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Chapter 68 Xiaoya
Shen Weijing was taken aback, and the smile on his face faded slightly.
"What do you need them for?"
"Check the route."
"Is there no one else in the military?"
"There's someone there."
"Then find Han Shouyi."
"I've looked for it."
Shen Weijing narrowed his eyes.
"Did Han Shouyi agree?"
Mo Qin said:
"He told me to ask."
Shen Weijing laughed in exasperation.
That means they didn't agree.
"I didn't stop them."
"Brother Mo, your reasoning is sounding more and more like that of a robber."
Mo Qin squatted down by the brazier and reached out to warm his frozen fingertips.
"Lord Shen, the road I need to investigate is not an ordinary road."
Shen Weijing looked at him.
Mo Qin said:
"After the battle of Pyongyang, Li Shuai will pursue them."
"The Japanese won't let him pursue them peacefully."
"There's a group of unnamed people in the Japanese camp, the same group that chased you before! They were all deadly the first few times."
"But they didn't show up much when Pyongyang fell this time."
"Does Lord Shen consider this an admission of defeat?"
Shen Weijing fell silent.
The coach looked up.
The monkey stopped poking the fire.
After a while, Shen Weijing slowly said:
"It doesn't look like it."
"Like sheathing a sword, waiting to be drawn again next time."
Mochin nodded.
"That's what I'm afraid of."
At this moment, Lin Jun lifted the curtain and came in from the outside.
A gust of cold wind rushed in, but she quickly pressed it down with her hand.
She glanced at Mo Qin, then looked at Shen Weijing.
"Lord Shen should know better than us that Konishi Yukinaga will not be willing to step down just like that."
Shen Weijing said:
"Of course he was unwilling to accept it."
Lin Jundao:
"Pyongyang has already been lost. If he wants to talk, he needs to have some leverage first."
Shen Weijing looked down at his legs.
"So you think the chips are on their way."
Mo Qin said:
"Eighty percent."
The coach asked:
"What about the remaining 20%?"
Mochin looked at him.
"There's more than one pothole on the road."
The monkey gasped.
"You northerners are really particular about borrowing people."
"Someone borrows someone's money and then treats them to a meal."
"You're borrowing people, but first you need to set up the pit on the table."
Mo Qin said:
"Firstly, Hubei is located in central China..."
"Also, are you scared?"
The monkey was perfectly justified.
"Of course I'm scared. Only a fool wouldn't be."
Mo Qin said:
"Are you still going or not?"
The monkey clicked its tongue.
"We haven't agreed on a price yet, have we?"
Shen Weijing looked at Mo Qin, and the smile on his face completely disappeared.
"Brother Mo, you have a good eye for people."
"My leg isn't healed yet. The coach and the monkey protected me all the way here. It was a great struggle to save my life."
"Now, with just one word, you can take them to investigate the roads."
He paused.
"I believe you think the road ahead is dangerous."
"It's precisely because it's dangerous that I don't want to lend it."
The monkey had originally intended to say something sarcastic, but this time he didn't.
The coach didn't move either.
Shen Weijing continued:
"I have a lot of debts to my mouth in this life, but I don't want to incur any more debts to human lives."
The room fell silent for a moment.
Mo Qin said:
"I will bring him back."
The coach suddenly spoke:
"Don't make promises you can't keep."
Mochin looked at him.
The coach's voice was very deep.
"You're a flag bearer now, not alone."
"People are not guns."
"The gun is broken, let's get a new one."
"When a person dies, they're gone."
This is roughly the same idea as what Han Shouyi said.
That makes sense, and Mo Qin's heart sank.
The monkey sighed beside him.
"You're all making such harsh statements, I'm almost embarrassed to mention adding more money."
Shen Weijing ignored him.
He glanced at Xiaoya in the corner of the room and suddenly said:
"She cried for half an hour."
Mo Qin was taken aback.
Shen Weijing said:
I miss my mother.
The room fell silent again.
Xiaoya hugged the old cloth tightly and buried her face even lower.
Shen Weijing looked at Mo Qin again.
"Brother Mo, aren't you known for your sharp tongue?"
Mochin looked at him.
"What do you mean?"
"If you appease her, I'll lend her to you."
Mo Qin's eyelids twitched.
