Chapter 195 Not only childish, but also utterly inexplicable
Xie Yunchuan mounted his horse as he replied, "Mm."
In just a few days, Lu Chi's name had spread throughout the entire hunting grounds, with almost everyone praising him for his ambition at such a young age and for daring to take on challenges at only nine years old.
Xie Yun-yang also knew about this matter, and one day he even met Lu Chi in the mountains.
Lu Chi truly lives up to his reputation as the son of the General of the Cavalry. Despite his young age, his horsemanship and archery skills are quite impressive, far surpassing many self-aggrandizing young masters.
Xie Yun-yang, unaware of the inside story, genuinely believed that Xie Yun-chuan had taken a liking to Lu Chi as a promising talent, which was why he had proactively sought a spot for him from Xie Yu-xiao.
"Second Brother is indeed discerning. This second young master of the Lu family is truly a tiger father like dog son. He has the demeanor of General Lu and will surely be an extraordinary person in the future."
"Is that so?" Xie Yunchuan remained indifferent, seemingly not taking Lu Chi seriously, and urged him, "Let's go."
"good."
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Meanwhile, the group was still searching for the beehive.
The group walked back and forth along the road several times. Xie Yunqi was getting a little impatient: "Xiao Quanzi, where is it? Didn't you say it was over here?"
Xiao Quanzi held a drawing in his hand, comparing it with the markings on it: "That's right, that's how it's drawn on this drawing, it should be around here."
Xiao Quanzi walked anxiously at the front, carefully comparing the markings on the picture with the actual scene, sweating profusely.
Xie Yunqi, this little tyrant, has more patience than before when facing other things, but it's only a little bit more, and it runs out in no time.
In particular, he had enthusiastically made so many props; if he couldn't use them, wouldn't all his efforts have been wasted?
"Little Quanzi, quickly find that beehive for me!"
"Yes, Your Highness, please don't worry. My men said they marked the tree. I'll go find it right away!"
Xiao Quanzi packed up the drawing and ran ahead in a flash.
Xie Yunqi was a little annoyed, her brows furrowed, and she gently comforted him: "Fifth brother, don't worry, such a big beehive won't run away, let's look for it again."
Xie Yunqi stomped her foot, her tone aggrieved: "Oh dear, this outfit is so cool! I put so much thought into it. What if it's not useful?"
Sheng Sheng looked at him helplessly, knowing that his arrogant young master temper had flared up. Just as she was about to ask Zijuan and the others to go and look for it, a faint, sweet smell suddenly wafted into her nose. Looking up, she suddenly saw the beehive hidden among the dense branches.
"Hey, is that it?"
Sheng Sheng took a few steps toward the tree and pointed in that direction, shouting.
Xie Yunqi and Lu Chi both looked up. Upon seeing it, Xie Yunqi excitedly called for someone to bring over his "magical artifact".
"Quick, quick, it's my turn to perform!"
One Imperial Guard carried the end of a long pole, while another brought Xie Yunqi a high stool.
His clothes restricted his movements, so Xie Yunqi awkwardly climbed onto the high stool, then picked up the upper part of the long stick, without really observing the honeycomb, and was about to poke it in.
Sheng Sheng was startled. She could clearly see that the beehive was four times the size of the one they had seen in the Imperial Garden before!
Unprocessed honey has a very faint smell and certainly contains more honey, but this also means it is more dangerous.
A larger beehive means a larger bee colony.
Look, there are several bees flying around the beehive, patrolling it menacingly!
Although bees are not very venomous, getting stung can still be quite painful.
He called out to him, "Fifth Prince, wait!"
Lu Chi stopped him, saying, "Your Highness, this beehive is huge, and there are bees all around. Moreover, if Your Highness were to poke it down directly, the swarm inside would definitely be enraged."
Xie Yunqi paused, thankfully the long stick in his hand didn't go straight in.
Sheng Sheng breathed a sigh of relief: "Yes, Fifth Brother, have you forgotten that when we were in the Imperial Garden, you also poked at it and ended up being chased by bees the whole time?"
Xie Yunqi put down the long stick, looking sullen: "Then what can we do? The beehive is right here, and the bees can't all leave it. Is there any other way but to just poke it down?"
“Yes.” Lu Chi walked to the side and squatted down. He rummaged around behind the grass for a while and pulled out a few handfuls of grass. “This is mugwort. When I was a child, I was in the army camp with my father. The veterans there taught me this. Bees are sensitive to smells, especially pungent ones. The smell of burning mugwort is very strong. If you light the mugwort and burn it next to the hive, the smell of the mugwort will enter the hive and temporarily lure the bees out of the hive.”
Upon hearing that there was a solution, Xie Yunqi was so happy that his back teeth were showing: "I didn't know you had some skills. What are you waiting for? Hurry up and light the mugwort!"
Lu Chi tied the mugwort together, then stared straight at Xie Yunqi without saying a word.
Xie Yunqi asked suspiciously, "Why are you looking at me? Is there something on my face?"
Lu Chi remained silent, while Xie Yunqi adjusted his helmet and chuckled, "Looks like I've impressed you with my handsomeness. It's alright, my good looks are well-known and obvious to all, I understand, I understand."
Lu Chi: "..."
Sheng Sheng sighed, "Fifth Brother, we didn't bring a tinderbox with us."
Xie Yunqi paused for a moment: "Oh."
Sheng Sheng instructed someone to go back to the hunting grounds to fetch a tinderbox, and then observed the beehive for a while, concluding that Lu Chi's method should be feasible.
The only thing to be careful about is that once the scent of the mugwort dissipates, the bees will quickly return to their hive.
"Fifth brother, we need to divide the work and cooperate, otherwise the bees will come back in no time and we won't be able to get the hive. We can't keep burning mugwort to fumigate them, can we?"
Xie Yunqi thought it wasn't a bad idea.
Lu Chi stopped him from doing so: "After a few more times, the bees will get used to the smell, and it won't work when you light the mugwort again. So, we really need to work together."
Xie Yunqi dressed up so smartly today in order to change his image in Sheng Sheng's mind and erase the disheveled appearance he had when they first met in the Imperial Garden from her memory.
Now look what's happened! Lu Chi has stolen all the limelight, he came up with the plan, and he's even on the same side as Sheng Sheng. What is he supposed to do now?
Xie Yunqi glared at Lu Chi fiercely: "Can you please shut up?"
Lu Chi, who was inexplicably glared at, was speechless.
Lu Chi felt that he still knew too little about Xie Yunqi. The two were old acquaintances. In the past, he only thought that the Fifth Prince was childish, but today he saw that he was not only childish, but also very inexplicable.
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