Li Zhi, don't be a coward

Chapter 727
Seeing Li Zhi put away Li Qinzai's letterhead, Empress Wu's face became more and more ugly.

"Your Majesty, the spring day is still cold. Your Majesty, be careful not to catch a cold. Why don't you go out of the palace after a few days when it gets warmer?" Empress Wu advised softly.

Li Zhi said with a smile: "This year, the weather is good after the beginning of spring. There is no such thing as cold. I have known Jing Chu for several years, and this is the first time he has invited me to hunt. If I don't agree, wouldn't it be a disappointment?"

"Tomorrow, I will go out of the palace in low clothes. By the way, there are several hounds in the palace. They are very hot-tempered. I just took them with me to search for prey for Zhen and Jingchu."

Seeing that Li Zhi had made up his mind, Empress Wu could no longer persuade her, so she forced a smile, but her hands in her sleeves trembled slightly, and her eyes gradually became as cold as frost at this moment.

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Ganjingzhuang.

Li Qinzai put on a hunting suit, stood in front of the huge bronze mirror and looked around, posing various heroic and handsome poses.

The troubled princess of the Japanese kingdom, Lu Ye Zanliang, who is now in charge of the backyard, stood silently beside Li Qinzai, watching Li Qinzai's embarrassing expressions in front of the bronze mirror with no expression on his face.

"How? Is my master handsome? Is he heroic? Is your little one thumping?" Li Qinzai asked, staring at himself in the bronze mirror.

Lu Ye Zanliang knew that he was not asking about the bronze mirror, but about her, so he lowered his head and said, "Yes, the master is very handsome."

Li Qinzai pointed at her: "For the first time, the people of our two countries have reached a consensus. Yes, I also think I am very handsome."

Luye Zanliang raised his drooping eyelids and was about to roll them. Li Qinzai, who was looking in the mirror, seemed to have a heart, and said without looking back: "If you dare to roll your eyes, your legs will be broken, and you will become the first disabled person in Japan." Strong princess."

Luye Sanliang immediately lowered his head obediently, the corners of his mouth twitched.

Today is definitely not an auspicious day, but she was sent by his wife to help Li Qinzai get dressed. In the past, she was guarded by his wife very much, and she was usually not assigned to serve the master.

This is the first time for Li Qinzai to wear a hunting suit, and after putting it on, he finds that Datang's hunting suit is really pretty.

The hunting suit is a short shirt, with a layer of leather armor on the outside to protect the chest and back, and leather wrists and knees. The leather armor on the back also has a few small metal buttons for fixing the quiver. Wear a belt studded with copper studs and jade pieces.

"It's really heroic. If the beasts on the mountain are sensible, if they see such a heroic figure hunting them, it's best to kill them on their own initiative, so as not to waste my trouble..."

Li Qinzai straightened his neckline, and suddenly said, "Why are you here to help me get dressed today? Where's Madam?"

Lu Ye Zanliang lowered his head and said: "Madam is lying in the backyard. Recently, Madam is not in good spirits and often feels sleepy. She sleeps a lot more than before."

Li Qinzai didn't think too deeply, nodded his head and said: "Spring is sleepy and autumn is lacking, it's a natural phenomenon, and when the weather gets hotter in a while, you will probably feel refreshed."

"Tell Madam, when my husband is triumphant today, I will shoot her a few bastards and make soup for her."

Luye Zanliang suddenly began to doubt his level of Guanzhong dialect, and couldn't help but be surprised: "Shoot...a bastard?"

"Oh, it's a turtle, the kind that swims in water."

Lu Ye Zanliang was still confused and said: "Those who swim in the water... can also shoot?"

"Houyi shoots at the sun, Yuanmen shoots a halberd... For a man, everything in the world can be shot, and Wang Ba is just one of them."

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At the entrance of Ganjingzhuang village, horseshoes come east and dust is flying.

