amaotonovel Chapter 880 Assassination and Probing
Chapter 880 Assassination and Probing
On the other side, Concubine Song Shu's two brothers, Song Qian and Song Kun, were also a cause of concern. They rode their horses into the dense forest, and were so anxious that they were sweating profusely when they saw that others had hunted prey.
The fine horses beneath their crotches were snorting anxiously, and their empty game bags were swaying in the wind, forming a sharp and glaring contrast with the noble children around them who were returning with full loads.
Song Qian said, "We have searched everywhere, but we didn't even find a rabbit."
Song Kun asked, "Is this the royal hunting ground? Are there any prey here? It's not as good as the woods in our hometown. At least there are pheasants and wild boars. The prey they hunted was definitely not hunted here."
Seeing the prey hanging on other people's horses, Song Qian's greasy face turned liver-colored. "Damn it, if this continues, where will our brothers put their faces? We will also make the Empress Consort Shu lose face! The Empress also asked us to perform well and try to show our face in front of the Emperor. How can we show our face without prey?"
The two men complained and cursed, and at this moment, they saw a sharp arrow flying towards them with a whizzing sound, and heard a "wow" sound.
Song Qian asked: "What was that sound just now?"
Song Kun curled up and climbed on the horse's back, "Don't worry about the sound. Someone's arrow was blind and almost shot through our heads."
The two men were so frightened that their faces turned pale and they dared not move, but after waiting for a while, there was no movement.
The person hiding in the dark cursed, "Two cowardly idiots, what are you doing climbing on the horse's back?"
"Sir, what should we do now?" asked the subordinate of the Dada envoy.
"Keep releasing the prey." Dada said coldly.
The next class, they saw several snow-white rabbits running out from a distance. The two Song brothers hurriedly rode their horses to chase them.
At this moment, they saw a sika deer that was shot by an arrow lying weakly on the ground in the dense forest in the distance, dying as if it was about to die. The two looked around and found that the arrow had hit the sika deer, no wonder there was a neighing sound.
"Who shot this arrow? Why didn't you come and take away his prey?"
Song Kun said: "We clearly shot this arrow. This is our prey."
After he reminded him, Song Qian understood instantly, "Yes, yes, this is the prey we shot ourselves. The rules say that the reward for hunting a deer is very high! We can also see the emperor, and we will never embarrass the Concubine again."
The two men rode their horses into the dense forest with sly eyes. The forest was deep and the grass was thick, and the light was dim. After a while, when they saw that it was an adult deer, they could no longer suppress their roars of ecstasy. This adult male deer was very valuable, and they took great pains to drag it out of the grass.
There was an arrow stuck in the deer's neck, and the arrow hit the deer's vital point, which shows how superb his archery skills are.
Song Qian took the small golden bell used to mark prey and tied it to the inside of the sika deer's hind legs. He felt relieved only after checking it again and again, because only by hanging the Song family logo could it be proved that the animal was hunted by the Song brothers.
For such a big deer, the emperor would definitely give some kind of prize. Maybe he would confer an official title on them if he was so pleased.
The two were only feeling happy and proud of their "merit", but they didn't notice at all that there were several ghostly shadows moving through the woods, waiting for them to take the bait. The two were so stupid that it would take some thought to let them pick up the prey for free.
They released some small animals to attract the Song brothers. The two were so happy as if they had picked up silver that they didn't want to leave. They didn't notice the figure in the woods approaching the deer's body quietly. They put a dark, palm-sized, cold iron block shaped like a machine into the deer's body.
After doing all this, they disappeared into the depths of the forest again, as if they had never appeared.
Song Kun and Song Qian suddenly had great luck and hunted many small animals. They could be said to have returned with a full load today.
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Jiang Jinyan and Xiao Shang also entered the depths of the forest. The deeper they went, the denser the forest became.
There seemed to be shadows of trees swaying in the dense forest in the distance, and Jiang Jinyan suddenly stopped and looked over...
The arrow in Xiao Shang's hand was already on the bow, and Jiang Jinyan said coldly: "Wait a moment."
As soon as he finished speaking, Xiao Shang's arrow had already shot mercilessly towards the shadow of the tree. He saw an adult doe followed by a young fawn. The doe suddenly blocked the fawn's body, as if to protect her child from danger.
Just when Xiao Shang thought he could kill two birds with one stone and capture both the doe and the fawn at the same time, an arrow suddenly shot out from the other side and directly intercepted Xiao Shang's arrow. Xiao Shang's arrow changed direction and shot into the tree next to it.
"God is merciful, there's no need for the prince to take his anger out on animals!"
Xiao Shang looked in the direction of the voice and saw several figures on tall horses. He recognized the person who was speaking as someone close to Jiang Fenghua - Lin Yu.
She just caught his arrow, which only proved that her martial arts skills were not weak, but it was not certain whether she could defeat him.
Xiao Shang said: "Your master didn't come but sent a maid instead, what does she mean?"
Lin Yu said: "What is Prince Xiao talking about? Prince Xiao is also a contestant in today's hunting competition. I just want to try out the meaning of the post-game competition held by the royal family, but..."
Lin Yu's lips curled up into a faint smile.
Xiao Shang was led here by Jiang Jinhua. Was it Jiang Fenghua's plan?
Lin Yu suddenly had an opportunity to aim at Xiao Shang with an arrow in her hand. She adjusted the position of the crossbow and without thinking, the crossbow arrow shot directly at Xiao Shang's forehead with a "whoosh".
Xiao Shang didn't expect that Jiang Fenghua wanted to kill him. Instead of assassinating him secretly, he sent someone to kill him in front of him. He suddenly felt that he couldn't understand Jiang Fenghua.
He felt that he knew her very well. She was bullied and died in her previous life, so she should take revenge on her in this life, just like the Su family, and disappear from the world forever.
He successfully dodged the arrow shot from Lin Yu's hand.
Jiang Jinyan is an official appointed by the imperial court, so it is not easy for him to take action against Xiao Shang. However, Lin Yu is not like that, so he can act without restraint.
Last time, Lin Yu watched him fight with Jiang Fenghua, and this time, she was fighting with him. If the person in front of her was really the man in black, she knew she would not be his opponent.
Suddenly, a group of men in black joined the woods to deal with him.
However, the next moment, he took out the bamboo flute from his waist and started playing it. His flute seemed to have magical powers that could control people's minds through the sound of the flute.
At the same time, Jiang Jinyan saw this and shouted to Lin Yu and others: "Close your five senses, don't listen or see."
But as soon as he finished speaking, Lin Yu's people had already been controlled by him.
Jiang Jinyan closed his five senses and was temporarily not controlled by him. It was clearly March with sunny spring weather, but the surrounding environment was frozen.
Jiang Jinyan shook his head. There was no such thing as an ice world. Everything was just a fantasy, so what everyone saw was different.
Jiang Fenghua and Sang Yu Pianpian also hid in the dark and saw everything.