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The matter of the palace painting collection passed away tacitly. After Lich went back that day, Xiao Yan had neatly put the painting collection back into the treasure chest and closed the lid.

So the two of them never mentioned the picture book again. The lich had long forgotten that there was still a picture book of his mortal life inside the big treasure box. He just thought that the folk customs here were conservative, and hoped that the little emperor would not take it lightly. For dirty and vulgar paintings, I mistakenly think that I have ulterior motives.

Fortunately, the little emperor still kept his etiquette and rules, and couldn't be more prudent, facing the Lich as before, with the same expression on his face, so the Lich also erased this matter.

And for the next few days, Empress Dowager Sun had nightmares one after another, and she was out of her mind. Listening to the rumors in the palace, she seemed to be dreaming of Mrs. Cheng Enhou who had just passed away, and sometimes she would dream of the late emperor and some former concubines.He successively spent money to entrust Baoguang Temple to perform rituals for the first emperor and Mrs. Cheng Enhou, and even donated several golden statues in Baoguang Temple.

She has no time to take care of Xiao Yan, every time Xiao Yan goes to pay her respects, she reads scriptures and meditates in front of the Buddha, and Cheng Enhou has also calmed down these days, probably because Cheng Enhou's mansion is also regarded as the funeral of his wife , a lot quieter.

So Xiao Yan finally got another day of free time, and immediately arranged to go to Qiyun Village, and brought the Lich with him. When Zhu Rufeng saw the Lich, he was stunned for a long time.

Lich's golden hair was braided in a bun, and Xiao Yan chose a red gold silk crown for his front hair. A beaded hairpin went through the golden crown, and the long tail hung down to the back of the shoulder, like a golden crown. Feipu, wearing a loose but layered luxurious white robe, is spotless, and wears dragon leather gloves on both hands in the robe, only to see the deep eyebrows, the golden eyes, and the complexion is terrifying, just like the ice and snow of Linfeng, unattainable.

Zhu Rufeng was stunned for a while before asking: "This young master is..." Even his voice was lowered, as if he was afraid of offending him.

Xiao Yan was a little proud, but also a little regretful: "This is Wu Jiuyao, you can call him Mr. Wu, Mr. Wu is my teacher, and you also need to treat him as a teacher."

Zhu Rufeng came to a sudden realization, and hurriedly bowed deeply: "It turns out that the owner of the house is Mr. Wu."

The Lich smiled slightly, and bowed his hands in return: "Thank you for the guards." Xiao Yan also remembered that the house was registered under the Lich's name, and smiled: "Yes, today we are guests, and Mr. Jiu Yao is the master."

Zhu Rufeng followed them out to the school grounds in a trance, first ordered someone to bring a horse to choose for the emperor and Mr. Wu, and at the same time notified someone to invite Wei Fanjun and Gan Rulin to come over.

Xiao Yan saw at a glance that there was indeed a very handsome white horse in the stable, with pointed ears, a long mane that fluttered in the wind, and the hair was as smooth as paint and shone like white brocade. gentlemen."

Hearing that the Lich was very soft, the Lich curled up his mouth slightly, and he walked towards the white horse. Seeing the Lich approaching, the horse in the stable was obviously very restless, with its hooves backed up, snorting anxiously, but when the Lich approached, the Lich frowned. Walking over, the white horse suddenly bent its front hooves tremblingly, and knelt down to the Lich.

Wei Fanjun and Gan Rulin happened to come over, and seeing this scene, they were slightly dumbfounded, and turned to ask Zhu Rufeng, "Who is this? It looks like a god...a person from the Western Regions?"

Zhu Rufeng said: "My name is Wu Jiuyao. My master said that I should address him as Mr. and treat him as a teacher."

Wei Fanjun watched the other party get back on his horse, with blond hair all over his body, plain robe piled up with snow, his golden eyes swept away under his thick light golden eyelashes, the light in his eyes was like electricity, several people felt a sense of coercion from nowhere, Wei Fan Jun murmured: "It floats like a cloud, and it looks like a dragon."