"Lord Shen, is this military business or a performance?"
Shen Weijing was very serious.
"In the end, military affairs also depend on the people involved."
The monkey immediately perked up.
"That makes sense. Mo Qitou, please begin your performance."
Mochin looked at the coach.
The coach crossed his arms and didn't speak up for him.
Mo Qin then looked at Lin Jun.
Lin Jun said calmly:
"Didn't you say you've matured a lot?"
Mo Qin touched his head and said:
"Being mature and coaxing children are not the same thing."
Lin Jundao:
"Before leading people, learn not to scare them to tears."
The monkey slapped its thigh.
"That's a good sentence."
Mo Qin took a deep breath, leaned the white wax gun against the wall, and squatted down in front of Xiao Ya.
Xiaoya looked up at him with her eyes full of tears.
Mo Qin thought for a long time.
"Xiaoya."
Xiaoya didn't say anything.
Mochin pulled half a dry biscuit from his pocket.
Break it into two pieces.
One piece is slightly larger, and the other is slightly smaller.
He placed the larger piece of bread in his left hand.
"This is Lord Shen's mouth."
Shen Weijing's eyelids twitched.
"Wait a minute."
Mochin then placed the smaller cake in his right hand.
"This is Lord Shen's leg."
The monkey has started biting its lip.
Xiaoya looked at him blankly.
She couldn't understand what Mochin was saying.
Shen Weijing said coldly:
"You're using me to comfort a child, and you expect me to flip through it myself?"
Mochin was very sincere.
"Lord Shen is fluent in languages; those who are capable should be given more work."
Shen Weijing took a breath.
"You haven't even owed them a favor yet, but the debt has already started to accumulate."
Even so, he still whispered the meaning to Xiaoya in Korean.
After hearing this, Xiaoya looked at Shen Weijing's legs with red eyes, and then at his mouth.
There was no laughter.
Mochin hid the small cake behind the large cake.
"Your leg is injured, but it's nothing serious."
He then placed the flatbread forward, opening and closing two fingers.
"The mouth is still there."
Shen Weijing's face darkened.
The monkey finally couldn't hold it in and burst out laughing.
Mochin continued earnestly:
"Lord Shen only has two legs."
"The mouth looks like it has eight lines."
"As long as the mouth isn't damaged, it's not considered a serious injury."
Shen Weijing gritted his teeth and flipped through half of it, but he simply couldn't continue.
"Brother Mo, listen to this yourself, is this even human language?"
Xiaoya still didn't smile.
She just looked at Shen Weijing, and then at the two pieces of bread in Mo Qin's hand.
Mochin found it a bit tricky.
He originally thought the joke was pretty good.
At least the monkey laughed.
Just because a monkey laughs doesn't mean a child will laugh.
Lin Jun then walked over to Xiao Ya and squatted down as well.
She didn't snatch the cake from Mochin's hand, nor did she make a face on purpose.
She simply looked at Xiaoya and said very softly.
He's wrong.
Xiaoya looked up at her.
Lin Jun pointed at Shen Weijing.
"Lord Shen's leg is injured, one of his two legs."
He then pointed to Shen Weijing's mouth.
"But his mouth is fine."
Shen Weijing was stunned.
The monkey laughed so hard it collapsed next to the brazier.
Even the coach's lips twitched slightly.
Shen Weijing angrily said:
"Brother Lin, how come you've gone astray too?"
Lin Jun calmly said:
"truth."
Shen Weijing wanted to refute.
But the angrier he got, the more intently Xiaoya watched.
She glanced at Shen Weijing, then at the pancake in Mo Qin's hand, and then at Lin Jun's serious face.
Tears were still on her face.
The next moment, she suddenly let out a very soft laugh.
The sound was very soft and incomplete.
Because his tongue was only half-full, his laughter was muffled.
But everyone in the room heard it.
The monkey's laughter stopped.
The coach lowered his eyes.
Shen Weijing was also stunned.
Xiaoya laughed for a while, then lowered her head and cried again.
This time, I didn't keep my voice down like before.
It was more like someone who had been holding their breath for a long time finally letting out a breath.
Shen Weijing remained silent for a long time.
Finally, he reached out and patted the side of the bed.
Xiaoya hesitated for a moment, then slowly moved over.
