Chapter 346: Gifts Brought by Horses

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A sharp roar suddenly sounded, with firelight piercing the night sky.

The flaming arrows pierced the galloping horses. Not only did the horses suffer pain, but they were also burned by the fire. They immediately screamed and went crazy, overturned the owner on the horse, and then fell headlong. He got into the woods and disappeared.

"Your Highness!"

The maid on the side immediately exclaimed, turned her horse's head and ran towards her master.

But as soon as the maid turned the horse's head, she saw a black shadow suddenly rush out from behind, hid in the stirrup on the horse's back, and smoothly snatched the master off the ground, which made her eyes wide open.

That dark shadow was the third prince who had been chasing them all the way.

The third prince held up the little bean curd in his hand, and at the same time, he hung the long bow on his back neatly, and then suddenly made a grimace, followed by a strange scream, and the crying little bean curd in his hand was suddenly frightened. Crying to heaven and earth.

"Your Highness, please show mercy!"

Seeing her master crying like this, the maid-in-waiting was heartbroken and quickly spoke to stop him.

The third prince laughed happily when he saw that the younger sister in his hand was so frightened.

He has been training in the military in recent years, and these young brothers and sisters are no longer able to recognize him.

It is estimated that after some time, after staying in the palace for a long time, we will gradually be able to distinguish the ranking of these little beans.

"You know what I want."

The third prince held up the pink and jade-carved little bean curd in front of him. Seeing that there was nothing hidden in this little thing, he directly said to the maid.

The maid gritted her teeth, but when she saw the young master crying, she suddenly didn't know what to do.

She couldn't make the decision on her own in this matter, so she immediately asked for instructions: "Your Highness, Your Highness..."

But the maid called several times in succession, and the only response she received was the increasingly violent crying. It was obvious that her little master had been frightened and was now in a helpless state.

"Alas."

The third prince sighed helplessly, then placed the little princess, who was held upside down in his hand, firmly in front of his saddle, rubbed the little princess's head with his big hand, and said in a slow tone:

"Why are you crying?"

"Brother is just joking with you."

The third prince wiped the little princess' tears, and then pinched her little face with one hand.

This little princess, who looked younger than the eighteenth prince, was still crying, but it was obviously not as "heart-wrenching" as before.

And the little princess's crying was gradually easing up, and it was estimated that she would be coaxed after a while of comforting.

The third prince immediately took the time to urge the maidservant.

"Hurry up, don't waste time!"

The maidservant looked embarrassed and explained:

"Your Highness needs to decide this matter yourself, please don't embarrass me, Your Highness."

Things like giving up the competition can only be decided by the master himself, otherwise if the maidservant makes a decision for the master, she will definitely not have a good time no matter what.

The third prince immediately understood the hidden meaning of the maid's words, and immediately shook his head. A horseman rushed out from the woods behind him. It was the third prince's eunuch.

The third prince's eunuch approached directly, then took the maid down, and searched her body without hesitation, but failed to find the certificate and the cloud-piercing arrow.

The maid did not resist at all during this process and cooperated with the other party obediently.

"Your Highness, the things are not on her."

The eunuch came back to report.

When the third prince heard this, he covered his head with a headache, stretched out his hand to turn the little princess in front of him to sit facing him.

The little princess was crying like a kitten, and the third prince couldn't help but smile, but then he remembered the business and couldn't help but smile more gently.

"Little sister."

The third prince's eunuch looked away silently, and looked serious and alert.

The controlled maid twitched her eyes, but still resisted the urge to look at the third prince strangely, lowered her head tightly, and stared at the tip of her shoes.

"Tell me where you hid the certificate and the cloud-piercing arrow, okay?"

"Can I treat you to delicious barbecue?"

"Whether it's a rabbit or a pheasant, I'll catch it for you."

The third prince squeezed out a smile that he thought was kind, and didn't forget to blink his eyes to express his friendly attitude.

The little princess was stunned for a moment, and the next moment she showed the third prince what "ghosts crying and gods howling" was, crying more than before, coughing while crying, and almost coughing out her lungs.

The maidservant beside her felt so distressed that she didn't know what to do. She could only look at the third prince with pleading eyes.

