Chapter 219 Xiaotian's whereabouts are discovered
Cheng Feng said: "No matter who he is, he is now a tiger trapped in Pingyang, and anyone can step on him."
Xiaotian lowered his head and hid the pain in his eyes.
Su Nuan asked again, "Do you have much wealth? Can I put down my bag?"
Xiaotian suddenly raised his head. He understood that Su Nuan was planning to take his family property.
His mind raced, and then he had a bold idea.
"My family has a lot of property, but now it's all occupied by my younger brother."
Su Nuan touched his chin and grinned, "Are you interested in emptying your property?"
Xiaotian looked in the direction of the vulture chicks and said, "They are still too young to fly that far."
Su Nuan nodded, "Did I say we should go now? Isn't there any business in your family in this riverside city?"
Xiaotian's eyes flashed, and a wicked smile appeared on his lips. "Yes, I'll take you there when I have the chance."
Su Nuan nodded, "Okay, it's settled. We'll go when they can carry people."
Ling Cang coughed dryly, "Let's deal with the things at hand first. Don't worry about things so far away. Stealing a house requires the right time, place, and people."
Su Nuan scratched his head. It’s just to steal a house. Does it require so many conditions?
Xiaotian didn't say anything, he just looked at the river.
The cliff extends to part of the river, so people cannot directly see the city of Northern Snow Country.
After waiting for about half an hour, the ship turned out of the range covered by the cliffs and formed a small black dot.
Su Nuan took out a telescope and handed it to Xiaotian, "Look, I think that ship carries more than fifty people."
Xiaotian picked up the telescope and looked through it. He said, "Fifty soldiers, one centurion, and fifty rowers."
"The rowers wouldn't come up. They were mostly prisoners or coolies, chained under the cabin."
Su Nuan asked in surprise, "Tied with a chain? Are you afraid he'll run away?"
Xiaotian shook his head, "I'm afraid of jumping into the river and committing suicide."
Su Nuan, “…” She felt inexplicably sad for these people.
Xiaotian returned the telescope to Su Nuan, "Keep this treasure."
Su Nuan put away the telescope and sighed, "I still have a bow and arrow."
Ling Cang took a spear, but it was not convenient for him to sit in a wheelchair. After all, a wheelchair could not be used as freely as a war horse.
Everyone was stunned when they saw Su Nuan's bow and arrow. At first glance, it looked very simple, just like a few pieces of bones tied to a wooden stick.
Su Nuan felt the disdainful gazes of the crowd, and she said unconvincedly, "This is the bone of a giant. It's very sharp. If you don't believe me, just try it."
Cheng Feng was the most unconvinced. He picked up his bow and shot an arrow at the cliff, but only a small hole appeared on the cliff.
"Huh? Where's the arrow? Is it broken?"
Su Nuan glanced sideways, "It's completely embedded in the rock. Don't you think this bow is weird?"
Cheng Feng looked carefully at the bow in his hand. There were rollers and brackets at both ends of the bow, so it didn't feel too difficult to pull the bow.
"Weird and garish."
Su Nuan smiled and said, "This is called a compound bow. It's easy to draw, but the power is doubled."
Ling Cang became interested and took the bow to study it.
Su Nuan didn't want to explain to them the principle behind this because she only had a vague understanding of it.
She diverted everyone's attention and asked, "Look, is the boat speeding up?"
Xiaotian took a look and said, "Once we have the sail, we can reach this distance in less than half an hour."
Su Nuan frowned and asked, "What can I do?"
Ling Cang glanced at Su Nuan and said, "Just be Cheng Nuan."
Su Nuan touched her nose and went back to change her clothes obediently.
She thought for a moment and went into the space to find the few remaining grass seeds and cooked them in the big pot outside.
Xue came over with firewood and asked, "Are you eating this today?"
Su Nuan nodded, "Well, let's eat grass seeds today, because there will be some unexpected guests later, and we can't let them see us having a good time."
Xue smiled and said, "Okay, there are still some dried wild vegetables. Throw them in. If it doesn't work, feed them to the cows after those people leave."
Su Nuan thought to herself, "Cows won't eat these things. They'll only eat a little if you pour a bucket of river water into them."
Xue suddenly asked worriedly, "I wonder what's happening to our horses and donkeys. Will they freeze to death this winter?"
Su Nuan quickly comforted him, "It's okay. Look, our Red Bull is back. Not only has he not lost weight, he's become much stronger."
Xue nodded, "That's right, our cattle and horses are very smart."
The two chatted and cooked.
Time passed little by little, and the ship slowly approached the shore.
The boat was too big to dock, so the people on board lowered the small boat, and in the end only a dozen people got ashore.
They wore silver chain mail, silver helmets on their heads, and chain mail around their necks.
No wonder they said they couldn't beat them. Apart from his eyes, not even his hands were exposed, and he was wearing leather gloves.
Those people looked around on the shore and then came to Cheng Feng.
Cheng Feng bowed and said, "Are you merchants passing by?"
The leading centurion returned the salute and said, "We've lost a fugitive in our border town. I wonder if he's among your people."
Cheng Feng pretended to be surprised and said, "Is there such a thing? Then you can look for them. I don't recognize all the people here."
Seeing Cheng Feng so happy, the centurion's tone became polite, "Thank you very much. I'll bother you for a moment."
He took his men around the villagers.
Su Nuan noticed that their gazes moved very quickly, as if they were recognizing people not by their faces, but by their temperament or body shape.
At this time, the centurion's eyes fell on Xiaotian who was pouring soil.
Su Nuan felt nervous, wondering if she would be recognized.
Xiaotian was very calm. He limped and poured the soil aside, then dragged the basket to the edge of the pit and continued digging.
The centurion moved towards Xiaotian.
Su Nuan wasn't sure if he recognized Xiaotian, so she had to do something to distract them.
Her eyes rolled, she picked up the shovel beside her, and walked to the edge of the pit angrily.
"Every day we eat and do nothing. It takes us several days to dig a hole. If we don't complete the task, we won't have anything to eat."
Xiaotian shuddered and said in a muffled voice, "I understand. I'll dig it up as soon as possible. If it doesn't work, I'll give you my share."
Su Nuan said angrily, "Get out of the way. I'll dig the land, and you go and take the manure to the fields. If we don't open up the wasteland, we'll all starve to death next year."
"Why did I end up with a loser like you, who can't even lift anything."
Xiaotian's shoulders relaxed, he was trying to hold back his laughter.
But the centurion thought he was crying because of being scolded, and said with disgust: "Men don't cry easily. It's really a coward to be scolded by a woman and cry."
Xiaotian lowered his head and picked up the basket to carry manure.
At this time, a soldier came up to the centurion and said, "Sir, I think he is the one. Why don't you catch him and take a closer look?"
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