Shen Weijing handed her the half-cake.
"Have something to eat."
Xiaoya looked up at him.
Shen Weijing still couldn't keep a straight face.
"Don't look at me, my legs are bad, I can't beat you."
Xiaoya lowered her head and took the pancake.
Mochin stood up.
Shen Weijing looked at him.
"OK."
Mo Qin said:
"Can I borrow someone's services?"
"borrow."
Shen Weijing pointed at the instructor, then at the monkey.
"Take these two with you."
The monkey immediately said:
"Lord Shen, could you please ask for our opinion before you agree?"
Shen Weijing said:
Your opinion is worthless.
The monkey clutches its chest.
"It hurts people."
The coach looked at Shen Weijing.
"Over here?"
Shen Weijing patted his leg.
"I can't run with this leg right now."
"If someone really comes to kill me, I'll have no choice but to rely on my words."
The monkey said:
"With so many mouths, you could at least hold off eight people."
Shen Weijing sneered.
"Say it again, and I'll stall you for now."
The coach was silent for a moment, then nodded.
"I'll go."
The monkey sighed.
"Well, they've already dug a hole right at our doorstep."
"Not dancing would make me seem like an outsider."
Shen Weijing looked at Mo Qin and lowered his voice.
"It wasn't borrowed for nothing."
Mochin nodded.
"condition?"
You owe me a favor.
Mochin smiled.
"As expected, Lord Shen doesn't do anything that doesn't benefit him."
Shen Weijing also smiled.
"My leg is in this state; if I don't earn some favors now, wouldn't I be losing out big time?"
"OK."
Mo Qin said:
I owe you one.
Shen Weijing nodded.
"besides."
Mochin looked at him.
Shen Weijing's smile slowly faded.
"Bring them back."
The room fell silent.
Shen Weijing looked at Xiaoya.
"This child has lost a mother."
"Don't let her lose two more uncles who can make her laugh."
The monkey wanted to say something sarcastic, but the words stuck in his throat.
The instructor didn't say anything, but simply placed his hand on the hilt of the sword and nodded slightly.
Mo Qin looked at Shen Weijing.
This time, he didn't say anything offensive.
"I'll bring them back."
Shen Weijing stared at him for a while.
Then he said:
"Get lost."
Mochin turned to leave.
Xiaoya made another indistinct sound.
"Well……"
Mo Qin turned around.
Xiaoya held the half-eaten pancake, as if she wanted to say something.
But I can't put it into words.
Her eyes reddened with anxiety.
Lin Jun walked over and asked a couple of questions in a low voice.
Xiaoya slowly raised her hand.
She pointed at Mo Qin, then pointed outside the door.
Then she put her two little hands together, as if she were pulling something back.
Shen Weijing understood.
He whispered:
"She brought you back safely."
Mo Qin paused for a moment.
Xiaoya nodded vigorously.
Mo Qin looked at her and suddenly felt a lump in his throat.
He smiled.
"OK."
"When you get back, let Lin Jun tell you the story of Lord Shen's eight mouths."
Shen Weijing angrily said:
"You're coming again?"
Lin Jun said calmly:
"It's not eight mouths, it's eight mouths."
The monkey couldn't hold back any longer.
Xiaoya smiled again.
This time it was very light.
But I didn't cry.
Mochin stood up and picked up the white wax gun.
As soon as I stepped out of the house, a gust of wind rushed in.
Liu Gao was already waiting outside the courtyard, holding the lion-head shield, his nose red from the cold.
Yan Qi arrived at some point, his back hunched over his shoulders, his eyes fixed on the distant snowfield.
Lin Jun stood next to Mo Qin.
The coach came out and stood to the left rear of Mochin.
The monkey stretched, with half a piece of cake dangling from its mouth, which it had somehow acquired.
"Let's go, Mo Qitou, you're a real loser..."
After leaving the city, the group walked quite a distance when Mo Qin, unable to bear it any longer, turned back for a look.
Including myself, there are six people.
not much.
If you put them in the army, they're nothing.
But this was the first time he had truly led a team.
Lin Jun remained calm.
Liu Gao, still holding his shield, was quietly asking the monkey, "What does 'falling down' mean?"
Yan Qi had already squatted down to look at the footprints in the snow.
