Chapter Twenty-Nine: So that I won't be able to make money in the future
Before the second day, the soldiers had already arrived at the assembly site one after another, and lined up neatly. At the beginning of the ceremony, the cattle and sheep were slaughtered to sacrifice the gods and ancestors, and Murong Chu personally poured the blood of the sacrifice on the military flag with the word "Zhou" written on it.
After a series of sacrifices, it was three o'clock in the morning, and with the beating of three drums of the expedition, the large group of men and horses began to set off in the northwest direction, and the procession without seeing the end of the line was like a long dragon.
Murong Chu rode on the blue-black oolong horse and turned his head to look in the direction of Laizhou County. Last night, Eleven came back and said that Mo Li had been quiet all the way, until he and Shopkeeper Zhao sent her to the courtyard of Xiaojin, and she simply thanked her, saying that she was tired and wanted to rest, so she entered the room. Eleven waited in the dark for about a quarter of an hour, and when he saw that there was no movement in the room, he hurried back.
"I hope she is doing well in Laizhou County!" Murong Chu thought silently in his heart. Just as he was about to turn the horse's head, he saw a familiar figure in the distance staggering out of the path next to the official road, standing on the side of the road with a small burden and looking along the long line. There was a flash of joy in his eyes, followed by a deep sense of worry. Led the horse straight over. Mu Qingyun, who was on a white horse and white robe beside him, immediately followed, cheering at the top of his voice: "You just say that Xiao Lili is not a person without conscience." Murong Chu shot a cold eye knife, making him unconsciously bring the reins, and with such a hesitation, the oolong horse had already run out of the place of shooting. Mu Qingyun laughed secretly, strengthened his legs, and followed Shangyun.
Mo Li finally saw the two shadows, one black and one white, and waved his arms vigorously with excitement on his face. Qinglong Ju soon arrived in front of her, and Murong Chu, who was high up, frowned and looked at Mo Li, seeing that she was covered in dust and extremely embarrassed, he couldn't help but roar with anger: "Who asked you to come?" ”
"I'm part of the barracks, why don't you all leave and don't take me with you?" Mo Li raised a small face with a gray road and said unconvinced.
Murong Chu pursed his thin lips, and his tone softened: "Let's go quickly, go back to Laizhou County!" ”
Mo Li hugged the small burden on his chest tighter, held his head high and stubbornly puffed out his cheeks and said, "If I don't go back, even if you drive me away, I can follow me to the northwest." ”
Murong Chu glanced at the neat pace, the strict military discipline made the soldiers dare not look this way, but they couldn't hide the gossip on their faces. He could only turn over and dismount, pull Mo Li to the side of the road and whispered, "Be obedient, go back quickly." We're going to war, not traveling, what can you do? ”
Mo Li shook her shoulders, but the big hand on her arm was clenched tighter, but she had no choice but to give up the idea of getting rid of it, straightened her back and said firmly: "During my time in the barracks, everyone treated me very well and treated me as a brother. Now the brothers are going to war, and although I can't fight, I will take first aid care. Don't forget, General, I bandaged you when you were wounded. Mu Qingyun also said that I handled it very well, so I didn't let you die of excessive blood loss. ”
Before Murong Chu could speak, Mu Qingyun, who was riding in a circle on a white horse on the side of the road, said with a smile on his face: "Xiao Lili is right, if Xiao Lili hadn't handled it in a timely and proper manner last time, Ah Chu, you probably wouldn't be able to stand here and talk to her now." ”
"You don't know how barbaric the Hu people are." Murong Chu turned his head and glared at Mu Qingyun, "The sword and gun have no eyes, in case there is a good ......"
"I know how many catties and taels I have, I promise to only help Mu Qingyun in the rear, and I won't move forward." Mo Li hurriedly interrupted Murong Chu, and stretched out three fingers and said, "I swear, if I don't make do with my own strength, I won't be able to earn money in the future!" ”
Mu Qingyun burst out laughing: "Ah Chu, it seems that Xiao Lili has made up her mind, otherwise how could this wealth fan make such a poisonous oath." Don't worry, I'll watch her, just let her follow me. ”
Murong Chu twitched the corners of his mouth, coughed lightly twice to hold back a laugh, and said with a straight face: "First tidy up your military appearance, and see what you have become now." "Then fly on the horse and go away with the team.
"Yay!" Mo Li raised his scissor hand and cheered, and winked at Mu Qingyun: "Mu Gongzi, then please take care of me!" ”
Mu Qingyun sighed twice, looked at her with disgust, and said, "It's time for you to tidy up, look at you as if you have crawled out of the mound." Old Joe, they are not far ahead, go with their car first, and then I will arrange a place for you when we set up camp. ”
Mo Li happily agreed, and ran to the front of the team to find Lao Qiao and Ershun. Ershun was so excited to see her: "Ah Li, I thought you were really gone!" ”
"How can I be, the general asked me to do something, and I'll come back when I'm done." Mo Li replied casually.
Old Qiao's face was as usual, as if he expected her to return, but he pointed to a mule cart with grain and grass and said, "Go up and find a place to rest for a while, this road is still long." ”
Mo Li ran out of the courtyard in Laizhou County in the middle of the night last night, saying that she had bribed the guards at the city gate with fifty taels of silver, so she agreed to let her out of the city and found a donkey cart to send her back. But when there were still five miles away from the barracks, the guards said that they would not go any further, saying that they were afraid of colliding with the army.
She had to run all the way to this side, and now she was really tired, so she casually pulled out a gap in the car, and fell asleep directly. It wasn't until he was woken up by Ershun that he found that it was almost dark.
"Oh mom, I've been sleeping all day. Brother Ershun, why did you call me! Mo Li muttered dissatisfiedly.
"Ah Li, it's not that I don't call you, it's that you can't wake up at all. When I stopped to rest at noon, I was afraid that you would be hungry, so I wanted to wake you up to eat, but you didn't react at all. But it frightened me, or Uncle Qiao said that you are fine, but you are too tired, so I put my mind at ease. Ershun took a big bowl from the frame, "Ah Li, you must be hungry after a day of sleep, hurry up and eat something." ”
Mo Li smelled the aroma of the food, and then he felt that he was already hungry with his chest against his back, and took the bowl and devoured it without raising it. It wasn't until a big bowl of food was eaten and I had a full burp that I jumped out of the car with the bowl in my hand, and said to Ershun, who was squatting next to the car to eat: "I'm sorry, Brother Ershun, I'm sleepy, I shouldn't blame you, don't be angry with me." ”
Ershun took the chopsticks with his right hand and waved it upwards and said, "Ah Li, you are too worried, how can I be such a stingy person." ”
"Hehe, I know that Brother Ershun won't blame me." Mo Li squatted beside Er Shun with a smile and asked in a low voice, "Is Uncle Qiao still cooking for the general on the march?" ”