Chapter 15: Killing
Although I don't know General Batu's intention to bring her here, but if she stays here, there is no reason to eat and drink for nothing, so Qisheng also does some light physical work like the children on the ranch, feeding sheep and collecting manure.
In the poor material conditions of the northern Morocco, sheep dung and horse dung are very useful, not only can be used for heating, but can even be used to make houses, and occasionally used to make medicinal materials.
Daddy has a grandson named Ah He, who is three years older than Qisheng, but almost a head shorter than her. Thin and dark, standing in the biting cold wind will be blown down by the wind if you are not careful.
Every day, my father would make soup and cook meat for Qisheng, but he never took a little minced meat for his grandson.
He said that he had sworn allegiance to General Batu for the rest of his life, and that he had carried out this loyalty to the fullest, including with regard to his own family.
Sometimes, Qisheng would secretly hide two pieces of meat and stuff them for Ah He when his father was away.
To her surprise, Ah He was resolute at first, and if she forced it, he would escape.
Qisheng said: "Ah He, you have to eat more meat to grow taller and stronger, so as to protect Daddy, Auntie and Daddy." ”
Ah He was slightly stunned for a moment, and then reluctantly took a bite of the meat that Qisheng handed to his mouth.
After all, it was a child, and the smell of meat spread in his mouth, and Ah He smiled happily, and the plateau red on his cheeks was particularly vivid.
Since then, Ah He and Qisheng have become good friends.
When the weather is fine, Ah He will take Qisheng to play in the woods around the pasture, in fact, he mainly goes to dig birds' nests, don't look at Ah He's thin but his ability to climb trees is very good.
"In the summer, my father will go to the North Cliff to pick honey, and the honey there is so sweet. Ah Hedao, his two eyes narrowed into a slit, like a glowing moon.
"I will also collect honey, and I can also collect it for you to eat without your father when the time comes. Qisheng said.
"Huh, when did you climb up?" Ah, only then did he realize that Qisheng, who had been standing under the tree, had climbed to a position as high as him in a puff of smoke.
She was three years old when she climbed a tree and dug out a bird's nest, and every time she would look up at her under the tree, anxiously circling around the tree.
"Qisheng, look, there are a few people over there. Ahe pointed into the distance.
"Shhhh
Three men came on horseback, armed with weapons, and looking at this outfit, they were either killers or samurai.
"Why is the little princess suddenly fine?" said the man with the scimitar behind him.
"It is said that the king found her a strange flower, which has the effect of reviving the dead. Another man with a scar across his face and a curved bow on his back.
"Bring the dead back to life?he~ She is alive, and the first thing she did when she came back to life was to kill someone, and this cold day caused us to run. ”
"After all, it's not that she herself had to steal General Batu's horse, but she fell and almost lost her life, so what does it have to do with others?"
"It's just a slave, the princess has always held grudges, this time she planted such a big heel, she can't find someone to be angry! She has been smart and clever since she was a child, and no one among her brothers can ride a horse and gallop the grassland at the age of 5 like her, but General Batu's mount Huofeng is notoriously difficult to tamesticate, how can anyone ride it?"
"Then again, it is said that Huofeng was taken out of his heart by a wolf child and died a miserable death. ”
"I've also heard that General Batu cherishes his mount so much that even the princess didn't punish Huofeng for hurting him, and now he was gouged out of his heart, but General Batu is not angry, not like his style. ”
"You don't understand this, right~ Although the fire wind is rare, there is no wolf child in the end~"
"That's enough!" the man in the iron mask, who had been silent, turned around and said sharply.
The two of them were stunned, their faces calm, no longer spoke, and silently followed behind the iron-masked man.
The three of them gradually disappeared into the woods, the cold wind howled, the snowflakes on the trees fell with a clatter, and Qisheng shivered all over, and a sense of foreboding tugged at her heart.
"Qisheng, what's wrong with you?" Ahh asked when he saw that Qisheng seemed to have lost his soul.
Qisheng came back to her senses, and she looked at Ah He with fear and pathos in her eyes.
"Ah, you stay here, don't go anywhere. If...... I mean, if you see a fire on the prairie, you run, wherever you go. This is the jerky I have hidden for the past two days, and this knife is also for you. Qisheng shoved the dried meat and dagger hidden in his arms into Ah He's hand, and then disappeared into the woods without looking back.
Ah He stared blankly at the back of Qisheng's disappearing, really...... It's really fast!
They said they were going to kill people, this vast snowfield, inaccessible, except for ...... Pasture!
Qisheng was still late, and when she arrived, her father's head had been cut off by the scimitar man, and his body fell on the snow outside the tent, blood gushing out, and he was red to the ground.
Qisheng stood like wood, as if the whole world was still, she thought of her father, remembered the tower bones, and remembered Wu Qi...... There was a smell of blood everywhere.
"I'm going to kill you......" The old man's son had just returned from feeding the horses, and when he saw such a scene, he grabbed an axe and slashed it, only to be pierced in the heart by the scar man sitting on the horse with a sharp arrow.
Ahe's mother knelt on the snow and wept bitterly, and in an instant she became a widow who had lost her family and her husband, and this morning their family was fine, and the mournful voice resounded through the snowfield.
The scimitar man turned to look at the corpse lying in a pool of blood, and mocked, "I can't do it." Then with the tip of his knife, he put his father's head neatly into the burlap bag, and the three of them rode away.
Originally, they thought that they would meet the guards of the ranch, and there would be some small frictions, so they would send three people to carry out the task, but they didn't expect that today was the day of the ranch to send the herds, and the guards went out to escort the herdsmen, which saved a lot of trouble.
"General, word has come from the ranch that Iron Mask broke into the ranch with two killers and killed the horse tamer and his son. "Tula Dao.
"Iron Mask, Yu'er woke up?" Batu said calmly, this girl is young, but she is vicious and ruthless.
"It's been half a month since I woke up, and yesterday I suddenly remembered something, so I ordered someone to kill the horse trainer who gave you the tribute of the fire wind. "Tula Dao.
A few months ago, the five-year-old Princess Yu'er was seriously injured and almost died when she fell from a horse while stealing General Batu's mount.
General Batu is the emperor's younger brother, and he has made great achievements, she can't help it, so she vents her anger on the horse trainer.
"That's it~ It's just a slave, it's good to let Yu'er dissipate her anger. By the way, let the rancher send a few more good horses. General Batu said.
"Send horses?" Tula was a little puzzled, thinking that the princess had fallen from her horse, and her injuries had not yet healed, and now she was sending a few more horses, for fear that she would make the princess unhappy, and she was really pitiful for the slaves who sent the horses, and she would definitely be beaten.
"Send it over, Yu'er will like it. That girl, killing a slave can't relieve the anger in her heart. Batu said.