Gan Rulin stared at it, and said in a low voice, "That big sword must belong to him."

Zhu Rufeng also reacted: "It is very likely that the style is not like that of the Central Plains."

The three of them watched Mr. Wu drive his horse out to the side of the little emperor, but he didn't even get off the horse. He just lowered his head and said a few words to the little emperor, stretched his arms, and pulled the little emperor onto the horse, placing him in front of him. , and then explained something to him, the horse trotted up, and at some point, the little emperor took out a turquoise long bow, with large turquoise gemstones embedded in the bow, which looked very precious at first glance.

Lich supported Xiao Yan's shoulders and taught him to hold the bow firmly, while saying: "This is an elf bow, and the gems on it are wind element gems and eagle eye runes, which can give bonuses to the arrows shot and ensure the hit rate. Plus speed, the faster the speed, the greater the power of the shot. The elf's own strength is also insufficient, so it is very suitable for you to use."

Xiao Yan pulled the bow, and it was really much easier: "It really seems to be easier than the bow drawn in the riding and archery class before."

The Lich said: "Have you forgotten that you have been swinging the sword for the past few months? This is also useful for your arm strength. Although this elf's longbow has a magic bonus, it is not easy for ordinary people to draw."

Xiao Yan became happy: "That means I have been very productive in the past few months."

The Lich said: "Yes, when shooting an arrow while riding a horse, the most important thing is to keep your body stable, including the stability of your arms and shoulders, as well as the adjustment of your breathing. You should familiarize yourself with it."

He rolled over lightly and dismounted from the galloping horse, leaving only Xiao Yan on the horse, Xiao Yan was startled, turned his head to see him standing firmly by the side of the road, and then he was at ease, pulling The horse tried again for a while. After all, he had taken riding and archery lessons before, and the bow was really smooth. The horse was also different from before. It was very docile and obedient. After a while, it really hit the target steadily with a few arrows.

Wei Fanjun was a little envious: "This Mr. Wu is very safe at first glance, and he is very good at teaching."

Zhu Rufeng turned his head and glanced at him. For some reason, Wei Fanjun felt guilty, and quickly turned his head to look for his horse. They all got on the horse and tried it in the school field, and then led by Zhu Rufeng to the back mountain learn archery.

The forest in the back mountain is full of verdant green, with wild flowers everywhere, full of wild interest. Because of the heavy rain just the day before yesterday, the soil is soft and exudes the unique fragrance of soil and wild flowers and plants. The forest wind is very refreshing.

A group of them rode into the forest, and General Yin ran ahead of the horses, sniffing the road ahead with his wet nose.

Zhu Rufeng introduced: "A few days ago, after my master told me, I caught a lot of pheasants, live sheep, live deer, wild boars and other live animals to raise here, but I didn't have any experience. I miscalculated. The wild boars are too ferocious. There are a lot of sheep and chickens, and it’s useless to put them in again, so I can only let Lao Gan go out again, slaughter the wild boar, smoke it there, and fill it with a lot of sausages, roast it for a while and let the master taste it.”

Xiao Yan couldn't help laughing when he heard what he said was funny, Wei Fanjun exaggerated: "No way! Even I know wild boars are fierce, how can they be kept in circles with other small animals? But Lao Gan, you alone Can you kill the wild boar?"

Gan Rulin said lightly, "It's just a matter of a sword."

Zhu Rufeng said with a smile: "Boss He is about to cry. He split the wild boar from the head into two pieces with a sword. The intestines and blood were all over the ground. He sent someone to clean it up for a long time."

Only then did Xiao Yan remember: "Where is He Changan?"

Zhu Rufeng said: "At the other side of the valley, order people to clean up the place, arrange the roasting tripod and firewood, and wait for the master to hunt."

