Long Xiao wipes Qingfeng

Fire in July.

The founding ancestors of Changhua set up hunting in Mangshan Mountain every July, in order to select useful generals, and also to inspire the younger generation of princes to make progress.

However, Emperor Longde's heirs withered, and there was only one third prince, Xiao Gong. Every year at the hunting meeting, he saw the thriving descendants of his courtiers, and he always felt uncomfortable. Therefore, Concubine Shen Gui was pregnant. Emperor Longde was very happy in this year's hunting meeting. Also bigger.

At the hunting party, there are basically young masters from various families and some soldiers with military ranks in the army. In order to show their faces and seek a future for themselves, they started training several months ago, and now they are somewhat confident in their hearts. Zhong Shuo, who has been in the top three every year since the age of 15, has become the imperial guard this year. Everyone covets his vacant seat and is bound to win it.That group of young people, seen from a distance, were all dressed up, laughing and laughing.

Mang Mountain is adjacent to the capital city and is very close to the Changhua Mausoleum. Every emperor enthroned is celebrated on the top of Mang Mountain. Therefore, this mountain is of great significance to the Xiao royal family. Quite a sacred meaning.

The hunting ground is at the foot of the mountain, and at every hour of the day, the officials formally entered the arena. After sitting down, singing and dancing, Emperor Longde gave a long series of congratulatory speeches, which inspired the soldiers in the field.

The hunting rules are very simple. It is divided into two days. The first day is the official hunting. It is to see who can get the most prey within the prescribed four hours.

Changhua is still good at archery, the second day is the archery competition, and the top three will still be rewarded.

To entertain the superiors in order to seek a future, that's all.

The siege follows the rules of the war between the two countries. After three rounds of war drums, the siege officially begins. The third prince Xiao Gong rides off his horse and follows a group of people behind him. He has a handsome face and is known as a good son in Beijing. , Zhong Shuo stood behind Emperor Longde and looked at him from a distance, feeling that he was still much worse than Xiao Jiu.

Headed by Xiao Gong, everyone went off one after another, Jiang Xi and Jiang Huai were also among them, but these two brothers came from a scholarly family, they were not good at riding and shooting, they just came to make up for the Jiang family.

Emperor Longde also started to drink and gossip with his officials, listening to the reports from below, discussing the sons of various families or the soldiers in the army.Naturally, the ones who praised Xiao Gong the most were all kinds of compliments, and Emperor Longde naturally blushed when he heard them.

Xiao Jiu sat at the head of Emperor Longde, and the servant girl beside him was pouring wine for him, but he absent-mindedly went to sneak a peek at Little General Zhong, who was standing like a pine and cypress, and it happened that Zhong Shuo also turned his head to look at him. They moved their eyes away, each blushing.

According to the hunting rules over the years, women are not allowed to attend, but Emperor Longde ordered to call Yongmu Diji, who is married as a wife, and other ministers are not good at saying anything. Now, some sharp-eyed ministers saw their actions and laughed. He said loudly: "Diji Yongmu has a very deep relationship with her son-in-law, the son-in-law chosen by His Majesty is very good, Mr. Zhong has a good son!"

Zhong Hanjiang said a few words modestly, and someone beside him agreed: "That's right, in the past, the son-in-law was at the top of the hunt, but this time the son-in-law will not end up, it will be cheaper for the boys from other families."

Emperor Longde also smiled and said: "Naturally, the son-in-law is very much in my heart."

Xiao Jiu pretended to be reserved and covered his face with the round fan in his hand, Zhong Shuo bowed his head and said: "Your Majesty's praise."

During the banquet, they flattered each other, and before they knew it, half of the time passed, everyone listened to the announcement from the audience, and gradually began to compare whose son was better.

Listening to the briefing below, Xiao Gong's grades were not good, and he was only ranked in the middle and upper positions.

suddenly,

"Report—" The person who came to report the letter was wearing a strong crimson suit, which was the color that Emperor Longde's personal guards could only wear. Emperor Longde frowned and said, "Say."

The guard said: "Your Majesty, there are assassins in the arena! I was injured and unconscious during the hunting of the third prince just now!"

Zhong Shuo and Xiao Jiu glanced at each other quickly.

Emperor Longde panicked for a moment, then calmed down, "Hurry up! Zhong Shuo leads people to the rescue! The imperial physician is waiting! Hurry up!"

His tone was very anxious, and it seemed that this matter was not what he expected.

