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Zhao Rong: "This is too troublesome, and they may not be obedient. If you ask me, it would be better to just close the mountain and prevent them from coming in."

Zhao Hanzhang looked back at him for a while and suddenly smiled, "Zhao Rong, you are older than Zhao Zheng. You are still studying in Taixue. Have you not become an official?"

Zhao Rong said with some pride: "The teacher said that I am suitable for studying. I must continue to study deeply and take the talent recruitment exam in the future."

Zhao Zheng did not take the talent recruitment exam, but because he helped the county government with other Taixue students, he was valued by the court and was recruited.

Oh, the recommender is Zhao Kuan.

Zhao Hanzhang smiled at Zhao Rong and said to him: "I happened to hunt a lot of prey today. You and I will borrow a fire from the village down the mountain later and we will bake something to eat. As for your question, you can go it alone first. Think about it, if you still haven’t figured it out while eating, I’ll tell you the answer.”

Zhao Zheng followed Zhao Hanzhang step by step, turned to Zhao Rong and said: "Cousin Rong, since we are officials, we should focus on the common people. Their life is very difficult. Maybe they can find a way out by entering the mountains and rivers."

Zhao Rong disagreed, "Would a truly hungry person have the strength to dig such a big trap and lay out such dangerous wooden thorns? My cousin, you almost died just now."

Zhao Zheng: "Those are two things. Even though there is a sinister reason for setting up this trap when we are in danger, the trap itself is not aimed at people, but at beasts. The person who set it up marked it, but we are shallow and did not pay attention. I stepped on it accidentally."

"Even if we talk about cause and effect, we are not innocent."

Zhao Rong couldn't help but stretched out his hand to touch his forehead, "Are you frightened?"

Zhao Hanzhang's eyes fell on Zhao Zheng, who was frowning, "Zhao Kuan told me that although you are young, you have a lot of experience. You are as well-read as any of them. The most rare thing is that you have a Bodhisattva heart. I used to If you don’t believe it, how old are you, how come you have developed the heart of a Bodhisattva? But now I believe it.”

She and Zhao Rong said: "Okay, you and your cousin are both frightened. Be careful when the cold wind blows and you will get sick. Don't rush to distinguish right from wrong because of your differences."

Zhao Hanzhang put his cloak on Zhao Zheng, and asked Zhao Erlang to wrap Zhao Rong in his cloak and pack up the prey. The guards also helped set up the trap before leaving.

They carried a lot of prey, and there was blood. Because of the cold weather, the blood solidified quickly, so the smell of blood was not strong. However, they still had to be careful in the mountains and forests, so the group speeded up their departure.

The guards carried deer and roe deer, and Zhao Erlang and others also gathered together to carry a big prey.

Zhao Hanzhang carried two rabbits in her hands, and the horses followed happily. Along the way, she was thinking about how to eat the two fat rabbits in her hands, when she suddenly stopped and looked up to the front.

Zeng Yue noticed it, put his hand on the scabbard, and signaled everyone to stop. He led the people forward quietly first.

After a while, he brought someone over. He was a bearded man with black eyes. He had a pile of rags piled on his body to barely cover his body. His feet were wrapped with cloth strips, and he was wearing straw sandals with his toes pushing away the cloth strips. , the exposed toes turned red from the cold.

When he was brought up by Zeng Yue, his eyes were full of fear, but when he saw Zhao Hanzhang standing in the middle of the crowd, his fear faded away. He knelt down on the snow with a thump, and threw himself into the ground: "Young man, pay homage to the general. I, I am not an assassin. They are ordinary people who go into the mountains to hunt and find food.”

Zhao Hanzhang asked him to get up and asked: "What is your name and where do you live?"

The man did not get up, but just knelt down. After a pause, he pointed to the outside of the mountain and said, "That's right, I live in Lu Village at the foot of the mountain, little Lu Si."

Zhao Hanzhang looked at his face and lips, pulled off the purse from his waist, poured two pieces of rice cake out of it, and stepped forward to hand it to him.

The man's eyes widened when he saw the rice cake. He knelt in the snow and looked up at Zhao Hanzhang.

Zhao Hanzhang stretched the rice cake in front of him, and the man took it, quickly stuffed one piece into his mouth, and quietly put the other piece into his arms.

Zhao Hanzhang just pretended not to see it, and Zhao Erlang took the water bag and handed it to him, and asked: "Are you going up the mountain empty-handed?"

Zeng Yue reported: "I brought a wooden stick and was beaten down by my humble position."

Immediately one of the guards turned around to find the wooden stick that had fallen behind and show it to Zhao Hanzhang.

Zhao Hanzhang took the wooden stick and bumped it, nodding, "It is of some use."

After he drank two mouthfuls of water and swallowed the rice cake, Zhao Hanzhang asked him, "Can you see people clearly?"

The man was surprised when he heard this, "How does the general know that I couldn't see people clearly just now?"

"You're about to faint. You're hungry." Zhao Hanzhang stretched out his hand to pull him up from the snow, pointed in the direction of the stream and asked, "There is a big trap over there, did you dig it?"

His face that had some blood immediately turned pale, and the man knelt on the ground again with a snap, and said fearfully: "Is it the person who hurt the general?"

"Almost," Zhao Hanzhang said, "The location of your trap is excellent, but there are too many wooden thorns inserted in the pit. If someone does not understand the signs of the trap, it is easy to fall into the pit and get injured."

The man's head was pressed against the snow, trembling with fear.

Zhao Hanzhang asked: "Did you set this trap alone, or did you have companions?"

The man gritted his teeth and said, "I set it up all by myself. It was a small crime for me to almost accidentally injure the General. Please give me a heavy punishment, General."

Zhao Hanzhang laughed and stretched out his hand to pull him up, "Then I will punish you for being responsible for the people who enter the mountain. Tell them not to insert wooden thorns into the traps anymore, so as not to accidentally hurt people. We want to hunt, but we cannot stop hunting." It affects people’s lives, doesn’t it?”

The man was stunned for a moment and then agreed.

Zhao Hanzhang waved to a guard who was carrying a roe deer, and the guard stepped forward.

Zhao Hanzhang said to the man: "Nuo, this is a roe deer that ran into your trap without eyesight. It happened to be stabbed to death by a wooden thorn. Take it back."

The man was surprised for a moment, but as soon as he saw the wounds on the roe deer's body, he realized that these were not wounds caused by the wooden thorns they whittled, but wounds from arrows.

The man opened his mouth and wanted to speak several times, but couldn't. He could only look at Zhao Hanzhang with tears in his eyes.

Zhao Hanzhang burst out laughing when he saw it, patted his shoulder with his big hand and said, "What are you still doing? Take it over quickly. Do you still need us to help you carry it down the mountain?"

The man knelt down with his head lowered and kowtowed twice to Zhao Hanzhang. Then he stood up and raised his hands to wipe away his tears and stepped forward to take the roe deer.

The guard originally wanted to carry it for him, but seeing that he was shivering from the cold, he thought better of it and put the roe deer on his shoulders.

After carrying the prey, the man was so excited that he felt that the cold wind blowing on his body was no longer so cold. After walking for a while, his body warmed up even more. A smile appeared on his face. As he walked, he praised Zhao Hanzhang: "Big The general is so powerful, he can hunt so many prey as soon as he enters the mountains."

Zhao Hanzhang smiled and said: "It's just good luck."

Good night