novelhk Chapter 387
Chapter 387
In her free time, she had secretly practiced the hand seals for wind, rain, thunder, lightning, and snow for quite a while. Especially the Cloud and Rain Seal she was about to use—that was her trump card for showing off, so she didn't dare be unfamiliar with it.Looking at the two dozen assassins who were now "medium-rare," Yue Fuguang felt quite proud of her sense of proportion.
She looked up at the distant guards, who had initially been too frightened by the sudden thunderbolts to move. After hearing one of the defending generals say something to them, the crowd excitedly rushed forward with ropes to tie up the captives.
Meanwhile, Gan Tang and the others witnessed all of this with their own eyes. The explosive thunder had rung right in their ears, and one assassin after another was struck down before them, their life or death unknown. The sheer shock of it was far greater than what they had seen on the canvas that morning.
Because they were too smart and had too many thoughts, they actually lacked the blunt resilience of the guards, who quickly accepted the explanation of "heavenly punishment" and happily went to clean up the mess.
As for Beiyue, Gan Tang, and the rest, every single one of them still had ringing ears because they were the closest. The deafening thunder had left their brains momentarily stalled.
When a visceral, lingering fear crept into Gan Tang's heart, the assassins who had wanted to kill her had already been carried away by the Dayan soldiers. She could only turn around silently, looking toward Yue Fuguang with a mix of astonishment and gratitude.
Yue Fuguang couldn't care less about what Gan Tang and the others thought. Anyway, she had already saved them. If these people dared to pull any more stunts, her patience was nearly exhausted, and she wouldn't rule out teaching them a harsh lesson.
The group suddenly shivered for no apparent reason. They saw that Yue Fuguang wasn't looking at them, but rather gazing outside the camp.
They followed her gaze. Although they couldn't see anything, the shouts of battle outside could be heard clearly.
Clatter, clatter. The ground trembled. A loud flurry of horse hooves echoed from the distance, and within moments, a squad of armored cavalry came galloping down the road leading to the hunting grounds.
"Fuguang, look quickly, have the reinforcements arrived?" Emperor Mingxi had walked up behind her at some point. Lacking Yue Fuguang's abilities, Emperor Mingxi could only guess by the sound and couldn't yet see the cavalry led by Song Xiang rushing to the rescue.
Yue Fuguang nodded. "Judging by the commotion, the vanguard should have arrived." By now, she could already see a sweating Song Xiang wielding his long spear as he fought his way in.
Over an hour later, this two-day assassination attempt, meticulously planned and executed with all the might of the noble families, finally came to an end.
The imperial retinue stayed at the hunting grounds for another two days. On the surface, it appeared to be the Emperor's benevolence and consideration for his subjects, waiting until everyone had satisfied their craving for hunting before setting off to return to the capital.
During this time, Yue Fuguang also followed the Crown Prince and the others into the woods for a while. She didn't fire a single arrow but had a bountiful harvest, simply because the moment she stepped into the forest, all sorts of prey offered themselves up to her.
If it wasn't a rabbit rushing out and crashing into a tree, giving her a live performance of the primary school idiom of waiting by a stump for a hare, it was a perfectly flying pheasant suddenly twisting its neck and tumbling out of midair, landing right on the ground in front of her horse's head.
A few beautiful, pure-white fox cubs even dashed in front of her horse. At first, everyone thought they had come out to steal the wild pheasants, but who knew they would just stand still after rushing out. They didn't even glance at the still-warm pheasants on the ground; they just tilted their heads and stared adorably at Yue Fuguang with their foxy eyes.
Yue Fuguang was overwhelmed by the cuteness of these fluffy creatures tilting their heads. She glanced at the prey scattered all over the ground, then turned to look back at the hunting ground entrance, which was less than a kilometer away from their location.
Weren't these little guys a bit too eager to "sacrifice" themselves?
This bizarre kind of "hunting" suddenly made Yue Fuguang feel bored. A hunt without any chasing or hiding offered absolutely no sense of experience. She swore she would never come again!
Yue Fuguang turned her horse around and headed for the entrance. The Crown Prince signaled for everyone to pack up the game and rode after her. The group had just exited the hunting grounds when they looked back and saw a few little tails following behind them.
Aside from the three foxes that had run out earlier, which Yue Fuguang hadn't taken with her, there were now two iron-eating beast cubs that had appeared out of nowhere!
Their distinct black-and-white coloring reflected in Yue Fuguang's increasingly bright, black-and-white eyes.
As a true native of Xia, who could resist wanting to raise such an adorable creature?
Yue Fuguang didn't even think twice. She quickly dismounted, scooped up the two panda cubs that looked to be only three or four months old, and decided on the spot to adopt all five fluffy babies.
She was someone who understood etiquette; relationships required give and take, and she wouldn't just take their children for nothing.
Thinking of the impending severe drought across the land, she secretly cast a localized heavy rainstorm over the entire mountain forest that night.
She did it in secret, but the upper echelons of the entire camp knew full well that this was the work of their Junior Preceptor.
Hearing the pattering sound of heavy rain outside their windows, many got up in the dark of the night and secretly peeked out from their tent windows.
The camp was dry without a single drop of rain, yet the continuous sound of a downpour battering the leaves echoed from the mountain forest.
The heavy rain lasted for most of the night. When everyone woke up the next morning and looked into the distance, they saw that more than half the leaves on the trees had fallen overnight.
It was worth mentioning that in the starry night sky over the hunting grounds that night, a loud clap of thunder had struck without warning, hitting a tent directly and resulting in one casualty.
The Dayan sovereign and subjects, awakened by the thunder, heard the guards report that a heavenly lightning bolt had struck the tent of the Northern Li diplomatic mission's Fifth Prince.
When they heard that the Fifth Prince was fine, but his attendant Song Tu had unfortunately been struck and killed, the Dayan officials who had been preparing to get up and check the situation silently crawled back into bed, pulled up their covers, and closed their eyes to sleep—all in one smooth motion.
It was just an insignificant attendant who died, no big deal!
Besides, they wouldn't dare interfere in this matter. Sleep, sleep, they knew absolutely nothing!
Meanwhile, Bei Ye stood in the tent destroyed by the thunderbolt, looking up at the head-sized black hole in the roof. He looked out from the black hole and could still see the twinkling stars in the sky.
Could someone tell him what on earth was going on?
Was Yue Fuguang trying to strike him dead?
No, no, no. Bei Ye shook his head so hard it nearly snapped off; he refused to believe this was aimed at him.
If Yue Fuguang truly wanted him dead, with her methods, she couldn't possibly miss.
Since the one who died was Song Tu, then he must have been the one she intended to strike from the very beginning.
Was it a warning?
Otherwise, why didn't she strike earlier or later, but precisely when Song Tu was on night watch? This action must have been meant to warn him. As for why she chose Song Tu...
Bei Ye had his own guesses. Song Tu was currently his top guard and the one he trusted most. During the assassination attempts against Yue Fuguang, it was Song Tu who had passed on messages several times.
Bei Ye had originally planned to send him to the military for training and heavily cultivate his talents once they returned to Northern Li.
Unfortunately, before he could implement his plan, Song Tu was "implicated" by him and died!
Bei Ye's head was still a bit dizzy from the thunder, and his ears were ringing. He moved to another tent for the rest of the night and lay awake with his eyes open until dawn.
Yue Fuguang: Is it possible that you were the one being implicated?