Chapter 115: Small Victory
The tall shopkeeper made the transition from irritation to calm in an instant.
Kiryu witnessed the whole process of the shopkeeper's change of face, and sighed that the master was in the people.
"Little girl, be a man who respects the old and loves the young. It's interesting for you to have an old man stand here and talk through the curtain?"
Ah Yao wiped her hands, opened the curtain and walked out: "I was developing a new pastry, and my hands were full of powder, so it was not easy to show up and meet people." Hey, Kiryu, you see that the high shopkeeper is tired standing here, although people come to the door to see what they are doing in the store, but how to say that the door is a guest, move a few more stools, be sure to let the high shopkeeper can rest before and after, and don't let the old man be tired. β
Kiryu sighed, and moved a few benches to surround the tall shopkeeper.
Ah Yao and Kiryu thought of a very vivid word at the same time, and a smile appeared on their faces.
"Only women and villains can't be raised!"
Ah Yao pretended not to hear, picked up their menu and robbed their guests and dared to come to the door to provoke, for other women, they would have beaten you out with a broom, and they could still keep you in this heart.
"The high shopkeeper sits, Kiryu serves tea, I will take down my water card when I turn around, and send it back with you beating gongs and drums, and you will have to copy a copy when you go back. Seeing that I respect the elderly, should you also carry forward the spirit of 'love for children', and settle the account of the dim sum that has been carried from me in the past few months, and the small business does not make much money, you are highly respected in Nanxun and will not bully children, right? Ayao Pi smiled sarcastically.
"It's all a misunderstanding. The young man is not sensible, I have already taught him a lesson. That's how it was revealed. β
Ah Yao couldn't wait to pluck out her ears on the spot, this sentence seemed familiar, "I know, is there anything else going on with the shopkeeper?"
Shopkeeper Gao came this time to find Mochizuki through A-Yao as a springboard. Mochizuki didn't see a guest, so he ate the closed door soup before he hit the idea on Ah Yao's head.
"I'm sorry to disappoint you, Master Mochizuki decided not to accept the order, it's not good to persuade you as an apprentice, if the shopkeeper has the heart to ask the master to take the order, I believe that the sincerity is open, and the master may agree." β
The high shopkeeper left angrily.
"These people just occupy the land and don't buy anything, which really affects the business. Kiryu watched the back of the shopkeeper Gao leaving, and complained, the business in the store is good, and they are also stained, and A-Yao happily sealed a small red envelope of dozens of copper coins, and everyone was happy.
"When I see these peers in the future, I will pay first and eat later, and I will also inquire about the news. β
Ah Yao frowned, recently, there have been more and more people like Shopkeeper Gao who have asked her to deliver posts or feasts to Mochizuki. And Master Mochizuki was unusual, not only did he reject all the posts, but he didn't even take a step out of the house, drinking tea, planting flowers, embroidering, and making rouge, so leisurely.
Could these two things be related, and did she miss something?
She sent Kiryu to inquire why these people suddenly became curious about Mochizuki.
In less than half a day, Kiryu came back, first poured the mung bean soup to moisten the smoking throat, and brought a message to A-Yao, "Nanxun's restaurant has spread all over the world, saying that the Mochizuki girl is the daughter of Wu Shangshi in the previous dynasty, if you can invite Mochizuki to make a banquet for them, it will be beautiful to say it." β
Yao had heard of it before, but it was a bit unusual to be accurate about Master Mochizuki's surname and her father's position.
Shang Shi of the previous dynasty was one of the positions of the imperial chef and was in charge of the emperor's diet, which is why the customer list has doubled recently, and he has not been deterred by Master Mochizuki's appearance price at all.
But what she thought of was another point - it turned out that Master Mochizuki's surname was Wu......
"I understand, next time someone comes to the door like the shopkeeper Gao, sell him snacks, if you ask me to invite my master, or invite me to the feast, you ask him to go to the Mochizuki Mansion to deliver the post, I will listen to the instructions of Master Mochizuki. "Ah Yao instructed Kiryu, when it comes to the royal family and the previous dynasty, or to clamp his tail and be a low-key person, everything will not go wrong if he does things according to Master Mochizuki's practices.
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The raging fire reflected the sky, and the remnant sun was like blood.
The Lion Ridge and Feihu Ridge north of Yanmen are connected with several peaks, and the organs of the north gate are opened, and Pei Shuo, Li Yongwu and others form a circle with shields.
The general retracted his gaze and looked back at the bottomless, black and invisible Yongdao, his face was covered with blood, his eyes were like wolves looking for prey, and he smelled the blood and showed an excited smile: "Come on, let's kill one by one, let's kill one by one!"
Holding the spear in his hand, the slanting sun dragged the mountain bag and the shadow for a long time.
"The Beiyi that sneaked in here was cleaned up by me, and the rest will be handed over to you. His voice could only be heard by the breeze, and his eyes looked in the direction of the North Gate Organ, where the young man was fighting, and he could see that victory was only a matter of time, so he smiled with relief and let go of his heart.