The coach remained silent.
The monkey was chewing on a biscuit, but its eyes were shining brightly.
Mo Qin slung the white wax spear across his shoulder.
"Yan Qi, go ahead and watch the road."
Yan Qi nodded.
"Liu Gao protects the left."
Liu Gao thrust the lion-head shield in front of him.
"clear."
"The coach is pressing down on the right."
The coach nodded.
"The monkeys brought up the rear."
The monkey pointed to itself.
"Me, cover the rear? Are you sure you're not just making it easier for me to escape?"
Mo Qin said:
"Your legs are short, you can't run fast."
The monkey angrily said:
You can insult me, but you can't insult my ability to escape.
Mo Qin ignored him and looked at Lin Jun.
"You are between me and me."
Lin Jundao:
"I know."
Mochin nodded.
"Then I'll help you get familiar with what it's like to be a flag bearer."
Liu Gao grinned.
"Brother Qin, it's got the right flavor."
Mochin looked at him.
"If you call me Brother Qin again, I'll make you carry a monkey as punishment."
The monkey immediately said:
"I object."
"Objection overruled."
Just as they were about to leave, Yan Qi suddenly raised his hand.
Everyone stopped in their tracks.
Instead of looking ahead, he crouched down and used his fingertips to brush away the snow.
A tire track, trampled and then covered by fresh snow, was visible beneath the snow.
Yan Qi said:
"There's a car heading south."
He moved it to the side again.
"There are also cars heading east."
Liu Gao asked:
"Why is the car heading east?"
Yan Qi did not answer immediately.
He looked ahead along the tire tracks.
A faint, extremely soft sound could be heard amidst the wind and snow.
Squeak.
Squeak.
Like a wheel rolling over frozen soil.
The half-eaten piece of bread in the monkey's mouth stopped.
"That voice..."
The instructor looked up, his hand already on the hilt of his sword.
Liu Gao held the lion-head shield horizontally in front of him, instinctively blocking Lin Jun's path.
Yan Qi stood up, bow already in his hand.
Deep in the snowstorm, an empty car slowly slid out.
No one was driving the carriage.
There were no horses either.
A broken rein hung from the shaft, the broken end frozen stiff, and it tapped against the wooden planks as the cart swayed.
Squeak.
Squeak.
The car deck was completely empty.
There was only a clump of something covered in snow.
Yan Qi did not approach immediately.
He first checked the tracks and then the underside of the cart to make sure there were no tripwires or hidden crossbows before slowly walking over and using the tip of his bow to clear away the snow.
As soon as the snow stopped, Liu Gao's expression changed instantly.
That was a hand.
He wore arm guards made by the Ming army on his wrists.
His five fingers were spread out, frozen stiff, as if he was trying to grasp something before he died.
Lin Jun lowered his voice:
"Don't touch it."
Mochin walked to the front of the car and looked down at the hand.
The blood on the arm guard had turned black from the cold.
There were several dark marks on the edge of the car body, indicating that it had been dragged out.
This wasn't just thrown away carelessly.
Someone specially brought it here.
It was at this moment that Mochin received a private message.
[Anonymous: Nine-headed bird, you're lucky you didn't die on the Pyongyang city wall.]
The next line quickly followed.
[Anonymous: Dare to pursue me? Come on.]
Mochin didn't move.
The monkey slowly swallowed the biscuit in its mouth.
"This pit..."
"They really do come to you on their own."
The coach glanced at the car, then at Mo Qin.
"Don't touch the corpse."
Mochin nodded.
He didn't touch the hand, but simply looked up at the wind and snow in the east.
There was no one there anymore.
Only tire tracks stretched out from the snow, gradually being covered by fresh snow.
Mo Qin gripped the white wax gun tightly, his voice lowering.
"This is not meant for the Ming army to see."
Lin Jun looked at that hand.
"It's for us to see."
Mochin did not refute.
He turned to look at the monkey.
"Go to the forward camp."
"Find Commander Han."
The smile on the monkey's face was gone.
"clear."
After he finished speaking, he turned around and dashed into the snowstorm.
Liu Gao hugged his shield tightly and cursed under his breath.
Mo Qin looked at the empty car and realized something.
Someone has been watching them!
Moreover, the challenge has already been delivered to the door.