"Wolf King?"
"Your Highness the Crown Prince hunted it?"
The crowd in the stands was noisy for a while. Just when someone was about to go down to the stands to catch the soldier and interrogate him, the young general who was looking into the distance with a telescope in front of the stands suddenly turned around and said excitedly: "It's His Royal Highness the Crown Prince who came out!"
The first group to come out was actually the prince?
Everyone was stunned at first, but then they quickly realized that they had hunted the wolf king, and with the many red deer they had hunted previously, the winter hunt was already a sure win, so it made sense for the prince to leave the hunt early.
A group of officials were discussing the matter, but the envoys from the Oirat and Tatar had pale faces and were speechless.
However, there is more to it. When everyone leaned over to look, Yin Chengyu's team was approaching from afar, and the wolf corpses on horseback were also revealed.
More than forty horses followed Yin Chengyu and rushed to the game counting area below the stand.
The wolf carcasses were unloaded from the horses one by one and piled up, even blocking the view of the young eunuch who was counting them.
Yin Chengyu asked Xue Shu to watch from below while he went up to the stand to report to Emperor Longfeng.
"Father." There was no dust on his body, and his silver armor was shining. He was graceful and elegant, as beautiful as the morning glow.
"How did you hunt so many prairie wolves? Did you encounter a wolf pack?" Emperor Long Feng also saw the countless wolf carcasses below, and couldn't help but ask curiously.
Because Yin Chengyu risked his life to save him in the enclosure before, and because Yin Chengyu had severely weakened the arrogance of the Tatars and the Oirat, his expression and tone were unusually kind.
Yin Chengyu said, "We did encounter a pack of wolves." He looked up at Ahlu and said with a half-smile, "Speaking of the wolves, we have Princess Wuzhu to thank for that."
He deliberately did not say it clearly, but those present were all shrewd people in the officialdom. Even if they could not guess the truth, they could hear some clues. They were afraid that the Tatars wanted to play a trick in the enclosure, but ended up losing more than they gained.
For a moment, the officials of Dayan looked at the Tatar delegation with increasingly unfriendly eyes.
When Ahlu saw that the prince of Dayan had left the enclosure and hunted so many prairie wolves, he had a bad guess in his mind. Now Yin Chengyu's words only confirmed his guess in advance.
Ahharu looked stiff, and did not respond to Yin Chengyu's words. But he could not help but curse Princess Wuzhu in his heart for not being able to do anything good but making trouble.
After reporting to Emperor Longfeng, Yin Chengyu went back to the palace to bathe and change clothes.
It was noon when I went to the stands to watch again.
The enclosure was too large, and even though the stands were high, one could not see much. In fact, Emperor Longfeng would only come to the stands to watch the race on the first and last days.
This winter hunt was even more lively than in previous years because Yin Chengyu had come out early.
Time passed quickly as everyone was chatting. At the end of the 3:00 p.m., a soldier blew a horn and three red arrows were fired into the sky, notifying everyone in the enclosure that the hunt was over and they should prepare to leave.
Teams began to emerge from the enclosure one after another.
Mubal was the first to come out. He was riding on a horse, and the smug smile on his face froze in an instant when he saw the wolf carcasses piled up like a small hill.
But before he could ask who had hunted the wolf, he heard the eunuch who was taking inventory shrilly, "Step back and wait until His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has taken away the prey before moving forward."
Was he hunted by the Crown Prince of Dayan?
Mubal looked around but did not see Yin Chengyu. Instead, he saw the wolf king among the wolf corpses.
His eyes tightened and his expression became more solemn. He had been looking for the wolf king for two days, but he didn't expect that he would still fall into Yin Chengyu's hands.
Although the results of this winter hunt have not yet been announced, Yin Chengyu is already the uncrowned king just based on the Wolf King and dozens of prairie wolves.
Thinking of the bet, Mubal's eyes became gloomy.
He led the others back a little, listening to the discussion behind them, then he looked up and saw Yin Chengyu sitting on the stands.
He had already escaped.
Yin Chengyu lowered his head and looked down, and his gaze met his. He smiled politely and looked away.
The winter hunting teams all left the enclosure one after another, leaving only the teams of Princess Wuzhu and the third prince Yin Chengjing who were still late.
Everyone thought that the two men had gone too deep into the enclosure and were far from the exit, so they came out late, and no one paid much attention to it. But when they waited until the evening hour and still saw no one coming out, everyone began to worry.
Ahharu was still thinking about what Yin Chengyu said before, and suspected that Yin Chengyu had done something. He stood up and said, "Princess Wuzhu has not come out yet. I'm afraid something has gone wrong. Why don't I send someone to look for her?"
Emperor Longfeng was also worried. Just as he was about to nod, he heard Yin Chengyu say, "I arranged the defense of the enclosure. The Grand Tutor is not very familiar with the situation inside the enclosure, so I will send someone to look for it."