"Good boy, he fought well, survived, and his military achievements were great. Li Yongwu took advantage of the shield soldier to raise the card, retreated and ventilated, and caught a glimpse of Pei Shuo's white knife coming in and out of the red knife, and gave him a thumbs up.
"You're here too?" Pei Shuo was surprised, didn't he eat a lot? he shouldn't have seen anyone, he should have been a sick person, but he appeared here.
"Dizzy, of course dizzy! I asked them to press me into the water to calm down, but if they were still dizzy, they would poke me a few times, and it would not get in the way. Li Yongwu showed Pei Shuo the position of his left arm bandage, the person concerned understated, and the auditor's heart was frightened, this person was too cruel to himself.
"Be careful!"
Li Yongwu's eyes lit up, pushed Pei Shuo away, and the big knife slashed, and the oncoming feather arrow was split into two pieces and fell.
"Raise the shield!" Pei Shuo shouted, shields closely lined up in one piece for defense.
This is exactly what the Beiyi boy wants, and with a wave of his hand, the assault team runs under the cover of the rain of arrows, holding a strange hook in his hand.
Pei Shuo said: "We can't just defend and sit idly by. Their hooks are extremely lethal and can break shields and injure shieldmen. β
"Then it's a surprise. Li Yongwu didn't think about it, "It's better to invite archers, it's annoying to death." β
"How about using the Arrow Formation? You take the lead, and these people, Pei Bo and the shield soldiers, open up in turn, forming arrow blades, so as to share the pressure on both sides of the enemy. "It's just a matter of thinking, Pei Shuo suggested.
They had no objections, and as soon as the words fell, they began to change formations. The front arrow formation is more commonly used, they have also practiced the formation, suitable for mountain action, the main general charges in front, the soldiers in front are more closely distributed, and the requirements are high combat effectiveness, the only drawback is that the personnel in the rear are loosely distributed in parallel, and it is easy to be taken advantage of.
The weapons were clanging, sparks burst out, the rain of arrows didn't know when to stop, and the drumbeat came from the distant city tower, strengthening their beliefs, shouting, swords and guns clashing, looking at each other, Pei Shuo looked at the young man in Beiyi, "It's you." β
He recognized the boy, and all his doubts were answered.
The young man smiled defiantly at Pei Shuo.
The arrow broke through the air and made a sharp sound, Pei Shuo turned over and dodged the arrow, kicked his feet after landing, and galloped towards the young man like an arrow from the string, drawing a knife and slashing!
The two sides were in a scuffle, and flames erupted, and it was a small number of Beiyi people who had mixed in to set fire, and according to the original plan, they were already in the next place, or the next place, and outside the mountains, the Beiyi cavalry and hammer soldiers were attacking the city outside.
The soldiers who were less poisoned successively climbed the city wall to block the Beiyi attack, delaying as much as possible to the support of the nearby soldiers.
"You're not good. After Pei Shuo once again took the time to clear the hidden dangers behind his comrades-in-arms, the young man was dissatisfied, "How can you be distracted?"
For this reason, Pei Shuo didn't even bother to give charity with a sarcastic smile, this is a battlefield, not a martial arts competition, here, he is not alone, and his enemies are not more than one.
The sharp arrow formation led by Li Yongwu was like a bamboo, and the Beiyi's army formation was broken up, killing a bloody road, and also cutting off the back road for them to take care of each other.
Seeing that his own people were falling into disadvantage, the one-eared scarred face who took the lead was not easy to mess with, the young man's face was not careful, the attack was like a storm, and the strength of the move shocked Pei Shuo's mouth numb, and the soldiers who strayed into the battle area of the two of them fearfully held their guns and retreated.
He wants to run!
After three moves, this trick of finding the direction of retreat was seen through by Pei Shuo. There have been girls like this before, and it's not so easy to run.
Pei Shuo strode forward, and the two exchanged positions, blocking his retreat, holding knives in both hands to parry his every attack.
The young man gritted his teeth, knowing that his intention to escape had been seen, and if he couldn't solve this dilemma, his fate would be very bad, so he swung his strength at Pei Shuo.
Cold, scalp numb, Pei Shuo quickly retreated, raised his hand to block with the knife, the force was so heavy that he bent his knees, the bloody blade of the knife was broken into two, and the tip of the knife left a straight deep mark on his rattan armor.
The boy took the opportunity to flee in the opposite direction of Li Yongwu.
Pei Shuo still wants to chase it.
He suddenly turned around and threw out a handful of iron sand to block Pei Shuo, who was busy protecting his eyes with his hands and blocking his chest, he naturally didn't notice that the young man had a tong tube in his mouth, and something sharp in the hollow tong tube flashed with a dangerous cold light.
The moment he put down his hand was the moment he spit out the secret weapon!