Li Qinzai in a hunting suit stood at the entrance of the village, followed by more than a hundred songs, all dressed in hunting suits and armor.

Li Zhi arrived with nearly a thousand imperial guards. Li Qinzai and his followers bowed before they got off their horses.

Li Zhi was obviously in a good mood today, he got off his horse and laughed loudly: "It's rare that Jingchu invited me to a hunting party, I left the palace before dawn today, I can't wait!"

Li Qinzai smiled and said: "I am also honored that Your Majesty can come in person. The spring is just right these days, and all animals are in motion. It is a good time to hunt."

Li Zhi looked up at the mountains and forests around Ganjing Village, and said with a smile: "That's right, I also have this kind of elegance, why don't we have a match between the monarch and his ministers today, and see who shoots the most prey, how about it?"

Li Qinzai cupped his hands and said, "I wish to attach the tail of the horse."

Li Zhi waved his hand and said, "Okay, everyone get on their horses! Where Jing Chu will go hunting today, I will listen to you."

Li Qinzai got on his horse neatly, and said: "There is nothing to hunt around Ganjingzhuang, why don't you take your Majesty a little further away?"

Li Zhi agreed, and a group of more than a thousand people rode their horses one after another, and galloped towards the north of Ganjingzhuang, the figures of the people were hidden in the dust.

An hour later, everyone came to a village in Weinan County.

There is a very dense mountain forest outside the village, but outside the mountain forest is an open plain area, where hares can be faintly seen jumping on the grass, deer are looking for food, the stream beside the forest is gurgling, and the birds are singing and the flowers are fragrant.

Li Zhi sized it up and sighed forgetfully: "It's a school full of spring, and the scenery is very beautiful."

Li Qinzai pointed to the forest not far away, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, there must be a lot of prey in that forest, so why not settle here?"

Li Zhi sighed: "Such a beautiful scenery, I can't bear to kill here..."

"Your Majesty, the reason for hunting every spring and autumn is because if there are many wild animals, they will eat and damage the crops. It is certainly not advisable to kill animals, but if it is for the livelihood of the people, it is still possible to hunt appropriately."

Li Zhi nodded: "That's right, according to Jingchu, we will hunt in the forest today, and all the harvest will be given to the people in the local Zhuangzi."

Li Qinzai praised: "Your Majesty is benevolent, and the people are fortunate."

There is still a distance from the mountains and forests, and you must pass through the village in front of you.

The imperial guards of the Yubayashi led the way, Li Zhi and Li Qinzai rode side by side behind, and the Li family's hundreds of songs followed.

As soon as the group entered the village, Li Zhi felt that something was wrong. He reined in the reins with one hand, slowed down the speed of the horse, and looked around.

Li Qinzai was puzzled and said, "What is Your Majesty looking at?"

Li Zhi frowned and said, "It's strange, why do you only see old people, women and children in this village, but not young and old?"

Li Qinzai said with a smile: "Your Majesty will grant Zen to Mount Tai next year. It is a grand event for the whole world. All young and strong people from all over Guanzhong will be recruited by the government to build a palace and pave roads for His Majesty. More than 100 people have also been recruited from Ganjing Village. "

Li Zhi's face froze, and he still didn't say anything, but his expression was a little unnatural.

The people continued to ride on horseback. After passing through the village, they came to the flat land outside the village. The flat land was full of fertile fields. The ridges clearly cut the land into pieces, which was very neat and tidy, which was very suitable for people with obsessive-compulsive disorder to watch.

Riding on the horse, Li Zhi looked at the fertile fields on both sides of the road, and couldn't help showing a pleasing smile.

After walking for a while, Li Zhi's smiling expression suddenly froze, and then he reined in the reins abruptly, and the horse under him stopped immediately.

"No! I just remembered that it's past the time of spring sowing, why are these lands still empty and no one has planted crops?" Li Zhi's face was already livid.

(End of this chapter)