Is the Scum Worthy of Whitewashing?

"Cun'er, this matter can't be willful." Shen Kuangyu said earnestly, "Look for a chance to meet the princess and promote the matter of Shangzhu."

This is an implication that he is tempted by affection.

"Father." Shen Cun frowned, "This...isn't it difficult for a strong man?"

He has never had much experience with men and women, not to mention that this move is really a bit tricky and goes against his will.

"I heard that the princess is not as popular as the princess Changle. If you treat each other with affection, it is not difficult to make her attached to you in turn." Shen Kuang said lightly.

Shen Cun lowered his head and said nothing.

Shen Kuang couldn't help but sighed, "Cun'er, for the sake of my father, this is also for the sake of the Shen family."

He is very satisfied with this son, courageous and strategic, and in time, he will be able to become an excellent Shen family head.

But there is something wrong, too much sentimentality, passion is hard to cold.

In the power struggle game, emotions and ideals are too extravagant.

The two-month trip to the palace passed quickly.

Xu Du basically completed his arrangement here, arranged suitable manpower, and took over the power here.

Right now it's just getting started, but everything is difficult at the beginning. Now that the frame has been laid out, the rest can slowly enter the track.

In the past few days, the secret reports were frequent, all reporting the movements of Chu in the palace, and the Chu party had already begun to move.

In addition, there was news from the Shen family that the Queen of Chu wanted to marry his niece to Shen Cun, but was rejected by Wu Pingjun Shen Kuang, bluntly saying that his son already had someone he wanted, so he didn't think twice in this life.

Naturally, this act was to show Xu Du his sincerity, but the Shen family didn't do everything, and turned around to marry the concubine from the clan into the Chu family to smooth the affection.

Everything is under Xu Du's consideration, and it is in his grasp how the Chu Party will go next.

Xu Du took Xu Jiang back to the Liang Palace. In these days, Xu Jiang also learned several self-defense skills. She can endure hardship more than Xu Du thought. She has extremely strict requirements for herself, and she has made rapid progress in just a few days. People also have a taste of perseverance.

After returning to the palace, Xu Du found a sleeve arrow from the mansion house. The craftsmanship is exquisite, which is very suitable for women to hide in their sleeves and carry them with them. He gave this thing to Xu Jiang for self-defense.

The hunting ceremony is coming soon, and the Chu Dang is expected to move at that time, and he wants to protect Xu Jiang Zhouquan.

After that, I still didn't idle, dealing with the Queen of Chu, talking with Shen Kuang, and discussing the hunting ceremony with a group of courtiers. In a hurry, it was the end of autumn without knowing it.

The annual hunting ceremony of Liang State is located on the easternmost mountain in the territory, named Qiushan.

Crossing Qiushan to the east, you will exit the border of Liang, which is the border of Yu State. There is also a related card not far away.

The Qiushan line runs north-south, and the terrain is steep. It is a natural and dangerous place for beams. It is easy to defend and difficult to attack. It separates the Liang Kingdom from the eastern countries. In the blueprint of the world, if it weren't for Zhao Rui to take advantage of the civil strife to instigate rebellion, he would definitely not be able to destroy Liang Guo at such a fast speed.

Therefore, this autumn mountain has extremely important strategic significance, and there are even legends that there is a mountain **** living here, blessing the people of the village of Liang.

Therefore, Liang Guo's annual hunting festival is held here.

Worshiping mountain gods, hunting and parading troops, and feasting on the officials are the general activities of the festival.

Starting early in the morning, the ceremony of worshipping the mountain gods was completed at the altar, and then hunting in the mountains began.

Liang Guo is good at martial arts, and his hunting is intended to commend Liang Xiao brave soldiers. The activity started in the morning, and when it was sunset, the warriors returned with a full load, each of their prey will be counted, and those with outstanding performance will be rewarded by King Liang.

Therefore, the noble men all geared up, excited, and set off after wearing their bows and arrows. The women mostly sit in makeshift camps, or go on a mountain tour together, but they usually don't get close to the hunting area for fear of being injured by arrows.

However, Xu Jiang seemed to be more interested in hunting. Xu Duyuan didn't intend to detain her, so he allowed her to change into men's clothing and hunt with him.

