Neon Clothes and Iron Clothes

Chapter 8 Wild Boar
"It's walnuts!" Sancho leaned over and whispered: "This forest is full of walnut trees, all the way to the other side of the mountain! The wild boars here eat walnuts and grow the fattest. Every autumn, Baekje people Wild boars will be hunted here, and the wild boar will be smoked in walnut!"

"Wild boar, that's not easy to deal with!" Wang Wenzuo stopped and looked around. There was a mountain not far away, where the stream merged into a small pool, surrounded by thick walnut trees.The dense canopy is connected into one piece, covering most of the water surface.

"Sang Qiu and I climbed to the tree by the lake. The wild boar has a good sense of hearing and smell, but it is half blind. You two, pull the mule away and wait for the signal downwind!" Wang Wenzuo whispered, standing aside Sancho was interpreting at the side, and the other two soldiers nodded and quickly hid.Wang Wenzuo and Sanqiu walked to the pool, chose a thick tree and climbed up. Wang Wenzuo broke off a few branches and built a rough platform between the branches. wait up.

Apart from the sound of running water, there is only the occasional chirping of birds in the distance by the pool, which is quiet and penetrating.Wang Wenzuo wrapped his clothes tightly so as to resist the chill in the forest. He couldn't help but regret why he didn't put on a leather jacket when he came out.He was hesitating whether to let a certain soldier go back to get him a coat, but he heard the sound of trampling a branch not far away.He raised his head all of a sudden, and lightly patted Sancho next to him: "Listen, here we come!"

The moonlight shone through the gaps in the leaves and into the open space by the pool. Wang Wenzuo could see a dark thing coming out of the bushes. After a few breaths, he realized that it was a huge male wild boar. On his huge protruding fangs, there was a pale, lifeless white.This huge beast looked around vigilantly, as if looking for potential enemies, and finally it snorted a few times, the bushes behind it began to shake violently, and several dark shadows emerged from it.

"There are eight in total, two big and six small!"

Sancho's breathing made Wang Wenzuo's ears itch a little. He clenched his right fist, pointed his thumb at the largest boar, and then rotated his fist so that his thumb was pointing down.Sancho nodded knowingly, picked up the short bow, nocked the arrow, and looked back at his master.

Wang Wenzuo picked up the crossbow, held his breath, and aimed at a little below the boar's shoulder, where the heart was, and then pulled the trigger. He felt a slight vibration of the crossbow.

Just when Wang Wenzuo thought he had missed his shot, a piercing howl pierced the night sky, and the wild boar jumped up half a person's height, and then fell to the ground, circling crazily as if looking for the attacker who is it.Wang Wenzuo hurriedly kicked the iron ring under the crossbow with his feet hard, rewound the string, then stuck the second square-headed arrow into the arrow slot, and then aimed and pulled the trigger.

This time Wang Wenzuo missed the shot, and the arrow grazed the male wild boar's shoulder and sank deep into the soil.At this moment, the huge animal finally found out where the enemy was hiding. It turned its head viciously and bumped into the tree trunk where Wang Wenzuo was.The violent vibration made Wang Wenzuo, who was stringing the crossbow, almost fall from the tree, but fortunately, Sancho next to him grabbed him.

Wang Wenzuo, who was still in shock, hugged the tree trunk tightly, but soon he found that the state of the male wild boar was a bit wrong. Its force of hitting the tree was rapidly decreasing, and its howling sound seemed to have a taste of despair.Wang Wenzuo carefully changed the branch, fully stringed his crossbow, and shot another arrow.

This time Wang Wenzuo could clearly see that the crossbow had pierced through the base of the wild boar's hind legs, and the huge beast finally fell down.Two other soldiers surrounded him, and the wild boar struggled to get up, but the fourth crossbow shot from the tree completely shattered its efforts.

Wang Wenzuo jumped down from the tree. Under the moonlight, the light-colored belly of the wild boar heaved violently up and down, and the air flowed from its nostrils, making intermittent groans. Wen Zuo looked at the behemoth in front of him with awe.

"This is really a big guy!" Sancho whispered: "We guys can't get it back!"

"Well, yes!" Wang Wenzuo nodded: "Then get back the two front legs first, and then call a few people to carry the rest!"

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The bonfire was crackling, half a fan of wild boar rib meat was turning on the grill on the fire, the fat was dripping, and the aroma was overflowing.Wang Wenzuo sat by the fire, with short knives and plates on the low table beside him, and the soldiers around him salivated.

"Sancho, this is yours!"

The steel knife cut open the pig's ribs, the crispy skin crackled under the blade, and the hot fat flowed down. Wang Wenzuo sprinkled salt on it and pushed the wooden plate to his servant.Sancho took the plate excitedly, sat down cross-legged on the spot, and swallowed heavily, causing a commotion from the surrounding soldiers.

"You, and you!" Wang Wenzuo cut off two more pieces, put them on a plate and handed them to the other two soldiers who had just gone with them.The two men didn't dare to make such a fuss like Sancho, so they hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed before taking the plate and walking aside to eat.

Soon Sancho finished eating the meat on the plate. While licking the fat on his fingers, he looked at the pork on the grill with longing eyes. Wang Wenzuo smiled and handed the dagger in his hand to Sancho , made a convenient gesture.Sancho let out a cheer, ran to the grill and began to carve meat.

Wang Wenzuo waited patiently for Sancho to stop eating, then winked at him, and began to speak slowly to the soldiers around him. He said something, and Sancho translated a sentence: "Sancho is my slave. He is his master, he serves me, and I provide him with food, clothing, shelter, and protection to ensure that he is not oppressed by outsiders. Today when he hunted wild boars, he made a contribution, which is what he deserves. Except In addition, I still promise here that after this battle is over, I will give him freedom. At that time, he can go wherever he wants and do whatever he wants. If he is willing to continue to serve me, In addition to clothing, food and shelter, you can also get corresponding rewards!"

(End of this chapter)