301, hunting
301, hunting
"Let's go."
"yes."
The two of them got into the carriage. Zhao Lang pulled Lu Mingfei, who had gotten in behind, to sit next to him and asked Master Lu, "Are you stupid? My mother sent someone to invite you, and you came? Why didn't you send someone to inform me first?"
"Your mother has already sent someone to wait at the door. If I don't go, wouldn't it be too arrogant? Besides, I asked someone to tell you, didn't you come too?" Looking at the angry person, Lu Mingfei said with a flattering smile.
Zhao Lang looked at the young man who was playing dumb in front of him and reached out to pinch the little fool's face. "From now on, you must put your own safety first, understand?"
"Okay, I understand." Lu Mingfei took away the hand that was pinching his face. He knew Zhao Lang was worried that he would suffer a loss at the hands of his mother. However, he also knew that there would be no danger in coming to the Dingwang Mansion today, so he dared to bring a few people with him.
“Gurgle——”
At this moment, a hungry stomach growled.
Both of them looked down at the source of the sound at the same time.
Lu Mingfei looked up and met Zhao Lang's eyes. Zhao Lang asked him with a smile in his eyes, "You came out without having breakfast?"
"...Yeah." He nodded, feeling a little embarrassed for some reason.
Zhao Lang instructed the driver outside through the carriage curtain, "Go to the noodle shop in front."
"Yes, master." The coachman outside responded.
Looking back at Lord Lu in front of him, Zhao Lang raised his hand and flicked Lord Lu's forehead. "You, didn't you say it yourself? The world is big, but eating is the most important thing?"
Lu Mingfei covered his forehead, which had been hit by the bullet, and smiled at Zhao Lang, "I was thinking that maybe I'd run into you at Prince Ding's Mansion, and then I could go out to eat with you."
Now Zhao Lang couldn't blame Lord Lu. "From now on, no matter what you do or who you meet, you must eat a full stomach first."
"Okay, I understand." Lu Mingfei nodded.
Not long after, their carriage stopped in front of a noodle shop and two people got off the carriage.
When getting off the car, Lu Mingfei looked at the street and found that there were quite a lot of people on the street today.
There was a stove at the door of the noodle shop, and an old man was standing in front of the stove cooking noodles. When he heard the sound, the old man subconsciously looked up and saw that it was their prince.
"Prince? I'm honored to meet you..." An old man came out from inside and was about to kneel down and pay his respects to their prince.
"No need to be so polite." Zhao Lang held the old man's arm with one hand, not letting him kneel down to him, "Give us some food."
"Okay, okay, please come in and sit down, young master. Everyone, please come in." The old man made a gesture of invitation and hurried forward to draw open the curtain.
A middle-aged man inside heard the sound and hurried over to help lead their prince in.
There were quite a few people eating in the noodle shop at that moment. The owner's son found them a compartment with a curtain. Lu Mingfei and Zhao Lang sat in this compartment, and the others sat outside.
As soon as they sat down, the shop owner's son served them a large pot of mutton soup, a bowl of braised beef in soy sauce, and a large stack of sesame cakes.
"Prince, please enjoy your meal. The noodles are still cooking and will be served to you soon." The shop owner's son said nervously.
"Just give us a bowl of noodles." Lu Mingfei said when he saw so much food on the table.
"Okay." The shop owner's son smiled and nodded. He glanced at their prince, then glanced at the young master who was speaking. Seeing that the two had no more instructions, he turned around and walked out.
After seeing everyone leave, Lu Mingfei lowered his voice and asked Zhao Lang, "Now that you're back in Pingzhou City, do the people here still remember you?"
"The older generation should be able to recognize me. I look somewhat like my father." Zhao Lang picked up a small bowl filled with mutton soup and placed it in front of Lu Mingfei. "Their mutton soup is quite good. Try it."
It was not until he met Prince Ding later that Lu Mingfei realized how similar Zhao Lang really was when he said, "I look somewhat like my father."
"It smells quite nice." Lu Mingfei picked up the spoon and scooped a mouthful of soup, nodding and praising, "It's delicious. This soup is very fresh and sweet."
"Did you often go out here to eat when you were little?"
"I come out occasionally, but not very often." Zhao Lang also poured himself a bowl of soup, picked up a pancake and tore it into two halves. He took half for himself and gave the other half to the young man next to him.
Not long after, the shop owner's son brought them a big bowl of noodles. Lu Mingfei picked up some noodles with chopsticks and gave the rest to Zhao Lang.
After having breakfast in the restaurant, the group left the city and went to a deep mountain thirty miles away.
