bookrandom Chapter 636: Barbecue in the woods, children learning martial arts, meeting Meng Fang and Wen Li
Chapter 636: Barbecue in the woods, children learning martial arts, meeting Meng Fang and Wen Li
The news that Miss Zhang had been raped spread quickly throughout the hunting grounds. Although no one said it openly, they all felt sorry for her in secret.
Wen Li, the Vice Minister of Justice, and Meng Fang, the Deputy Commander of the Imperial Guards, led a two-day investigation but found nothing. It was said that Zhang Xuehan had attempted suicide several times during those two days.
Because of Zhang Xuehan's incident, the atmosphere in the entire hunting ground seemed a bit depressing and dull, and even people's voices were subconsciously lowered.
In the afternoon, Shu He took a few children to hunt some rabbits in the woods and roasted them for them.
Wuwu carried Yi'er on his back and shuttled around in the woods, which made Ziyi jealous.
"Aunt Qi, why doesn't Wuwu carry me? I also want to ride on a big tiger and gallop through the woods!"
Baili Ziyuan sat aside and snorted softly, "Don't even think about it! Wuwu was raised by Yi'er since he was a child, and he only listens to his sister Yi'er!"
"If you also want a 'Woo-woo', then why don't you ask the Fifth Emperor to buy you a tiger cub and raise it?"
"However, even if you really bought it, it would never be as majestic as Wuwu and Yier!"
"After all, our sister Yi'er is a little prodigy born with supernatural powers!"
Ziyuan's face was full of pride, as if she was not praising Yier, but herself.
Ziyi pouted, his face full of frustration, "Sister Ziyan, you are too discouraging!"
Seeing this, Shu He handed him a roasted rabbit leg and said with a chuckle, "Ziyi, Wuwu is not familiar with you yet. If you feed it more delicious food in the future, maybe it will accept you."
After hearing this, Baili Ziyi thought about it, nodded his head, and said, "Okay, I understand!"
After saying that, he carefully put the rabbit leg aside and then seriously took up the horse stance.
Shu He's eyes showed a hint of surprise, "Zi Yi, what are you doing?"
Ziyi felt his nose was a little itchy, so he rubbed it with his hand. The black wood ash ran across the tip of his nose and right cheek, making his face look like a clown.
He said seriously, "Aunt Qi, I'm doing horse stance. I want to learn martial arts and become a 'little prodigy' as powerful as my sister Yi'er!"
Then Wuwu will like him!
Upon hearing this, Zi Le's eyes turned and he followed suit, imitating him and doing horse stance.
Ziyuan took a couple of bites of rabbit meat and couldn't help but burst out laughing at the two men's funny looks. "Haha, Ziyi, you're too stupid, aren't you? You can't even stand steadily, how can you become a little prodigy?"
Ziyi pretended not to hear and said firmly, "If I can't be a child prodigy, I'll be a man!"
"Seventh Aunt said that as long as I study and train hard, I will one day become a brave and upright man like Seventh Uncle!"
Seeing his serious expression, Ziyuan suddenly stopped laughing. Now, looking at the rabbit leg in her hand, it didn't seem to smell good anymore.
However, she still couldn't bear to throw it away. After hesitating for a moment, she walked to Ziyi's side while biting the rabbit leg and squatted down.
Shu He looked at this scene, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.
Nanqi turned two half-roasted rabbits around and said to Shu He with a smile, "It seems that Yi'er has made the little grandchildren love martial arts."
Shu He sent Nanqi to teach the children martial arts, and waved to Ziyuan.
Seeing this, Ziyuan immediately ran over, put the rabbit leg in her mouth aside, and said with a sly look in her eyes, "Aunt Qi, are you going to teach me martial arts in person?"
Shu He laughed, "Aunt Qi wanted to ask you, why didn't Zizhan come out with you today?"
After hearing this, Ziyuan showed a hint of disappointment on her face, but she still answered seriously, "I went to call him, but Concubine De wouldn't let Zizhan out, saying that he should study and practice calligraphy..."
