Chapter 219 You are so cowardly when you pretend to be dead
The night is cool as water.
"Sir, this bright red riding coat looks great. How about wearing it for tomorrow's hunt?"
In the elegant house, Song Yunchu looked at the brocade dress with sleeves in Hu Si Niang's hand and said casually, "Then let's take this one."
All the successive kings of Tianqi Kingdom had to follow the ancestral system and hold at least two hunting events every year. Young nobles also loved hunting, and they could use it to compete with each other in martial arts and style.
If you perform exceptionally well, you will have the opportunity to receive rewards from the emperor.
She certainly didn't go there for the reward, but to stretch her muscles and experience the fun of it.
The hunting ground is much wider than the martial arts training ground, and riding a horse will be more exciting.
The next day, a group of princes and nobles, at the call of Jun Liluo, went to the Longlin Mountain Hunting Ground.
Longlin Mountain has a vast area, undulating mountains, and many streams and abundant water and grass around it, which can be said to be a beautiful scenery.
The Song Mansion's carriage stopped at the foot of the mountain. Song Yunchu opened the curtain and admired the natural scenery in front of him.
There were several carriages parked in front, carrying not only the ministers of the dynasty but also the invited envoys from the Beichen Kingdom.
About ten feet away, the guards were setting up camp.
When Song Yunchu saw Jun Liluo, he got off the carriage and walked towards him.
Jun Li Luo was wiping his bow and arrow. He caught a glimpse of a tall figure approaching and turned to look.
Song Yunchu was wearing a bright red suit with delicate cloud embroidery on the collar and cuffs, and a belt of the same color around his waist. The color was slightly darker, and the outfit was really bright, yet clean and neat.
Jun Liluo seldom saw Song Yunchu wearing red, and when he saw him now, he thought it looked particularly good.
She looks so handsome and heroic when dressed as a man, I wonder how much better she would look when dressed as a woman... Of course, he just thought so and didn't dare to mention it to her.
In fact, he sometimes feels confused. Should he confess everything to her? What time should he choose to confess?
If one day in the future, Yun Chu knew that he had been hiding something from her, how would she feel?
He thought about telling her everything, but he didn't have enough courage to face her reaction. He was always worried that she would be alienated after he confessed, but if he didn't confess, could he keep it secret?
Jun Li Luo couldn't help but feel a little melancholy.
While he was watching, Song Yunchu came forward to greet him.
"Your Majesty, you haven't been to the mountains and forests for a long time, right? I just got off the carriage and I feel relaxed and happy."
"Indeed." Jun Liluo smiled at Song Yunchu, "Yunchu, are you interested in competing with me? Let's see who can kill more prey."
If it comes to fighting, there is no doubt that she will win, but if it comes to riding, archery, and hunting, it is hard to say who will win and who will lose.
Song Yunchu responded, "I will accompany you."
As the hunting horn sounded, countless figures rode their horses into the endless forest.
Song Yunchu waved the whip in her hand and galloped through the woods with the horse's belly clamped. The sound of the wind whistling in her ears made her feel happy.
It is indeed more enjoyable to ride a horse in this vast mountain forest.
The busy streets in the imperial city restricted the speed of the horses. Normally, people rode leisurely, not as freely as they did at this moment.
Seeing that she was in a good mood, Jun Liluo also raised the corners of his lips and instructed the guards behind him: "I am going to compete with Prime Minister Song. You don't have to follow too closely. Just follow from a distance."
He and Song Yunchu galloped for a while, and suddenly caught a glimpse of a hare jumping out in front of them. He quickly put his hands behind his back, took an arrow from the quiver and put it on the bow.
However, what Jun Li Luo did not expect was that as soon as he aimed at the hare, a beam of silver light hit it with unstoppable force.
The corners of Jun Li Luo's lips twitched slightly.
What Yun Chu used just now was not an arrow, but a hidden weapon.
"Your Majesty, I was the first one to shoot this down." Song Yunchu said to Jun Liluo cheerfully and patted the knife bag on his waist, which contained eight thumb-sized flying knives.
Just when Jun Li Luo was taking the arrow, she had already used a hidden weapon to shoot the hare. Naturally, Jun Li Luo had no time to snatch it from her.
"Yun Chu, you are cheating."
"You didn't say that hunting must use arrows." Song Yunchu raised his eyebrows.
"You are the one who has the most ideas." Jun Liluo smiled helplessly, "Then don't use hidden weapons next time, use arrows."
"Your Majesty and I were just joking. This hare doesn't count. Let's count again."
After teasing Jun Liluo, Song Yunchu was in a good mood.
