Early the next morning, the hunt officially began.

"Come on, let me show you all of your abilities. The person who has caught the most prey will be rewarded heavily." Emperor Tianming rode on his horse, dressed in military uniform, and said with a big smile.

"According to the purpose." The ministers shouted in unison.

"Let's go." Emperor Tianming led the men and rushed out first, and Meng Zezhi followed closely behind.

Xie Jianze stood in the middle of a group of old men, looking at the high-spirited Meng Zezhi from a distance, his mood was uneasy.

"Why didn't Xie Bianxiu go hunting?" Someone asked.

No one asked, but Xie Jianze's attention was instantly drawn back to an unspeakable part behind him, and he couldn't help recalling what happened yesterday and the dream he had last night.

His face was slightly red, and he said uncomfortably, "I'm a little uncomfortable, so I won't join in the fun."

"Is that so." The man didn't ask any more.

"Well." Xie Jianze looked at the direction Meng Zezhi was leaving with a complicated expression.

Two hours later.

"Your Highness." The guard came back with the pheasant shot by Meng Zezhi.

"Yu—" Meng Zezhi grabbed the reins and asked casually, "How many prey have you shot?"

"Go back to your Highness," the commander of the guards immediately replied, "You have already killed two wild boars, three wild goats, two hares and one pheasant."

Meng Zezhi looked up at the sky, the sun was at noon.

it's time.

"Go, go to the opposite hill to see." Meng Zezhi raised his finger and pointed to the front.

"Yes."

It didn't take long for spies to report: "His Royal Highness, the honor guard of Your Majesty was found ahead."

"Royal father?" Meng Zezhi was refreshed: "What about things?"

When even one of the guards rode forward, he took off the cage hanging by his side and handed it to Meng Zezhi.

After confirming that the things in the cage were still alive, Meng Zezhi immediately clamped the horse's stomach: "Go, go to the royal father's place."

"Yes."

...

"Imperial Father." Seeing the figure of Emperor Tianming, Meng Zezhi immediately accelerated: "Drive."

Hearing the sound, Emperor Tianming looked back and saw that Meng Zezhi was coming, his complexion changed slightly.

How did the prince come.

The third prince Qin Shi frowned, tightened the reins, and controlled the horses to approach the Emperor of Heaven: "Father, what should we do now?"

For this day, they carefully planned for more than two months.

He's getting old, and he doesn't know how many years he will live, if he doesn't stand up again

The Emperor of Heaven made a decision in an instant: "According to the plan."

The main thing is that he believes in the strength of Long Wei.

"Yes." Although he said that, there was no reason for it, and Qin Shi's heart was filled with unease.

Just as he was talking, Meng Ze knew.

He rolled over and dismounted, lifted his robe, knelt on the ground halfway, and said cheerfully, "Father, what do you think my son has caught for you?"

He lifted the cloth cover of the cage in his hand and held it up high. Inside was a white fox, all snow-white, shrinking into a ball but secretly revealing two blue eyes, carefully looking at the outside world, very cute.

Who does not know in the whole Dagan Dynasty, Emperor Tianming likes white foxes the most, and for this reason, he specially issued an edict to prohibit civilians from hunting white foxes. Once discovered, it is a death penalty.

In fact, it is not Emperor Tianming who likes the white fox, but Feng Xialiu. Emperor Tianming likes it just because he sees things and thinks about people.

Seeing the white fox, Emperor Tianming's expression softened slightly, he turned over and dismounted, and helped Meng Zezhi up with his own hands, and then took the cage in his hand: "Hao'er has a heart."

Meng Zezhi raised his eyebrows and smiled: "It's good that the royal father likes it."

With that said, his eyes fell behind the Emperor Tianming, his eyes closed with a smile, and his brows were slightly wrinkled: "Father, why are you only bringing so many people with you?"

As a rule, when the emperor goes hunting, the number of his entourage and army should be more than 800, but at the moment, the number of people following the Emperor Tianming is no more than 300, not to mention that he is also accompanied by a Qin Shi.

Presumably it was prepared for the convenience of being assassinated.

Then Meng Zezhi asked casually, as if he had just discovered Qin Shi's figure, "The third brother is also here."

"Prince second brother." Qin Shi immediately bowed respectfully to Meng Zezhi.

"Well." The Emperor of Heaven explained: "I just got separated from them to track down a few sika deer."

Just as he was talking, there was a sudden sound of breaking in the air.

Meng Zezhi turned his head subconsciously, facing the arrow rain.

"Enemy attack," the commander of the army guards was stunned, and shouted in a hoarse voice, "Envoy—"

"Royal Father." Meng Zezhi swung his sword to cut off the flying arrows. Looking back, the guards who were protecting Emperor Tianming and Qin Shi were instantly pierced by the arrows.

Meng Zezhi's pupils tightened.

As expected of the person who became the founding emperor, this cruelty and courage cannot be said.

"boom"

The three signal flares for help were instantly lifted into the air, and the second round of arrow rain came in an instant, which immediately took away more than 20 lives.

