Women Wearing Men: The Growth Path of the Bastards of the Aristocratic Family

Time passed bit by bit, and as the sun was about to set, Li Jinche had returned with a rich harvest of prey, but the prince was still missing.

Gu Yunji's eyebrows were filled with worry: "His Royal Highness King Wu has been back for half an hour, and His Highness the Crown Prince has not returned yet, but what happened to delay him? Do you want to send someone to look for it?"

Emperor Jingfeng glanced at the sky and couldn't sit still: "We have to send someone to look for him. If he doesn't come back after dark, it will be troublesome. The Imperial Guard..."

"Your Majesty—no, Your Majesty!"

Before Emperor Jingfeng finished speaking, he saw a guard galloping towards him on horseback in the distance. Before he could get closer, the guard turned over in a hurry and fell down on the spot, looking miserable.

He didn't bother to adjust his clothes, and ran to Emperor Jingfeng, half crawling, half rolling, with tears on his face: "Your Majesty is not well, the prince, the prince, he... he..."

The guard was so panicked that he could hardly speak. Without saying a few words, he banged his head on the ground and kowtowed.

Emperor Jingfeng's heart skipped a beat, a bad premonition arose, and he shouted: "Prince, what's wrong with him? Tell me quickly!"

The guard choked up and said: "...Half an hour ago, I was hunting with His Highness the Crown Prince. A tiger sprang out from nowhere. We were so frightened that we ran away. When the tiger ran away, Your Highness was gone... I was in the woods. I searched for a long time but still couldn’t find it, so I came back to report..."

"What? The prince is lost?!"

Emperor Jingfeng was stunned for a moment, and then became furious: "I asked you to protect the prince, but you lost the prince! In such a big forest, the prince is alone in it, what if something happens to him? There are hunting supervisors, what are you doing? Food, how could a tiger escape from the royal hunting ground!"

In order to ensure safety, the royal hunting grounds were cleaned in advance and surrounded by fences. Basically, there were only some deer, rabbits and other animals inside, and there could not be large beasts. That's why Emperor Jingfeng dared to let Li Jinze bring a small number of animals. The men and horses went hunting.

Gu Yunji was also taken aback and asked anxiously: "The tiger suddenly jumped out. Is His Highness injured?"

"...At that time, the tiger jumped out suddenly. A group of people together was too conspicuous. In order to avoid the tiger, we had to scatter in all directions...I did not run in the same direction as His Highness. I don't know what is going on with His Highness...I don't know, but the tiger finally chased me." Which way..."

The guard spoke intermittently, knowing that he was guilty of a serious crime, and his forehead was bleeding: "This subordinate deserves to die! This subordinate deserves to die! This subordinate deserves to die..."

Hearing this, Gu Yunji felt a chill in his heart.

When the ferocious beast goes crazy, it is very invincible. Li Jinze is just a boy of seventeen or eighteen years old. Even if he has practiced martial arts, his three-legged cat kung fu is completely inadequate.He was alone in the woods. If he was unlucky enough to encounter a tiger, the consequences would be disastrous.

"Come on, take him down!"

Emperor Jingfeng was so distraught that he wanted to kill the guards immediately to vent his anger, but he knew that now was not the time to hold him accountable, so he had to first have the guards escorted away who were crying in pain, and then summoned the commander of the imperial guards:
"Immediately organize all the imperial troops and guards, leave the necessary guards in the camp, and send out the rest. Be sure to find the prince before dark!"

"Yes!"

Not long after the imperial army was dispatched, someone reported back: "Your Majesty, we found traces of blood in the southeast direction of the forest. The traces extend to the depths of the dense forest. Our team is small in number. We are afraid that there are ferocious beasts hiding inside, so we dare not go in rashly. Come back and report."

Everyone's expressions changed when they heard this, and Li Jinche deliberately screamed: "Blood stains? Ah! We haven't found the eldest brother for so long, it can't be his..."

Before Li Jinche could finish his words, he saw Emperor Jingfeng standing up with a sudden movement, his whole body filled with a gloomy aura. He was so frightened that he immediately stopped talking.

