August 15, Mid-Autumn Festival. It's a time of family fun. But in Seoul, the joy is confined to small families. The entire sky over Seoul was filled with a strong atmosphere of soldiers.

The Fusang Prefecture Second Class Regiment finally set off, and the 12,000 men and horses of the former division had rushed to Qingchuan County, vowing to exterminate the Japanese who were ravaging the Bohai Sea.

In fact, the former division had already been assembled three days ago, but why did it not set off until now? No one cares about this anymore. What they were concerned about was that the soldiers of the Han army who had rushed to the front line today all looked so majestic and mighty, as if all difficulties and dangers would tremble under their military boots.

The vanguard of the former division had already set out, and the commander of the former division, Xi Lu, was said to have also arrived in the high mountain area. And the soldiers of the 2,000 soldiers of the Heavy Brigade of the commander of the Xilu Division who remained in the city set off for some reason today.

They walked straight ahead along the main street north of Seoul, and the side of the road was crowded with people watching the excitement. The tea houses on both sides of the road are doing a little better than usual.

Zhou Hui and Yan Ruyue changed into men's clothes, and they also crowded on a teahouse on the side of the road, leaning on the railing and looking. Everyone around them looked at them sideways, smiled at them, and then flashed a little space for them.

Although they changed into men's clothes, they could actually see their daughters as long as they were not blind. Of course, this also has something to do with Yan Erren's lack of deliberate disguise.

Their women's clothes are so beautiful that after changing to men's clothes, at least they won't give people a stunning feeling, and at a cursory glance, they will only think that they are very handsome men.

It is not uncommon for women to disguise themselves as men today. Whenever there is a major festival, there will be many girls from high-ranking families who dress up as men to play and reduce unnecessary trouble. The people of Seoul are accustomed to it, and the more literate people will avoid it a little bit to take care of the defense of men and women.

Unlike others who look elated, Yan Ruyue always locks her willow eyebrows and looks sullen.

It's been eight or nine days, and there is still no news from Qingchuan County. However, news came from Pingshan that the Japanese invaders had swept south in Pingshan County, and the people fled one after another. The only thing to be thankful for is that this time the Japanese were relatively mild, and there were no restrictions on the entry and exit of the people.

When she heard the news, Yan Ruyue had already instructed her subordinates not to tell Madame about it. After staying in the Shen family for so long, the people began to treat her as a young grandmother, and they all obeyed her. Every day, she had to pretend to be happy in front of Shen Yuan's family, but as soon as she left the Shen family, she couldn't hide the anxiety in her heart.

Zhou Hui tiptoed, put his slender white palm on his forehead and looked at it, and said, "Wow, the two thousand baggage brigade is so spectacular!" We also have more than 2,000 students in our Imperial University, but they have never been so spectacular! ”

She turned her head and saw Yan Ruyue with her willow eyebrows locked, sighed, pulled her and said, "Don't worry, Sister Yan, Shen Yuanrang is a villain, good people don't live long, but bad guys can live for a thousand years!" He'll be fine! ”

Yan Ruyue spat lightly and said quietly: "I hope." ”

At this time, I saw Ma Nuo running out of breath, holding his knees in front of Yan Ruyue and Zhou Hui, panting and saying, "Ask, ask!" ”

Yan Ruyue raised her eyebrows and said happily: "Do you have news?" How's the Yuanrang going? ”

I only heard Mano gasp for breath and said with an anxious look: "It's not good news, the north of Pingshan is blocked. Some people say that the Han army in Qingchuan County has been completely annihilated......"

Yan Ruyue felt that the world was spinning at that time, and she almost fainted, but fortunately, Zhou Hui supported her, so she didn't lose her temper in front of others.

Ma Nuo helped the Shen family deal with the mortgage of the merchant ship, so Yan Ruyue and Zhou Hui also had a certain connection with him. Since the news of the loss of Pingshan County came, Yan Ruyue asked Ma Nuo to help her inquire about Shen Yun's news.

In the eyes of Yan Ruyue and Zhou Hui at this moment, Ma Nuo is like an omnipotent person, more intelligent than the head snake of the earth.

Of course, this is also one of the images that Mano wants to create in their impressions. But the shrewd Mano knew that the only hub with these two women with not simple backgrounds was Shen Yun, and if it weren't for Shen Yun, these two women wouldn't have looked at him at all.

Ma Nuo wanted to talk to Yan Erren again and probe their tone, but Yan Ruyue's face was already pale, and she really didn't want to stay here any longer, so she was helped back to the Bohai Hou Mansion by Zhou Hui. Mano gentlemanly, of course, sent them home.

