catch up, but his hand had already been held by those people. The sword hilt at his waist, although his ability is low, can't be used for much, but he should be more careful, at least to protect his own life, it can be regarded as lightening the burden for them.

A group of people surveyed carefully, looking for the traces left by the tiger and walked forward slowly. Not long after, Wang Yue actually heard the low roar of the beast coming from ahead.

"It's a tiger!" Zhou Qi'an immediately yelled. He stopped his horse, listened carefully for a while, and then happily reported to Tu Huihui: "Your Highness, we found a tiger!"

Tu Hui nodded with a smile, and said: "The great achievement is just around the corner, everyone cheer up, we must catch the tiger as soon as possible, and be careful not to hurt the tiger's fur, when the time comes, I will peel off the fur and present it to the emperor!" "

"Yes, Your Highness!"

Everyone responded in unison, but not all the guards stepped forward, but five people were separated, accounting for only one-fifth of the entire guard. Even though the others were very envious, they still stuck to their positions up, don't move.

Although the tiger is ferocious, five people are enough for the guards who are proficient in martial arts.

As the initiator, Zhou Qi'an was also among them. He would quietly watch him go forward, and he still kept a little hope in his heart. Maybe it was because he thought too much. After all, these people came to him since he was a child. The least one has been with him for nearly seven or eight years, and the friendship of so many years cannot be emptied overnight.

But soon Tu Hui was disappointed. Even if Tu Hui's martial arts were not as good as those of the guards, he was still strong enough, and his vision was also extraordinary. With doubts, he would naturally be able to clearly identify Zhou Qi'an's intentions , He really led the tiger to their direction intentionally or unintentionally.

Tu Hui sighed, his eyes were fixed on Zhou Qi'an all the time, he didn't turn his head, but lowered his voice, and said to Ye Bo beside him: "Is there anyone else with abnormalities?"

"The subordinates did not find any abnormalities in other people, only him."

"That's okay," Tu Hui finally showed a smile on his face. Every member of the guard team was carefully selected, enough for him to entrust his life. A traitor is already a big deal to him. It was a shock, if there were other people, Tu Hui didn't know how to react, this was the rare good news among so many bad news recently.

"Since he is a traitor, there is no need to treat him as a brother anymore, and there is no need to hesitate to do it later."

With a cruel heart, Tu Hui couldn't help hesitating at the slightest order, and Ye Bo naturally complied without changing his expression.

The guards around the prince are all carefully selected, and the most important thing is loyalty. Over the years, they have trained together and done tasks together. Except for vacations, they are together almost day and night. They are closer than brothers. .

Even the prince, although he has different identities, never bullies others, and has a special relationship with them. He suddenly heard that there was a traitor among them. As the captain, Ye Bo couldn't believe it.

But it is the captain after all, he is well-informed, although he has never experienced it personally, he has heard about it. After all, even if he tries his best to avoid it, there are still dregs mixed in in the guard team for a hundred years. The guard team is not unbreakable, but relatively speaking. Just stronger.

He had already been prepared to face the traitor when he took over the captain's position. Now that he faced this situation, although he felt uncomfortable, he could still maintain the calmness and determination of the commander, and he would never be betrayed by the slightest bit of selfishness. emotional impact.

He gave orders to his subordinates in a low voice. Ye Bo was pleased to find that although his teammates could hardly believe that Pao Ze, who used to rely on his life, had betrayed them, the conditioned reflexes formed after years of training had made them still act when their minds were confused. The correct response was made, and the natural character and the calmness acquired through continuous training allowed them to quickly suppress the confusion in their hearts, and there was no slightest gaffe, and the team was not in chaos.

This reaction made Tu Hui and Ye Bo very satisfied. After this experience, the already excellent guard team will definitely be even better.

Especially for Tu Hui, the guards are his guards in name, but if these outstanding talents are only used as guards, it is the biggest failure of those in power. Now that he is the prince, it is not easy to mix his connections into the army So they can only be guards, but when he takes power a little bit, they will enter the grassroots of the army and start working hard.

And when he continues to grasp power, these people will also progress little by little, from the grassroots to the middle, and then from the middle to the top. In the end, they will become the new leaders of the army and assist him in controlling the army.

And the friendship that grew up in training together made these people seldom traitors. Therefore, compared with outsiders, these talents are more trusted by Tu Hui.These people will be his right-hand man in the future.

The better they are, the happier Tu Hui will be.

The tiger was led towards Tu Hui's direction little by little, and Zhou Qi'an shouted in a panic: "Your Highness, get out of here!"

Shouting at this time is undoubtedly an extremely failed performance, especially for members of the guard who have received strict training. Not only is panic shouting useless, but it will also cause panic in others. After all, emotions are extremely contagious , when one person is in chaos, the others are also in chaos.

Especially for beasts with extremely keen intuition, when their prey panic, it is undoubtedly an encouragement to their hunting behavior. At this time, the beasts will become more ferocious, and they will bite their prey tightly. Let go, because they have seen the hope of victory.

