Chapter 235 Hunting Goose II

Wild geese, also known as Honghu, is a large-scale migratory bird. Every autumn and winter season, they must fly from Siberia to the south for the winter. The next spring, they will return from the south to Siberia again to breed. A migration takes more than two months, and the journey is nearly ten thousand miles away. It is impossible to complete such a long journey in one go. There must be a lot of places to rest in the middle of the road. The water and grass of Guangchengze, which is hundreds of miles away, is lush, and the fish and shrimp are all over the lake. It is one of the most important temporary rest points on the migration of the geese. Every year, from April, there are flocks flying from all over the world to eat and play here. The wild geese rise and fall in the lake, and the scenery is spectacular. In terms of the place of hunting geese, the Central Plains There are no people who come out of this place. Even if it is early summer, there are still as many as five groups of geese that can't be moved in Guangchengze, and the size of each group is more than 200.

The goose meat is extremely fresh. If you take a bite, it will definitely leave a fragrance on your lips and teeth. However, it is not easy to eat it. It is because the geese are quick-witted. It goes without saying that when they fly high in the sky. Ordinary bows and crossbows can't shoot so high at all. Even when they rest at night, there are extremely diligent old geese guarding. At night, with a little wind blowing, the whole group of geese will go to the sky. The difficulty of the hunter is really extraordinary. Even if he is an experienced old hunter, it is difficult to return to success. If he can have half of the success rate, he can already be called a wild goose killer. As for the probability of hunting white geese, he is afraid of later generations. The probability of winning hundreds of millions of prizes in the lottery is even lower, because there is no such species as white goose in the classification of wild geese. Even the spotted goose with the most white feathers on its body are not pure white geese. There are a lot of gray hairs on its head and body. As for the rest of the goose species such as gray geese and bean geese, it is rare to see a few white ones. Mao, the so-called white goose is just a goose with abino disease. Obviously, it is undoubtedly more difficult to find this kind of pure white goose than looking for a needle in a haystack, let alone hunt it.

The task is more difficult, but it is a pity that Li Xian has no choice. He not only has to complete it, but also has to do it as soon as possible. Otherwise, the situation in Luoyang City will inevitably change. In this way, Li Xian's earlier plan is very likely to be completely invalidated, and this is obviously the result that Li Xian does not want to see. Because of this, When Li Xian arrived at Guangchengyuan that night, he led more than a hundred selected bodyguards and took six boats to quietly cover the island in the middle of the lake.

The island in the middle of the lake is said to be an island. In fact, it is just a small mountain tip exposed to the surface of the lake. It is only dozens of feet in total. The strange rocks are rugged, and the vegetation is sparse. Except for some weeds and shrubs, there is nothing left. On the south of the island, the reeds along the island are extra densely densely, and they are squeezed into a vast area. As for The edge of the island on the west and north sides is a series of cliffs. Although it is not very high, it is steep and tight. Only the east of the island is a gentle slope. This is the place where more than 300 geese flocks rest at night. Naturally, it is where Li Xian and others go all night.

At the end of the day, the moon has fallen, and the morning sun has not yet risen. It is the darkest time of the day. Of course, it is also the best time to sleep. Not only people, but also wild geese - on the gentle slope on the east bank of the middle of the lake, hundreds of geese are crowded together, either lying in the grass, or lying on the stone, with their heads buried in their wings. In his arms, he was sleeping extremely sweetly, but three old geese were always patrolling the shore energetically. The alert appearance was no less than the patrolmen of the army.

The wild goose sentries are undoubtedly extremely conscientious. Even if the night is silent and peaceful, the wild goose sentries are not careless at all. They all open their eyes and look at the movement around them with caution. However, they encounter the cunning of human beings, but It's just useless work - with the help of the cover of the reeds, the six boats have quietly moved not far from the geese, and a bloody killing has been on the string.

At three moments, the sky finally dawned. The disk-shaped sun poked its head from the distant horizon. The golden sun tore through the gray sky like a sharp sword. Stimulated by such dazzling light, the sleeping geese woke up. Countless geese probed their heads and looked at the slowly rising too. Yang, let out idle calls, and the whole habitat suddenly became noisy. At this time, the wild goose sentry, who had been patrolling constantly, also relaxed his vigilance, lazily flapped a few wings, and swayed to the chaotic group of wild geese, as if they wanted to hand over their duties, but at this time, the mutant But it happened all of a sudden!

"Fighting arrows!"

A burst of shout sounded in the reeds, followed by a sound of bows and strings. Hundreds of steel arrows covered the wild geese in chaos like rain. Although the arrow was nearly 20 feet away from the geese, it was just an instantaneous thing for the steel arrows in the fierce shooting. In an instant, more than 20 The unlucky wild goose had been shot on the spot, and the rest were in a mess.

"Ah, ah, ah..."

In the chaos, a huge head goose suddenly burst into a loud cry and took the lead in flapping its wings and rushing into the lake. Seeing this, the panicked geese all rushed to the lake, regardless of the attack of steel arrows fired one after another, and rowed up desperately.

