Chapter 11: Deception
"You, you, you, you dare to breed rats......!
Rat Xiaoqi was so angry that his soul "trembled", which frightened Wei Jiu, and hurriedly apologized to the Rat Master, why buy nuts for the Rat Master and give the Rat Master a barbecue to eat...... Under various assurances, the "anger" of Rat Xiaoqi was finally calmed.
Wei Jiu suddenly felt that he had escaped, and he still clearly remembered the consequences of angering Rat Xiaoqi last time - there were two more clear and abnormal front tooth marks on the two "small beans" on his chest, and he even doubted that if Rat Xiaoqi used a little more force, his two would ...... Will it be the same as a nut shell...... This incident left a big "shadow" on Wei Jiu, and at the same time established the noble status of the "Rat Master".
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After being full of wine and food, everyone recovered as before, and bought a few good horses to continue on the road.
Seven days later, the capital of the Carmon Empire.
Wei Jiu and his entourage stopped in front of a huge city gate, two teams of soldiers armed to the teeth at the city gate, armed with a tall spear, stood quietly on both sides, and many pedestrians went in and out without being checked. It was not a turbulent time when the two countries were at war, but a peaceful time when the people were prosperous and peaceful.
"It's so high...... This is the imperial capital, right?" "Even if I saw Qinshan County guarding the city not long ago, but that city gate can't compare with the one in front of me, the city gate a few zhang high is probably enough to accommodate the most huge land demonic beasts to pass through, and the city walls on both sides seem to be made of black jade, like a giant beast lying horizontally.
"It is worthy of being the capital of a country......" Han Feng sighed to himself, ignoring Wei Jiu, who was sitting on horseback and stretching his long neck to "look up" at the city gate.
"Imperial capital, Pingliang...... Camon Academy, it's finally here. Wei Yun was also riding a red horse. In order to reach the imperial capital as soon as possible, they did not purchase a carriage, but after seeking Wei Yun's consent, they all rode fast horses and hurried. It was also hard work, which originally took half a month to travel, but it only took them seven days.
"Advanced City. Wu Mo led everyone into the city gate one after another, and the huge capital city of Kamon ushered in its new batch of guests, as usual every day.
The imperial capital Pingliang is divided into two layers, the outer city covers an area of hundreds of thousands of acres, can accommodate millions of people at the same time, there are countless shops and inns, countless merchants and hawkers come and go to trade, and there are hundreds of millions of gold coins circulating in the market every day, nourishing the prosperity of this giant city; The inner city covers an area of tens of thousands of acres, and is a city within a city, where the Imperial Palace of the Kamon Empire is located......
"Han Feng, after a while, you will take your men back. In an inn, Wu Mo, Wei Jiu, Wei Yun, and Han Feng sat around a wooden round table to discuss matters, "Be vigilant on the road, don't be reckless when you encounter mountain bandits, take your men and horses to the mansion as soon as possible!"
"Yes!" Han Feng replied respectfully, no matter his qualifications or strength, Wu Mo was a step ahead of him, although his status in the Wei Mansion would not be much lower than his, he still respected this old butler very much.
"You go and arrange the guards. Wu Mo waved his hand and motioned for him to go down first. Han Feng didn't stop, got up and walked out of the room, glanced at Wei Jiu before leaving, and then looked at Wei Yun's figure sitting in front of the table - Wu Mo asked him to take his men and horses back to Wei Mansion in a few days, but he didn't mention Wei Jiu, and Wei Jiu was not his subordinate. "Could it be that kid won't go back to the Wei Mansion, but he won't be able to enter the Carmon Academy...... Could it be that Uncle Wu wants that kid to follow him?"
After Han Feng walked out, Wu Mo looked at Wei Yun again, then at Wei Jiu, and stopped talking.
"Uncle Wu, ...... Wei Miss, I'll go out first. When Wei Jiu saw him like this, he realized it and was about to get up.
"Uncle Wu, just say anything about it, he ...... And not an outsider. Wei Yun rarely changed her brutal tone, twisted and said, and then added weakly, "He is my guard, and he is also our own family." If you don't talk to your own family, you can say it quickly!"
"Haha, it's still Miss right, my own family, but I'm too cautious. Haha!" How could Wu Mo's spicy eyes not notice the suspicious flush on Wei Yunqiao's face, and immediately laughed. "I hope Wei Xiaoyou is not strange. ”
Uncle Wu laughed. ”
"Actually, it's not a secret, but the old body doesn't know the reason. Before leaving, the head of the family instructed me to explain the matter when the young lady arrived in the imperial capital. ”
"Father, Uncle Wu, what did my father say?" Wei Yun was curious.