***
"Bang——"
The arrow shot out and pierced the wild boar's body, directly blowing it into two pieces. The wound was blown into a bloody mess, and the broken flesh flew everywhere.
Except for those who had already witnessed the power of this arrow, the others who saw the arrow's power for the first time were all shocked.
Among these frightened people was Prince Zhao Lang himself.
Seeing that Zhao Lang and his guards were all stunned, Lu Mingfei patted Zhao Lang on the shoulder and asked proudly, "How is it? Didn't I say that this arrowhead is quite powerful?"
"It's not just a little big, it's simply, stunning!" Zhao Lang searched his stomach and found four words to describe the power of this arrow. He was so excited that he grabbed Lu Mingfei's arm with both hands, his face full of excitement.
"Besides you guys, does anyone else know about this?"
"Not many people know about it, except for the two masters who participated in it, you, me, and the brothers around us." Lu Mingfei naturally knew that such weapons in this era could be said to be extremely lethal, so naturally the fewer people who knew about it, the better.
He still understood the principle of "the possession of a treasure is a crime". Exposing this thing before they were able to protect themselves and this thing would undoubtedly put himself and all of them in danger.
He was afraid that Zhao Lang would abuse this weapon, so he said to Zhao Lang: "This thing is not easy to make, and if it is not stored or used properly, it is very easy to injure your own people. You must be extremely cautious when using it."
"Unless you have to, you can't use this thing casually, understand?"
"Okay, I understand." Zhao Lang nodded in understanding. When he saw that this thing could kill an adult wild boar with one arrow, he also realized that this weapon would be a powerful killer if taken out.
He then turned and warned all the guards who had come with them today: "What we saw today, none of you may disclose it to anyone. Anyone who disobeys my order will be killed without mercy!"
"Yes, I will keep it in mind. Anyone who disobeys my order will be killed!" All the guards knelt on one knee, put one hand across their chest and swore an oath.
"Everyone, get up." After hearing everyone's promise, Zhao Lang nodded with satisfaction.
Lu Mingfei also trusted the brothers who came with them. The guards and secret guards around Zhao Lang had been following him for more than ten or twenty years.
Although the people he brought with him had not been with them for long, without exception, their wives, children, and mothers were all on the mountain. If these people dared to betray their master, they should think about whether they could bear the consequences.
Of course, he was also very strict when selecting people this time.
Besides rigorous selection, their management system is also very strict. They implement a system of collective responsibility, meaning if one person makes a mistake, everyone else is punished. However, they also have a reward system, offering rewards for promptly reporting any betrayal.
In order to avoid making too much noise, they stopped trying this arrow.
Lu Mingfei put the rest of the arrows into a specially made box and handed it to Zhao Lang. "Take this. You can use it to save your life when necessary."
"Yeah." Zhao Lang nodded.
Since the group went into the mountains to hunt, they naturally had to bring prey.
I don’t know if it was because the noise they made in the mountains was too loud and scared away the big wild animals; or because the wild animals were hibernating in caves in winter, so they didn’t encounter any big wild animals on the way back, only some small wild animals.
When they came out of the mountain, they had a great harvest, having killed a lot of small prey and two deer.
When they went up the mountain, the horses and carriages were parked at the foot of the mountain. When they came down, the horses didn't run away.
Seeing them coming down the mountain, the leading horse ran to Zhao Lang and butted its owner with its head.
This very intelligent black horse is the horse that Zhao Lang raised since childhood, and is very close to its master Zhao Lang.
"If we go back to the city now, the gates will be closed, so entering the city will be a bit troublesome." Zhao Lang raised his hand and touched the black horse's head. He discussed with Lu Mingfei: "We have a farm nearby. Let's stay there tonight and see what to do tomorrow."
"Okay, let's go to the farm you mentioned and process the prey first. We'll barbecue it tonight." Lu Mingfei looked at their harvest today and smiled.
"Okay." Looking at Lord Lu's smiling face, Zhao Lang wanted to reach out and touch him, but considering that there were many people here and Lord Lu was shy, he held back and didn't do it.
So everyone got on their horses, and Lu Mingfei and Zhao Lang took the carriage.
Lu Mingfei got on the carriage first.
But just as Zhao Lang was about to get on the carriage, a black horse opened its mouth to bite him.
"Hey!" Zhao Lang held the horse's mouth with his backhand to prevent the beast from biting his clothes. He asked the beast, "How dare you bite me?"
"puff--"
The black horse shook its head and looked at its owner with a pair of pitiful eyes.
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