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4. Guo Wang Li Zezhi

The wilderness and mountains of Yunyang were galloping with men and women riding horses, wearing brocade clothes and red coats, flying eagles and dogs, which were very lively.

The guard of honor in the Daming Palace is even more eye-catching. The emperor's vehicle is holding a blue umbrella cover and a red curtain. There are dozens of Shenwei Army Knights carrying bows and arrows around him, followed by female officials such as Song Ruohua and Song Ruozhao, concubines, and a large number of central government officials in purple clothes.

But the emperor was not in the car. The man on his own was riding a horse, pulling a golden arrow on his back, turning over a horn-controlled bow, shooting at the soldiers holding a lasso and spears coaxing the birds and beasts who were driven away. This is called "repelling".

The first wave of beasts passed by the emperor. The generals who were hunting handed over the archery bows and arrows to the emperor. The emperor led the bow and shot a hare, and shouted long live the left and right;

Then the second wave passed by, and the generals gave the bow and arrow again. The emperor shot again and hit another deer. The sound of long live the loud noises were endless;

After the third wave came, the emperor personally rode his horse and placed the left side of the group of beasts that the soldiers rushed to, and fired an arrow for the third time, and hit a wild pheasant. This was Dasui.

Next, the princes and grandchildren who lived in the Ten Kings' House drove out according to the order regulations and began to hunt according to the emperor's rhythm. This is Xiao Sui.

But these princes and grandchildren were in the house of the Ten Kings and Hundreds of Grandchildren for too long. Many people couldn't even ride horses and shot arrows, which caused the female officials, generals and soldiers of the imperial guards to laugh. The emperor immediately grabbed the bow and laughed.

However, Gao Yue saw that there was an old man who was nearly 60 years old, who was full of heroic appearance and stood out in the flock of chickens and shot his prey repeatedly. When the soldiers lit the grass, many birds were frightened and flew up. The bird kept falling, and he was a sharpshooter!

"This?" Gao Yue pointed at the prince with a horse whip and asked Lingxu and Yiyang.

"This is the King of Guo, Li Zezhi." Lingxu replied.

Gao Yue's heart moved: What Guo Zhuan said that night, the prince of Dou Shenjiena was this King of Guo.

His status is comparable to that of the successor Cao Wanggao.

Li Zezhi's ancestor was Li Feng, the fifteenth son of Emperor Gaozu Li Yuan. His father was Li Ju, the governor of Henan Dao during the rebellion of Emperor Xuanzong. After the Anshi Rebellion, Li Ju entered Suizhou, Jiannan Dao as the governor and was killed by the rebel general Duan Zizhang. Now Li Zezhi was recommended by Cao Wanggao because of his extensive knowledge of literature, calligraphy and painting. His current official title is also the Censor of the Censor.

"Li Zezhi..." Gao Yue pondered. At this moment, his eyes turned to the right side of the guard of honor, but saw that among the female officials, Song Ruohua and Song Ruozhao, there was a young woman who was the Song family's younger sister Ruoxian. Although she had not officially entered the palace, she also came to participate in this grand event.

Seeing Gao Yue accidentally seeing her, Ruoxian was obviously panicked and quickly lowered his head...

When the ministers all started hunting, Gao Yue did not join in the fun. He walked freely and came to the hunting team of the middle-aged officials.

The "rod fighting method" used by the middle-aged officials is mainly aimed at small animals. A group of children in yellow shirts hold long bamboo poles and walk in front of the front. When they reach the deep thatched field, they sweep the pole. When the birds and quails are startled, the people on the back will come forward and shoot with crossbows.

"Qi Hou!" Seeing Gao Yue riding his horse, most of the officials in the group recognized him, so they bowed and bowed.

When Gao Yue saw Huo Zhongtang and others all among them, he laughed and said that He was too polite. Then he dismounted and called each other a name with Huo Zhongtang and others, and was very intimate.

Suddenly, Gao Yue saw the little eunuch sitting on the ground several feet away, staring at him with a strange look.

The so-called surrender is the rope tied behind the arrow, which is convenient for retrieval during hunting.

"Who are you?" Gao Yue asked.

The little eunuch saw Gao Yue who was a little tall and arrogant, and remembered that he was a "man slaughter" whose hands were covered with tens of thousands of party blood. He was shocked and trembled all over and did not dare to reply.

Huo Zhongtang smiled and said to Gao Yue: "I'm sure that Saburo, this little scepter is a Dongshan slave. I bought it from Pengyuancang City. Now I am my outer courtyard husband (fake). He gave him a Chinese name called Wen Che."

Hearing this, Gao Yue smiled, "After he was castrated, he could be hunted so soon?"

"The Qiang people are strong and have no difference from animals."

At this time, Gao Yue looked at Huo Wenche, and only saw the little eunuch feeling distressed.

"You have a crossbow on your hand. If you want to avenge the Dongshan Dangqiang or your family, you can shoot me." Then Gao Yue said one by one.

Amid the laughter, Huo Wenche's face was pale and he squatted in place, not daring to touch the crossbow beside him.

Gao Yue stepped forward, raised his crossbow, and then bounced his crossbow arm - a quail that was beaten by a long rod flipped in the air, and was penetrated by the crossbow arrows he shot, falling into the grass.

"Give up the idea of ​​revenge. In another ten years, your fellow races who are still in Qingzhou will only think that they are born as Tang people. Those who are not slaves will gradually eliminate their original ethnic consciousness. But Huo Wenche, if you want to ask me why I was going to kill the entire Dongshan Party Qiang?" Speaking of this, Gao Yue pointed at the outside of the barrier.

Huo Wenche, who was speaking Chinese, looked at the people in white and gray clothes standing there, holding iron forks, rope nets, lassoes and other things, and looked inside with great enthusiasm.

According to the regulations of hunting, after the emperor, prince and ministers caught prey one by one, they could finally put the people around into the hunting ground and capture the remaining birds and animals as "wild game", which could also show the ruler's side of enjoying the people and sharing the benefits with the people.

"I don't want them to be killed and plundered by you. After I encircled Dongshan this time, there were no less than three thousand Han slaves rescued. I think they lived well in their hometown and felt happy when they saw the emperor hunting, so they destroyed you first. Now that your roots are broken, your bloodline and hatred don't have to continue. This is a good thing for you." Huo Wenche seemed to understand what Gao Yue said.

At this moment, a long and agile hunting dog, with a golden bell hanging around its thin neck, rushed into the grass in everyone's exclamation, held the quail that Gao Yue had just shot, then turned around and ran towards a hunter.

"host!"

This person was Lingxu. She mentioned the quail and waved to Gao Yue, meaning that she invited him to accompany her to continue hunting in the mountains and forests over there.

The horse's hooves ran on the grass, Lingxu's beautiful hair was flying, she was in high spirits, her tight clothes, her chest was leaping rapidly, her keen eyes looked at the shaking flag set up in the hunting ground, listened to the knocking of the copper stick, and shouted "communication". As the flying falcons passed by, they kept drawing bows and shooting arrows, hunting various preys.

The yellow-shirted children behind him, the princess's house entourage sweating like rain, riding horses and pulling chariots with arrows and being caught in the wild beasts, are getting farther and farther away.
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