Chapter 100: Flares
"Oops! It's a flare! β
Seeing the red light that broke through the felt bag, Shen Yinxing reacted instantly.
The assassin with his hands tied deliberately rushed towards the carbon fire in order to ignite the flare on his body.
Judging by the sound and brightness of the flare, the person receiving the signal is estimated to be within fifteen kilometers.
Thinking of this, Shen Yinxing's eyes darkened, and now he was in trouble.
There was a faint smell of burnt roast meat in the air, and the Assassin lying in the charcoal fire had a fire burning on his back, howling in pain as he rolled on the ground, trying to extinguish the flames behind him by tumbling.
"Ahhhh
The burnt Assassin wailed and rolled, his facial muscles twisted in pain, and everyone next to him looked at him coldly, no one wanted to come up to help.
The assassin rolled twice on the ground, then just where Hazy Moon was standing.
Hazy Moon was not far from the coals, so in the blink of an eye, the assassin rolled at her feet.
No one expected that the assassin who was rolling and wailing on the ground one second would burst out from the ground the next second, and then broke the ropes of his hands, and the lightning struck towards Haoyue.
Just in the coal-fire, the Assassin skillfully burned the rope tied to his hand with fire.
The eyes of the assassin who pounced on Haoyue were full of determination and ruthlessness, and in the flash of light, his big hands covered with thick calluses had already twisted towards Haoyue's neck.
The incident happened suddenly, and the young Haoyue couldn't dodge it at all.
But there was no trace of panic in Haoyue's eyes, she looked at the assassin in front of her steadily, and the corners of her mouth were hooked.
As early as the moment the assassin attacked Haoyue, Shen Yinxing opened a barrier around her, so Haoyue didn't panic at all.
However, the other guards in the felt bag didn't know this, they only thought that Haoyue would be twisted off her neck in the next second.
One of the guards, skilled at wielding knives, immediately drew his sword, gave a roar, and flew towards the Assassin's head.
"Wait!"
Shen Yinxing hurriedly spoke out to stop it, but it was obviously too late.
The guard's hand raised and fell, and as soon as the cold light flashed, a red line soared out of the air, and the moment the red line landed, it splashed into a pool of blood.
The assassin's head also rolled down, and after a few spins on the ground, it came to a halt at the feet of Hazy Moon.
Although this is not the first time Haoyue has seen the head of a dead man, this scene is still too bloody, and Haoyue is shocked to stay in place with her mouth covered.
This assassin actually wanted to die, so he attacked Haoyue.
Shen Yinxing also understood this, so she hurriedly shouted to stop just now.
The Assassin had just released a flare, presumably sending some sort of message to his companions.
Shen Yinxing glanced at the two corpses on the ground and shook his head, now it was unknown whether his companions were going to attack or retreat.
In a hurry, he accidentally killed someone, cutting off important clues, and the guard also blamed himself a little.
But Ge Jiamu patted her on the shoulder, "It's okay, you're doing a good job, Lando is more important than those clues." β
Haoyue also came back to her senses from the bloody scene, nodded and said: "Well, the soldiers are coming to block, and the water is coming to cover the earth, I want to see who dares to attack the grassland princess in the territory of Dayuan." β
Shen Yinxing said in a deep voice: "People within fifteen kilometers can see that signal flare, if they make a move, it is estimated that they will be able to come within two hours." β
Ge Jiamu covered his freshly bandaged arm and immediately said, "It's not appropriate to stay here for a long time, let's go quickly!" β
The wind and snow are urging people, and the team is pulling out.
The steppe cavalry opened the way in front, Ge Jiamu and the wagon team walked in the middle, and the rest of the Xu family wore cotton clothes and nested in the carriage.
Xu Ajiu rode a little donkey at the end of the team, and several goshawks hovered in the air, alert to the surrounding movements.
Shen Yinxing took Xu Jia and Xu Wei to protect the sides of the team in case someone sneaked up on the flank.
Haoyue was wrapped in a fluffy red cloak and was held by Xu Jingyang in the carriage.
The cold wind was howling in his ears, the wind and snow outside the car were vague, and the wind was blowing like a knife.
It didn't take long for the horsemen's hands and faces to turn red from the cold, and a thick layer of frost formed on their eyebrows.
The temperature in the carriage was also low, and the thin walls of the carriage could not block the cold air at all, so Xu Jingyang put a charcoal fire in a crockpot and put it on the car, which was a little warm.
Because Haoyue was afraid of carbon monoxide poisoning, she asked Daddy to lift the curtain to ventilate it.
Naughty snowflakes and cold winds swirled in through the curtains.
Haoyue looked up, the curtain was shining through the sky, and a little white plum was falling, which was very poetic.
