Hidden in the court

Chapter 120 Ji Chu, Ji Jun?

"Father..."

When the child saw someone in the room, his face changed immediately. Just as he was about to turn around and leave, Ji Liancheng stopped him.

"Come in, meet His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Princess Changle."

Ji Liancheng looked at the child at the door, smiled and waved him over.

The child hesitated for a moment, but still stepped over the threshold, walked obediently in front of the two people, and bowed respectfully with full courtesy.

"Zang Yin, I pay my respects to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Princess Changle."

Ji Liancheng nodded with satisfaction and introduced him to Hu Die and Nangong Xiao: "This is my second son, Ji Chu. I gave him a name in advance, Zang Yin. In fact, he can be considered as your younger brother."

Ji Liancheng explained with a smile. Hu Die didn't notice anything wrong, but the cautious Nangong Xiao keenly captured the abnormality.

This "储"...is it what he meant?

Ji Chu, Ji Jun, could it be that just as he expected, this "Jun" is not the "Jun", and this "Chu" is exactly the "Chu" she had in mind?

In this way, the word "crown prince" is about to come out. The crown prince, that is, the heir to the throne, is usually the son of the emperor, and is usually also called the prince.

And the Ji Chu in front of us may be the candidate for the future emperor.

The heir to the title of king can only be called the Crown Prince. Ji Liancheng's intention was obvious when he named his son like this.

Nangong Xiao suddenly thought of something. That’s not right. Brother Ji is the Crown Prince of Jin. Logically speaking, he should be the “crown prince”.

Ji Liancheng noticed that he was thinking, so in order to prevent him from thinking of something else, Ji Liancheng said, "You guys go down and rest first. The birthday banquet is still a few days away. I'll go around with you during these few days."

As good as his word, Ji Liancheng took Nangong Xiao and Hu Die out fishing or hunting in the next few days. If there was nothing else to do, they would go to the fields. Everything seemed normal, but Nangong Xiao and Hu Die were being closely watched. How could they investigate?

Look, the morning sun is just coming out, and the sky is turning pale. The forests in the northeast appear even deeper and more mysterious under the morning glow. A group of "hunters" wearing fur coats and holding bows and arrows are ready to go.

The leader was none other than Prince Jin Ji Liancheng, with a resolute face and sharp eyes, as if he could see through every movement in the depths of the forest. Hu Die and Nangong Xiao also followed, helplessly following.

Ji Liancheng waved his hand, signaling everyone to prepare to set off. The soldiers started to move, and they skillfully checked their bows and hunting tools to make sure everything was ready.

“Is this really a hunting trip?”

Nangong Xiao was a little unsure. If these people hadn't only brought bows and arrows and hunting tools, I would have believed you if you said they were going to war.

Hu Die saw something different from him. She saw that this army was well-organized and disciplined, and must be elite. If such an army was not elite, it would be a bit scary.

Ji Liancheng ignored their mutterings. Following his order, the soldiers rushed into the forest like arrows from a bow. They shuttled between the dense trees, looking for traces of prey. Their footsteps were light and swift, as if they had merged into the forest.

Ji Liancheng turned around and looked at the two children, "Let's go too, and see what you can get?"

The three of them also rushed into the forest, walking carefully, trying not to make any noise. Not long after they walked, they found a wild boar sniffing around, apparently looking for food. This wild boar was huge, with sharp fangs, and it was intimidating.

However, Hu Die showed no fear. She quickly drew her bow and arrow, aiming at the vital parts of the wild boar. At Ji Liancheng's signal, Hu Die released the bowstring without hesitation. With a "whoosh" sound, the arrow flew out of the air and accurately hit the wild boar's abdomen. The wild boar screamed and turned to run away, but it fell to the ground after running a few steps, struggling for a few times and then stopped moving.

"What great archery!" Seeing this scene, Nangong Xiao on the side couldn't help but sigh, and was deeply impressed by Hu Die's archery skills.

At this moment, Nangong Xiao suddenly found some unmelted rabbit footprints on the snow in front of him. So he whispered to Ji Liancheng and Hu Die: "There are rabbit footprints here, go forward."

Following these footprints, they continued to move forward, hoping to find traces of the rabbit.

Passing through the bushes, on a pure snowy ground, there is an inconspicuous rabbit hole hidden behind the dead grass, with some rabbit droppings around it.

The snow around the hole is slightly concave, showing the traces left by the rabbits going in and out. The snow at the edge of the hole has been carefully cleaned by the rabbits' little paws, revealing the solid soil underneath. The hole is just big enough for a rabbit to go in and out, which is convenient yet secretive, providing them with a natural shelter.

"Go check if there are any other holes around and set up the net."

Ji Liancheng gave instructions quietly, and Nangong Xiao and Hu Die walked around for a long time, and actually found the other two cave entrances and set up the fishing nets.

At this time, Ji Liancheng had already prepared wood chips and a small piece of rubber, placed them at the entrance of the hole, lit them, and fanned them.

Thick smoke floated into the cave and soon floated out from other cave entrances.

Nangong Xiao was concentrating, waiting quietly, his eyes fixed on the cave entrance. Soon, he heard a slight noise coming from the cave, which was the sound of the rabbits running away because of the smoke. He was delighted, knowing that this method had worked.

Gradually, a few rabbits began to poke their heads out of the holes, their little eyes flashing with fear in the moonlight, and they jumped up and down on their legs as they rushed out of the holes.

However, the net bag prepared by Nangong Xiao and Hu Die had already covered the hole. The rabbits were frightened by the sudden capture and ran around, but they were finally trapped in the net bag.

Nangong Xiao carefully lifted the net bag, which contained several panicked rabbits. Ji Liancheng put out his cigarette, and the three of them reunited. There were more than a dozen rabbits in total, some big and some small.

"good."

The three men left with the captured rabbit.

After walking another hundred steps, he spotted new prey in the distance.

A slight noise broke the silence of the forest. A silly roe deer poked its head out from the bushes, and its round eyes looked around curiously. It obviously didn't realize that it had become the prey of the hunters.

The three of them moved quickly, spreading out and approaching the silly roe deer silently. Everyone held their breath, fearing to alarm this sensitive prey.

Just about twenty or thirty meters away from the silly roe deer, the pine branch above Nangong Xiao's head fell with a crisp "creak" sound. Nangong Xiao looked up awkwardly, but saw that the silly roe deer was also looking at him. The man and the roe deer looked into each other's eyes.

They just stared at each other quietly like that for more than ten breaths.