Return of the Swallow

Qin Yining's horse is a tall yellow horse. There is a quiver on the saddle with thirty arrows in it. The bow is the same half-stone bow that Ana uses every day.

Hunting is difficult for Qin Yining. In his early years, he relied on hunting in the mountains. At first she would set traps to catch some small animals, and she would also identify some herbs and wild vegetables. When she got older, she would go to the market down the mountain to give away some mushrooms and herbs in exchange for a small amount of money. Knowing that there were still people collecting furs, she I learned some hunting skills and knowledge from some hunters.

Although she had lived without worries for three years, she would never forget the skills she learned. However, it was a bit difficult to shoot an arrow while riding a horse. It would be much easier if she stood on the ground.

But Qin Yining didn't want to overact. Her existence has already attracted Anari into a jealous vat. If she shows her hunting talent again, Anari will be angry to death. She held her bow just to protect herself.

Obviously Lu Heng was thinking the same thing as her. He just held his bow and followed Qin Yining with the rein in one hand.

All the way out of Dadu, there is the vast grassland.

It's October weather, the grass is yellow and frosty, and there are occasional neat but sparse pine forests. The sky was filled with clouds, forming a light mist on the distant mountains, making even the breath feel extremely moist.

The group of people ran all the way, and after half an hour, they arrived at the foot of a large mountain. Most of this mountain was covered with pine and cypress trees that are unique to the northern cold regions. Compared with the sparse forests on the way here, the trees here were much smaller. The trees looked extraordinarily tall.

Anari waved his hand and everyone stopped.

"Let's hunt here! Let's see who can catch the most prey!"

"yes!"

Everyone, together with the guards who came on horseback and the slaves who were driven panting all the way, followed Anari into the woods and dispersed into several teams, walking on tiptoe.

Qin Yining and Lu Heng both spontaneously walked beside Si Qin.

Ana was furious when she saw Qin Yining pestering Si Qin "shamelessly" every day. She was not in a hurry to hunt her prey, and followed Si Qin instead.

Qin Yining quietly observed the surrounding terrain and did not take action.

Anari showed off her skills, sometimes shooting a pheasant, sometimes chasing the trail of a hare.

Walking through the pine forest for a while,

Anari felt bored, "I'm not lucky today, I only did this. Why don't we ride horses and go outside for a walk."

Siqin originally wanted to make Anari happy, so of course she could say anything. She whistled and asked everyone to exit the pine forest and return to the horses guarded by the slaves. They then returned to their horses and started looking for each other on the grassland again. .

After rounding a gentle slope, what came into view was a group of wild yellow sheep.

Anari became interested, so she rode her horse and led her people to charge forward. The yellow sheep raised its head in surprise and ran away after seeing the person coming.

Anari liked the feeling of chasing like this. She led the people to chase and shouted. Unexpectedly, when the group of people chased them over a hillside, the sheep that were fleeing in front suddenly became more panicked and fled in all directions.

"It's the wolves! Khan, it's the wolves!"

The men shouted.

Anari said excitedly: "It just so happens that I think hunting sheep is boring, let's catch some wolves for fun!"

Anari thought for a while, and suddenly an idea came to her mind. She stopped her horse, stood on a high place and looked at the sheep that were chased by the wolves. She smiled at Qin Yining and said, "I have heard about it a long time ago. Da Zhou's Prince Zhongshun is very brave, he is the God of War of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and even the princess is also a hero among women, a rare talent. I think the princess must have learned a lot from Prince Zhongshun, so go down and show us your skills."

As soon as these words came out, Lu Heng's expression changed greatly in shock. Before Qin Yining could speak, he blocked her behind him and said in a deep voice:

"Khan, please take back your life! The customs of our country are different from those of your country. Women do not pay attention to learning riding and shooting skills. The princess comes from a noble family, how can she fight against a wild wolf? Not to mention the princess, she is a man of your country. They may not be able to fight against the wolves. The Khan’s orders like this are inevitably suspected of deliberate murder.”

Anazhi is committing murder! Anyone with a discerning eye can see it.

But that’s what she wanted to do! This is in the land of Tatar, she is the king of this country, that is, she will do whatever she says, live whoever she wants to live, and whoever she wants to die, she will die!

Seeing Lu Heng jumping out to rescue Qin Yining so nervously, Anari felt unhappy and sneered sharply: "It's you again! Lu, what's your relationship with Princess Zhongshun? Why do you think so every time something happens to her? Did you interrupt?"

Speaking of this, Anari deliberately raised her voice and said as if she was surprised: "Oh, you guys don't have that kind of relationship, right? Qin, you are so embarrassed to show off your face and dare to talk to other people in public. If a man is flirting with you, you are shameless, and your husband is even more shameless!"

The bow in Qin Yining's hand was held so tightly that her fists and knuckles turned white.

Ana continued to slander and provoke her again and again. She really couldn't bear it anymore.

