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Chapter 40: Sit at the child’s table when eating

After three o'clock in the afternoon, all the invited dignitaries had arrived and found their seats under the introduction of officials from the Ministry of Rites.

These seats are owned by someone, you can’t just sit there randomly!
Once you sit in a position that does not belong to you, at the very least you will offend people, and at the worst you will be accused of being ignorant of etiquette by the Ministry of Rites and kicked out of the hunting ground, thus ending your political death in the officialdom of Yun State.

As one of the most important officials of the second rank in Yun State, Zhang Hui could not sit in the first row, closest to the Emperor Yun, like the ministers of other ministries, but he also sat in the second row to show his honor.

As for Zhang Wei?

He cannot take the seat.

Although he was the nephew of the Left Vice Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, he had no official position or title and his status was not even comparable to that of the second generation of nobles in Yundu City. He could only sit on the periphery with a group of officials' nephews and nephews like himself, half a mile away from the tent where Emperor Yun was.

It is true that people eat at the children's table.

Moreover, they would be participating in the autumn hunting meeting and would ride into the mountains to hunt. Therefore, they all carried weapons and arrows with them, which made it even more impossible for them to enter the center of the venue.

During this period, Zhang Wei also met several acquaintances among the second generation who came to participate in the autumn hunt. One of them was Feng Jie.

At this moment, a group of people gathered around him, obviously forming a small group.

According to Zhang Wei's observation, there are two more groups like this. Each of the three groups includes a part of the Imperial College tribute students, nobles, and officials.

Only a small number of people, like me, stayed away from the three major forces, obviously not wanting to get involved in the fight between the three families.

Thinking about the advice that his third uncle Zhang Hui gave him on a daily basis, Zhang Wei also understood the significance of these three parties.

I think this is the team of the three princes who are now capable of competing for the throne.

At this moment, as melodious trumpets sounded, the dignitaries present immediately stood up and faced the throne that had been prepared long ago.

Then, surrounded by a group of eunuchs and palace maids and protected by a group of imperial guards, Luo Yun, the secular ruler of the Yun Kingdom, appeared in front of everyone.

The three princes and Princess Hongxia followed closely behind him.

However, it seemed that Emperor Yun was not in good health and needed the support of a beautiful woman in her twenties beside him to walk.

It was not until then that Zhang Wei saw the true appearance of Yang Guifei, the legendary concubine who brought disaster to the country and the people.

Originally, Zhang Wei thought that in this extraordinary world, the woman who could confuse the emperor to the point of being disoriented might have some special identity.

For example, there is the undercover agent of the White Lotus Sect in the east, the fox demon walking out of the mountains, the painted skin monster who has luckily gained spiritual intelligence, and so on.

However, according to Zhang Wei's observation, Yang Guifei was just an ordinary woman, but a very beautiful woman. Even Luo Hongxia and Liang Junqiu, whom Zhang Wei had seen, were not as beautiful as her.

No wonder the Emperor Yun was so obsessed with her. Her face was flushed, as if she had just had sex, which made her look even more charming and made people imagine things.

But unfortunately, it’s not Zhang Wei’s cup of tea.

she is too small.

So Zhang Wei just glanced twice and then moved his eyes away, but the royal priests following behind Emperor Yun caught his attention.

"Two in the late Qi Refining stage, five in the middle Qi Refining stage. As expected of the Yun Kingdom royal family, they are able to win over so many extraordinary immortal cultivators among the mortal world. Even if this force is placed in Izumo City, it will be the top monster hunting group." Zhang Wei thought to himself.

But it's also good. With these people in charge, even those demon wolves that are only in the middle stage of Qi training will be useless if they come here.

"May the Emperor be well!"

When Emperor Yun sat on the throne, hundreds of high-ranking officials of Yundu and thousands of imperial guards guarding the camp immediately cheered loudly.

"No need to be polite, my dear friends..."

Emperor Yun panted a little as he spoke: "There is no time to lose, let's start the autumn hunt right away..."

"Yes!" A military officer standing below Emperor Yun immediately accepted the order, then took the command flag and waved it fiercely towards the messenger standing on the platform.

