Xueying, accompanied by several guards, picked wild vegetables on the hillside behind the garrison. Gradually, the group began to disperse and search for wild vegetables separately.
Xueying unknowingly walked out of the police cordon. She was only looking at the traces of wild vegetables on the ground and was completely unaware that she had unexpectedly stepped into the police cordon.
"Great! So much! Enough for Hongli to eat." Xueying carried a bamboo basket on her back, digging as she went. Like any hardworking peasant woman for her husband, she had completely lost her ladylike demeanor, darting in and out of the grass, cheering with joy for each wild vegetable.
The light on the horizon is dwindling, and the days on the grassland seem especially short.
Xueying stood on the windswept grassy slope, looked up at the sun on the horizon, and saw that only a curved golden hook remained.
So beautiful!
Xueying couldn't help but exclaim!
The wind blows the grass low, revealing cattle and sheep!
Xueying looked at the boundless grassland and suddenly realized that there seemed to be a sheep in the grass.
No, wait, is that a sheep?
A deep roar pulled Xueying back to reality from her reverie.
A pair of venomous eyes, like cold weapons, were hidden in the grass, and at that moment they met Xueying's eyes!
It's a wolf! A steppe wolf.
Xueying was horrified to realize that the animal hiding in the grass was a prairie wolf, and she immediately began to plot how to escape.
Calling for help? That would likely only provoke the wild animal to pounce on you.
Run? My two thin legs can't possibly outrun its four legs!
Fighting back? I have a dagger, but I'm afraid I can't out-strength them!
Xueying stood there, too afraid to move, desperately trying to come up with a feasible plan.
The animal crouching in the grass seemed to be contemplating whether or not to pounce.
A man and a wolf faced off, neither making the first move, both seemingly pondering a way to deliver a fatal blow.
Xueying slowly drew her sword from her waist, then pretended not to see the wolf, and began to swing the withered grass with the sword. The sword was a precious blade that could cut through iron like mud, and the grass broke apart as soon as it touched the blade.
In no time, Xueying had cleared away all the withered grass around her.
She wanted to show the wolf that the knife in her hand was not to be trifled with, and she wanted to scare the wolf away.
This is the last resort; if it fails, we may very well perish in the jaws of wolves today.
The wolf crouched in the grass, watching Xueying's every move. Xueying glanced at the wolf's reaction out of the corner of her eye, and sure enough, its howls began to subside.
This is a signal that the wolf has given up its attack!
Xueying suppressed her excitement and continued to brandish the dagger in her hand.
The wolf finally gave up, retreated sharply, then turned and disappeared into the bushes.
Xueying immediately stopped waving her arms and turned to run towards the military camp.
Meanwhile, several scattered guards were also searching for Xueying. When they saw her suddenly run back, they rushed to greet her.
"Wolves!" Xueying shouted.
Several guards quickly drew their knives from their waists and aimed them at the bushes behind Xueying.
"They should have already run away," Xueying gasped for breath.
When Xueying returned to Hongli's tent, she told them that she had encountered wolves again.
Hongli stared blankly as Xueying recounted how she had cleverly scared away the wolf, and suddenly felt an urge to pull her into his arms.
“We must not take risks in the future. Perhaps you have encountered a she-wolf. Just because it did not attack today does not mean it will not attack next time,” Hongli said.
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