The tiger cub he was holding was only about a foot long. The soft yellow and black fur had not yet been replaced, and its open claws were not very sharp. It was rather chubby. He was held by Zhao Lin in both hands.

It was twisting and struggling, making a high-pitched and thin sound like a cat.

Such a small tiger cub, without its parents, would probably not survive this winter if it were left in a cave like this.

Yin Chengyu thought for a moment and said, "Take it with you and send it to Hucheng to be raised after you return to Beijing."

There is a tiger city in Wansui Mountain that specializes in raising tigers, so I am not afraid of having such a cub.

As soon as he heard that he could stay, Zhao Lin immediately agreed happily, put the cub in his arms, and took him on the road with him.

…

On the fourth day of staying in the paddock, Yin Chengyu and his party finally found the trace of the Wolf King.

"The feces is semi-dried. It should have been active in this area in the past two days." The hunter let the two hounds smell it to remember the smell, then let go of the rope and let them identify the direction.

The hound twitched its nose and sniffed for a while, then ran to the right?

Everyone immediately rode up to follow.

Just after finding the way for a mile, they accidentally bumped into another group of people coming from the side. After seeing the leader clearly, Yin Chengyu raised his eyebrows and cupped his hands and said, "We met again, little one.

prince."

Mubal obviously did not expect to bump into them. Surprise flashed across his face, and then he showed a vigilant look and greeted him in an extremely perfunctory manner: "His Royal Highness." He still remembered the previous grudge,

His words were a bit strange: "The paddock is so big, but His Royal Highness bumped into us twice in a row. I don't know if it was destiny or destiny."

Yin Chengyu didn't understand the meaning of his words, and smiled gently and politely: "Sometimes fate comes, and you can't stop it."

Mubal was so upset that he deserved it, and then thought that he had just discovered the clues to the Wolf King, and then he met Yin Chengyu again. How could there be such a coincidence? Maybe the fate was fake, and someone was keeping an eye on him.

is true.

With Ma Lu's lesson learned, he looked at Yin Chengyu with a more solemn gaze, and said with a false smile: "Since we are destined to be together, I will not fight with His Highness the Crown Prince." He raised his hand to signal to the subordinates behind him to get out of the way: "Prince Prince

Your Highness, please."

When Yin Chengyu saw this, he didn't refuse, and led the people to pass on the road he let out.

After walking far away, I heard the faint sound of horse hooves behind me. It was Mubal and his party heading in another direction.

"Mubal must have discovered something, and he is afraid that we will fight with him." Yin Chengyu recalled Mubal's performance just now, turned to He Shan and Ying Hongxue, and said: "Bring a few good guys and follow him secretly to explore.

Check it out."

If it weren't for this, with Mubal's temper, he would never have let them out of the way so politely after being intercepted by them. What he did just now was more like he was in a hurry to find something, and he didn't want to conflict with them.

Let them detect abnormalities.

"Yes." He Shan and Ying Hongxue led a few people and followed Mubal and his party.

Yin Chengyu and his party continued to follow the hounds to look for traces of the Wolf King.

In the distant woods, a black shadow flashed quickly and ran in the opposite direction. After a moment, the black shadow stopped in front of a cave, picked up a piece of gravel, and knocked a few times on the stone wall regularly.

Exit. After waiting for a while, the people in the cave walked out. It was Princess Wu Zhu and Yin Chengjing.

"How is the situation?" Yin Chengjing asked.

"Everything was as expected by the third prince. The young prince Wala and the prince collided at a fork in the road. The young prince was anxious to find clues about the Wolf King, but the prince saw the clues. He secretly sent He Shan to lead someone to follow him."

Yin Chengjing smiled slightly when he heard this: "Very good. Are you going? Go ahead and keep staring."

Princess Wu Zhu had some doubts about this plan before, but now that it is going so smoothly, the third prince has slightly changed his mind: "I have already diverted one third prince, how are you going to divert the other third prince?"

It is true that the Wolf King once operated in this area, but the clues are all false.

The young eunuch who placed the Wolf King was the person who controlled the eunuch Gao Xian, the Superintendent of Ceremonies. Yin Chengjing secretly communicated with Gao Xian. As early as the first day of the selection, Yin Chengjing knew the location of the Wolf King. They searched all the way.

Finally, the Wolf King was captured alive the day before yesterday. Just now, he used the Wolf King's fur and feces to create various clues to lure Yin Chengyu into the game.

Now that the three fierce generals around the prince are gone? First, as long as Zhao Lin is lured away, he can take action.

"Don't worry, the second hook has been buried, just waiting for them in front." Yin Chengjing put his hands behind his hands and silently calculated the time and distance.

By this time, you should have discovered it soon.

The hound ran for five or six miles before stopping, sniffing under a tree for a long time, and then pawing with its paws.

The hunter stepped forward and opened the dead leaves of the weeds, and saw that the snow on the roots of the trees had melted, and there was still a slight smell in the air.

"It's wolf urine." The hunter got up and looked around excitedly: "The smell hasn't dissipated yet. It should be fresh. It didn't take long."

It is impossible to say that the Wolf King was in this area not long ago. It is even possible that they left just before arriving.

"Maybe you are sure which direction to go?" Yin Chengyu ordered people to get off their horses and look around for clues.

The hunter took two hounds to sniff around to determine the location.

After a long while, the hunter said with some uncertainty: "The hounds are not sure either. Maybe it's this area? It's the smell of the Wolf King. I can't tell clearly."

Yin Chengyu was about to order people to expand the search area, but his eyes suddenly fell on the messy footprints on the ground.

These footprints...

