Seeing everyone's surprised expressions, Yu Zizhen continued, "Kneel down and bark like a dog three times. From now on, avoid the winner. This rule was proposed by Master Lu of Luyu. If Your Majesty and the others find it absurd, we can just keep the second rule: the loser must pay 30,000 taels of silver notes to the winner within three days of the result."
Everyone: ...
At this moment, everyone's thoughts miraculously synced up. They all muttered in unison: "This suggestion you made is ridiculous, too!"
The emperor rubbed his brows and thought to himself that Yu Zizhen was being greedy for money again...
He cast his gaze at Lu Tong, the Duke of Cheng'en, whose face looked grim as if he had swallowed a hundred live flies, and motioned him to give an explanation.
Lu Tong still held onto his original opinion. He sternly scolded everyone, "No, stop messing around!"
Others also disagreed with their bet. After all, the identities of Yu Zizhen, Fang Huaiying and Chen Hushan were too special. Let alone if one or two of them died, even if one or two were injured, their respective families would definitely hold the court accountable. By then, it was unknown how many people would be pushed out to quell the anger of their elders.
All the important officials were afraid of subsequent troubles, and did not want their relatives, friends or even themselves to suffer because of this, so they reached a consensus for once.
A group of young people were driven away, and before leaving they were repeatedly told not to participate in such competitions. It can be said that they were quite humiliated by the scolding from the adults.
Lu Yu, whose plan had gone to waste, was so angry that his lungs were about to explode. He pointed at Yu Zizhen and scolded, "Why are you so nosy! If you hadn't owed them so much, you would have gone to them..."
"If I don't go find them, and I win, will you obediently kneel down and bark like a dog three times, and avoid the three of us from now on? Or will you obediently pay us 30,000 taels of silver notes within three days after the results of the competition are known?"
Although Yu Zizhen asked, she didn't actually expect Lu Yu to give her an answer, because she was very sure that Lu Yu would never keep his promise after losing.
To be exact, he never even thought that he would lose.
Lu Yu couldn't help but feel guilty for a moment when he was looked at by Yu Zizhen's sharp eyes like a knife. Of course, he didn't think about fulfilling his promise. He didn't even think that Yu Zizhen and the others could come back alive.
"Forget it, since things have come to this, let's just cancel the bet between us." After saying this, Yu Zizhen took the lead and left.
Chen Hushan, Fang Huaiying and others rode their horses and followed her. The group of nine people quickly disappeared from the sight of Lu Yu and others.
"What on earth is that idiot doing? Why is he so sure that we will lose?" Chen Hushan, who had been full of questions for a long time, immediately asked his biggest question after there were fewer people around him.
Yu Zizhen couldn't tell Chen Hushan that a tiger and a blind bear had been released into the forest. She said, "They must have done something in the forest."
Chen Hushan frowned, "Isn't he afraid that we might get into danger?"
They are hostages. While the Lu family uses them to restrain their respective families, they are also the face and symbol of their respective families. If anything happens to them in the capital, their respective families will not let it go.
Yu Zizhen shrugged. "Didn't you say he was an idiot? An idiot wouldn't have as many concerns as a smart person."
Chen Hushan frowned, "Then should we still race horses?"
"Run." Yu Zizhen thought to herself, if she doesn't run, how can she meet the person she wants to meet?
It turned out that just when Lu Yu provoked them and stopped them from making a bet, the baby-voice system not only conveyed to her the news that there were tigers and bears in the forest, but also gave her a new cannon fodder rescue mission.
In order to get the generous points for the mission, Yu Zizhen had to go in and make this trip no matter what.
Chen Hushan couldn't help but raise his eyebrows when he heard her say that, "Aren't you afraid?"
"Afraid?" Yu Zizhen smiled slightly, "Why should I be afraid? If gods stand in my way, I'll kill gods; if Buddhas stand in my way, I'll kill Buddhas. That's all."
Chen Hushan was inspired by her simple words and he shouted "Well said" and followed her without hesitation.
Fang Huaiying smiled and shook his head slightly, as if he was helpless about the two men's youthful arrogance, but he rode his horse to catch up without hesitation.
Lu Mingxuan, who had long been worried that something might happen in the hunting ground, quickly went to call Yaoguang. This girl had a similar figure to Yu Zizhen, and if they wore similar clothes and dressed as men, they could confuse others to a certain extent.
In addition, she has a very high talent for martial arts and has made rapid progress in martial arts in the past two years. Even if she really encounters something, she will have no problem protecting herself.
So the group of nine people became ten people, and the ten people rode on horses and clattered into the woods.
The forest in the royal hunting ground is not dense. Except for the slightly more tall trees at the entrance, the further you go in, the fewer tall trees there are in your field of vision, and the more knee-high weeds and low shrubs there are.
Yu Zizhen and his companions did not walk fast, but because Yu Zizhen had a clear goal and rarely stopped or took detours along the way, they still arrived at the place where Yu Zizhen's target person was at the scheduled time.
The ten men also went hunting along the way, but since their competitive spirit had been suppressed by the emperor and his ministers, they were not very interested in this matter.
If they saw an opportunity to shoot an arrow, they would bend their bows and shoot an arrow. If they saw an opportunity that was not convenient, they would just spur their horses and continue to jog towards a place suitable for horse racing without even batting an eye.
Yu Zizhen was always running at the front of the team, and before they knew it, she had led everyone to the location of her target person.
"Did you hear any strange noises?"
With the super plug-in of the baby voice system, Yu Zizhen can not only track the target person in real time while he is constantly moving, but also detect possible dangerous factors around him in advance.
Just as they were jogging on horseback, Yu Zizhen received a timely reminder from the baby voice system that there was a bear ahead.
Chen Hushan listened attentively. After a moment, he asked in confusion, "No, did you hear any unusual sounds?"
Yu Zizhen nodded vigorously without feeling guilty at all, "Bang, bang, bang, it's the dull sound of a heavy object hitting the ground."
Fang Huaiying frowned. He hadn't heard any sound, but he trusted Yu Zizhen, so he asked, "Could it be some large beast?"
When Chen Hushan heard this, he immediately thought of the abnormal behavior of Lu Yu and his group. He said, "Could it be that the kid from the Lu family had someone release a large beast in here? Is he crazy?"
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