Don't be a prince

Being ordered to clear up wild animals and winter hunting have very different meanings.

Even Zhang Yun smiled and said, "Your Highness's archery skills are advancing by leaps and bounds. It's time to try it out. This servant will prepare bows and arrows for you!"

Looking at the annoying handwriting on the document, Li Chengqian took the document back to the study room, wrote "Old thief Du, you bastard" on it, stamped the prince's seal, and ordered Fang Sheng to take the six documents and seal them up .

Although this is a good opportunity to go out of the palace to play, the resistance that should be done is still to be done.

Yu Tai delivered the letter shortly after.

The end of the new year was approaching, and the college was on holiday. He was trapped in the Wu Palace and had no interest in life. After hearing the news of Winter Hunting, he was about to jump up for joy.The same is true for Feng An. In order to learn more about the classics of the Central Plains, he simply lived in Chang'an. However, as the uncrowned king of Lingnan, with two thousand soldiers under his command, he dared not move in the city of Chang'an for fear of making him feel ashamed. .Living in the south of the Five Ridges, he is more afraid of the cold, and after studying for a long time, he always wants to exercise his muscles and bones. Li Chengqian's invitation is exactly what he wants.

"You're going hunting? I want to go too."

Looking at Ashina Xue who was dressed in a skirt, it was difficult for Li Chengqian to say no.

"Then go, but you have to change into a soldier's clothes so as not to be recognized. Knowing that you really miss your brother, I can send someone to pick him up. During the few days of hunting, you two can have a good time." chat."

Ashina Xue immediately cheered up, and went to change clothes yelling.

Not only was she happy, but Li Chengqian was also very happy. There will not be many opportunities to go out of the palace in an open and aboveboard manner. How can I accept it? Turning a loss into an advantage is the way to survive.

The gathering place led by the crown prince was in front of the gate of the East Palace. After the team arrived, Li Chengqian set off with Ashina Xue.

Pick up Li Ke and his guards at Fenglefang, and pick up Feng An, Feng Zhidai and their masters at Kaimingfang.Then, walk along Suzaku Street and exit through Mingde Gate.Under the watchful eyes of the city gate officials, the team of more than 4000 people left in a mighty manner.Those who knew it was the prince leading a team to clear up the disturbing beasts, but those who didn't know thought it was someone who was going to rebel.

The weather is very cold, but after leaving Chang'an, everyone is very happy.

Feng An was in high spirits at this time, and he didn't seem to be afraid of the cold at all: "Your Highness, it's a long way to Qinling. Since the luggage has already been transported to the village near Qinling, why don't I gallop on horseback?"

Seeing that Feng An was about to race a horse, Li Ke hurriedly said: "Gong Guogong doesn't know, the emperor's brother fell off the horse twice and almost endangered his life. Now that he can get back on the horse, he is already very good-natured. Let's go slowly. "

Hearing what Li Ke said, Feng An could only plead guilty.

"What is Feng's crime? In fact, Gu also wants to try the feeling of galloping on a horse. It's not a heartbreaker to keep walking slowly. Let's still...fuck it!"

Before he could finish speaking, a hot teapot was thrown from the passing carriage, and it just happened to be thrown on the horse under his crotch.

Thanks to the docile temperament of this mare, even though she screamed out from being scalded, she still didn't kick and run wildly.

"There are assassins!"

When Yu Tai yelled, he led his own soldiers, unsheathed his sword, drew his bow, and forced the carriage to stop.

As for Zhang Yun, he had rushed over aggressively with a knife.

The teapot was thrown so accurately. If the prince hadn't been a good-natured horse, the tragedy of the past would have happened again.

Li Chengqian was not in the mood to care who was in that carriage, so he hurriedly used his sleeve to help the horse wipe off the water, feeling extremely distressed.In any case, this horse has been with me for a long time, and my confidence in riding a horse is found in it.

In addition, did Te Niang's father have a real conflict with Ma?This is already the third time!

After finally calming down the horse, he turned his head and saw a man and three women kneeling on the ground, trembling under Zhang Yun's machete.

Just when he was about to get angry, he realized that the bearded man kneeling on the ground looked familiar.

"Samurai Yu, Your Highness saved your life at the banquet yesterday, but today you are going to assassinate, tsk tsk tsk, revenge for your kindness!"

Zhang Yun ignored Feng An's words, so what if Ying Guogong is in front of him?Even if he is a prince, he has to ask questions clearly!

"Samurai! Are you sent by someone to assassinate His Highness? Tell the mastermind behind you, and the miscellaneous family can kill you!"