[The dog emperor's temper is getting better and better, he can even tolerate cheating. 】
[I don’t know why, but I always want to tease him. ]
Jun Liluo smiled silently.
He doesn't like being teased, but if that person is Song Yunchu...it's okay.
If you want to tease him, it means you have him in your heart.
The two walked together for a while, and Jun Liluo caught a glimpse of movement in the bushes not far away. He looked over and quietly raised his right hand, hoping to take down the prey while Song Yunchu wasn't paying attention.
Song Yunchu caught his little movement out of the corner of her eye, and quickly followed his gaze. She saw a small animal with spotted fur in the bushes, like a little leopard. She immediately put an arrow on the string and shot it almost at the same time as Jun Liluo!
She thought she had a chance to catch the prey, but she didn't expect that Jun Li Luo's arrow was not aimed at the prey, but hit her arrow very cleverly. As a result, both arrows deviated from the prey's position.
The leopard was frightened and ran away. Jun Liluo took advantage of Song Yunchu's surprise to put the second arrow on the bow.
Song Yunchu had not expected him to have such a trick. It was too late for her to interfere with him and she could only watch him shoot down the fleeing leopard.
Song Yunchu: “…”
Just a feint, right?
Sure enough, the Dog Emperor cannot be underestimated when it comes to stealing prey.
"Your Majesty, you are a great archer. It seems that I have to work harder." Song Yunchu said to Jun Liluo with a smile. His desire to win had been aroused, so he turned around to look for prey again.
But what the two didn't expect was that just as they were getting interested, they heard the sound of drums coming from far behind them.
“Boom—”
“Boom—”
There were several consecutive sounds with very short intervals between them.
Jun Liluo and Song Yunchu's expressions changed at the same time.
In such a vast and open area, the sound of drums can be heard clearly. The intense drumbeats are a signal of an attack, usually indicating that the perimeter has been lost or someone is causing chaos.
"Yunchu, let's go back and take a look." Jun Liluo pulled the reins and turned the horse's head, and rode back along the same route with Song Yunchu.
When the guards a few feet away saw the two men approaching, they followed them and protected them.
Everyone saw white smoke billowing from the direction of the tent from afar, and the situation seemed serious.
As they got closer, everyone could hear the sound of swords clashing in the distance, and there seemed to be several figures fighting in the smoke.
Song Yunchu frowned slightly, "Your Majesty, do you remember that the last time we saw such smoke was on the street where the flower god was parading?"
"Do you suspect it's the remnants of the Rong Kingdom again?" Jun Li Luo's eyes darkened. "There are many people guarding the perimeter. The Rong people are not familiar with the terrain of this hunting ground. We have only just started hunting, and they were able to find the location of the camp so quickly. I'm afraid there is a traitor leading them."
"Your Majesty is right. We must dismount. The white smoke will obstruct the horses' vision."
As Song Yunchu spoke, he jumped off his horse, and the others also dismounted and walked.
The closer you get to the white smoke, the clearer the sound of chaos becomes.
Although he couldn't see the distant objects clearly, Song Yunchu was still confident in his ability to identify the location by sound.
Suddenly, he saw someone running towards him, and Song Yunchu immediately became alert. When he raised his folding fan, he saw clearly that the man was an envoy from a friendly country. The man was in a miserable state and had lost his weapon, and it was obvious that he was being chased.
Song Yunchu looked behind him and saw a masked man in white tights. It must be said that the enemies were quite smart to wear all white. They almost blended into the white smoke and their figures could only be seen clearly when the distance was close enough. This trick was to prevent the long-range shooting of the guards.
The guards couldn't catch the enemies in the white smoke from a distance, so their arrows would become useless.
Seeing that the masked man in white was about to chop at the envoy's back, Song Yunchu took out a flying knife from the knife bag at his waist and threw it, hitting the man's forehead accurately.
The masked man fell down. Song Yunchu looked at the envoy and said, "Sir Wang, you came from the camp, right? How many casualties are there?"
The envoy panted and said, "So many... so many people in white, they seem to have suddenly rushed in from the east..."
"East?" Song Yunchu narrowed his eyes.
They were coming from the west, and the enemies were not following them from a distance. Just as Jun Liluo guessed, there was a traitor leading the way and attacking from the other side.
There are many people and eyes in the imperial city, so it is difficult for the enemy to mobilize in large numbers. However, Longlin Mountain is vast, and if you really find a traitor, it is not difficult to ambush hundreds of people.
Song Yunchu and others continued to move forward, and when they approached the camp, they smelled a bloody odor.
The white smoke had dissipated somewhat, and as far as the eye could see, there were more than 30 dead or injured. Not far away, there was new white smoke slowly rising.
There may be more casualties in unseen places.
