Emperor of the Red Chamber

Chapter 10 Qiu Xi Competition
Although Emperor Jing'an was old and frail, and his body was not as strong as before, he still loved martial arts and hunting.

When he came to Chengde Mountain Resort, thinking about the upcoming Autumn Festival, he seemed to be ignited with pride, blood boiling, high motivation and high spirits.

The day after Fajia arrived at the summer resort, Emperor Jing'an held a grand banquet in the mountain resort for all the Mongolian vassal kings. He also chatted with the old vassal kings with whom he had a close relationship, recalling the past and expressing his emotions.

After only staying at the Summer Resort for three days, Emperor Jing'an couldn't wait to go to the Chengde paddock.

Chengde Paddock is located in the northeast of the Summer Resort. It covers a very large area, with a circumference of more than a thousand miles, more than 200 miles from north to south, and more than 300 miles from east to west. It is divided into more than 60 small paddocks according to the terrain.

In such a large paddock, the vegetation is lush and animals gather, including tigers, jackals, elk, deer, deer, roe deer, pigs, etc.

On this day, Emperor Jing'an came to the camp in the paddock. The camp was covered with yellow curtains, and the garrison security was complicated and strict.

After resting for a night in the camp, Emperor Jing'an rode up early the next morning and meandered to the city to see the city.

All the Mongolian vassal kings, all princes and grandsons, all civil servants and military generals, all gathered to watch the city.

After Emperor Jing'an rested in the city, he rode out of the city in military uniform and equipped with a harpoon. He, an old and frail old emperor, was determined to regain his glory and fly away.

Someone suggested that Emperor Jing'an should not shoot tigers today to avoid danger, but Emperor Jing'an refused.

Emperor Jing'an personally shot more than a hundred tigers and even a dozen bears in his life. Today he hunted in person. If the tigers were specifically excluded, it would be less interesting.

At this time, many animals within a radius of thirty miles were surrounded in the city viewing field, including a tiger.

I saw Emperor Jing'an galloping on horseback, drawing his bow and shooting at animals. Every time he shot an animal, everyone would cheer, and every time his arrow missed, no one would boo.

After flying like this for half an hour, Emperor Jing'an's resurgence today has weakened. He feels tired and his body and bones are uncomfortable. Alas, he is no longer able to do what he wants. He cannot accept the old age.

When he was still in his prime, half an hour's flight was nothing.

Emperor Jing'an still persisted and wanted to shoot the tiger himself.

Finally, after another moment, Emperor Jing'an successfully shot the tiger, which naturally attracted cheers.

Emperor Jing'an immediately returned to watch the city, rested for a while, and then summoned all the princes and grandsons to him.

There are quite a lot of people in this group of princes and grandsons.

After Emperor Jing'an looked at the numerous princes and grandchildren, he said loudly: "In the past few months, I have made a decree that this autumn, let the princes and grandchildren over ten years old have a competition."

"I have learned that in the past few months, the emperors and grandsons have been preparing for this, and they are quite ready for martial arts. It makes me more and more curious about your archery and horse skills."

"Now, this competition is about to begin."

"The rules of the competition are quite simple. Each emperor's grandson ends alone. No matter what kind of animal is hunted, a pair of animal ears must be cut off and kept for safekeeping."

"I will only give you half an hour. After half an hour, all of you will come back here. I will select one or two of the emperor's grandsons who satisfy me and raise and teach them personally."

"Qingliang and Qingtang only participate in the competition and not in the selection."

"I will send officers and soldiers to the field to guard and monitor."

Yuan Qingbai, who was among the emperors and grandsons, listened carefully to these words.

He confirmed that Emperor Jing'an only said that he would choose the one he was satisfied with, not that he would raise him if he hunted the most. The key was to satisfy the emperor's grandfather.

All the emperors and grandsons came down to watch the city one after another. They all had their horses equipped with spears and spears, and they also had knives and bags. They came to the city watch field one after another.

