Demon Lord Gets Married

Chapter 102

Chapter 102 - Tiger Father Without Dog Son

The sky darkened very quickly, especially in the depths of the forest. Even though there was still some light coming from the outside, the forest had already become completely dark.

Yin Xu and Teng Yu finished counting their prey and prepared to return. The results of today's battle was great, they couldn't finish all of the prey they snatched, thus they simply snatched back all the horses.

In the palace at the bottom of the mountain, the emperor sat on the stage solemnly. Very quickly, a Young Eunuch ran over.

“Reporting to Your Majesty, Young Master Cao is fine now. The imperial physician said he just lost too much blood, so his injuries aren't serious.”

The emperor waved his hand to indicate that he understood. Then, he instructed the guards at the side, “Bring a few men to the mountain and help them. Don't let anyone come back in the end.”

Imperial Consort Yun patted her chest and sighed: “Thank God for your blessings. Luckily Ze Ming is fine, otherwise how would we explain to Master Cao?”

She glanced at the emperor reproachfully. “These children are truly lacking in seriousness. They are about to cause someone to lose their lives. Why can't they wait until they return to let His Majesty decide?” No matter what, the Cao family is Yi'er's Yue family.

The official who stood at the head of the group sneaked a glance at Huo Zhengquan and thought to himself: As expected of someone from the Huo Family, even a trash bastard like him had the guts to do it, it's just that he's too ruthless.

“We'll ask them about it when they come back. Didn't they say that Jie Er was there as well? There's only two of them, look at these …” The Emperor pointed at the kneeling youths, his expression still gloomy. “I can't even win against two of them. I deserve to lose.”

“Your Majesty, you can't say that. Although the other side only has two people, their statuses are not ordinary. How could you dare make these children act against them?”

The kneeling youths all raised their heads. They wanted to refute but were unable to say anything out. Did they have to admit that they had bullied the young master many times but still lost in the end?

“The words of the Imperial Consort were reasonable, after all their statuses are different. If it were the injured Third Prince, they would have died long ago.” Yun Heran immediately added, and fiercely stabbed Teng Yu in the back.

The two siblings looked at each other in the dark, a smile hanging on their lips.

Imperial Consort Yun gave the Cao family a meaningful glance. How could they not use such a good opportunity? Unfortunately, Cao Zeming did not die. Otherwise, Teng Yu's reputation would have been completely ruined this time, and he would have had a hard time recovering.

After getting the signal, Minister Cao shakily stood up, bent his knees and kneeled on the ground, “Your Majesty …” This old official has worked diligently for the future of the Cao family for dozens of years. As a third generation official, this old official has never committed any grave mistakes. This child is the only grandson of Old Cao's family.

Emperor Dechang frowned, he had initially picked Teng Yi as one of the Yue Clan. It was only because the Cao Clan had a shallow foundation in the government, and had a simple network, and Minister Cao was a very honest and honest person.

But in just a few short years, it had also changed?

Forget about it, Emperor Dechang was a little disheartened as he scolded angrily: “Since you care about your grandson's life, then don't let him learn how to use his blade and sword, and even more so, don't let him participate in any hunt. Won't he be safe and sound at home?”

“Your Majesty, please forgive me. This old official was in a hurry. I naturally hope that my son will be able to master both martial arts and literature in order to live up to Your Majesty's hopes and nurtures.”

“Mm, get up.” The Emperor replied indifferently, unmoved by this.

Imperial Consort Yun's eyelids jumped. She used the handkerchief to wipe her forehead and secretly peeked at the emperor's face. Then she smiled and poured a cup of wine for the emperor.

“Your Majesty, you have become a father. Don't these parents just want their children to live in peace? Lord Cao was just too worried. Please forgive his efforts as a grandfather.”

When the emperor heard this, his complexion finally turned better. He nodded and said, “These children are the debts that their parents owed in their previous life. It would be difficult for them to make things difficult for Minister Cao. When those two brats return, I will definitely make them shut their doors and reflect on it.”