As Zhou Qi'an, who has undergone many kinds of training, he undoubtedly knows how to deal with wild beasts, especially if he can be selected as the prince's guard, each of his training subjects should have reached an excellent level, and he has experienced actual combat. As a well-trained hunter with a wealth of actual combat experience, why shouldn't he behave like this?

Of the five people who went out with Zhou Qi'an, two were affected by him, and they were a little flustered in their actions. Both of them are newcomers. Although they usually perform well, it involves whether they can show their strength in front of the prince. Strength, the more they worried about this, the more they lost their sense of proportion, and even forgot the point that the instructors kept emphasizing in the training class, keep calm.

Naturally, the other two old men performed better. They didn't show any signs of panic. Instead, they became more calm and tried to stop the Tiger's pace. At the same time, they also opened their mouths to direct the two newcomers.

Just now when Zhou Qi'an spoke up, the prince named him, so the four made Zhou Qi'an the leader of the operation.

The newcomers have no experience, so they will follow the leader's pace in everything. It is no wonder that the two newcomers are so easily influenced by Zhou Qi'an.

But Zhou Qi'an's usual performance is not very good, even if he suddenly made a sound this time, the prince has always valued it, the two old people will naturally not persuade him easily, seeing him make a mistake this time, it is natural He took command.

At the same time, a trace of doubt flashed in their hearts. Even if Zhou Qi'an's performance was not outstanding, he was undoubtedly extremely good to be their teammate. How could he make such a low-level mistake?

Of course, even if they had doubts in their hearts, they never thought that Zhou Qi'an had betrayed them.

While yelling, Zhou Qi'an pulled the reins, turned around, and rushed towards them, looking as if he was running to protect Tu Hui, but Wang Yue, who had heard Tu Hui's conversation with Ye Bo just now, naturally knew that this person was coming. good.

So Wang Yue couldn't help but began to pull out the sword in his hand. He held the hilt tightly with his hands, and his palms were already sweating.

Fortunately, his position was in the middle, someone in front knew about it, and he was not the focus of Zhou Qi'an's attention, so Zhou Qi'an didn't see his movements, otherwise Zhou Qi'an would have discovered that he had been exposed, and would have taken other precautions.

Compared with the composure of others, Wang Yue's performance was undoubtedly a bit of a failure.

But none of the others showed dislike for her, on the contrary they were very pleased.

Although Wang Yue has experienced rebirth and is a round older than these people in front of him, he is an out-and-out literati no matter in his previous life or in this life. He has never seen blood, never experienced the blood before him. Such a thing.

So even though there is an advantage in age, it is due to his more than 30 years of experience that Wang Yue was able to not panic and yell at this time, nor was he so timid to run away.

Any middle-aged man in his 30s would never be able to do better than he is now.

Naturally, the members of the guards would not use their standards to demand Wang Yue. Seeing that Wang Yue was able to sit on the horse steadily, without falling off the horse without being frightened, and turning around and running without being frightened, they had already made them extremely admired. .

If it were someone else, even a well-known scholar might not be able to perform better than the 14-year-old boy in front of him.

Tu Hui glanced at Wang Yue with concern, but he didn't plan to do anything to comfort his friend. He had experienced this kind of state, and he knew that Wang Yue had already fallen into a state of being incapable of fighting. If he opened his mouth to speak Or he made some moves that alarmed him, and he might make some surprising moves.

It's better to let him go, thinking that with his calm personality, he will make appropriate actions soon.

But Tu Hui was quite proud that his friend could behave like this, so he bent his lips and smiled, and said, "Get ready to meet the enemy!"

When Zhou Qi'an rushed to the guard team in front of Tu Hui, the members of the guard team replied in a deep voice, yes, their former teammates have now become their enemies, and they will not show mercy.

Zhou Qi'an hadn't realized that he had been exposed, he rushed to his teammate full of expectations, and was about to draw his sword unexpectedly, but his hand that was holding the rein had also been pulled out, and he grabbed a piece of his waist. a dagger.

When the sword in his hand pierces the throats of the guards standing in front of the prince, others will be stunned by his sudden action, and the dagger at his waist will be thrown out at this moment, going straight to the prince Going to the throat and killing him with one blow.

Just as he was imagining that his dagger would take the prince's life, make a great contribution, be famous all over the world, and get a heavy reward, the members of the guard standing in front of Tu Hui made a move.

I saw them take a step forward and draw out their swords at the same time. They cooperated tacitly, someone chopped at Zhou Qi'an's head, someone chopped at his waist, and at the same time someone lowered his body, one left and one right, almost in the same position. In time, Zhou Qi'an's first horse's hoof was chopped off.

In an instant, Zhou Qi'an's momentum was blocked.

