The Record of Swordsmen in the Late Sui and Early Tang Dynasties

Chapter 10 Ten Promises Herding Bulls and Slaying Two Wolves
Duan Wuji was secretly on guard, always guarding against the attack of the two wolves, the time was not long, the wolf in front of him was the first to launch the attack with its teeth grinning.He stretched out his front paws and rushed towards Duan Wuji.

Duan Wuji, a swallow flying obliquely to the side, took two steps and dodged the wolf's pounce. The wolf behind him also rushed towards Duan Wuji from behind, with its mouth wide open. Bite towards Duan Wuji's neck.

When the wolf was about to bite him, Duan Wuji slammed his sword towards the wolf's neck, pierced into the wolf's neck, and then Duan Wuji kicked the wolf out.

Afterwards, the wolf in front of him pounced again, grabbed Duan Wuji's arm with one paw, and the blood flowed down immediately. Duan Wuji endured the pain and grabbed the wolf's neck with a grabbing hand. The ground pinched hard, and the sword in the other hand suddenly pierced into the wolf's lower abdomen.

Duan Wuji took a step back abruptly, a gust of wolf blood spurted out immediately, Duan Wuji was still a little slow to hide, and was sprayed all over his body by wolf blood.

Duan Wuji glanced at the two dead wolves lying on the spot, felt a burst of joy in his heart, and thought: These two damn beasts, you met me, aren't you courting death?

Duan Wuji sat on the ground for a short rest, then stood up and took off the horse's reins, tied the hind legs of the two wolves together, and then, Duan Wuji struggled to lift the two wolves and put them on the horse's back. There were two dead wolves on the left and right sides of the horse's belly, and then Duan Wuji drove the animals to the village.

As soon as I arrived at the village, I saw seven or eight people walking out with lanterns, and one of them shouted loudly: "Everyone don't need to look for it, haven't the cows come back?

Wuji, is that you?Why did you come back so late today?It made us all worry about you! "

Duan Wuji heard it.The one who spoke was the grandson of his third grandfather, and also one of his great uncles, named Duan Yanchun.

"Uncle, I'm fine. Something happened just now, which delayed me for a while.

You go back! "

Duan Yanchun laughed and said: "Boy, you are not allowed to come back so late after herding cattle. If we encounter wolves, how can we explain to your parents?"

Duan Wuji drove the cattle closer and closer, Duan Yanchun stood there waiting for Duan Wuji and the cattle, and waited for Duan Wuji to approach.

Duan Yanchun gave a big jump. "Boy, what's the matter with you? Why is there blood all over your body? Are you okay?
Tell me, where did you get hurt? "

Duan Wuji laughed and said, "Uncle, do you think I look injured?"

Duan Yanchun looked at it and saw that it didn't look like it. "Then why did you get so much blood on your body?"

Duan Wuji sighed and said: "Hey, don't mention it, I was unlucky today, didn't I meet a wolf when I was going back to drive the cattle? That's why I wasted a little time, otherwise who would come back so late! "

Duan Yanchun understood what was going on. "Wuji, Uncle knows that you practice martial arts, did you stab that wolf with a sword, and the wolf's blood splashed all over you?"

"Hey, who said no? How is this my blood? This is wolf blood."

Duan Yanchun understood. "Well, just wound that damn beast, this guy won't be coming anytime soon.

Wuji, let's hurry home and have dinner, the family is waiting for you today. "

Duan Wuji walked back with his uncle, and said with a smile: "Who said that this wolf will not come back in a short time, what if it goes home with us?"

"Wuji, what are you kidding? It came home with us? Then it must be mentally ill."

"Isn't he mentally ill? Isn't that crawling on the horse's belly?"

Duan Yanchun was taken aback. "Boy, what are you kidding?"

"Uncle, do you think I'm joking? I'm serious. If you don't believe me, look at the belly of the cow."

Duan Yanchun laughed and said: "Boy, stop joking with your uncle, that wolf will crawl on the horse's belly, and the horse will keep silent?"

"If you don't believe me, look at the horse's belly?"

That Duan Yanchun turned the lantern and looked curiously at the horse's back. On the side belly of the last horse, there was indeed a wolf crawling, and the horse walked forward step by step as if nothing had happened.

