Team Commander Isabel Walton put down the hydration bag and picked up a cowhide bag on the grass beside him, and pulled out a small piece of cured pork that had been cooked on the boat from the pocket. Just as he was thinking about saying a few jokes to Wei Congfast, he looked at the cured pork in his hand and thought of a way to lure the snake out.

Immediately put the meat back in his pocket, and ordered Baldwin, the guard, "Get everyone ready to get out of here." ”

"You've only had a break for a while before leaving? In danger? As he stood up in thought, Wei looked at his commander in the faint moonlight, "Your Excellency, are we in danger?" ”

Isabel shook her head, "No, we're going west, all the way to the edge of the forest. ”

"Uh, yes, Your Excellency." Fast still didn't understand her thoughts, so he had to agree.

"Wait, Fast, you take Hall and Miller and you go hunting a few hares or whatever in the woods. After hunting the prey, it joins us at the edge of the forest to the west. Isabel commanded as she gathered her belongings and weapons.

The rest of the sneak attack team didn't understand what she was trying to do, so they could only carry out her orders in a daze. In a short time, with the exception of the three members who had gone hunting, the entire sneak attack team quickly marched through the wild meadows in the forest to the western edge of the ancient forest. As she walked slowly, Isabel saw in the distance flickering lights of houses resembling those of the countryside in northern England erected on the shore about half a mile away. Then she looked to the right of the country houses, and sure enough, she saw something black, like a wall, towering over the land and the coast.

"Stop. Baldwin, let everybody camp here. Immediately afterward, a new order was issued.

When everyone was seated to rest, Isabel asked everyone to form a circle around her, and began to explain what she had just done, "Brother, the squire Ralph Earl told me on the boat that the land and castle here belong to the Scots royal family. Well, the forest we are in is probably the hunting ground of the Scottish royal family. I think you all know what kind of punishment comes with poaching in royal hunting grounds. ”

Everyone nodded, but they still didn't know what she was trying to say. Isabel glanced at the crowd and whispered, "Now, we are a group of civilians poaching in the royal hunting grounds. If we were to hunt our game here and set up a fire to barbecue it, it would definitely attract the attention of the gamekeepers. ”

After speaking, he pointed in the direction of several houses on the coast and said, "The hunting ground keepers will come from that direction to arrest us, and then we can catch a few guards to find out the news in the castle." ”

It was only then that everyone came to their senses. Baldwin, who was kneeling on one leg, nodded, smiled softly and said, "Your Excellency, what if we have been barbecuing our prey all night, and the hunting ground keepers still haven't captured us by dawn?" ”

Isabel tilted her head and said deliberately, "It can give us a feast of fresh game from the royal hunting grounds." When the brothers had had eaten, they attacked the houses and arrested a few farmers for interrogation. ”

When Fast returned with Hall, he had a few more strange wild birds such as hares, herons, thrushes, starlings, quails, cuckoos, and larks. The three of them put the prey on the grass, and Isabel looked at the prey and shook her head, "God, I don't think these prey are enough for either Fast or Baldwin alone." ”

Everyone laughed, and Baldwin hurriedly made a gesture, "Shhhhhh Be quiet! ”

Isabel thought for a moment and then turned her head to look at the country houses on the coast, and then commanded the people, "Brothers, you quickly clean up the prey, and Fast and I will go and get a sheep to come back and roast and eat." ”

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Just listen to "Whoosh! With a single click, a heavy arrow struck the head of a well-built, adult Scottish black-faced sheep. Immediately afterwards, the black-faced sheep let out a "Baa! A scream resounded in the night. At this time, Isabelle, who had lowered her longbow, lowered her body and continued to lurk in the large area of cultivated land to the south of several houses.

Fast looked at the houses on the coast directly in front of him with a serious expression, while Isabel remained motionless and observed the other houses on the left side of the farmland. After some time, neither of them noticed that the farmer had come out of any of the houses to inspect the domestic black-faced sheep that had been killed by the arrow.

Isabel said regretfully in the night, "These Scots sleep worse than pigs, and they don't even know that a sheep has died." ”

Fast listened to her words and wanted to laugh, and put his hand over his mouth and said, "Your Excellency, I have never seen a poacher who likes to poach domestic sheep in the dark. ”

"Fast, did you know that King Henry VII made a provision in the Forest Law: 'Poaching in the royal forest under a mask at night is a felony'."

"Your Excellency, is there such a rule? However, we are not poaching in the royal forests of England, we are poaching on Scottish farms. ”

"That's right, we're Vikings who love to raid the Scots." When Isabel finished speaking, she slowly stood up and said, "Let's go, go and bring back the prey." ”

In the middle of the night, a large bonfire was lit in the Blakeness Royal Forest, one of the Scottish royal territories. A roasted whole sheep was set up on the campfire, and two members of the sneak attack team smelled the aromatic smell of roasted whole sheep while adding firewood to the campfire.

At this moment, one of the several houses in the cultivated land was suddenly opened, and a vague human figure stood in the doorway, watching the movement on the side of the royal forest. Soon, the vague figure turned and returned to the premises. When the figure walked out of the door of the house again, he seemed to have an extra longbow on his body, an equally black and slimy long pillar object on his waist, and a one-handed sword in his hand along the path between the fields towards the campfire.

As he approached the edge of the royal forest, he could already hear what he was saying. I only heard the vague figure shouting, "Bastard, there are always some guys who want to have their hands cut off and come here to poach." ”

"Bastard, if I catch you, I'll put you on the fire first."

Without thinking, the vague figure raised its legs and walked into the forest, and after a dozen steps, he saw the bonfire of the whole sheep roasted at a glance. However, he felt a little strange that there was no one around the roaring campfire.