50 Young Night Hunting
Huo Yan: I'll just borrow your body for a bit, no big reward.
Cao Xiang and his companions were familiar with Huo Qubing and Huo Yan, so they felt no strangers when they came to the Wei Mansion. They chatted and laughed while eating barbecue and drinking rice wine.
Sima Qian originally looked down on Wei Qing, but he could not resist the fact that Wei Qing was a social terrorist who could even chat with Lord Father Yan. Wei Qing was not very old, and when he smiled, his gentleness and kindness could make people let down their guard. After a while, Sima Qian also followed suit and called him uncle.
When Huo Yan and his companions came back, the banquet had already been filled with singing and dancing for a while.
Everyone was in high spirits. Huo Qubing pushed Sima Qian aside and went to Wei Qing's side.
Huo Yan puffed up half of his face and did not join in the dance. Instead, he played a mischievous song "Jasmine Flower" for them.
"What a beautiful jasmine flower! What a beautiful jasmine flower! All the flowers in the garden are more fragrant than this one."
His singing was not bad, and the song was fresh and interesting, with the shy look of a girl picking flowers vividly portrayed on paper. Sima Qian's eyes lit up, and he planned to change the song to be sung by the goddess in Xinyang Maojian.
Seeing that everyone was in high spirits, Huo Yan tapped his fingers and played an adapted version of "Jasmine Flower".
"What a pile of small change, what a pile of small change,
The glitter of money is blinding.
I want to make some money.
I’m also afraid that making money will be too hard.
A lot of small change, a lot of small change,
The glitter of money is blinding.
How dare I be lazy?
I’m afraid the money isn’t enough.
What a pile of golden coins! "
He deliberately disrupted the performance. Not only did he roar through the song, but he also deliberately jumbled the rhythm of his playing, sometimes fast, sometimes slow. He even deliberately emphasized some high notes, creating a few jarring notes. The dancers were startled at first, their already chaotic dance steps further disrupted by this strange rendition of "Jasmine Flower." They paused, their faces a mixture of anger and amusement.
"Hurry up, you bastard! Come with me and separate him from this zither."
Su Wu roared and took Cao Xiang and Huo Qubing to restrain Huo Yan. Huo Yan stood up, happily threw away his zither and sprinted, running directly behind Wei Qing.
"Uncle, save me!"
Wei Qing brought him out, smiling elegantly, "You little bad boy, your uncle won't help you."
Huo Yan blinked his big eyes, trying to be cute, but seeing Wei Qing's firm attitude, he decisively broke free from Wei Qing's hand and ran away. He was too familiar with the Wei Mansion, and he jumped into some bushes and disappeared in an instant.
Cao Xiang and the others were laughing and shouting at Huo Yan, talking about how they would scold him when they caught him. Huo Qubing and Wei Qing, the two biggest cheaters, followed with smiles on their faces, leading the charge and slowly wandering around the Wei Mansion, conducting a carpet search.
The young people were playing with each other, and just as Huo Yan was too lazy to run far, no one really wanted to find Huo Yan and scold him, so when they found Huo Yan next to a haystack, they looked at each other, put their hands on their hips and laughed.
Young people are like this, like summer rain, they do whatever they want.
Wei Qing had to attend court the next day, so he left the table early, leaving only this group of people here toasting each other with two taels of rice wine.
"Huo Qubing, what did you say?"
After three rounds of drinking, everyone was drunk even though the wine was not enough. Cao Xiang lay on Huo Yan with his tongue sticking out, and yelled again at Huo Qubing's suggestion of going hunting.
"It's late at night, and curfew is almost here. You're being caught. Do you want your legs broken?"
Huo Qubing remained silent.
After all, he was only ten years old. Huo Yanchu felt a little dizzy and his head was foggy after drinking those wines, even if it was rice wine. His face was flushed all the way to his neck. He shook his head, looked at his good friends, and chuckled to Huo Qubing.
"Brother, don't drink and drive, don't drive after drinking!"
Everyone laughed.
Huo Qubing also laughed. He flexed his wrists and mentioned what Liu Che said about him and Wei Qing hunting a bear last year. Several people suddenly became interested and planned to take their horses and leave.
Although they are not as strong as Your Majesty and Doctor Wei, they have the advantage of numbers, and they have a trump card, and their handsome Fatty Tiger is also there.