Practice calligraphy?
Why is Concubine De suddenly so concerned about Zizhan’s studies?
“Ooooooooooooooooo!!”
A crisp howling sound came from the depths of the forest. When the children heard it, they immediately became excited, "It's sister Yi'er and Wuwu who are back!!"
Hua Huang's figure rushed over from the distance of the forest, at an extremely fast speed, with an extremely fierce and domineering momentum.
Ziyi jumped up excitedly and even stopped practicing the martial arts moves that Nanqi was teaching him.
He really likes Wuwu!
Wuwu carried Yi'er to Shuhe and growled softly, as if greeting Shuhe.
Ziyi quickly handed his rabbit leg to Wuwu's mouth and said, "Wuwu, this is the rabbit leg that Aunt Qi roasted for me. I'll give it to you. Can you let me sit on your back and run around for a while?"
It would be best if he could run around the hunting ground and let everyone see his domineering and majestic appearance!
However, Wuwu ignored him completely, turned his head, walked behind Shu He and lay down; then he stretched his neck and swallowed the half-roasted rabbit that Nanqi had eaten whole.
Are you kidding? It's a tiger! Can anyone ride it?
No one except Yier can get on its back in this life!
Seeing this, Ziyi pouted and almost cried out of disappointment.
Seeing this, Yi'er reached out and patted Ziyi, comforting him, "Brother, don't be sad. Otherwise, let's find a time to ask mother to take you to the Valley outside the Mountain. Yi'er will help you catch a little tiger and raise it, okay?"
When Ziyi heard this, his aggrieved eyes lit up again, "Really? Is this really possible?"
Yier nodded and agreed seriously.
However, the tigers in the Shanwai Valley are not of the same species as Wuwu, and are definitely not as majestic as Wuwu.
Ziyuan's eyes also sparkled as she came closer, "Sister Yier, I want it too!!"
"Okay! We have everything!"
Yier even imagined that if each of them was followed by a big tiger, the scene would be so grand and cool!
Shu He rubbed his eyebrows speechlessly, feeling a little headache.
Yi'er, you speak too fast!
Is it possible to bring anyone into the mountain valley? Besides, can the parents of those children be trusted to let them go into the mountains with her?
At this time, Nanqi saw a group of people coming from behind, his face changed slightly, and he pulled Shu He's sleeve.
Shu He turned around and saw Meng Fang and Wen Li walking towards him with their men.
Why are they here?
"Meng Fang, Wen Li, greet the Princess of Li!"
The two men bowed to each other, and Shu He simply returned the greeting.
"Is Princess Li barbecuing meat with the little grandchildren?" Meng Fang smelled the aroma of meat from a distance and couldn't help swallowing.
He hadn't even had a proper meal these past two days because he was investigating Zhang Xuehan's case. Now he had been hungry for most of the day. As soon as he smelled meat, his stomach started growling.
When Shu He heard the slightly awkward voice, he immediately handed the two pieces of meat originally given to Nanqi and Yier to Meng Fang and Wen Li respectively.
"It's not as good as the palace chef's cooking, so please make do with it!"
The two looked at each other and immediately took it politely, "Thank you, Princess!"
Seeing that the two of them were eating with relish, Shu He's eyes changed slightly. Are they here to eat the meat?
"Have you two masters not yet found the thief?"
Meng Fang turned sideways and wiped his mouth sheepishly before turning back and saying, "Princess, we haven't found out who did this yet."
"When we found Miss Zhang that day, there was no one around her and all the traces on the ground had been destroyed, so it was difficult to find her."
Shu He nodded and asked, "Didn't Miss Zhang see the thief's face?"
"Miss Wen said it was too dark at night, the forest was too dense, and she was so frightened that she didn't even notice the thief's appearance."
This time it was Wen Li who answered. He was a civil servant, so his eating habits were much more refined than Meng Fang, a military commander. However, he still wiped his mouth and waited until the food in his mouth was clear before speaking.