Chapter 169: Worry About Wild Animals in the Mountains

Chapter 169: Worry About Wild Animals in the Mountains

After the Xiao family left, the Shen family cleaned up the mess and finally had a peaceful breakfast. But everyone was in a bad mood.

In the afternoon, Zhuge Ling's servant brought back the news from the county government. The Xiao family had confessed that they had murdered Shen Changgeng, and even argued with each other in court, revealing more details. The Xiao family was not innocent at all, from Xiao Daqiang and Xiao Erqiang to Xiao Eryong's eight-year-old son Zhongping, except for the two little girls who were still in his arms and didn't know anything, everyone else participated. Xiao Sigui's family was notified to come to the trial. Because their family was too honest, they were always ordered by others to work in the fields, and they worked all day, so they didn't participate in the bad things done by the Xiao family. The people of the Xiao family were sentenced, and they couldn't avoid the disaster of prison. The longest was twenty years, and the younger ones were sentenced to ten years. Now there is a five-year-old girl in the first room and a four-year-old girl in the second room. Song Shijie has consulted Xiao Sigui's opinion, and he is determined not to raise these two children. These two children are rotten from the root. The little children are dirty all day long, their hands and feet are not clean, and they have bullied their big nie. The two children's in-laws were unwilling to raise them, so Song Shijie had no choice but to send them to the dining hall.

Everyone was relieved to see the Xiao family members brought to justice. However, when they thought about the suffering Shen Changgeng had endured in the past few years, they still felt a little upset.

Shen Zhi was going to go back to Baiyun Villa, and the potatoes would be harvested in a few days. Many people were paying attention to him, even He Jin, who was staying at their house temporarily, was paying attention. During this period, with Shen Zhi's care, He Jin's legs had improved a lot, and knowing that Shen Zhi was going back to the villa, he wanted to follow him.

At Baiyun Villa, Eunuch Cao and other officials were busy preparing for the harvest. The warehouse had to be cleaned up, sacks for potatoes, shovels for digging potatoes, bamboo baskets and scales had to be prepared, and the personnel had been assigned tasks in advance.

On the day before the harvest, Shen Zhi brought He Jin and his family to Baiyun Villa.

The officials were surprised to see He Jin.

"General He, the Protector of the Country, why are you here? Before I came here, I heard that your leg disease had recurred, and I wanted to visit you, but suddenly I received an order from the emperor and had to leave Beijing in a hurry. General, are you okay now?" The person who spoke was Lord Jiang from the Ministry of Agriculture, who had great respect for General He, who defended his country.

He Jin met Lord Jiang and laughed, "Old Jiang, my leg is completely healed now, all thanks to my nephew's wife. She gave me a few injections and my leg, which had been hurting for half my life, was healed. By the way, you don't know who my nephew's wife is, right? She is Yixiang Jun."

Lord Jiang thought: Nephew's wife? Isn't the nephew of the Great Protector of the Nation Zhan Xiao? He was shocked and asked, "Are you talking about General Zhan?"

He Jin nodded, smiling, "Yes, this child is great. We are here to help them get engaged. I heard that the potatoes that the emperor is particularly interested in will be harvested soon, so I came here to join in the fun."

Other officials also came over to greet He Jin, who was popular in the court. Shen Zhi felt embarrassed standing here listening to He Jin's occasional bragging, so he took Liang and He Qing to settle down first.

Shen Zhi lived alone in a courtyard with many empty rooms. Ruyi helped clean up two rooms with good orientations, and they moved in temporarily.

He Qing was born into a military family and had a free and unrestrained personality since childhood. As soon as she put down her bag, she pulled Shen Zhi up the mountain. Shen Zhi held his forehead, oh, here comes another Song Rou. But there are still differences between the two. Song Rou is tough but gentle, while He Qing is a tomboy.

Liang was not worried about the dangers in the mountains. If she had to worry, it would be the wild animals in the mountains. He Qing grew up with her father in the frontier and killed many wolves. She was an excellent archer and hit the target every time she shot.

The two men went up the mountain and headed straight for the deep mountains. He Qing looked down on the pheasants and rabbits on the outskirts, but he would still catch them if he saw any. After all, no matter how small a fly is, it is still meat.

Entering the deep mountains, the jungle was dense and overgrown with weeds, and there was no way to go. Shen Zhi used a machete to clear the way ahead, but it was difficult to move forward. After a lot of effort, the two of them finally reached a small river. Shen Zhi carefully observed the footprints and animal feces around him and saw that large animals often appeared here, and they were in groups.

Sure enough, it wasn't long before the sounds of animals were heard. Shen Zhi pulled He Qing to hide in the bushes nearby, quietly watching a group of bison coming out of the woods. They walked to the river and drank water leisurely.

"One, two, three... fifteen, sixteen, seventeen," He Qing counted the number of bison in a low voice, a total of seventeen. Oops, he only had ten arrows in his hand, never mind, ten was not bad, he never missed a target with his arrows, ten bison were a foregone conclusion.

Shen Zhi stopped her from pulling out the arrow, "No need for arrows, I have a tranquilizer gun, I won't hurt them. These cows can be tamed and used for plowing." The Great Xiao Dynasty had very strict control over cattle. Common people were not allowed to slaughter cattle at will. They were only allowed to kill and eat meat when they were too old to walk or too sick to survive. Plow cattle were too precious. But there were no restrictions on wild buffaloes. As long as you had the ability to hunt them, you could slaughter as many as you wanted. Many dignitaries wanted to eat beef, so the price of wild buffaloes remained high.

Shen Zhi took out a tranquilizer gun from his sleeve, aimed, and fired continuously. The seventeen bison fell one after another like dominoes. He Qing was stunned. What kind of magical hidden weapon was this?

At this moment, a few wild boars jumped out of the woods. He Qing hurriedly shouted, "Xiao Zhi, let me try that hidden weapon."

Shen Zhi handed the tranquilizer gun to He Qing and whispered to her how to use it. He Qing had used all kinds of weapons before, so she understood how to use it right away. She pressed the needle with a strong anesthetic and shot it in the wild boar's leg. The wild boar took a few steps and fell to the ground. While the other wild boars hadn't noticed anything unusual, she fired several more shots, each of which hit the wild boar's hind legs very accurately. Soon, the wild boars all fell.

He Qing felt quite accomplished. This hidden weapon was really useful. He would ask Shen Zhi for two tomorrow. Shen Zhi said that this thing would not kill people, but it could instantly make people lose their fighting ability. He Qing couldn't let go of the tranquilizer gun and studied it over and over again. However, he accidentally triggered the mechanism and shot it at himself. A silver needle pierced his thigh steadily.