Everyone had changed into light riding clothes, belts cinched around their waists, swords slung from their waists, and quivers slung across their backs. Arrow feathers gleamed coldly in the moonlight. Huo Yan overpowered the horseman, and Huo Qubing opened the door to the stables at the Wei residence. The horses were led out one by one. With Wei Qing, a horse enthusiast, in the stables, the horses were naturally exceptional. Wei Qing's horse even snorted at the two thieves.
Huo Qubing patted its head and fed all the horses a piece of candy before he coaxed these gentlemen into submission.
Huo Yan, who had sent the horse keeper back, successfully reunited with Huo Qubing and others. They whistled, and as soon as the little Piaoliang entered the crowd, she was kissed by the uncles and aunts. For a moment, the group of people were even more excited.
As soon as they left the Wei Mansion, Liu Ling's body had already been taken away, and even the bloodstains had been wiped clean. Without even saying hello to the gatekeeper, the men skillfully climbed onto their horses, gripped the reins tightly, and gently clamped their legs around the horses' bellies. With uncontrollable anticipation and excitement on their faces, they rode their horses towards the city gate.
The doorman called out several times, but these guys pretending to be deaf ignored him. He had no choice but to go into the house to look for Wei Qing.
As night deepened, the streets were deserted, and the atmosphere of curfew had begun to permeate. Most homes were locked. The clatter of horse hooves was particularly loud in the silent streets, but these young men, somewhat drunk and youthful, didn't care about anything else and simply rushed forward.
Huo Qubing and his men rode forward, their horses' manes fluttering in the wind. As they passed each intersection, the occasional pedestrian returning home late would spot this group of high-spirited young men, their horses sporting the golden bridles and jade reins so fashionable among the nobility. They knew they were the lawless aristocrats. Then, seeing Hu'er in front of some of them, they knew that these young men in Chang'an loved to ride through the streets, the most famous of whom was the current emperor, Liu Che. Consequently, the people of Chang'an habitually retreated to the side of the street, shaking their heads and sighing, wondering whose young people were about to suffer.
Little Piaoliang ran in front, looking back at her owner from time to time, as if she also sensed the upcoming adventure. Although Cao Xiang had just been yelling about the curfew, he was now also overwhelmed by this enthusiasm and followed closely behind.
Huo Yan was riding on a horse. The night wind blew and the drunkenness seemed to sober him up a little. He squeezed the horse's belly and urged it to keep up with Huo Qubing's pace.
Su Wu whistled loudly from behind.
Huo Yan looked back at him and smiled. He raised his head slightly, pursed his lips, and whistled. A clear whistle came out of his mouth. His brows relaxed slightly, and there seemed to be stars in his almond-shaped eyes.
Su Wu called out to A Yan and urged his horse to move closer to him.
Huo Yan whistled again, his eyes and eyebrows showing the cunning unique to young people.
"Let's go bear hunting!"
Sima Qian, who was behind them, felt like he was going crazy, but he couldn't help but spur his horse forward and responded, "Go ahead!"
[Young man's spirit.]
[Mr. Sima is confused. Ah Yan asks: Can’t leave? Mr. Sima asks: Let’s go!]
[Sima Qian was really taken advantage of.]
[But why do I think Yan looks better the more I look at her?]
[Don't deny it, this is all he has left.]
[Everyone is doing well!]
[Everyone in Chang'an is used to it.]
[This familiar action proves that the rumor about pigs stepping on seedlings is not true.]
[I suddenly remembered that this group of people are considered Changan's top second-generation!]
[Not yet, I need to add some evidence.]
[That's a bit too over the top.]
[But I guess Qubing and Ayan don't like to bring evidence.]
[? ]
[Because Er'er is so precious, if they go out to play late at night, they will have to wait until their mother strips them of their buttocks and scolds them all the way from Dongshi to Shanglin, hehh.]
[They both like to travel light, taking their friends along. It's troublesome for the Crown Prince to travel, and if a large group of people come, all the deer will be gone. It's better to take the young guard captain along.]
[You guys look so disgusted with Juer, hhh]
[What we despise is the old father who is desperately trying to have a child.]
[Thinking about what happened to this father and son later, I suddenly feel sad.]
