Dajin royal family

Chapter 3 Two-legged sheep

Thirty miles outside Chang'an City there is a forest called "Shoulin".Except for the "Garden" forest designated by the royal family, this place has the most wild animals and is most loved by the rich and powerful.

When a group of people entered the forest, they were like wild horses running wild, and all the birds in the forest were frightened and scattered.

Yu Chijing knew that Jiang Chengxiao was not in good health, so he didn't go far. The two led their slaves to find a place to wander in the forest.

"What do you think, Brother Gongde, of the two young masters of the Binguo family?"

Jiang Chengxiao weighed the ox tendon bow in his hand, and asked casually.

Yu Chijing pondered for a moment, and said: "I heard from my colleagues that Li Jishi is quite a modest and gentlemanly person. He is an official and kind person in Taichang Temple, and he is highly praised. As for Li Anmin, I don't know much about it, but I often hear about it. He and the kid from Gongsun's family are fighting cock and dog in Chang'an City, so he must be a dude."

There are generally two shortcuts for the children of the rich and powerful to enter the officialdom, one is to enter the Taichang Temple.

Too often, group sacrifices in the mausoleum temple, rites, music and rituals, astronomy and magic.One of the influences of Taichang Temple on the power field is that if the heirs of powerful officials want to become officials, there is a way, that is, to act as a deputy during the national sacrifice. Civilian officials, and then use the power of the family to climb up.

The second is to join the Jinwu Guard for two years, just like Yu Chijing, and then join the army with some qualifications, inheriting the position of his ancestors.

"I don't see it that way."

Jiang Chengxiao pulled the bowstring and found that he could open it a little bit.

"What's Dalang's opinion?" Yu Chijing asked.

Jiang Chengxiao said: "Li Anmin is quite talented, I'm afraid the pearl is covered in dust, and ordinary people don't know it."

Yu Chijing smiled and didn't answer the conversation, he didn't take this matter to heart, he just treated it as a conversation between two people.

"Master, there are wild rabbits!" The servant Shenju saw a gray rabbit under the tree, and quickly reminded Jiang Chengxiao.

As soon as Yu Chijing raised his hand, everyone behind him quickly pulled out the horse's head, and immediately fell silent.

"Da Lang is just recovering from a serious illness, why don't you give it a try?" Yu Chi Jing said with a smile.

The wild rabbit seemed to be eating under the tree, and for a while it didn't notice the sound behind it.

Jiang Chengxiao didn't refuse, took the arrow from Shenju, pulled the bowstring, and aimed the arrow at the rabbit.

"Concentrate, hold your breath." Yu Chijing said softly from the side.

All the slaves behind him are waiting in anticipation, hoping that the master will hit him with an arrow.

With a whoosh, the arrow left the bowstring and hit the rabbit with precision.

"Master shot!"

The servants of the Dai Palace erupted in applause.

"it is good!"

Yuchi respectfully said: "Da Lang's skill in archery has not retreated."

Jiang Chengxiao threw the bow and arrow to Shenju, and went up to pick up the prey on behalf of the servants of the palace.

In fact, he can archery. He joined the club in his previous life. After coming here, he also studied hard with the Fuchu martial artist. He still has confidence in the distance of about fifty steps.

The house slave presented his prey, a dead rabbit.He was a little uninterested, what's the point of a dead rabbit.

The group of people continued to walk on horseback, Yuchi Jing said: "After Dalang and Guan, are you going to take a part-time job in Taichang Temple, or come to Jinwu Guard to serve as an official with Brother Wei?"

Although he is the son of the acting prince and will inherit the king's title in the future, he still needs to enter the court to practice, otherwise, he will be blinded after inheriting the king's title, wouldn't it be ridiculous and generous.

Holding the reins, Jiang Chengxiao thought for a while and said, "I'm quite interested in Turks, and maybe I'll have a job under my father's hands."

"Turkey?"

Yu Chijing said: "Da Lang only loves the art of war. He originally wanted to conquer the Turks in the north like a king. But as far as I know, the Turks have been torn apart by our Da Jin in the past two years. I'm afraid there won't be any big ones in three to five years. fighting."

Jiang Chengxiao said: "The grassland tribes are like this weed. They can't be burned out and blown back to life. The first emperor's repeated conquests did not completely eliminate their harm, which shows their tenacious vitality."

After thinking about it for a while, Yu Chijing felt that what Jiang Chengxiao said was correct, and said, "If the Turks offend the border, I will fight with my father, so that those barbarians will know that I am a great Jin Tianwei."

The wind in spring is quite warm, and it itch on the face, very uncomfortable.

By noon, they had already hunted a lot of prey, including rabbits, roe deer and so on.

By the river, a group of rich and powerful children gathered together again.

The masters gathered to chat and fart, and the slaves started to light the fire for a "barbecue".