Chapter 241 Man and Nature

Seeing that Zhang Yun was about to hold back the knife, Li Chengqian hurriedly said, "It's alright, alright, nothing happened. As for such a big battle."

Zhang Yun said with red eyes: "Your Highness, no matter what you have to do this time, you have to obey the arrangements of your servants. You are a rich man, and you are obviously accompanied by a large army when you travel. Why do you have to be so casual?"

There is no way to argue with Zhang Yun. When he just left the city, he felt that the army occupied too much area on the road and would hinder pedestrians, so he ordered the team to follow a long snake, which is why there are so few people on the left and right.

It's fine if nothing happens, but now that something happens, Zhang Yun can only let it be arranged.

"Okay, I'll listen to you, but don't casually plant the crime of assassination on someone's head. Get out of the way and change to Gu."

Passing by Zhang Yun, Li Chengqian said helplessly: "I didn't expect such a thing to happen. Mr. Ying, why did a teapot fly out of your carriage? Stand up and speak clearly, otherwise, today's matter will not be like this .”

Under Zhang Yun's staring gaze, the warrior stood up in embarrassment, and cupped his hands again and again: "Your Highness, in fact, it was the little girl at home who quarreled with the minister, and she threw the teapot out of anger. Who would have thought that it would just disturb Your Highness."

After finishing speaking, the samurai turned to his back and said sharply: "Niety! Why don't you hurry up and ask His Highness for your sins?"

Following the warrior's gaze, he saw a beautiful woman and two children, one big and one small, kneeling on the ground at this time. The older one was eight or nine years old, and the younger one was only three or four years old.

They are all children, but the difference is that the older one is trembling, tears have already flowed out, and one hand is timidly pinching the corner of the mother's clothes beside him.And the small one has a stubborn face.

This is probably Wu Zetian, the all-powerful female emperor in the future!

Unable to restrain himself from squatting down, Li Chengqian was ready to take a good look at the little girl with mixed reviews in the history books.

"Are you the prince?"

Unlike her older sister, the little girl didn't show any signs of fear.It is said that newborn calves are not afraid of tigers, and today I have seen it.

However, there is nothing special about her now. If she has to describe it, she looks more like a brat.

"Yes, I am the prince. Do you know that the teapot you threw out just now scalded my horse?"

"Didn't it just scald your horse, but it didn't scald you, I'll just ask daddy to buy you a new good horse!"

Just as the warrior was about to reprimand him, Li Chengqian stretched out his hand to signal him to shut up.

"That's not what you said, little girl, there is a chain reaction when things happen. Look at these guys with knives. What they are angry with is not that the horse is scalded, but what may happen. Do you think Think, what will happen to you if my horse panics and throws me off?"

Hearing this, the little girl couldn't help lowering her head.At her current age, she still doesn't understand the chain reaction of things.She simply thought that she had just scalded a horse.

Childhood is an important period for the formation of right and wrong values.The little girl now has not experienced those dark things, so she has not planted any dark seeds in her heart.

When she was in power, killing all the clansmen and Li's family, and even forming an organization like the Judge's Court, had nothing to do with her experience before entering the palace.

Although he really wanted to intervene in her life, but at this moment he had no reason to intervene.

After pinching the face of the future empress, Li Chengqian stood up and asked the warrior: "What's the name of this girl?"

The samurai immediately replied: "His Royal Highness, this child was born in the hometown of Bingzhou. In the past two years, the officials have been in office and have never returned home. Therefore, they have not named the child. Until today, the servants did not come home. Sending their mother and daughter to Chang'an, the next official is here to pick them up when he leaves the city this time."

Nodding his head and ordering the guards to put away the knives, Li Chengqian said: "Since it was an unintentional mistake, Gu will not bother with you, but you must make an apology for your mistake this time. How long does it take for Gu to leave Chang'an City?" God, how to make an apology, you can decide for yourself."

Weigh yourself?

The samurai immediately became frowning, as if asking what to eat and answering casually, how do you weigh it yourself?How much compensation is appropriate?

Ignoring the samurai Yi and changing to another horse, Li Chengqian told the team to move on.

"Your Highness, just let him go like this?"

Zhang Yun was very dissatisfied. The prince was in danger again, but he didn't protect him well, which hit him hard.For a road more than five meters wide, he was stunned to require three or more riders on the left and right to protect it.

"Don't let it go, Zhang Yun, don't be too nervous, make it seem like everyone is an assassin. Think about it carefully, except for the Wang family, it seems that I have never dealt with anyone, and I have not forged too much hatred. Bar."