Emperor Longfeng thought it made sense, so he said, "Then the prince should send someone."
Yin Chengyu accepted the order and ordered Zhao Lin to lead people to search for the person again.
People outside the enclosure were concerned about the whereabouts of Yin Chengjing and Princess Wuzhu. At this time, people inside the enclosure were also actually looking for the whereabouts of Yin Chengjing and Princess Wuzhu.
Due to the effect of the powder, it was already past noon when the two men's subordinates woke up.
After realizing they had been tricked, both sides' first reaction was to suspect the other person, because Princess Wuzhu and Yin Chengjing had a disagreement last night over the ownership of the Wolf King.
However, when they went to their respective main accounts to look for someone, they found that their master was missing.
At first, both sides were trying to test each other, but after they found out that not only the people were missing, but also the wolf king in the cave had disappeared, they finally fell out. Just when they were about to fight, they found out that Yin Chengjing and Princess Wuzhu had disappeared at the same time.
The two sides then stopped fighting temporarily and searched for the person together.
However, after searching for almost two hours, there was still no sign of anyone.
The two of them seemed to have disappeared into thin air.
As time was getting later and the sky began to darken, just as the two sides were arguing about whether to continue searching for the person or send someone out to report the situation and ask for help, they heard the sound of horse hooves - Zhao Lin and his men were coming over.
People were sent from outside, and the fact that Princess Wuzhu and Yin Chengjing were missing could no longer be concealed. After hearing the situation, Zhao Lin divided the troops he brought with him into several groups and went with them to search.
Just when everyone was frantically looking for someone.
Princess Wuzhu just woke up from her coma.
Xue Shu did not hold back when he chopped her down with his knife, and the medicinal powder he poured into the fire had an even stronger medicinal property. When she opened her eyes in a daze, she could not quite tell what day it was.
She felt a chill on her body, frowned and tried to open her eyes wide, and the first thing she saw was a naked chest.
With eyes wide open in disbelief, Wuzhu's gaze gradually moved upwards, finally settling on Yin Chengjing's all too familiar face.
Hun Dun's eyes gradually became clear. After realizing what happened, Wu Zhu suddenly sat up, pushed the man away, and asked with gritted teeth: "Yin Chengjing! What did you do to me?!"
She suspected that Yin Chengjing knew that there was no hope of killing the prince, and in order to force the Tatars to continue to cooperate, he drugged her.
However, before I could get a reply, the unconscious person suddenly screamed and curled up in pain.
Yin Chengjing was awakened by an unbearable pain. The pain came from his lower body, as if it split him in half. The pain made him want to roll on the ground.
But he still had a bit of rationality left and realized that there was someone next to him. He suppressed the pain and saw the person in front of him clearly.
"Black Pearl?!"
He had a cold sweat on his forehead and felt a sharp pain in his lower body, which made him feel tormented and terrified: "What did you do?!"
Wuzhu wanted to ask him something, but just as she was about to speak, she caught a glimpse of the thing hanging on her wrist, and her sarcastic words paused for a moment.
She slowly raised her hand and saw the thin wire wrapped around her wrist.
The wire was very thin, one end was wrapped around her wrist, and because of the force just now, the skin on her wrist was broken and blood was oozing out. And the other end -
Wuzhu's eyes gradually widened. She looked at the bloodstains and the bits of flesh hanging on the wire, and then at Yin Chengjing, who was holding his legs together and sweating profusely...
Although Yin Chengjing was curled up like a shrimp due to the pain and couldn't see clearly, she took a quick glance just now and seemed to vaguely see something half hanging, about to fall.
"You, you..." Her voice was shaking. She quickly untied the wire around her wrist and threw it on the ground. She grabbed the clothes on the ground and put them on hastily. She wanted to climb up and call for help.
Seeing this, Yin Chengjing no longer cared about the pain, rushed over and grabbed her wrist tightly, and said with a grim face: "Come back!"
Wuzhu was about to kick him when he gritted his teeth and said, "If you dare to shout out, you won't survive!"
Wuzhu paused for a moment, looked at him suspiciously, and quickly thought of a countermeasure in her mind.
In the current situation, the two of them must have been plotted against. But the wire was tied to her hand, and if you really look into it, it was indeed she who hurt Yin Chengjing. If this matter was really made public, and the murderer could not be found, both the Great Yan Emperor and Yin Chengjing would probably use her as a scapegoat.
She hadn't completed her mission in the first place, and her father had many other daughters, so Ahalu wouldn't put in any effort to protect her.
Seeing her hesitation, Yin Chengjing breathed a sigh of relief and gritted his teeth and said, "Tear the outer garment into strips to stop the bleeding!"
The pain in his lower body was so severe that it was numb. He didn't even dare to look at it. There was only one thought in his mind: no matter whether it was good or bad, it must not be spread out.
Wuzhu soon found that she had no choice but to go back and tear her underwear into rags and hand them to him.
