Zhong Lufu ran and ran, and after an unknown amount of time, she finally saw a small group of men on horseback carrying bows and arrows galloping toward her. She seemed to have seen hope, and she didn't care about her manners. She shouted for help and opened her arms.
The arm blocked their way.
Everyone reined in their reins and looked at the woman in green in front of them with great curiosity. One of them rode a few steps forward, looked at her condescendingly, and asked: "Lv Fu, what's wrong with you?"
Listening to this familiar voice, Zhong Lufu looked up and tears burst out again. She cried and begged: "Cousin Yi, I beg you, please go and save brother Ruoqian!"
Hearing Xu Ruoqian's name, Xia Houyi was also stunned. He clearly saw his uncle and Xu Ruoyu arranging people to catch Zhong Lufu and Xu Ruoqian respectively, but he didn't expect that they would break into the mountains and forests, and seeing Zhong Lufu's appearance
, obviously what happened.
"What's wrong with Ruo Qian?" Xia Houyi asked, thinking that no matter how angry his uncle and Xu Ruoyu were, he wouldn't beat them to death, right?
"I encountered a black bear in my house just now. In order to save me, brother Ruoqian led the black bear away by himself and was injured!" Zhong Lufu sobbed and begged, "Cousin Yi, brother Ruoqian doesn't know kung fu.
He will die if this continues, I beg you to save him!"
Xia Houyi had asked Xu Ruoyu before, and it was Xu Ruoqian who took the initiative to participate in this hunting trip with the royal family. Xu Ruoyu thought at the time that Xu Ruoqian, who could only study, finally got the idea, and specially found a few guards who were good at hunting to follow him
, I put it on Xu Ruoqian’s mind to hunt more prey, but he didn’t expect that something like that would happen at the silk ceremony.
So he can be sure that the affair between Xu Ruoqian and Zhong Lufu goes far beyond a day or two. But after all, this is what Zhong and Xu should worry about. As a junior, it is really not easy for him to interfere. But now Xu
Ruo Qian and Zhong Lufu both broke into the enclosure without anyone or any protective equipment. They were suddenly attacked by a black bear and were either killed or injured.
Before Xia Houyi could ask any more questions, the hunters behind him were already excited and eager to try.
Xia Houyi looked at the direction Zhong Lufu was pointing, and without much thought, he waved his riding crop and rushed out. The others saw that they had left first, and when they heard that someone was injured, they immediately followed. But
There were also a few who were confused and turned around to bring in reinforcements.
"Cousin Yi, you must rescue him!" Zhong Lufu shouted at his back. After shouting, she still felt uneasy, so she stopped a young man from aristocratic family and begged him to take her to Xu Ruoqian.
On the other side, sisters Xia Houchun and Xia Hoshu came searching all the way on horseback. The mountains and forests were full of young men hunting, and all kinds of birds and animals were chased and fled in all directions. Zhong Lufu and Xu Ruoqian were nowhere to be seen.
Xia Houchun tightened the reins and made the horse slow down. Then he turned to Xia Houchun and said, "You just said that Zhong Lufu can't ride a horse. Even if she accidentally gets lost in the woods, she won't be able to go very far.
But during our search, we didn’t see any of them except the hunter. Could it be that he didn’t come in at all?”
"Yunxi can't be mistaken, they must have come in." Xia Houshu shook his head and said.
"Then where will they go?" Xia Houchun looked around and still had no clue, so he suggested, "How about we look for them separately?"
Xia Houshu also looked around, and from time to time he would see another small beast flying past and escaping into the woods. Then stalkers would follow and shoot them with arrows.
"Let's look for it together." Xia Houshu insisted, "The most dangerous thing here is no longer the attacks of wild beasts, but the arrows that will be shot out from nowhere. We must be more careful."
Xia Houchun also thought about this. In the past few years in Jinfeng City, she had participated in several hunts with her eldest sister and City Master Han's family, but each time she would bring four or five guards with her. Apart from chasing the prey, she did not have to worry at all.
Their own safety. Now they came in in a hurry, with a bow and a bag of arrows out of their bodies, and they didn't even have any protective gear. If they were shot by someone who didn't have long eyes or poor archery skills, it would be a real disaster.
The gain outweighs the loss.
"Then let's look for it together." Xia Houchun said.
"But where should we go now?" Xia Houshu looked at the forest and hesitated.
Xia Houchun also considered it carefully. Since Zhong Lufu and Xu Ruoqian entered the forest on foot one after another, at their speed, they could only stay in the outer ring, and neither of them were stupid, so they would not have seen so many birds and beasts.
He continued to drill inside.
"Let's search along the outermost circle," Xia Houchun said.
"Okay." Xia Houshu agreed very much.
So the two of them continued to search along the outer edge of the forest.
Although it has already entered autumn, the weather has been very good in recent days, the sun has been shining brightly, and the forest has been dyed. The forest is filled with the fragrance of vegetation and a light fruity fragrance. There are many wild hawthorns and persimmons hanging on the branches. The colors are festive and the autumn feeling is strong.
.Xiahou Shu and Xiahou Chun rode for a while, but still found nothing.
Xia Houchun sighed and said, "Could it be that they have already gone out?"
"Maybe we are worrying too much." Xia Houshu also had the same suspicion.
