Chapter 94 Mountain Hunter
"Xu Rui, Xu Rui—"
When Lu Qingqing struggled to climb up, she saw the giant eagle howling and thrashing on the ground, its entire body stained with blood.
Not far away, there were two scattered bird legs, claws and all, as thick as sugarcane; no wonder they were so strong.
"Miss Lu, you should go first."
Xu Rui's voice came from behind a large tree.
"Are you alright? How's your shoulder?"
Lu Qingqing held the half-trouser leg, wanting to return it to him, so that at least it could be sewn up and worn down the mountain.
She had needles and thread in her bag.
"It's okay, don't come any closer."
"All right."
Lu Qingqing put down the two half-length trouser legs. "I told you this material wasn't good; it's not as durable as cotton."
"How about I go down the mountain and get my brother's clothes for you and bring them up?"
"No need. Thank you, young lady. You may go first, I'll leave later."
"Alright then! Should we let Mo Lang know so he can come pick you up?"
"Need not."
"Oh well."
Lu Qingqing didn't press the matter further.
I took out a bottle of wound medicine and some disinfectant powder from my bag and explained it to him.
After thinking for a moment, I put the needle and thread on the ground as well.
I also put two pieces of candy in it.
"I'm leaving. Oh, by the way, you shouldn't play the flute anymore."
Stop jumping around in front of the King of Hell.
Lu Qingqing retrieved her basket, then dragged the dying eagle along, not even letting its two claws touch it, taking it with her.
This stuff, when soaked in alcohol, can relieve pain and swelling, and is an excellent medicine for treating rheumatism and rheumatoid arthritis.
The descent from the mountain naturally caused a sensation.
As luck would have it, the workers on the irrigation canal finished work early today, and a group of men came back together. When they saw this big bird, they were absolutely amazed.
Lu Yun excitedly shouted to the people, "My sister, this is my little sister!"
“They know she’s not your sister!” Lu Feng rolled his eyes.
When the village head saw the bird, he was horrified: "How could this thing appear in our Liuyun Mountain?"
A few years ago, five people from our village went to the other side to look for ginseng and encountered this thing. It dragged away two of them at once, and after that, no one dared to go to the other side of the mountain.
"Qing girl, how did you kill her?"
"Huh? Uncle Village Head, this thing is so strong? Little sister, are you hurt?"
Lu Feng quickly checked.
Lu Yun stopped showing off.
The others were also startled and gathered around to look at the bird.
"I wasn't injured, but when it scratched me, I chopped off its leg with a shovel."
To be honest, Lu Qingqing couldn't do that.
If those two claws were gripping her shoulders, aside from whether she could exert any force with her arms, cutting off her feet required careful control of the force; too light and she wouldn't be able to cut through, too heavy and she might accidentally shovel her own head.
So, Xu Rui is quite something.
"Qingqing is so strong."
"This can be considered as ridding the people of a scourge."
"That was terrifying. I'd better not go to the mountains alone in the future."
"These mountains aren't safe anymore. How come there are wolves and strange birds again?" the village headman said worriedly.
He looked at Lu Qingqing suspiciously: "You didn't go to the other side of the mountain, did you? Xiao Zhang said there aren't any ferocious beasts left on our side, he killed them all."
"No, no, maybe I just happened to run into this fish that slipped through the net. We can still go up the mountain."
"That's good. You're really something. That bird must weigh dozens of kilograms."
"Ah, it should be. By the way, I checked it, this thing isn't poisonous. If you want to eat bird meat, come to my house to buy it. It's only ten coins a pound."
Lu Qingqing dared not eat this thing that had eaten people; ten coins a pound was practically a welfare benefit.
The men surrounding the bird didn't care whether it had ever eaten people or not. As soon as they heard it was ten coins a pound, one wanted three pounds, another wanted two pounds, and the bird was sold out in no time.
There's a bustling scene here selling bird meat.
Xu Rui, hiding behind a tree on the mountain, was sewing his pants.
Her shirt was also torn to shreds and hung on her body like a rag, revealing half of her pale chest.
His shoulders had been scratched several times by the giant eagle's claws, leaving deep, bleeding wounds. The wounds had been treated and the bleeding had stopped.
The blood smeared on her fair skin, like a delicate porcelain piece that had been damaged and turned into a defective product.
The veil fell to the ground, revealing a handsome, yet pale and anxious face.
He seemed oblivious to the pain, focusing intently yet frantically on mending the trousers in his hands.
His legs were exposed to the air, which made him very uncomfortable, and his frustration continued to rise.
Finally, he finished sewing it.
But I accidentally sewed the pant legs together, and now I can't wear them.
"waste!"
He's a piece of trash.
They can't even sew a pair of pants.
A breeze blew on his bare legs, like a dark dungeon, like the evil hand that reached out in his sleep.
In an instant, all sorts of voices surged up from the deepest part of his mind.
"Her Majesty the Empress said that the Crown Prince had sexually assaulted a concubine, and when the matter was exposed, he attempted to kill his father. This is a heinous crime, disregarding human ethics, and is both disloyal and unfilial..."
"The Grand Tutor said that the Crown Prince is hypocritical, deceitful, and extremely cunning..."
"General Wu'an said that the Crown Prince has a fondness for other men's wives and is forcibly keeping noblewomen in the palace..."
"Poor daughter of the Prime Minister, her deep affection was misplaced, and now I hear she is bedridden..."
"The Crown Prince's skin is whiter than a woman's; should I have a servant attend to him...?"
Insolence! Insolence! Insolence!
Kill! Kill! Kill!
The tree trunk was mottled and messy from being cut, much like the mutilated body of that reckless eunuch from that day.
Xu Rui banged his head against a tree, finally forcing himself to calm down.
He collapsed from exhaustion after sweating profusely.
He's not that kind of person.
He knew he wasn't.
But he couldn't understand it.
I once doubted myself, wondering if I had really done something wrong.
But what did he do wrong?
Abandoned by his mother and disliked by his teacher.
My mouth tasted bitter, and my dazed gaze fell on the two pieces of candy on the ground.
The sugar pill was wrapped in kraft paper and tied at both ends, making it look like a round pillow.
While others wrapped everything in one sheet of paper, Lu Qingqing wrapped each one individually.
Clean and cute.
Xu Rui ate the candy.
Those hardships seemed to vanish all at once, and sweetness seeped down my throat into my stomach, then spread to every part of my body.
"Lu Qingqing".
"Qingqing".
...
Xu Rui patiently sewed up the pants and the clothes, and then it got dark.
Just as I finished dressing, I heard a noise near the trap.
"Oh my god, how can there be so much blood! Could someone have been hurt?"
Is anyone there? Is anyone there?
The setting sun shone on the man's burly body and the dark, slightly rusty knife in his hand.
A knife with lotus and coin patterns.
Silver Embroidered Knife?
Xu Rui was surprised, put on the veil, and made a slight noise.
"Oh dear, what's wrong with you? Did you fall into my trap?"
A badger has been frequenting this area lately, so I dug this well. Why is there so much blood? I didn't set up any traps or mechanisms like the others!
"How should I address you, sir?" Xu Rui interrupted the man's incessant chatter.
"Me? My name is Zhang Lin, and I'm a hunter from these mountains."
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