The next moment, the messenger immediately understood and spread the order to start the autumn hunting competition throughout the hunting ground through the beacon fire.

"Please set off, gentlemen!"

At this time, a school officer stood up and shouted.

Then, these fully armed nobles and high-ranking officials immediately mounted their horses, took the bows and arrows and quivers from the servants, and then whipped their horses and rushed out of the camp with a roar.

They split up at the gate, and each of them caught up with the prince they were loyal to and rushed into the forest.

At the same time as they saw the beacon fire, the stationed soldiers guarding various parts of the hunting grounds opened the cages containing the prey and drove all the beasts inside into the mountains and forests.

By artificially increasing the density of the herd, the dignitaries who come to hunt will not have to run all over the mountain chasing the prey, thus affecting the gaming experience.

But at the same time, a team of troops in the hunting ground that was not on the roster of the Royal Guards saw the wolf smoke rising into the sky.

A deputy general reported: "My Lord, the autumn hunt has begun!"

Ma Xiong looked at the eye-catching signal and said unhappily, "I'm not blind!"

The deputy general asked, "Then...shall we set off for the camp now?"

"What are you going to do now?" Ma Xiong asked with a cold snort.

The deputy general said with difficulty: "But didn't the Seventh Prince say..."

Ma Xiong spat, "He just couldn't stand being cuckolded and lost his mind!"

As he said this, he kicked the cage next to him. Suddenly, a threatening growl came from inside, but the next moment, runes lit up on the surface of the cage, and the threatening growl quickly turned into painful whimpers.

Ma Xiong said, "You want to use these monsters to kill that bitch? They can't even get past those old immortals! What else can they do except waste thousands of taels of silver to give those old immortals a meal of wolf meat and a few wolf skins?"

The deputy general hesitated and said, "But..."

"But what? Old Seven is just too young, and he is easily emotional and does things without considering the consequences! As long as he sits in that position, what woman can't he get? Even after his old father dies, he can lock that bitch in the room and do whatever he wants with her!"

Ma Xiong said earnestly, "He is young and doesn't know how to fool around. Can I, as his uncle, play with him?"

The adjutant asked, "But...are we just going to do nothing?"

"Who said that?" Ma Xiong looked at the deputy general with disdain, then lowered his voice and said, "Old Seven wants to become the crown prince, but there are still two people who are in the way, right?"

"what?"

The deputy general's eyes widened at that moment, and his expression seemed to be saying, "Uncle of the King, are you kidding me?"

However, Ma Xiong ignored the deputy general's shock and smiled to himself, "When the old emperor has no children left, who else can he choose except the seventh son?"

The deputy general swallowed his saliva and praised: "My uncle is wise!"

"You still have a lot to learn!"

Ma Xiong gave his deputy a lecture, then looked towards the main camp and muttered, "Seventh Brother, Seventh Brother, don't blame me. This is all for your good..."

At this time, Zhang Wei was riding a horse and wandering around in the jungle two mountains away from Ma Xiong and others.

He planned to just hunt some prey and then go back to report. After all, he came here to participate in the autumn hunt in name only. It would be too embarrassing for his uncle if he didn't bring any prey back.

Let's take a look at whether there are any wolf monsters near the camp. If there are, Zhang Wei doesn't mind being the monster hunter temporarily and eliminating the danger in advance.

"Ok?"

Just as Zhang Wei was releasing his two hundred feet long spiritual consciousness to search the forest for traces of the wolf monsters, he suddenly discovered that his spiritual consciousness had scanned two people.

Although his spiritual sense was only able to roughly scan the body shape of the target and could not see other people's appearances through his spiritual sense, the shape of one person's buttocks was too memorable.

It’s hard to forget.

The man drew the bow and aimed for a long time before shooting an arrow, but it hit the tail of a mink-like creature and got nailed to the tree.

The mink was immediately frightened and ran away. The two men behind immediately rode their horses to catch up with it, and continued to draw their bows and shoot arrows, engaging in a life-and-death race with the mink.

