Winter in Jinling is mostly morning fog.

Misty and wet, like a veil and a curtain.

After Yan Kentang got up early in the morning, he went to practice riding and archery first, as he did in the capital, and then came back to read a few more pages, and went to the school house to listen to the lectures after breakfast.

After a night's rest, the little yellow bird was no longer as hasty as yesterday.

He combed his feathers with his small red beak and made two beautiful chirps from time to time.

Yan Kentang stretched out his hand, and the little bird jumped on his hand, tilted his little head, and looked at him with dark eyes.

"Childe, I've already fed it in the morning," the attendant came over and said, "This little thing is very provincial, there is not a single grain left, and the chaff doesn't even look at it." ”

Yan Qingtang walked over and said while reading the book: "We're going to go to the school house in a while, let's put it away by the way!" There are often wild cats here, so don't let them go. ”

Yan Kentang carried the bird out, and the fog outside had not yet cleared.

Yan Kentang raised his hand and said to the bird, "Go! ”

After speaking, he waved his hand, and the bird fluttered and flew up, but it did not fly far, only landed on the wall not far away, looking at Yan Kentang and others chirping, as if there was reluctance.

"Let's go! We're going to read books! Yan Qingtang said: "Fly quickly, fly quickly." ”

The bird lingered for a moment, and then spread its wings and flew up to the big willow tree not far away.

Yan Kentang and the others also turned their heads and prepared to leave, and just took two steps, only to hear the little yellow bird chirping and screaming, as if frightened, wanting to fly but unable to fly, only fluttering on the head of the willow tree.

The crowd didn't know what to do, and when they stopped to look, a harrier eagle broke through the fog and flew over, and caught the little bird at once, but it was already gone in the blink of an eye.

"This harrier eagle is so cunning, dare it has been waiting around here all along," Yan Qingtang shouted: "It's a pity that I didn't let the little yellow bird come out if I knew this." ”

But at this time, it was useless to repent, only a few feathers fell messily on the ground, and there was no need to think about it, the little bird had already made the belly of the harrier eagle.

Yan Kentang walked over to pick up the fallen feathers, his eyebrows as cold as frost.

"Seventh brother," Yan Qingtang said closely, "What are you going to do?" ”

He had never seen Yan Kentang with such an expression since he was a child, and the seventh brother in his impression was always gentle, modest and polite, and never as cold and solemn as he is today.

"I should avenge this bird," Yan Kentang said, "Let's go to the school first, and when we leave, I'll go everywhere to find the harrier eagle." ”

"Huh?!" Yan Qingtang and all the attendants were stunned: "That's just a bird, how can anyone avenge the bird?" ”

"Yes, Seventh Prince," an old servant advised, "this cannibalism is also in nature, so you don't have to be so entangled." ”

"I also know that it is natural for the weak to eat the strong," Yan Kentang said, "but the yellow bird came to me when it was in trouble, and I also took it in, who would have thought that in the end I could not protect it thoroughly."

It is said that to kill a person, he must be killed, and to save a person, he must be saved. Although this bird can't speak, how different is the heart of asking for help?

If I can't avenge it, I'm not betraying its trust? ”

"Twelve sons, what should we do?" An attendant quietly asked Yan Qingtang.

Yan Qingtang spread his hands, yes, if his seventh brother recognized something, let alone eight cows, even eighty would not be able to pull them back.

"What can I do, naturally we will look for the harrier eagle together!" Yan Qingtang said: "When the time comes, just listen to the instructions of the seventh brother." ”

After school that day, Yan Kentang really brought a bow and arrow to catch the harrier eagle.

Yan Qingtang and others are also going, and there are many classmates who also want to help.

Although Yan Kentang has only been in Jinling Academy for a short time, he has a clear appearance, extraordinary bearing, and is also knowledgeable, and his answers are fluent, which has already made many people admire.

Therefore, when they heard that he wanted to avenge the yellow bird, everyone asked for help.

Yan Kentang first thanked everyone, and then said, "If you want to help, remember to capture the harrier eagle alive." ”

"Huh?!" Everyone was shocked: "It's not easy to catch a living person!" It's flying all over the place. ”

"I naturally know below," Yan Kentang said: "Let you catch it alive, first, I am afraid that someone will make a mistake and kill innocents in vain." Second, if I catch the real culprit, I will tell him the reason for killing it in person, so that he can know why he killed it. ”

"Isn't this a prisoner?" People said, "It means that it must be made to die." ”

"That's right, and I hope you will do it." Yan Kentang said, and Tuan Tuan gave a salute to everyone: "But if you catch the real murderer for Yan, you will be grateful in the future." ”

"There's no need to thank you, just ask Yan Gongzi to invite us to a drink," someone said, "It's in the Shih Tzu wine shop." ”

The crowd laughed and chimed in.

Yan Kentang said with a smile: "This is easy, and it must be cashed out in the next place." ”

So the people scattered one after another, and went everywhere to look for the harrier eagle, and although they caught a few of them in half a day's work, they were neither.

Don't ask Yan Kentang if he can identify the real murderer, everything that has passed through his eyes since he was a child is not mistaken.

Early the next morning, Yan Kentang prepared to go out and continued to look for the harrier eagle.

As soon as he opened the door, he found many people standing at the gate of the courtyard, each carrying a harrier eagle in his hand.

Some of them he knew, but many more didn't know him.

A seven-foot-and-five-tall man stepped forward and said, "Childe, my little sister said that you are looking for harrier eagles everywhere, so she told me to hurry up and catch them, do you think?" ”

Another middle-aged man stepped forward and said, "Childe, these two baby harrier eagles were caught by my young lady and asked the whole family to go up the mountain to catch them, do you think?" ”

It turned out that all the women in Jinling City who had seen Yan Kentang admired him, and heard that Yan Kentang was looking for a harrier eagle, so he asked his family to catch it.

So hundreds of people came early in the morning, and of course that's not all, because some of them haven't been harvested yet, and they continue to catch everywhere.

Yan Kentang didn't expect this, so he hurriedly asked everyone to salute the other inducements, and when he looked at it, there was a child about the same size as Yan Qingtang who was carrying the harrier eagle that caught the yellow bird.

Yan Kentang left this one, gave the child a hundred taels of silver as a thank you, and asked the two attendants to send the child back.

He also begged the others to release all the innocent harrier eagles into the wild, and let the attendants reserve a seat at the Shih Tzu wine shop, and all those who helped to catch the harrier eagles should go there to eat and drink.

After that, Yan Kentang counted his sins in front of the harrier eagle.

Strange to say, the harrier eagle lowered its head, as if confessing its sins.

"You are a bird, I will never kill you," Yan Kentang said, "You are not injured, you can fly away." If I can kill you with one arrow, I will avenge my little friend, and if I miss, you will not be killed. ”

Then he took the bow and arrow, and released the harrier eagle, and when he saw that it was far away, he shot an arrow at the same time.

The harrier was hit by an arrow and fell from the sky, and the people ran to pick it up, and the arrow feathers shot the harrier eagle's head through it.

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