Chapter 126 Hidden Arrow! Hard to Defend?

bass!

With a muffled sound, Xue Qingyao could feel the tip of the arrow brushing against the hair beside his ear and then nailing into the big banyan tree behind him.

A strand of hair slowly fell from her ear to the ground.

Although the arrow did not hurt her at all, the experience of almost stepping into King Yan's Palace made Xue Qingyao's body tremble uncontrollably.

She was so frightened that her grip loosened and the paper bag in her hand fell to the ground.

She turned her head in panic, only to see that the shaft of the long arrow had sunk an inch into the tree trunk, and the tail was still vibrating.

Xue Qingyao was afraid that a second arrow would be shot at him, so without thinking too much, he quickly hid behind the banyan tree.

Before leaving, Murong Ye hinted to her that someone was ambushing in the woods and shooting arrows, and asked her not to go deep into the woods.

Could it be that this arrow was shot by someone arranged by Murong Ye?

The person he was looking for was so unqualified that he just shot arrows randomly without even finding the right target!

The more Xue Qingyao thought about it, the angrier he became. He was filled with anger.

At this moment, she suddenly heard the sound of horse hooves coming from far away and then getting closer.

Xue Qingyao was afraid of encountering bad guys, so he held his breath and pressed his back against the thick trunk of the banyan tree.

"Eh? Where's the hare?"

When the sound of horse hooves stopped near the big banyan tree, Xue Qingyao immediately recognized the voice of the rider.

After learning the other party's identity, she immediately rushed out from behind the banyan tree, raised her arms angrily, and pointed at the man holding the bow and arrow on horseback, "Xue Youli, you dare to shoot me with an arrow?"

Xue Youli, dressed in a formal outfit, sat astride the horse's back, looking down at Xue Qingyao who was more than a meter away from the horse's head.

When her eyes met Xue Qingyao's, she put away her bow and arrow and said apologetically, "Oh! I'm so sorry! I was clearly aiming at a hare, but my hand slipped and I lost my aim."

While she was talking, she dismounted and walked towards Xue Qingyao, "Sister Xue, are you okay?"

Xue Qingyao looked at her hypocritical expression and was too lazy to pretend to be a sister with her. "I'm not injured. Are you disappointed?"

Xue Youli explained, "Don't misunderstand me, Sister Xue. I'm just not good at archery and missed the target."

Xue Qingyao sneered, "The forest is so big, and your arrow hit my head exactly. How can you say your archery skills are not good? I think your archery skills are really excellent!"

Xue Youli spread her hands and directly said, "If sister doesn't believe me, there's nothing I can do."

"you!"

Seeing that Xue Qingyao was so angry that he couldn't speak, Xue Youli walked straight to the big banyan tree and raised his hand to pull out the arrow from the trunk.

Unexpectedly, the arrow was embedded very deep. Xue Youli tried her best, but the arrow remained motionless.

Xue Qingyao watched her pull out the arrow with cold eyes, a sneer in his eyes.

“Ouch!”

Xue Youli pulled for a long time and finally pulled the arrow out of the tree trunk.

However, under the huge impact, she fell directly to the ground.

Xue Qingyao saw her wolf in her eyes and said without holding back, "If you don't know how to shoot an arrow, don't come out and embarrass yourself. If you shoot someone to death, how many lives do you have to pay?"

Xue Youli deliberately provoked her to divert her attention, "Yeah, I'm so lucky, luckily it wasn't someone else that I shot at."

While she was not paying attention, he quickly picked up the paper bag on the ground and at the same time threw the paper bag that he had prepared in his hand onto the ground.

"you!"

Just as Xue Qingyao was about to lose his temper, Xue Youli had already walked back to the horse and remounted, "I still have to look for rabbits, so I won't accompany you any more! Drive!"

As she spoke, she clamped her legs under the horse's belly and headed towards the other end of the woods.

Xue Qingyao stared at the direction she left, and waited until her figure completely disappeared into the woods before running to the banyan tree and picking up the paper bag on the ground. "Xue Youli, I'll let you be proud for one more day!"

Unfortunately, she didn't know that the paper bag in her hand had been switched.

On his way to find Murong Che on horseback, Xue Youli also hunted a pheasant.

When she got off the horse holding the colorful pheasant, she shouted to Murong Che, "Your Majesty, I have hunted a pheasant. Isn't it amazing?"

Murong Che knew that she was using the excuse of looking for prey to find out the location of Murong Ye and Xue Qingyao's secret meeting. He didn't expect that she could bring back a prey. "Very impressive."

Xue Youli saw that the man had nothing in his hands and raised his eyebrows at him, "Your Majesty, what did you get?"

Murong Che spread his hands and said, "I just saw a gray rat, but it ran away."

"It's okay, we have chicken to eat!" Xue Youli said, reaching out to tug at the corner of the man's clothes, "Your Majesty, I'm a little tired, how about we go back to the tent to rest?"

[Anyway, my mission to the hunting ground has been completed. There is no need to tire myself out on the first day. Tomorrow is the highlight, and there is another tough battle to fight. I have to seize the time to recuperate.]