And as luck would have it, they were running towards Zhang Wei.

Whoosh————

A marten with purple fur broke through the bushes and ran over. When it saw humans blocking its way, it immediately squeaked and turned around to find another way.

But it was this turn that directly changed its fate. The arrow that was supposed to fall into the air directly pierced its waist and nailed it to the ground.

"Zhizhizhi——"

The purple mink began to struggle violently, but this was of no use except accelerating its death.

"Shot!"

At this time, a surprised voice came from behind the bushes, and then two horses rushed out. The leading woman was delighted when she saw the purple-gold sable she had shot.

"Princess Hongxia."

At this time, Zhang Wei's voice came, and Luo Hongxia realized that there were other people. Her heart suddenly tightened, but when she saw it was Zhang Wei, she breathed a sigh of relief and said, "It turned out to be Master Zhang!"

"Good boy, it's you!"

At this time, another rider rushed over. Peng Qing pointed his bow and arrow at Zhang Wei and cursed, "It was you who threw the stone that day!"

Facing Peng Qing's shouting, Zhang Wei had no interest in responding. Looking at Luo Hongxia in her military uniform, he couldn't help but ask, "I didn't expect Princess Hongxia to have such a refined taste that she actually went into the forest to hunt animals. She is truly as good as a man."

"It's autumn hunting, come and have some fun."

Luo Hongxia smiled, but Peng Qing next to her directly ruined her plan.

Peng Qing dismounted and picked up the pierced purple sable. Looking at the fur pierced by the arrow and severely torn due to the violent struggle, he immediately revealed a look of heartache.

He couldn't help but complain, "Still playing around, how are we going to sell this rotten fur to the Imperial Concubine? How much money can we make from it? If this continues, we'll have to eat coarse food for the rest of the year!"

After being ruined by her husband, Luo Hongxia looked unhappy and subconsciously shouted, "Whose fault do you think this is!"

However, Peng Qing stiffened his neck and said stubbornly: "Isn't it because of you, a crazy woman, who is smashing things everywhere? You've even put me on the blacklist! Do you know how my friends laugh at me?"

Luo Hongxia gritted her teeth and said bitterly: "I only regret that I didn't break your legs!"

"you……"

Peng Qing pointed at Luo Hongxia, but when he saw the bow and arrow in her hand, he withdrew his hand, threw the purple mink onto the horse, pulled the reins and said, "I don't care! You can do this kind of errands yourself!" Luo Hongxia shouted, "Where are you going?!"

Peng Qing said as a matter of course: "Of course I am trying to stay in touch with my friends! Do you think I am a plague god like you?"

Luo Hongxia: "You..."

At this time, Peng Qing said again: "Of course, it would be fine if you found a lover to help you."

Then Peng Qing looked at Zhang Wei, who had been silent, and said with a lewd smile, "Stinky boy, although this crazy woman is a bit irritable, she is still very tender! I guarantee that you will get a taste of her!"

"Peng Qing, you are looking for death!"

Luo Hongxia was furious and subconsciously picked up the bow and arrow and aimed at Peng Qing.

However, Peng Qing laughed, kicked his horse's belly, and rushed into the forest in an instant.

In the end, Luo Hongxia did not shoot the arrow in her hand. She put the bow down dejectedly, her shoulders twitching as if she was suppressing tears.

"Sorry, I made you laugh."

Luo Hongxia raised her head and said to Zhang Wei with a pair of red eyes.

"It's not appropriate for an outsider like me to interfere in your family affairs."

Zhang Wei shook his head, broke off a branch from the tree next to him and said, "But I don't like what he said."

After saying that, Zhang Wei held the branch in his hand and threw it out like a dart.

Whoosh————

The branch broke through the air, instantly crossing a distance of more than ten feet, and accurately hit a sensitive part of the horse that Peng Qing was riding.

"Herod—"

"what!!!!"

Suddenly, a scream of Peng Qing was heard from the distant forest. Zhang Wei's move stunned Luo Hongxia!

"Is this the martial arts legend that only the legendary masters can perform the skill of picking flowers and leaves to hurt the enemy?" Luo Hongxia couldn't help asking.