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p; Qin Yining suddenly drew out two arrows neatly, took two steps forward to take aim, and drew the half-stone bow into a full moon.

At the foot of the hillside, the yellow sheep were scattered to pieces by the wolves.

Wild wolves are extremely smart and very disciplined. They chased the sheep and killed only a few. An extremely majestic adult gray male wolf howled a few times, and the rest of the wild wolves cooperated, intending to kill the entire flock. Drive in one direction.

Qin Yining's sharp arrow pointed directly at the wolf. After steadying his mind and aiming, he shot out an arrow with a "whoosh".

The wolf was keen and immediately sensed the danger. It jumped on the spot and tried to avoid it, but Qin Yining's arrow had already arrived and hit its hind legs.

The alpha wolf let out a "ouch" and limped for two steps. Then his fierce eyes followed the direction of the arrow. When he saw Qin Yining bending his bow and setting an arrow, he immediately bared his fangs fiercely and barked away. A few times.

But the second arrow in Qin Yining's hand had arrived at this time, and hit the wolf again, shooting the ferocious male wolf until it fell to the ground, and blood flowed on the grass.

"good!"

"Good archery skills!"

Lu Heng and Si Qin on the side cheered in unison, and even the guards and slaves who followed couldn't help but look at Qin Yining with searching eyes. They didn't expect that such a delicate beauty like a jade sculpture could actually bring down the wolf with two arrows. .

Ana was so angry that she was blushing. She just wanted Qin Yining to sacrifice her life to feed the wolves. She originally wanted her to go down and challenge the wolves alone, but who knew she was so cunning!

"Khan," Qin Yining said with a smile, "the first wolf is injured. Please ask Khan to let them open a gap and let the remaining wolves leave."

"Who do you think you are, why should I order Ben Khan to do things? Ben Khan must kill these wolves and not even one of them can be saved! You guys!"

Anari gritted her teeth and pointed at the group of slaves behind her, and pointed at the wolves coldly: "Go, let Ben Khan capture all the wolves alive!"

When Qin Yining heard this, his eyebrows stood up in anger, and he scolded: "What does the Khan think of his subjects? Are they livestock that can be driven at will! Look at these people, they are old, weak, women and children, how can you be so cruel as to let them To capture wild wolves alive? You want them to die!"

Ana was extremely angry, staring at Qin Yining's angry eyes, and waved her hand at the guards and entourage around her.

These people understood immediately, rushed into the slave team with riding whips, and drove the group towards the wolves. Several people who refused to go obediently were hacked to death on the spot.

The screams of the slaves were full of despair. Driven by these guards, they could only rush down with their eyes closed, as if to end such a miserable and hopeless life.

Among the wolves that lost their first wolf, another wolf has taken the place of the one just now. They seem to be eager to avenge the first wolf. They are not afraid when they see so many people rushing towards them, let alone the yellow sheep. He just roared and rushed towards the slaves.

The slaves were all unarmed, had to work on weekdays, and did not have enough to eat. No matter what noble status they had in the past or what noble treatment they enjoyed, they were now skinny and skinny. In addition, they had been following the cavalry all the way. Running on both feet, their physical strength had already reached its limit.

Under the attack of the angry wolves, some people soon fell down, and the frightened yellow sheep fled away.

Qin Yining's eyes were about to burst when he saw it, "Khan! Please take back your life! Don't you want to accumulate virtue, Khan? Aren't you afraid of being punished by God if you harm the people like this!"

"God's punishment? It is God's will that I can sit in this position. Where can there be any kind of God's punishment? Even if there is, I don't care about God's punishment! Look for yourself, are those people dead unjust? Not unjust at all! So many people, How can you serve under this Khan if you can't even deal with a wolf! After all, he is a despicable slave and is not worthy of serving this Khan! He deserves to die!"

Qin Yining gritted his teeth angrily and cursed: "All of you Tatars should really listen. As a khan, do you just want to imitate Shang Zhou and enjoy life without caring about the life or death of others?"

"Shut up!" Anari raised her hand angrily and whipped Qin Yining in the face.

Qin Yining reacted quickly and already wanted to hide when Anari raised her hand. But her health has been poor recently and her energy has been low. She wanted to avoid it, but her body didn't obey her orders and she almost fell down.

Seeing the whip flying towards him, Lu Heng grabbed the tip of the whip without caring about anything else.

"Khan, please calm down!"

Lu Heng was born rich and came from the Lu family. He had been doing business for so long, and he thought he had seen all kinds of people, but he didn't want to see someone who was so cruel and inhuman.

One end of Anari's riding crop was tightly grasped by Lu Heng, and he pulled hard twice. Lu Heng had no intention of letting go.

By this time, more slaves had been bitten by the wolves, and screams and cries could not be heard.

Ana wants to tell Qin Yining that in her territory, disobedience will only result in this. He even wanted Qin Yining to be buried directly in the wolf's belly.

But she never imagined that at the critical moment, Lu Heng would dare to stand up and openly oppose her.