Haoyue sighed at the little frozen red fist, it was beautiful on a snowy day, but it was also really cold.
Suddenly, Shen Yinxing, who was patrolling on a white horse, circled back, then lifted the door curtain and reached out to hand Haoyue a bunch of red fruits.
The bunch of fiery berries was delicate and lovely, full of them, and there was clean snow on them.
This is a berry called sorghum bubble, which grows in the field in winter, and has a sweet and sour taste and is full of juice.
Shen Yinxing knew that Haoyue liked sweets, and when she was patrolling the surrounding area just now, she saw sorghum bubbles growing in the field, so she picked a string of sorghum bubbles that were the largest, reddest, and most watery, and brought them to Haoyue.
"Hee-hee, thank you, A-Niang~"
Haoyue took the long string of fiery sorghum bubbles, and then smiled sweetly at Shen Yinxing.
As soon as Haoyue's eyes were bent, the small dimples on her face were revealed, and Shen Yinxing's heart was soft.
Ahh
After that, Shen Yinxing lowered the curtain, hit his horse forward, and continued to cruise around.
When Haoyue was picking up the sorghum bubble, she also noticed that Shen Yinxing's hand had been hooked and broken, and it had been frozen to a little red and swollen.
There are barbed thorns on the branches of the sorghum bubbles, and if you are not careful when you pick them, they will scratch the back of your hand.
Originally, Shen Yinxing could open a barrier to resist the attack of the wind and snow, but because Ge Jiamu had already been targeted by assassins, just in case, Shen Yinxing had been using the barrier to protect Ge Jiamu.
Haoyue picked a fiery red berry stained with falling snow and put it in her mouth, the crystal full sorghum bubble, and took a sip with her tongue, and the sweet and sour juice exploded in her mouth instantly.
The carriage was instantly filled with fresh fruity flavors, and the small berries were sweet and sour, which was mouth-watering.
The berries have a sour taste greater than sweetness, but they can stimulate the appetite very much, and the hazy moon can't stop eating one after another.
Xu Jingyang doesn't like sweets, so he told Haoyue to eat slowly, so as to be careful of being hooked by barbs.
Haoyue looked through the curtain and looked at Ah Jiu who was walking at the end of the line, she remembered that her brother also loved to eat sour fruits, so she wanted to give them to him.
Xu Ajiu rode a little donkey and two dogs to walk at the end, the wind and snow wrapped around him, although he wore a thick cotton coat and a warm felt hat, but still could not block the invasion of the wind and snow.
Ah Jiu's originally pale cheeks were red from the cold, and his eyelashes were also covered with fine ice edges.
In the blink of an eye, the thin edges of ice on the eyelashes began to fall.
Originally, Haoyue wanted to call him in, but Ah Jiu said that it was convenient to interact with the cavalry outside, and if the enemy situation was discovered, he could immediately notify everyone.
So Ah Jiu rode a little donkey and two dogs at the end of the line.
Haoyue wanted to find her brother, so she jumped out of the carriage with a pop, but the snow on the ground was waist-deep.
Her little short legs jumped, and the whole person was directly submerged in the snow, leaving only a round felt hat and two big eyes exposed.
This scene made Xu Jingyang laugh, "Hahaha, laughing to death, you are so short, how dare you jump directly." β
Xu Jingyang was not in a hurry to catch the moon, let her flutter in the sea of snow and watch the jokes on the sidelines.
Hearing the unbridled laughter above his head, Haoyue, who was fluttering in the snow, stopped moving for a moment, then stared at his eyes and pretended to be angry, pursed his lips and looked at Xu Jingyang dissatisfied.
Seeing that his baby daughter was unhappy, Xu Jingyang laughed loudly, reached out and scooped up Haoyue, and then patted all the snow on Haoyue's body like a rag doll.
Ah Jiu saw that his sister seemed to be looking for him, so he whistled over on a donkey.
Haoyue found that Ah Jiu's hands were tightly covered, as if there was something in his hands.
She took a look and found that Ah Jiu's frozen red palm was snuggling up to a shivering finch.
Ah Jiu touched the head of the little finch in his arms, and then spit out a few words: "Its legs are frozen." β
I saw that the little finch's feet were glued to a branch, and a thick layer of ice crystals formed in the middle.
The little finch on the side of the road had just seen a convoy passing by, and struggled to fly away from the branches, but its feet were frozen on the branches, and no amount of struggle could help.
When Ah Jiu noticed its abnormality, he broke off the branch and removed it, and then tried to melt the ice on its feet with the temperature of his palm.
Haoyue saw that her brother's hand was also white from the cold, and without thinking about it, she raised Ah Jiu's hand to give him a sigh.
"Ha~"
Haoyue's movements made Ah Jiu's eyes swell, and there was an indescribable feeling in his heart.
