After inquiring about the Great Hunt from Caretaker Shi, Ren Baqian had a rough idea of what to do.
The autumn hunt was originally a custom of the aboriginals. Now that the city was built, many commoners did not have such conditions.
However, it was still held once a year. Those who participated were the sons and daughters of the court officials. They were able to show off their strength in front of the empress. The empress could also observe whether there were outstanding youths from various families through the autumn hunt.
At the same time, the empress would always invite the envoys from various countries to participate in the autumn hunt to let them see the strength of the aboriginals' youths. After that, the news would naturally spread back to the various countries.
This had already become a routine.
After the empress came to power, in addition to inviting the envoys from various countries, she would also invite the youths from various countries who came to send gifts to participate.
This was also a form of deterrence and display of strength because many of these youths would be in power in the future. It gave them a direct impression of the valiant strength of the aboriginals and also spread the news through their mouths.
The hunting location was a forest that was half a day's journey away from Lan City. There were many wild beasts there, and many of them were even more ferocious.
This was a stage for everyone to display their abilities.
Almost every year, the person with the best results would receive more attention and a better path to promotion. At the same time, their performance during the hunt would also attract the attention of many young ladies.
As a result, everyone who participated in the hunt was full of energy.
However, Ren Baqian's mind was filled with bad thoughts. According to Caretaker Shi, hunting on the mountain wasn't for hunting rabbits. Instead, it was for the individual.
If he went, he would not know how to use knives, spears, rods, bows and arrows. Not to mention hunting, it would be good if he did not get beaten up by the prey.
Those young masters had servants, but he didn't.
Furthermore, it was a rabbit. If it was a rabbit with a mouth full of fangs like those in the beast park, Ren Baqian felt that he would not be able to defeat it.
Wasn't it making things difficult for him to hunt with those humanoid Gundams who demolished houses with their bare hands?
The matter of the beast wasn't what Ren Baqian was most worried about. Instead, he was most worried about the humans. These days, he had offended many people in the Honglu Bureau. Initially, he thought that they couldn't do anything to him. He didn't expect such a thing to happen.
If someone were to plot against him on the mountain, he would probably have to pay for his 50 kilograms of meat before he even encountered the beast.
This was simply a scam.
After thinking about it, Ren Baqian cursed, "Damn it."
If he had known earlier, he wouldn't have been so ruthless. Now, there were more than one or two people who wanted to chew his bones and swallow them.
Since they had already come this far, there was no point in thinking too much. Unless, when the time came, he would hug the empress's thigh and become her pendant. He would rather die than go up the mountain, even though he really wanted to do that.
Needless to say, he had to go back and get a gun. Even if he brought two guns for self-defense, he might not be safe. But without a gun to defend himself, he was definitely not safe.
Not only could a gun be used to deal with ferocious beasts, but it could also be used to deal with people.
Calculating the time, he had to return to Earth tomorrow night. It seemed that he had to settle the matter of notifying the young masters of the other three nations and submit the name list. If someone else came after he left, he would let someone else handle it. The empress would definitely understand.
One day after the Great Hunt, he would return to Earth. When he returned, it would be just in time to attend the empress's birthday celebration.
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Early the next morning, Ren Baqian arrived at the Honglu Bureau to arrange for someone to inform them about the Great Hunt.
Not long after he sat down, someone came to report that someone of high status had arrived. It was the Seventh Prince of Great Xia.
Currently, Great Xia was the most powerful nation that Ren Baqian knew of. Whether in terms of land area or population, its land area was three times that of Dayao's. Its population was even more. It had more than two hundred million people, which was close to three times the population. In a feudal world, this was already rather terrifying.
With a large population, there were also many experts. It was said that six of the top ten experts in the world were in Great Xia.
Furthermore, Great Xia had a long history of culture. Every nation was deeply influenced by Great Xia. Especially the Yun Nation and the Chen Nation, which were originally of the same origin as Great Xia, they were even more affected.
In various senses, Great Xia was currently the hegemon of this world that Ren Baqian knew of.
With the arrival of the Seventh Prince of such a nation, Ren Baqian really couldn't neglect him. He hurriedly brought Xiong Pi out.
There was a large group of people and horses outside the door. Hundreds of armored and murderous knights were standing in front of the Honglu Temple.
Behind these knights was a large luxurious carriage. Six extremely tall horses were pulling the carriage. They were half a head taller than the other horses. Their entire bodies were covered with satin like fur and looked extremely spirited.
Just by looking at these six horses, one could tell that they were definitely priceless. If any of them were to be placed in the hands of others, they would probably be treated as treasures. However, at this moment, they were being used to pull the carriage. Inevitably, one couldn't help but feel that it was a waste of God's gifts.
Ren Baqian stood in front of the Honglu Temple and didn't continue to walk forward. The other party was the Seventh Prince of Great Xia, but he was an official of Dayao.
Coming out to welcome him was already sufficient etiquette.
In fact, other than the people who came out to take a look at the beginning, the people who arrived later on were directly brought into the Honglu Temple.
As such, Ren Baqian felt that standing in front of the door to welcome him was already sufficient. There was no need to eagerly run to the front to welcome him. After all, he wouldn't be paid by Dayao.
However, what made him feel strange was that these knights looked at him strangely. Although it seemed that their strict discipline allowed them to control themselves, the shocked expressions on their faces couldn't be concealed at all.
Why are they looking at me? Because I'm handsome? I'm not that handsome to such a tragic extent, right? Ren Baqian touched his face. He couldn't figure out what was going on with those people's gazes. He could only pretend that he didn't see them and continued to wait at the door.
After standing in front of the door for two minutes, Ren Baqian was getting more and more impatient. Just as he was considering whether to turn around and go back, a man on a horse ran to the front and gave the order. Soon after, hundreds of knights started to move forward slowly.
The carriage got closer and closer to Ren Baqian until it stopped in front of the door.
Just now, from afar, he already felt that this carriage looked extremely luxurious. When it was right in front of him and he saw the gold-inlaid patterns and inlaid gems, Ren Baqian really wanted to find a camera and take a picture of this carriage.
What was a luxurious carriage? This was it.
The body of the carriage was built with an unknown purple wood. Mountains, rivers, and clouds were first carved on it. Then, a pattern of flying cranes was inlaid with gold. It was vivid and lifelike. The eyes and crown of the cranes were inlaid with gems. As the light flowed, they were filled with spirituality. It was as if they could fly out from the walls of the carriage in the next second.
This carriage looked more like an exquisite piece of art than a means of transportation.
As the carriage stopped, a pair of hands reached out from inside the carriage. The curtains were pulled open, and the first person to come out was a stunning lady dressed in pink. Following her was a young man dressed in a white robe and a white jade crown on his head.
When Ren Baqian saw this young man's face, he was stunned. It was as if he was looking at himself in the mirror.
His facial features were exactly the same. It was as if they were carved from the same mold.
Ren Baqian had never thought that there would actually be such a person in the world who looked exactly like him.
Moreover, he was the Seventh Prince of Great Xia.
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