Phew-
Pei Shuo didn't have time to dodge at all, so he grabbed it with his bare hands, but he didn't expect that the hidden weapon inside was the mother needle, and the mother needle, which was the main secret weapon, was caught in his hand and clamped between his fingers, but he didn't expect the needle to be launched halfway through the flight of the mother needle, along the direction under his collarbone!
"Hmm!" Pei Shuo let out a muffled snort.
Pei Bo kicked the Beiyi soldiers who intended to attack Pei Shuo off the city wall and came to Pei Shuo's side to protect him, without caring about revealing his identity: "Young Master, what's wrong with you?"
Pei Shuo shook his head, there was a little pain under the collarbone, it was a hard object, not a pinprick stinging. "It's fine. β
Pei Bo's gaze moved down, and a needle sank into Pei Shuo's collar. He glanced at Pei Shuo again condemningly.
Pei Shuo also followed Pei Bo's gaze, ripped off his collar, revealing a few copper coins hanging from the red rope around his neck - the child and mother needle hit one of the copper coins, and did not stab him, and pulled out the child and mother needle, "At the critical moment, saving lives depends on Ah Block." β
How can A-Yao be so good.
Even if she's not around, she can surprise him when he's upset.
Fang Jiabao climbed the city wall and gave the military doctor a hand.
Beforehand, he hid and didn't guard the organ, looked at the bloody city wall, and was very glad that he didn't appear, he was still young, and his mother at home was still waiting for him to go home, he couldn't die in Yanmen, and he didn't succeed in defending it without him.
After repeating it several times, he felt that it was the right choice for him not to go. Turning the corner, he suddenly saw a black shadow passing by, and his intuition made him close to the wall.
The black shadow paused, and the shadow grew bigger and bigger, getting closer and closer to Fang Jiabao.
Fang Jiabao was so nervous that he held his breath, eager to bury himself in the wall.
The dark shadow revealed the figure, and walked out of the honest boy. "So you're here, so I'll tell you why I didn't see you in the city. β
"Whewβit scared the hell out of me. Fang Jiabao breathed a sigh of relief, patted him on the shoulder and quipped, "I thought it was a spy, but I didn't go because I was transferred to the military doctor to help." β
The honest young man smiled: "I passed by and saw you, so I came over to thank you, and I was ready to leave, and I was urging over there." β
"I'll talk to you again when I get through this crisis. Fang Jiabao waved his hand.
The young man came and went quickly, and when Fang Jiabao turned around, he saw Pei Shuo standing dozens of steps away, looking at Fang Jiabao fixedly, and the firelight reflected his eyes extremely brightly. When he came and saw this scene from afar, the spy saw the soles of his feet smeared with oil from afar. Yanmen was in dire straits, but Fang Jiabao had a very happy conversation with Beiyi's spies, and the anger in his heart was like a monstrous wave, surging, and his hands were clenched into fists.
Calm down, be calm, doubt does not represent the truth before the matter comes to light, and there is still a lot to be done at this juncture.
Two years of military camp life have polished Pei Shuo's edges and corners, he is not the impulsive and irritable person anymore, forcibly calmed his ups and downs, glanced at Fang Jiabao deeply, and went back to the team.
"What are you doing?" Fang Jiabao muttered inexplicably, thinking that maybe Pei Shuo found out that he didn't go on purpose, and hurriedly shouted: "You are not allowed to talk nonsense!"
The curtain came down on the small battle, and except for the Beiyi boy who fled, the other invading ones were killed on the spot.
Five people were left on duty to guard the agency, and the rest searched for fish that had slipped through the net.
The small victory in the fierce battle made them relax, and the patrol occasionally laughed or two, until they came to the corner gate and saw the soldier standing there.
The voice stopped abruptly, silence spread in the crowd, Pei Shuo touched his throat, and suddenly felt a little uncomfortable.
Pour out the strength of one person, and guard the corner gate and not let anyone passββ
The Beiyi people piled up like a mountain, and almost built half a wall to close the road!
The original color of his armor was unrecognizable, the head of his spear was dull and shimmered with silver, and his sideburns were wet with blood and sweat, and he stood facing the city pass, until he died.
"Let's go. Li Yongwu bowed and said in a deep voice, then led people to bypass him into the Yongdao, and soon came out: "The corner gate is closed tightly, the Yongdao has been moved, and Beiyi should not pay attention to this road in a short period of time." β
That being said, teams of two were still assigned to take turns guarding the corner gates.
The others followed Pei Shuo and Pei Bo to the head of the city to defend.
After most of the day, soldiers with mild symptoms joined the ranks of the defenders of the city, but the strength of Yanmen was less than 1,000, and the military doctor stayed up all night to treat the comatose soldiers, and the hallucinating people were tied to the side to prevent them from delirious and harm others or themselves.
As night fell, there was still a real tough battle waiting for Pei Shuo and them.