In the next moment, blood was flying, and Wang Yue watched Zhou Qi'an's head fly high into the sky, and his body was split into two. The upper body continued to rush forward due to inertia, but when it was halfway through He lost the power to move forward and fell to the ground, his lower body was still tightly gripping the horse, and he fell together with the body of the horse that collapsed because of the loss of the horse's hoof, and hit his former teammate in front of him, extremely embarrassed.

He never held back his teammates, and his teammates naturally would not be soft-hearted towards him.

Death came so fast, before Wang Yue could blink, the blood splashed from the cut had already splashed in front of him, Wang Yue watched helplessly as his white horse was dyed red, his black The leather armor was stained a layer of dark red, and his face and hands suddenly became wet in an instant.

That's blood!

This seemed to be a signal, just as Zhou Qi'an fell off his horse, suddenly there was a piercing sound in the woods, it was an arrow in the back!

"Get off the horse and defend on the spot!" Ye Bo gave a low voice and got off the horse first. While swinging his sword, he knocked down the incoming arrows. There were a total of ten people who moved with him. They formed a circle to resist the sudden attack together. The rain of arrows shot over.

The other people were leading the horses and directing the horses to lie down. At the same time, they unloaded the saddles from the horses, and then they did not know what to do. After several twists and turns, the original saddle turned into a one-meter-high shield.

Wang Yue was extremely surprised, but secretly rejoiced in his heart. After all, even though they had been prepared for a long time, they were still at a disadvantage in the face of these long-range attacks. Being able to have shields undoubtedly resolved their long-range attacks and made the enemy's advantage disappear.

After these people took out their shields, they clasped them on their wrists, then pulled out the big knives behind them, and then stepped forward tacitly, blocking in front of their teammates.

With a bang, they slammed their shields on the ground, and the others squatted down immediately. The one-meter-high shields made their evasion a bit awkward. If the enemy's weapons were more sophisticated and there were more manpower, they would Even if there are shields, I'm afraid it won't help. Although these shields are easy to carry, they are undoubtedly much simpler.

Fortunately, it is very difficult for the enemy to pass through the Mulan Paddock, which is defended layer by layer, so their weapons can only be regarded as ordinary, and there are not many people.

The weight of their victory rests on a strange word. After all, who would have thought that the Mulan Paddock, which has been cleaned up several times and is closely guarded by the Imperial Forest Army, could sneak into the assassin without a sound, and who would have thought of the guards around the prince? A traitor appeared in the team.

It's just that when the group of them launched an attack, they found that Zhou Qi'an, who should have disrupted the enemy's team, did not appear. Faced with their sudden attack, the enemy was able to respond in an orderly manner without making any mistakes. This did not match their plan at all. .

The leader of the assassins was very angry. From what he thought, he naturally felt that Zhou Qi'an had betrayed them, but soon, he realized that he was wrong. Zhou Qi'an had not betrayed them. He had no way of betraying them because he was already dead.

How could a dead person betray him?

Whether it is betrayal or death, it means one thing, and the prince has long been prepared.

It is difficult for their raid plan to succeed.

Whether to continue to carry out this raid plan with a low chance of success or to retreat is undoubtedly an extremely difficult choice for the leader of the assassins.

But he couldn't allow him to think too much. The guards who had dragged the enemy's arrow rain were no longer satisfied with defense, but chose to attack proactively.

Now there is no need to think about whether to retreat or not. Let's think about how to save our lives.

Those who can come to take on the assassination mission are naturally good players, but they are still far behind the guards who have spent a lot of energy to train the Great Qi Dynasty.

Moreover, the weapons of the two sides differ too much. One can be called well-equipped, while the other side is extremely crude.

This is not difficult to understand, there are many wild animals in Mulan paddock, and there are many dangers.Although it is dangerous, the prince must participate in the spring hunting, and the guards have to rack their brains to think about how to protect the prince's safety.They even carried simple shields, and naturally carried all kinds of other weapons with all their strength.

On the other hand, being able to send this group of assassins into the Mulan Paddock has already consumed most of the energy of the people behind the scenes, and sending them in sophisticated weapons is definitely beyond the ability of the people behind the scenes.

Therefore, the weapons they can use are naturally crude, but according to their plan, Zhou Qi'an's sudden betrayal must be able to play a surprising role.

He alone, even if he can't take the prince's life, he can definitely hurt the prince.

The prince was injured, so what about the guards with outstanding force, at this time they were able to maintain half of the usual level of force, which is already lucky.

And their arrow rain following Zhou Qi'an's footsteps can damage more than half of the guards who have lost their sense of proportion, and the remaining members who can fight should not exceed one-third. Facing these people, the weapons in their hands are enough.

Unexpectedly, the plan died at the very beginning.

Zhou Qi'an died. Not only did he die, but he also died in an inappropriate way. He didn't complete his mission as planned.

The subsequent rain of arrows was completely blocked by the shield, and no one was injured.

The plan was wrong from the start.

The author has something to say: on the first day of 2018, happy new year everyone! !