Gulu, Gulu, Gulu!
Not far to the south, the sound of the prairie eagle owl suddenly sounded out of nowhere.
Ren Ning's heart moved and she tried to respond.
Gulu, Gulu! Gulu, Gulu!
After a while, the owl sounded again from the opposite side.
Ren Ning raised his head and glanced at the five Xiliang people. Seeing that they were at least a mile away, he quietly slipped towards the place where the sound came from.
After bypassing several piles of lush thorns and grass, Ren Ning saw a pair of shining eyes in a bush that was neither high nor short.
He has black hair and eyes like him.
As for the skin, the opponent's whole body is either dirt or blood. Ren Ning glanced at him several times, but he didn't know what skin color the person opposite him had.
But it is obvious that everyone is from Yunchui with the same culture and race.
"Xingluo County! Liu Goukuan." The man grinned and said with difficulty the name of the county in the Yunchui Empire.
Ren Ning nodded and replied softly: "Xingji City. Ren Ning."
Xingji City is the hometown of the predecessor, and it is also the imperial capital of the entire Yunchui Empire.
"It's so far." Liu Goukuan vomited.
It is more than 2,500 miles from the imperial capital Xingji City to Xingluo County in the southwest region, which is indeed very far.
Ren Ning remained silent, his eyes falling on the other party's belly.
There was a big hole there, and despite efforts to seal it with bandages, some of the intestines were still exposed, red and white. It looks shocking.
He rummaged through his weapon bag and took out the water and minced mutton he had snatched from the Xiliang people. "Brother, you must be hungry. Eat some!"
After saying that, Ren Ning found a few more life-seeking grasses and was about to stuff them into his mouth.
"Don't bother." Liu Goukuan coughed up a mouthful of blood and refused with a calm smile, "Brother, keep it for yourself."
Ren Ning nodded.
Considering the injuries all over Liu Goukuan's body, it's already a miracle that he can still speak.
Despite this, he was still ready to come over and drink some water to moisten the other person's mouth.
"Be careful." The other party gestured towards the bushes beneath him.
Ren Ning looked down and suddenly understood.
Liu Goukuan used his body as a trap. As long as someone tries to move or drag his body, the trap will be activated, and then they will die together.
He said calmly: "Liu Dashi is my cousin."
"Yeah!" Ren Ning nodded, he still remembered the name.
Liu Goukuan trembled and took out a curved wolf fang from nowhere, "My cousin gave it to me yesterday. His niece was just born, and he prepared it as a gift for his daughter."
Ren Ning took it with both hands without hesitation, "Ren Ning swears that he will take it back and hand it over to your cousin and relatives."
The Yan border army/people keep their word. As long as you swear on your own name, you will do it unless you die.
"Thank you." Liu Gou breathed a sigh of relief and said the address word by word, "Danzhutou, Shading Township, Longyuan City, Xingluo County."
The Yunchui Empire has a vast territory, and the dialects in different places are very different. Ren Ning was not sure whether he heard it correctly, so he had to repeat it slowly in standard imperial dialect.
Although Liu Goukuan knew some words, he didn't know much.
He nodded casually and looked to the southeast, "Brother, let's go quickly. I'll hold them for a while."
Ren Ning moved his lips, but was speechless. After taking a deep look at him, he quickly headed south.
As for waiting for Yanji Fortress to send troops to rescue them, they didn't even think about it.
Ren Ning did not run far away, but took a detour and carefully touched the back of the five Xiliang people who were getting closer and closer.
Of the five Xiliang people, Liu Goukuan would probably be able to outwit one or two of them, and he would have to find a way to deal with the rest.
Ren Ning's eyes fell on the Xiliang soldier at the back.
The number is red, but it's only 25.
"No, I need to relieve myself." The soldier covered his stomach and looked left and right.
He used to be just an ordinary Xiliang herdsman. When he went out, he was accidentally pulled into a young man, and then he came to this far east to serve as a corvee.
Usually, in order to prevent them from escaping, Xiliang officers would tie the hands of the herdsmen together. If you want to solve your personal problems, you have to "resolve" them first.
But now there might be Yun Chui Ren hiding in the surrounding grass. How dare these herdsmen run around? They will follow you obediently without being tied up.
The team leader on horseback pinched his nose and cursed: "What a bastard! Lazy cows urinate a lot!"
"Captain, he had a bad stomach last night." A fellow villager nearby couldn't help but defend him.
The team leader snapped his riding crop and said, "How many times have I told you not to eat anything off Yun Chui's body? Those bastards would even poison their own rations before they died."
"Get away, don't bother me."
The soldier was relieved, nodded and bowed in response, and nestled into the small bush behind him.
He murmured in a low voice while unbuckling his belt, "Do you think I want to eat something from a dead person? You guys are so aloof and full of food all day long, but you don't want to give us one more bite of food..."
Just as he was complaining, his neck felt cold and he was speechless.
"Pull faster. Mom, pull it up." The captain on horseback continued to curse.
"Even if there are no mice in the grassland here, there may still be wolves. If the wolves come, I will kill you weak chickens in a minute."
Xiliang language also has dialects, which Ren Ning doesn't understand very well. But he could probably guess what it meant.
He calmly shook the bushes beside him, plugged the bloody hole on the soldier's neck with soil, and slipped towards his next target.
The more prairie people are, the more afraid they are of wolves.
When the corps leader said this, the other three were so frightened that they followed closely. As they walked, they looked around, as if the wind was blowing, the cranes were barking, and the trees and grass were all at war.
Ren Ning narrowed his eyes.
In this way, he lost the opportunity to fish.
Wow!
Not far ahead, a few thorns suddenly trembled slightly.
Inconspicuous in this quiet morning.
But even Ren Ning who was ambushing behind could see clearly, not to mention the four nervous Xiliang people in front?
"Scout Yunzhui?" Someone's voice was trembling.
In the past two days, the soldiers of the great Eastern country had taught them a life and death lesson, and they were absolutely cruel.
The corps commander perked up and subconsciously picked up the whistle hanging around his neck.
"It could also be a wolf or a hare." Someone added weakly.
In the same two days, they finally understood one thing.
The Yunchui people are much scarier than the wolves on the grassland.
The corps commander hesitated and put down his whistle.
He made a sign of outflanking.
The three soldiers looked at each other from a distance, tightened their spears in unison, enlarged the encirclement, and surrounded them in shock.
The corners of Ren Ning's mouth curved cruelly.
Behind a pile of thorns, he silently killed another one with his short knife.
Two already!
Ren Ning looked at the twitching corpse at his feet expressionlessly, counting silently.
Then he picked up the spear as if nothing had happened, stood up openly, and moved forward slowly like the other soldiers.
"It's so messy. I'm dragging my feet so hard that I don't even get any milk!"
The captain on the horse was furious, but he didn't yell any more. I just used my eyes to urge them fiercely from time to time, but I didn't notice anything strange.
Several people have been searching for most of the night, and now they are very sleepy.
In addition to the fact that Ren Ning took off his clothes when the Ghost Killer was here, and everyone was so disgraced, even the corps leader didn't notice that his subordinates had suddenly changed.
Soon, someone in front discovered Liu Goukuan's blood stains, waving and shaking his head to convey the news.
Ren Ning couldn't understand it, but he didn't need to understand it. Still dragging behind him, he moved towards that direction half-deadly.
The corps commander was so angry that he gritted his teeth and glared at Ren Ning and the others several times, but he ignored a few of his subordinates who were trying to catch fish.
He hurried up and bent down to examine the blood on the ground.
After checking, Ren Ning did not hesitate to use his bow and arrow to kill a guy who could swim better than him.