The third prince couldn't help but cover his ears with a look of despair.

"Take this little thing away from me."

"Tie them both here, and then shoot our cloud-piercing arrows!"

The third prince gave orders quickly.

His eunuch immediately asked the little princess to get off the saddle, and then said "I'm sorry", and then acted according to the order.

The maidservant knew that she couldn't change the current situation by resisting, so she just hugged the little princess herself, and then let the eunuch tie them up.

In this way, at least the little princess can feel better.

And the maidservant seemed to have gotten used to the little princess's crying and didn't think it was noisy at all. After taking the little princess, she hugged her and rocked her gently, humming a soft tune to comfort the little princess.

But the crying was still unbearable. It seemed that it would take some effort to coax the little princess.

The eunuch who served the third prince was very quick. After tying up the master and servant, he shot the cloud-piercing arrow immediately, as if he was afraid that he would be too late, and then trotted to the third prince to report.

But before he could say anything, the third prince galloped up and shouted:

"Retreat, retreat quickly!"

"I don't want to stay here for a moment."

Before he finished speaking, he disappeared in a flash.

The eunuch who served the third prince also agreed with his idea very much. He immediately rode on the horse and hurriedly followed.

The maid who served the third prince sighed as she watched the two hurriedly leave. She didn't expect that they would be eliminated so quickly this time.

But she couldn't help thinking that if the little princess cried at the beginning, she might be able to persuade the third prince to retreat directly.

"Your Highness also has your talent."

"No worse than others."

The maidservant could clearly see the little tongue trembling slightly with the crying of the little princess through her wide-open mouth, and thought silently in her heart.

...

"Hey, someone else was eliminated."

Hearing the sound of the piercing arrow outside, Princess Ankang's head popped out of the tent and looked at the fireworks in the night sky.

After night fell, the three little ones set up a tent to rest.

Although Li Xuan hoped that Princess Ankang would actively participate in the competition, he had not yet squeezed her and prevented her from eating and resting well.

After all, Li Xuan was just a cute little cat, not an unscrupulous capitalist.

Then, Yu'er and Li Xuan's heads popped out from behind the curtain of the tent.

The forest was still quite cold at night, and none of the three guys wanted to get out of bed, so they stuck their heads out to check the outside.

"It seems that the other princes did not stop hunting at night."

Yu'er couldn't help but sigh.

She thought that the others had rested like them, but she didn't expect the fierce battle to continue.

Li Xuan silently calculated how far away the place where the cloud-piercing arrows were fired was from them.

"It's a bit far, and they shouldn't search us tonight."

Li Xuan was always paying attention to the movements around him, but he was not worried that someone would come to attack him.

It was almost impossible to avoid Li Xuan's perception and successfully attack him with the strength of these people participating in this competition.

"These guys are really energetic, but think about it, it seems to be a good decision to attack at night."

Li Xuan had subconsciously believed that those who fired the cloud-piercing arrows were the result of artificial elimination.

He had seen the game map in the forbidden garden before, and there were no particularly dangerous animals, especially in the Fanglin Garden, which could be said to be a novice area.

With close attendants following each prince and princess, it was difficult to encounter a situation where they needed to use the Cloud Piercing Arrow for help unless they were courting death.

After watching the fireworks for a while, the three children quickly retreated to the tent to sleep.

But when they slept in the second half of the night, Li Xuan suddenly noticed that there was an undisguised sound of horse hooves approaching them.

He opened his eyes immediately and saw Princess Ankang and Yu'er sleeping soundly beside him, so he sneaked out of the quilt.

When Li Xuan left the tent, the sound of horse hooves was very close to them.

Li Xuan couldn't help but frown when he heard the sound of horse hooves.

"It doesn't look like a sneak attack, but rather a panic."

He was afraid that the noise would wake up the two girls, so he rushed in the direction of the horse's hoofbeats, but he only saw an ownerless horse running wildly.

The horse seemed to be frightened and ran without any rules, just headed forward.

The horse was steaming hot and sweating, and it was obvious that it had been running for a long time.

If the horse continued to rush like this, it would just hit the tent of the three children.

Li Xuan quickly jumped on the saddle to control the horse.