His brows furrowed little by little, and he stared at the messy footprints for a long time, then focused on the tree roots that had just been dug up, and even walked a few steps quickly to check carefully in all directions.

After a while, he calmed down all his emotions, looked at Xue Shu and said, "Are you taking someone to search for traces of the Wolf King?"

Xue Shu was stunned for a moment, then looked at him, and immediately understood what he meant, and led a dozen people to get on their horses: "I accept your order."

After Xue Shu and his entourage left, Yin Chengyu looked at the sky and said, "It seems like it's going to snow again. It's getting late, so I'll find a place to camp and wait for He Shan and Xue Shu to return."

Come."

Zhao Lin, who was left behind, took his people to find a suitable place to camp.

It gets dark early in winter, and by the time the camp is set up, the sky has already darkened.

The camp was set up a mile away from where the traces of the Wolf King were found. Outside, the soldiers were preparing dinner. Yin Chengyu sat in the tent, bored and adding firewood to the brazier, waiting for Xue Shu to come.

The retrieved tiger cub was temporarily placed in Yin Chengyu's tent by Zhao Lin. In the past two days, it had become familiar with Yin Chengyu's scent. Zhao Lin was not around and no one was watching it, so it became familiar with it.

They circled around Yin Chengyu's feet and stretched out their claws eagerly to reach for the sparks bursting out of the brazier.

Several times, I almost threw myself into the brazier and was scratched by the flames.

Yin Chengyu picked it up by the scruff of its neck and placed it farther away from the brazier. But it thought Yin Chengyu was playing with it and immediately swung its tail to pounce on Yin Chengyu's hand.

The cub hadn't had its teeth yet, so the bite didn't hurt. Yin Chengyu pushed it away in disgust, took out a handkerchief to wipe his hands, and then remembered someone who also liked to bite his fingers.

Knocking the brazier with the dead branch in his hand, Yin Chengyu looked outside. At this time, the sky was completely dark, and he thought that Xue Shu should be coming.

While I was thinking about it, I heard a sound coming from the side of the tent.

Yin Chengyu looked sideways and saw Xue Shu slipping into the gap in the corner of the tent and retying the ropes at the corner of the tent.

"No one discovered it, right?" Yin Chengyu asked.

"It's already dark outside. I came around from the dark place behind so that the people watching can't see it." Xue Shu tied the corners of the tent again, sat down opposite him, and waited for Yin Chengyu's instructions.

When Yin Chengyu ordered him to take people to look for the Wolf King, he understood Yin Chengyu's hint and took people to look for the Wolf King on the surface. In fact, he was halfway there. After making sure that no one was watching, he secretly turned back.

Come back? Come quietly to see Yin Chengyu.

"What did your Highness find?"

"So? There's something wrong with wolf urine?" Yin Chengyu said.

Xue Shu recalled it, and his thick eyebrows wrinkled: "There are no paw prints around?"

Everyone's attention was only focused on the fresh wolf urine found, but they ignored the paw prints on the ground. Since the urine was fresh, there should be a wolf king in the snowy mud.

Paw prints? Right?.

However, apart from some messy traces and the footprints and horse hoof prints they left, no clear wolf paw prints were found. This is not consistent with common sense.

Yin Chengyu nodded: "And so far, we have never met Princess Wu Zhu and Yin Chengjing once."

Although this paddock is large, it is not boundless. With so many teams staying in the paddock for four days, looking for traces of beasts, how many of them have to fight back and meet each other? In addition to Mubal, other noble military generals and children are leading the way.

They have also met other teams. Only Princess Wu Zhu and Yin Chengjing seemed to have disappeared, never meeting them once.

But since they were in this paddock, it was impossible for them to disappear. The greater possibility was that they were deliberately avoiding him.

As for the reason for avoiding it, it is very intriguing.

"Yin Chengjing formed an alliance with the Tatars?" Xue Shu asked.

"The possibility is not small." Yin Chengyu unconsciously pinched the furry tail of the tiger cub and thought: "If they were them, they would never let go of such a good opportunity to hunt."

"But if you do something in the paddock, it's too easy to leave traces."

"They don't have to do it themselves." Yin Chengyu pointed to the young tiger chasing his tail in circles: "Sometimes, beasts are more dangerous than people."

Xue Shu followed his train of thought and quickly figured it out: "There is nothing to fear from wild beasts like tigers that act alone, but? I heard that there were prairie wolves in this paddock."

Prairie wolves are ferocious and live in groups. Especially in this winter, when wolves have less food, they may become more ferocious when hungry. If you encounter a hungry wolf pack, it will be difficult to deal with it without any precautions.

"If Gu Gu's guess is correct, they will probably take action tonight."

There are only five days of hunting. After today, there will never be such a good opportunity again.

Xue Shu lowered his eyebrows, and a trace of anger leaked from his eyes: "I will lead someone to guard you tonight."

Yin Chengyu shook his head and said, "You go to look for He Shan and Ying Hongxue. If you find them, you don't have to show up immediately and lie in ambush at the rear. As for the defense of the camp, I will leave it to Zhao Lin."

Xue Shu looked unhappy when he heard that he was being asked to leave at this time, but before he could object, Yin Chengyu asked, "You don't believe in Gu?"

"Of course I believe it." Xue Shu looked at him and spoke every word with reluctance.

Yin Chengyu laughed, leaned over and stroked the back of his neck. His actions were the same as when he comforted the young tiger: "Then, do as Gu said."

His decision could not be changed, and Xue Shu had no choice but to act according to his orders.

But when he was about to stand up and leave, he caught a glimpse of the young tiger that was still milling around Yin Chengyu's feet, trying to crawl into his lap. He frowned, picked up the back of its neck, and said, "This young tiger
Chapter completed!