[Yan, if it really doesn't work out, and the pigs get sick in the future, you can take Ju'er, Wei Chang, and Bingbing and run away. Practice medicine, or wander around the world.]
[Ayan: In this situation, I usually slay the dragon.]
[Yes, Ayan Tie, thinking this way won’t solve the problem. I will solve the root of the problem.]
[I hope that Pig Pig will be careful in what he says and does.]
…
The teenagers laughed out loud.
Their hair was probably disheveled, but no one cared about their tilted hats, leaving them to flutter freely in the wind. Their red or sometimes purple sleeves were also stirred by the wind and swayed with it.
When they reached the city gate, it was tightly shut, lit only by a few torches hanging high above, dimly illuminating the area. The soldiers guarding the gate heard the clatter of horse hooves and tightened their grip on their weapons. Huo Qubing was the first to rein in his horse, which neighed as its front hooves rose and fell.
Huo Qubing and Cao Xiang stepped forward to negotiate with the soldiers, while the other young men waited anxiously and expectantly behind. Seeing that they were a group of young men, the soldiers guarding the gate were about to stop them, but Cao Xiang showed his talisman and said a few words. The gatekeeper hesitated for a moment, but finally stepped aside to make way.
A moment later, the city gate slowly opened, and the young men kicked their horses and quickly left the city.
Once outside the city, these fearless young men, like unbridled horses, lit torches and galloped towards the mountains and forests outside the city. The dust raised by their horses' hooves formed a faint mist in the moonlight.
The forest at night was like a mysterious giant beast, the silhouettes of the trees dim in the darkness. But they rushed straight in, speeding along the path between the mountains and forests, the wind whistling past their ears.
The advantage of hunting at night is that it allows you to hone your accuracy. After all, it's pitch black, and you have to rely on sound to determine the location. This is difficult, said Huo Yan, who has yet to shoot an arrow.
But for some big guys, it was as easy as walking on flat ground, like Huo Qiqi, who could hit eight out of ten targets even with a juvenile form. He would occasionally shoot arrows, catching rabbits, pheasants, and other fish, even catching a little pretty fish into a black carp, and a tiger would keep circling around his big daddy.
A flatterer.
Huo Yan bent down to avoid the horizontal branches, broke off a handful of leaves, took two steps forward, and sprinkled all the leaves on Xiao Piaoliang's head. Xiao Piaoliang shook her head and whimpered to his big dad, but his big dad pretended not to see.
Huo Yan tilted his head, dismounted and pinched his neck, causing the quiver on the horse's back to shake.
"Let me show you the power of wisdom."
He held up a torch with a smile and dug a hole behind a thick clump of weeds. He picked up a stray piece of rabbit hair and used the torch to ignite the haystack. Flames began to slowly rise, and as dry branches and leaves were ignited, the fire gradually grew larger. Thick smoke billowed up, and Huo Yan stuffed himself directly into the rabbit hole.
The others looked over at the horse curiously and squatted together beside the rabbit hole. Thick smoke filled the hole, and the rabbit inside, irritated by the smoke, began to jump around in panic.
Then, in the torchlight, everyone saw a snake. The head of the earthen serpent slowly emerged from the cave entrance, its body, as thick as a baby's arm, twisting and turning like a flowing rope. Its cold, vertical pupils met Huo Yan's gaze. The snake's neck muscles contracted slightly, as if it was about to pounce, but a slender hand was quicker. Huo Yan smiled, pinching its vital points. Satisfied, he opened its mouth and touched the venom sacs on its cheeks. He then pulled out a vial and collected the venom.
"Although the short-tailed pit viper isn't very venomous anymore, there's nothing else to do right now. I'll make do with it, and you should make do with it too, Snake."
Under the horrified gaze of the crowd, he touched the snake's head and let it go. The snake probably thought it had encountered a lunatic and immediately jumped away.
Huo Yan put down his hand that was greeting the snake, snorted, and seeing Huo Qubing beside him, he shouted, "Brother, it's rude and didn't even say hello to me!", and jumped onto Huo Qubing's back.
Huo Qubing nodded and lifted him up.
Cao Xiang and the others were speechless. "Sometimes Ah Yan is so normal that we forget that he studied under a witch doctor."
He's really crazy.