"Almost. Although the group from Linglong Island failed to enter the immortal gate, they also gained some opportunities." Zhang Wei said calmly, lightly pushing his own methods to Linglong Immortal Island.

Then he turned and asked, "By the way, what did Peng Qing just say? Princess, are you not well-off recently?"

Luo Hongxia's expression froze, then she shook her head and whispered, "Nothing..."

Seeing that Luo Hongxia didn't want to talk, Zhang Wei didn't want to continue asking, but advised: "If the princess is looking for the purple-gold mink, I suggest you don't chase it anymore."

Luo Hongxia asked in confusion: "Why?"

"Because the hunting grounds are very dangerous."

Luo Hongxia picked up the bow and arrow, patted the long sword at her waist and said: "I am not an ordinary woman! I also know martial arts!"

Zhang Wei looked at Luo Hongxia's waist and abdomen. What the other party said was true. According to the secular classification, Luo Hongxia was indeed a martial artist who had opened up her Dantian.

But unfortunately, the internal force in Dantian is not very strong, just like the second-rate level in the world.

If Zhang Wei had not practiced Taoism, but instead worked hard to cultivate martial arts after returning from Linglong Fairy Island, he would probably have reached this level when he reached Luo Hongxia's age.

But unfortunately, this strength is just an extra plate of chewy meat for the demon wolf pack led by a wolf king in the middle stage of Qi Refining.

Zhang Wei said: "It is also dangerous for men."

Luo Hongxia asked again, not wanting to be outdone: "If it's so dangerous, why are you still here?"

Zhang Wei couldn't help but twitch his lips, and said unhappily: "Princess Hongxia, it's not a good habit to ask questions. You can believe it or not. Anyway, I have said everything. Goodbye. Go!!!"

After saying this, he rode away without caring about Luo Hongxia's reaction, leaving Luo Hongxia alone, staring at his back in a daze.

After walking around the mountains and forests near the camp and finding no trace of the wolf demon, Zhang Wei hunted a few badgers and returned to the camp.

Because he had only walked around the camp, Zhang Wei was the first to come back. When he rode his horse back to the camp with the prey, he saw Emperor Yun Luo Yun and Concubine Yang, accompanied by hundreds of officials, shooting arrows at the horned deer that had been released in the open field. When the arrow hit the target, the soldiers would beat the drums, and then the officials would praise and call out to His Majesty for his bravery.

Zhang Wei's return also surprised many officials and nobles. Someone asked, "Oh? Is this Zhang Wei, the river tamer from Minister Zhang's family?"

Several familiar officials took a look and quickly determined that the first person to return was Zhang Wei.

Seeing this, Zhang Hui sent someone to call Zhang Wei over and asked, "Why did you come back so soon?"

Zhang Wei smiled, took out a red fox, and said, "We hunted a few badgers and a red fox on the way, and the horse can no longer carry them."

When the officials nearby saw the red fox, they gasped and said, "Hiss—this red fox is really good! An arrow went through its eyes without damaging its fur even a single inch!"

Everyone looked in the direction of the sound and saw that the red fox's fur was shiny all over its body, without any wounds. Only the eye sockets were empty, without the amber eyeballs.

Obviously, he was killed by an arrow shot through the eye!

This guy is truly terrifying, able to accurately hit the fast-moving red fox's eyes in the mountains and forests!
Someone sighed, "It's rumored that Zhang's son is unrivaled in martial arts. Today I see that he is indeed extraordinary!"

"Minister Zhang, I see that your nephew is very handsome at a young age. I wonder if you would like to find a partner? My youngest daughter is only 28 years old, in her prime, and is known as a talented woman in Yundu."

"My daughter is not bad either."

The officials around him praised Zhang Wei one after another as a rare talent in the world, and some even directly suggested pairing him with someone else.

But Zhang Wei knew that the reason why these people praised him so much and wanted to marry him was not because of his martial arts, but because of the identity of his third uncle Zhang Hui.

So Zhang Wei just stood aside and let his uncle talk to these people.

"Ok?"

