PNB Chapter 307: Team Heading East
Chapter 307: Team Heading East
A soldier named Qi Quanyou joked, "Zuoying, you only have so much money per month. Do you have enough money to treat so many of us to Biyuandiao? If my sister-in-law doesn't have money to buy cakes, I'm afraid she won't let you sleep in her bed when you return to Bicheng, haha..."
Normally, the soldiers would never dare to make such a slightly vulgar joke to the battalion officers, but this was the time of separation and they didn't know when they would see each other again, so this guy got excited and started to speak without restraint.
Fortunately, Zuo Heng was open-minded by nature and didn't care about these things. He just laughed and said, "If the silver is not enough, I can sell this cold iron spear awarded to me by the general, and I can always buy a few jars! Your sister-in-law doesn't allow me to go to bed, so my brothers can take this opportunity to find a place to drink to their heart's content!"
The soldier laughed and said, "Zuo Ying is indeed a straightforward person. Good! Qi Quanyou appreciates your kindness!"
After saying this, he pulled together a team of soldiers behind him, saluted to Zuo Heng and Yang Sui, and said: "Zuoying, Yangying, Qi Quanyou will take your leave first. If the wild dogs from the Sha country dare to come over again, I will chop off a few of their paws and bring them back for you to eat with your wine!" After saying this, he led a few soldiers from the same team and left without looking back.
Next, teams of soldiers bowed and said goodbye to Zuo Heng and Yang Sui, and left in tears.
A sergeant sang loudly:
Where is the blue dragon, hiding deep in the dark river under the waves?
Where is the phoenix? It is flying high in the green fields and white sky.
The Ming River is a thousand feet deep, and the earth-shaking gods are not happy;
The sky is so high that even the strongest person cannot reach it.
The blue dragon cannot be chased, I can go into the sea barefoot to catch the blue spirit;
The phoenix and the luan cannot be sought, but I can soar to the sky alone and embrace the bright moon.
……
The singing was high and clear, it was the warrior song widely sung in the Bicheng army.
Chu Xiaomu led Lin Zhen, Zhou Weide and eight others to pay their respects to Zuo Heng and Yang Sui. Zuo and Yang returned the greetings.
Zuo Heng said: "Brother Chu, your team has the longest journey, so you must be extra careful along the way."
Everyone agreed, and Chu Xiaomu said: "Zuo Ying, Yang Ying, don't worry, we have traveled farther, these are nothing." They had only stayed with Zuo Heng and Yang Sui for a few days, but they felt ten times closer to them than to Zhou Bo and Xiao Zhenrong, the two men in the central army.
Zuo Heng nodded repeatedly and said, "That's good, that's good..."
Yang Sui said, "Although you have the longest journey, it is only about 300 miles away from the Dongzhong Army camp. If you encounter any problems, you can ask them for help. If you ride a fast horse, you can get there in less than a day."
Everyone was very happy, thinking that Yu Aqi was in Dongzhong Army, and maybe they could go find him to reminisce the past.
After bidding farewell to the two battalion commanders Zuo and Yang of the Nan Dui Camp, they went down the mountain to the grassland, and headed northeast along the foot of the Beast Mountain.
At the beginning, there were other scout teams traveling along the way, and it was very noisy and lively.
Chu Xiaomu asked the soldiers who were traveling with him about the "Unseen Peak", but no one had heard of it. He was very discouraged and thought that the place that Huang Jieshi asked me to find was unknown to everyone here. Could it be deep in the Beast Mountain? Going into the Beast Mountain to look for it would be a dead end. Even if I could really get in, there are so many peaks in the Beast Mountain. How can I know which one is the "Unseen Peak"? I guess I have to ask the beast spirits about this. But what if I encounter a vicious beast spirit like the Sihu or the red-haired ape on the Chuike Road? He thought about it and didn't know how to do it.
Then he thought about whether this "Bu Jian Feng" was also like the Purple Emperor Pill, which needed to be found by chance, after all, it was all said by the mysterious Huang Jieshi. When he thought of this, he was not so anxious anymore.
When Zhang Hou and others heard that he was looking for a place called "Bujian Peak", they immediately asked a series of questions - what is "Bujian Peak", why is it such a strange name, who asked you to find it, and what is the point of looking for it? ...
Chu Xiaomu thought that he would be unable to hide this matter from them sooner or later, so he honestly said that it was Huang Jieshi who asked him to find it. As for what the purpose of looking for this mountain was, he himself had no idea, so he had to make up an excuse and said that he just heard of such a place and wanted to go for a visit.
Everyone naturally didn't believe it, but no matter how they asked, Chu Xiaomu said this firmly - Believe it or not! Several people were helpless with him.
Lin Zhen said, "'Bu Jian Peak', who would give it such a weird name? Since it's 'missing', it means there is no such peak. Xiaomu, are you mistaken?"
Chu Xiaomu shook his head and said, "Mr. Huang said it very clearly, it's called 'Bu Jian Peak'."
Lin Zhen said: "My father used to be an attendant for a traveling medicine merchant. He has been to most places in Cangmu Country and has been to the Beast Mountain several times, but I have never heard him mention the 'Busting Peak'."
Chu Xiaomu said: "If it was so easy to find, Mr. Huang would not have let me look for it."
Wu Sheng suddenly asked: "Mu Tou, when did you sneak off to see Huang Jie Shi again? I heard that he is one of the three weirdos in the East Continent. He is as weird as he can be. How could he meet a brat like you?" Everyone thought so and asked him when he met Huang Jie Shi.
Chu Xiaomu thought, if I say that Miss Jinglan asked me to go out that day and I ran into Huang Jieshi, you guys will definitely ask me endless questions. I can't tell you the truth about this matter. So he said, "The day Zhou Zhongjun asked me to visit his home, I happened to run into Huang Jieshi."
Wu Sheng said, "Who are you trying to fool? Douzi said that you ate dry biscuits like a wolf eating meat after you came back that day. You must be starving. Zhou Zhongjun invited you to his home. It's impossible that he wouldn't even treat you to a meal!"
Chu Xiaomu thought, this is bad, I didn’t expect that such a small thing would be noticed by Douzi, how can I explain this clearly?
Everyone asked him to tell the truth, so as to avoid being "punished" by the brothers. The "punishment" they were talking about was to grab the hands and feet of the person being punished, and then tickle his armpits and lower back. During the few months of herding horses in the Beast Mountain, everyone had been "punished".
Chu Xiaomu simply imitated Yang Dou and started to act like a spoiled brat, saying, "You all heard it yourself. Tao Xi said that Zhou Zhongjun invited me to dinner, but Zhou Zhongjun was stingy and didn't treat me to dinner. What can I do?"
Naturally, everyone didn't believe it and rode over to catch him. Chu Xiaomu hurried away and said seriously, "This matter is very important. I'm not kidding you." Seeing that he was serious, everyone had to give up.
Zhou Weide snorted and said, "Is there any wood spirit fruit or something on this 'Bu Jian Peak'? Do you want to eat it all by yourself?"