King Xiang of the Red Chamber

Chapter 85 Prey
Baihu's words made Li Wenzhao irrefutable.

If Zhu Jinghong was killed by the Bailian bandits, Li Wenzhao, a thousand households, would be the primary responsibility, and there is no doubt that his family would be ransacked and exterminated.

"Quick... Hurry up and send an order, everyone in the Thousand Households, collect weapons and assemble..."

"Go!"

Chen Yuntai didn't dare to delay, he immediately turned around and ran outside, and soon there was a drumbeat in the Jinling Thousand Households Office.

Jin Yiwei was transferred from the army, so it naturally followed the old habits of the army. The sound of the drum represented the highest military order. Those who heard it should immediately stop their errands and rush to the second door of the lobby as quickly as possible.

About 3 minutes later, hundreds of people gathered outside the second gate, one third of them were officials.

Everyone was very confused, chatting with each other.

However, the next moment, they saw Li Wenzhao who had put on his armor, and everyone's eyes widened.

"Master Qianhu... why are you even wearing armor? Could it be that the Japanese pirates have hit Yingtian?"

"Although the suppression of the Japanese in front has not been a great victory, the Japanese pirates have been surrounded into a group. How can they be allowed to flee to Yingtian?"

"Could it be Japanese pirates from the sea? Two days ago, the Songjiang Baihu Office reported that the Japanese pirates on the island had made some moves..."

While everyone was discussing, Li Wenzhao had already arrived at the second gate, and with a cold snort, the audience immediately fell silent.

"The bandits of the White Lotus Sect want to attack and kill the Thirteenth Master. You immediately put on your armor and weapons, and follow me to the rescue!"

Li Wenzhao's words were simple and clear, and the crowd immediately understood the urgency of the matter, and quickly dispersed to prepare after listening to the order.

There is no need for Li Wenzhao to say more, the three general banners of Baihu directly under the Baihu Office all spontaneously began to supervise their subordinates.

It took less than 5 minutes before and after, and everyone put on armor, swords, firearms and shields. The equipment is not bad.

Although they are no longer responsible for combat missions, after all, the Jinyiwei belong to the Shangzhi Army, and they have all the weapons they should have, and they are no worse than the Beijing Army.

"set off!"

Li Wenzhao gave an order, and everyone left the Qianhu Office together, and hurried to the direction of Taiping Gate.

On the way, Li Wenzhao also sent someone to pass the news to the inspector and the capital, hoping that they would also send people to rescue.

In any case, he dragged Chasi and Dusi into it, and if something happened to Zhu Jinghong, these two yamen would also be held responsible.

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After eating at the restaurant, Zhu Jinghong and his party did not leave in a hurry, but asked the restaurant for nearby places of interest.

The shopkeeper of the restaurant is all-round and exquisite. He first talked about the places that scholars love to go, and then described the places that common people love to go to.

In the end, Zhu Jinghong chose Longtan Mountain, which is seven miles away, not because there is an ancient temple on the mountain, but because he wanted to go hunting in the mountain.

After about half an hour, the horse had eaten the forage and could continue on its way after replenishing its strength.

"Master Thirteen, this is more than 30 miles away from the city, we'd better not go too far!" Baihu Wang Jie reminded.

Zhu Jinghong said leisurely: "Don't worry, you will go back after hunting the prey, and you can always arrive before dark!"

Being isolated from the core of power made Zhu Jinghong more uncomfortable than being hit by a board, but he was really hit by a board, and he was injured in the palace for half a month.

How could he be willing to go back easily if he went out of the city today to relax.

In this era, there are no mobile phones and no games, and the royal rules have allowed him to put an end to bad habits, so even lying down and being an otaku is a luxury.

The crowd couldn't persuade him, so they had to continue to follow, and soon they came to the range of Longtan Mountain.

It is not accurate to say that Longtan Mountain is a mountain. Its highest point is only [-] meters by visual inspection. It is only because the surrounding area has not been reclaimed that it is named "Mountain".

It is said that there is Siyuan here, but due to the luxuriant number, no one can see the temple in the mountain.

