Chapter 459: The Dagger in the Trunk of a Tree
The royal forest farm is located in the western suburbs of Yanjing City fifty miles, it is a royal forest specially carved out by the first emperor during his reign, the folk saying is that the forest within a radius of dozens of miles is called the royal forest farm, but the elegant name is called the Imperial Forest Garden. Huanglin Garden is a place specially used by the royal family for hunting, the emperor will lead many officials to come to Huanglin Garden to hunt twice in winter and summer every year, which is the rule set by King Yanwu, the founder of Yan Kingdom, when he was alive.
Normally, every time they hunted, officials above the third rank of the DPRK and China would be on their side.
It's just that last winter, the emperor hunted in winter, but was almost injured by the assassins laid down by the Ye and Wu families, that time there was a big ** in Yanjing, the emperor escaped the assassination of Huanglin Yuan, and when he returned to Dongzhimen, there was another mutiny, fortunately the Imperial Forest Army rescued in time, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable......
However, the assassination incident in Huanglin Yuan also became a major event that shocked the Manchu Dynasty, so near Huanglin Garden, a battalion of men and horses, hundreds of people, was specially stationed to defend Huanglin Yuan, and no one was allowed to enter.
This Imperial Forest Garden is an ancient tree towering to the sky, looking at it from afar, the green shade is in groups, the branches and leaves are luxuriant, because there is a special person to take care of it, the trees here grow very strong, and you can hear the sound of birds and beasts in the Imperial Forest Garden from afar.
In this Huanglin Garden within a radius of dozens of miles, there are many fierce beasts such as wolves, insects, tigers and leopards, as well as docile animals such as elk and white rabbits, and there are all kinds of birds that inhabit here, which can be regarded as an extremely good place for hunting.
It's just that there are a lot of fierce beasts in this, there is a certain risk, if the royal family enters the hunt, they are also accompanied by guards, if they hurt the small members of the royal family because of hunting, it is more than worth the loss......
The horses under Han Mo's seat are the best war horses in the Royal Forest Barracks, but they are a little inferior to the fast horses of Princess Xiu and others, and Princess Xiu's dozen rides swept across the earth like the wind, and Han Mo and the three hundred iron horsemen could only look at them from afar. This made Han Mo very unhappy, and he even felt that if he had the opportunity to go back, he must educate Princess Xiu, everyone was so familiar, and there was no need to be so faceless.
Fifty miles, under the hooves of a horse, is really nothing.
It didn't take long to see Princess Xiu's team stop in front of a large forest, the knights behind her were fan-shaped, and the black cloak fluttered, reflecting the splendor of the red cloak......
Han Mo had only seen her (sexual) and charming side before, and when he saw her in the spring of spring, he saw such a heroic posture from afar at this time, but it was extremely amazing.
The guards stationed here had already come forward to greet him, and the iron cavalry led by Han Mo also arrived quickly, and when he got close, he raised his right arm and signaled the cavalry to stop, and then urged the horse to step forward, to Princess Dexiu's side, turned over and dismounted, and stepped forward to see: "The commander of the leopard battalion makes Han Mo see Her Royal Highness the princess!" ”
Princess Xiu held the reins of the horse in her left hand and held the horsewhip in her right hand, at this time she put the horsewhip in her left hand, lifted the hat with her right hand, and (revealed) the beautiful appearance of the country and the city, with a faint smile on her face......
Han Mo glanced up at Princess Xiu, and saw her ice muscles and snow skin, a smile on her beautiful face was extremely moving, and he sighed in his heart: "Beauty is beauty, no matter what kind of dress she is, she can't hide her beauty!" ”
"Han Mo!" Princess Xiu looked up at the emerald forest: "This palace is going to enter the Imperial Forest Garden to hunt, you ...... Come with Hongu alone and protect Hongu! ”
Han Mo was stunned, a little puzzled. He also knows that the name of this Huanglin Garden is good, but it is very dangerous inside, there are not a few wolves, insects, tigers and leopards, in the past, the royal family hunted and protected them, and there were at least twenty people, but Princess Xiu only let herself accompany her in today, Han Mo couldn't figure out whether Princess Xiu was going out to hunt or to date him in a different environment.
Although the latter sounds very tempting, Princess Xiu is really bold to have a tryst in this dangerous place......
As soon as Princess Xiu's words fell, before Han Mo could speak, someone behind her immediately admonished: "Princess, the Imperial Forest Garden is extremely precipitous, the princess must not set foot in adventures, and her subordinates must be guarded closely!" ”
Princess Xiu said lightly: "You don't have to worry, wait here, the palace will be fine!" ”
"But ......!" The man still (wanted) to persuade again, but Princess Xiu had already frowned slightly, and interrupted: "This palace has already said it, no need to say more!" Stretch out your hand, "Hongu's bow!" ”
Immediately a man came up and presented a longbow, which was a large bow, at least two stones, and an ordinary sergeant might not be able to pull it away.
It's just that this longbow looks a little old, but it looks like a good bow that has been treasured for many years......
Princess Xiu took the big bow and put the arrow box (inserted) on the horse's belly, then she glanced at Han Mo and smiled charmingly, "Han Mo, this palace enters the hunt, if you are injured by the prey, you can't escape the big crime!" With a coquettish sound, the steed under the seat had already scattered its hooves and galloped into the forest.
