Clear and Muddy Loss of Love

Misfortunes never come singly

The Golden Ring Crow let out an instinctive neigh, but its running speed did not decrease and its direction did not shift.

Qi Yan's heart skipped a beat, and she quickly controlled herself to calm down, and looked around vigilantly.

Qi Yan has seen wolves before, and even shot a wolf to death with his own hands.

But it was completely different from this time. That time, a group of half-grown children caught a lone wolf and drove it to a desperate situation. Qi Yan took the opportunity to shoot and kill it. This time she will face a pack of wolves alone.

A group of wolves in the breeding season, so hungry that they even dared to break into the heavily guarded sheepfold...

The last time I played the bow was more than ten years ago, and I don't know if I can do it again after so many years of practice.

This night running, whether it is Qi Yan or Jinhuanwu, is a trial.

The head wolf howled at the moon, and the pack of wolves responded.

The howling of the wolves can't stop ringing in my ears, especially creepy in such a silent night.

Qi Yan couldn't help comforting Jinhuanwu in his heart, and Jiali focused on the direction of the sound source.

A black cloud quietly covered the moon, and the grassland was plunged into darkness.

The wind blew, and the grass rustled.

To the northeast where they were marching, a dozen or so dark green light spots suddenly lit up. Qi Yan took a deep breath, drew his bow and aimed at one of the pair of green lights, and shot an arrow in the direction of a pair of green lights. The arrow pierced through the air. But no wailing was heard.

Even Qi Yan, who was once known as "Little Zhebie", missed the target when he fired again after a few years.

The wolf is a very smart animal. Seeing that the single human being was not good at archery, the alpha wolf immediately ordered the group to attack.

I saw the dozens of dark green eyes floating towards Qi Yan at an extremely fast speed, but Qi Yan was not affected by the miss, and took out another arrow to aim with the bow. This time the aiming time was obviously longer than before. The time grew a lot, and with a "whoosh", the arrow pierced through the air.

A wail came, and the pair of eyes shook and fell to the ground with a muffled sound.

Black clouds fluttered with the wind, and the light of the moon shrouded the entire grassland again. The wolves hidden in the darkness showed their figures. More than a dozen wolves with different coat colors and hideous faces followed Jinhuanwu.

This was the third night that Qi Yan had spent on the grassland, the people were tired and the horses were exhausted, and the speed of the Golden Ring Crow dropped somewhat.

I saw these hungry and red-eyed wolves getting closer and closer to them...

Qi Yan took out an arrow again, aimed and shot it, but the moonlight not only restored Qi Yan's sight, but also made the wolves more agile.

Qi Yan gritted her teeth, and took another shot with her bow. This time she shortened the aiming time to the shortest possible time, preparing to be caught off guard.

A wolf couldn't dodge and fell to the ground.

Although he failed to hit the vital point in haste, it also made the wolf lose the ability to chase.

Although the hit rate was not good, it was better than Qi Yan's own estimate. After missing the target a few times, Qi Yan gradually regained his touch. Wolves howled from time to time, and the number of wolves chasing after him dropped sharply. There are only three horses left.

Qi Yan calmed down a bit, she could feel that the Jinhuanwu was already very tired, and running under extreme fear was very exhausting.

She raised her hand to touch the quiver behind her back, but found nothing.

Qi Yan's cold sweat flowed down: I ran out of arrows!

Reproduction is the top priority of animals. Even if the wolves fight to the last, they will not give up easily. It is impossible for them to take the initiative to retreat!

The Golden Ring Crow sensed its master's panic, and it was completely panicked after being supported by Qi Yan's encouragement, and its speed slowed down again.

The cunning and clever wolf didn't miss this opportunity, and with a low growl, a wolf flew into the air and grabbed the horse's ass.

Even though Qi Yanlun raised his longbow and knocked on the wolf's head, it only played a slight blocking effect.

Three bloody mouths opened on the horse's buttocks immediately, Jinhuanwu neighed in pain and began to kick.

However, this kick just kicked the wolf that lost its balance, but the Jinhuanwu was completely panicked, stopped in place and couldn't stop kicking, raising its back hoof and front hoof, if it was someone else, it would have been thrown off , Qi Yan also had to use one hand to hold the rein.

Jinhuanwu was only four years old, and it was already very good to be able to behave like this when facing a pack of wolves for the first time.

The remaining two wolves dispersed tacitly, crawling and trying to give the man a fatal blow.

One of the wolves circled to the side and rushed towards Qi Yan who was on the horse. Qi Yan held her breath and rounded the longbow in her hand to fight back. At the very moment, she suddenly remembered what her father had said: wolves have Gold head, silver teeth, wooden waist.

Qi Yan twisted her wrist and turned the wheel into a thorn, blocked a wave of attacks, and then flew down with the strength of Jinhuanwu's jumping, and crushed the wolf's waist with her body. This move was actually very risky, but the front The situation is not for Qi Yan to think about.

Hearing "Gaba", Qi Yan heard the sound of a broken bone, and the wolf wailed unprecedentedly. Qi Yan was worried that the wolf would bite him back and rolled to the side for more than ten laps before stopping. Looking back, he saw that the wolf had fallen. It's amazing.

