Chapter 006: The Fisherman
The weather is clear, cloudless, Taihang Mountains, Royal Hunting Grounds.
The Royal Hunting Ground is located west of the Taihang Mountains. The hunting ground runs for dozens of kilometers. There are tens of thousands of wild beasts in the field. Every three years, the Zhao State will hold a hunting event, and the entire Zhao State young people will participate.
And today is the three-year hunting competition.
Early in the morning, the atmosphere of the entire hunting ground was extremely warm, and there were crowds of people everywhere at the entrance of the hunting ground.
These people are basically children of the nobles of Handan, some are descendants of important officials of Zhao State, some are children of kings and princes, and some are people who come from other counties and cities.
Whether it is a local person or someone who comes from other county towns, the expressions on everyone's faces are almost the same, that is excitement!
Because the hunting competition every three years is a rare event in Zhao State. The first three are not only rewarded by the rewards, but also made a name for it. This is an opportunity for many people.
"Swoosh--"
At the edge of the entrance of the hunting ground, a sharp arrow shot out with a whistling sound.
A rabbit chewing grass twitched a few times and fell to the ground.
"Okay! Young Master is good at archery skills!"
A burst of cheers and applause sounded, and a group of young girls in gorgeous clothes, beautiful appearance, and elegant demeanor kept applauding and applauding around a boy in a blue shirt.
The young man named Shaojun looks about fifteen or sixteen years old, with a tall figure and a majestic and noble temperament.
Hearing everyone's praise, a hint of color appeared in Shaojun's eyes.
However, some people praise it, so naturally some people sing the opposite tune.
"Hmph! The hunting competition has not started yet, and some people can't wait to show their archery skills."
A young man snorted coldly not far away, obviously not standing on Shao Jun's style.
The young man's surname is Zhao and his mother Zhao Ni is the sister of King Zhao. Zhao Pan's face is clearly outlined. Although he is not handsome, he also has thick eyebrows and sword eyes, which set off a plump and powerful nose, and exudes a heroic spirit all over his body.
In the eyes of many people, Zhao Pan is doing nothing all day long and is a completely playboy.
But no one expected that Zhao Pan later took Xiang Shaolong as his teacher and followed Xiang Shaolong to Qin State. Finally, with the help of Xiang Shaolong, he became the First Emperor who unified China.
"Young Master Pan, don't talk sarcastic here. If you have the ability to hunt this time, you can take the first one and show us..."
Before Shaojun could speak, a young man beside him couldn't help but retort.
Zhao Pan's face changed when he heard this. He knew it himself. Although his archery skills were good, they were just good. It was obviously impossible to win the first place in hunting.
Just when Zhao Pan was in a hurry to get off the tiger, a group of people slowly arrived in the distance, and the leader was King Zhao.
"The king is here..."
"Welcome to the king..."
Seeing that King Zhao arrived, everyone hurriedly greeted him.
Zhao Pan didn't bother to talk back and hurriedly followed everyone to salute.
"The Lords are exempted from courtesy."
King Zhao looks about forty years old. Today he is wearing a black royal robe and a crown on his head. His eyes are half open and half closed, and he looks listless.
The people following King Zhao were important officials of Zhao State.
Among them are Zhao Mu, the lord of Julu, Wu Yingyuan, the lord of Wu family fortress, Guo Kai, and others.
"My dear ministers, I will get the first three hunting today. I will be rewarded with great rewards. I hope that all ministers will show their true skills and return with a full load. It will be limited to two hours. After two hours, gather here and the one who gets the most prey will win!"
"yes!"
"Let the hunt begin!"
With the order from King Zhao, the crowd dispersed and entered the hunting ground in a mighty manner.
Among the crowd, the Wujiabao group also entered the forest with the flow. One of them was two meters tall, with wide shoulders, narrow waist and long legs. Compared with others, the skin was darker. This person was no one else, but Xiang Shaolong.
Recently, Xiang Shaolong has been doing well in Zhao State. Since defeating Lian Jin, King Zhao has been highly valued, and many beauties have even favored him.
