Chapter 302: Eagle Taming

This time, he took a full half month to recover from the injury.

Rong Yu still didn't visit him, but in the past half month, he already knew his identity - the prince of Huainan in Dongling, Xuanyuan Yao.

He was not a spy from the northern border, nor was he an eyeliner sent by the court to be planted in the army.

He was just a rebellious young man who came from a thousand miles away.

After listening to the report of his spies, Rong Yu was silent for a long time, and only said coldly: "Don't make it public for now."

Then he was as cold and distant as before, and as strict and cold as before when training soldiers.

After Xuanyuan Yao woke up, he didn't rush to challenge Rong Yu, but took advantage of the free time when he was injured and weak to try to understand Rong Yu indirectly. When he learned that he was the prince of the Great Zhou, he was stunned.

The prince of the Great Zhou?

Why does a prince who was born in a noble family and should have been pampered since childhood have such a powerful ability?

He thought that the other party was just from an ordinary military family, and had been trained in the military camp since he was young, so he was qualified to lead troops to fight and had such powerful skills and archery. He never thought that he would be a prince.

Before coming here, he didn't even ask a question.

But now that he knew, he deeply understood that it was probably impossible to get more information. The other party was not only a noble prince, but also a powerful general. He was very strict in military discipline. Who dared to talk nonsense in the military camp?

The eighteen guards around him could go and check, but they knew the character of their young master. When he arrived at the Great Zhou military camp, he was whipped twice in a row but failed to stop his suicidal behavior. How could the eighteen guards dare to leave his side?

So the plan to investigate Rong Yu had to be shelved for the time being.

However, Xuanyuan Yao was extremely stubborn and would not give up until he achieved his goal. He would ask the person who was responsible for delivering meals to help pass on the message. After his injury healed, he would take the initiative to go to the military camp. Even if someone stopped him, he could still meet Rong Yu in his own way, and then shamelessly follow him to watch him train his soldiers, and witness with his own eyes that those sturdy seven-foot men behaved like grandsons in front of him.

This young man was much colder than his father. His training methods were more ruthless and his heart was harder. It seemed that nothing could shake his will. Xuanyuan Yao would sometimes feel weak in his legs when watching him train his soldiers.

However, the two meals of pain made him restrain his arrogance and learn to use his brain to judge the situation. When he realized that the prince of the Great Zhou was really a terrible person, he was destined to be suppressed in terms of momentum.

Once the momentum weakened, what else could be said? The original unwillingness to admit defeat had long been thrown out of the sky, but there was still a sense of dissatisfaction in his heart. However, when he challenged Rong Yu for the third time, he actually lost his confidence.

The third competition was horseback archery.

The vast grassland was endless, and thousands of horses were galloping on the grassland. The feeling of galloping in the wind as if to fly into the sky made people involuntarily feel a sense of righteousness, as if all the suppressed pride was unsealed and returned to its original form.

The sky above the grassland was blue and boundless, and several black eagles flew past with sharp screams, leaving proud and unruly footprints in the air.

Their competition today was horseback archery.

As usual, the rules of the competition were set by Xuanyuan Yao, and the punishment was still set by Rong Yu.

"If you lose today, you will be a slave to this general for the next year."

Slave?

Xuanyuan Yao's face changed instantly when he heard this: "What did you say?"

"If you lose, you will be my slave for a year." Rong Yu repeated calmly, "If you don't want to, today's competition will end here."

Xuanyuan Yao might have been frightened by the bet. His expression changed again and again. Anger, hesitation, struggle, and thought flashed across his face... Various emotional fluctuations emerged one by one, and then disappeared one by one, and finally turned into a word of compromise with gritted teeth: "Okay."

Being a slave is being a slave, what's the big deal?

He would love to have a fair opportunity to contact him and understand him.

Although his status is a little humble, being a slave means serving tea and water to take care of daily life. He is not a woman, so he doesn't have to be responsible for warming the bed. What's so scary?

And no one here knows him. After a year, he will go back to Huainan and still be his noble and unparalleled prince.

Thinking of this, he felt at ease.

The rules of today's competition are very simple. Whoever can shoot down the first eagle will win.

The young man galloped on his horse, drew his bow and shot an arrow, aiming at the black eagle circling in the sky, whoosh--

The arrow flew up into the air with a force, as if it was going straight into the sky, and the cold arrow tip was aimed at a black eagle flying in the sky.

However, another arrow shot from the side directly passed by his arrow body, mercilessly shooting down his arrow. Xuanyuan Yao could hardly believe it, and was about to turn his head to say something, but then he saw another arrow making a fierce and sharp sound of breaking through the wind, and shot at the sharp eagle that was about to spread its wings and fly away at a speed faster than lightning--

A sharp scream!

The black eagle fell from the sky with its wings flapping, and the horse galloped, the sound of horse hooves was like thunder, and the injured black eagle fell into Rong Yu's hands in an instant.

Xuanyuan Yao was so angry that his face turned red. He stared at Rong Yu angrily, his eyes spitting fire: "You cheated!"

"Whoever can shoot down the first eagle will win." Rong Yu looked at him expressionlessly, "Didn't I shoot down this eagle?"

"Why did you shoot my arrow?"

Rong Yu lowered his eyes and said indifferently: "Your rules don't say that you can't do that."

Xuanyuan Yao was speechless.

Later, he learned that most of the black hawks flying over the grassland were trust hawks raised by Rong Yu. They could not be killed easily. If Rong Yu had not stopped him, his arrow would have penetrated the body of the black hawk directly.

The arrow shot by Rong Yu only grazed the black eagle's wing. The force caused some damage to the eagle's wing. After a few days of medicine, it could spread its wings and fly again.

But for him now, none of this is important. What is important is that he lost this competition and must be a slave to Rong Yu for one year as agreed.

Xuanyuan Yao felt desperate about this and felt that he had no hope of life.

He originally came with the power to destroy the other party, but he didn't expect that he would be reduced to being a slave of the other party. It was a miscalculation.

"What happened next?"

A quiet and soft voice sounded from the carriage, Nan Xi pursed her lips and smiled: "Is he really a slave to you?"

Rong Yu nodded: "Yes."

"It can be seen that he is a person who can afford to lose." Nan Xi said calmly, "Otherwise, there would not have been the scene on the school field today."

The carriage entered the imperial city and drove slowly through the bustling and noisy streets.

Nan Xi frowned and had a vague suspicion in her heart: "Did you have the intention to tame him after learning his identity?"

If Rong Yu had planned to deploy manpower in Dongling early, then Xuanyuan Yao, who had thrown himself into the trap, was obviously an excellent candidate. He would guard the Huainan border, and any disturbance would not easily reach the imperial city, making it easier for him to do things.