Chapter 18: Greetings from Tanabata

The people of Wuwenyi welcomed the arrival of Jiatiecheng very much, after all, it coincided with troubled times, and it was a great thing to have the protection of the strong...... Even if this strong man leaves in two days, it will be the same.

When Jiatiecheng entered the post, the people welcomed him, shouting the name of the calamus, and Laiqi looked unhappy: "What's going on with this Wuwen Station, why are they all frivolous people?"

As soon as his words fell, he heard several women shouting frantically: "Lord Laiqi, I like you so much, I want to give you a monkey!"

Everyone stared at Laiqi with a playful face, even Calamus was no exception, Laiqi's face was red to the base of his neck, and he hurriedly explained: "Lord Calamus, please listen to my explanation......"

"There's no need to explain anything to me?" Calamus patted Laiqi's shoulder and said with a smile, "Isn't it nice to be popular?"

When Ikoma passed by him, he whispered, "You're finished, Irumus-sama is angry!"

Bang Bang Bang Bang ...... The stone statue that came to perch shattered to the ground.

Loach took the women and Nameless to purchase daily necessities, and the steam craftsmen such as Ikoma went to order various mechanical parts, and Calamus and Laiqi went to visit the garrison officer of the Ubunyi, but they unexpectedly encountered the dismount, they waited from morning to noon, and did not see the garrison appear, and asked the guards, still the same sentence: "Come immediately, please don't be impatient!"

"Really, where did we offend the garrison?" asked Laiqi in confusion.

Calamus seemed to have expected this, and said slowly while drinking tea: "The garrison here does not agree with my father's political views, he is a stability maintainer who supports defense, and my father is a radical who advocates offense, so it is reasonable that he will hang us here." ”

"Tsk, when has this been, how can you still fight among yourself?" said Laiqi dissatisfied.

"Lord Yingluo once said that you can't ask everyone to be like you, you can only use your own actions to infect others and make others agree. Calamus said: "After all, it is not easy to maintain a unified order. "Isolus wants to become strong, and Yingluo is undoubtedly a good role model, so she has been deliberately learning Yingluo's methods and thinking habits.

Laiqi nodded, and asked hesitantly, "Then...... We're just going to do it and wait?"

"Of course not!" said Calamus, "the time is coming!"

Lai Qi was surprised: "What time?"

"Hmm!" Calamus swallowed the food in her mouth with great difficulty, picked up the last piece of snack on the plate, and said with a satisfied face: "When the bean buns are eaten up, it is the time!"

Laiqi: "......"

Calamus and Laiqi met with the garrison as they wished, and after a period of exchange of interests, the garrison agreed to provide food and allow Jiatiecheng to rest at the Ubunyi. Before leaving, the garrison officer intentionally or unintentionally revealed another message to Calamus: "Speaking of which, the Kecheng of Lord Mima of the Tentori will also arrive at the main post tomorrow, and the only two in Japan against the castle of Kabanai will gather at the Ubun Station, which really makes me feel at ease, hahaha!"

……

"What is that?" asked Yingluo strangely.

Calamus explained, "Kecheng is a steam-armored locomotive like the Iron Castle, and Mima Ama Ama is the son of a general. ”

"Your Royal Highness, Prince, what, do you like him?" Yingluo was even more strange.

"Of course not!" Calamus explained helplessly: "Ama Bird Mima is an extreme main battle faction, ten years ago he led an army of 400,000 to meet the tens of thousands of Kabanai who landed from Kyushu, although he won by luck, but also suffered heavy casualties, and the 400,000 army returned with less than 1,000 people, so he was charged with improper command, and the general also severed the father-son relationship with him and demoted him to a concubine!"

Yingluo shrugged his shoulders and said: "There is no immortal in the battle with Kabane, a tragic victory is also a victory, he should not be at fault, right?" ”

Calamus nodded: "Actually, the contemporary general is a stability maintenance faction that insists on sticking to it, and the battle ten years ago was not so much to fight against Kabane, but rather a contest between the main battle faction and the stability maintenance faction. ”

"Oh, I see. Yingluo sneered: "If the main battle faction dominates, Tentori Mima will undoubtedly pull his father down!" So in order not to lose the right at hand, the general made the first move, and deliberately sent Tentori Mima to deal with Kabane, and he, as the main battle faction, must not shirk this task, or slap himself in the face, although this guy is very competitive, and finally won, but the main battle faction also suffered heavy losses in this battle, and naturally lost the right to fight against the stability maintenance faction, the original leader of the main battle faction became a concubine, and the general is still a general, this is probably 'Jiang is still old and spicy'!"

"Exactly!" Calamus nodded, "But there are still many ministers in the shogunate who are dissatisfied with the shogun's rule, and with their support, Amatori Mima gathered his men to form the Kakata people, and built the black castle that is diametrically opposed to the shogunate, that is, the steam armored locomotive called 'Kashiro', to hunt Kabanai from all over the world. ”

"Dissatisfied with the general's rule, don't laugh, I think it's because I want greater power! There is only one general's seat, but it's a pity that everyone wants to sit there!" Yingluo spread his hands: "So, what do you ......mean by telling me this?"

Calamus hesitated for a moment and said: "It's not a secret, my father is also a main battle faction, and he has dealings with the sky bird Mimado, and now I am also considered to be the main battle faction because of the hunting of Kabane everywhere...... I don't know what to do. ”

Yingluo chuckled: "You come to ask me, doesn't it mean that you have an answer?If you are willing to join the main battle faction of Tianniao Meima, you don't have to worry so much, you don't want to join them, right?"

Calamus nodded: "Whether it is the main battle faction or the stability maintenance faction, I have no intention of joining, my purpose is only to kill Kabane, help you clear the abyss as soon as possible, and restore peace and tranquility in the world." ”

"It's not easy to be a centrist, it's likely to offend people at both ends!" Yingluo said: "But speaking of which, I'm on your side, and you're a little confident in me, anyway, we're also comrades-in-arms who fight together, and I won't abandon you when you don't abandon me!"

Calamus was overjoyed and hurriedly said, "What do you mean...... Will you help us? But you don't seem to have loved ...... Don't like to be 'nosy'. ”

"People and things that have nothing to do with me, why should I worry?" Yingluo's tone changed after speaking: "But no matter how strong I am, I am also a person, and if I am a human being, I will have feelings, you were strangers to me before, but in the past six months, although I dare not say that I have concluded any deep bonds, I will at least not see you die on the good meaning of civil strife, move forward at your pace, as long as your original intention remains the same, I will always be your solid backing!"

"That's how grateful!" said Calamus, bowing down.

The nameless knock on the door outside shouted: "Hey, what are you two still doing inside, fireworks are going off outside, it's so beautiful, come out and see!"

Calamus looked at Yingluo, Yingluo shivered, waved his hand and said, "Go ahead, I don't like Qixi Festival, I always feel that the world is malicious to me!"

“???”

Although puzzled, Calamus retreated, leaving Yingluo alone in the room.

"Well, I'm left alone!" Yingluo said to himself, sighing softly. But as soon as she finished speaking, she heard a familiar voice ringing in her ears: "Yingluo, can you hear me? I'm Xiluda!"

"Shiluda?" Yingluo shook his head, "Am I having auditory hallucinations when I am stimulated?"

"Auditory hallucinations of your size!" Hiluda's voice raised sharply, and he said angrily: "With your current strength, how can there be auditory hallucinations, let me hurry up and get serious, do you think it is easy to communicate across the world?"

Only then did Yingluo react and exclaimed: ", it's really you!"