Zhong Shuo didn't have time to think about it, he quickly got off the stage and dispatched most of the guards to protect Emperor Longde on the stage and a group of civil officials who couldn't fight at all, took another deep look at Xiao Jiu, then turned around and led a small group of people into the woods .

Zhong Hanjiang and other generals also reacted and stepped forward to protect Emperor Longde and Xiao Jiu.

The emotions in Xiao Jiu's eyes were complicated. He leaned against Emperor Longde and realized that someone couldn't hold back and took this opportunity to make a move in advance.

It's Concubine Shen.

She is the only one who wants to kill Xiao Gong and is so eager.

idiot.

Zhong Shuo was originally the imperial guard, but Emperor Longde was impatient and randomly ordered him. Fortunately, he had familiarized himself with the defense with the generals in the vanguard in advance, otherwise it would be very dangerous to rush into the woods at this time.

After reconciling with the generals of the Qianfeng Battalion, he galloped his horse and followed Emperor Longde's personal guards, and untied his wristbands while running, revealing the sleeve arrow that Xiao Jiu had fastened on him before leaving. Really useful.

Soon after walking to a canyon, Xiao Gong and his attendants were trapped here. As the horses approached, they heard the sound of fighting, and there was a familiar voice in the middle—it was Jiang Huai!

He rushed forward quickly, and saw Jiang Huai struggling to hold on with a knife, and when he saw him coming, he hurriedly called him for help, which was very disrespectful to Mr. Jiang's family.

A dozen or so masked assassins in black moved quickly, raising their knives in their hands and dropping them. Xiao Gong's bodyguards were few left. Zhong Shuo pressed his sleeve arrow across several people, and accurately shot the assassin next to Jiang Huai, and then dismounted to join in. Fighting, Jiang Huai breathed a sigh of relief, and quickly touched him to seek shelter.

Zhong Shuo swung the knife away from his throat, and asked Jiang Huai, "Where's Brother Jiang?"

"Brother separated from me a long time ago and went to the other side. He should be safe now. I have sent someone to look for him." Jiang Huai replied him dodging from left to right.

It was good to know that Jiang Xi was not missing, Zhong Shuo felt relieved.

There were a lot of them, and they quickly captured the assassins. Seeing the situation was not good, some of them killed themselves quickly. Zhong Shuo removed the jaws of the remaining few, and then tied them one by one and took them out of the valley.

After leaving the woods, before walking a few steps, someone came to report that His Majesty had been assassinated, and Emperor Yongmu blocked the knife for His Majesty!

There was a "boom" in Zhong Shuo's head, the blood faded from his face, and he rushed to the hunting platform regardless.

Jiang Huai was also quite frightened, but he was quite rational, so he stopped him in time and asked him to take the original people back to the hunting platform, and the rest stayed behind to escort the assassin with him, anyway, they had already arrived outside the woods. No danger.

Zhong Shuo thanked Jiang Huai, led a group of people and rushed back to the hunting platform, went up in two or three steps, and saw the tall figure commanding the scene with arrogance, "Tie up that thief! Take him back to Dali Temple for trial! ""Physician Zhang quickly diagnose and treat His Majesty." "Everyone, stand still and don't panic! Your Majesty is fine!"

Zhong Shuo's heart fell back into his stomach, and he walked slowly to his side. Xiao Jiu led him and showed him his body covered by the cloak, a knife mark tore through the luxurious and exquisite fabric It was tattered, revealing the soft scales inside.After letting Zhong Shuo look at it, Xiao Jiu put the cloak back together and said in a low voice, "Don't worry, I'm not injured, I'll tell you when I get back." Zhong Shuo nodded to show that he heard it.

The ministers over there stood obediently, watching the emperor surrounded by layers from time to time, whispering in low voices.Emperor Longde injured his waist and was lying on the seat, hissing and breathing in. The generals were guarding him, and the accompanying imperial physician was bandaging his wound.

Fortunately, there was no serious problem, it just scratched the flesh and did not hurt the viscera.

Emperor Longde was injured, so the hunt was in vain, and many problems were raised.

Zhong Shuo sent people to pick up Jiang Huai and Jiang Xi, and sent the assassins captured by Xiao Jiu to Dali Temple for trial. Go back to the sons of the families who are still in the mountains, count the number of people, and then arrange for each family to go back to the house in a carriage. It is orderly and the process will be completed soon.