Feng An laughed loudly and said: "A monarch should have some boldness, and the old man thinks that His Highness's move is good. At least, this Wu or something guy has returned to His Highness."

Li Chengqian could only smile awkwardly, whether it was the scene at the banquet or now, it was just that he naturally felt that he should do this.As for Feng An's willingness to understand it as buying people's hearts, let's understand it that way!

Belonging to the racecourse led by Qin, not far from the Weishui River, when passing the fork, a team of imperial guards had already sent Ashina Helu over.

This team of imperial guards was arranged by the emperor beside He Lu, not only responsible for guarding him, but also responsible for protecting him.As for whether to send He Lu back, he didn't say anything.

Seeing his younger brother, Ashina Xue, who was originally following Li Chengqian, didn't care about being rude, so she drove the horse and ran over quickly. The two siblings jumped off the horse and hugged each other excitedly, talking quickly in Turkic.

"Your Highness, the side concubine asked how he was doing, and he replied that he was very happy."

A translator who understands Turkic immediately translated.

After He Lu was connected, the army that cleared up the wild beasts was assembled this time.

The village infested by wild animals is very close to the Qinling Mountains, and many of them are refugees who have left the mountains to settle down.They have been fighting wild beasts in the mountains, so they have a strong ability to resist, and there are not many casualties.

To settle down in the mountains, you must abide by the rules and regulations of the imperial court. You cannot surround the village with wood and make it look like a bandit cottage.

At this time, the Qinling Mountains were really dominated by wild animals, and the later generations of wild animal protection laws had no market in the Tang Dynasty. Not to mention wild boars, even tigers, they had to be killed if they should be killed.Killing them is killing harm for the people, not killing them is the government's dereliction of duty.

Zhou Jizhi, the county magistrate of Wannian County, had been waiting in the village for a long time. Although there was no such thing as remuneration in the order of the Ministry of War, he still brought some food as a thank you gift, thanking the crown prince for his dispatch.

"Old Zhou, compared with He Shou, you are less upright in doing things. Since Gu came here with his own soldiers, why do you still accept your gifts? Sending food back, it is not shameful to do so money."

Zhou Jizhi wiped the sweat from his forehead and said: "Your Majesty knows it's wrong to do this, but this is not called by the lower officials, but sent out by the folks themselves. The originally doubled tax was thought by His Majesty as a reason for the Supreme Emperor to pray for blessings. They have been tax-free for three years, and although they have only just left the mountain, these refugees soon lived a good life. This is the wish of the villagers, and I think it would be better for you to accept it."

Looking at the smiling people with their heads poking out from the doorways of each house, Li Chengqian smiled, and then ordered the army Sima to count and accept it.

The head of this village is called Fang Dashan, who is also a refugee. Although his arms are hanging, judging from the tiger skin he is wearing, he is a great guy.

"Your Highness, if there were only one or two wild boars, the grass people would not dare to bother the court, but the recent attacks on the village were all tigers and other ferocious beasts. Seven or eight men were injured. There is really no other way, we can only count on the army to dispatch."

"A lot of tigers?"

"There are probably more than three or five in the nearby mountains and forests. Every year, the lower officials will organize the people to drive them back to the mountains by beating gongs, drums, and setting fire. But this year, I don't know what happened. They drove them away, but it didn't work. After a day or two , and they will come back.”

Feng An interjected and said: "These ferocious beasts all have their own mountains. The weak cannot defeat the strong, and the old cannot defeat the strong, so they can only give up their territory. Beasts that are forced out of the mountains can not only attack people, but also attack people." There's no way out."

Li Chengqian nodded, looking at the forest in front of the village, he felt the insignificance of human beings in front of nature for the first time.

At this time in the Tang Dynasty, people had not completely conquered Lin Mang, and people in later generations would go to the world to seek living space, but here, they still had to fight against wild beasts.

Stretching out his hand to touch the tiger skin on Fang Dashan's body, especially the huge claws, Li Chengqian wondered if Wu Song had killed a young tiger.Is this thing really something that people can deal with with bare hands?

"Your Highness, if you like it, I will give it to you. This is what I planned to give to the royal family. I thank the royal family for giving me a way to survive."

Fang Dashan's words were sincere. When he first came out of the mountain, he was still worrying about when he would be able to survive the double tax. Whoever thought of His Majesty's words would remove their taxes and exempt them from taxation. In three years, they have accumulated a lot of property.Recalling the hard life in Qin Lingli, I realized that what I am living now is the life of a human being.

