"Fu younger sister, please put me down, you must be tired."
"Brother Qi is wearing a cotton-padded coat, he is much heavier than in summer." Although Fu Xinci said so, she still didn't let go. She dragged Qi He for another four or five li before releasing him.
Hearing Fu younger sister's heavy panting, Qi He felt very guilty. He looked listlessly at Fu Xinci and said, "Fu younger sister, don't carry me around. We can find it faster if we walk quickly." kuAiδugg
"If we just walk on our own two legs, who knows when we'll get there."
Qi He also knew that they were not walking fast, but he couldn't always let Fu younger sister help him. He was a man, though young, he couldn't always be a burden to Fu younger sister, a young girl.
Fu Xinci didn't waste any more words with him. In this weather, the north wind was whistling. It was not good to walk against the wind and choke on it, as it could easily lead to stomachaches.
"Chirp~ Chirp~"
The eagle in the sky let out its slightly cute wavy cry again. Fu Xinci patted Xiao Bai in her pocket, "What is that guy saying?"
"Squeak squeak." Hearing the human call the eagle "that guy," Xiao Bai's mood immediately improved.
"Xiao Bai?"
"Squeak squeak." That guy is warning us, there are Tatars ahead.
Xiao Bai felt no pressure calling the eagle "that guy," and seemed quite happy about it.
"Really? How many Tatars?"
"Squeak squeak." Are you stupid? How could that guy tell me that clearly?
Fu Xinci: Xiao Bai is right, she was too impatient.
"Chirp~ Chirp~"
"Squeak squeak." The Tatars are running towards us.
As soon as Fu Xinci heard Xiao Bai translate, she immediately grabbed Qi He and hid behind a nearby mound.
"Chirp~ Chirp~"
Seeing the two humans hide, the bird flying in the sky also dived down and landed on Fu Xinci's back.
Qi He was envious, but Fu Xinci felt bitter. The guy's impact was too strong, almost knocking her over.
Her small frame.
Her old back.
Fu Xinci's inner self was shouting.
But this was not the time to argue. For safety, both humans and two beasts huddled together silently.
After about half a cup of tea, they heard a messy sound of horse hooves.
One, two, three... Fu Xinci's senses were very keen now. She could easily distinguish that there were a total of three horses running towards them from a distance.
"Brother Qi, three horses, three people. Should we take them?"
Although Fu Xinci was asking, it was a statement of fact. Having been together for so long, Qi He knew Fu younger sister's temper very well. He could only nod with a smile.
Seeing Qi He agree, Fu Xinci also smiled and discussed with him, "Brother Qi, listen to my command. If I don't tell you to come out, you must not come out."
"Fu younger sister, that won't do." Qi He immediately shook his head and disagreed when he heard Fu younger sister's words.
"It will do even if it won't." After knowing each other for so long, Fu Xinci was uncharacteristically domineering. She took the opportunity to take a bundle of rope from her space, tied one end to a nearby wild tree stump, and then used her wood element ability to guide the rope along the ground for several zhang.
The sound of horse hooves was getting closer. Fu Xinci could even hear the Tatars chattering. Although she didn't understand the Tatar language, she could tell from their voices that they were in a hurry.
It was likely that these three Tatars were either escaping or looking for someone.
Heh, none of that mattered now.
When the three horses galloped over, the rope controlled by the wood element ability was raised by a foot. The front two horses were tripped without any surprise.
With a few shouts, two Tatars were thrown off their horses.
The Tatar on the last horse was very vigilant. He reined in his mount in time. When he saw the rope on the ground, he chattered something and waved his saber non-stop.
Fu Xinci, however, did not give him a chance to continue his performance. She shot out three crossbow bolts in succession. She muttered to herself, "Since you dare to invade Liaodong, you should be prepared for an early demise."
Heh, after dealing with this one, the other two who were thrown around would be easier to handle. Before they could even stand up straight, Fu Xiao Niu's crossbow bolts shot out again.
All at close range, the hit rate was remarkably high.
After waiting for a while, and seeing that the three Tatars were no longer struggling, Fu Xinci pulled Qi He out from behind the mound.
The first thing Fu Xinci did was kick away the sabers from their hands. Then she asked Qi He to pick up the bundles they were carrying. "Brother Qi, search their bodies for money pouches or anything valuable."
"Okay." Qi He put down his stick, squatted down, and searched each of them carefully.
Fu Xinci held her bow and crossbow, ready to shoot at any time.
As it turned out, these three Tatars were quite wealthy. Qi He not only found three jingling money pouches, but also several pieces of gold and silver jewelry.
He was an excellent companion. He handed all the items he found to Fu younger sister.
Then he looked at Fu Xiao Niu a little awkwardly and said, "Fu younger sister, can you turn around for a moment?"
"...?" Fu Xinci looked at him with some confusion, but nodded slightly.
"I think the fur coats these three Tatars are wearing are quite good. I want to... uh... uh."
"Wait." Fu Xinci was still afraid that these three Tatars were not completely dead and that Qi He might be in danger, so she checked each of their carotid arteries one by one. Only then did she feel at ease and led the two horses forward a couple of zhang.
Hearing the occasional sounds from behind, Fu Xinci was a little worried that he had stripped the three of them down to their bare skin.
Fortunately, Qi He was not that greedy. He only stripped off three large fur coats as he had said.
However, he kept looking back, regretting looking at the horse that couldn't stand up.
"Fu younger sister, that's a lot of meat. If we could take it back to the garrison, my father and the others could eat for quite a while."
"Are you really reluctant to part with it?"
"Reluctant."
"Then from now on, you cannot look back."
"I won't look back."
Seeing Qi He agree so readily, Fu Xinci did not hesitate. She handed the horse reins in her hand to him and put the injured horse into her space.
"Let's go!"
"Ay."
Regardless of how Qi He struggled and bounced, he finally managed to climb onto the horse's back.
Fu Xinci looked at the horse's back, which was much taller than her, and thought to herself: she absolutely could not learn Qi He's way of mounting the horse. She wanted to be more elegant.
Fortunately, she managed to do so.
After Fu Xinci was steady on the horse's back, the two little adults slowly urged their horses forward.
In a familiar phase, Fu Xiao Niu also took out a few fruit candies and gave half of them to Qi He.
Qi He initially thought that such sweet candies were for him to eat. When he realized that the fruit candies were for the horses, he blushed a deep red.