The noise coming from the direction of the officials attracted Luo Yun's attention. At this time, he had missed several arrows due to his previous hard work, and he was in a bad mood.
Seeing something strange, he put down his bow and arrow and asked the captain of the imperial guards beside him, "What happened there?"

The captain of the imperial guards first summoned a guard, and after listening to his story, he reported: "Your Majesty, it is the nephew of Minister Zhang of the Ministry of Personnel. Zhang Zijie has returned from hunting, and the officials are discussing his prey."

Luo Yun raised his eyebrows when he heard this and said, "Oh? Someone has returned with a full load so soon?"

Luo Yun, who was already in a bad mood because of the unsatisfactory hunting experience, felt even worse when he saw someone returning with a full load.

The gap in hunting seemed like someone was talking in his ear.

You can't do it!

How can a man say no?

Luo Yun snorted coldly. Just when he was about to call the guy named Zhang Zijie over to give him a good beating, he saw two horses walking in to the camp gate from the corner of his eye.

Anyone else?
"Ok?"

Luo Yun took a closer look and found that the person who came back this time was his good daughter Luo Hongxia.

In the end, she believed Zhang Wei and returned to the camp after pulling her husband out of the ditch.

With an idea in mind, he ordered the captain, "Ask Princess Hongxia to come see me!"

"Yes!"

Not long after, Luo Hongxia and her husband Peng Qing were brought before Emperor Yun Luo Yun.

"Your son greets His Majesty!" Luo Hongxia bowed, and Peng Qing beside her immediately knelt on the ground with a smug look on his face.

Luo Yun asked quietly, "Why did you come back so soon? Where's the purple-gold mink?"

Without waiting for Luo Hongxia to speak, Peng Qing immediately took out a dirty purple-gold marten corpse, presented it with both hands and said flatteringly: "Your Majesty, here..."

Luo Yun and Yang Guifei looked at her and immediately showed disgust in their eyes. Luo Yun was even more angry and said, "With this kind of character? Are you planning to give her to your aunt?"

Luo Yun's outburst frightened Luo Hongxia and Peng Qing. Peng Qing even trembled as he tried to defend himself: "Originally, my quality wouldn't be so bad, but when I was coming back, for some reason, the horse got startled and threw me into the ditch, so my quality is..."

"Ha ha ha ha……"

Peng Qing's explanation did not bring him any understanding, but made him look more like a clown. For a moment, the whole school field was filled with a cheerful tone, and even Luo Hongxia next to him couldn't help but hold her forehead with her hand.

Having said that, you can't tell the truth.

Luo Yun was also amused, but that was fine, he could use this as an excuse to punish Luo Hongxia. But at this moment, two eye-catching yellow smoke signals suddenly rose from the hunting ground in the distance.

There was also a piercing scream that immediately interrupted Luo Yun's words.

"Wait, that's..."

When someone saw the color of the smoke, they immediately exclaimed, "It's a signal for help!"

"Something went wrong with the two princes!"

Luo Yun's pupils shrank immediately, and before he could give an order, the two most powerful late-stage Qi Refining masters sitting behind him stood up and said, "Your Majesty, something is wrong, we have to go take a look!"

Facing the cultivator's request, even though Luo Yun was somewhat reluctant, he could only agree: "Okay..."

As soon as the words fell, the two late-stage priests left the camp with their respective mid-stage subordinates. With the departure of these royal priests and the changes in the two princes, the entire camp was shrouded in a layer of gloom.

Only Zhang Wei was not surprised at this.

And the other side.

The seventh prince led a team of cavalrymen and looked up at the two yellow smoke beams rising in the distance. Neither of them came from the direction of the main camp. He immediately understood the change in the situation.

However, there was no surprise on his expression, instead he looked calm.

"Uncle, oh uncle, I knew it... Fortunately, I was prepared."

As he spoke, the Seventh Prince Luo Fuge gently patted the large iron cage covered with red cloth beside him, and immediately painful roars came from inside.

A corner of the red cloth was lifted, revealing a huge, wounded red wolf...

(End of this chapter)