Volume 1: Wild Beasts, Changes Begin Chapter 47: The Tiger's Roar Shocks the People
Maybe because the courtyard wall was broken, the whole garden seemed more empty. The green leaves in the lotus pond were broad, swaying silently in the night wind. Ziyun curled up in the corridor with her hands on her knees, looking even smaller in this picture.
However, the girl did not shed tears, nor did she look particularly scared. She looked more like she was in a daze.
A gentle and soft voice came.
"What are you thinking about?"
"I want to hit him."
Ziyun stretched out a finger and pressed it on the head of the dead red-eyed bird in front of him. "I want to kill that bird myself..."
Halfway through her speech, Ziyun suddenly came to her senses and realized something. When she looked up, she saw Fang Yunhan standing in front of her with a slightly strange expression on his face.
"Ah! I, I didn't mean that." Ziyun's face immediately became flustered, "I didn't say I wanted to kill anyone, I just...that..."
The girl couldn't explain clearly, her eyes were slightly red, as if she was about to cry. She stretched out her fingers, grabbed the hem of Fang Yunhan's robe, and said in a crying tone, "Prince, don't hate me."
"Ah? Why do I hate you?"
Fang Yunhan squatted down, his eyes were at the same height as Ziyun's, his face was normal , he even smiled, "You didn't do anything wrong."
"But I..." Ziyun stammered, his voice getting smaller and smaller, almost inaudible, and his head lowered deeply, "I just said I would beat you to death... doesn't it sound like something a bad person would say..."
Fang Yunhan said: "No, this is a very normal thing."
Ziyun suddenly raised his head: "Is this normal?"
"Yes, if a bad guy hits you, you hit him back. It's only natural and reasonable."
Fang Yunhan tried to comfort her with his words, but he was still somewhat surprised in his heart.
The people in Changluo Marquis's mansion had a good living atmosphere, which was rare in this era. This girl had been with him since she was a child, and she grew up innocently. When she suddenly encountered such a thing, she didn't show much fear.
You really can't tell at ordinary times, but this little girl is actually a bit fierce inside.
After hearing Fang Yunhan's words of encouragement, Ziyun's expression gradually calmed down.
Fang Yunhan said, "Well, so many things happened tonight, you should go to rest. Are you still scared? How about I accompany you?"
"No!" Ziyun refused immediately. She didn't want the prince to move a chair beside her bed and sit until the early morning like he did when they were children. That would be too weird. She was the maid who was supposed to serve others like this.
However, she never thought that since Yunhan fell ill in the front, she would have to keep watch at night dozens of times more.
"I can just go back to bed by myself."
Ziyun stood up, patted her skirt, and ran to her room.
Fang Yunhan called from behind her: "Don't forget to wash your hands and change your clothes before going to bed."
After Ziyun went back, Fang Yunhan also went back to the garden to rest.
There were beds, heaters, and gauze tents arranged there, so even though one slept in the garden, one would not be affected by the cold wind at night.
That night, nothing else happened in the following time.
The next day, when Fang Yunhan was eating in the garden, he heard some noise in the front hall. Fang Pingbo had been out for about half an hour, and when he came back, there was a look of joy on his face.
Fang Yunhan asked, "Is there anyone coming?"
"It's the county magistrate and the patrol general of Donghai County, Song Bi Da."
Fang Pingbo's porridge had already gone cold, so a maid brought him a bowl of hot porridge. He first took a piece of cake, bit half of it, and said, "It's about mutant creatures. There are such things everywhere in Da Qi now. Recently, the mutant creatures in Donghai County seem to be heading towards our four coastal counties."
"Song Bi Da brought a team of cavalry and the musketeers to set up defenses here. He also heard that I was attacked before and that the mansion has been in turmoil recently, so he left four musketeers for me."
Fang Pingbo drank a mouthful of porridge and said, "Four of them are sharpshooters with sufficient ammunition. Our mansion is now more secure."
Fang Yunhan put down his chopsticks and nodded silently.
He was also indirectly involved in the improvement of Da Qi's firearms.
In fact, it was precisely because he knew that his son was extraordinary since childhood and had many groundbreaking ideas that Fang Pingbo firmly believed that his son had encountered the guidance of an immortal.
If there really are immortals in this world, and they can't even choose my son, who else can?
It's probably this kind of blind pride.
Therefore, Fang Pingbo would also tell Fang Yunhan about some of the subsequent achievements in firearms improvements.
From Fang Yunhan's point of view, the new long-handled muskets currently equipped by the soldiers of the musket battalion in this world are not inferior to the ordinary rifles in his previous life in terms of shooting lethality, not to mention the replacement of bullets. Among the mutant creatures he has encountered, whether it was the vicious dog at that time or the horse last night, they would not have much chance to show off their power in front of this kind of gun.
With these four musketeers, the defense strength of the mansion can be said to have doubled, and Fang Yunhan can live out without worry.
However, as soon as he put forward his original idea of finding a house in a remote place to live in, he was strongly opposed by Fang Pingbo.
"Even if you have to live farther away or in a more secluded place, there is no need to put yourself in such a difficult position ."
Fang Pingbo had heard Fang Yunhan mention this several times and knew that he would definitely move out, so he did not stop him directly. He just said earnestly, "If you really want to move out, you can live next to Honganji Temple. There are some guest rooms built in the mountains for elegant pilgrims to stay. It's far away from the more populous places in the city, but it's not out of touch with the news, and the living conditions are better."
Before Fang Yunhan answered, Fang Pingbo seemed to have thought of something and his eyes lit up.
"By the way, didn't you ask me about the Sea King before? Recently, Honganji..."
Fang Pingbo's words were interrupted by a sudden roar.
This roar obviously came from a very far distance, but it still had a thrilling, fierce and intimidating aura.
A maidservant nearby couldn't help but shudder when she heard this.
Ziyun looked up in bewilderment: "Is this sound a tiger's roar?"
"It's a tiger's roar." Fang Pingbo pondered, "I seem to have heard that there is a vicious tiger in Pingshan County. However, it came from Pingshan to Qingyu, and the sound is particularly loud. I'm afraid it is another mutated beast."
The tiger is the king of beasts and the top beast in the jungle food chain. Its roar spread throughout the city and alarmed most of Qingyu County. Countless people were frightened at the sound.
At this time, on the west side of Qingyu County, a somewhat embarrassed and panicked soldier hurried over to report to Yu Qingcong.
"Commander, there is a huge white-browed tiger that destroyed many of our traps to the west. It crossed the ditch, pushed over the low wall we had just built, broke through our defense line, and ran away."
"Where did you go?" Yu Qingcong asked anxiously.
"It was heading east, but it might have headed north." The soldier's face turned pale. "That tiger was so big and so alert. Nearly 20 of us fired at it, but we didn't hit it at all."