Just as the words fell to the ground, he suddenly saw the Lich holding the horse and pointing in one direction: "There is a pheasant over there, shoot it over there and have a look."

Xiao Yan excitedly picked up the bow and shot in that direction, only to see a pheasant flying out from a bush with fluttering wings, then quickly rushed into the back mountain, and disappeared in a blink of an eye.

Xiao Yan was a little disappointed: "Missed."

He looked at everyone looking at him, a little embarrassed: "Let's disperse and go hunting, as long as there is a gentleman with me."

Zhu Rufeng was startled, and glanced at Lich, who turned to him and nodded: "Go, I'm here, don't worry about your safety."

Zhu Rufeng, however, knew a little bit that there was a witch doctor with great powers beside the emperor, and he knew in his heart that this would be the one if there was no accident. , then we will separate, let’s divide into three groups, Fan Jun and I, Gan Rulin and his dog. Did you see the flag over there? That’s the stream of the canyon, and He Chang’an is waiting there We took the prey and grilled it."

Xiao Yan nodded quickly: "Okay, let's gather at the valley in an hour's time!"

But the lich stopped Zhu Rufeng: "Wait." He threw a crossbow into Zhu Rufeng's hand: "Take this for you to play with."

Zhu Rufeng picked up the crossbow, his eyes suddenly lit up: "This is... a Liannu?"

The Lich nodded and said succinctly: "Crossbow." Picked another bag of arrows and gave him: "Try it yourself."

Zhu Rufeng cheered up and was eager to try. He wished he could find a wild animal and try it immediately. He cupped the crossbow and said, "Thank you, Mr. Wu, for the bow!"

The Lich waved his hand: "Go."

For a moment everyone dispersed, and Wei Fanjun could be heard from a distance asking Zhu Rufeng: "What is Liannu? What's the difference between crossbow and arrows?" There was also the barking of dogs at Gan Rulin's side.

Only then did Xiao Yan let out a long sigh of relief: "I'm bad at riding and shooting, they all stared at me, I was nervous all over, I was so uncomfortable, luckily they all left."

The Lich gathered the horse for him: "Practice makes perfect when riding and shooting. Just try it, and I will follow you." He pointed in a direction, walking here, there is a gazelle ahead.

Only then did Xiao Yan relax. Holding the bow, he galloped forward, and gradually began to feel comfortable in controlling the horse. Sure enough, after running for about a mile, he saw a gazelle on the side of the road, and heard the sound of the horse's hooves and galloped away. , Xiao Yan hurriedly drew his bow and set up an arrow, aimed at the gazelle and began to shoot again.

But he just loosened the string, and the moment the arrow flew out, he knew that the strength was not enough. Sure enough, the arrow fell before it hit the gazelle. He quickly hooked up the arrow and started shooting. The sheep took about a dozen shots before it was considered a hit, but it was obviously not strong enough. Although the gazelle was hit by the arrow, it continued to run with the arrow.

Xiao Yan only wanted to catch up with the gazelle, and he just chased after him with his horse, but saw an arrow swish out from behind him, whoosh!The gazelle was nailed to the tree trunk with great force, and the gazelle almost died without struggling.

Xiao Yan widened his eyes and reined in his horse, panting to see the arrow on the gazelle's neck, which was covered with frost, so he knew it was the arrow of a Lich, turned to look at him and smiled, the Lich said: "Ahead is a deep valley, If you continue to run, it will be dangerous, and you must pay attention to the road and be safe when hunting, and you must not just stare at the prey."

Only then did Xiao Yan realize his intentions, and said with a smile, "Okay, I remember." He looked at the gazelle again, not sure whether to dismount, but saw that the Lich raised his hand, and a bone chain rushed away. In the past, he circled the gazelle and collected it back, and landed safely behind the horse. He directed him and said, "There is a pheasant on the left."

Holding the bow steady, Xiao Yan turned his head and walked towards the forest, while smiling, he asked the Lich: "Did you often hunt before?"

