A hundred flavors of life

Field hunting originated in the summer, and evolved into a military and ceremonial activity during the Shang and Zhou dynasties. It is the ritual of hunting in the four seasons. Spring hunting is called "Sou", summer hunting is called "Miao", autumn hunting is called "狝", and winter hunting is called "狝" hunting'.

Among the hunting rituals of the four seasons, spring hunting and winter hunting are generally the most important.

Therefore, since ancient times, emperors of all dynasties have followed the ritual of hunting, and have the tradition of holding field hunting activities in spring and winter, in order to eliminate damage to the fields and encourage farming, hunt for offerings to sacrifice to the ancestral temple, train troops, parade, teach martial arts, and demonstrate There are multiple political, economic, military and other purposes such as the power of the monarch and the enjoyment of the monarch and his ministers.

However, starting from the incompetent Taizong Zhao Er of this dynasty, the court emphasized civility over military affairs. With the saying that "Diya is not good for hunting", the hunting ritual became more of an entertainment activity in the suburbs of the imperial capital. activity.

This time, Zhao Ji's winter hunt at Tiewang Mountain was just like this. With all the nobles from the dynasty, they arrived at Tiewang Mountain, fifty miles away from Bianliang. According to the procedure, they recited sacrificial inscriptions on the martial arts platform at the foot of the mountain, and then conducted a simple military parade. The emperor would then shoot a stag with his own bow, and the winter hunting would be announced.

As the Dragon Guard, Hua Twelve did not need to participate in the military parade or battle formation drills. He only had to stay around the stands, watch the whole show, and protect the safety of the officials and the nobles of the court.

He was riding a horse, with a bow and arrow on his back, and a chariot hung on one side of his victory hook. He looked majestic and majestic. He was guarding the right side of the stand with his fellow Dragon Guards of rank five or above.

After Zhao Ji recited the sacrificial inscription, the military parade began, and the 50,000 forbidden troops deployed in battle formations, such as the one-word long snake formation, the two dragons emerging from the water formation, the three-talented infinite formation, the four-door pocket bottom formation, the five tigers and herds of sheep formation, and other battle formations.

I saw these colleagues in the army, one moment forming an S-shape (snake formation) on the snow field in front, and the next moment they were forming a B-shape (square formation). They were really fierce and murderous.

Hua Twelve saw the 50,000 people who had been selected, practicing battle formations, and they were well-organized and well-trained. He couldn't help but secretly lamented that the Song Dynasty had never lacked good soldiers and generals who were good at fighting. It was a pity that Zhao Ji, a loser, became the emperor. In the end, He caused a disgrace to Jingkang, and even he himself was arrested by the Kingdom of Jin, and became the shameful Duke of Northland.

He turned his head and glanced at Zhao Ji and others. Hua Twelve said in his heart: If you can't do it, let me do it. I guarantee that I will do better than you. Don't talk about strangling Shi Yanran and banning the wolf to live in Xu. He will never let me do it again. The alien race is showing off its power on the land of China.

After the military parade ended, Zhao Ji walked out of the warm tent again and came to the stage surrounded by a group of honorable officials.

At that moment, several military junior high schools led a sika deer to the stage where Gao Qiu personally brought bows and arrows to Zhao Ji.

At this time, Zhao Ji was fifteen steps away from the sika deer in the audience. As long as he fired his bow and nocked an arrow, he shot the deer, then the whole army shouted long live, and then the official of the court could announce the start of the winter hunting.

I saw Zhao Ji taking the gold-painted bow, which was less than a stone, and took aim at the sika deer. At this moment, tens of thousands of people in the audience held their breath and were ready to cheer.

Whoosh!

Zhao Ji shot out an arrow, and everyone looked up and saw that the sika deer was fine, but the Xiao Xiao who was leading the deer fell down with an arrow stuck in his chest.

No one expected that this would happen. The whole place was silent and there was an awkward atmosphere on and off the stage.

At this time, a person in the audience took off the bow and arrow on his back and shot out an arrow. The arrow faintly made the sound of wind and thunder, turned into an afterimage, and directly penetrated the sika deer's head. With a bang, the deer was carried away more than ten feet. When he landed, he nailed the deer head to the ground.

The person who shot the arrow was none other than Hua Twelve!

If you lose your deer, I will get it myself!