"Since it is the wishes of the people, Gu will accept it instead of the father."

He reached out to take the tiger skin, turned around and handed it to Zhang Yun for safekeeping.

The emperor will definitely accept the tiger skin, after all, it is a proof that he is deeply loved by the people.Although Fang Dashan and the others simply repayed their kindness, they didn't know that when the emperor was happy, he would be rewarded generously.

After stationing around a courtyard specially cleared out by Fang Dashan, Li Chengqian decided to take a team of people to spy on the situation first.

Obviously only a dozen people could do the job, but because he had to do it by himself, it became a large team of 200 people.

Feng An took the lead, controlling the horse with one hand, and holding the bow in his left hand. When passing by a forest, he shot an arrow casually, and shot down a pheasant that had just taken off.

The skill of archery has reached his level, and he can really be called a master archer.Because it is clearly the performance of one person's skill, but its effect has surpassed the scope of understanding in the eyes of others.

"Feng Gong's archery skills are really superb, but you promised to teach Gu archery, but later you backed out, what's the matter?"

Just one sentence made Feng Ang ashamed: "Your Highness, don't be surprised, the Feng family lived in the south of the Five Ridges. Although there are some ancient books, they are not as detailed as those in the Central Plains. The old man covets the Han family's classics. You can read and write. The college is a good place to teach and educate people. Since you can’t stay in Chang’an for too long, you must hurry up. Your Highness’s talent is very good, and the rest is just to accumulate experience. How much can I teach?”

During the conversation, another pheasant took off from the grass, and Li Chengqian shot an arrow without even thinking about it.The arrow didn't know where it went, but the pheasant was still taking off.Unwilling to embarrass the prince, more than 100 arrows flew out.There is no shortage of superb archery skills in the team led by him. The pheasant that took off halfway turned into a hedgehog immediately.

Reining in the horse, Li Chengqian pointed at the pheasant speechlessly and said, "Bastard, is more than 100 arrows wasted like this? Pick them up for Gu!"

Two people were left to pick up the arrows, and the rest, including Li Chengqian, dismounted and walked instead.Further on is the foot of the mountain. Riding on the mountain can easily hurt the hooves of the horse. People who love horses will not do this, and he is no exception if he is a prince.You know, in the army, the general's war horse is treated better than the family's concubine.

After walking a few steps inside, I saw the remains of a goat.

Looking at the remains of the goat, Zhang Yun said with certainty, "This must have been done by a tiger. The blood is still warm, and it probably hasn't gone far. Your Highness, please don't leave the team."

Naturally, Li Chengqian nodded again and again, only a fool would fight against a tiger. Although he was wearing armor and felt that his martial arts were already good, he still felt that it was impossible to deal with a tiger.

The tiger's footprints can still be vaguely seen on the ground, but it's a pity that I didn't bring a black charcoal head this time, otherwise I can find the tiger's location by following the smell without looking at the footprints.

More than 200 people immediately drew their swords out of their sheaths and looked around vigilantly.

It didn't take long to continue to go deeper, and saw a cave.

After looking at the blood stains at the entrance of the cave, Zhang Yun nodded with certainty: "This is it, get ready to go in!"

Before he finished speaking, Li Chengqian gave him a kick: "Idiot, the entrance of the cave is so narrow that two people can barely walk side by side. Do you think one or two can deal with tigers?"

Feng Ang laughed and said: "Sure enough, His Highness is still careful, it is true, there is no big mistake in being careful."

He waved his hand to call Zhan Tianhou, and handed the fire bag in his hand.

As the fastest runner among the princes, Changtianhou is the most suitable person for this kind of dangerous work.

A pile of dry leaves is lit and covered with wet leaves, thick smoke appears immediately.

The direction of the wind in the mountains fluctuated from left to right, but because the fire was right at the entrance of the cave, the thick smoke went in smoothly.

Not long after, a tall, slender guy jumped out of the hole, looking around vigilantly, and found himself surrounded by a group of monkeys walking on two legs and wearing iron sheets.

Seeing the fur with black spots on the yellow background, Li Chengqian was puzzled for a while. Don't leopards live on the African savannah?How come Qinling also has it?

More than 200 people have surrounded the entrance of the cave, and when they saw a leopard instead of a tiger, everyone sighed.Tigers are difficult to deal with. Leopards are hard to kill if you want to have a good skin. After all, this thing runs fast and can climb trees.

"Get rid of it, be careful not to break the leather!"