When he saw them enter the courtyard gate, Ma Nuo walked in the direction of Bohai University with some confusion. In order to hide his eyes, he has recently lived in a university dormitory with Ling Hupeng. Who would have thought that a Roman living in a university dormitory would be a great spy?

It's just that today is the Mid-Autumn Festival, Ling Hu Peng and a group of roommates have gone home for a reunion, and before leaving, Ling Hu Peng invited him to go home for the holiday, but Mano refused. He's got someone to wait for tonight......

Although there is no Mid-Autumn Festival in Rome, after staying in Dahan for so long, I can't help but feel nostalgic when I see this festival of family reunion.

In the middle of the moon, there are fewer and fewer pedestrians around, and even if there are a few of them, they are in a hurry--- they are all rushing home to reunite with their families, right?!

Mano was empty in his heart, and in his memory, Mano had never been reunited with his family for a single holiday. As governor of the province of Asia, his father worked in the province of Asia for many years, and for the sake of the emperor, the children of these governors were to live in the city of Rome. So from childhood to adulthood, the number of times Mano and his father have met is only a handful. Every big and small festival is spent by my mother and herself, although occasionally other half-siblings will get together, but there is more intrigue and less sense of family reunion.

In contrast, the Romans had an extremely weak sense of kinship, and there was a relatively close and intimate life between parents and children, but they were connected to their grandparents' generation purely by family interests.

Legend has it that the ancestors of the Romans were two abandoned brothers, raised by a she-wolf, and they yearned for a free life without a father or mother. This cultural heritage has also been inherited by the current Romans.

Mano even forgot the last time he went back to his hometown to visit his grandmother, I heard that she seemed to have passed away, who knows, anyway, everyone in the family cares about how much profit they can make this month, who cares about an old woman with dementia? Even if she was prominent at the beginning, even Augustus had to personally go down the jade steps to greet her when he saw her.

He was thinking about it while he was hurrying away. When I arrived at the gate of the university, I suddenly felt hungry in my stomach, and when I looked up, I saw that the only few restaurants and tea shops around me had closed early. Fortunately, there was a small shop of pancakes on the side of the road, so he walked over and said to the shopkeeper, "Here are some pancakes!" ”

The shopkeeper, a middle-aged man in his forties, was about to close when he saw a blonde foreigner coming to patronize him, and said angrily, "Sold out!" ”

When Mano saw that there were a few breads wrapped in oiled paper at his feet, he said, "Don't you have a few more breads?" I've got a few extra copper coins, and you'll sell them to me, right?" ”

The shopkeeper waved his hand like a fly and said, "This is a mooncake, I want to take it home for the children to eat, what do you eat and what do they eat?" Be early tomorrow, please! ”

Without saying anything, he pulled out the door panel and prepared to close the door.

When Mano saw the cake, he was even hungrier in his stomach, and when he heard the words of the shopkeeper, he couldn't help but feel a little angry, and said in a deep voice: "Your shop is so unreasonable, you are open for business, I pay for the cake, and I have never lost your money, why do you refuse to buy it?" Believe it or not, I'll go to the yamen tomorrow to sue you! ”

The shopkeeper stagnated, but became even more stubborn: "If you want to sue, just sue, anyway, I don't have any bread to sell today, you foreigners, you know that the government is oppressing us ordinary people." Do you really think that we Han people are easy to bully? ”

Ignoring anything else, he pushed Mano out and closed the door of the store.

Mano was confused, when did foreigners use the government to oppress these people? What's more, when the government of the Han Empire deals with these things, it always seems to favor more Han people, so where does this store start?

Anger turned into anger, but Mano didn't dare to do anything, so he could only endure the hunger in his stomach and walk towards the dormitory, hoping that there would still be snacks left by Ling Fox Peng in the dormitory.

Bohai University is smaller than Imperial University, but the interior layout is actually similar, there is no lake, but there is a winding Jiangnan-style garden. Linghu Peng's dormitory is just behind the garden.

Because most of the students have gone home for the holidays, the campus is particularly deserted. In autumn, there is no noisy frog chirping in the garden pond, only a few birds that come to nest late to flutter their wings and fly by, setting off a cool autumn night.

Mano returned to the deserted dormitory, and before he had time to light the oil lamp, he went to rummage through the cabinets to find food, and suddenly smelled a greasy aroma, which was the smell of a fried crispy and fragrant pancake. Mano was suddenly attracted by this fragrance, and his snort fanned to look for the taste, but he was shocked to see a figure standing next to the bed!

The light of the full moon of the Mid-Autumn Festival spilled in from the window lattice with a little coldness, so the light in the whole room was not bright, but it was still visible, which was why Mano was not in a hurry to light the oil lamp.