Murong Che narrowed his peach blossom eyes, "Okay, I'll do as you say."

Xue Youli's eyes flickered, "Your Majesty, if the two of us can't get first place, you won't blame me, right?"

Murong Che replied nonchalantly, "So many good men from Jiuzhou have entered the hunting grounds. With their skills, it will be no problem for them to win the championship."

Moreover, due to the participation of envoys from Nanzhao in this year's autumn hunt, the scope of the hunting ground has been expanded several times compared to before.

He knew in his heart that Murong Ye had already sent assassins to ambush in the hunting ground in order to kill him.

But he is not stupid. Would he stay here and give the assassins an opportunity to assassinate him?

Of course I would run away immediately.

So they both mounted their horses and returned the same way.

After Xue Qingyao met Murong Ye, she naturally did not stay in the woods for long. She picked up her horse and went straight back to the camp.

In the large open space in front of the tent, a stick of incense thicker than a finger was burning to count the time.

By this time, most of the incense had burned down, and guards were gradually coming out of the hunting ground carrying marked prey.

Each group participating in the afternoon hunting competition has its own game storage area, which is a circle surrounded by wooden fences and marked with each group's number plate.

Xue Youli discovered that the one who caught the most prey was actually her best friend.

The prey that Chu Xinyue and Murong Nan hunted all had wooden plaques with the number 5 engraved on them.

At this time, there were five hares, two pheasants, and two gray mice in the couple's No. 5 wooden fence. In addition to a sika deer, there were also two wild boars, one big and one small.

"I'm afraid this girl is cheating!"

Xue Youli looked at the prey with the number 5 wooden sign hanging on them, and was shocked but also felt honored.

These prey were hunted by her best friend and her best friend's husband. What's the difference between them and those she hunted herself?

If they win first place, they will be the pride of Kyushu!

She had been walking around the camp for a while when the sky suddenly darkened and thick dark clouds completely blocked out the sun.

"Is it going to rain?"

Xue Youli turned his head and looked at Murong Che, "Your Majesty, it looks like it's going to rain. If it rains heavily, the roads in the mountains will be slippery and dangerous. Should we end the hunt early?"

If it rains heavily, it is easy for an accident to happen if the horse gets frightened and gets separated from the guards and loses its way in the hunting area.

Murong Che nodded, "Wang Defa, send a signal flare immediately to notify everyone in the mountains to stop hunting."

"yes!"

Wang Defa fired several signal flares in succession. After seeing the signal, the people who had entered the hunting area came out of the woods one after another.

Not long after, Chu Xinyue also appeared at the entrance of the hunting area on horseback.

Several guards who were responsible for transporting game followed behind her, carrying a large black bear.

Chu Xinyue spotted Xue Youli from a distance and raised the longbow in her hand to greet her, "Ali!"

Xue Youli raised her hand to her mouth and made a megaphone, "Yuebao, you were amazing today! The champion is definitely you!"

Chu Xinyue put her thumb behind her and said, "I also caught a big catch. I'll ask the chef to make braised bear paws for you tonight!"

Hearing this, Xue Youli turned her gaze to the guards behind her.

When he saw the big black bear carried by the guards, his eyes widened in shock, "Black bear? Did you hunt it?"

"Yes! I'll give you a snack tonight!"

Chu Xinyue jumped off the horse swiftly, threw the bow and arrow in her hand to the guard beside her, and ran towards Xue Youli, "Ali, hunting is so interesting!"

Her interest was aroused, and if she hadn't seen the flare signaling the end of the game, she would have stayed in the hunting grounds until dark.

When she got closer, Xue Youli saw that she was the only one there and asked in confusion, "Where is His Royal Highness Prince Kang? Why didn't he come back with you?"

After she asked this, Chu Xinyue finally responded, "Oh no! I left him beside the stream while chasing a black bear. I was so excited after catching the black bear that I forgot about him!"

However, she added, "Murong Nan is not a fool. If he sees that it's about to rain, he will definitely come out!"

However, Xue Youli waited with her at the exit of the hunting ground for a long time and saw many people coming out, but there was no sign of Murong Nan.

At first, Chu Xinyue was chatting and laughing with Xue Youli while waiting, but when the big raindrops fell from the sky, her face became a little solemn.

Can't wait any longer!

Chu Xinyue made a decisive decision in her heart, "Ali, you go back to the tent first, I'll go in and find him!"

Xue Youli immediately said, "I'm worried about you being alone, I'll go in with you!"

Anyone with a little common sense knows how dangerous it is in the mountains when it rains.

Chu Xinyue rejected her categorically, "No! It's too dangerous!"

"It's because it's dangerous that I want to go with you!"

"I'm familiar with the roads in the mountains. If you get separated from me, I'll have to find another person, which will be even more dangerous!"

Xue Youli knew that what she said made sense. "Then wait a moment. I'll have the emperor send some more guards in to help you look for it!"

"It's too late! Let's split up. I'll go in and find him, and you notify the emperor!"

Chu Xinyue said this, pulled her horse back, rode on it, raised the whip and hit the horse's butt, "Drive——"