Han Mo was taken aback, he didn't dare to slack off, turned over on his horse, and patted the horse to follow. He knew that Princess Xiu was hunting today, so he had prepared a longbow and quiver box, a sword at his waist, an arrow box on the horse's belly, and a longbow in his hand from the horse, and chased him into the forest with all his equipment.
As a royal hunting ground, the Imperial Forest Garden is extremely well protected, Han Mo entered it, as if he had really entered the primeval forest, today's weather was already dim, and there was no sunlight projecting into the forest, so looking at it, the entire Imperial Forest Garden was very (overcast) dark......
Han Mo frowned slightly, speaking from his heart, today is not a good weather, because the forest is dim, and the visual distance is not far, fortunately, Han Mo has practiced the "Immortal Sutra", and the visual distance is much farther than ordinary people, but the conditions dictate it, it is quite difficult to detect the prey from a distance.
But since your main purpose is to accompany Princess Xiu, whether you can shoot prey or not, that is not the purpose of this trip.
The fiery red cloak was also very conspicuous in the forest, which made Han Mo feel a lot more comfortable, at least with the conspicuous red cloak, he would not be able to follow Princess Dixiu.
Han Mo even felt that Princess Xiu was wearing a red cloak today, did she have already thought about using it to make a path for herself, if this was the case, Princess Xiu's mind was really smart......
Hunting in the forest, the horse's speed naturally slowed down a lot, Han Mo quickly caught up with Princess Xiu, only a few meters away from her, hearing the faint cry of fierce beasts in the depths of the forest, he couldn't help but say loudly: "Princess, the depths of the forest are too dangerous, let's shoot some prey around the edge of this Imperial Forest Garden, right?" ”
Princess Xiu slowed down her horse, turned around, and smiled: "What, General Han is scared?" ”
Han Mo immediately said: "The princess laughed, Han Mo was not afraid of the beast, he was just worried that the princess would be injured by the beast...... The princess has golden branches and jade leaves, and she is injured in the hands of birds and beasts, so it's not good to say! ”
Princess Xiu chuckled, "You have so many reasons. Han Mo, this palace asks you, if this palace doesn't summon you to hunt today, won't you go to the palace to see this palace? ”
Han Mo immediately said: "What a great wrong, princess, I would like to see you, but ...... I'm just afraid that the princess doesn't want to see me! ”
"Nonsense!" Princess Xiu's willow eyebrows raised: "When you left, the light and thin palace, the palace has not been looking for you to settle accounts...... Are you fooling around like this? Do you know that this palace has been waiting for you to come back and teach you a good lesson! ”
When Han Mo heard this, he thought of going to Yichun to make Princess Xiu a little light in the palace, and the two white balls (meat) on Princess Xiu's chest suddenly sounded in his head, and he couldn't help but glance at Princess Xiu's **, but it was a pity that Princess Xiu was wearing a robe, completely covering her beautiful (sexual) figure, but she didn't have that eye blessing......
"Princess, this ...... At that time I was excited, you ...... Forgive me! Han Mo smiled and looked at Princess Xiu's beautiful face......
"Momentarily excited?" Princess Xiu seemed to smile: "I was excited for a while, but I bullied the head of this palace, Han Mo, your courage is comparable to the tiger and leopard in this Imperial Forest Garden!" ”
Han Mo smiled, but thought in his heart: "You can't blame me all at that time, aren't you also excited to cater to me?" Everyone can only be regarded as **, and no one can blame anyone! It's just that this is what she thinks in her heart, so naturally she can't say it, otherwise Princess Xiu will be ashamed, and she may not have good fruits to eat today. Although he didn't know the details of Princess Xiu's martial arts, he knew very well that Princess Xiu's kung fu was far superior to his own.
Princess Xiu turned her head, holding a longbow in her hand, looking into the depths of the forest, thoughtfully, but did not speak for a while.
Han Mo urged him to step forward, head to head with Princess Xiu's horse, and turned his head to look at Princess Xiu's face, but saw that there was no smile on that beautiful face, looking at the depths of the forest, as if thinking about something.
After a while, Princess Xiu suddenly shook the reins of the horse and urged the horse to gallop into the depths of the forest, Han Moxiang wanted to dissuade him, but it was too late, so he could only pat the horse to follow.
The ancient trees are towering, the branches are luxuriant, the deeper you go into the forest, the bigger the trees will be, and the darker the surrounding environment will be, but Princess Xiu's horse skills are not trivial, in the dense woods, her horses are galloping like lightning, fortunately, Han Mo's equestrian skills are not covered, but they can also follow.
It's just that he is a little strange, there are obviously prey flashing around here, and some are even close at hand, but Princess Xiu does not let go of an arrow, but just gallops towards the depths of the forest.
After a long time, Princess Xiu's horse slowed down and stopped in front of a large tree.
Han Mo followed, only to see Princess Xiu looking at the big tree blankly, following her gaze, only to see that in the middle of the big tree, about a meter high from the root of the tree, there was actually a dagger.
The dagger had long since rusted, but it was deep in the trunk of the tree, and it was evident that it had been in the tree for many, many years.
Han Mo was full of doubts, he was really curious about this dagger, but what he was even more curious about was why Princess Xiu actually looked at this dagger with that obsessive look.
If Princess Xiu entered the depths of the forest just to see this dagger, then to be able to find this big tree among these tens of millions of ancient trees, it would be too amazing in her memory, almost to the point of horror.
It's just a coincidence...... Or did Princess Xiu really come to see this dagger? There are updates to the latest chapters in a timely manner
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