Rune

Chapter 1
After an autumn rain and a cold, as soon as October entered, the mouth of Yuxia became cool after a rain. The cold wind in the morning hung a layer of cold dew on the grass leaves. The original green color gradually faded, revealing pale yellow.

Yuxiakou is not a city, but a frontier fortress standing on the edge of the Huangsha Gobi, surrounded by a circle of wooden fences, and a dozen frontier fortress soldiers lived inside.

Since there are wastelands outside the gorge, no crops can be grown, and without crops, there will be no people. Only some caravans will pass here occasionally to replenish some fresh water and dry food, and then continue on the road.

Therefore, the soldiers at Yuxiakou usually have a very leisurely job, just drinking, sleeping, patrolling the commercial road every day, and killing horse thieves by the way.

That's all there is to a boring life.

It was daylight, and the edge of a barren mountain had just turned pale.

In the thin morning light, a few figures loomed.

They lay on the top of the mountain, covering their figures with a few weeds. The sandy soil that had been blown by the wind all night was frighteningly cold, but these people dared not move, and could only breathe out while covering their mouths with their hands. The white mist, while shivering to comfort the already frozen body.

"What day is it today?" A bearded man asked.

"Fifth day." The person next to him responded, his voice shaking violently.

"Are you sure it's the fifth day?"

"I read it three times before going out, sure!" the man replied.

The bearded man nodded, and the uneasiness in his heart seemed to ease a little.

There are three nests of horse thieves around the mouth of Yuxia. They have a common rule, that is, they close the gate of the village on the fourth, fourteenth, and twenty-fourth of every month and never go out.

as to why
Let's put it this way, a few years ago, there were seven nests of horse thieves around here, four of which were unruly, so now there are only three left.

A gust of wind blew away the dew on the grass and hit Chang San on the face.

A trace of anger appeared in Chang San's sinister inverted triangular eyes.

"Second master, what are we doing lying here?"

"Wait for the caravan, there is a caravan passing by here today, and it will be winter soon, if you don't grab something, how will you survive the winter?" the second head of the family said with a low voice.

Chang San was depressed: "I know this, but I'm just wondering, there's no one else around here, what are we doing here shivering on our stomach? Why don't we get up and move around?"

The second master waved his hand angrily and gave him a slap: "Are you fucking stupid, today is the fifth day of the lunar new year, do you know the fifth day of the new year!"

Chang San covered his face, desperately suppressing the anger in his chest.

Fifty miles away from Yuxiakou, there is Yucheng. He was originally a death row prisoner in Yucheng. Because he killed someone, he was waiting to be beheaded at Caishikou. As a result, he was lucky and escaped, risking half his life. Ran here and entered the den of horse thieves.

This time, it was the first time he came out to rob.

Originally, Chang San thought that if he became a horse thief, he would be able to be unrestrained and happy.Being able to ride on a horse, holding a big knife in his hand, and the people in the caravan kneeling in front of him and begging for mercy, he feels refreshed when he thinks about this picture.

But my current situation seems to be completely different from what I imagined.

"Second leader, I know today is the fifth day of the lunar new year, but what does this have to do with us lying here and freezing?"

The second in charge was also very cold, he gave an answer shivering:
"The fifth day is close to the fourth day"

Two hours later, the sun finally passed over the mountain, and the warm light shone on the earth. At the same time, it also rescued the horse thieves who were almost frozen to death.

"Second in charge, look!"

A man with sharp eyes excitedly pointed to the end of the business road.

Looking in that direction, at the end of the line of sight, a group of figures gradually became clear. It was a caravan!
The second master took a few deep breaths, as if he was making a final decision. After a long while, he finally gritted his teeth: "Damn, I can't bear to let the child be tied to a wolf! Brothers, give it to me!"

he shouted.

After receiving the order, the horse thieves who had been lying all morning finally had a channel to release their grievances. They stood up slowly, muttering in their hearts: Today is the fifth day of the new year, the fifth day of the new year!So as long as you grab it fast enough, you'll be fine!
The bearded man was obviously a grumpy person. He stood up the fastest and most violently, holding a sledgehammer for blacksmithing in his hand, and his body was full of tendons, so that the buttons of the padded jacket on his body almost burst open.

"Hahaha——! I must catch a few girls today—poof~"

There was a soft sound, as if the rolling pin had poked into the dumpling stuffing.

The man's voice stopped abruptly, and then he fell straight backwards. An arrow sank halfway into his head in the eye socket, and the arrow was nailed to the back of his head. A small part of the iron tip poked out, which looked very playful~
For a moment, all the horse thieves were dumbfounded. They looked at the dead body on the ground and the arrow feathers that kept buzzing and trembling.
"Xu Xu Baiyan.!!!"

Horrified drinking rang out in the chaos.In the next second, all the horse thieves began to run away like crazy.

They ran without any rules, and almost subconsciously rushed towards the direction they were facing. Some of them were unlucky and forgot that they were on the top of a Gobi mountain more than ten meters high at the moment. He jumped forward, then fell, smashing his head in embarrassment.

Chang San was stunned, he didn't know why everyone started to flee, but fear is contagious, he glanced at the feathered arrow which was nothing special, thinking in his mind, isn't it just an arrow , there are only a dozen soldiers in the entire Yuxiakou, so what if they are all dispatched?

But his legs didn't listen to him, and he started to toss around quickly, rushing down the mountain.

"Whoosh-"

The piercing sound came from the back of his head, and the sound alone gave Chang San's neck a layer of goosebumps.

At the same time, a horse thief beside him who was galloping in parallel with him slapped him on the ground.

The moment his vision remained, Chang San seemed to see an arrow sticking out of the brother's mouth, and the arrow broke out a few teeth.

"Whoosh-"

"Whoosh-"

There was a crisp sound, either far or near, and with the ensuing 'plop' sound, the shouting around seemed to be getting less and less.

Behind him, a figure climbed to the top of the mountain
The figure was very thin, wearing the light armor of a soldier of the Great Qin Army, and holding an ordinary boxwood bow in his hand.

The man casually took out an arrow from the quiver behind his back, then drew the bow and nocked the arrow, the string of the loose-fingered bow flicked leisurely and made a whistling sound.

There is only sound, but the arrow cannot be seen clearly.

But an arrow did cut a distance of tens of meters in front of it, whistling and piercing into the back of a certain horse thief, and then felt dissatisfied, and squeezed forward again until the arrow pierced through the chest. Drilled out, let the tiny wound bleed a little, and then stopped contentedly.

Then came the next arrow, and the next arrow.
The man was like a scene being played repeatedly, shooting arrows steadily and slowly, the buzzing of the bowstring and the sound of the feathered arrow piercing through the air were continuous, like a melody urging death at a funeral.
(End of this chapter)