Huo Yan, who was clinging to Huo Qubing's back, turned his head and smiled innocently when he heard this. "Do you want me to tell your fortune? Or draw a talisman to ward off evil? A divination is thirty gold, and a talisman is fifty gold."
Sima Qian and Su Wu didn't believe it, so they declined the offer and went to warm themselves by the fire. Cao Xiang, on the other hand, was a little interested. "Is it true?"
Huo Yan smiled like a little fox, "It works if you believe it. It's guaranteed to work."
Cao Xiang was about to ask for a divination, and Huo Yan was still smiling. However, Huo Qubing glanced at Cao Xiang directly. He probably didn't expect Cao Xiang to be so foolish. With a look that showed concern for a fool, he warned him, "Ah Xiang, if your whole life can be predicted by divination, how can it not be boring!"
Huo Yan's smile became a little more genuine.
"Ah Xiang, I can divine your entire life. I predict that you will suffer from many illnesses and disasters, and that no medicine can cure you. You will die early. What do you think?"
Cao Xiang also laughed, and Lord Cao leaned against a tree and whistled.
"Then let's live today." He paused, then looked at Huo Qubing with a slight frown. "What's wrong with believing this? It gives you peace of mind. Your livelihood depends on this."
Huo Qubing's brows were full of smiles.
"good."
Huo Yan jumped off Huo Qubing's back and came to Cao Xiang. He stared at his hand for a long time before saying, "If you will give me thirty gold coins every year, come to me when you are sick. I will ensure that you will be blessed with a long life."
Cao Xiang responded by punching him in the chest and cursing him, "You bastard!" and "Get out!"
Huo Yan didn't move, but immediately shouted beside him, "A hundred divinations are accurate, and no one is deceived."
He called out to Sima Qian, "Brother Sima, would you like one?"
Upon hearing this, Sima Qian stepped forward to cooperate with him.
Huo Yan stared at his face for a long time, until his face turned red, and then he sighed, "Brother Sima, you will have a disaster in your later years, and you will lose a lot of money."
Sima Qian was amused by his convincing argument and asked him patiently, "Master, how can we eliminate disasters?"
Huo Yan raised his head proudly and said loudly, "You are suffering from poverty. Save as much money as you can with me, and you will be fine!"
Sima Qian nodded.
"Okay, thank you, Master."
Huo Yan became interested and his eyes fell on Su Wu.
Su Wu was petting Xiao Piaoliang when he suddenly felt a chill. He looked up and saw his brother, A Yan, leaning on his shoulder, whispering in his ear, "You, kid, promise me that if you ever encounter a disobedient subordinate, you'll stab him with your sword."
Su Wu rubbed his ears and muttered, "Brother, you can't be so cruel!"
Huo Yan hummed and rubbed his little face which still had baby fat. Looking at Huo Qubing who was sitting quietly beside him, he suddenly laughed.
"Forget it, you are a fool with good fortune."
With my brother here, you probably don't even have to go on a mission.
Su Wu didn't understand.
But Huo Yan didn't intend to explain to him. He hugged his brother and said coquettishly, "Brother, brother, brother, did you kill all the prey for me? I just need a fur coat!"
Huo Qubing smiled, a hint of pride bursting out. He thought for a moment and spread out his palm, "Why don't you calculate it for me?"
Huo Yan raised his eyes innocently, "Do you believe it? You don't. If you do, then be nicer to your younger brother."
After saying this, he smiled, bright and mischievous.
"He wants the stars, but you won't pick the moon for him."
Huo Qubing smiled. The bonfire in front of him was burning brightly, making a slight crackling sound.
"I'll build a ladder to heaven."
Huo Yanxu lay on Huo Qubing's lap, staring at the dancing flames and curling the corners of his lips when he heard the words.
Huo Qubing put his outer garment on Huo Yan, and several of them sorted the prey by the campfire, chatting casually and laughing from time to time.
At this moment, Xiao Piaoliang climbed down from Sima Qian's arms, rushed to Huo Yan's side, and let out a low roar from her throat.
Everyone stood up immediately and drew their arrows.
Huo Qubing drew his bow and shot an arrow, and Xiao Piaoliang pounced on her instantly.
"Walk!"
After Huo Qubing finished speaking, he walked forward.
