Ma'am help, the general is in trouble again

Chapter 49 Hunting and Distress (Part [-])
In the dead of night, in the cold and dark alley, the mournful dog barked a few times, and then fled away in fright.

At the corner of the locust tree, a long shadow immorally occupied the kennel. He sat up with his legs crossed, with his head down, caressing the eagle wood carving in his hand.

The wind was blowing, causing the leaves to rustle, and the dead leaves swirled like butterflies and slowly fell to his feet.

Suddenly his whole body tensed up, and when he raised his head, he saw a tall and deep figure quietly standing in front of him.

The majestic and tall black shadow added a cold sense of danger to this quiet and deep night.

"Autumn."

A low, middle-aged male voice called him.

Qiu was stunned for a moment, and when he saw clearly who was coming, he immediately jumped up and knelt down with one hand on the ground.

"Master Qu."

A cold chill washed over his head.

"The Jiulong mechanism box has been cracked by Yu Wencheng, do you know about this?"

Qiu was terrified, he clenched his palms and clenched his teeth to keep his voice from revealing his emotions: "Qiu, I don't know."

呲!
A sharp iron claw pierced into his shoulder blade abruptly, and the muscles all over Qiu's body were convulsed and trembled instantly, and blood flowed all over his chest and back.

"Mission failed, Cho."

"Qiu... I know I was wrong."

"Then how about the mission to assassinate Yu Wensheng?" asked in a flat voice.

Enduring the pain, Qiu said in clear words: "Yu Wensheng is highly skilled in martial arts, and he is very suspicious. It is difficult to kill him openly and assassinate him. Only by waiting for an opportunity to gain his trust can we find a chance to take his life."

These principles were taught by Zheng Quchi.

Master Qu also nodded in agreement after listening: "It is true that it is a very difficult task to kill the God of War in Ye Kingdom, but it is also necessary. This time, he has completely annoyed the Mo family. The top disciples come here, let's see who of you can complete this task."

"Qiu Ding will make amends."

I was quite satisfied with his attitude, so Master Qu stopped "small punishments and big warnings".

"I ordered you to monitor Zheng Quchi, is there anything unusual about her recently?"

"...she didn't betray the Mo family." Qiu replied.

But Master Qu didn't quite believe it: "Really?"

"Yes, in order to complete the task, she sneaked into the camp as a carpenter, and even met Yu Wensheng once. He didn't suspect anything."

"Since she's still in good standing, let's not deal with her for the time being."

Qiu didn't understand why the Mo family wanted to use Zheng Quchi, but at the same time they were sure that she would betray her.

"Who on earth helped Yu Wencheng open the Jiulong mechanism box? Hmph, I don't know when he found such a powerful cunning master. If you find out who this person is, kill him."

Autumn should be.

"Also, Fu County is recruiting masons. You tell Shan Bian to change his identity and join the mason team. I have a task for him."

"Yes."

Before leaving, Master Qu didn't know if he had noticed the change in Qiu, and he solemnly warned: "Qiu, don't trust Zheng Quchi, she will not be our companion, and if you find something wrong with her, kill her immediately." If you lose her, you must not be soft."

Qiu tightly squeezed the eagle wooden carving, his face was as pale as gray, and it took a long time before he let out a low "hmm".

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As soon as winter came, Zheng Quchi felt a little overwhelmed. It was fine to stay indoors. Once he went out, the sudden drop in temperature could not be resisted purely by willpower. ,

This big family basically keeps warm by shaking.

She originally planned to buy some cotton to sew a jacket for, but she didn't expect that cotton was a rare thing in Ye country, and there was no one in Fu County who cultivated it.

No wonder everyone's quilts are made of hemp, and stuffed with shredded kapok instead of fluffy and warm cotton.

Flipping through the few copper pieces left in his pocket, Zheng Quchi shed tears of sadness.

She decided not to wear a padded jacket, but to wear a more advanced fur.

It is impossible to buy. There are many deep mountains and steep mountains around Fuxian County. I heard that there are many long-haired wild animals in the forest. She plans to go hunting and get a set of furs for the family to wear.

In the past two days, Liu Fengmian has been arguing with her for some reason, except that he will go home to sleep at night, and basically see no one during the day. She guesses that he must have gone to work at Yu Wencheng's.

He was still wearing the thin autumn clothes, so she had to hunt enough skins for the four of them.

If a worker wants to be good at his work, he must first sharpen his tools. When it comes to hunting, he must first have hunting tools.

Her previous military crossbow had been returned to Qiu, and time was a little tight, so she had to make an emergency crossbow for hunting by herself.

As for why a simpler weapon such as a bow is not made, the main reason is that the bow is too long and the shooting power is not enough.

It was the first time she made a crossbow, and she repeatedly deliberated on the data in her mind, and made modifications based on the strengths and weaknesses of Ye Kingdom's military crossbow, and finally settled on the design drawings.

A crossbow has a total of crossbows, crossbow arrows, crossbow arms and crossbows.

Ye Kingdom's crossbows are too bulky in size, and she is small in stature and short in arms, so the custom-made crossbows do not refer to the data of ordinary people, but fit according to her conditions.

She also needs to increase the strength of the crossbow arm and increase the speed of the arrow, so that when shooting at a longer distance, it can ensure the power of killing with one blow.

In addition, it is necessary to replace the previous winding method, with a more labor-saving and lighter method, to achieve the speed of continuous shooting.

All of these required her to work hard on the early stage design, replacing the traditional winding with a gear winder, and remanufactured crossbow batches, crossbow beds, and crossbow strings.

When shooting, hold the crossbow horizontally, put the crossbow arrow in the crossbow groove, pull the crossbow string into the socket, and finally pull the trigger, and the arrow will fly out.

call out--

Snapped!The wooden stake fixed to the ground in the courtyard was shot by a sharp arrow, splitting several pieces like a split.

Zheng Quchi patted the crossbow happily.

Not bad, this power is enough.

This is still a single shot, and when she researches and researches a continuum, it will be more convenient to shoot a large number of balls at a time, and it will be more convenient to use it to hunt more nimble birds.

Picking a sunny day, she was ready to go hunting.

But Brother Sang was still worried about her going: "I'm afraid all the beasts on this mountain have drilled holes. Where do you go to find them? Who will go hunting in the mountains at this time of year?"

Knowing that he was deliberately fooling her, Zheng Quchi said: "It is more difficult for animals to find food in winter, and their physical strength is also weak. The snow just fell two days ago, and those hares and pheasants must be hungry enough to look for food. I will hunt for them." Bring some small animal skins back, and the meat can be used for your big brother."

"Make up for me, just make up for your husband-in-law." He said sourly.

Zheng Quchi coaxed sweetly: "Husband-in-law is not as important as elder brother and younger sister. After hunting the leather, make the first one for you to wear."

Brother Sang knew that she had big ideas, and he couldn't persuade her, so he could only repeatedly tell her: "Don't go too deep, if you can't find anything, come back quickly. In previous years, you just passed it."

"Yeah, I see, wait for me to come back."

She waved her hand, put a crossbow and arrows in a cloth pocket and hung them obliquely at her waist, and took some dry food, and went up the mountain alone.

(End of this chapter)