General Shen Yu escorted Emperor Longde back to the palace. During the hunt, the only thing Shen Yu did besides drinking was to stand beside Emperor Longde to show his protection, which caused dissatisfaction among many ministers.

He's clearing himself up.

Sitting in the car driving back, Xiao Jiu smiled, dipped the note in her hand into the half-drinked tea, turned her head and told Xiwen: "It's hot outside, go and deliver a cup of herbal tea to the son-in-law later."

Xiwen lowered her head: "Yes, Your Highness."

The matter of the assassination was naturally attributed to Zhong Shuo, the emperor drove back to the palace, Emperor Longde received further diagnosis and treatment from the imperial physician in the palace, and Xiao Jiu took Zhong Shuo to kneel outside the palace to plead guilty.

Emperor Longde was not seriously injured, and his consciousness was still awake. After the wound was bandaged, he saw Zhong Shuo and Xiao Jiu outside the hall.

In the hall, Xiao Jiu respectfully saluted and said: "This time the son-in-law is not effective, and your majesty's dragon body is damaged. Yongmu and his son-in-law plead guilty. I hope your majesty will punish you severely." Zhong Shuo lowered his head behind him: "I hope your majesty will come down and punish you." !"

Emperor Longde leaned on the big welcoming pillow, drank all the medicine, and said: "My son-in-law Zhong Shuo's ineffective escort puts my life on the line. However, Emperor Yongmu's escort has meritorious service, rewarding thousands of hectares of fertile land and tens of thousands of taels of gold. Marry Miss Liu San at will and be punished for five years in Linye, leaving in October, do you have any objections?"

"I have no objection, thank you, Your Majesty." Zhong Shuo thanked him.

Emperor Longde said again: "Yongmu has made meritorious service this time. You can choose as many as you like for my private treasury."

Xiao Jiu lowered his eyes, "Yong Mu dare not."

Emperor Longde squinted his eyes and glanced at Xiao Jiu who was kneeling, and said ironically, "You are somewhat similar to your mother right now."

Xiao Jiu replied: "My mother passed away many years ago, so it's hard for my father to still remember her."

Emperor Longde didn't want to say much, and waved his hands to send them out.

Zhong Hanjiang returned to the Zhong Mansion early, and was waiting for them in the lobby with Mrs. Yu.

Yu was crying and crying, Zhong Hanjiang couldn't help comforting her, and it was rumored that the son-in-law and the emperor had returned, so Yu quickly got up, stepped forward, grabbed Xiao Jiu who had just walked to the door, and cried, "What's the matter with the emperor? How can your father leave?" Farther away, I haven't seen the whole picture, I only know that you blocked the knife for His Majesty, but where did you get hurt? It's because that little villain didn't protect you well."

The little evil Zhong Shuo silently found a seat and sat down.

Xiao Jiu had already changed his clothes in the palace, and it seemed that nothing was wrong at this time, he took a handkerchief to wipe away tears for Mrs Yu, comforted him and added to Zhong Shuo by the way: "Mother, don't worry, the son-in-law before going out today Let me wear the soft scale armor, the knife I blocked happened to be cut on the armor, it was completely blocked, and there was no injury at all, thanks to the concubine."

Only then did Yu feel relieved, pulled Xiao Jiu to sit down, and asked softly: "That's what he should do, have you ever been frightened? It sounds scary to me, you are so weak, what can you do if you are frightened?" Is that okay? How about I ask the doctor to prescribe some calming soup for you?"

Zhong Shuo poured himself a cup of shock tea.

Xiao Jiu said: "Mother, I am really fine, and the son-in-law is also fine. They are all safe, so there is no need to drink the soup."

Yu Shi said: "Okay, it's all up to you, I don't worry if you are fine, go to rest quickly, today is busy, you have to worry about arranging those things."

Zhong Hanjiang also said: "What your mother said is, go to rest first, if there is anything, we will talk about it tomorrow."

Zhong Shuo, who didn't get any attention from the beginning to the end, took the Zhong couple's precious daughter-in-law to salute and left.

After they left, Yu Shi sighed: "As expected of Diji, with such a bearing, such composure, Chu Chu should definitely learn from it, and a Diji's sister-in-law should also learn a little bit, so as not to be criticized in the future. "

Zhong Hanjiang said with a guilty conscience: "Yes, with Di Ji watching, it is the best thing for Chu Chu to grow into a lady of the family."

"Exactly."