eurekapd Chapter 395 This won’t do!
Chapter 395 This won’t do!
The young men who were preparing to participate in the competition led their own teams, with each team consisting of no more than twenty people. If the female relatives and civil servants who were not good at fighting also wanted to join in the fun, they would mostly follow the emperor or a few veterans.
The princes can also participate, but the points accumulated at the end will not be counted in the overall ranking. In other words, the princes will join in the fun, but they will not snatch the rewards from the ministers.
Not long after, Emperor Qianwu gave an order and the guards took the lead in releasing the birds and animals marked with red in the cages back into the forest. After waiting for about an incense stick of time, Emperor Qianwu jumped on his horse and led his men into the forest.
A large group of people entered the hunting ground, scaring all the birds and beasts away.
Soon after, several generals also entered with their men, and the number of people in the field was immediately reduced by more than half.
Shen Shuyi was in a group with Zhao Xueqing and the Zhao brothers, just to join in the fun and, of course, to watch the fun.
"Let's set off too." Xiao Yuncheng turned to look at Chai Bin, Xiao Tingshan and others, and spoke in a deep voice.
At this time, Xiao Heyu came on horseback, and the group stopped in front of Xiao Yuncheng, holding the reins.
Xiao Heyu's peach blossom eyes were deep and frivolous. He looked at Xiao Yuncheng with a smile and said, "Last year, I narrowly beat my eighth brother. Do you want to have a bet this year to see who will win this round?"
Xiao Yuncheng said: "That's fine, I'm going to beat Third Brother this year no matter what."
Xiao Heyu looked at Shen Jingyu beside Xiao Yuncheng and said with a smile, "Eighth brother has a confidante by his side, how lucky he is, hahahaha!"
There was a hint of lasciviousness in these words, but Xiao Heyu was always like that.
After that, he no longer paid attention to the expressions of Xiao Yuncheng and his group, and rushed into the forest on his horse: "Gee!"
Zhou Qiwen also glanced at Shen Jingyu, then rode away with a sneer.
A young general behind Xiao Yuncheng said: "The Third Prince's wife is good at riding and shooting, which will be a great help to His Majesty the Third Prince."
Shen Jingyu frowned, knowing that this was a reference to herself.
Fortunately, Xiao Yuncheng didn't care, and said, "How useless must this prince be to rely on a woman to win."
After saying this, Xiao Yuncheng clamped his legs around the horse's belly and pulled the reins: "Go!"
The group rushed into the forest, and Lou Yulan, Shen Jingzhen and the Qin family's team followed. Due to the limit on the number of people, those who wanted to participate in the competition could not bring too many female relatives, so some people who were not good at martial arts would choose to rely on stronger teams.
Obviously, the Qin family, along with several other families, chose to rely on Xiao Yuncheng and his party.
"It's almost time for us to set off." Shen Shuyi estimated the time and spoke in a deep voice.
"it is good."
The group mounted their horses. Shen Shuyi and Zhao Xueqing were not good at riding and shooting, but fortunately Shen Shuyi had the memories of his previous life, so he could handle ordinary riding. Although Zhao Xueqing did not know martial arts, she could still handle riding a horse and shooting a bow.
At this moment, at a high place in the forest, several people were standing halfway up the mountain. Lou Chengxuan was with two servants, holding a longbow in one hand, and a fire made of dry firewood was burning under his feet.
"Master... this is really not possible... this is really not possible!"
"Yes, Master. If we are not careful, we may offend the noble. Even if we run fast, we may not be caught!"
"Fuck him! I can't care about that!" The boy was thin and had a pair of triangular eyes that were shining with brilliance.
Not long after, the young man bent his bow and drew his arrow. A ball of guncotton was tied to the arrowhead. The young man leaned over and lit the guncotton. Then, without any hesitation, he suddenly let go before Xiao Yuncheng and his group arrived.
The flaming arrow flew out and hit the beehive accurately!
The beehive was instantly ignited, like a ball of fire, and suddenly fell down. Xiao Yuncheng and his group who were running in the front were almost hit.
"Shut up!"
Xiao Yuncheng and others tightened the reins, and the horse immediately raised its head, lifted its front hooves, and stopped, splashing a cloud of dust.
"Your Highness, be careful!" A guard rode forward and wanted to check the situation.
But before he could get close, he heard a buzzing sound, and then a black shadow flew up from the bottom where the fire was burning.
At first, the black shadows scattered into a ball, and some individual hornets fled in all directions, but after a while, the hornets gathered into a ball and completely connected into one.
Seeing the wasp flying towards him, the guard stopped and subconsciously put his hands to cover his face, then turned around and said, "Your Highness, it's a wasp!"
Xiao Yuncheng and his group frowned at the same time. Wasps frightened them more than the wild beasts in the forest.
Although it may not cause much harm, if a person is stung in several places, it will indeed feel painful and itchy, and extremely uncomfortable.
And encountering a swarm of bees, as is happening now, would be even more difficult.
After all, this thing is too small, and cannot be cut by a knife or shot by an arrow. But they can chase you closely, and the guards have no way to protect their master even if they want to!
"Your Highness, we need to leave here as soon as possible!" the experienced guard said in a deep voice.
Seeing a group of hornets flying towards them, Xiao Yuncheng's scalp was tingling. He turned to look at Shen Jingyu and said in a deep voice: "Speed up, tighten the reins, and catch up!"
Shen Jingyu nodded, not afraid.
After all, the perfume Shen Jingzhen gave her can repel mosquitoes, but she has this thing, and others may not have it. What's more, wasps are really special, so there is no guarantee that no accidents will happen.
However, at the beginning, Xiao Yuncheng and the others rode slowly in order to take care of themselves, and now they had to speed up, which was a challenge for her.
"Speed up and rush past them!" Xiao Yuncheng said in a deep voice, then raised the whip and hit the horse's butt hard.
Xiao Yuncheng rushed forward immediately, but the hornet seemed to be guided by something and continued to fly towards the group.
Xiao Yuncheng had no choice but to dive into the shadow, his speed increased to the extreme, and the others immediately followed.
They thought the group would be able to successfully pass the swarm of bees, but unexpectedly, the situation was completely different from what they expected.
After Xiao Yuncheng and others rushed over first, they saw that the hornet was still rushing backwards and they breathed a sigh of relief.
The guard said: "Fortunately, otherwise it would be really troublesome to encounter this thing!"
Shen Jingyu also breathed a sigh of relief. After all, most men have thick skin and are not so afraid of these things, but women care most about their appearance. If they are really bitten, it will be troublesome.
The most important thing is that this is a swarm of bees, not a single hornet, and there are simply too many of them!
"Oh no, the wasp turned around!"
The guard walking at the end suddenly felt that the buzzing sound that was originally far away was getting closer. When he turned around, he saw a group of hornets flying towards his face.
“Ah——!!!” The guard quickly raised his hand to hit.
Although the hornets were rushing towards the person in front, many of them still landed on his face, and the guards wiped them away randomly.
But even so, the burning pain still spread uncontrollably across his face, causing him so much pain that he couldn't open his eyes.
Xiao Yuncheng and his group were so nervous that they didn't care about him at all and continued to rush forward.