The emperor's grandchildren include Yuan Qingliang, Yuan Qingtang, Yuan Qingbiao, Yuan Qingke, Yuan Qingsang, Yuan Qingzhe, etc., and of course Yuan Qingbai is included.

Among them, Yuan Qingliang and Yuan Qingtang have already been raised by Emperor Jing'an, and this time they will only participate in the competition and not the selection.

At this time, there were no tigers in the fenced city field. The only tiger had been killed by Emperor Jing'an himself. In addition, there were many officers and soldiers guarding and monitoring the field, so the safety of the emperors and grandchildren could be guaranteed. Only half an hour, that is, an hour, time is limited.

Yuan Qingbai, with the mentality of racing against time, shot the animals while galloping on the city watch field.

Soon a deer was hit by his arrow.

Although the arrow was very powerful, due to the size of the deer, the arrow did not hit the fatal part, and no one was killed.

Yuan Qingbai rushed forward, dismounted and stabbed the deer again, then cut off a pair of the deer's ears with a knife and put them in his bag.

Then get on your horse and continue shooting.

Soon another deer appeared in his field of vision.

Yuan Qingbai rode his horse to chase, drew his bow and fired an arrow. With a muffled sound, an arrow shot at the deer, but the arrow missed a little.

Yuan Qingbai then fired another arrow, which hit the target and killed him with one arrow.

Just as Yuan Qingbai was about to step forward to harvest the deer ears, he found Yuan Qingzhe and Yuan Qingsang riding horses from the side. Yuan Qingzhe shouted: "Third brother."

Yuan Qingbai looked at Yuan Qingzhe and Yuan Qingsang. When the two approached, he found that Yuan Qingsang suddenly turned his horse's head and ran towards the deer lying on the ground.

Yuan Qingsang dismounted, cut off a pair of deer ears and put them into his luggage.

Yuan Qingbai: "..."

What's even more arrogant is that after Yuan Qingsang snatched a pair of deer ears, he rode up to Yuan Qingbai and said with a grin: "Hey, this deer is quite fat. Fortunately, I have shot people on horseback. Otherwise, how could I shoot it with one arrow?" kill."

Yuan Qingbai: "..."

He smiled playfully, ignored Yuan Qingsang's provocation, and looked at Yuan Qingzhe: "Why did the second brother join forces with him to steal my prey?"

Yuan Qingzhe said with a smile: "Even I can't climb the high branches of the Holy Land, but you want to climb to the top of this high branch, and I won't let you do it!"

Yuan Qingbai was naturally unhappy, but he did not show anger, but smiled slightly.

Obviously, Yuan Qingzhe did not want him to be raised by Emperor Jing'an.

Yuan Qingzhe and Yuan Qingsang are a pair of good friends.

Yuan Qingsang and Yuan Qingbai had been training together in the Beijing camp for four months. He knew that Yuan Qingbai's riding and shooting was already strong, but his own was not good.

Yuan Qingsang wanted to snatch Yuan Qingbai's prey in the competition, so he asked Yuan Qingzhe to join forces.

Yuan Qingzhe wanted to prevent Yuan Qingbai from being raised by Emperor Jing'an.

Ever since, this pair of good friends hit it off immediately.

When Yuan Qingzhe told the Xiahou family about his and Yuan Qingsang's plan, the Xiahou family decisively agreed, thinking that the plan was brilliant. In this way, Yuan Qingbai, a bastard, would not be able to climb up to the high branches of Emperor Jing'an.

At this moment, Yuan Qingbai felt ridiculous.

He avoided getting himself into a family fight early, but the other party actually moved the family fight to the current Qiu Xiang Competition.

However, he did not think that the joint efforts of Yuan Qingzhe and Yuan Qingsang today would definitely prevent him from achieving a performance that satisfied Emperor Jing'an.

Let's see if the soldiers come to block it, and the water comes to cover it with earth...

(End of this chapter)