Xu Jiang stepped on a red-maned horse, holding a bow in his left hand, a rein in his right hand, and a quiver on his back, looking heroic.

She wears a layer of black armor over her regular clothes, and her long hair is tied high and tied with silk rope.

There are some broken hair on the forehead, which can cover part of the eyes, so that the heterochromatic pupils are not so obvious.

Xu Du pointed to her hair and said jokingly: "You can still see the prey like this? How can you shoot arrows then?"

"Yes." Xu Jiang nodded earnestly, "Daughter has tried, and she can still see clearly from the gaps in her hair."

As she said, she took out a feather arrow from the quiver, drew the bow, and aimed at a white rabbit not far away, and the feather arrow flew out with a "swish".

She has a good posture, and it seems that she has not worked hard to practice, but the moment Xu Du saw her shooting the arrow out, his hand shook slightly, and his heart became clear.

Sure enough, the feather arrow landed two inches on the edge of the white rabbit. The tail of the arrow trembled. The rabbit was startled and jumped into the grass beside it, and disappeared.

Xu Jiang looked at Xu Du with some embarrassment: "...Father."

"There is nothing wrong with your posture and strength." Xu Du said with a smile, and then pointed to a tree about the same distance away, "Try shooting the arrow on that tree?"

Xu Jiang did so, this time it went smoothly, and the feather arrow flew straight to the center of the tree trunk.

"Look, isn't this great?" Xu Du said, "When you shot that rabbit, you wavered in your heart, didn't you?"

Xu Jiang was taken aback, thought for a moment, and nodded lightly.

"Ajaan, before you do something, you must see your position." Xu Du slowly said, "In hunting, you are a hunter, and your purpose is to hunt, so when dealing with prey, there must be no hesitation and weakness. Your emotions, that will affect your judgment and action... Now you are facing a rabbit. If you can't shoot it, it will run away or be harmless; but what if you are facing a tiger? You can't hit it. Killing it will irritate it, attack you in turn, and suffer its own harm."

It seems cruel to ask a girl who is only fourteen years old like this.

But if she wants to follow the kingly way, Xu Du must exercise her and make her heart harden gradually. A wise king should not be swayed by weak feelings when making judgments.

Xu Jiang lowered his head to ponder for a while, then raised his head, his eyes firm: "Father's teaching, daughter understands."

She took a deep breath, took an arrow again, drew the bow, and shot it towards a deer in the distance. This time her hand was much steady, and she broke through the air and plunged into the hind legs of the prey.

"Not bad." Xu Du applauded, and glanced at Xu Jiang sideways, only to find that she was looking at the **** wound of the prey, with a slight trace of unbearable passing in her eyes.

But it was only for an instant, and the next second, she drew another arrow from the quiver, moving sharply, aiming at other prey.

Xu Jiang has not been hunting with Xu Du all the time. Xu Du also deliberately let her go for a while, so she hunted on her own and arranged for a few people to follow from a distance to protect her secretly.

So Xu Jiang was alone, riding a horse to go hunting in the mountains.

When following Xu Du before, the prey they smashed were all of the deer deer type. At that time, there were servants around to gather the prey and drag it with another horse.

But at the moment she is alone, and it is not suitable for hunting too big prey. Xu Jiang was a little sour before holding the archer, so he thought that in the future, he would take a good tour of the scenery...At best, he would go hunting foxes. At that time, make a fox scarf and give it to the father.

Xu Jiang allowed the horse to walk slowly, and the beauty of the mountains and rivers was in sight.

The clouds were light and the sky was high, and the Qiuyan geese lined up in neat rows and flew south. Because they were far away, they looked like small black spots.

It was very quiet here, and Xu Jiang looked at the red leaves in the mountains and felt the slightly bleak wind.

This is the first time she has participated in the Autumn Mountain Festival. In the past, her former father would only bring Queen Chu and Xu Yan, but she was forgotten in the Muyue Palace, lonely, guarding the rotting grass and insects outside the Xuan window.

The forests are all dyed and the red leaves are frosty. Xu Jiang has never experienced such a vast and cheerful atmosphere, but feels extremely comfortable.

"Who are you?"

There was a low voice behind suddenly, Xu Jiang turned his head, Shen Cun rode on the horse, tightened the reins, and was looking at her with a scrutiny gaze.