Emperor Jingfeng's lips were a little white, and his face was extremely ugly: "Get ready, I want to go and see for myself."

... When everyone arrived at the place mentioned by the Forbidden Army, they found intermittent bloodstains on the ground, extending deep into the jungle. Judging from the fallen weeds and shrubs along the road, it was obvious that something had been dragged out. .

Seeing this situation, everyone had different expressions for a moment. Emperor Jingfeng took a deep breath, tried to calm down, and said in a deep voice: "...Let's go, follow the blood stains and look for it to see what it is."

Not long after searching, the guard leading the way shouted: "Found it!"

Everyone's scalps instantly became tense. When they walked over and took a look, they discovered that it was a dead deer. They all breathed a sigh of relief: "It turned out to be a dead deer. I was scared to death..."

Gu Yunji noticed something was wrong, and stepped forward to take a closer look: "...The wound on this deer is so big, and its internal organs are almost empty. It doesn't look like it was caused by a bow and arrow. It was probably killed by a wild beast."

The faces of several timid ministers turned pale and their voices trembled: "Is it possible... that there really is a tiger?"

The commander of the imperial army also looked at the dead deer carefully, nodded and said: "Yes, it is true. It's just that when beasts eat prey, they usually eat the internal organs first, and then the body. If the tiger is hungry, it will definitely eat the deer. It’s impossible to have so much left after eating everything.”

"Looking at it like this, it seems like I was eating and was forced to stop when something happened..."

The commander of the imperial army pondered for a while, looked solemn, and said to Emperor Jingfeng: "Your Majesty, there may be a tiger hiding in this forest. The whereabouts of His Royal Highness are unknown, and nothing can happen to your Majesty. For the sake of your Majesty's safety, I would like to ask you to return to the camp first. …”

At this time, Gu Yunji moved his nose and suddenly smelled an inexplicable fishy wind.His expression suddenly changed, and a huge sense of crisis arose in his heart. Before he could react, he heard a loud roar, and a huge tiger jumped out from not far away.

"Old...Old old tiger! There really is a tiger!"

"Run!"

"Help! The tiger is coming——"

Everyone was horrified when they saw this. Several officials were so frightened that they collapsed on the ground. Their bodies were so weak that they couldn't use any strength. They cried and crawled and ran out. The scene became chaotic for a while.

Gu Yunji shouted at the top of his lungs: "Don't mess up! Protect Your Majesty——"

With that said, he came to Emperor Jingfeng who was still stunned, grabbed his arm and pulled him back: "Your Majesty, hurry up!"

Emperor Jingfeng suddenly came to his senses, and without thinking too much, he followed Gu Yunji and staggered back.At the same time, some of the imperial guards reacted and immediately formed a human wall in front of the tiger to cover everyone's departure.

However, the tiger was extremely ferocious. With one leap, it scattered several guards. Its heavy claws just stepped on the chest of one of the guards. The guard vomited blood on the spot and became silent.

Even though the guards of the imperial army have been training in the school for a long time and are familiar with the fighting routines between people, they have never seen such tragic scenes of beasts hurting people.For a moment, the two groups were fighting, and they wanted to turn around and run away, but they were concerned about Emperor Jingfeng and the ministers behind them, so they had to muster the courage to meet them.

Perhaps it was because Emperor Jingfeng's yellow dragon robe was particularly conspicuous. After the tiger broke through the guard's defense line, it went straight to Emperor Jingfeng.

Emperor Jingfeng and Gu Yunji were panic-stricken and tried their best to run out, but they only had two legs. No matter how fast they ran, they would be chased by tigers in three or two leaps.

Emperor Jingfeng became more anxious and panicked. He felt that his legs were too weak to exert any strength. He stumbled and fell directly to the ground.

The tiger chased him in an instant. Seeing that it was inevitable, Emperor Jingfeng's face turned pale, his whole body was trembling uncontrollably, and he closed his eyes as if resigned to his fate.