After staying up all night, Su Ningxin finally waited until dawn. She didn't know where the bay-red horse had led the black bear, and it never came back.
Su Ningxin observed for a while that there was no danger nearby and was about to go down, but suddenly heard the sound of horse hooves. She immediately stopped and listened carefully. She recognized that the sound of horse hooves was just a horse, so it was definitely not Shuangbai who brought people here, so she stood on the tree. Hidden figure.
Although the sound of horse hooves may come from his bay horse, it may also come from someone else. It is not wise to expose yourself in the wild.
It didn't take long for Su Ningxin to see the person coming through the gaps in the leaves. The person was dressed in coarse linen clothes, the most common civilian clothing in Xingyuan Mansion. He was riding a bad horse, but he didn't bring anything with him. Not here for hunting.
Su Ningxin did not call for help immediately because this man looked strange. When she hunted, she chose a distant mountain field where no one came. Normally almost no one would come here. This man did not look like a hunter, but he was inexplicable. Appearing here, and judging from his appearance, he seems to be waiting for someone
After the man got off his horse, he tied the scold to a tree and walked around twice. He noticed that the traces of the fire made by Su Ningxin and the others last night were still there for a long time.
It didn't take long for Su Ningxin to hear the sound of horse hooves again, and the person who appeared in her sight this time made Su Ningxin's pupils dilate, because the person had a horse and was also wearing coarse linen clothes, but he had a quiver in his quiver. The arrows are bone arrows, and the bow is also made by the Xixia people. Judging from the appearance, it seems that they are just Xixia people wearing Daqi clothes.
Even though there is no war between Daqi and Xixia, the Xixia people are not allowed to come in easily at the border, and even if they come in, they are not allowed to bring weapons. Although this mountain is very close to the border, it is still the boundary of Daqi. How could the Xixia people come here
"What are you looking at?" the Xixia man asked as soon as he arrived. He seemed to be very familiar with the Daqi man in coarse clothes.
The Xixia people spoke the language of Xixia, and Su Ningxin could understand it. When she was working as a secret guard, she learned a lot about the languages of the countries surrounding Daqi.
What surprised Su Ningxin was that the Daqi man actually replied in fluent Xixia dialect, "Someone has been here recently, and there are still blood stains from making a fire."
The Xixia man immediately became alert, "Have you been discovered? Is someone following you?"
Hearing this, Su Ningxin was already 90% sure that they were here to meet and they might be plotting something, but she didn't know whether they were plotting against Da Qi or Xixia.
The Daqi man gestured to him to calm down, and then explained, "It should be the person who came here to hunt last night. There are still blood stains and traces of struggle on the riverside. It may be that he encountered a wild beast. Isn't that person being hunted now?" The beast ran away after eating it, but there is a beast nearby, so let’s cut the story short and leave quickly.”
The Xixia people laughed, "We Xixia people are not afraid of prairie wolves, and we can subdue wild beasts."
The Daqi people didn't want to talk to him anymore and said directly, "Xingyuan's official tea was discovered by the emperor."
Before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by the Xixia man, who said with a fierce face, "What do you mean? Do you want to break the contract? Our Khan has withdrawn the tribesmen on the border and prepared troops and horses. Are you trying to tease the Khan?" ?"
The Xixia man said that he had already stepped forward and moved his hands, grabbing the other person's collar and almost lifting him up.
Su Ningxin recalled that when she was watching Cuju, she heard someone say that a lot of Xixia herdsmen outside the Guan Dynasty had recently moved away. It turned out to be this reason.
Colluding with foreign tribes and sending troops to attack the border, the emperor had to send troops to fight, leaving the capital empty without troops to protect him, and finally besieging the palace. Isn't this the work of Prince Jing in his previous life? Is it him again, or is it just an ordinary person with Xingyuan being bribed to be an inside agent
The Daqi man struggled hard to open the opponent's hand, coughed twice and said, "My master means that you will send troops according to the original plan. Although the tea leaves are gone, after the autumn harvest, the food from the border states will belong to you. When the master comes, When the trouble comes, I will give you fine iron."
The Xixia man thought for a while and said, "I will go back and report to the Great Khan, and I will send you another letter."
"Okay, go back soon. I'm afraid someone will find out if you are saved." The Daqi man hurried away, but the Xixia man didn't stop, got on his horse and rode away.
After seeing the Xixia people leave, the Daqi people couldn't help but spit on the ground and cursed, "Barbarians."
"Haha, he is indeed a barbarian." A clear male voice suddenly sounded in his ears. The Daqi man was startled, and turned his head to meet an eyebrow-tip knife pressed against his neck.
The man immediately raised his hand and said in a trembling voice, "Strong man, please spare your life. I just want to exchange grain and Xixia people for some wolf hairs to make some pens in exchange for money. The family has a large population and the farmland is getting worse every year. If we don't find some other way to make a living, I'm afraid people will starve to death."
"You'd better go talk to the official about this. I'm only responsible for exchanging you for the silver reward." Su Ningxin said, having already taken out the rope that tied the prey in the bag.
The man tried to escape while Su Ningxin only had a knife in one hand, but Su Ningxin kicked him to the ground and tied him up in a few strokes.
In order to prevent the Xixia man from coming back, Su Ningxin took the bad horse and the prisoner into the woods and stopped when they were out of sight.
Su Ningxin sat on the branch again, thinking about her next plan. It stands to reason that Shuangbai would go back to call for someone, and he would definitely bring someone here today, but Shuangbai himself was injured, and the sky was dark last night, so it was very dark. Maybe he ran the wrong way or fell into a coma on the way.
If no one comes today, it may be that Shuangbai has not gone back at all, and he will have to find a way to take this person away. If it is any later, even Shuangbai may be in danger.
Su Ningxin glanced at the bad horse with disgust, "This horse looks too bad. It definitely can't carry two people. I wonder if I can tie the spy behind and let him run with it?"]
After a while, Su Ningxin heard the sound of horse hooves again, and the spy was about to scream excitedly, but Su Ningxin flew down from the tree and kicked him in the face, then cut a piece of his clothes and stuffed it In his mouth, Shang felt puzzled and made some grudges. It would not be unfair to lead foreigners to massacre compatriots.
After that, the sound of horse hooves got closer and closer, and soon a bay-red horse ran towards Su Ningxin, still breathing heavily when she ran in front of Su Ningxin.
A smile appeared on Su Ningxin's face. At first, she thought that a good horse would be something like a sweaty horse or a lion, but now she feels that a bay horse that understands human nature and knows how to protect its owner is a really good horse.
"Where did you lead the black bear to?" Su Ningxin said lovingly while stroking the horse's head. She also glanced at the spy and said, "There happens to be someone here who needs to be fed to the bear."
The spy immediately shook his head "woo woo", but could not say anything to beg for mercy.
(End of chapter)