Rebirth of the Splendid Phoenix

Chapter 44 Attack and Kill
The rustling of the branches and leaves sounded, and a deer poked its head out of the hiding place carefully, looked left and right, and after confirming that there was no one around, slowly stretched out a leg, walked out cautiously, and then walked a dozen steps away. He stopped in his tracks, opened his mouth and gnawed towards an unremarkable stone in front of him.

The moment the wild deer lowered its head, there seemed to be a strange noise behind it. The deer's ears moved, and its hind limbs exerted force, so it wanted to dodge to the side. The deer's neck seemed to be facing the long arrow, even if it was more or less, it would not be able to achieve such an effect.

The sharp arrow pierced through the bone, and with a whine, the deer fell heavily to the ground, splashing a cloud of dust.

The young man quickly jumped out from behind, and it was he who deliberately made a noise just now to attract the deer's attention, and made Xie Jin, who had already aimed at it, shoot an arrow to make a contribution.

The young man picked up the deer with one hand and found the place where the long arrow shot just now. The prey was thrown heavily on the ground. His face covered with dust and grass leaves was full of admiration, and his eyes were shining brightly: "Sister, It’s already the tenth prey, what’s so strange about that stone? So many animals have been attracted to it.”

Even though he has seen it more than once, Qin Zheng's face is full of amazement. He thought he needed help, but he didn't know there was no room for him. After Xie Jinhua took him to find this place, he just waited for it. A lot of prey.

Xie Jinhua did not hunt those small animals such as hares. All he hunted were roe deer, wild boars and other difficult prey or larger prey. He even hunted a fox. It's really not the same for people who have been dispatched but only hunted a few prey.

Xie Jinhua looked at Qin Zheng's bright eyes, at the dust and grass leaves on his face because of concealment to help him, couldn't help but reached out and took out the handkerchief from his bosom, and helped Qin Zheng wipe his face carefully. dust on grass blades.

Her movements were extraordinarily gentle, Qin Zheng's body froze, and for a moment he forgot what he had just asked.

Qin Zheng had forgotten, but Xie Jinhua hadn't. After making sure that Qin Zheng's face was almost wiped, she folded the dirty handkerchief again, put it in her sleeve, and touched the other's head, the corners of her lips slightly Hook up: "Someone once told me that that kind of stone is called salt stone, just like human beings can't live without salt, and animals have to absorb some occasionally. If they want to get prey, finding a piece of salt is better than hunting where animals drink water. It’s easier and less risky to sit back and wait.”

Everyone knows that the rivers and valleys have the least shortage of animals, but the vigilance of animals in those places is also the highest, not to mention that large wild animals will go to such places to drink water, who can guarantee that they will not mess with those big guys when hunting .

This kind of experience was taught to her by Qin Zheng in her previous life.

Xie Jinhua used to like riding and archery, but he is not so good at riding and archery hunting, that is, to show some fancy skills among noble girls.

The person who really allowed her to master the ability to calm the nerves and protect her life was Qin Zheng in her previous life.

Looking at the little boy in front of me at this moment, I seem to be able to think of the young man who has just shown his talents. After she did not listen to his advice and finally chose to marry into the Qi Palace, he quietly came to her side every night, tough Teach her these things that as the second concubine of Qi, she thought she would never use them.

"You are so stupid that you can't see the true face of King Qi. If you insist on jumping into the fire pit, I can't stop you. All I can do is teach you some ways to save your life. I only hope that one day he will push you away." When you are in a dangerous place and let you fall into a deadly situation, you can hold on for a while longer, until "

What did he insist on? Xie Jinhua couldn’t remember the words behind Qin Zheng in his previous life, and it might be the words behind that he didn’t say out loud.

Many things seem like yesterday, and many memories have already been blurred in the years.

A little melancholy flashed across Xie Jinhua's eyes.

Who taught you this, who told you this?

Qin Zheng grabbed the girl's hand fiercely, and he used a little force, which made Xie Jinhua wake up in an instant.

"Okay, don't talk about this, there are already many animals hunted here, and we can't wait any longer. Let's go to other places to see."