“The emperor is too serious, you mustn't be like this. It's normal for children to be injured while making a ruckus. It's this old subject who's too nervous.”

Just as the emperor was about to console him, he heard someone report, “Your majesty, the Third Prince and the Huo Seventh Young Master have returned.”

In a split-second, everyone's gaze uniformly turned towards the Shenlu Mountain. They indeed saw two people walking over slowly.

It wasn't too late to come back, and in order to buy some time to hunt for prey, the people who entered the mountain would usually stay until nightfall.

A day's time could be counted as long as they returned before midnight. It was just that the mountain was dangerous at night, and very few people dared to stay too late.

“Look, they've brought back four horses.” Someone exclaimed, bringing everyone's gaze behind the two people.

“It really is …” “Oh my god, how many prey have we hunted?”

As they got closer, everyone finally saw their faces clearly. Logically speaking, after a day of hunting, even if they weren't exhausted, they should still be very tired, at least they should be sweating a bit. However, the two of them seemed to have just gone out for a walk and came back.

“Haha, good!” “Alright!” The emperor was overjoyed. He stood up and walked down, patting Teng Yu on the shoulder while praising him non-stop, “You are truly worthy of being my son!”

Teng Yu's face was filled with confusion, “Royal Father, I don't understand what you mean.”

“…” Ahem, weren't these prey hunted by Honorable Que? “

Teng Yu looked embarrassed, and waved his hand: “How can that be? Son's archery skills… Cough cough, these are Huo Tian's, I am only bringing them back. “

“He hunted them all by himself?” The emperor frowned and looked at Yin Xu in surprise.

Teng Yu nodded and shook his head, not knowing how to answer.

Therefore, all the prey would definitely belong to Yin Xu. If one were to say that they were hunting, it would be hard to avoid the suspicion that they were deceiving the monarch.

“Your majesty, those are the prey that Huo Tian snatched from everyone!” A youth could not help but shout out, his tone carrying a trace of anger and humiliation.

“Oh? Snatch it? ” The emperor thought of the Cao family's kid who was carried back. Could it be that this was the reason for the conflict?

Before he could ask about the sequence of events, he pointed at the youth who had just spoken, “You, come out and explain everything!”

However, since the Emperor had spoken, he naturally did not dare to say anything. Not only did he have to say it, he also had to say it in accordance with the truth. Otherwise, it would be deceiving the Emperor.

However, his explanation could not help but have a tinge of personality, and he described Yin Xu as someone who would use any means possible to win.

“Your majesty, this is how things are. There are many people robbed along the way. You can send someone to investigate!”

“What's there to check?” Teng Yu rolled his eyes, and said with a pleased smile: “Royal Father's rule is that whoever hunts more will win, it's not that you guys aren't allowed to snatch it, it's you guys who are stupid and useless, what's there to be wronged about?”

“Third Prince, His Majesty's intention is to test everyone's shooting skills, not their fighting ability.” Yun Heran reminded.

“Is that so?” Teng Yu had an innocent expression, showing an expression that said “I don't know”.

He looked at Emperor Dechang, “What does Royal Father say? If your son understands wrongly, why don't you try again tomorrow? “

The emperor sighed helplessly, “So what if the Royal Father gives you one more chance? Do you have the ability to take the top spot? “

Teng Yu rubbed his nose in embarrassment and explained in a low voice: “This son has a helper, wanting to win is very easy.”

The emperor looked at Yin Xu who had been silent the entire time, and said with an expression of praise. “As expected of a disciple of Huo Family, very good!”

He pondered, was the helper Teng Yu spoke of just now just Huo Tian alone, or was it the person he represented, or the family he represented?

The Huo Family was not allowed to participate in the fight to seize the direct line of descent, but every single emperor was subconsciously guarded against Huo Family at all costs, afraid that they would stand behind any prince.

