Big Moon Ballad

Chapter 1838
Accompanied by the sound of horseshoes, there is also the rumble of wheels grinding on the ground.

Judging from the breath, there are at least hundreds of people in this group, including several high-level practitioners.

But the strange thing is that, except for twenty or thirty cultivators who are in the realm, the rest of the team has the breath of ordinary people, and many of them are still very weak, not like an army at all.

Ying Baoyue originally thought that she had run into a Xi Rong cavalry, but at this time there were many indications that this was not the case.

She was lurking in the grass, leaning up slightly, revealing a pair of eyes.

When she saw everything not far away, she was completely stunned.

There was indeed a cavalry team in the distance, and there were twenty or thirty people dressed as knights among them, who were the practitioners she had noticed.This group of people are covered with spikes, and even their horses are covered with gold and silver, and they all seem to have an extraordinary status among the Xirong people.But compared to these Xirong nobles, what attracted more attention was a carriage in the middle of the cavalry.

It is not accurate to say that it is a carriage, it is more like a prison cart pulled by four horses. The position that should have been a carriage was replaced by a large cage, in which dozens of ragged men and women were imprisoned.

There were more than a dozen hungry wolves tied under the cage, shining green light toward the inside of the cage, and constantly pounced on the cage. The yellow-faced and emaciated men and women in the cage hugged each other tremblingly.

The knights of Xirong beat their horses and shouted excitedly around the cage, and someone went to untie the chains hanging on the cage.

Seeing this scene, Ying Baoyue already understood everything.

Judging from the appearance of the men and women in the cage, one-third were from the Central Plains and two-thirds were from Xirong. The only thing in common was that they all had traces of being branded on their bodies.

These people are all slaves.

What she ran into today was indeed a hunt.

It's just that the object of hunting is not wild animals, but people.

When stationed at the Great Wall of Eternal Night before, Ying Baoyue once heard that when there was a lack of prey in winter, the nobles of Xirong would often hunt and kill running slaves in the paddock for fun.

But at that time, she only heard about it, but she didn't expect that one day she would directly bump into it.

The chains beside the cage rattled, and two knights opened the cage door, and the whips in their hands slapped on the cage door!

"Hey!"

Ying Baoyue's eyes flickered, which means "get out" in Xirong language.

All the slaves were frightened, and they rolled and crawled out of the cage. Those who looked like servants got off their horses and went to free the hungry wolves beside the cage.

In the cold wind, the group of thinly dressed slaves huddled together, shivering as they watched the hungry wolves.

Looking at the direction those slaves were facing, Ying Baoyue suddenly had an ominous premonition in his heart.

The hungry wolves were all untied. Looking at the slaves' mouths watering, it seemed that they had been hungry for a long time.

Ying Baoyue's heart tightened. She had heard before that in order to allow those weak slaves to run as hard as they could, the cruel nobles of Xirong would deliberately release ferocious beasts to bite them and force them to run.

These hungry wolves were probably prepared for this purpose.

At this time, a cavalryman on a horse murmured towards the group of slaves, to the effect that you run as hard as you can, and whoever can run away within a quarter of an hour without being shot or killed by wolves will be rewarded by Lord Zhai. Freedom, and sheep and cloth.

This kind of rhetoric is nothing new, the only thing that stimulates Ying Baoyue's nerves is the word "Zhai Wang".

In this group of Xirong nobles, there is actually King Zhai?
She held her breath and looked towards the horse team. Among the people dressed by nobles, there were three practitioners who were dressed extraordinarily gorgeously, and their horses were covered with human hair.

According to the custom of the Xirong people, every time they defeat an opponent, they will cut off a piece of the opponent's scalp and hair and hang it on the back of their own horse. The more they hang, the higher the prestige of this person in the Xirong tribe.

King Zhai must be the most valiant person in the tribe to be able to convince the crowd. If she guessed correctly, King Zhai was among the three.

But the question is, who is King Zhai?What number Zhai is this again?
Among the three, two were wearing ferocious iron masks, only showing light-colored eyes.The remaining man without a mask had a fleshy face. He looked about 40 years old, with a big belly and a heavy body on the horse's back. Even the horse seemed to be unable to breathe.

From the appearance alone, this person has the charm of Chun Yu Ya that she saw in Chun Yu Ye's memory.

If her intuition is correct, this person should be King Zhai who is in charge of this land.

At this time, the man who looked like King Zhai turned his head and said a few words to the masked man on the left. The knight in the front waved his hand violently, and the Xirong man who was holding the hungry wolf let go of the rope in an instant.

"Ow!"

Accompanied by countless wolf howls, a dozen hungry wolves opened their mouths full of saliva and rushed towards the group of thin slaves!

For a moment, shrill screams and wailing resounded through the sky, and the smell of blood rushed to his face. Ying Baoyue clutched the hilt of the sword in his arms tightly, and his face was extremely pale.

In just an instant, more than half of the slaves were killed or injured.

Many people were thrown down by wolves before they ran out. The hungry wolves opened their mouths wide and bit the slaves' necks on the ground.

The grass swaying in the cold wind was stained red with blood.

The excited laughter of the Xirong nobles resounded in the air.

There was chaos between the sky and the earth, Ying Baoyue was lying in the grass, his whole body was like a stone statue.

She can't move.

In the opponent's team, there was King Zhai, there were also practitioners of the fourth rank, and there was even an existence with a strange aura, which made her have to be vigilant.

If she moved, even if she just stood up and didn't run, she would be spotted immediately.

But at this moment, Ying Baoyue stared straight at the grass in front of her and opened her eyes wide.

There was a rustling sound, and a thin child was running towards the direction where she was hiding.

There were men, women, old and young in that group of slaves, but after the initial pounce of the wolves, only young and middle-aged people escaped, and the old people and children were all lying in a pool of blood.

But this kid is different.

Ying Baoyue must be looking at the tooth marks on his shoulder. Just before he was bitten by a wolf, a thin woman beside him stretched her hand into the wolf, opened the wolf's mouth violently, and put the name The boy pushed out, then shot himself through the shoulder blade and fell to the ground dead.

If she guessed correctly, that woman should be the boy's mother.

The hungry wolf with its mouth torn apart was chasing the boy angrily. In the distance, Ying Baoyue saw the plump Xirong nobleman draw his bow and aim the arrow at him with great interest.

The cold wind came howling, blowing the messy hair in front of the child. He looked only seven or eight years old, and his limbs were as thin as reeds.

He ran forward desperately.

However, at the next moment, he screamed and fell down on the grass only a foot away from Ying Baoyue.

The wolf's mouth bit his calf from behind.

Blood gurgled out, and the sound of piercing the air came.

The boy closed his eyes in despair.

Ying Baoyue stared at him through the blades of grass. The boy's eyes were blue, like emeralds.

Sharp arrows roared towards them.

She closed her eyes and stood up from the grass.

(End of this chapter)