Everyone's eyes were focused on Hua Twelve who shot the arrow. Gao Qiu was so angry that he wanted to scold his mother. How dare you steal this limelight? You don’t know what deer means? Is that something you can shoot too?

Gao Qiu was breaking out in cold sweat at this time. What would he do if Hua Twelve died here? There are still worms in his stomach!

Zhao Ji's face changed several times, and some civil servants immediately stepped forward to ask Hua Twelve to be punished for the crime of deceiving the emperor, and to punish the three clans!

But before anyone else could say anything, Hua Twelve was seen on horseback, holding his hands towards Zhao Ji on the martial arts stage, and shouted loudly:

"The official's marksman!"

At this moment, everyone was ashamed. This fifth-grade guard was too courageous. Not only did he steal the deer, but he also made sarcastic remarks. This was a heartbreaking remark!

Zhao Ji's face turned pale, then turned from white to red, from red to purple, and he was about to get angry, but at this moment, Hua Twelve took the initiative to plead guilty:

"Wei Chen accidentally shot and killed Yinlu Primary School, please ask the officials to punish him!"

Ga?

Zhao Ji, who was about to get angry, suddenly paused. How could he still say this?

Zhao Ji thought about it carefully and found that this seemed to be a good choice!

Gao Qiu reacted the fastest. He thought to himself that Lin Chong is really a talent. Why didn't he notice that you are so good at flattering? He thought to himself, but he didn't act slowly. He immediately stood up and got the matter done directly. He bowed and said:

"The official's sharpshooter hit the deer's head. It's ridiculous that the fifth-grade guard actually wanted to imitate Dongshi, but accidentally killed the junior colonel accidentally. He should have paid for his life, but I think about it, Long Jinwei is a person with strong martial arts, so easily You must have missed it, this person must have been frightened by the official's magical skills and lost his mind, so he accidentally hurt others. Please consider the official's reasons and give him a lighter sentence!"

This guy is also quite shameless. While concluding the coffin, he also doesn't forget to flatter Zhao Ji.

The civil and military nobles who wanted to jump out and reprimand Hua Twelve all seemed to be choked by something at the same time and were speechless. At this time, the mood of these people, translated into the language of later generations, was, 'Fuck this is... OK? '.

In their hearts, they scolded these two people for being too shameless. Why didn't they think of this opportunity to give the officials a ladder?

For a time, these courtiers and nobles were trying to make up for the situation, and they all praised Zhao Ji:

"The official's marksman!"

Zhao Ji coughed slightly, his face a little hot: "Um, Gao Aiqing, is this really what you said?"

Gao Qiu bowed and said: "That's true!"

Zhao Ji's face suddenly became much better, and he looked at Hua Twelve with soft eyes: "Since there is a reason for the incident, I won't pursue it this time, and I will definitely kill him next time!"

Primary School: Can you respect the deceased?

Gao Qiu turned to Hua Twelve and said, "Why don't you thank me quickly!"

Hua Twelve clasped his fists on his horse and said, "Thank you so much for your grace. Please forgive me for wearing my armor and being unable to perform the full ceremony!"

Zhao Ji waved his hand: "It doesn't matter, who are you?"

Gao Qiu introduced from the side: "Guan family, this person was originally Lin Chong, the instructor of the 800,000 forbidden army, and now he is a fifth-grade dragon forbidden officer!"

When Zhao Ji heard the name, he thought it sounded familiar. Then he remembered that this was Lin Chong who caused trouble in Rongguo Mansion. He was immediately impressed and said with a smile:

"So you are Lin Chong. I have heard of you. I thought you were once the instructor of the Forbidden Army, so you must be proficient in bow and horse. It seems that you really missed it for some reason as Gao Aiqing said. But one mistake will not be worth anything. I will hunt in winter later. , perform well and let me see what the 800,000-strong Forbidden Army instructor is capable of!"

Hua Twelve originally planned to sign up to participate, so he immediately said: "My lord, I obey the order!"

Some things are tacitly understood without much explanation. Zhao Ji's words have the meaning of reciprocating a favor. As long as Hua Twelve can perform well in the hunting later, he will definitely be promoted and rewarded!

After the people below carried the small school down and then carried the sika deer to the martial arts stage and placed it on the stage, Zhao Ji announced that the winter hunting had officially begun.