"Your Majesty, are you okay? Commander Shen has been looking for you everywhere and is extremely worried." A guard came forward, covering his injured shoulder, to inquire about Jun Liluo's condition.
"I'm fine, where's Chen Yue?"
Jun Liluo was asking the guard a question when he heard Song Yunchu beside him respond, "I saw him."
As soon as Song Yunchu finished speaking, his figure had already flashed away.
"Yun Chu!" Jun Li Luo was worried about her and led everyone to catch up.
Ordinary Yulin soldiers wore light blue uniforms, but Chen Yue wore dark blue. Song Yunchu just saw a dark blue shadow dodging a few feet away, and its movements were very similar to Chen Yue's.
She got closer and saw that it was indeed Shen Yue.
Chen Yue was entangled by four masked men, among whom there was a taller masked man whose speed was not inferior to Chen Yue at all. Seeing that he was about to hit Chen Yue's shoulder with a palm, Song Yunchu flew forward and raised his hand to meet the palm.
Palms collided, and Tuhlang was knocked back two steps by Song Yunchu. He suddenly felt the blood surging in his chest, and a mouthful of blood rushed up his throat and sprayed on the white cloth covering his face. The smell of blood rushed into his nose, almost making him faint on the spot.
Prince Yi had warned him that if he encountered the Song bandits, he must retreat quickly and not fight to the end.
Fortunately, his men were loyal. Seeing him vomiting blood, they all hacked at Song Yunchu. Taking advantage of the opportunity when Song Yunchu dodged, he quickly turned around and fled.
Jun Li Luo had already brought everyone over and quickly dealt with the several masked men around.
"That guy just now should be a leader. I'm going to catch him!"
Song Yunchu said this and chased in the direction the man in white was running.
If he wasn't a leader, why would others risk their lives to give him a chance to survive?
To catch a thief, you must first catch the leader. As long as we catch that person, we might be able to find out a lot of things.
Although the white smoke was annoying, she had already determined the direction in which the masked man was escaping. As long as she didn't encounter a fork in the road, she would most likely catch up with him with her speed.
And she soon saw the masked man's back fleeing in the smoke.
But before she could catch up, she saw several "corpses" on the ground in front of her suddenly jump up, and six or seven swords chopped down at her at the same time!
Song Yunchu narrowed his eyes, turned quickly and took two steps back, leaving those people's attacks empty.
"Hey, you're pretending to be dead? Are you waiting here to reveal your true identity?"
There were many corpses along the way, and she was originally on guard against whether there were people faking their deaths. In fact, it was not surprising if there were any, but she was a little surprised that so many people pretended to be dead and ambushed her at the same time.
Everyone didn't waste time talking to her and raised their swords to attack her again.
Song Yunchu discovered that the people in front of him were better at martial arts than the ones who had just protected the assassin leader.
Logically speaking, shouldn't the one with the best kung fu be chosen to protect the leader?
Unless these two groups of people are not from the same group, if those just now were Rong people, then these in front of us... might be traitors from our own country.
Just as she was thinking this, she saw a tall and slender masked man approaching her. While she was being entangled by other people, he stabbed her in the heart.
Song Yunchu used his folding fan to push away his sword and looked into his eyes. He felt that his features looked familiar.
Moreover, the man looked at her with extremely cold and hateful eyes, as if he had some deep hatred against her.
Hmm...is this a scumbag?
They look so similar, this eyebrow shape, this figure, and this eye-catching look...
In the original novel, the scumbag man brought a bunch of ministers to force the emperor to abdicate. Although it was also an act of rebellion, at least the ministers he joined forces with were all of higher status. The group of people was so powerful that it was portrayed as quite cool by the scumbag author.
But now he has fallen to the point of colluding with foreigners, causing chaos in the royal hunting grounds, and even pretending to be dead in order to launch a surprise attack on her. This is really not decent at all.
How could this person have the nerve to call her Song the dog thief every day? The name of dog thief should be given to him.
Escaping dog thief.
"His Royal Highness King Yi."
Song Yunchu dodged the sword thrust at him again. "I used to think you were stupid and ridiculous, but how come you have degenerated into a traitor who collaborates with the enemy?"
Jun Tianyi didn't expect that she would reveal her identity in one sentence. His heart tightened slightly, but he remained calm and continued to attack her with his men.
Seeing him pretending to be calm, Song Yunchu raised his eyebrows.
"You looked so pathetic just now pretending to be a corpse."
"If I were Rumin, seeing you like this, I would definitely be glad that I got rid of you so early."
Jun Tianyi's eyes narrowed.
This bastard actually dared to mention Minmin!
He will make sure this man is killed without a burial place!
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