The next moment, dozens of men in black rushed out of the mountains and forests: "God emperor, take your life."

When the men in black rushed to the front, Meng Zezhi had already been guarded by the guards at the very center.

The man in black was highly skilled in martial arts, and Meng Zezhi was also a top-ranking player in the army, and there were so many people on both sides that neither side could do anything about the other, and the situation instantly stalemate.

Meng Zezhi said with lingering fears: "Father, fortunately, I brought my troops here."

The Emperor Tianming was stunned, but he had to pretend to agree with his words and nodded.

"Quick, escort—"

Half an hour later, the first team to see the flares arrived.

"kill"

Being attacked on the back and stomach, the leader of the man in black was heartbroken and shouted, "Go!"

After all, the men in black who were present threw off their opponents, and rushed in the direction of the Emperor of Heaven as if they were desperate.

Watching the men in black being beheaded by soldiers one by one, the Emperor of Heaven couldn't help frowning.

"Escort." Seeing the men in black getting closer, Meng Zezhi stared at them from the corner of his eyes.

Sure enough, the next moment, two men in black rose into the air with the help of their companions, one attacked the Emperor of Heaven and the other attacked Meng Zezhi.

Want to let him go to create opportunities for Qin Shi?

no way

Meng Zezhi hurriedly took two steps back, his little finger hooked lightly, and the guard with his back turned to him suddenly turned around, the long knife in his hand just blocked the way of the man in black.

Seeing this scene, he didn't even think about it, and immediately raised his knife to meet him.

With him holding the man in black, Meng Zezhi turned to look at the Emperor of Heaven.

Then saw a man in black wielding a knife and slashing at the Emperor of Heaven.

"Father." The two exclamations sounded almost simultaneously.

Without hesitation, Meng Zezhi rushed forward and rushed to the Emperor of Heaven before Qin Shi.

Then his little finger tickled again.

——Since you like acting so much, then I will let you do a good job of fake acting.

Qin Shi's face stiffened.

Before he could react, the next moment, the long knife in the man in black strayed from the intended direction.

"Ah—" Two screams rang out one after the other.

The long knife in the hand of the man in black pierced directly into Qin Shi's abdomen.

Meng Zezhi was trampled on by Qin Shi, who was chaotic and broke his right foot.

With a puff, the man in black subconsciously pulled out the long knife, and the blood that shot out splashed his face.

His eyes fell on Qin Shi's lower abdomen, and his pupils tightened.

how come?

The guards around him reacted and chopped off his head with a knife.

With a plop, Qin Shi fell to the ground and passed out immediately.

Probably because Qin Shi's cry was too miserable, it was almost a conditioned reflex. Emperor Tianming pushed the person away from him and walked towards Qin Shi, he helped Qin Shi up, and shouted in a hurry: " Shier, Shier, how are you?"

It was at this moment that he finally reacted and turned to look at Meng Zezhi.

Meng Zezhi sat paralyzed on the ground, blood was flowing from his right foot, and a sharp stone almost pierced the sole of his foot.

His face was pale, and his eyes were fixed on Emperor Tianming and Qin Shi. In his eyes, it was written, "Isn't he the father's favorite son? Why did he and Qin Shi get hurt at the same time, but the father helped Qin up first?" Time?

The Emperor's heart sank.

Soon, the news of Emperor Tianming's assassination spread throughout the paddock, the hunting was forced to be interrupted, and the ministers of civil and military affairs returned to the camp one after another.

The imperial doctor withdrew his hand on Meng Zezhi's pulse, and cold sweat instantly oozes out on his forehead.

"How do you say?" The Emperor of Heaven was impatient.

With a thud, the imperial doctor crawls to the ground: "If you go back to your Majesty, Wei Chen and Wei Chen are incompetent, His Highness's feet are only, I'm afraid it is..." He did not dare to say any more.

"What did you say?" Meng Zezhi was struck by lightning and fainted without gasping for breath.

"Your Highness."

There was instant chaos on the field.

Without waiting for the Emperor of Destiny to recover, the eunuch He Mu rushed in in a panic, and whispered a few words beside the Emperor of Destiny.

"What?" Destiny Emperor's expression changed dramatically, his hand trembled, and he touched the tea bowl on the table.

With a bang, the tea bowl shattered to the ground.

The imperial physician in charge of treating the third prince Qin Shi's injury said that Qin Shi's injury was too delicate, and it might be difficult to give birth in the future.

"Your Majesty." The eunuch He Mu hurriedly stretched out his hand to support the Emperor of Heaven.

The Emperor of Heaven was panting heavily, and the veins on the back of his hands were sticking out. He took a deep breath, gritted his teeth, and said, "Be sure to hide this news from me."

The meaning of Emperor Tianming couldn't be more obvious. Even if the third prince Qin Shi was already like this, he still did not give up on him.

It's just that the third prince has only three daughters and no male heirs. If what the imperial doctor said is true...

"Yes." The eunuch He Mu quickly suppressed the suspicion in his heart.