Chapter 1607: An Old Friend
Chapter 1607: An Old Friend
There were only three people left in the room.
Huo Changhe walked lightly up the stairs and was about to push the door when he heard someone talking in the room.
"I didn't expect to meet here after not seeing each other for many years. Come on, let's do it."
This voice...why does it sound familiar? I feel like I've heard it somewhere before.
Another person said: "This is fate. If I hadn't passed by here, I wouldn't have met you."
This voice is more familiar!
Yinding blinked his little eyes and looked at Huo Changhe.
Huo Changhe nodded, and knocked on the door politely: "Boss?"
The boss he calls himself is not the boss of a mountain copycat.
As soon as the person inside stopped talking, someone walked over and opened the door.
The moon outside and the light inside reflected a smiling and slightly blushing face.
The boss of Yan Ruyu's courtyard.
Yin Ding was delighted: "Is it really you?"
Huo Changhe's eyes quickly swept inside, and the moment he saw the boss, he almost thought that Yan Ruyu had also come.
The eldest master saluted him, knowing what he was looking at: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, the princess will be here soon."
Huo Changhe was surprised: "Is the princess really here?"
The eldest boss nodded and said, "Originally, the three of us set out together, including Jiang Paopao. Before leaving the city, I suggested to the princess that I go through other gates and take other roads to see if there are other clues. If there are, we will contact each other by carrier pigeon."
"This evening, I passed by Dahupo and saw the two of them. Your Majesty, who do you think they are?"
Just now, Huo Changhe only glanced into the room without taking a closer look. Now two people came over, very excited.
One of them had a scar on his face, from his chin to the corner of his eye. He was so excited that the scar twitched unconsciously.
This was exactly the second in command of Dahupo described by Zhang Da.
"Your Highness, I am Sun Damao, honored to meet you, Your Highness."
Huo Changhe's thoughts were brought back to Shencheng by his words.
"Greetings, Your Majesty. My name is Sun Damao, and I am from a nearby village. My mother said that I was as big as a cat when I was born, so she gave me this name.
My family is too poor and I can’t survive, so I’m joining the army!”
"Your Majesty, I have been promoted to team leader."
"Your Highness, the team that brought back the news from the Vanguard Camp was led by me, Sun Damao."
"Your Majesty, Sun Damao is seriously injured!"
……
Huo Changhe's nose was sour: "Big Cat? It's you? Aren't you in the Shencheng military camp?"
"I...I took some money and retired from the army. Your Majesty, please come in."
Huo Changhe walked into the room and sat down, listening to Sun Damao's story. After recovering from his serious injuries, his health was a little poor. The injuries were not only on his face, but also on his arms, which would affect his ability to fight in the battlefield.
My home was gone long ago, and I had no one left. I had nowhere to go, so I wandered around. When I came to this place, I heard that it was called Dahupo.
His name is Big Cat, and here he is called Big Tiger. Isn’t that a coincidence?
It just so happened that I was in an abandoned mountain village, so I just settled down here.
He did not rob houses, nor did he bully poor villagers and honest people. If he heard that there were evil people who were rich and cruel and bullied men and women, he would go there with a knife and a mask on.
The other thing is to escort some things for others and earn some money.
We are not rich, but we can make do and have enough to buy wine and meat.
When the weather gets cold and farming becomes slack, anyone who wants to earn some money can come here to stand guard or do odd jobs, and he will give them some pocket money.
In fact, there was nothing complicated. Including the brothers he brought with him, there were only five people.
Huo Changhe suddenly realized why the situation was like that when he came here just now.
"Where is your boss?" Huo Changhe asked.
Since Sun Damao is the second in command, there should be a big boss.
Sun Damao grinned, "Don't look down on your subordinates. How can I call myself the boss in front of you? He is Li Zaibiao, from another team. We had a fight. Whoever won would be the boss. Look, he won."
"He escorted the Sima family to Beijing a few days ago."
Huo Changhe was puzzled, and Sun Damao explained: "Your Highness may not know that Li Zaibiao had some connection with the Sima family earlier. It seems that when the Sima family was exiled, they met him halfway when he was injured and saved his life."
Huo Changhe sighed in his heart. At that time, the Sima family was exiled and could hardly protect themselves. Food and medicine were in short supply, but they were still able to save Li Zaibiao. No wonder, Li Zaibiao now wants to repay them.
After hearing this, Huo Changhe's tense heart finally relaxed a little.
"Then why do you use that method to lure people here?" Yinding asked with a smile.
This was also the question in Huo Changhe's mind.
Sun Damao smiled helplessly: "This matter was Li Zaibiao's idea. The Zhang brothers usually don't do their jobs properly. They like to do some sneaky things and have dirty hands."
"Li Zaibiao said that if we let them go, we could take this opportunity to teach them a lesson and teach them a lesson."
Huo Changhe thought to himself, this is a serious lesson, I must remember it this time.
Sun Damao brought a jar of wine and said, "Your Majesty, I never thought that I would see you again. Please have a drink."
Knowing that Huo Changhe came like this, he must have something important to tell him, so he didn't dare to say he wanted to drink a lot, but only said he would drink one glass.
Huo Changhe nodded: "Okay."
A look of joy flashed in Sun Damao's eyes, and he quickly poured it over.
Huo Changhe drank it all in one gulp.
"Pass the order down. Rest here for one night and set off tomorrow."
"Sun Damao, is this convenient?"
Sun Damao nodded repeatedly: "It's convenient, it's convenient. Of course it's convenient, I'll go get someone to clean up the place for everyone."
He and the third in command ran out quickly, and you could tell they were happy just by looking at their backs.
The big boss said at the side: "The third boss was his former team member. He was also injured and left the barracks with him."
Huo Changhe was silent for a moment: "You guys take a rest first, I'll go for a walk outside the village."
Silver ingots were offered, but he refused.
Huo Changhe couldn't sleep. He had a lot of things in his mind that he wanted to talk to Yan Ruyu, but she was not there at the moment.
I feel a little depressed and blocked in my heart.
But there is no way to start.
He walked forward alone. It was dark all around him. He touched the solar-powered lamp above his head that Yan Ruyu had given him, but was reluctant to turn it on.
He suddenly felt that his situation was very similar to his current one.
Walking alone, facing all the darkness alone.
Where is the way out? Or where should we go?
He hasn't figured it out yet.
"Your Majesty."
A soft call.
Huo Changhe stopped and did not turn around to look at the source of the sound.
I thought I was hallucinating.
It's crazy.
"Your Majesty."
The sound came closer, and there was the sound of horse hooves.
Huo Changhe turned around suddenly.
At the intersection not far away, Yan Ruyu was leading a horse. A beam of light was trembling on the horse as it slowly walked towards him.
Yan Ruyu was surrounded by a layer of light. She looked exhausted, but her smile was warm.
Huo Changhe's throat felt dry and the sourness rushed up to his eyes. He strode towards this side.
Yan Ruyu didn't expect to see him here.
Jiang Paopao and I split into two groups and went to explore the mountain stronghold first.
Unexpectedly, before I reached the door, I saw someone walking slowly back and forth.
Huo Changhe ran towards her and hugged her tightly.
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