The arrow tips hit each other, sparks flew, and the white-feathered arrow was knocked off course an inch and shot into the big tree next to the doe.
The tree shook violently, and countless fallen leaves rustled down.
The doe was frightened by the sound and her body suddenly jumped up like a spring.
It rushed into the woods ahead without choosing a way out, and was submerged by the bushes in the blink of an eye...
Whereabouts unknown.
"Amazing!" Wei Jiaoniang naturally saw this scene, her eyes became brighter and her spirits were high.
If she wasn't still riding on a horse, she would have wanted to rush over and hug Gu Yanfei and cheer.
This arrow just now was absolutely amazing! For a moment, Wei Jiaoniang seemed to see a majestic female general who shot down the enemy's head with one arrow from a few hundred steps away.
Wei Jiaoniang clapped her hands heavily and sighed: Gu Yanfei's horseback archery is really good! She was not mistaken, it was because she had never hunted before that she hesitated to take action.
With a little guidance from me, she will surely surpass me. The two of them will be able to dominate the hunting ground!
Gu Yanfei looked quietly at the direction where the doe left, the bowstring of the bow in his hand still humming slightly.
She stroked the bowstring gently but smiled without saying anything.
Their medical practice is not the Buddhist practice with a heart of bodhisattva. They can kill as well as save.
Medical practitioners kill spiritual beasts in order to obtain their blood, bones and inner elixir to make medicine. They most avoid draining the pond to catch all the fish. Therefore, they, as medical practitioners, have three rules of saving and three rules of not killing. This is all to maintain the balance of spiritual beast races between heaven and earth.
The mother animal with cubs must be rescued.
The sound of scattered horse hooves came from the direction where the white-feather arrow came from.
Baili Yin, dressed in royal blue Hu clothing, rode out of the forest first, followed by seven or eight Yue guards.
With the arrival of these people, the sounds of horse hooves, horse neighs, human voices and all kinds of rustling noises intertwined together, and the originally quiet forest suddenly became a lot noisier.
"Who is it?!" A Yue guard raised his voice unhappily and shouted with a malicious look in his eyes, "Hey, you two..."
Baili Yin saw Gu Yanfei at a glance and just raised his hand slightly. The Yue guard immediately fell silent, shut up and retreated.
"Who shot my arrow away?" There was no anger at all on Baili Yin's slightly rough face. Instead, there was a smile at the corners of his lips and his eyes were burning.
He was asking about Gu Yanfei and Wei Jiaoniang, but his eyes were only on Gu Yanfei, as if Wei Jiaoniang didn't exist at all.
Seeing that these people were killing mother animals with cubs, Wei Jiaoniang pulled Gu Yanfei's sleeve, meaning, let's go.
Baili Yin's gaze slowly moved down from Gu Yanfei's pretty face to the ox horn bow in her hand.
"Is it you?" Baili Yin rode his horse two steps closer to Gu Yanfei, his thin lips curled higher, with a bit of interest and surprise, "You are so brave!"
Even a beautiful woman with thorns is still beautiful.
Gu Yanfei was also not interested in talking to him. He just raised the bow in his hand, and the bowstring began to buzz again.
The intention of the demonstration is obvious.
This action means that if you get annoying again, I’ll beat you too!
Baili Yin let out a low laugh from his throat, but he was still smiling on his face, even more cheerfully.
The few Yue guards he brought with him were very angry and glared.
I have heard for a long time that these noble ladies from the Jing Kingdom in the north are all flamboyant by nature, unlike the women from the Yue Kingdom who are gentle, virtuous, and abide by the three obediences and four virtues.
Seeing them today, it was indeed the case. These two noble ladies were very fierce! "Jiao Niang, let's go." Gu Yanfei carried the bow back on his back. When he faced Wei Jiao Niang, his smile was like a spring breeze blowing across the branches of flowers. He was completely different from the coldness and impatience he showed when facing Baili Yin.
Baili Yin opened his eyes slightly, looked at the beauty in front of him in amazement, and sighed: This little beauty is really a rose with thorns.
Just as their horses turned around, they heard a loud and mournful wail from behind, which startled a flock of birds and caused the treetops in the distance to sway.
This is... the cry of a deer.
Gu Yanfei recognized it immediately and turned to look in the direction where the sound came from. It was the direction where the doe had just escaped.
"It's that deer!" Wei Jiaoniang also heard it and frowned.
The sadness in the deer's cry was obvious, which made people think that the doe might have encountered some accident again.
"Yan Fei, let's go over and take a look." Wei Jiaoniang was worried about the doe, so she pulled the reins and urged the horse to turn around again.
"I'll go and take a look too." Baili Yin said. He didn't care at all what happened over there, nor did he care about the fate of the deer. He just wanted to pursue beauty.
But they had only taken a few steps when there was a commotion in the woods. The sound of horse hooves approached this side, and the bushes and grass made rustling sounds.
After a while, a group of people came out first.
Leading the group was Prince Kang Chu You, who rode a black horse and held a bow in his hand.
Behind Chu You, there were four or five other people. There was a faint smell of blood on their bodies. The hunting baskets carried by several horses were heavy, and it was obvious that they had already harvested a lot.