Li Anmin saw the prey in the hands of the servants of Daiwangfu, and said involuntarily: "I never thought that the prince could hunt rabbits. Anmin was wrong before, and I hope the prince is not to blame."

Jiang Chengxiao smiled, and seeing Li Jishi behind Li Anmin, he thought to himself: I'm afraid this kid apologized because Li Jishi scolded him a lot.

"Erlang is a straightforward person, don't take it to heart." Jiang Chengxiao waved his hand.

At this time, Yu Wenzhiji, Erlang of Xu Guogong's mansion, said: "Everyone, it's okay to be idle, why don't we hunt two-legged sheep?"

Hearing this, all the dignitaries immediately showed excitement.

The so-called "two-legged sheep" are people, but unlike the history Jiang Chengxiao knows, the two-legged sheep here do not specifically refer to Han people, but civilians!

For the rich and powerful, shooting civilians and paying some money can eliminate the crime, so they don't care about the lives of civilians at all.

As the ruling class, civilians are no different from "cattle, sheep and livestock" in their eyes.

It's just that this matter always ruins the reputation, and the children of the rich and powerful are not particularly enthusiastic about it.

But dudes are different, having fun is more important than fame.They can't hunt tigers, leopards and wolves, but hunters can also excite them.

"Okay, it's a lottery!" A dignitary picked up a bow and arrow eager to try.

Yu Wenzhi took a piece of jade pendant from his waist, and said: "This jade pendant is very valuable, this is my gambling money!"

"Then I will bring out this sword!"

"This jade pendant in my hand is also very valuable!"

The children of the rich and powerful took out their gambling funds and threw them on the ground. A house slave had already spread a white cloth on the ground.All the valuable playthings were thrown on the white cloth, and it piled up in a short time.

These things are the "lottery", according to the number of "two-legged sheep" hunted, the winner will take it himself.

Li Anmin was eager to try, but Li Jishi gave him a hard look, but he curled his lips and didn't move.

Jiang Chengxiao didn't speak, nor did he participate.This kind of gambling is all "interest" and "voluntary", and no one will say anything if you don't participate.What's more, with his status as the acting prince's son, no one would dare to force him to participate casually.

Yu Wenzhi said: "Let the slaves barbecue here, and I will go to the official road!"

After speaking, he got on his horse and left first with a bow and arrow.Immediately afterwards, a group of rich and powerful children got on their horses and chased after him, and the riverside suddenly became empty.

Jiang Chengxiao didn't want to go at first, but Yu Chijing said he wanted to go and have a look, so he had to follow him to the official road.

A group of rich and powerful children rode tall horses, and the house slaves formed a human wall to block the middle of the official road.

Pedestrians were blocked by slaves one after another, and someone asked, "Why are you blocking the way?"

The house slave ignored him and just blocked their way.At this time, two more house slaves followed the pedestrians and galloped back and forth twice, loudly saying: "There are already 50 people!"

Yu Wenzhi and Gao shouted: "Start!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the house slaves dispersed immediately. They didn't want to be shot to death by their master for no reason.

Pedestrians looked at each other in blank dismay, suddenly a little puzzled.

At this time, an arrow suddenly rushed out of the forest and shot a person. The person screamed, fell to the ground and twitched, and blood dripped from his neck.

Pedestrians were shocked immediately, screaming and shoving to escape.Although they couldn't figure out what happened, they always saw people die in front of their own eyes.

"Hu Niuer, cut off those two sheep's heads for the young master."

Yu Wenzhi laughed and chased after him with a bow and arrow on his horse.He was the one who shot that arrow just now, and he feels good today, he should be able to win the jackpot!

Behind him, the rich and powerful children laughed loudly, like a ghost, the prancing horse followed, and after a while, there were bursts of screams in front of them.

Jiang Chengxiao pulled the reins, urged the horses to move, and followed behind the main force side by side with Yu Chijing.

"Brother Gongde doesn't think this kind of game will hurt Tianhe?" Jiang Chengxiao said expressionlessly.

Yuchi Jing said: "Da Lang is too worried. The population of Dajin is more than one million. It is just a small game. It is rumored that His Majesty played this game in the North when he was young. Even your father and I have also dabbled in this game."

"Then why didn't brother Gongde participate?"

Yuchi said respectfully: "Hey, I have intentions, but the Jinwu Guard is an official, and the national law does not allow it."

That's right, the magistrate of Chang'an may have nothing to do with these dudes, but it's different for the dudes with official positions.Although losing money can be done, it has to be recorded on the resume.

However, the rich and powerful who can play this game are not ordinary people.Take Yuwen Zhiji as an example, his father is Xu Guogong, and he was in the court of Zhuguo. This kind of petty crime is nothing at all. Needless to say, the officials under him will erase Yu Wenzhiji's black history by themselves.

In the final analysis, it is because they are the ruling class.The emperor would not punish the heirs of ministers just because of a few commoners, and in the end he would lose money at most, and the board would be lifted high and gently dropped.

(End of this chapter)