Second minister and thief

Chapter 22 Hunting

"Yeah." Chu Linqiu didn't hide anything, and nodded generously.He sat up from the bed with his sore body, lifted the quilt, and pushed it aside in disgust, revealing his slightly red skin.

"You...you...you..." Xiao Cen stared at all this dumbfounded, and only after a while did he think of throwing the fox fur on the couch over and let him put it on himself. He said awkwardly, "Don't catch a cold anymore." The man's calm attitude made him wonder if he was making too much of a fuss.

The person on the bed was stunned for a moment, and after a while, he unfolded the fox fur and slowly put it on his shoulders.After rubbing the imperial ointment on his back injury, most of it has healed, so it is much easier to move.Now I have a fever, but it's just because I'm thinking too much and my heart is full of fire.

Xiao Cen waited for him to lean on the head of the bed safely, then looked directly at him, and asked, "Why are you pretending to be dead?"

"..." Chu Linqiu frowned slightly when he heard this, and his phoenix eyes showed a little displeasure, as if he was extremely dissatisfied with the word "play dead".After a while, he asked back, "The prince came here at the order of a sage, do you think it's as simple as giving medicine?"

"Then what's the matter?"

"It depends on how our relationship is going. Hou Ye, you are doing well."

"Wh-what? Saint...is he so impatient?" Xiao Cen had a look of humiliation on his face, but it was only for a moment.

"What do you think? Lord Hou, if you are not prepared, this is not the only way to go." Chu Linqiu was always so calm, as if even a big event was not enough to touch his heartstrings.Such calmness can easily make those who depend on him subconsciously feel at ease, but it can also make people with high spirits even hotter.

Xiao Cen is the latter.

Therefore, when he heard this sentence, he silently clenched his hands into fists in his sleeves, and said with a sneer, "Who says Benhou is not ready? Just wait and see."

After that, Xiao Cen really stayed in the Chu residence, and he didn't step out of the residence for two days.Therefore, he didn't know that the people in Taodu had a new version of their "love and hatred".And these things reached the ears of the emperor, and only one sentence was exchanged, "Who is good at sharing my worries for me, but who else is Chuqing?"

On the third day, the sixteenth day of the seventh month of the Daqi calendar.

Xiao Cen accidentally saw the servants of the Chu Mansion busy in the courtyard, and he didn't know what they were doing.There were more than a dozen boxes, large and small, piled up on the ground, all tied with red silk without exception.He felt very strange in his heart, so he casually pulled a person and asked, "What are these?"

"Master Hou, you don't know yet, do you? This is my lord's order...ah!!!" Before the young man finished speaking, he was hit by something, and he was caught off guard for a while and screamed out.

It was only then that Xiao Cen discovered that there were actually two wild pheasants in the box, and they were also neatly tied with red ribbons, only the colorful front feathers could barely move.

"What, what's going on here?! Could it be... wait!!! What are these?" The general was completely dumbfounded at the moment, because he soon discovered that there were still ten people in the corridor not far away. The rest of the "game" were squeaking.

Fairy ducks, yellow ducks, sand quails, Wudi slaves... everything, and even a pair of horned eagles tied back to back with fierce eyes.

"This..." Although there was a faint guess in his heart, he still felt that it was too ridiculous, because it was not something that a scrupulous person like Chu Linqiu could do. Can't stay in the middle, are you going to sell wild game to make a living?"

"Hey! Where can it be? My lord, I don't know where I heard the folk custom that 'five grains and six poultry' can keep the husband and wife in harmony forever, and the next year will be smooth and safe. If not, I will order people to exchange according to the list. Here come these beasts. Look! There are two wild hogs!!!"

"Oh! That's right! Look, Lord Hou," the servant didn't feel scared when he saw Xiao Cen's black face. Instead, he worked harder to introduce his master's "masterpiece" to the soon-to-be new master Dingnanhou. , the corners of his eyes and brows were full of joy, "This pair of horned eagles, but the adults shot them down with their own hands some time ago. I originally planned to let them go north in the autumn and winter, but I didn't expect that they would be useful now. It can be seen that there is something in the dark , has its own definite number."

"Master Hou, are you right?"

When Xiao Cen heard this, an inconceivable expression appeared on his face.He hurriedly supported the edge of the dark red boxes with his hands, looked over one by one, and found that tea cakes, fruits, sheep wine, cloth, sticker boxes, etc. were all available, and they were all in pairs.In addition, the gift money that should be given is only a lot more.General Xiao was almost blinded by the several boxes of gold, silver and jade articles that were exposed to the sun.He casually picked up a gold ingot, put it in his mouth, took a bite, and then sneered, "Your lord's battle is too amazing, is it because I'm afraid that the people in Taodu won't be able to see the joke?"

He said so in his mouth, but what he was thinking in his heart was, "He is so eager to prepare these things, but he just wants to take advantage of me. How can this Marquis let him easily get what he wants?"

So, after a while, he pretended to be casual and asked again, "Where can I go hunting in this suburb of Beijing?"

"Master Hou wants to loosen his muscles and bones?"

"..." Xiao Cen suddenly heard a voice behind him, and he was stunned, his mind was blank for a while.After he finally reacted and turned around, he saw Chu Linqiu standing at the door looking at him.