Wishful Things

It is also because of this reason that many young disciples mostly went to the mountains and forests talking and laughing, without any sense of nervousness.

Not far into the mountain, Xu Mingshi also reined in his horse and said, "Grandfather, grandson wants to wander around the forest by himself."

He followed his grandfather into the mountains once last year, but many people secretly laughed at him for not being weaned, and said that he relied on his grandfather to get the prey and lied that he had hunted it himself.

Boys have a strong heart, and they decided to be alone before entering the mountain this time.

Not only to shut up other people's mouths, but also to let oneself have a clear conscience.

Hearing his grandson's request, Duke Zhen nodded his head when he heard the indistinct chatter and laughter and said: "Go, remember not to be brave in everything, no matter whether you have hunted prey or not, you will go out of the mountain when you hear the sound of the drum."

Facing his grandfather's look of "it's just for fun, anyway, our family does not lack such broken bows", Xu Mingshi replied knowingly: "Grandpa, don't worry, grandson has a sense of propriety."

Watching his grandson ride away on horseback, Lord Zhen carefully identified the movement around him, and then he drove his horse forward and sideways without any haste.

It's fine if the grandson doesn't want to follow him, after all, he came here for hunting today.

And now, he was going to find his prey.

Xu Mingshi, who had made up his mind to be self-reliant, left his grandfather, but the plan to "rely on himself" still didn't go smoothly.

At this moment, Xu Mingshi felt complicated when he saw Tianmu holding a half-dead gray rabbit covered in blood in front of him, and holding his head up and chest out like "Look, I'm not the kind of bird that eats for nothing".

Seeing that he didn't move, and the rabbit was struggling and wanted to escape, the big bird scooped up the rabbit with one paw, and called out urgingly towards the boy.

"..." Afraid that the more the delay, the more attention would be drawn, Xu Mingshi could only catch an arrow slowly.

Since it was close enough, the rabbit could barely move, so it was shot without any suspense.

Xu Mingshi got off his horse, and with difficulty picked up the prey that did not belong to him and threw it into the bamboo basket on the horse's back.

Then, he turned his head to Big Bird and said sternly: "Tianmu, let's not be an example..."

He's not the type to cheat.

His original intention was to hope that he could have a clear conscience during this trip.

Although... when the arrow hit the rabbit, he faintly felt as if he was already dirty.

And what happened next made him go further and further on the road that ran counter to his clear conscience.

The Celestial Eye did not help him catch prey anymore.

However, once prey appeared, he chased it on one side, and the third eye would block it from the other side... With more and more tacit cooperation every time, Xu Mingshi only felt as if he was a hunter who brought his hounds into the mountain.

On the other side, Ji Xiu, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, nocked an arrow at a chipmunk looking for food.

He hadn't had much interest in hunting for many years.

In addition, his physical strength is not enough to keep up now, and he only takes sedan chairs when going in and out on weekdays, and he seldom knows how to ride horses.

This time, there is no plan to compete with young people for the limelight.

But he has come here, and if he returns empty-handed, it will make people think that he, the former commander of the three major camps, is useless--Xia Tingzhen fell ill recently, and it is a good time for him to consolidate the emperor's heart and hearts.

So, more or less, I still have to bring something back.

However, just as the arrow in his hand was off the string, suddenly an arrow flew from nowhere and rushed in front of him and shot the big chipmunk!

Who is so unruly?

Ji Xiu frowned and turned his head to look, but saw that the gray-haired man who was slowly driving his horse close to here, but still tall and straight, with a beard, was undoubtedly Duke Zhen.

"It turned out to be General Xu." Sensing the unfriendly aura on the opponent, Ji Xiu sneered, and said, "It's just a rat, is it worth General Xu's snatching?"

"Snatch? Even if the old man doesn't shoot the arrow, you may not be able to hit it!"

Hearing that Ji Xiu looked at the place where his arrow fell, there was indeed some distance from the chipmunk that was nailed to the spot by the arrow, and his face could not help but turn red and white.

Facing the contemptuous and contemptuous eyes of Lord Zhen who sat high on the horse, his brows furrowed deeper and deeper.

To be honest, before the world was settled, he, who was unknown back then, was in awe of the famous General Xu, but this awe had faded away with time.

But these years, he has only fought openly and secretly with Xia Tingzhen, and he believes that the government of Zhen Guo has always been a well-off man. Why did the other party suddenly provoke him this time?

And why did this look as if he was about to attack him in the next moment?

As soon as this idea appeared in Ji Xiu's mind, and before he had time to think about it, Lord Zhen had already pulled out the whip from his waist, waved it, and there was a deafening sound in the air, and he threw it at one person and one horse without saying a word!

He struck quickly and fiercely, where the long whip swung, green leaves were blown off by the wind.

Unsuspecting Ji Xiu's pupils contracted violently.

The whip came so fiercely that the horse under him neighed in shock, and tried to escape with its front hooves.

And during this gap, the whip was about to reach Ji Xiu.

He even felt that this whip really fell on him, and it might be able to sweep him in half!

At this time, apart from saving one's life, it is impossible to have other thoughts.

Ji Xiu didn't care about anything anymore, in order to avoid the fatal whip, he fell backwards and rolled off the horse.

The frightened horse lost the rein and ran away immediately.

Before running, he accidentally stepped on Ji Xiu who fell to the ground.

"What is General Xu doing! I don't know where Ji offended the general, and let General Xu do such a cruel thing!"

Ji Xiu, who was trampled on the face by the horse's hoof, became angry from embarrassment. He reluctantly climbed up from the ground and asked in a deep voice.

Duke Zhen jumped off his horse and stepped forward with a cold face, still not in a hurry to say anything, he just raised his leg and kicked the person who had just stood up to the ground again.

He has no intention of talking nonsense with this kind of idiot, anyway, his purpose is to hit people, so let's hit people first.

Ji Xiu fell to the ground, clutching his stomach and sweating from the pain.

Seeing that the old man who had fought for most of his life and had already cultivated a fierce spirit walked towards him step by step, he began to move back in fear.

Until his back was stuck in front of a thick tree, there was no way to retreat.

At this moment, under the situation where he clearly felt the threat to his life, the fear in Ji Xiu's heart was magnified to the extreme, and the anger on his face could hardly be contained: "General Xu... If Ji did something wrong, just speak up...as an official in the same dynasty, General Xu's reckless behavior may not be beneficial to himself either!"