"Third Prince Baili," Chu You laughed loudly, and rode his horse towards Baili Yin, his posture was leisurely, and his smile seemed a bit warm, "I just heard your voice, it was indeed you."
As he was speaking, one of his guards came over carrying a brown-red doe and roughly threw the severely injured doe onto the grass.
Chu You on his horse looked down at the weak doe and said with a smile, "This doe is still breastfeeding. Its calf is at most one month old and cannot run too far."
"When I came here just now, I heard some movement in the bushes over there. Third Prince Baili, would you like to go with me to take a look?"
When facing Baili Yin, Chu You's attitude was clearly one of goodwill and the intention to win him over was obvious.
Baili Yin was also smiling, but when he looked at Chu You, his smile did not reach his eyes. He answered the question irrelevantly and said, "King Kang is truly an extraordinary archer. I admire him."
Gu Yanfei didn't care about the exchange of words between the two men at all, and stared fixedly at the doe in the hunting basket.
Its body curled up into a ball, and the bright red blood dyed a large area of its fur red. The blood dripped down and fell onto the grass below.
The innocent deer eyes were half-open and half-closed, long gone from the tranquility they had when grazing. The vitality in the eyes faded away with the flow of blood, and became dull and lifeless.
Its breathing was extremely weak and it was already dying.
Wei Jiaoniang glared at Chu You, who was two meters away, with displeasure. She raised her stubborn little chin and scolded him rudely, "Kang Junwang, you don't hunt mother and child animals, don't you? Don't you understand this principle?"
Wei Jiaoniang is the granddaughter of Duke Weiguo and the daughter of the crown prince. She has a noble status and a generous and open-minded personality. She often goes in and out of the palace with her elders. She is fearless when facing these royal children and dares to scold even Prince Kang when she is angry.
Being pointed at and scolded like this, Chu You's face darkened, and he was hurt by the other party calling him "Prince".
Yuan Zhe behind him frowned slightly and said coldly: "Woman's kindness."
Wei Jiaoniang did not get angry but laughed instead, and did not engage in a meaningless argument with Yuan Zhe. What was there to say to such a weakling who couldn't even hold a bow? She looked Chu You up and down and sneered, "Nothing more than that."
These four words seem to have a double meaning.
Gu Yanfei got off the horse without saying a word and walked towards the injured doe.
Chu You frowned slightly and said unhappily, "How insolent."
It is unclear whether these two words are referring to Wei Jiaoniang or scolding Gu Yanfei.
His guards immediately drew the swords at their waists and stood in front of Chu You vigilantly, fearing that Gu Yanfei would be rude to his master.
"What are you doing?" The eunuch stepped forward with his chest puffed out and questioned Gu Yanfei in a shrill voice.
Wei Jiaoniang was afraid that the eunuch would offend Gu Yanfei, so she quickly dismounted and followed him, rolling her eyes in a stern manner.
What I mean is, don’t try to do anything rash while I’m here.
Gu Yanfei pointed at the doe on the ground and said as a matter of course: "Save it."
"A dead deer?" Chu You laughed sarcastically, and the horse under his crotch snorted heavily, as if in protest.
"We can save him." Gu Yanfei said clearly, "Get out of the way."
The first two words were spoken to Chu You, and the last two words were spoken to the eunuch who was blocking the way.
Upon hearing this, Yuan Zhe looked at Gu Yanfei and Wei Jiaoniang thoughtfully, and recalled one thing: It was said that it was Gu Yanfei who saved the dying Duke Weiguo in Tianyin Pavilion.
Yuan Zhe silently nudged Chu You with his elbow and gave him a soothing look, asking him to stay calm.
Chu You was a smart man. He immediately understood what his cousin meant and his eyes changed.
He squeezed the reins and his horse snorted again.
"Then I will give you a chance." Chu You casually raised the corner of his lip, as if he was looking down at Gu Yanfei from a high cloud. "If you can save it, then this deer will be yours as a reward."
"If you can't..."
After a pause, Chu You's tone was filled with chill, "You have ruined my mood today, I will never let you off easily!"
He wanted to see what tricks this girl had to trick Chu Yi into giving away the Qingmei hairpin that belonged to Empress Taizu.
Gu Yanfei didn't say yes or no to Chu You's request, but just said calmly: "Get out of the way."
The guard subconsciously looked at Chu You, and when he saw Chu You raise his hand and wave back, he retreated obediently.
Gu Yanfei took two steps forward calmly and squatted down beside the doe.
Seeing this, Chu You raised his hand and snapped his fingers, curling his lips in contempt.
Several guards from Prince Kang's mansion understood what was going on and surrounded Gu Yanfei, holding the scabbard in one hand and the hilt in the other, blocking every way for her to retreat.
As long as the deer dies, even if Gu Yanfei has a thousand tricks, he will not be able to escape.
Chu You's gaze was fixed on the white jade plum blossom hairpin in Gu Yanfei's hair, and his eyes gradually became deep and cold.
This is the hairpin that my mother has always wanted. Since I can’t get it, I might as well destroy it!
(End of this chapter)
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