“You flatter me.” Yin Xu modestly replied.

It was General Wu who came to count the prey, gave the statistics, and then reported an astonishing number.

Looking at the weight of the four horses, no one could believe this number. The martial general then personally picked out a few items and placed them in front of everyone.

Gasps could be heard from the crowd. There were actually tiger skins, wolf skins, and bear paws amongst these items. Furthermore, there were quite a few of them. No wonder they had such great achievements.

“First, get someone to send me something to eat and drink. I'm hungry.” Teng Yu pulled Yin Xu to the side and sat down, ignoring the people's probing gazes.

He knew what these people were thinking. He couldn't believe that the two of them could snatch so many prey, maybe they were assessing Yin Xu's fighting prowess.

Even Huo Zhengquan was no exception. He was currently staring at Yin Xu with his bright and clear eyes, looking at him closely, as if wanting to cut him up to examine him bit by bit.

This child really gave him too many surprises. He thought that it was just a coincidence that he managed to learn martial arts, but he never thought that it would actually be so much better than what he imagined.

He lowered his head and thought to himself: I wonder how this child compares to the other sons, Huo Family is not the best of the best in this generation, among so many of his sons, only the eldest son and the fifth son are qualified, and only the two of them have the chance to pass the election to the Patriarch.

There was no lack of outstanding talents amongst the branch disciples, it was not easy to keep authority in their own faction. Now with Huo Tian, there was one more choice.

It seemed necessary for him to touch the child and see if he was malleable.

Huo Zhengquan's gaze swept across the face that was extremely similar to his, and at the same time, caught a glimpse of his and Teng Yu's intersecting hands.

He frowned, looking at their interactions with displeasure, thinking: It seems that the most important thing at the moment is to end their relationship.

Regardless of whether or not this child could be of use in the future, he would not allow him to do such a vulgar and despicable thing.

Some of them were spirited and some had their heads hung low, especially when they saw Yin Xu and Teng Yu, they were even more disheartened.

They thought that their prey was large enough to fight with, but when they realized that the pile of prey could only belong to one person, they could only scatter in frustration.

However, they did not understand how a man could have hunted so many prey in such a short day.

Even if a bunch of prey were placed in front of them, wouldn't it be difficult to obtain such a harvest? Moreover, their arrows were limited, so their 100% accuracy was not that high.

Huo Yiloong was the last to appear, and also the most miserable one among the group of youths.

His outer garment had already been torn into strips of rags, and there were even many small wounds on his body. It was obvious that this was left behind by an animal.

His entire body released a gloomy aura, the hatred and hatred in his eyes could even leak out poison when he looked at Yin Xu and Teng Yu.

“How did this happen?” The Emperor asked with concern.

Huo Yiloong did not dare to be presumptuous in front of the emperor, and politely replied, “Reporting to Your Majesty, this subject encountered a pack of wolves on the mountain. Not only did I lose my prey, I almost lost my life.

“Oh? Did we encounter a pack of wolves? Why would a pack of wolves appear in the periphery of the Shenlu Mountain? “Someone, come …”

“Your Majesty …” Huo Yiloong shouted to stop the emperor from saying what he wanted to say. He gritted his teeth and said, “Your majesty, it was this subject who got lost and entered the forest. Only then did I get surrounded and attacked by the wolves.”

With a single sentence, he had saved the guards here. Otherwise, if they were to be charged with “doing something unfavorable”, they would have no choice but to pack up their bags and leave.

“To be able to fight against a pack of wolves, he must be a tiger father without a dog son! Back then, your father challenged dozens of prairie wolves by himself, which really impressed us. “

“Your Majesty, you flatter me. Your subject is far worse than father.” Huo Yiloong said sincerely. He had a kind of inexplicable admiration for Huo Zhengquan, his father, and thought that his own father was the best. As the direct descendant of Huo Family, he should also be the best.