Huo Yan followed behind him, his nose twitching as he smelled the scent of human blood and snake blood mixed in the air.
Very fishy.
"Brother, that arrow hit the target."
Huo Qubing restrained Xiao Piaoliang and did not comment on his words, because he saw the back of the man who pulled out the arrow from his chest in the light of the torch and the belly snake that Huo Yangang had just released, from which he had removed the venom gland.
"Snake catcher?"
Cao Xiang was confused and asked in a low voice.
Huo Yan sneered, readying the crossbow in his hand.
"Apart from people like us who have nothing to do, who would come to this broken forest at this hour? Are you worried about the lack of wolves?"
Sure enough, the man turned his head and saw Huo Qubing, the leader. He suddenly smiled twistedly. He held the blood-stained arrow and smiled sinisterly, "You shot this. You are truly mighty."
He was dressed in a black suit and had a sword at his waist. Although his chest was bleeding, his eyes revealed a cold and resolute look. He was a swordsman.
Huo Qubing felt that this person was evil and didn't even bother to look at him. However, Huo Yan's face darkened instantly. "So what? Killing you is like killing a chicken."
There was also some black powder placed around, like a medium for casting curses. In the small pit next to it, a few burning incense sticks were stuck, and the air was filled with smoke.
Cao Xiang suddenly jumped behind Sima Qian. Oh my god, how weird!
"Are you a human or a ghost?"
Sima Qian was speechless and hit him on the head.
"People, people have shadows!"
The man stared at Huo Yan for a long time, and smelled the bitter aroma of herbs on him. "Are you a little witch doctor?"
Huo Qubing protected Huo Yan behind him, and Xiao Piaoliang also showed his fangs and claws.
The man laughed, "Don't be afraid, I'm a swordsman."
Huo Qubing and Huo Yan had a plan in mind. They looked at each other and nodded silently.
The others' expressions darkened. A swordsman? A swordsman covered in wounds from the Chang'an Prison?
Everyone present is a thousand-year-old fox, who is the fool? Damn, this guy is a wanted criminal.
Cao Xiang and Su Wu both swallowed their saliva, pulled Huo Yan, and pulled Huo Yan behind them, fearing that Lei would be hit by a critical hit and snatch their A Yan away and run away.
This is truly the number one swordsman in Huainan!
Huo Qubing was at the front, his bow and arrow already drawn.
Even though someone pointed an arrow at him, Lei Bei was not angry, and was even in the mood to comment on Huo Qubing's archery skills.
"Excellent archery skills! To be able to shoot with such strength and accuracy at your age, you are truly a heroic young man."
Huo Qubing remained silent, his face grim, but Huo Yan chuckled. He liked what this man said, as it really touched his heart.
"I'm a witch doctor. You're right. Here's the medicine for you."
As he spoke, he took his brother's hand and led Xiao Piaoliang back. Before leaving, he threw two ceramic bottles to Lei Bei, "One for internal use and one for external application."
Lei Bei didn't say much. He just took the two bottles, opened the corks, put them to his nose and smelled them before swallowing the pill.
Huo Yan smiled, looked at those around him, and counted as he walked.
"one two three."
When they counted to ten, the sound of someone falling to the ground made everyone turn their heads.
Lei lay on the ground, his body twitching slightly. His face turned purple, and beads of sweat formed on his forehead. His breathing became rapid and labored, and a wheezing sound came from his throat, as if something was blocking his airway.
Huo Yan let go of his brother's hand, and several people turned around at the same time, with sincere smiles on their faces, and walked quickly towards Lei Bei.
Huo Yan squatted down and without any hesitation, pierced the skin around the wound with a needle to release the blood containing snake venom, then took the pill for internal use from Lei Bei's hand and stuffed it into his mouth.
"This is indeed a good medicine for removing blood and blood stasis. It feels very comfortable after using it. So, I sprinkled the second bottle on myself without hesitation. What a simple swordsman."
He said with a smile as he bandaged Lei's wound.
In this way, he can deceive three people at once without even taking a breath.
Lei Bei was already at the end of his strength and could barely get up, but when he heard what he said, it was as if he had a last burst of energy, blood spurted out, and soon his face turned even paler.
Not only Huo Yan was afraid that he would die, but everyone else was also extremely scared. They were afraid that if he died, they would not be able to enter the city gate and would not get the reward money.
