Chapter 206 There is something more important
An Yi explained, “It should be the eagle in the Liang army.
"Young lady, you may not know that the people of Liang love to train hawks, especially the generals in the army, who almost each have one, and they usually use them to spy on the movements of other armies and pass on information."
After he finished speaking, he suddenly asked, "Does the girl like to eat eagle meat?"
Listening to another eagle's cry that resounded through the sky above her head, Song Yanxi said in a cold voice, "Catch it and let me taste it."
An Yi responded respectfully, strode out, and asked in a cold voice, "Where are the bows and arrows?"
Following his order, soldiers immediately came trotting over to offer bows and arrows. The soldiers lined up not far away who had their backs to them also turned their heads to look over here, each with excitement on their face.
A soldier said excitedly: "Brothers have long been fed up with these flying beasts. The dark commander quickly shot it down and roasted it to eat with wine."
An Yi hooked the bowstring with his finger and asked, "Since you have a bow and arrow with you, why don't you take action?
The prince had originally ordered that at least two out of ten patrol teams inside and outside the border town must be equipped with bows.
Bows and arrows are for you to use, not for you to carry around for show."
Although the bow in his hand was old, there were no signs of wear on the two ends of the bowstring, clearly having never been used.
The soldier hurriedly explained, "Commander, you may not know that General Lin has previously issued a death order, strictly forbidding anyone from shooting the eagles raised by the Liang people.
One of our brothers, in the dark, mistook an eagle for a goose and shot it down. He secretly dug a hole in his backyard and buried it, but General Lin still found it. He received forty military sticks on his buttocks and was bedridden for two months.
"He was born in the Year of the Dog, how can he have such a keen nose?"
Song Yanxi just walked out and was immediately happy when she heard this.
The soldier, as if facing a formidable enemy, hurriedly said, "Princess, you shouldn't say that!"
As he spoke, he seemed to have thought of something and suddenly laughed.
He laughed and said, "Now that the prince has returned, why should we be afraid of General Lin?"
There was a "whoosh" sound of something breaking through the air, and a mournful cry suddenly sounded above my head.
Everyone looked up and saw a black shadow falling rapidly and hitting the ground heavily.
Blood splattered everywhere.
Amidst the cheers, An Yi said coldly, "If anyone thinks this eagle cannot be shot, just go back to the General's Mansion and ask General Lin to come over.
I also wanted to ask him why the Liang eagles were soaring over the heads of my Da'an soldiers and why we couldn't defeat them.
As soon as he finished speaking, the surroundings suddenly became dead silent.
Even the beggars who heard the noise and stuck their heads out to see what was happening noticed that the atmosphere was not right and retracted their heads.
Only the soldier next to him asked excitedly: "Dark Commander, is this eagle?"
"Cleaning it and roasting it will bring it over."
"yes!"
The eagle was taken away, leaving only a pool of blood on the ground.
Song Yanxi stared at the marks on the ground, a little dazed for a moment.
Until I heard An Yi's voice.
He asked nervously, "Did I scare the girl just now?"
Song Yanxi shook her head and asked, "When did the prince order the soldiers to shoot these eagles?"
An Yi blurted out, "Three years ago."
He lowered his voice and explained, "After the Bai family in Qingwa Town was wiped out, the day before the incident, many villagers saw with their own eyes that several eagles flew over the Bai family and several other families.
After identification, it was determined that it was raised by the people of Liang State. Its feather color and call were different from those of the eagles in Da'an.
An Yi frowned and said to himself, "Only General Qiu and I know the reason. General Lin came to the border town after the prince left, so it's normal that he doesn't know."
Song Yanxi asked coldly: "If you didn't know about it, why did you give such an order?
Those who didn’t know would think that the people of Liang saved his life.”
An Yi could barely control the curve of his lips, and said quietly, "Who knows, maybe General Lin has his own plans."
Song Yanxi frowned, "Have you also learned to be weird from Xi Lin?"
An Yi almost blurted out, "Of course not, we are all the same... we just follow Xi Shen Medicine."
He even said seriously, "After all, those who keep company with vermilion become red, and those who keep company with ink become black."
This frantic attempt to make amends made it hard for Song Yanxi not to become suspicious.
But at this moment, she didn't have time to ask further questions.
"Did you see Xi Lin when you just came here?"
"Divine Doctor Xi?" An Yi shook his head and asked the guards over there, "Did you see Divine Doctor Xi just now?"
Everyone shook their heads, only one person said weakly: "Divine Doctor Xi went out just before the princess came back, and he hasn't come back since."
"How long have I slept?"
"About a quarter after two hours."
Song Yanxi immediately looked at An Yi with scrutiny in her eyes.
Xi Lin doesn't seem like the type to keep secrets. He hasn't returned for more than two hours and didn't even leave a word. Could it be that he left with His Royal Highness Prince Jin?
An Yi hurriedly shook his head and lowered his voice, "Miss, trust me. I personally escorted the master out of the city gate. There was absolutely no one else following him."
Song Yanxi's voice turned cold, "You also know that there is no one else following?"
An Yi felt a chill down his spine when he heard this, and he hurriedly explained, "Don't worry, young lady, An San and An Wu have all left the city with their master.
They don't have any public identities, so it's inconvenient for them to show up rashly."
On a deeper level, Song Yanxi could understand without him explaining it clearly.
The two sisters were very skilled and were obviously well-trained shadow guards.
Looking around the border town, there is only one person who is qualified to keep a shadow guard.
If the two of them took action to protect her, it would undoubtedly tell others that His Royal Highness Prince Jin had a close relationship with her.
By then, no one knows how many rumors will spread.
Not only would it be detrimental to their reputation, but if it got out through the hands of someone with ulterior motives, it would definitely cause trouble.
Seeing Song Yanxi turning around and walking back, An Yi couldn't help but ask, "Miss, do you need someone to go find Divine Doctor Xi?"
"No need, I know where he is."
The city is now under martial law, every household has its doors closed, and there are only a few places to go.
Although he had a sharp tongue, he was quite smart and would not suffer any loss easily.
Right now, she has more important things to do.
*
When they heard that they had to have their pulse taken, many beggars who were still in good spirits immediately became unhappy.
They all said that they were fine, and some even stood up and jumped a few times, looking very energetic.
If Song Yanxi hadn't listened to the man's description of his symptoms when she was writing the pulse case last night, she might have really thought that he was not sick.
An Yi stood aside, originally frowning and listening to these people's nonsense impatiently, but when he saw this person jumping up and down, he suddenly realized that something was unusual.
These people...how can they be so energetic?
If he hadn't heard it with his own ears, he would never have believed that a person infected with the plague could jump.
On the list that Qiu Zongping delivered early in the morning, the few people who were too sick to get out of bed were all young and middle-aged people. Their health should be better than these beggars.
Could it be that they contracted the disease earlier?
An Yi shook his head and denied this guess.
The sickest people were all wealthy people in the city. Except for the owners of two restaurants, the rest were either cloth shops or gold shops.
Rich people are most afraid of death. If they had been infected earlier, the city would have been in chaos.
Amidst the noise, Song Yanxi flipped to the first page of the notebook and asked without even looking up, "Who goes first?"
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