Xie Jinhua thought that the boy didn't want to touch his head all the time, so he withdrew his hand a little embarrassingly.

There are many teenagers of Qin Zheng's age who don't like others to treat him as a child, but she always touches his head, maybe this action makes him uncomfortable.

Seeing the slight dissatisfaction in Qin Zheng's eyes, Xie Jinhua bent his eyes, thinking that he had read the other party's thoughts clearly, and felt that the other party was really cuter.

It's just that these two words are just thinking about in his head. If he really said it in front of Qin Zheng, the little boy would really become angry from embarrassment.

Qin Zheng knew that he was overreacting, so he calmly withdrew the hand that subconsciously grabbed Xie Jinhua's wrist just now, his eyes were full of gloom, he watched as he walked to the side and untied the horse tied to one side, and got on the horse directly Xie Jinhua's eyes are rolling, far from being complicated as a young man should be.

Just now, who was she looking at through him, and who was she missing?

Qin Zheng is not unfamiliar with that kind of look. After all, the old woman who raised him would look at him many times in a daze, and occasionally talk about the father he had never seen before.

"A Zheng?"

Xie Jinhua turned around and greeted Qin Zheng, wondering why he hadn't moved yet.

All the complexities in the young man's eyes dissipated, and in response to Xie Jinhua, he picked up the deer, and cut off the tail and one of the front legs of the dead deer with two extra sharp knives. The knife edge was smooth and there was very little blood. After staying, he walked towards his horse.

If those sharp knives were seen by others, they would definitely find that the young man is very familiar with the muscles and bones.

If he hadn't practiced too much, or was born a murderer, since the weapon in his hand was not a magical weapon, how could it be possible that the flesh and blood would be separated immediately with a single cut, and there was not even a large amount of blood coming out.

And the only bystander, Xie Jinhua, took Qin Zheng's strangeness for granted.

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"I just saw that most of the animals came from the southwest. It is estimated that there should be a lot of people hunting there. Let's not join in the fun. Go this way, and we should be able to meet some prey along the way."

Xie Jinhua looked at the sky, confirmed the direction, then turned to Qin Zheng and said.

Avoiding most people is not only for being able to hunt prey, but also for not being disturbed by some people.

You must know that there are quite a few people like Qin Zheng who initially held the idea of ​​snatching other people's prey. If you encounter one or two people you don't want to see, then you really missed the matter.

"Sister, I want to look over there by myself."

Xie Jinhua wanted to avoid it, but Qin Zheng wanted to meet him. In his heart, the number one this time must belong to Xie Jinhua. No one else, no matter whether they are princes, emperors or grandchildren, can get this number one.

Qin Zheng had a bit of murderous look on his face, looking very frightening.

He really made no secret of his son's ferocity, the little wolf cub is capable of biting people, Xie Jinhua was not only not shocked by the viciousness in Qin Zheng's eyes, but even couldn't help but want to laugh: "Ah Zheng, the momentary Retreating is not admitting defeat, we are now avoiding the limelight, just to preserve our strength."

King Qi, Princess Yong'an, and the forces of several other princes, Xie Jinhua didn't even want to confront them at this moment.

She understood the thoughts of those people. The emperor's promise and the opportunity to show his face in front of the emperor are rare. Even the prince is tempted. Which prince doesn't have one or two forces or people who want to support him?
If it wasn't because Xie Jinhua was also tempted by the emperor's promise, he really didn't want to get involved today.

But since Xie Jinhua also wants the emperor's promise, he can only compete with those people.

"The momentary retreat is for a better opportunity."

"When clams and frogs fight, the fisherman wins."

Xie Jinhua lowered his voice and said these eight characters one by one.

Qin Zheng blinked his eyes and looked at Xie Jinhua's crooked eyes, which were full of sly light, like the fox he hunted today, but compared to the fox, her eyes looked bright and moving More than ten times and a hundred times.

Qin Zheng wanted to poke the dimple on the opponent's cheek again, he clenched the rein in his hand, controlled the impulse in his heart, and hummed lightly.

Unaware of Qin Zheng's thoughts and patience at the moment, Xie Jin painted a childish expression, smiled and patted Qin Zheng's shoulder: "Good boy."

