Suddenly, a wild boar squealed in the forest, along with the sound of branches snapping underfoot.

The sound grew closer, and Su Luo gripped the dagger in her hand, ready to strike at any moment.

"careful!"

Su Luo exclaimed in surprise that Nangong Qing was being chased and attacked by a black, bristling wild boar.

Where is Ah Xu? Isn't he with Nangong Qing?

"Climb the tree!"

Su Luo shouted loudly to Nangong Qing, who was running away.

How could Nangong Qing, a frail scholar, possibly be a match for a wild boar?

Nangong Qing had just heard the sound of water from the other side of the mountain and thought that rapeseed was more likely to grow in damp places.

Ah Xu was also called down to the bottom of the stream.

It must be because of this year's drought that this wild boar came to the stream on the outskirts of the forest to drink water.

It hadn't eaten for a long time, and when it saw Nangong Qing, a long strand of saliva still clung to its mouth.

His fangs were covered in grime.

"Su Luo, don't come any closer, it's dangerous."

When Nangong Qing saw Su Luo rushing over to save him, he quickly stopped her. If Su Luo got hurt, that would be the biggest loss.

The wild boar pursued relentlessly, and in a flash, Nangong Qing saw a century-old tree lying on the ground ahead. He stepped onto a branch and used its elasticity to his advantage.

He leaped onto another branch. Seeing that Nangong Qing had climbed the tree, the wild boar kept ramming the tree with its body, trying to shake Nangong Qing down.

The tree that Nangong Qing climbed wasn't very big, and the wild boar's ramming into it a few times was enough to make Nangong Qing sway.

Touching the belt at his waist, he found a soft sword inside.

Nangong Qing swung the weapon at the wild boar.

In Nangong Qing's hands, the soft sword was like a living snake; every slash on the wild boar left a bloody mark.

However, Nangong Qing, while in the tree, only managed to hit the wild boar's back, failing to injure its vital areas.

Injured, the wild boar became even more frenzied, but no matter how much it rammed into Nangong Qing, he couldn't fall down.

Turning around and seeing Su Luo walking towards it, it simply gave up on Nangong Qing.

As long as it's edible, it doesn't matter which one you eat, it's meat.

"Su Luo, if you can't win, run away."

The wild boar charged at Su Luo with its tusks bared, but Su Luo showed no fear whatsoever.

When the wild boar gets close, a fight is imminent.

Su Luo sidestepped, and the wild boar missed its target. Its angry roar indicated that it was very angry.

It turned back to attack Su Luo again. Su Luo had calculated its speed, and when it got close again, Su Luo grabbed a vine and ran backward.

Holding onto the vine with his left hand and gripping the dagger tightly in his right, he swung above the wild boar using the vine's pull, and plunged the dagger deep into the boar's right eye.

With one eye blind, the wild boar's screams echoed throughout the entire forest.

However, it only has one eye left, and it has been injured in several places by Nangong Qing, so Su Luo can deal with it with ease.

In the blink of an eye, Su Luo jumped onto the wild boar and plunged the dagger into its neck several times.

The struggle began, but the blood loss led to collapse and death.

Su Luo pulled out the dagger, her hands and face covered in wild boar blood.

"Su Luo, are you alright? Are you hurt?"

Nangong Qing climbed down from the tree at some point and saw Su Luo covered in blood, her eyes filled with worry.

"I'm fine, it was just a wild boar."

Nangong Qing took out a handkerchief from his pocket and gently wiped the blood beads from Su Luo's face.

Su Luo wasn't used to being served like this, so she pulled the handkerchief from Nangong Qing's hand and said, "I can do it myself."

After wiping her face and the blood from her hands, Su Luo thought that was enough and casually tossed the blood-soaked handkerchief behind her.

Nangong Qing: "..."

Nangong Qing was taken aback when Su Luo so casually tossed away his handkerchief.

Those were his personal belongings. In the capital, countless women coveted his things; even his old socks were sought after.

"Young master, young master, I've found Yuntai, look..."

Ah Xu dug up several wild rapeseed plants; he found them by the stream downstream.

There is a huge rock there, and the stream flows down from above the rock, forming a small waterfall.

Below was a small pool of water, the sound of which drowned out everything else. He was so focused on digging Yuntai back that he didn't hear the sounds of Su Luo and the others fighting.

Now, where the two were standing, the ground and tree branches were covered in blood, and a black wild boar lay there.

These marks clearly indicate that a fight has just taken place.

"Young master, I have failed in my duty. Please punish me."

Ah Xu knelt on one knee, clasped his hands in a fist, and bowed his head solemnly as if he had violated military law.

"You have indeed neglected your duties and should be punished!"

After putting the soft sword back into his belt, Nangong Qing looked at Su Luo and said to A Xu.

"Su Luo saved me today, so Su Luo can decide how to punish me."

Su Luo went over and picked up her basket and hoe. What did the affairs of these two guards and their master have to do with her?

Besides, Ah Xu didn't intentionally not show up, and the appearance of the wild boar was just an accident. There's no need to punish people.

"Madam Su, it was my fault for not protecting the young master properly. Please punish me."

He put the rapeseed next to Ah Xu into the basket and said to Ah Xu, who was still kneeling.

“You’ve dug up all the rapeseed, so your young master’s merits and demerits are evenly matched. Otherwise, you can help me carry this wild boar back.”

"yes!"

This wild boar weighed about 150 or 160 pounds. Among Su Luo, Nangong Qing, and the other two, only A Xu had the physique to carry a wild boar back on the mountain path for more than an hour.

Seeing Su Luo's attitude towards A Xu, Nangong Qing knew that Su Luo considered him her friend.

Unlike the rich young ladies he met in the capital, who had the idea ingrained in their very bones that servants were servants and guards were guards, and that servants were inferior beings who would never catch their eye.

On the way back, Ah Xu carried a large wild boar down from the mountain. As he passed through the fields, some villagers had not yet finished harvesting their rice.

Upon seeing such a large wild boar, everyone looked around curiously.

They would run away whenever they saw a wild boar, simply because someone in the village had been killed by one before, and no one had ever seen anyone kill a wild boar.

This is meat, I wonder if domestic pigs and wild boars taste the same.

Many people envied the villagers who were able to build a house for Su Luo, and they heard that the villagers ate well and had meat at every meal.

"Luo Luo, are you hurt? Why are you covered in blood?"

After Zhao Ruyun finished cooking, she saw Su Luo and Nangong Qing walk outside the kitchen, with blood on their bodies.

“I’m not injured; this is the wild boar’s blood.”

Su Luo pointed to the wild boar on A Xu's shoulder for Zhao Ruyun to see, telling her not to worry too much.

Ah Xu placed the wild boar at the kitchen doorway, and the pig's blood flowed down his shoulders, soaking his entire clothes, which was even more frightening.

Nangong Qingyue's white outer robe was also stained with blood, making it look like a red plum blossom blooming in the winter fog.

Coupled with Nangong Qing's jade-like and golden face, the blood splattered on him had a unique artistic conception.

Zhao Ruyun turned Su Luo around to examine her, her brows furrowed.

"Luo Luo, did you go to the deep mountains? Didn't you promise me you would never go into the deep mountains?"