Duan Yanchun felt curious when he saw it, and immediately ran over with a lantern.

I saw a dead wolf crawling on the side of the horse, with blood dripping from its neck.

Duan Yanchun saw it and shouted loudly: "Hey, you all come and have a look, Wuji beat this wolf to death."

The people walking back with lanterns immediately turned around and rushed back after hearing this.

"Where? Let's take a look too!"

With that said, everyone rushed over.

Everyone held up the lanterns and saw that a dead wolf had crawled on the side of the horse's belly. The wolf was so big that its head was almost knocking to the ground.

"Hey, brother, this wolf is big enough, it must weigh sixty or seventy catties."

"Well, I think it's similar. Such a big wolf is very rare. Hey, Wuji, did you kill this giant wolf?"

"Yes. What's the matter?"

"Boy, you are amazing. It's amazing that one person can kill such a big giant wolf!"

Duan Wuji laughed and said: "Is that one wolf? Are there not two?" Suddenly a man shouted loudly: "Yes, yes. There is another wolf here."

Everyone walked back while talking, and arrived at home in a short time.

Duan Wuji stretched out his hand and pulled the two dead wolves from the back of the cow, and then drove the animals into the barn.After the animals were tied up, Duan Wuji washed his face first, and then followed the crowd to the dining table.

After entering the house, the family began to eat.

The old master asked tremblingly: "Wuji, I heard that you killed two wolves today. Is this true?"

Duan Wuji listened and nodded. "Grandpa Sanzu, that's true. Isn't that dead wolf thrown around in the yard?"

"Well, Wuji, you can really do it. Wuji, after dinner, you can take these two dead wolves away, and let your parents pay for the wolf meat."

Duan Wuji shook his head. "Grandpa Sanzu, what can we do? Our family can't have these two dead wolves. I'd better leave them to you to eat."

The old master shook his head. "How about that? You'd better take it away. Your family won't be able to eat any meat for a year, so you should take it back and let them eat it."

Duan Wuji thought for a while and said: "Grandpa Sanzu, do you think this will work? After dinner, I will skin the two wolves and cook the skins well. Grandpa Sanzu, you will have someone give it to you." Let's make a wolf fur mattress, this thing is warm in winter. We have two wolves and one for our family, grandpa, do you think it will work?"

The old man laughed loudly after hearing this: "Wuji, you are really sensible, since you say so, let's do it like this."

After dinner, Duan Wuji and the two older brothers of the Duan family skinned the two wolves.Duan Wuji mentioned the smaller one and said to the two elder brothers of the Duan family: "You two elder brothers, please rest, I will send this wolf meat home."

After finishing speaking, Duan Wuji rushed home with the skinned dead wolf on his back. After entering the house, he saw that the family had just finished dinner. Duan Yanqing was surprised to see Duan Wuji came back with a dead wolf on his back. : "Wuji, where did this wolf come from? Why did you carry our home?"

Duan Wuji smiled. "The two that were killed just now, my third grandfather gave one to our family, and asked me to carry the other for you."

Duan Yanqing immediately became unhappy after hearing this. "Wuji, you are so ignorant. I told you a long time ago that your third grandfather has been helping our family for many years. Why do you want other people's things? Wuji, you carry them back."

Duan Wuji was taken aback for a moment, not knowing what to do.

When Liu Caihua saw it, she hurriedly stopped her and said, "Master, I have carried all these things back, so I'm afraid it's not good to take them back again, right?

I don't think it's better for us to stay, and we will find a chance to repay their family in the future.

Besides, our family hasn't eaten meat for more than half a year, why don't we satisfy our cravings, what do you think? "

Duan Yanqing sighed and said: "Oh, that's the only way, Wuji, hurry back, but don't delay the cattle herding tomorrow."

Duan Wuji agreed, and immediately stepped out of the house.

Seeing this, Liu Caihua complained and said: "The head of the family, you let the child stay at home for a while, why did you drive the child away so quickly?"

"What do you know? It's too late to wait a while. Once you encounter a wolf, wouldn't it be a trap for the child?"

Liucaihua bowed her head and stopped talking.

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