Zhong Lufu may have been so angry that she didn't notice when she first broke into the forest. Xu Ruoqian came in to find Zhong Lufu. Both of them are smart people. They should go back immediately after realizing the danger. This can explain why they were looking for Zhong Lufu.
We went all the way and still couldn't find anyone.
Xia Houchun glanced at his sister and agreed: "In that case, let's go out too."
Just as Xia Houshu was about to say yes, he saw from the corner of his eye a goat munching on the grass leisurely in the depths of the forest, unaffected by the hunting signal. Moreover, the goat looked old and in good health.
He is huge, with shiny fur, and a pair of sharp and long horns.
Xia Houshu immediately thought of the fragrant roast mutton, and suddenly became interested. As soon as she set the arrow, the goat seemed to sense that it was in danger, and ran away, and it was far away in a flash.
"Second sister." Xia Houchun looked at Xia Houchun, "We're already here, why don't we hunt a few prey, otherwise when we go out empty-handed later, others will think that we can't cum while riding!"
"We didn't plan to participate in hunting in the first place, so what do we care about?" Xia Houchun was two years older than Xia Houshu after all, and his temperament was calmer, and he didn't have such a strange desire to win.
Xia Houshu pursed his lips and glanced reluctantly at the direction in which the goat was escaping. Her shooting skills were learned temporarily in order to cope with Yu Wenke's invitation. Until now, she had only been shooting at fixed targets, and she had never been able to shoot at fixed targets.
I have never experienced shooting a living creature.
Xia Houchun immediately understood and said with a helpless smile: "Okay, just hunt one and leave as soon as you find it!"
"Okay!" Xia Houshu immediately smiled and pointed in the direction where the goat disappeared and said, "I don't want the other goats. Let's hunt the goat just now and see who can get it first!"
"Are you sure you want to compete with me?" Xia Houchun looked contemptuous, "I won't let you go!"
"Me too!" Xia Houshu said with a smile. After saying that, she slapped the horse's butt hard and rushed out first.
Not to be outdone, Xia Houchun immediately followed.
The goat ran for a long time and suddenly stopped, seeming to observe the movement around it. Xia Houshu followed closely behind, but did not disturb the goat. He gradually slowed down the pursuit and quietly hid behind a big tree, holding his bow.
Arrow aims at the target.
Suddenly, there was a "whoosh" sound, and an arrow from nowhere hit the goat's abdomen exactly. The goat held on and ran for a few more miles. The place where the arrow hit was bleeding profusely, and then fell down.
On the ground, he struggled a few more times and then stopped moving.
Xia Houshu was very frustrated and said displeasedly: "Second sister, you really don't give in at all!"
Xia Houchun followed up on horseback. Looking at the goat that was gradually losing its breath on the ground, she frowned slightly and said, "I didn't shoot it." As she said this, she motioned to Xia Houchun to look at her quiver. There were ten feather arrows in it.
A lot of expenses.
"Who is that?" Xia Houshu hurriedly reined in the reins and looked around. When she saw clearly that the person who shot the goat was Yu Wenke, she quickly turned the horse's head and complained secretly that she was really in trouble. It was not good for her to bump into anyone.
Come to Yu Wenke. She shouldn't have been thinking nonsense just now!
Yu Wenke was accompanied by four or five people, who seemed to be his bodyguards. And they were only two sisters. If he recognized her, he would definitely make a fuss about her identity.
Xia Houchun realized that his sister's behavior was abnormal, lowered his voice and asked, "What's wrong?"
Time was running out and there was no time to explain so much. Xia Houshu could only reply in a low voice: "The person who came here is not malicious, let's leave quickly!"
Xia Houchun couldn't help but take a look at Yu Wenke. She felt that he looked familiar, but she couldn't remember who he was. Xia Houchun's reaction made her believe that the other party was indeed not a good person, and that something must have happened to them.
.
Xia Houshu couldn't wait for his cousin's response, so he quickly patted his horse and walked forward.
"Miss Xiahou!" Yuwen Ke suddenly stopped her.
The two girls from the Xiahou family were stunned.
Xia Houshu's first reaction was that Yuwen Ke had indeed recognized her. If he dared to call her that in public, he must have no good intentions, so there was no need for her to stay here.
Xia Houchun knew in her heart that the other person was not calling her, but she was curious about what happened between the two, so she didn't leave in a hurry. Instead, she stopped, looked at Yuwen Ke leisurely, and asked: "You
Know me?"
Yuwen Ke was startled. He didn't know that there were two Xiahou girls here. But looking at the clothes and temperament of the woman in front of him, he quickly realized it, raised his hand towards Xiahou Chun and said: "I am Yuwenke, girl.
Since her surname is Xiahou, she must be the daughter of General Zhenxi."
"It turns out to be the Crown Prince Ling! I've admired her name for a long time!" Xia Houchun thought to herself that this kid had a very bright mind and could analyze her identity so quickly. But she didn't show any surprise at this and continued to pretend.
He looked very cold and said deliberately: "You and I didn't know each other before. What do you want from me?"
Yu Wenke said hurriedly: "It was Xiao Wang who was abrupt just now, but what I am looking for is Miss Xiahou."
Xia Houchun frowned, glanced at Xia Houshu's retreating back, and said warily: "What are you doing with my third sister?"