"I heard that there are immortals living in seclusion here in the Taihang Mountains. I wonder if we will meet immortals..."
Not far away from Xiang Shaolong, a girl muttered to herself.
The girl's waist is like a silk tie, her neck is long and soft, her dimples smile, and she is paired with a cloud-shaped bun, a green hairpin, a samurai uniform with pearls, and a small barbarian boot. The fairy who descends to the earth from the sky is nothing more than that.
The girl is no one else, she is Wu Tingfang, the daughter of the Wujiabao Castle, one of the heroines in the original work.
Xiang Shaolong's mouth twitched when he heard this. As a person from the 21st century, he didn't believe that there were any immortals in the world, and that there were also some alchemists who pretended to be gods and ghosts.
"There are no immortals in the world? Someone must have misinformed them." Xiang Shaolong couldn't help but interrupt.
"Hmph!" Wu Tingfang snorted coldly. She had not yet fallen in love with Xiang Shaolong, but she hated Xiang Shaolong very much. Hearing this, he couldn't help but retort: "That's probably, it's said that many people have seen immortals with their own eyes. One person may lie. Are so many people lying?"
Xiang Shaolong smiled bitterly and shook his head, no longer talking back to her, and arguing with women was obviously not his specialty.
However, Xiang Shaolong made up his mind that if he was met, he would definitely expose the alchemist who pretended to be a god.
Seeing Xiang Shaolong speechless, Wu Tingfang was proud and ignored Xiang Shaolong and followed his elder brother Wu Tingwei into the hunting ground.
After a while, everyone entered the hunting ground. King Zhao turned to the ministers and said, "My dear friends, who is interested in showing off your skills, let me see your courage."
"Since the king is happy, then I will be ugly!"
Julu Hou Zhao Mu took the lead in standing up. Although he was in a high position, he was definitely the best in Zhao State, whether it was swordsmanship or archery. No one dared to underestimate him.
"Haha, come, give me a bow."
When King Zhao saw this, he burst into laughter and asked someone to give Zhao Mu a bow.
Zhao Mu took the bow and tried to pull it, and felt that the force was just right. He saw a hare not far away. The sharp arrow was on the throne, and the arrow feather turned into a stream of light to hit the hare, nailing the hare to the ground.
"Okay! Good archery."
Seeing this, everyone couldn't help but applaud, even King Zhao was no exception.
Seeing that Zhao Mu won the applause in the whole house, many people couldn't help but want to show their skills in front of King Zhao.
Seeing that all the ministers were so happy, King Zhao also became interested and said loudly: "Since you all are so happy, I will set up another game and win the first one with many rewards."
"Thank you, the king!"
The ministers responded and then took their bows and arrows into the hunting ground.
King Zhao was not willing to be lonely, so he picked up the bow and arrow and boarded the horse, and led a group of guards to enter the hunting ground.
Behind King Zhao, Zhao Mu, Guo Kai, Wu Yingyuan and other important officials followed closely.
"The king is good at archery!"
Whenever King Zhao shot his prey, all the ministers would slap their high-highs and cheer, which made King Zhao even more excited.
The group walked and stopped and soon came to a mountain stream. However, what was surprising was that there was a person sitting alone on a bluestone beside the river. This person held a fishing rod and seemed to be fishing.
"King, be careful, this person is sneaky and not like a good person. Please wait for me to go and ask."
When Julu Hou saw someone beside the river, he looked very cautious and hurriedly protected King Zhao behind him.
Since King Zhao would not refuse Zhao Mu's proposal, he did not want to take risks. Who knows if the person next to the river is an assassin?
"Who is sitting by the river..." Zhao Mu asked loudly with nearly ten steps.
"It's a pleasure to have friends coming from afar..." The person sitting by the river put down his fishing rod and slowly stood up.
I saw this man wearing a blue gold-edged gown, a purple gold crown, a nine-string belt tied with his waist, and his long black hair naturally draped off. He was calm and unrestrained.
A gust of breeze blew by, and his clothes were whistling. With that extraordinary temperament, he was really like a banished immortal falling into dust!
Chapter completed!