The Lich said: "Well, the elves are a race that likes to hunt. When I lived with them, I often participated in hunting. But what we hunt are very large prey and monsters."

Xiao Yan asked curiously: "Why do you want to hunt monsters?" He drove his horse a little closer to Lich's horse, and felt that there were only the two of them in the deep forest, so he felt very at ease.

The Lich said: "Many materials on monsters are very useful, such as scales, bones, hearts, blood, and flesh. For example, the wind bats in the illustration book last time have saturated wind element crystals in their bodies, which can be used to cast wind. Magic...there are also nightmare beasts and monitor lizards in the forest, all of which are very precious spell-casting materials."

Unknowingly hunting in the deep forest for more than an hour, Xiao Yan finally managed to shoot a pheasant and two hares under the guidance of the Lich. With a smile on his face, he went to the valley.

On the rocky bank beside the creek in the valley, He Changan had already taken a few maids to choose a clean place to set up a soft shed, spread out mats for seats, lit fire coals, and prepared roasting tripods and pots and stoves. When Xiao Yan came here, it was as if he had seen a living dragon, and he rushed up to hug Xiao Yan and dismounted: "My lord, why did you bring only one person with you? What about Zhu Rufeng and the others? Didn't they serve you well? "After speaking, seeing Lich's golden eyes, I don't know why I felt a little chill in my heart: "Who is this?"

Xiao Yan dismounted with a smile and handed both the hare and the pheasant to He Changan: "This is Mr. Wu, treat him like a teacher."

He Chang'an respectfully said: "Mr. Wu, please sit down." While he was busy ordering people to clean up the hare, pheasant and that yellow sheep: "Master is really very advanced, he can hunt so many prey, Hurry up and sit down and drink some tea, your face is getting a little red from the sun, and you need to apply some cream later."

He held the teapot and poured tea for Xiao Yan. Xiao Yan took the teacup but subconsciously handed it to the Lich. The Lich didn't care. He would be thirsty, but when he turned his head and saw the Lich sitting there in a white robe still spotless, with a teacup in his hand, it was not at all obvious that he was a necromancer with no body temperature, no breathing, and no need to drink or eat. demon.

He sat down next to the Lich, took the ice handkerchief from the maids, and instead of letting them wipe it for him, he waved it back and whispered to the Lich while wiping the sweat from his forehead and back: "Relying on you!" It's so cool." He even found that the Lich's body couldn't even see the pores, and his face was like jade.

The Lich turned to look at the lively Xiao Yan, smiled slightly, stretched out a gloved finger, and flicked the yoghurt bowl in front of Xiao Yan, the yoghurt inside instantly turned into ice cream, A few bright red and tender cherries placed inside were also covered with thin ice.

Xiao Yan took a sip of ice water, and smiled, but saw Wei Fanjun yelling over in the distance: "Master! This crossbow is too easy to use! I think the living things on this mountain are almost as fast as they are. Let Zhu Rufeng kill them all!"

Zhu Rufeng led the horse over, and was immediately loaded with prey, big and small. He handed the reins to the servant boy, and looked at the Lich with shining eyes: "It can be used by hand, and it can be fired in succession. It’s a divine weapon! If it’s on the battlefield... dare I ask, sir, can it be imitated?”

Lich said indifferently: "Whatever." In fact, the imitation may not be successful, because the main material in this crossbow is the tendon of the abyssal giant crocodile, which can ensure the elasticity and toughness, and it may not be possible to replace it with other rubber bands.

But Xiao Yan remembered something, took out a few rolls of drawings and handed them to Zhu Rufeng: "This is a drawing of a windmill or something. If you have time, let someone study it and see if it can be repaired by the stream. A windmill or something."

Zhu Rufeng took it over and opened it. He had already seen the drawings of the trebuchet and the ladder with sharp eyes. He quickly rolled it up, his heart pounding. Xiao Yan's sweaty hair on the back shook his back collar, letting the hair shake out from the layers of collar.