He pulled the reins hard, and the horse felt an irresistible force coming, and the whole body stood up uncontrollably. In the end, because of the inertia of the speed, it fell to the ground and couldn't get up for a long time.

Li Xuan jumped off the horse's back flexibly at the last moment.

Seeing that the horse was tired and in pain, lying on the ground gasping for breath, but his eyes were much clearer, not as red as before.

At this time, Li Xuan discovered that there was an arrow stuck near the horse's neck, but the wound was no longer bleeding, but was black.

"So it was because of the arrow that it ran so wildly."

"I just don't know where this guy's owner is?"

Li Xuan looked at the horse's wound, but he didn't rush to help it pull out the arrow.

First, the wound has stopped bleeding now, and pulling out the arrow will definitely cause bleeding again.

Second, Yu'er has fallen asleep, and Li Xuan himself is not good at treating such wounds.

Li Xuan saw that the horse was now tired and panting to rest, and it seemed that his life was not in danger. He didn't rush to treat its wound, but checked the objects on it to see if he could confirm the identity of this guy's owner.

But on this horse, in addition to the saddle, there was only a bag of snacks hanging on the saddle.

Li Xuan saw that it was carrying the saddle and lying on the ground and felt uncomfortable, so he helped it unsaddle the saddle.

The saddle buckle was on the horse's belly. Now that it was lying down, it was convenient for Li Xuan to help it unbutton.

After Li Xuan opened the saddle, he threw it aside.

"If this guy's wound is not treated, he will probably die."

"Forget it, let Yu'er take a look tomorrow morning."

Li Xuan tried to communicate with the horse to see if he could get something out of it.

"Meow?"

"Whew."

Li Xuan couldn't help but tilt his head, and the horse blinked its big eyes.

"Hey, what is this?"

As the saying goes, cat lips don't match horse mouths, and they couldn't communicate anything.

Seeing that there was no effect, Li Xuan gave up continuing to communicate. Seeing that the horse had rested for a while, he pushed it up and let it rest over to their camp.

After all, there was a fire in their camp, which was better than lying on the cold ground.

Li Xuan's strength was still very easy to push a horse.

Then Li Xuan led the way, and the horse immediately understood what he meant and followed him obediently.

After walking two steps, Li Xuan suddenly remembered something, turned around and picked up the saddle on the ground.

"It's not okay to litter, it's rare that the natural scenery here is so beautiful."

But it was Li Xuan's sense of public morality that made him make an unexpected discovery.

There was something stuck on the back of the saddle, a small cloth bag.

Li Xuan tore it off with all his strength, and then he found a small mechanism on the saddle that could open the secret compartment from above.

He didn't know what it was before, but he found something hidden under the bottom of the saddle.

"What is this?"

Li Xuan curiously opened the small cloth bag, and found that the small cloth bag was the map distributed to everyone at the beginning of the game, but the route on it was obviously different from the three little ones.

And inside the small cloth bag was a certificate and a cloud-piercing arrow.

The jade plate of the certificate had the number "twenty-nine" written on it.

"Haha, which unlucky guy's certificate and cloud-piercing arrow are these?"

Li Xuan couldn't help grinning.

Judging from the number on the certificate, it should belong to a little kid.

But judging from the injury of the horse, I'm afraid that the little kid is in danger and may have been eliminated.

"Hey, I picked up a certificate and a cloud-piercing arrow for nothing."

Li Xuan didn't expect that he would have such luck in the middle of the night.

Thinking about the fireworks they saw before, it seemed that the horse ran from the previous direction.

But thinking about it, Li Xuan felt a little strange.

"That's not right. Xiaodouding's Cloud Piercing Arrow is here. Whose Cloud Piercing Arrow was it before?"

"Isn't it the same group of people?"

Li Xuan thought about it, then shook his head and didn't think about it any more.

There are quite a few participants this time, and a melee is very likely to occur, which is not too strange.

"We need to think about how to make good use of this thing."

Li Xuan shook his head and didn't know what he was thinking about. He took the horse back to the camp first.

...

The next morning.

The two girls who were pulled out of the bed by Li Xuan looked at the enchanting horse lying on the ground in the camp and asked Li Xuan in confusion:

"Where did it come from?"

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