Chapter 53 Hunting outside the city

"Then what are you still doing here? Why don't you send someone to the East Palace to inquire clearly!" Li Er looked up at the fireworks in the sky and scolded Wang Yuan.

"Yes!" Wang Yuan took the order and hurried to the East Palace. He wanted to find out what this thing was.

Soon, Wang Yuan returned from the East Palace and told Li Er everything he had learned from Li Chengqian.

In the East Palace, all the fireworks were finally set off, and the sky returned to the quiet night. The Crown Princess and others were still not satisfied.

Li Chengqian was very satisfied with this fireworks experiment. In the future, he will be able to watch beautiful fireworks in the sky during the New Year.

When fireworks are mass-produced in the future, they can be sold in the market and earn a lot of money.

The most important point is that the gunpowder in fireworks can also make explosives with great destructive power.

However, Li Chengqian does not intend to make such a weapon of mass destruction now. Besides, he does not know how to make it. Making explosives is not the same as making fireworks. It is not that easy.

If the explosives explode, its power will be enough to destroy half of Cheng'en Hall.

Therefore, Li Chengqian does not intend to study such a weapon of mass destruction as explosives before the technology is mature.

The next morning, Li Chengqian got up and changed his clothes and washed up with the help of the maid. After breakfast, he took a group of guards out of the palace to hunt.

"Go!" Li Chengqian, Xue Rengui, Cheng Wuting, Qiu Shenjie, Wang Fangyi, Pei Xingjian and a group of guards were riding their horses in the woods.

Di Renjie, Li Jingxuan, Xu Jingzong, Li Yifu, Du He and others were standing not far away, watching the prince and his friends riding their horses and playing.

"Your Highness! There's a rabbit over there!" A guard shouted, pointing to the distance.

Li Chengqian looked in the direction the guard pointed, and saw a fat gray rabbit eating. Li Chengqian was overjoyed! He took the bow and arrow from the guard, immediately drew the bow and aimed at the rabbit.

"Bang" the bowstring vibrated, and a feathered arrow shot towards a rabbit in the distance.

The rabbit seemed to sense the danger and looked up. A sharp arrow whizzed into the soil beside it. The frightened rabbit didn't care about the delicious food in front of it. It stepped back and jumped into the woods. After a few jumps, it disappeared from everyone's sight.

Seeing that the arrow missed, Li Chengqian smiled to Xue Rengui and others beside him and said, "I haven't shot arrows for a long time, but I am a little rusty. I won't hunt in person today. You should show your own skills."

After that, he pointed to the jade belt on his body and said, "Whoever can win the first place, I will give this jade belt to him!"

"We don't have any problems, but Brother Xue is a great archer. If he participates, I'm afraid we won't have a chance to show our skills." Cheng Wuting said with a smile. Xue Rengui could shoot through five layers of heavy armor with one arrow, and his archery skills were superb, he

could shoot through a willow at a hundred steps. They were also considered good archers, but compared to Xue Rengui, they were far behind. "I heard that Brother Wang was also good at archery, but I don't know who is better between him and Brother Xue. Why don't we let them compete!" Pei Xingjian said. "Xingjian makes sense! Let the two of you compete, and whoever wins, I will give him the jade belt as a reward." Li Chengqian said. "Yes!" Xue Rengui and Wang Fangyi responded. "After an hour, you two will come back here to meet up, and whoever hunts the most prey will win. Let's start now!" Li Chengqian said. "Go!" As soon as Li Chengqian finished speaking, Wang Fangyi and Xue Rengui rode their horses and rushed into the woods. Li Chengqian and others found a place to dismount and rest. Just as they dismounted, they heard the sound of fighting. Judging from the sound, it should be a group of people fighting. Li Chengqian frowned. Who are they? How dare they fight near Chang'an. "Go and see what's going on?" Li Chengqian ordered the guards who came with him to check the situation. Several guards followed the direction of the sound and rode away. When the guards arrived at the place of the fight, they saw two groups of people fighting. Dozens of people besieged three people, and the three people were already covered with wounds. Both sides saw the guards appearing. When the side with more people saw the guards appear, they showed a trace of panic! The leader said something unknown, and their attack became more fierce. "Friends over there, we are the envoys of Baekje!" The three of them approached the guards while fighting, and did not forget to shout out their identities. "What?" The guards were shocked when they heard it! These foreigners were so bold and presumptuous that they attacked the Baekje envoys who came to Chang'an to pay tribute in Chang'an, the capital of the Tang Dynasty. This is unacceptable. The guards immediately picked up their bows and arrows and shot arrows at the group of people with more people to prevent them from approaching, and sent one person back to report to the prince. "What did you say? Someone actually dared to assassinate the envoy of Baekje under the feet of the emperor?" Li Chengqian was furious after hearing the report from the guards who came back! Someone actually dared to attack the foreign ministers who came to pay tribute under the feet of the emperor, which was simply audacious! This is not contempt for the majesty of the Tang Dynasty. Someone actually dared to kill foreign envoys in the vicinity of the capital Chang'an, regardless of the majesty of the Tang Dynasty! If this gets out, where is the dignity of the empire! "Why are you still standing there! Why don't you capture these audacious and presumptuous people for me!" Li Chengqian said. Everyone knew that the prince was angry. Cheng Wuting jumped on his horse and shouted, "Follow me, people from the left inner team! Lead the way!" He turned around and said to the guards who came back to report. The guard jumped on his horse and returned the same way. Cheng Wuting followed him. In an instant, dozens of people jumped on their horses and followed Cheng Wuting. Not long after, Cheng Wuting and his companions returned and brought back an envoy from Baiji. Li Chengqian asked the accompanying imperial physician to treat the envoy. "Your Highness!" Cheng Wuting jumped off his horse and came to Li Chengqian's side. Li Chengqian looked at the wounded envoy of Baiji in front of him and said, "Didn't you say there were three envoys? How come you only brought back one?" "When I arrived, only he and a few of our brothers were left to support us. The other two had already been killed by the criminals." Cheng Wuting said. "Humph!" Li Chengqian snorted coldly. Until now, he still didn't understand who had the courage to commit a crime near the capital of the Tang Dynasty. "Where are those villains?" "They have all been beheaded by us. We originally wanted to leave one alive, but who knew he would commit suicide." "So the clues are cut off, and we no longer know who the mastermind behind this is?" Li Chengqian said.

"When I checked the bodies of those criminals just now, I found that they were not from our Central Plains. Judging from their clothes, they should be from the same place as the Baekje envoy." Cheng Wuting said.

"So the assassins of the Baekje envoy should be from Goguryeo or Silla!" Li Chengqian said.

"It is also possible that it was done by Baekje's own people." Cheng Wuting said.