He hurriedly said: "Don't worry, Lord, I will arrange it!"

Wei Fanjun was already urging the maids to serve fresh meat and fish: "Grill it up, I'm starving to death." After a while, he hurried over with a bunch of black skewers: "Master, this incense, I'll grill it for you A string?"

Xiao Yan turned his head and saw that there was a string of cicadas with clear whiskers and claws, he was startled and couldn't help pressing the hand of the Lich next to him: "No, you can taste it yourself."

Zhu Rufeng laughed: "This is really delicious, sir, it is a loss." He turned his head but said: "Old Gan is back, oh, there is venison to eat."

Sure enough, General Yin ran over first, followed by Gan Rulin pulling the horse, and immediately carrying a rather fat deer heavily.

The copper square tripod was filled with charcoal, covered with silver forks, and densely roasted with slices of meat, except for the whole rabbit and pheasant they just brought, which were covered with spices, brushed with honey and shone, and a bunch of Grilled cicadas on skewers, grilled lamb waist, grilled lamb heart, grilled fish, and a shallow copper plate on the side is filled with broiled clams, chestnuts, mushrooms and other things.

The aroma of the barbecue was intoxicating, the twilight gradually invaded the valley, the stove was flickering, and the mutton soup and pheasant soup were also burning in the small pot, and the gurgling water boiled. far away.

Wei Fanjun drank some wine, opened up the chatterbox, and chattered endlessly: "Although I was beaten up and didn't have to go to the palace to accompany me to read, but those snobs posted here instead, posting posts for me every day, or enjoying flowers , or poetry meeting, or reading the scriptures, huh! Whenever I see it, I make all kinds of insinuations..."

Zhu Rufeng added a few words from time to time, and Wei Fanjun spoke even more vigorously.

Wu Yunduo came out of the jungle unknowingly, with twinkling eyes, he staggered close to Ganrulin, sniffed with his soft nose, and licked the giant sword standing on the tree beside Ganrulin, The fluffy black fur was in a mess, and General Yin stood up vigilantly and stared at the dark clouds.

Gan Rulin pressed General Yin's head: "Be quiet." General Yin hummed twice, bent down softly, squinted his eyes, but still stared at Wu Yunduo, and glanced at Lich from time to time, but every time he glanced, All of them tightened their tails and clamped them close to Gan Rulin's thighs.

Zhu Rufeng asked Gan Rulin, "Didn't you say you had a strange dream a few days ago?"

Gan Rulin hummed, and didn't say anything, but he dreamed that Miss Sun Jia came to talk to him, tears filled his eyelashes, he was dressed in plain clothes, wearing a bone crown on his head, but it seemed like an eternal farewell, very strange, and he heard about Cheng's death the next day. The wife of Enhou Mansion died, which made him feel a little ominous.He involuntarily glanced at Xiao Yan, after all, she was the future queen in name, even if the gift was not completed, he should not ask rashly.But Zhu Rufeng said: "Mrs. Chengenhou seems to be dead at the family temple, and the lady of Chengenhou's mansion is also guarding filial piety over there."

Gan Rulin was thoughtful, but Wei Fanjun asked Zhu Rufeng: "Why do you care so much about where the young lady keeps her filial piety?"

Zhu Rufeng stuffed him with a skewer of venison: "You're a good guy, eat it."

Wei Fanjun was puzzled when he took the venison: "I didn't eat it, that's why I was beaten. The family doesn't allow it to be eaten. I'll just eat some chicken."

Xiao Yan couldn't help snickering, leaning against the Lich all the time, coveting the cool and snowy air on his body, the Lich held a cup in his hand most of the time, and was silent most of the time.

Gradually it got dark, and a river of stars in the sky was extremely bright. Xiao Yan was thinking about the future, but felt that the present is already very good.