"Brother, leave this little finch to me, it's warmer in the carriage."
Hao Yue said, and after taking a breath at Ah Jiu's hand, she took out half a string of fiery red sorghum bubbles and stuffed it into his hand, "Brother, you eat, this fruit is sour." β
"Hmm"
Ah Jiu has always listened to Haoyue's words, he nodded, and then handed the little bird to Haoyue, and took half a string of sorghum bubbles.
Haoyue noticed that Ah Jiu's hands already had chilblains, and the red bulges were particularly dazzling on the back of his white hands.
At this time, Haoyue suddenly remembered that there were several bags of warm babies in the space.
So, Haoyue took out the warm baby from the space, then tore open the packaging bag, handed it to Ah Jiu and said: "Brother, stick this warm baby in your clothes, just stick it on your chest, and your body will warm up after a while." β
Ah Jiu nodded, and took the warm baby again.
Seeing that her brother had warmed the baby, Haoyue returned to the carriage with the little snowfinch in her arms.
It's really a sin to hurry on a snowy day.
Haoyue frowned and thought, it just snowed, and everyone's hands and feet began to have chilblains, and then it was freezing all the way, how could they stand it.
Seeing A-Niang and her brother freezing in the ice and snow, she felt a little uncomfortable.
It's a pity that there are not many warm babies, and there are only two pieces left in the space backpack, and this warm baby can only heat up for a few hours, and it can't withstand the chill of the wind and snow at all.
Unless there are a large number of warm babies, they can be applied all over the body, and then replaced as soon as they do not have a fever.
Haoyue's eyebrows were twisted, where did she go to get so many warm babies.
"Baby Emperor, did you just give your brother that warm baby, is there anything else? My old cold leg is guilty again, and it hurts from one twitch after another. β
Xu Jingyang poked Haoyue's little face, and then asked with a smile on the side.
Remembering that she had just fallen into the snow pit, this person was actually watching a joke on the side, and Haoyue was angry.
Haoyue glanced at Daddy, and then said angrily: "No, you hurt." β
"None?" Xu Jingyang scratched his head: "Then can you make one?" β
Wake up the person in the dream with a word, yes, the warm baby is gone, can you do it yourself?
Haoyue's mind recalled the principle of warm baby's fever.
She remembers that when she was in chemistry class, the teacher had talked about it.
Warm baby is a polymer synthesized from iron powder, activated carbon and inorganic salts, and its heating is an oxidative exothermic reaction.
High-purity iron powder is oxidized with oxygen in the air under the action of a catalyst, which releases heat.
Then use the non-woven fabric to control the amount of oxygen transmitted, which can control the oxidation reaction rate, so as to adjust the heating temperature and time of the warm baby.
Therefore, the core material for making warm babies is iron powder, the finer the iron powder, the higher the quality, the longer the heating time of warm babies.
However, in addition to a large amount of high-purity iron powder, you also need to adjust the ratio of salt and charcoal, whether it is extracting iron powder or debugging the proportion, with the current conditions, it is still difficult to make a warm baby.
However, it is better to pay more attention, after all, the iron smelting technology of this era has been very developed.
Xu Jingyang saw that his daughter was in a daze again, so he pinched her face: "Can you do it?" Like the last time I did that mask? β
Haoyue came back to her senses and pouted at Xu Jingyang: "Can't!" β
"Can't? What can't be? β
Ge Jiamu didn't know when, but suddenly appeared next to the carriage, followed by several guards.
Seeing that it was Ge Jiamu, Haoyue's tone was obviously much softened: "Oh, I'm discussing with Daddy about warming the baby, and the warm baby is a kind of cloth bag that can heat up by itself." β
"Self-heating cloth bag? Tell me more! "Ge Jiamu is very interested in warming the baby.
So Haoyue repeated the heating principle of warming the baby, the materials needed and the difficulties in production.
Listening to Haoyue's narration, Ge Jiamu's eyes became brighter and brighter, if this warm baby could be made, then there would be no soldiers and herdsmen on the grassland who would freeze to death.
In winter, the grasslands are extremely cold, but the herders are okay and can hide under the covers at night.
But every night in the royal court, soldiers on patrol were frozen to death.
Moreover, soldiers lurking in the snow to carry out their missions, if they encounter a blizzard, are likely to die quietly under the snow.
The steppe is sparsely populated, and the soldiers who can fight are even more valuable.
If this warm baby can be made, it will greatly improve the survivability and combat ability of the soldiers.
Knowing the difficulty of making a warm baby, Ge Jiamu patted Haoyue's shoulder: "Landuo!" When you get to the royal court, I'll take you to the best artisan blacksmith, this thing is worth trying! β
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