I am not a child anymore.

Qin Zheng subconsciously wanted to refute. At this moment, the young man's ears moved, and there was a sudden sound of wind behind him. He tilted his head slightly, and saw that the sharp light was clearly heading towards Xie Jinhua's back.

At that moment, the boy's expression was extremely terrifying: "Get away!"

With a hoarse and sharp sound, Xie Jinhua subconsciously dodged to the side, but no matter how fast she moved, she couldn't catch up with the arrow that was ready to fire. Seeing that the sharp crossbow arrow was about to shoot into Xie Jin The heart of the painting.

With a figure like lightning, the young man threw himself behind Xie Jinhua.

There was a muffled thud, like the sound of a sharp weapon piercing into flesh and blood. The moment Xie Jinhua felt the pressure on his body, he felt his whole heart go cold.

"A Zheng."

"Come on!"

The boy's hoarse voice rang in his ears.

Xie Jinhua raised the rein fiercely: "Drive!"

Yiqi Juechen, a row of crossbow arrows behind the two of them ruthlessly pierced into the ground.

"Your Highness, they went to the southwest, and many people are hunting there, so I'm afraid it's not easy to do it."

A group of people walked out from the depths of the forest, and the guard who asked the question had something strange in his eyes, but Princess Yong'an didn't notice it at all.

The whip in his hand slapped the talking guard fiercely on the head and face: "Waste, such a good opportunity didn't kill Xie Jinhua, what's the use of you, don't hurry up!"

"But."

The guard with whip marks on his face and neck was full of forbearance, and wanted to persuade him again, but the young guard behind him pulled him back.

"Jin complies with the orders of His Royal Highness the Princess."

"There is one who understands the truth. Get on the horse, Xie Jinhua cares about that servant very much. Since the other party is injured, he must not be able to go far. If Xie Jinhua is not included today, I am not Princess Yong'an!"

Princess Yong'an snorted, rolled up the whip in her hand, and got on the horse.

"Why didn't you persuade Your Highness, and still held me back? If it wasn't for that Second Miss Xie, I'm afraid you would have already..."

The guard who had been whipped looked dissatisfied at the guard behind him.

The other party glanced at him: "His Royal Highness can't tell the direction."

As long as they deliberately diverted Princess Yong'an, nothing would happen.

Originally, they deliberately wanted to lure Princess Yong'an away from Xie Jinhua's direction, but they never thought that Xie Jinhua would choose to go to the northeast, which is opposite to the southwest direction, where prey is relatively rare.

These people didn't know that if they hadn't led Princess Yong'an astray, the poisonous thorns that Qin Zheng planted along the road would definitely cause these people to lose their troops.

Wild animals are never the only dangers in the jungle.

Xie Jinhua supported Qin Zheng, and touched the dampness of his hand, and his face was blank for a moment.

"A Zheng?"

The boy closed his eyes, as if he was dead, Xie Jinhua's voice trembled a little.

There was a short crossbow on the young man's shoulder, with only the tail remaining, firmly nailed between the bones. A piece of blood wetted the young man's blue skirt, looking very scary.

Xie Jinhua held the tail of the crossbow arrow with his hand, but he didn't dare to use all his strength to pull out the arrow. If the arrow hurt an internal organ, once it was pulled out, if it would bleed profusely, in such a place, Qin Zheng would be close to death.

"A Zheng, wake up. Don't worry, Ah Zheng, why are you so stupid, how can you help me block arrows!"

Qin Zheng slowly opened his eyes, looked at Xie Jinhua's pale face, and slowly raised his lips: "I don't know why, I just did that, and I have rough skin and thick flesh, such a I'm used to the injury. Don't worry, sister, I'm not willing to die."

You are so worried about me, how can I be willing to die.

The boy gently wiped away the tears that fell down Xie Jinhua's cheeks with one hand.

One hand held Xie Jinhua's wrist instead.

With a strong force on his hand, Xie Jinhua's hand was lifted by the young man's hand. The next moment, blood spattered everywhere, but it was the young man who held Xie Jinhua's hand and pulled out the short crossbow on the back of his shoulder.

(End of this chapter)