"Don't make any noise, there are hares ahead..."

While speaking, Zhu Jinghong had already taken out his bow and arrow, stretched the bowstring and aimed at the front.

The distance between him and his prey is less than 30 meters. It is easy for him to shoot a hare at this distance.

With a sound of "嗖", the arrow left the string and directly hit the hare's body.

"Master Thirteen is mighty!"

Almost at the same time, everyone cheered together, and the level of flattery by the officials' children was first-rate.

"Master Thirteen, you've hit it!" Lu Yuxin was holding an arrow with a hare on it.

"Small meaning, small meaning!" Zhu Jinghong laughed quickly, speaking modestly but with a very complacent expression.

"Listen well, if you go hunting today, you must not return empty-handed, otherwise you will be fined... to buy wine for everyone!"

At this time, someone among the guards asked: "Master Thirteen, if you get the first name, what should you do?"

"Can you be better than the Thirteenth Master?" Hou Jing hurriedly sent out a flattery.

But Zhu Jinghong said indifferently: "I won't compare with you, whoever can win the first place today... this imperial bestowed red sandalwood amulet belongs to him!"

Imperial gifts, no matter what the thing itself is, are extremely precious things.

The emperor beat and scolded Zhu Jinghong, but he was also really kind to his youngest son. Before leaving, he specially gave him an amulet for blessing.

"Get ready, let's start!" Zhu Jinghong laughed.

Then the whole forest became noisy, and the hares and pheasants raised in the pure land of the Buddhist family were poisoned one after another.

It's a pity that the trees are dense, and the sound of their hunting did not spread too far, otherwise a monk should have stopped it.

When Zhu Jinghong and his party were hunting, they didn't know that people came rushing over with weapons in all directions of Longtan Mountain, in order to capture him, the emperor's son.

On a big rock on the west side of Longtan Mountain, there were four people standing on it. The man in the gray robe at the head asked, "Have all of us arrived?"

"Master Huixiang, a total of 75 people have arrived!"

"Pass it on, monitor closely, don't act rashly!"

"Yes!"

After the man left, the man in gray robe stood up and walked away. Hearing the faint shouts that could be heard in the distance, he murmured: "Just wait for the envoy to bring someone here!"

They had been planning for more than a month to fight against the royal heir, and today they finally got the chance.

About half an hour later, there was movement from the path in the distance, and the people on Shishang immediately squatted down, and they didn't let down their vigilance until they saw that it was their own people.

"Wang Shenshi, I am here!"

The person who came was Wang Xianxiang, the envoy of the White Lotus Sect. He was already a high-level person in the White Lotus Sect. He was in charge of both Jinling and Zhejiang.

The fact that he came here in person shows how much the White Lotus Sect attaches importance to today.

"Lord Lu Xiang, are all your people here?"

Lu Jian replied: "A total of 75 people have arrived near Longtan Mountain, and they are closely monitoring the children of Zhu's family!"

"This little bastard is really good at running. The brothers have gone a lot of wrong way by following him all the way, and now he has finally bit him!" Wang Xianxiang said bitterly.

"Wang Shenshi, how many people did you bring?"

Wang Xianxiang replied: "There are more than 80 people, all of whom are experts from Chizhou!"

"When shall we do it?" Lu Jian asked.

"Don't worry, make sure everything is safe, and it's never too late to do it!"

Lu Jian smiled and said, "It's really Godmother's blessing. The Zhu family boy chose to dismount and hunt, which saved us a lot of effort!"

The sound of riding a horse is too loud and it is easy to startle the prey, so everyone chooses to dismount and conduct a carpet search in the woods.

This is indeed more playable, but it also loses its advantages.

But at this moment in the forest, Zhu Jinghong was carrying a sword and a quiver on his waist, searching for prey hidden around him.

Little did he know that he had already become someone else's prey.

"Go and tell the brothers not to go too far, at least within fifty steps of Lord Thirteen!" Wang Jie instructed Hou Jing.

On him, he didn't catch a single prey, so he was obviously ready to treat him.

(End of this chapter)