Huo Qubing flipped through the small medicine bag Huo Yan had brought him, pulled out a piece of wild ginseng, and stuffed it into Lei Bei's mouth. Huo Yan's head ached, and sure enough, Lei Bei bled even faster, and Huo Yan couldn't even sew it shut.
“Give me candy!”
Huo Qubing paused, and reluctantly took out half a piece of his favorite goat milk candy from Su Wu's pocket and stuffed it into Lei Bei's mouth. After stuffing it into a group of people, he was driven aside by Huo Yan.
Huo Qubing leaned against a tree trunk, watching his younger brother rescue people, and even took another candy from Su Wu's pocket. Su Wu counted the candies until tears welled up in his eyes, then put them aside and muttered, "Why not just not punish him? For his crime, he could be beheaded!"
His milk candy, the milk candy that his brother Ayan gave him, is almost gone.
Cao Xiang nodded, and under Su Wu's angry glare, he also took one.
A prisoner is not worth saving at all.
Sima Qian disagreed. "How can we count it this way? Regardless of status, life and death are both important matters. Saving a life is a good deed for us."
After Huo Yan finished sewing the quilt, the three people over there had been arguing for eight hundred rounds about whether the quilt should die or not. Xiao Piaoliang even joined the organization and would yell from time to time.
Lei was wrapped like a dumpling by Huo Yan, a swordsman. When he heard the three of them fighting like a tiger, especially Cao Xiang's speech like a living devil, he couldn't breathe.
But he was in normal health and didn't faint. He just stood there half-dead, breathing more in than out.
How can this dead body be so good!
Lei hated his body.
Huo Yan stuffed him with some blood-replenishing dates before glaring at Huo Qubing, who was standing aside to watch the fun. In order to watch the three of them quarrel, Huo Qubing specially found the best position leaning against a tree, laughing so hard that his little fangs were bared. When he saw Huo Yan looking at him, he patted the seat beside him and motioned him to come over.
Huo Yan was speechless, but decisively sat next to him.
But as soon as he sat down, everyone looked at him and stopped arguing.
Cao Xiang didn't even look at the person, and directly advised Huo Yan, "Ah Yan, if he dies, he dies!"
Huo Yan groaned and pointed at Lei Bei, saying, "He might not die. Why don't we exchange the money first?"
No one reacted, they just spread their hands, saying it was okay.
Huo Yan pondered for a moment and asked his brothers, "What about the horses? I'll ride Xiao Piaoliang."
Everyone nodded and began to distribute the thunder blanket. One person raised his head, two raised his waist, and two raised his legs. They threw it onto the horse like throwing rubbish.
Lei was completely unable to hold back, and no one knew whether he fainted from the pain or from anger, but no one cared.
This group of young people only talked loudly about where Chang'an City was the most lively, where the sugar was the sweetest, and how Huo Qubing's archery skills could still shoot a hare at night. They talked about their tacit understanding with each other and didn't care about the life or death of a stranger suspect.
The moonlight shone on their young and energetic faces. Next to Huo Qubing's saddle were hung the hunted hares and pheasants. The shadows of the prey in the moonlight swayed with the horse's footsteps.
Huo Yan, riding Xiao Piaoliang in front, held a torch high in his hand. The bright flame flickered in the night breeze, illuminating the road ahead and attracting nearby insects. The torchlight reflected on their riding uniforms, and the corners of their clothes were stained with grass and dirt. However, they didn't think too much about it, just wanted to go back and get a good night's sleep.
The outline of Chang'an City appeared in the distance in the night.
The city walls were tall and massive, casting long shadows in the moonlight. Oil lamps flickered at intervals along the walls, their dim light echoing with the torches held by the young men. A few men seemed to hear the distant barking of dogs and the faint cries of night watchmen from within the city. They galloped away, shouting a few times.
The city guard couldn't help but cover his forehead and shouted at them, "Gentlemen, it's curfew, you are not allowed to enter the city gate."
The group of young people were laughing passionately under the torches.
The leader, Huo Qubing, lifted up Lei Bei's head and showed it to everyone.
"We are here on His Majesty's orders to search for the suspect Lei Bei."
Huo Yan continued with a smile.
"Oh?" A familiar voice came, "Then why don't I know?"
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