But now the cold moonlight shining on a tall and thin person is already an extremely strange thing. What's even more bizarre is that this person didn't make a sound, just holding an oiled paper bag and standing there, like a zombie that couldn't move.

Rao is Mano was so bold that he was also frightened by this sight and took a step back, and shouted: "Who? ”

At the same time, his hand reached back, already holding the soft sword on his waist.

"Master Ma, your bread!" A male voice with a cold voice spoke.

Ma Nuo heard this voice very familiar, and couldn't help but take another step forward cautiously, only to see that the person standing in the moonlight was wrapped in black tights all over his body, and even his head was wrapped in a black scarf, revealing only two gloomy eyes.

"You are?"

Mano suddenly saw a mark on the man's belt, and it was a hideous weasel. Suddenly, he said: "You are a member of the Weasel Group?!" ”

The man nodded vigorously, bowed to Mano and responded, "Hey! In the Weasel Group, the head of the section leader Ben Masaaki, specially came to tell Master Ma a very important thing. ”

"What about this bread?" Mano looked at the oiled paper bag in his hand.

Ben Zhengming still said in a cold voice: "I saw that the adult didn't buy it in that store, so I helped the adult bring it over......"

Ma Nuo suddenly flashed a bad premonition, frowned and asked, "...... the shop?"

"He is disrespectful to adults, and he has already taught him a lesson, in this life, he can't pancake anymore!" There was no emotional fluctuation in Ben Zhengming's tone.

Ma Nuo was stunned for a moment, and then exclaimed: "You killed him?" ”

"No, I just broke his two hands, don't worry, his hand bones are broken, even if you find a famous doctor to pick up the bones, you can't pick them back!"

"Shit!" Manor was furious, "Who told you to break his hand?" Won't you make the government suspicious of me? Tomorrow, the people of the Bohai City Patrol Division will find me, and then I will have a lot of trouble......"

That Ben Zhengming bowed to Ma Nuo again: "Hey, it's not perfect enough, I'll go and kill the store later, and by the way, kill his whole family, and cut the grass and roots!" ”

"You ......" Mano was almost angry with this Ben Zhengming, "Can you Japanese people use their brains to do things?" In Bohai Mansion, you will be full of people, and you will swear to alarm the Yulin Secret Guard of Bohai Mansion, what should you do then? The Han people are so vindictive, I don't need to remind them anymore, right?! ”

Ben Zhengming raised his head, looked at Ma Nuo and said, "My lord, the Yulin Secret Guard has paid attention to us. Before he came, he had already been entangled with the two masters of the Yulin Secret Guard. ”

"What? Did they follow? Mano anxiously ran to the window lattice and looked around, and said hurriedly: "Although I have agreed with you to meet today, I have also said that if there is something, there is no need to come." If I am discovered, don't even think about your Meiji king's business! ”

"But something happened today!" Ben Zhengming said with a straight look, "Don't worry, my lord, there are already other people from the Itachi Group who are responsible for leading away the Yulin Secret Guard, and they can't find the ...... here I received an order to inform Master Ma to leave Balhae Province as soon as possible, and even if I can't leave immediately, I hope that you will move to Busan or other cities. ”

Ma Nuo turned his head and said in an incredulous tone: "You defeated the Fusang Prefecture Second Class Army? No way, they just left in the morning, and I went to watch their out-of-town ceremony......"

"Yes, our army has successfully ambushed Xi Lu, the commander of the Han division, in the high mountain area, and Xi Lu was killed on the spot. Now the former division of the Second Class Army in Fusang Prefecture has completely collapsed! ”

"So, you're going to attack Seoul soon?" Ma Nuo was puzzled, "But don't forget, there are still 6,000 Han troops in Bohai Mansion and Tan Zhen, the commander of the rear division......"

"They have already driven together to the high mountain area when the former division and heavy brigade left the city today!" Ben Zhengming said, "Today's grand ceremony of the Han army leaving the city is actually to temporarily cover up the news of the death of Xi Lu, the former commander of the division, and at the same time boost the morale of the Han people!" ”

Mano frowned and said, "So your Meiji King really plans to attack Seoul?" How sure are you? ”

Ben Zhengming said: "Our army will not participate in the attack on Seoul, and the army will then withdraw to Fuso. The attack on Seoul will be carried out by tribes and other horses. ”

Mano exclaimed, "Do you have any other manpower?" By the way, how is the war in Qingchuan County? Has the Han army ever been defeated? Is Shen Yun still alive? ”

Speaking of this, Ben Zhengming suddenly paused, as if he didn't know what to say.