"Miss Hui, actually...... In fact, what the head of the family said about the early enrollment of students at the Carmon Academy is not true. ”
"What? How is it possible! The early enrollment of the academy is fake? Then father, why did you let me come to the imperial capital? Uncle Wu, what else do you know? Tell me quickly!" Wei Yun said eagerly, a pair of jade hands patted on the dark brown wooden table, making a muffled sound. Wei Jiu on the side thought about it.
"Miss, don't be excited, be careful of hurting your body, the head of the family just wants Miss to enter the Camon Academy to practice as soon as possible, and enter the Dan Qi realm as soon as possible, why can't you get a glimpse of the higher and deeper martial arts realm in the future!" Wu Mo explained slowly, looking at Wei Yun with some pity.
Wei Shengtian told him everything that had happened, and told him not to let Wei Yun know - he had to make up a lie......
"Let me enter the Camon Academy as soon as possible?Even if I didn't have this trip to the imperial capital, I would have to leave here before February next year, what if I entered the academy a few months early, could it be that I could step directly into the Dan realm?" She was still in the early stage of the Qi Sea, and it might not be far from the middle stage, but if she entered the Dan Realm within a few months, it would be impossible. But this is just her angry words to refute Wu Mo's lies.
"Uncle Wu, tell me, why is it that my father asked me to come to the imperial capital?" Wei Yun looked at Wu Mo with a serious face, without any of the liveliness of the past, and his bright eyes flashed with a burning gaze.
Wu Mo groaned.
"Is there any trouble at home?" Of course Wei Yun was not stupid, seeing that Wu Mo was silent for a long time, he thought of the worst outcome.
"Hey......" Wu Mo sighed deeply, after entering the city, he returned to his original appearance, his temples were white, and his face was full of wrinkles, like the annual rings of an old tree... The old face seemed to age a little after sighing.
"Please also ask Miss Miss to promise the old servant first, don't act impulsively!"
"Okay, let's talk about it, what's going on?" Wei Yun asked eagerly, Wei Jiu also stopped "analyzing", quite curious, both of them looked eagerly at the old man who seemed to be thinking about where to start, and even their expressions were quite similar.
"The letter from Lord County Shou that day was not because of the matter of Camon Academy......" Wu Mo slowly said the truth of the matter under the eager gaze of the two, looking helpless. Things have come to this point, and there is nothing to hide, not to mention that he can't bear to deceive this girl who has grown up since childhood.
In the end, "Uncle Wu, are you saying that Alto Iron Cavalry keeps making trouble on the border in order to attract the attention of the entire empire, and then take the opportunity to launch the spies lurking in the empire to create chaos? But what is the purpose of doing this, what does it have to do with us, why did you let Wei Yun come to the academy so much in advance?" Wei Jiu saw that Wei Yun bowed his head and was silent, as if he was digesting, so he threw out his doubts in one fell swoop.
He didn't call Miss but by his name, Wei Yun didn't seem to hear it, and he didn't feel that there was anything wrong. Wu Mo didn't feel that it was wrong, he had never regarded Wei Jiu as a subordinate, and Wei Shengtian didn't have it, and even took him very seriously.
As for Wei Jiu, of course, he will not have the consciousness of being a "guard", in the Wei Mansion for more than a year, he has never called Miss Wei, he is usually called "Hey", and he may be called Miss Wei when he ridicules. Of course, Wei Yun was helpless about his "misconduct", and over time he became "used to it".
"We don't know their purpose, we only know that several county guards and generals with the post of commander have been threatened, some adults have disappeared inexplicably when their families go out, and some county guards have even been assassinated! They were stabbed to death in broad daylight in the capital city of a county!" Wu Mo said with some anger, the enemy was so rampant, but he was helpless.
"It's not the first time that the two countries have been at war, it's common to order spies to stir up chaos and inquire about intelligence on the enemy's land, why is the Alto Empire so blatant this time?" Wei Yun had already figured out the key, the reason why his father Wei Shengtian was eager to let her come to the imperial capital was probably because he was worried that their Wei family would be affected - Wei Yun's uncle managed a county town countless times larger than Ping'an Town, I am afraid that he would have been targeted by spies for a long time, he had no children under his knees, and his only relatives might only be the Wei family in Ping'an Town.
If the enemy wants to take advantage of his family and coerce him...... The Wei family will suffer an unprecedented crisis!
"Could it be that you want to start an all-out war with Carmon, so you want to create some turmoil first?" Wei Jiu guessed.
"I can't rule out this possibility, if the powerful people of the empire are exhausted to find out these spies, Alto's army may take advantage of it. However, they have not gained more than they have gained. Wu Mo couldn't tell what the enemy's purpose was, frowning and analyzing, he had thought of many possibilities, but no matter how he looked at Alto's actions in the Carmon Empire, he was very "confused".
To say that threatening or plotting against important members of the imperial court is the same old thing, but these "things" have always been carried out in great secrecy, like this for fear that others will not know, but it is the first time in the world.