"Master Fang, you are overly complimentary." Shangguan Min touched the back of his head a little embarrassed, his eyes as clear as before.
Just like the night when Fang Zilan first arrived in Yanzhou, the three feather arrows he couldn't help but say were so confident, with the aura of a young man who is not afraid of tigers, which made her feel at ease inexplicably.
While guarding Yanzhou this time, Fang Zilan was wondering all the way if she met Shangguan Min, would there be only needle-point hostility towards Maimang?
If Shangguan Min takes her as his enemy, she is not afraid and is willing to be his enemy until he grows up and has the ability to fight her. This can be regarded as doing a good thing for Shangguan Jing.
But she was more worried, lest the child would fall into hatred and be trapped in it, unable to extricate himself, and eventually fall into the trap of right and wrong and become someone else's pawn.
Unexpectedly, when they met today, Shangguan Min was not what she expected.
That's fine. It won't be too late to talk to him after they escape from the wolf's mouth.
Seeing that Fang Zilan was lost in thought, Vice General Cao reached out and patted her shoulder, "Boss?"
"What's wrong?" She suddenly came back to her senses and realized that their expressions were no longer as heavy as before, and they were even a little excited.
"Reinforcements have arrived." It was Vice General Qin who answered her. She felt the vibration on the ground attentively. Someone had indeed arrived.
However, Fang Zilan still looked wary, "The wolves are not dispersed yet."
"This..." Shangguan Min looked a little more confused, "It shouldn't be."
"What do you know?" Fang Zilan asked in a deep voice, staring at the wolves outside the circle.
Shangguan Min thought for a while, then said after careful consideration: "The wolves would disperse the first few times when someone came."
"Who is coming?" Fang Zilan frowned slightly. Shangguan Min was stunned by the question. After a while, he spoke again, "They are all foreigners."
"Foreigners." Fang Zilan repeated softly, remembering in a daze that someone had told her before that there were a few nomadic tribesmen who could tame wolves.
If these wolves are really raised by foreigners, their intentions must be bad. Such a large number of wolves may have other purposes, otherwise they would not come to the northern border repeatedly to cause trouble.
"There's a whistle." The injured boy sitting on the ground suddenly spoke. Although his voice was small, it attracted everyone's attention.
Seeing everyone's eyes falling on him, he lowered his head in confusion.
Fang Zilan came to his side, squatted down and looked into his eyes, "You just said there was a whistle, what whistle?"
Seeing that Fang Zilan's expression had softened, he became bolder and said, "It was just a short sound, like a bone whistle."
"The sound of the bone whistle means that these wolves have an owner." Fang Zilan came to a conclusion and heard a rapid whistle just as he was about to stand up.
The whistle was very faint, but it couldn't escape Fang Zilan's ears.
At the same time, the boy's voice almost shouted, "That's the voice!"
"What's the sound?" Shangguan Min looked at the excited young man blankly, but Fang Zilan had already jumped out of the ring of fire and headed straight for the direction of the whistle.
Fang Zilan heard the sound and identified the location, knowing that the person was in the northeast, but after all, it was too far away, and he only saw a figure flashing past.
Before she could react in her mind, her body had already thrown the long sword in her hand, pointing directly at the figure.
The sword light flashed and the figure paused. It was a good opportunity.
She flew up, grasped the hilt of the sword again with one hand, and met the man face to face.
The person's face was covered with black gauze, but it was not difficult to tell that she was a woman. Her leg was injured by Fang Zilan's flying sword, so her movements were naturally a little slower.
Fang Zilan waved the long sword in her hand, and soon the masked woman was at a disadvantage. She blew the bone whistle again to summon the wolves to surround her.
Seeing this, Fang Zilan thought to herself: "Capture the thief first, capture the king first," and she focused on catching the woman in front of her.
The masked woman saw the long sword approaching her face. When she dodged, Fang Zilan locked her right hand.
Fang Zilan removed the woman's right hand with his wrist forcefully. With a click and the sound of broken bones, the bone whistle in the woman's hand fell.
She clenched her teeth with her left hand and brought out the Chinese medicine powder from her sleeve with a wave, and it fell straight in front of Fang Zilan.
Fang Zilan jumped back a few steps, but still inhaled some powder and couldn't help coughing.
The woman took advantage of this gap and escaped far away under the cover of the wolves.
No longer surrounded by wolves, Deputy General Cao and Deputy General Qin hurried forward to check on Fang Zilan's condition.
"Boss, how are you?" Vice General Cao wanted to give Fang Zilan a hand, but she dodged him calmly, "It's okay, it's just some insect repellent powder."
"General, let's go after him right now!" After finishing speaking, Vice General Qin was about to chase the person, but she was stopped by shouting, "Don't go. Although the woman was injured, her ability to drive away wolves is still there. You just have to go." It will be eaten by wolves until no bones are left."
"Then let her run away like this?" Vice Admiral Cao stamped his feet reluctantly, and Fang Zilan sighed softly, "Let her go for now. Once I find out her purpose of letting the wolf go, it won't be too late to catch her."
"But this woman is driving wolves and hurting people on the border of our capital. The person who comes here is not good, so I will worry..." Vice General Qin did not continue, but Fang Zilan knew what he meant.
She pondered for a moment and said: "The fact that driving wolves to hurt people means that she has no available people and can only use animals. The northern border is heavily invaded by troops, and there won't be any trouble for a while. Let's check her origins first, and then Do the disposal.”
"Yes!" Vice General Qin accepted the order with his fists clasped. Shangguan Min walked to Fang Zilan's side, holding in his hand the bone whistle that the woman had dropped during the fight. "This is the bone whistle that the woman used to drive away wolves."
Fang Zilan reached out and took it, her face changed imperceptibly. The bone whistle in her hand was as smooth as jade, with fine texture, and its origin was probably unusual.
"This bone whistle looks quite exquisite." Vice General Cao looked at the bone whistle in Fang Zilan's hand and added. Vice General Qin nodded and agreed.
Fang Zilan didn't speak. She put the bone whistle into her arms and lowered her voice, "We'll talk about it when we get back."
As soon as she finished speaking, she heard the sound of horse hooves not far behind her. The person turned over and dismounted, kneeling on one knee, "Qi Yuming, who joined the army in Yanzhou, has met Mr. Fang. The reinforcements are late, and I hope Mr. Fang will forgive me."
Fang Zilan turned around, looked at Qi Yuming who was kneeling upright, and said loudly: "Did Qi Canjun come here after seeing the Cloud-Piercing Arrow?"
"Exactly. I came back from my post at Master Zhong's Mansion today. As soon as I arrived at the camp, I saw someone shooting a cloud-piercing arrow, so I hurried over with the two deputy generals Xu and Wang." Qi Yuming raised his head and looked directly at Fang Zilan.
Only then did she see Qi Yuming's appearance clearly. His handsome features were quite bookish, but there was an indescribable courage and fortitude in his eyes. His thin lips were pursed tightly, showing his sharp look.
This is the Qi Shenjun that Vice General Qin and others call him. It seems that he is also a very important figure in the army.