"Seventh brother, come on, come on, oh, why don't you kill it? The wild geese are about to run away. Hurry up!"

Li Xian's ship did not participate in the action of besieging and killing the wild geese, but quietly dockeds outside the reeds. Although more than a dozen sergeants on the ship were bows and arrows, all of them did not shoot an arrow, just silently waiting for Li Xian's general's general order. This inaction made Xiao Taiping jump up dissatisfiedly and pull With a sharp voice, she kept shouting - the little girl stayed up for most of the night. Isn't it the excitement of hunting? At this sight, others played happily, but she could only sit and watch. There was no reason to make trouble. Unfortunately, Li Xian was unmoved at all and stood in the bow with awe-inspiring look. His eyes were full of solemnity.

Seeing that the wild geese have begun to take off, Li Xian's mood is not as calm as on the surface. It's natural to be anxious. Just because if you want to make things seamless, there is only one chance - it is not clear whether there is a white goose in Guangchengze, but Li Xian has a few in Li Xian's hand. Of course, they are all Xibei goods. Well, to put it bluntly, it is a thing concocted with ordinary geese. The process is not complicated. A few days ago, the team that lurked in Guangchengze quickly trapped more than a dozen live geese, mixed them into a faded secret recipe with vinegar, ginger juice and lime water, faded the feathers of the live geese, and selected several of them. As a standby, the inventory is not short, and I'm not afraid that someone can detect the authenticity. The problem is how to put the goods on the surface. We can't let the white geese, which has always been rare, become a stall on the stinky street. There is no doubt that the drama of shooting the white goose can only be sung once. If there are too many, I'm afraid it's hard to say. Even if it's a fake scene, you have to really sing it no matter what, right?

With the leadership of the geese, the wild goose group escaped very quickly. In just a moment, most of the geese have jumped into the lake. After a few more time, they will take off collectively. At that time, the geese group will successfully escape the killing. It's a pity. No matter how smart the prey is, it can't escape the hunter's calculation - just as the head geese took off, a fast ship suddenly rushed out of the reeds and crashed into the desperate formation of the geese like a sharp arrow. In the sound of the bow and crossbow, the panicked geese were shot and killed more than a dozen again, and the rest were all in a mess. It flew wildly. There was a dark chaos on the lake. In the chaos, a panicked white goose was quietly thrown into the lake from the speedboat. The poor white goose was free. How dared to stay in place and row forward crazily? After a few wings, it had already soared to the sky and approached. The boat where Li Xian is located.

"Seventh brother, Bai Yan, look, Bai Yan!"

Xiao Taiping's eyes were very good. As soon as he saw a white goose in the wild goose group, he jumped up excitedly and screamed with dance.

"Fighting arrows!"

Good job, it's finally here! There is no need for Xiao Taiping to remind him that Li Xian has already found the appearance of his prey. His mind suddenly shook. As soon as his arm was strong, the big iron bow he held was pulled round and drank. He looked at the flying white geese as an arrow, but when the bow string sounded, the carved feather arrow had torn the space like a rainbow through the sun, with a strong roar. , accurately shot into the chest of the white goose. At the same time, the bodyguards who were already on standby on the ship also opened their bows and shot one after another. Dozens of feather arrows rose into the air, shooting the oncoming geese to pieces.

"I hit it, I hit it!"

The white goose who was hit by the arrow wailed and plunged into the lake. Seeing this, the sharp-eyed Princess Taiping immediately clapped her hands excitedly and shouted excitedly. Her little face was full of excitement. As for Li Xian, there was no special expression, but the corners of her mouth bent and showed a joking smile...

"Your Highness, the King of England has hunted the white geese and is being sent to Luoyang!"

In the study of the East Palace in Luoyang City, the prince Li Hongzheng, dressed in bright yellow singles, buried his head in the pile of books that will never be corrected. The fine sweat filled his forehead, but he didn't have time to wipe it. Wang Dequan was sad to see the selfless diligence, but he did not dare to come forward to persuade him, just because he knew his master's heart very well. Li Bitter, this is to suppress the bitterness and irritability in his heart through work. However, when a hurried little eunuch reported the news of Guangchengyuan, Wang Dequan could no longer care about the prince's feelings. He hurriedly grabbed the prince's side, cling to the prince's ear, and reported the news in a low voice.

"Hmm?"

Hearing this, Li Hong's hand couldn't help trembling. The pen he was holding was crooked, and a striking cinnabar trail had stained the original in the correction. The dazzling redness was as dazzling as blood stains, but Li Hong had no intention to pay attention to it. He looked at Wang Dequan with a gloomy face, bit his teeth, and his face twitched. After a period of silence, he said, "I know it. Go, please go to the palace immediately. Go!"

"Yes, I obey!"

Wang Dequan knew that the matter was serious and did not dare to neglect it at all. He hurriedly answered, hurried out of the study, and summoned Yan Liben without mentioning it.