There was the last wolf left, the Jinhuanwu who had lost Qi Yan's control ran wildly into the darkness, the wolf didn't chase it but turned its head and growled at Qi Yan who was alone.

Qi Yan quickly looked back to make sure that there was no wolf chasing after him, and then bent his knees to confront the last wolf.

The longbow was released from his hands while it was rolling, Qi Yan slowly bent down and took out the dagger given by Qian Tong from the boot, which shone coldly under the moonlight.

The wolf was not far from Qi Yan, lying low and ready to pounce on him at any moment.

A drop of sweat slipped from Qi Yan's forehead, dripped down the eyebrows to the corners of the eyes, Qi Yan didn't dare to wipe it off, and didn't even dare to blink.

Qi Yan's heart was beating like a drum, and her knees were also a little weak.She knew: the dagger was too short, even if she could kill the wolf, she would definitely be injured.

She waved the sharp dagger in her hand to frighten the wolf, and then scrambled towards the direction where she fell from the horse. She moved the wolf and followed suit, always maintaining a dangerous distance.

The low growl of the wolf became louder and louder. Qi Yan was worried that a slightly injured wolf would come after her if she dragged on any longer, and she would die if she was attacked on the back.

Time passed bit by bit, this is the closest time Qi Yan has come to death in 25 years.

Streams of sweat flowed down, Qi Yan suppressed the instinct to escape and restrained his fear.

finally!Qi Yan felt that her foot touched a hard object, she straightened her body and slowly squatted down, and touched the longbow left behind.

With a long weapon in hand, Qi Yan felt at ease, but at this moment, the wolf also pounced on him without warning.

Qi Yan was thrown to the ground, a stench came out of the wolf's mouth, and the reflection of the wolf's teeth became clearer and clearer in the amber pupils.

Time seemed to stand still, and countless images flashed through Qi Yan's mind.

There are grasslands, old friends, enemies, and... Nangong Jingnv.

……

With a "pop", Nangong Jingnv stood up suddenly.Qiu Ju, who was carrying a hot water bottle, hurriedly knelt on the ground.

Qiu Ju: "Damn the slave!"

Nangong Jingnu let out a "tsk", and quickly removed the stack of official documents on the table to avoid the hot water.

The night was deep, but Weiyang Palace was brightly lit.In the past few days, Nangong Jingnv's inefficiency has accumulated a lot of official documents, and she is inexplicably restless tonight.

She followed Qi Yan's advice, and since Qi Yan left, she did not go to court again, but instead dealt with Xie An's affairs.

Xie An is a smart man, and he acted as a tainted witness in order to save his life.

According to the laws of the Wei State: Whoever makes the first accusation will not destroy the nine clans.And before the case is settled, the first accuser will not be punished. If the first accuser makes great contributions, the first accuser may be spared death.

Xie An did not confess to Nangong Wang, this line was found by Nangong Jingnv herself.But he bit out a lot of important court officials and feudal officials. This is an extremely huge and shocking interest group, and it affects the whole body, making Nangong Jingnv a little bit helpless.

Nangong Jingnv knew that Xie An was delaying time, he wanted to wait until Nangong Wang returned to Beijing, Nangong Jingnv did not intend to let the other party succeed.

However, Xie An confessed to one person, which made Nangong Jingnv have to pay attention to it--the official secretary of the court, the son-in-law of Princess Zhenzhen's mansion, Qi Yan, and Lord Qi.

But Qi Yan was careful enough, although she and Nangong Wang met in Xie's mansion, they always offered advice when they were alone with Nangong Wang, so Xie An didn't know much about it.

Moreover, Nangong Wang was Xie An's only lifeline, he did not dare to mention Qi Yan's defection to Nangong Wang at all, and accused Qi Yan of accepting bribes and using power for personal gain.

The bribes accepted were: a mansion worth 3000 taels of silver in the south of the city, a number of servants in the mansion, and hundreds of antique calligraphy and paintings.

Xie An spoke convincingly, saying: All the servants who stayed in the private house of the Qi Mansion can testify for themselves. If you don’t believe me, you can check it out. Antique calligraphy and painting, you only need to take the account book of Xie's mansion to the private house of the consort's mansion to find out.

Using power for personal gain is: Qi Yan used his power to oppress others, and blackmailed 1 taels of silver notes from Xie An.

This one is suspected of spitting blood. Qi Yan once got 1 taels of silver notes from Xie An in order to help Gong Yanghuai clear up the relationship, but Qi Yan has already returned the money.Qi Yan's original intention was to plant an introduction to get rid of the Xie Mansion, but later she was sent to Jinzhou to be the prefect, and this matter was shelved.

But what Qi Yan didn't know was: Xie An used a trick here. He ordered someone to record the expenditure on the account book, but after Qi Yan paid back the money, he didn't write off the account.

There is no reason for the Xie Mansion to be famous for a hundred years, and Qi Yan is not the only one who has scheming in this world.

This matter involved the royal family, the Inner Court Department, the Ministry of Punishment and the Third Hall of Yingtian Mansion did not dare to deal with it, so they wrote a joint declaration and handed it over to Nangong Rang, also known as Nangong Jingnv.

Also presented are three volumes of calligraphy of Layman Muyang found in the Xie Mansion. Although Layman Muyang was short-lived in the capital, the identity of Layman Shepherd is an open secret among the middle and upper officials of the court.