Chapter 52 Wilderness Corpse Marks
Everything is silent, the wild sky is vast and the trees are low.
In the early morning birch forest, the mist like green smoke enveloped the mountains and forests, like a wisp, like a dream, like a fairyland.
The rising sun rises, and the rays of light shine on the earth. The sunlight passes through the curling blue smoke, passes through the gaps in the forest, and sprinkles in this birch forest with wolf corpses, in the fields and among the Jindalai bushes.
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Suddenly, waves of "da da" horse hooves shattered the silence and also stomped through the thin layer of frost on the surface of the ground in early spring in the early morning of early spring. Immediately afterwards, a team of knights wearing black cotton armor rushed from the northwest at the sound.
When they ran to the place where corpses were everywhere, with long whistles, the knights strangled the horses and stopped to stare at the large number of wild wolf corpses.
A guide dressed in hunter pointed his hand and said, "Sir, look, it's here."
A knight with a high tone spoke and spoke in a thick voice, "When did you discover this large piece of wild wolf corpse? Can you tell who did it?"
The guide dressed by the hunter said, "Report to the adults, when the young man and his companions were following a sika deer yesterday, they passed by here and found a large body of wild wolf corpse. They didn't know who did it. They only found two hoof prints, which went southeast from here. There were no other traces. They returned to Mohe City and chatted with friends about this. Unexpectedly, the adults heard it. I really don't know who did it. Please give it a glimpse."
The knight, who spoke in a high tone, asked in a thick voice, "Do you know that there are hunters with excellent shooting skills near Mohe?"
The hunter guide said again: "Reporting to the master, there are certainly many hunters with excellent shooting skills, but only two of them can actually shoot nearly 200 wild wolves in this way. What's even more terrifying is that these two shooters are even stronger in their hearts. Ordinary people are already panicked when they see so many wild wolves sieges. Even those with rich experience and excellent shooting skills will shoot wild wolves as early as possible. But these two people wait until the wild wolves rush to within 200 steps before they start firing arrows. This mentality is really strong."
The knight, who spoke in a high tone, asked in a thick voice, "It seems like you have witnessed it with your own eyes? Since you were not on the scene at that time, how did you know that they both put the wild wolf within 200 steps before they started shooting arrows?"
The hunter guide said, "Report to the adults, the young man was indeed not on the scene at that time. But there were traces here. The young man had been hunting with his father since he was a child. You can tell at a glance. Please follow me!"
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The wild wolf corpses on the ground ahead were covered with a distance of about a hundred steps. After passing through these hundred steps, there was a round blank field with a radius of about one hundred steps.
The knights followed the hunter guide to this circular field, stood in the center of the circle, and looked at the four sides, all of them dumbfounded and couldn't stop. They saw that with the position where they stood as the center, a dark gray circle formed, covering the corpses of wild wolf mainly in dark gray.
The hunter guide said again: "There are almost no corpses of wild wolves outside two hundred steps; similarly, there are almost no corpses of wild wolves within one hundred steps. It can be seen that these two people have a strong mentality. Although they hold two strong bows, they wait until the wild wolves enter two hundred steps before they start shooting."
The knight, who spoke in a high tone, asked in a thick voice: "How did you know that these two people are using strong bows and crossbows?"
The hunter guide said: "We hunters usually use the willow ox horn bow. You see, the young one has a hand. The maximum range of this willow arch is only about one hundred steps. How can we shoot wild wolves that are 200 steps away? Therefore, when shooting these wolves, we must use a strong bow."
Another knight said, "The hunter holds a crossbow. The crossbow is a controlled weapon. It cannot be used or hidden by the people. Even the hunter cannot be held. I believe you know it." This person spoke with a sharp voice, and his accent was in the tone of Kyoto.
The hunter guide said tremblingly: "Sir, check it out! The young man abides by the law and dares not violate national laws and holds a crossbow privately. He only saw the wild wolf corpse here, and the two people were shot with superb shooting skills. He used two powerful bows of unknown strength. Therefore, he praised them in Mohe City and was heard by the adults."
The knight, who spoke in a high tone, asked in a thick voice: "How did you know that these two people use strong bows, not strong crossbows?"
The hunter guide said again: "The young man has checked the corpses of these wild wolfs. They were all shot by bows and arrows, and there was no crossbow arrow. The feather arrows on the corpses of wild wolfs were not taken away. Please give a clear look!"
But he heard the knight with a sharp voice and a Kyoto accent said, "Since that's the case, brothers, go to the surrounding area to check it out!" The knights sang in unison and went to check the corpse of the wild wolf.
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Soon, the knights came back to report.
"Report to Lord Huyan, in the wilderness to the east, the wild wolf's corpse was covered with white feather arrows and no crossbow arrows!"
"Report to Lord Huyan, the wild wolf corpses in the Jindalai bushes in the south are covered with white feather arrows, and there are no crossbow arrows!"
"Report to Lord Huyan, the large area of wild wolf corpses in the west are full of white feather arrows, and there are no crossbow arrows!"
"Report to Lord Huyan, in the birch forest in the north, the wild wolf corpses are covered with white feather arrows, and there are no crossbow arrows! In addition, more than a dozen wild wolf corpses were nailed to the birch trees by white feather arrows!"
"What?" Hearing this, the Lord Huyan was shocked, and asked in a sharp voice, "Is it being led up by a white feather arrow and nailed to the birch tree?"
"Report to Lord Huyan, that's true!"
Lord Hu Yan was disbelief and asked again: "One hundred steps away, the wild wolf's corpse was carried up by a white feather arrow and nailed to the birch tree?"
"Reported to Lord Huyan, from one hundred steps to two hundred steps, the corpse of wild wolf was carried up by white feather arrows and nailed to the birch tree! At this moment, the white feather arrow on the body of wild wolf corpse was still nailed to the tree and was not taken out, so I waited for the lord to check it."
Lord Huyan was shocked and said, "Take me to check it out quickly!"
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Following the team of knights who had inspected the birch forest in the north, the group of people were shocked and speechless when they saw the corpses of wild wolf nailed to the birch trees in front of them. But you looked at me, and I looked at you, silent. For a moment, the birch forest that had entered nearly a hundred people was silent, and the dawn here was quiet.
After a long time, the knight with a high tone spoke in a thick voice, breaking the quiet dawn. He said, "It is not the standard black feather arrows in the army. The rods of these white feather arrows are marked with marks on them, and a word is printed on them. What does this mean?"
The hunter guide said, "Tell me, the younger one knows that the word 'Ren' printed on the arrow branch indicates that the arrow is produced in Bingrenfang in Mohe City!"
Chapter completed!