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Chapter 662 Accomplices
Lu Qing's reaction to Zhu Yu's teasing was extremely calm. He simply nodded and sat down on a large rock nearby, casually lifting the hem of his robe to the side. Even in the swaying moonlight, the dagger in his hand still showed a hint of cold light.

With a swift and skillful motion, he sliced ​​open the rabbit's belly, plucked out all the contents of its cavity, and set them aside one by one. Then, he began to use the sharp blade to cut open the connection between the skin and flesh, peeling off the rabbit's fur completely as if he were peeling off a piece of paper.

“It will get even colder in a while, and this will be perfect to make a hand warmer.” He weighed the rabbit skin in his hand. Because of his skillful handling, there wasn’t a single speck of meat stuck to the skin, and the fur on the other side was free of blood.

The two "bandits" standing to the side looked rather grim as they watched Lu Qing's clean and efficient knife work.

Unfortunately, Zhu Yu, who had been watching the commotion from the sidelines, also got involved. After watching Lu Qing finish dealing with the situation, she nodded approvingly at him, poured water for him to wash his hands, and praised him, "Not bad, not bad. With the way you handled this wild rabbit, I think you could handle any animal, let alone this small one, even a person."

Lu Qing smiled and said, "I can certainly do things like disemboweling and dismantling it into pieces."

If you want to be able to sew shattered limbs back together like you do, making it look like a whole, intact corpse, I simply can't do that.

"No problem at all. With your courage and knife skills, you'll be fine in time," Zhu Yu said, not holding back his praise.

The two "bandits" already felt a chill run down their spines watching Lu Qing's method of catching the wild rabbit, and upon hearing Zhu Yu's words, they immediately felt their stomachs churning, and images seemed to flash before their eyes, making them want to vomit.

Hearing the commotion, Zhu Yu turned her attention back to the two people and looked at them with sympathy: "You two should be more sensible. It won't do you any good to keep putting on this act."

The two men turned their faces away simultaneously, ignoring what she said.

Lu Qing saw their reactions, snorted coldly, and said to Zhu Yu, "I don't know if you've heard of it before, but ten or twenty years ago, everyone in the military knew a secret that was not told to outsiders."

If the two armies fight for a long time and remain deadlocked, with no clear winner, but their food supplies are about to run out, in order to continue the battle, some soldiers will slaughter and dismember the enemy soldiers who are killed, wounded, or captured, just like livestock.

The leather was used to make lanterns, which were many times better than lanterns made of paper.

The fat on their bodies can be shaved off and rendered into oil, which is useful for lighting lamps or other purposes.

As for the lean meat, it was dried into jerky and used as emergency rations for marching and fighting; not a single bit was wasted.

Zhu Yu listened to Lu Qing's words with a hint of surprise, then turned to look at the two people, and shook his head with some regret: "That's a real pity. Of the three, the one who ran away looked the most robust. He looked like a piece of dried meat, and he weighed several pounds more than the other two!"

Upon hearing this, one of the two "bandits" couldn't take it anymore and started gagging.

Zhu Yu was amused by his reaction and picked up a long branch from the side. He took two steps forward and poked the gagging "bandit": "What? Scared? If you're scared, just be honest! Let's be frank and we certainly won't make things difficult for you two."

"But if this continues... to be honest, we can't guarantee we'll catch rabbits every time we go around here..." "You, you're talking nonsense!" the retching "bandit" shouted angrily, looking disheveled. "Whether it was a decade or several decades ago, in any military unit, when has anyone ever spoken of such ruthless, beastly behavior?!"

"Shut up, don't say another word!" His companion, hearing this, also became a little anxious and quickly tried to stop him. "We're just ordinary mountain bandits, how would we know anything about military affairs! If they say it's true, then it is. If they want to kill or torture us, we'll just let them do as they please!"
"Whether we stick our necks out or not, we'll still get stabbed. We've even managed to be bandits, so why should we be afraid of them?!"

His companion, upon hearing this, swallowed back the words that had just slipped out in his haste and fear, turned his face away with a pale expression, and ignored Zhu Yu.

If it weren't for the wet streaks that slid down their foreheads and dripped onto their clothes, their expressions alone would have given them a rather death-defying air.

Seeing this, Lu Qing and Zhu Yu didn't continue to pester the two people. They handed the skinned rabbit to Fu Wenfu to roast over the fire.

The rabbit was very fat, and Lu Qing skinned it thoroughly, leaving all the abundant fat on its body. Now, when it was roasted over the fire, it quickly sizzled and released a fragrant aroma.

The four men sat down around the two men and shared the roasted rabbit meat. Even though the two "bandits" had almost vomited from what Zhu Yu had said, they still instinctively made croaking noises from their stomachs and couldn't stop drooling.

They closed their eyes and turned their faces to the other side, but even though they could ignore the images and sounds, they couldn't stop breathing. The fragrance kept wafting over, tormenting them.

Nevertheless, the two of them gritted their teeth and didn't utter a single sound from beginning to end.

Looking at the two of them like this, Zhu Yu felt a pang of pity.

By the time of Yin (3-5 AM), the two people tied to the tree were probably exhausted and somewhat listless.

The four of them sat there eating and chatting casually. As Fu Wen, who was sitting opposite Lu Qing, bent down to get a water bag, he quickly glanced around and subtly gave Lu Qing a wink.

Lu Qing glanced at him, took the water bag from Zhu Yu, and handed it to her. As Zhu Yu reached out to take it, Lu Qing gently tapped the back of her hand with her finger.

Zhu Yu understood in an instant. Although his posture remained unchanged, he had already subtly tensed up.

She knew that it must have been the "bandit" accomplice who had run away earlier who brought reinforcements.

Although Zhu Yu was full of confidence in their plan, she couldn't help but feel a little nervous because the four of them would be facing an unknown number of people.

(End of this chapter)