Chapter 38: Booby-Trap
"This is ......" Yan Pengyu frowned in surprise, but noticed that Lin Bin turned his head to look at the other side of the restaurant with a solemn expression, the door of the private room was pushed open again, and the four attendants who accompanied Yan Pengyu and Yao Sheng rushed over from next door.
"Let's go downstairs, it's not safe upstairs!" Lin Bin said in a deep voice, "Everyone follow me, and the steps are as light as possible." Although it was already dark in the building, it was not a problem for Lin Bin.
Everyone followed behind Lin Bin, held hands with each other, and walked out of the private room, the building was already chaotic at this time, among which there were many guests who were not lighting the lamp, and the guys in the restaurant were blocking and persuading.
Lin Bin led everyone and quickly descended from the stairs to the first floor, and Yan Pengyu was just about to speak, when he heard the sound of something heavy hitting from upstairs, followed by two screams full of horror, and the sound seemed to be rising continuously, straight up to the sky.
"Two fools!" Lin Bin scolded secretly, his consciousness shrouded the whole building, he knew that it was two drinkers who were not lighting the lamp, but they were knocked into the private room by a huge bird creature, grabbed and flew into the air, and flew towards the upstream direction of Miao River.
Moreover, Lin Bin also noticed that there should be two other birds hovering above the village, obviously looking for prey. Nearly ten meters long with its wings spread out and more than two and a half meters long, this bird creature is a behemoth. No wonder you can take two adults with you and take to the skies.
"It's a fierce bird, don't go out of the building, you should be fine. Lin Bin turned his head to Yan Pengyu and the others, "Third Brother Cang, let's go out and have a look." "He is a master of art, but he wants to see what kind of fierce bird would attack a human village so recklessly.
"Good!" the blue wolf took off his bow from his back, and he had been active in the mountains all year round, and he had seen many large birds, although he knew that it was fierce, but he was not afraid.
The two of them walked out of the door and into the deserted street, where the village was already dark. Lin Bin looked up, although the sky was cloudy and there was no moonlight, he still saw two black dots hovering on the left and right at an altitude of about a thousand meters.
"If only there was moonlight!" muttered the blue wolf, no matter how good his eyesight was, he could not see anything a kilometer away in a dark and moonless night.
Lin Bin looked at it for a while, then turned his head to the door of the building and said, "Brother Yan, should we continue to stay here, or go back to the inn?" The two birds didn't know when they would leave, and he was not in the mood to hold on to them like this.
"Let's go back to the inn. Yan Pengyu said without hesitation, although the banquet was not finished, but several people were about the same. The lights were not allowed, and strange birds were attacking, and he was worried that something would happen to the caravan in the inn.
Yan Pengyu settled the account and bought four bottles of green plum wine and some cold dishes, and it can be seen that Yan Pengyu is also a person who has been through wind and rain for a long time and is not surprised by changes.
And just when the six of them were about to go out of the building, the Miaoxi market suddenly burst into flames, Lin Bin frowned and looked over, he remembered that when he entered the market, he passed by there, which should be a place similar to a small square.
Let Yan Pengyu and the six people stay in the restaurant for the time being, and he and the blue wolf quickly rushed there.
A fire was erected on the ground paved with blue bricks, and the fire burned brightly, driving away the darkness, around which were seven or eight livestock, and in the darkness stood a dozen men in strong suits armed with throwing spears, and there were more than two dozen archers hidden in the surrounding buildings. Miao Zhongshan, who was holding a big bow, was lying on the ridge of the house and squinting at the sky, although he couldn't see if there were any fierce birds in the sky, but they still had to give it a try.
Ten days ago, they first appeared in Miaoxiji and captured nine people, including two young women and three foreign merchants. In these ten days, usually every three to five days, they will quietly appear at night, from the concentration to capture people or livestock, and make the concentration of people panic. Fortunately, it is winter now, and the number of caravans traveling abroad is not large, and the news has not yet spread, and if you don't get rid of these fierce birds, when the spring flowers bloom, the number of caravans coming and going in Miaoxi will definitely be in big trouble.
Miao Creek is concentrated, and the villagers surnamed Miao are the majority, accounting for about forty percent, so they naturally occupy the main positions in the set. Although there are a lot of fertile fields around Miaoxiji, the main income every year is still a lot of income brought by the passage of the trade road, if the business road is affected, for Miaoxiji, it is undoubtedly their fundamental interests. Miao Zhongshan is the only archer in Miao Xi's concentration who can shoot a five-stone strong bow, and this time he is naturally responsible for trapping and killing fierce birds.
It's just that Miao Zhongshan himself doesn't have much confidence in this booby-trap, they always go out at night, if the sky is clear and the moon is clear, the field of vision is broad, and you can still see their movements, today it is overcast, even he can't see them flying high in the air, which is a great obstacle for the archers to shoot them. All he could hope now was that the animals would be able to lure them down, and that the moment they caught their prey and flew high, it would be the best time for them to make a move.
No one noticed that there were two people standing on the roof about fifty or sixty paces away from them. The blue wolf said softly: "Lin Bin, you said there are two more on it?"
"Well, there are still two that didn't go, hovering in the air. Lin Bin glanced up and said.
"Then these people are going to be disappointed. The blue wolf sneered, "They think of these birds too stupidly. ”
Lin Bin nodded, Miao Zhongshan and they thought that they could hide in a place where the fire could not shine, and they could avoid the eyes of the sky, but they didn't know that those birds of prey flying high in the sky often had extremely excellent eyesight, and even the rabbits running on the ground could see it, not to mention so many people. Moreover, he also went into the mountains to hunt with the Cangjia brothers, and many birds were still very vigilant, and even the food in front of them had to be tested again and again before they came down to hunt.
"Is that bird really about five as long as I am with its wings outstretched?" asked the blue wolf in disbelief, "Ordinary birds rarely grow to such a large size, and they are usually fierce birds that live in the deep mountains and old forests, and rarely go to the plains where humans gather to feed. ”
"Then you saw three of them today. Lin Bin pointed to the Heavenly Dao.
The blue wolf sat down cross-legged and said, "If it is really a fierce bird, it really descends, I am afraid that ordinary archers will not be able to shoot them." ”