Yin Chengjing took it while taking a breath, then half-sitting up with difficulty, and took a look below while suppressing his panic.
Fortunately, some of them are still connected.
The imperial physician said that maybe the baby could be taken back.
He closed his eyes, gritted his teeth, wrapped the strip of cloth around it, and carefully bandaged the wound.
It took a lot of time just to deal with this.
After the bandage was done, Yin Chengjing asked Wuzhu to help her put on her clothes, and then he spoke again: "Give me the hairpin on your head."
His face was covered in cold sweat and his complexion was frighteningly pale. Seeing him like this, Wuzhu felt frightened and obediently took off the pearl hairpin on her head.
Yin Chengjing took it, gathered his strength for a while, and then fiercely stabbed the sharp end of the pearl hairpin into his thigh.
Bright red blood flowed out. He threw the pearl hairpin aside and bandaged the wound on his thigh with a piece of rag. He turned his head to look at Wuzhu and said in a ghostly voice: "Remember, I broke my thigh to save you. Do you understand?"
Wuzhu gritted her teeth and nodded.
Yin Chengjing leaned against the wall of the pit and said weakly, "You can climb up now and call for help."
The sky was getting darker and darker. Zhao Lin and his men had been searching for half an hour but still could not find the person. When he was discussing with Huerhe about re-searching the places they had searched before to make sure there were no missed places, he suddenly heard a faint cry for help.
He looked at Hu Erhe, who had apparently heard it as well: "It's Princess Wuzhu's voice."
The two quickly headed towards the source of the sound.
The pit was too deep. Princess Wuzhu tried several times but failed to climb out. She could only shout for help at the bottom of the pit. Fortunately, after shouting for a long time, someone finally heard her cry for help.
Hearing the sound of horse hooves getting closer, Princess Wuzhu sat down at the bottom of the pit, glanced at Yin Chengjing, and said hoarsely, "Someone is coming."
Yin Chengjing's face was gloomy and he did not answer.
Zhao Lin and Hu Erhe followed the direction of the sound and soon found the deep pit.
They had searched this area before, but half of the deep pit was covered by tangled dead branches and weeds, and the other half was blocked by a protruding stone wall, so it had not been discovered.
Zhao Lin poked his head to take a look down, and when he saw the situation of the two people clearly, he was stunned.
Not to mention the shabby clothes these two wore, but their messy, wrinkled clothes made it hard not to think of something wrong. Especially the outer garment that Princess Wuzhu was wearing, which seemed to be the Third Prince's...
Hu Erhe, who was half a step behind, noticed his strangeness and looked over, his expression changing several times. However, no one said anything, they just asked someone to lower the rope and pull the man up.
Princess Wuzhu was not injured and climbed up along the rope by herself.
She thought of Yin Chengjing's injury and finally chose to compromise. She said according to Yin Chengjing's words: "The Third Prince broke his leg while trying to save me and can't move now."
Zhao Lin had no choice but to cut down a tree to make a simple stretcher, and had someone lift Yin Chengjing onto the stretcher and hoist him up.
Because Yin Chengjing was seriously injured and couldn't stand the bumpy ride, he returned later than expected.
The person who rode out to report the news had already told Yin Chengyu the truth, and Yin Chengyu then relayed it to Emperor Longfeng. At this time, Emperor Longfeng's expression was very ugly, but he was still concerned about his son, so he ordered the imperial physician to wait first.
After hearing the news, Concubine De stood with the imperial physician. She had lost her composure for a rare moment and her face was filled with anxiety.
Yin Chengjing was carried back. When he saw the imperial physician waiting, his expression darkened for a moment. He did not ask the physician to treat him. He just hurriedly winked at Concubine De beside him, then forced himself to sit up and saluted: "Father."
Emperor Longfeng glanced at him and said with suppressed anger, "What's going on between you and Princess Wuzhu?"
Just now the prince told him that when Zhao Lin and others found Yin Chengjing, they saw Fang Zheng and Princess Wuzhu together. The two had spent the night together, their clothes were in disarray. Anyone with a discerning eye could tell what was going on!
I just don’t know how the third brother got injured.
Yin Chengjing's face twisted for a moment, but he still said what he had prepared in advance.
"After the dance in the palace that day, I began to admire Princess Wuzhu. It just so happened that Princess Wuzhu also fell in love with me. Last night, I couldn't help myself..." He lowered his head at the right time, revealing a bit of shame: "Unexpectedly, I encountered a black bear looking for food. When I was trying to avoid it, I fell into a deep pit in a panic. In order to protect the princess, I accidentally broke my leg."
"I was blinded by lust and committed such a big mistake. I am willing to be punished. I just don't want to implicate Princess Wuzhu and ruin her reputation." He raised his eyes and looked at Emperor Longfeng with a begging look on his face: "Please grant me a marriage with the princess!"
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