Return of the Swallow

Qin Yining analyzed several points from the conversation of the person who was chasing the murder yesterday.

First, from the accents of these people, it can be judged that they are from the Great Zhou Dynasty in the north.

Second, they came to intercept the person surnamed Qin under the order of a "Marquis".

Third, these people stayed behind to search the mountains. If they didn't kill the Qin person, they would not be able to deal with each other.

Fourth, the martial arts of these people fought against the Hu Ben army who escorted the surrendered ministers. Although they could not win, they did not give in too much.

So here comes the problem. These well-organized, martial arts men who are not lost to the Hu Ben Army, which army are they from?

Who is this "Marquis" who ordered to kill the Qin family?

Which other marquis in the Great Zhou Dynasty has the ability to lead two or three hundred skilled soldiers out to intercept them?

Qin Yining would not suspect that these people were sent by the Zhou Emperor.

What Emperor Zhou wanted was the surrendered ministers of the Yan Dynasty to help him balance the two forces of the court. If you don't want to surrender, you may not persuade them to surrender at first, and there is no need to send someone to kill them halfway.

Therefore, the interception this time must be a "marquis" with high power and military power who deceived the emperor of the Zhou Dynasty.

Qin Yining's mind already had an answer ready to come out.

Could it really be the Houhou of Dingbei who worshipped Pang Xiao and Emperor Zhou at the beginning?

But shouldn't Ding Beihou be stationed at the border between Dazhou and the Tatars with the Longchung army? How could someone appear here at this time?

If the assassins only targeted the Qin family, why did the fake bandits kill so many innocent people at the front of the team?

If it wasn't for the Qin family, she would have heard the conversation between the two assassins.

All kinds of thoughts can't be sorted out at once, but Qin Yining can be sure of one thing now, that is, she has to live and hide for a few days, and she must not go down the mountain immediately.

Those assassins were ordered to come, and if they didn't take the head back, they couldn't make a mission, and they would definitely appear again.

She has only one person, and she can't beat them, so she can only hide.

Fortunately, she has experience in mountain survival.

Although it was the winter season when nothing could grow, Qin Yining was still confident that he could persevere.

However, when he thought that Lian Shengjie must be pounding his chest now, Qin Yining felt relieved again.

Lian Shengjie was ordered to accept the submission of the book and obey the table. Since he returned to Beijing with the king of Yanjun and Dayan's lower ministers, he naturally had to take protective measures.

Now that such a tragic incident will happen on the road, Zhou Diruo knows that Longyan is angry and does not say, the most important thing is that Lian Shengjie's old face is afraid that there is no place to put it.

Lian Shengjie and Pang Xiao have always been at odds with each other. This time, he first acted as an emissary and used her to lure Pang Xiao to hook. After the plan failed, he blatantly took away Pang Xiao's chance to enjoy the honor.

Now that the Hu Ben army has left him a hundred people, he can actually call a group of mountain bandits to half-way robbery, and also killed and injured so many surrendered ministers and family members.

This time, Lian Shengjie had ten mouths, and he couldn't explain it clearly in front of Emperor Zhou.

Since the subordinate of the "Marquis Lord" came here disguised as a bandit, it must be that Emperor Zhou could not catch his braid.

Lian Shengjie's unfavorable escort and escort, and the helpless scandal of being killed by a mob like "mountain bandits" must not be covered.

Thinking of this, Qin Yining was equivalent to seeing the situation in front of him, and his depression was finally able to disperse.

Having made up her mind, she immediately went out looking for food.

Without tools, she looked for suitable branches instead, and also found a lot of dead grass weaving straw ropes to make traps to catch some small animals.

It's just that there are no tools, and it is really not an easy task to hit the prey in the snowy mountains in winter.

Qin Yining spent a whole day looking for food.

In winter, there are no wild vegetables and fruits to attack. If you want to catch birds, you have no seeds and no bait. If you want to rely on her simple little trap to catch some small animals, it is difficult to reach the sky.

She endured hunger and searched in the woods very carefully, but instead of catching prey, she found four corpses.

The four people have been turned into bones, and the clothes on their bodies can be vaguely seen that the three of them are wearing the military uniform of Da Zhou, and the other is wearing the clothes of ordinary people. The position and posture of their collapsed, as well as the broken arm And the head, Qin Yining can be sure that this should be a story of one enemy and three in the end.

After many years of troubled times, such tragedies will happen everywhere. It is unexpected that such a scene can be seen in a remote mountain.

Qin Yining sighed.

But luckily, there are weapons available next to these corpses!

Qin Yining picked up a machete, a short sword, two daggers, a bundle of ropes, an empty water bag, and a purse with some medicines.

Qin Yining picked up all the useful things before continuing to look for food.

Fortunately, Qin Yining found a water source in a short time, and found a small stream that had not yet frozen. It was only in the evening that he caught a hibernating frog and returned to his "small nest" to roast and eat.

It is no wonder that the people of the world will do whatever they can to scramble for power and money.

Only with these two things can people live comfortably.

However, although this kind of day is uncomfortable, Qin Yining is also happy. Smelling the strong aroma of meat when roasting frogs, Qin Yining thought optimistically: I am lucky today, maybe I can catch a hare tomorrow. Don't be afraid to starve to death.

Just as she was thinking wildly, she suddenly heard a "creaky" sound stepping on the snow.

Qin Yining almost threw the frog in a bluff, hurriedly picked up a short sword and held it in his hand, looking vigilantly in the direction of the sound.

At this moment, a strong wind blew, and the bushes swayed, and a furry thing about three feet high suddenly ran away.

what animal is it?

Qin Yining focused, stared in that direction for a while, and found that there were no beasts, then he was relieved.

Qin Yining thought again: Fortunately, she did not encounter a wild wolf, otherwise it would be even more dangerous.

Qin Yining felt a lot warmer after eating a frog that didn't actually have much meat and no taste.

She began to lay dry straw in her den.

At this moment, she seemed to hear a slight rustling sound again, and out of the corner of her eye, she saw a figure running over.

Qin Yining became serious this time.

What little animal is this? Why is the speed so fast, it looks like a leopard with strong skills!

Qin Yining kept calm, took all the weapons he picked up, and hurriedly picked up a torch prepared on the fire. If there are small animals, they should be afraid of fire.

After standing in a stalemate for a long time, the little animal did not appear again.

Qin Yining breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that the little thing had run away.

She went on to build her den with hay.

At this moment, Qin Yining suddenly felt something behind him.

He turned around suddenly and saw a figure approaching him.

It was a child of about seven or eight years old, dressed in thick animal skins, with a dirty face and messy hair. At this moment he was placing a hare whose fur was half indelible beside her fire.

Xu Shi didn't expect her to turn around suddenly, the child was startled, and his eyes widened all of a sudden.

Qin Yining said in astonishment: "Hey, you..."

Unexpectedly, before the words were finished, the child turned and ran away, as fast as a gust of wind.

Qin Yining suddenly realized that the "little animal" she saw just now was this child!

ps: The update time tomorrow morning is nine o'clock.