Mano noticed this, and said with a straight face: "Why, do you still want to hide anything from me?" Don't forget, I'm representing the Roman Empire! Hiding something from me won't do you any good! ”

Ben Zhengming hesitated for a while, and finally said, "Yes, what Master Ma said is right. In the first battle of Qingchuan County, our army was defeated! The First Legion was almost completely annihilated! ”

Ma Nuo's eyes widened, and he said in disbelief: "How is it possible, there are only three thousand defeated soldiers in Qingchuan County...... How could you fail? ”

Ben Zhengming's eyes revealed a trace of bitterness and said: "Just yesterday morning, Shen Yun led the Modao Army to block the impact of our cavalry, and then the Han flying cavalry army arrived on the battlefield, and our army was defeated...... However, the number of Han Chinese flying cavalry is small, so it should not pose a threat to our next strategy! ”

When Mano heard the Flying Cavalry, his pupils shrank suddenly, and then he pondered for a while before he said, "That's why your king plans to transfer the army back to Fuso?" ”

"Yes."

"So what are you going to do next?"

Ben Zhengming said dryly: "I don't know." ”

Mano smiled, it was true that this kind of thing was true, and even if he knew, he would not be able to tell himself. So he changed the subject: "The Mo knife you are talking about, but the kind of knife you customized to us before?" ”

"Yes. That kind of knife is called Mo knife! ”

"I remember that you booked 10,000 at the beginning, and I only brought you 4,000 this time, all of which were captured by the Han army?"

"No, the Han army only captured more than 400 handfuls!" Ben Zheng knew what Ma Nuo was worried about, so he said: "Your Excellency, you can rest assured, we will never say where the Mo knife came from, and besides, the mark on the Mo knife has also been cleaned up......

"Hehe, I'm not worried about this. The Mo knife is made of fine Maass steel, and even if you clear the mark, sooner or later the Han army will find out the place of origin. My concern now is not whether the Han army will know about our supply of weapons to you, but I wonder when their court will know about it! ”

Mano turned around and looked at Ben Zhengming, "I heard that the Feather Forest Secret Guard has the fastest information transmission method in the world, and you Itachi have mastered some of it, right?" ”

Ben Zhengming paused and said, "Not bad." Therefore the order which my king gave yesterday night, I will be able to deliver it to you today. ”

"How long will it take for the Yulin Secret Guard to send the news back to Luoyang?"

"At least seven days!" "Although this method is fast, it is not omnipotent. It takes a lot of ...... Well, it's going to take seven days at the earliest! And only one or two sentences can be transmitted! ”

Ben Zhengming kept silent in the key part, and Ma Nuo did not force it, but said: "From Bohai County to Ruoyang for at least six thousand miles, they need at least seven days, which means that Yuyang's flying cavalry has begun to mobilize now?" ”

Ben Zhengming nodded: "Not bad." But they didn't have time. The Flying Cavalry doesn't really know how to fly! It will take at least half a month for them to arrive in Bohai Mansion, and there will be no obstacles! Seeing that winter is coming, they may be even slower! ”

Ma Nuo looked at Ben Zhengming and sneered: "No wonder you don't care at all about whether it will attract the attention of the Bohai Feather Forest Secret Guard, you who are about to sack Han City don't treat the Han people as human beings at all!" ”

Ben Zhengming was silent. Mano waved his hand and said, "Okay, I know everything." All you have to do is tell me the exact time. ”

"In four days, a large number of men will attack Seoul. At that time, please leave here, and if it is really inconvenient, please stay away from the Bohai Mansion, the Bohai Hou Mansion and the Imperial Bank! Ben Zhengming didn't stop talking, bowed to Ma Nuo, and suddenly disappeared in place.

Fuso ninjutsu. Mano smiled contemptuously. This kind of ninjutsu is actually a kind of trick to cover the eyes, or it comes from the five elements of the Han people, and there are people in any Taoist temple in the Han Empire who will use this stealth method, which is not unusual at all. It's just that I don't know why the Japanese people like to show off so much.

Alas, four days! Will the city face a sword disaster in four days? What does this mean for the Han Chinese? What kind of impact will it have on the emperor of the Han people?

Mano sighed faintly, and suddenly saw that there was still the oiled paper bag on the table at the head of the bed, and the pancakes in it still exuded a faint fragrance.

He couldn't help but shake his head and smile bitterly.

These people are crazy! How would such a thing be done for a piece of pancake! They asked me to stay away from the Bohai Mansion, the Bohai Marquis Mansion and the Imperial Bank, and it seems that their purpose this time was to target the Shen family and the Imperial Bank. Then should I inform Yan Ruyue and Zhou Hui?

Mano took a bite of the pancake, and the fragrance overflowed between his lips and teeth...... Hmm, it's delicious!