readytorunbook Chapter 117 It’s different
Chapter 117 It’s different
The sharp arrow that pierced through his neck was a killing version of the crossbow that Shen Ying had specially customized at the blacksmith shop.
As long as they hit the target, it is not the kind of arrows used in competitions and entertainment that only hurt the skin and not the flesh. Instead, if they hit the target, it will cause penetrating wounds.
This time, a person's life was directly taken away.
The man died before he could utter a single sound.
He was still smiling arrogantly and waving the machete in his hand just a moment ago, but with just one arrow, he fell straight back and his eyes were dimmed forever.
Shen Ying's hands were shaking a little.
It's not fear or guilt, it's just a modified killing weapon. Even if it's not a gun, it still has recoil!
Why didn't anyone tell her about this! She was hit by the recoil without any preparation, and her bones ached.
His daddy's pain is so great.
Shen Ying bared his teeth (actually it was painful), and shouted: "Kill one person and you'll get ten taels of silver, kill five and you'll get sixty taels, brothers, charge!"
Sixty taels???
Everyone was already prepared to fight the enemy, and now, pushed by the benefits promised by Shen Ying, they became even more furious, raising their weapons and launching the battle first -
"Charge! - Kill these bandits and rid the people of this evil!"
"You still want to steal food? Food is life. I will kill you!"
Zheng Li was eager to make a move, but considering Shen Ying's safety, she stayed by Shen Ying's side obediently.
Shen Ying suddenly looked back and felt a chill on her back.
She looked through the telescope and saw two sneaky figures behind her.
It seems that this group of people has become powerful and has learned to encircle the enemy from the front and back.
We are still looking for manpower.
I guess if they are given a little more time to develop, they will really become a disaster.
Shen Ying raised his crossbow and shot an arrow at the woods behind him. A howl startled Zheng Li.
Quickly turn around.
Then I saw someone running deeper into the woods: "There's someone behind us!"
Shen Ying nodded and drew the bow to shoot the second arrow.
Her aim was not bad. She had practiced a lot when she first came to this world. She had practiced shooting at least several hundred targets, whether moving or not.
At this time, one of the outflanking men who was not injured had already hidden behind a tree and dared not show his head, for fear that he would be killed instantly by Shen Ying if he came out.
Shen Ying asked Zheng Li to look behind her, and she jumped off the carriage and joined the war under the cover of everyone.
Shen Ying did not dare to overestimate his own fighting strength.
At best, she has some fancy moves.
So the way she chose to fight was to act as the third person in the one-on-one fight between the guards and the bandits, giving the bandits a blow so that the guards would be 100% successful in killing the bandits.
During the shuttle, she was very careful about her life and basically provided help from a distance. Once, she even threw a wooden hairpin directly at someone. The person was distracted in order to protect his eyes from being poked, so the guards found an opportunity and stabbed him hard.
With the assistance of Shen Ying, the guards efficiently captured all the bandits. Three who tried to escape were caught, two were killed, and one was left alive to be questioned as to why they targeted the convoy.
Shen Ying's original intention was to see whether these people acted on impulse or had it planned in advance.
As a result, the bandit thought that Shen Ying was going to rob him, so in order to save his life, he told Shen Ying the location of his own village and the food reserves.
Shen Ying heard that the small village was nearby, and there were only seven or eight people left there. Together with the hostages and women who were kidnapped, there were less than twenty people in total.
Shen Ying looked at the team with almost no injuries and made a decisive decision not to go!
"I don't want to take unnecessary risks, so I'll just deal with this person and we'll continue on our way."
It sounds good to be able to get some food and supplies for free, but Shen Ying doesn't like to create trouble.
This is a completely unfamiliar territory. If we go to someone else's stronghold, who would believe that there are only seven or eight people? There are too many variables, and it is not worth taking the risk for a few carts of food.
Zheng Li felt a little disappointed that she didn't hit anyone. Shen Ying pointed at the only survivor who was paralyzed by fear. "How about you go and poke Gu a few times before killing him?"
Zheng Li curled her lips: "Girl, who are you looking down on?"
Under Shen Ying's gaze, Zheng Li walked over, swung the stick a bit to get a feel for it, and then smashed it hard on the man's head.
Paji.
With just one blow, the man's head exploded, and some unknown solidified substances were blown out.
Several guards around him stepped back repeatedly to avoid getting dirt on their bodies.
Seeing Zheng Li squatting down and wiping the stick with the corpse's clothes as if nothing had happened, treating the stick like a treasure but having no regard for the bandit's life, the guards seemed to recognize her for the first time.
No, it was also the first time I met Shen Ying.
Shen Ying had always behaved too gently and amiably on the road before. The only time she was strict was when she punished a troublemaker who talked back to her.
Everyone was Hu Xianfeng's subordinate, and they had seen similar tricks of killing a chicken to scare the monkeys, so when Shen Ying crippled that man before, no one was moved.
But this time it was different. She killed as she said and helped others kill all the bandits.
The maid beside her was also a strong woman. Although I thought she was very strong, who knew that she could kill someone with just one blow.
After that, no matter what Shen Ying said, everyone was a little timid.
Shen Ying thought to herself, would it be too pretentious if I said at this moment, "I still like your arrogant attitude?"
Shen Ying went on a particularly smooth journey afterwards.
Zheng Li was an obedient person to begin with, and the others took Shen Ying's words as an imperial decree, telling them not to get close to the area where the carriage was parked. Even if they got close by accident, they had to roll back and forth and not dare to step even a single step beyond the city.
Even when going to the bathroom, he would walk half a mile away for fear of disturbing others.
Disturb Shen Ying this people.
Seeing that everyone was cooperating, Shen Ying was able to sleep well at night. After another three days, Shen Ying and his group had eight carts of food.
The carts we bought in the towns we encountered on the road were as high as five.
Shen Ying asked ten of them to go back.
There were only ten people left around her, exactly ten people.
The fewer people around him, the easier it is for Shen Ying to control.
They agreed to split up to look for food for the last time. She led five people and the other five went to collect food in the village, and finally gathered at the same place.
On Shen Ying's side, there are four trucks of contraband goods that were purchased and squeezed in, most of which are fine grains.
The other five people went to four or five villages and collected two trucks. One of the things they said was that tofu would appear after boiling or some other processing.
It's just green.
Green tofu.
Shen Ying thought, she knew what it was.
Forget it, even if it’s a bit troublesome, as long as I can make something solid to eat.
However, this green tofu gave Shen Ying new inspiration.
She thought of a food that could be eaten as a cold dish or as a meal after it was prepared.
Pea flour.
I was so focused on flour and rice that I forgot about these things.
Nowadays, people are satisfied with having enough to eat, and all kinds of mix and match are considered normal. She was too limited to her previous life. Even the poorest people had porridge and pickled mustard to eat...
As if his Ren and Du meridians were opened, Shen Ying began to collect some unconventional food during the last two days of the journey, and finally returned to Changsheng Village with ten carts.