At that moment, someone brought the royal horse, and Zhao Ji and all the nobles got on their horses, and under the escort of Captain Long, headed for the Tienwang Mountain hunting ground.

The hunting ground was set up around the mountain, from the foot of the mountain to the middle of the mountain, covering an area of ​​nearly 10,000 hectares. Thousands of forbidden troops had already driven out the animals in the mountain in advance, including some wild beasts, such as leopards, wild boars, foxes, jackals, etc.

Zhao Ji went into the hunting ground just for fun. If he shot a few rabbits and harvested something, he could withdraw his troops and rest in the warm tent. When the time comes, someone would write it down. I hunted 318 rabbits in one day, so I could brag about it. Anyway, future generations will not know whether it is true or false.

Today we mainly focus on the performance of several princes, generals and nobles.

As soon as the chariot moved, Hua Twelve fell behind. After a while, the green-faced beast Yang Zhi rode from the front, ran to him and whispered:

"The Taiwei asked me to send a message and asked him to call you ancestor. I asked you if you could calm down and tell me how brave you were today. You actually shot the deer. I really wanted to scare him to death!"

Hua Twelve laughed in a low voice: "Why are you so polite, Mr. Taiwei, and insist on recognizing me as your ancestor?" Yang Zhi also laughed and said in a low voice: "Brother, to tell you the truth, I was also afraid of what happened just now. , how brave are you to shoot that deer!"

Hua Twelve shrugged his shoulders: "I am here to help the officials to get out of the siege. You said the Taiwei and the others are the same. With the archery skills of our officials, we can't lead the deer to the officials' feet and let him shoot. Although It doesn’t look good, but it’s better than not being able to shoot and accidentally hurting others!”

Yang Zhi sighed: "Back then I passed the martial arts examination and participated in a winter hunt. At that time, officials could still shoot deer on the butt. Who would have thought that this year I would be so far behind. It seems that I was pampered and neglected the bow and horse. !”

After he finished speaking, he saw Gao Qiu in front of him looking back and said quickly: "I have to go back. By the way, the Lieutenant has one more thing for me to tell you. The Lieutenant said that the officials are interested in promoting you and asking you to perform well!"

Hua Twelve nodded: "Don't worry, who else can I be the leader today?"

Yang Zhi nodded and urged the horse to go to Gao Qiu to listen.

After a while, the horse team arrived at a dense forest at the foot of the mountain. The next moment, dozens of wild boars rushed out from one side of the forest. It looked like someone was driving them away from behind.

Zhao Ji had the Dragon Guard guarding him on his left and right, so he was naturally not afraid of wild boars. Seeing such a large group, he immediately became interested and led his men to drive their horses forward and shoot with their bows.

This time he was finally not so wet. He aimed at the fastest one and shot an arrow. The arrow hit the thigh of the last wild boar. The wild boar immediately rolled over and fell to the snow, groaning in pain.

Just when Zhao Ji was stunned, the sound of applause from around him immediately resounded. He immediately put away his surprise, showed a very natural expression, and waved his hands to show that everything was fine.

Hua Twelve looked amused. Dozens of wild boars were running in front of him. If he shot with his eyes closed, he would be able to catch one of them. What's good about it? These sycophants are really good at shooting.

If others knew what he was thinking at this time, they would definitely spit. You must have forgotten how you flattered yourself just now.

With Zhao Ji's arrow, all the surrounding nobles fired their bows and arrows at the group of wild boars. Arrows rained down like rain for a while. Most of the dozens of wild boars were left behind, while the remaining wild boars panicked and fled in all directions.

Yang Jian, who was accompanying him in charge of hunting, quickly called his soldiers to collect the prey, and then turned back to check the number of prey according to the marks on the arrows.

Zhao Ji also knew how much he weighed. He took the lead and set an example. Now that he had gained something, he immediately had the idea of ​​​​taking it as soon as it was good. He originally wanted to hunt a few rabbits, but now he has hunted wild boars, which is naturally more exciting than hunting rabbits. .

This hunting ground has a warm tent prepared for the emperor and the nobles of the dynasty. The snow is beginning to clear, which is a good time to warm wine in the snow, recite poems and paint. As an artist, how can Zhao Ji spend all his time on hunting? So it’s okay if you mean it.

Before leaving, Zhao Ji announced loudly:

"For this winter hunting, I specially asked Yang Jian to prepare a fierce tiger for you in this hunting ground. Princes, nobles, and generals of sixth grade and above can all chase it. The one who hunts the tiger this time will be the leader, and I will own the winner. Rewards, go, sons of the Song Dynasty!"

After Zhao Ji finished beeping, he called Gao Qiu and other cronies and went to the warm tent. All the old nobles who accompanied the king followed him, leaving the hunting ground of competition to these young people.

Hua Twelve is a fifth-grade dragon forbidden officer, so he is naturally qualified to participate in the hunt. On the other hand, Yang Zhi is just a personal soldier of Gao Qiu. At this time, he is not even qualified to participate. He can only follow Gao Qiu unwillingly and go there honestly. Become his personal soldier.

Among the remaining young people, a few princes were smiling and looked at each other with discord. They each picked a direction and dispersed with the young nobles who fell towards them towards the hunting ground. Went somewhere.

Throwing thousands of people into this nearly 10,000-hectare hunting ground is like looking for a needle in a haystack.

Hua Twelve and several of his colleagues who were also Longjing Lieutenants. Because of their status, no prince could follow them. They could only hug each other for warmth and walk together. After choosing a direction, they rode horses and rode along the foot of the mountain.

Along the way, his colleagues were shooting wild animals. Hua Twelve silently helped them count in his mind, this two years, this eight years, this one more than fifteen years.

Seeing that he did not take action against any bird or beast, others couldn't help but ask:

"Teacher, why don't you take action? These prey will be counted as harvest. Even if you can't win the championship and get the first prize, you can still exchange for some good things and have a good year!"

Hua Twelve said calmly: "I still need a tiger skin mattress at home, so I'm just waiting to hunt that big insect. I'm not interested in other prey!"

When everyone heard this, they all said, "What a courageous instructor!" '

A few people walked around the foot of the mountain first, and found a valley between two low hills. Just as they were about to go in and take a look, they saw several noble disciples riding out on horseback, with panic on their faces. .

Behind them, there was a roar, and then a huge brown bear rushed out, chasing those people closely.

Hua Twelve was amused in his heart. These unlucky kids actually woke up this big guy from hibernation. It was so unlucky.

A colleague of Long Jinwei was surprised and said: "What happened, it's Zhu!"

At that moment, several high-ranking Longjing officers took action one after another, drawing their bows and shooting arrows at the bear. These were elites in the army, and they were very accurate in their archery. Unfortunately, their arrows hit the bear's fur, and they only missed it. When inserted into it, it seemed that it could not break through the defense at all. Instead, it aroused the ferocity of the bear. He abandoned the young nobles before and came towards them.

"Come on!"

Several colleagues of the Longjing Lieutenant were frightened when they saw the ferocity of the bear and wanted to turn their horses around and leave. After all, the huge brown bear, which seemed to weigh more than a thousand kilograms, was invincible to them.

As a result, Hua Twelve's eyes became excited, and he advanced instead of retreating. He picked up the horse's hook on Shengsheng's hook with his right hand, clamped the horse between his legs, and rushed forward to face the huge bear.

puff!

A bit of cold light arrived first, and the gun shot out like a dragon. When the horse was about to avoid the bear and attack head-on, Hua Twelve had already inserted the horse's spear into the body of the brown bear.

The man used his arms on the horse to exert force, suddenly lifted it, and used a pulley to lift the brown bear directly into the air several feet high, and then fell heavily to the ground. He saw that he could no longer stand up!

He turned the horse's head and rushed over, nailing the bear to the ground with a spear. The spear penetrated his heart. This big guy weighing over a thousand kilograms could no longer move.

Several colleagues were shocked at first, and then admired them. One of them, who had a good relationship with Hua Twelve, said happily: "Teacher, with this big guy, even if you don't hunt big insects, you can still earn second place."

Under the admiring eyes of several colleagues, Hua Twelve said calmly: "For me, second is the biggest loser." Pretending is like the wind, and it is always with me!

Before he could finish pretending, he heard the sound of horse hooves. However, the noble disciples who had just run away saw that Xiong Zhen had been killed and came back on horseback. They approached and said:

"Leave this bag behind and go!"

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