Chapter Eighty-Four: Boosting Morale
The authentic inverted fighting craftsmen in the capital, except for the faction of my master's mountain movers, are the faction of the old man who touches the golden school. Yes, it is true that it has been passed down from ancient times to the present, and there are tomb robbers of authentic ancestors.
In addition to us, there are other inverted eight families in the capital, and the fat man and I call them "Outer Eight Gates".
The eight gates outside the capital are ranked in the order of rise. This time, in addition to those little minions who are not ranked, there are Ge Laozhu, who ranked third in the eighth place outside the capital, Sun Yishou who ranked fifth, and Kun Ba, who was eighth, and this man in ancient costume turned out to be the seventh-ranked "Seventh Master", that is, the sister of the timid and fearful Kunba.
And during the time when we went out to find people and strayed into the crypt group, and the base camp was attacked by the crypt tarantula, she helped the old man to command the overall situation. And after the death of Zha Lao Xian, she was the one who commanded the battle alone, with great leadership skills, courage and meticulousness, and there was no resemblance to his immature brother.
I looked up and down at the seventh master who was talking eloquently, she had thick eyebrows and big eyes, and there was a heroic spirit between her eyebrows, so if a woman dressed as a man, she would be mistaken for a handsome man with a soft appearance. She spoke sonorously and powerfully, her words were correct and round, and her waist was straight and meticulous, like a general on the battlefield, and she couldn't put together the graceful figure I had peeped at before.
The seventh master probably felt my gaze, stopped discussing with the fifth master, turned his head sideways, smiled and asked me, "Master Wen, do you have any different opinions and opinions?" ”
I've been looking at this strange woman, the Seventh Master, and I haven't paid attention to what they're discussing. When I heard her ask me, I was speechless for a while, and I was very embarrassed and didn't know how to speak.
The seventh master saw that I didn't speak. A pair of big eyes stared at me intently, which made me even more at a loss, so I had to open my mouth and say: "Then I don't have any opinions, it's all up to the fifth master." ”
When Fifth Master Zha heard me say this, he said, "Okay, the matter has been discussed almost, and the time is not early." Everyone must be hungry and tired, so they all go out to eat first and then rest early. ”
Everyone heard Fifth Master Zha say this. They all said: "Today is the day when the old man passed away, no matter what, I have to stay and keep vigil with the fifth master." ”
The fifth master had no choice but to refuse one by one: "There has been a sudden change today, and everyone has been injured again." Let's all rest early! Just have Xiaowen and the fat man to accompany me to guard the mullions. ”
Everyone heard the news. I still wanted to continue to express my stance that I wanted to stay, but the attitude of the fifth master was resolute, and he kept refusing politely, pushing everyone out of the mourning hall, and while walking, he also said: "Let's go, let's go eat first, and then talk after eating." ”
Temporary camps. By the time we were in the meeting, someone had already set up all the tents. The dining room where we ate was set up in a huge tent at the southernmost end of the convoy.
On the way to dinner, the fat man approached me and asked me with a smile: "Lao Zheng, when you had a meeting just now, what were you doing absent-mindedly?" ”
Hearing the fat man's question, I scolded in my heart: You girl, I'm embarrassed to ask, I didn't settle accounts with you for the things that caused me to lose face just now, you are good, and you have sent it to the door.
I was angry in my heart, so I said to the fat man angrily: "The old man is gone, and I feel uncomfortable." ”
When the fat man heard this, the smile on his face was gone, and he said sullenly: "Yes! I feel bad too. ”
When I saw that the fat man was depressed, I said to him, "Let's not talk about this yet. Are you familiar with the strange costume of the seventh master just now? ”
As soon as the words fell, Tianyu happened to pass by me and the fat man, and the fat man grabbed Tianyu at once, and then said to me: "Senior sister is familiar with the seventh master, you ask her." ”
As a result, hearing this, Tianyu first glared at the fat man coldly, then glared at me again, and left without saying a word, leaving us two extremely indifferent figures.
The fat man looked at the figure of Tianyu leaving, and asked me inexplicably, "What's wrong with her?" Got the wrong medicine? ”
I said to him angrily, "You ask me, who do I ask?" Besides, I asked you about the Seventh Master, why did you ask about Tianyu? ”
The fat man said unknowingly: "I am not familiar with that seventh master, so I know that everyone calls her the seventh master, the younger sister of Kunba, and I don't know anything else." And Tianyu has been with her for a long time, and they are more familiar with each other, so don't ask her, ask who to go? Besides, why can't you ask about the Seventh Master of Tianyu? Could it be?"
The fat man didn't finish his last words, he immediately looked at me playfully, and then came out with a sentence: "A woman's jealousy is terrible." ”
I heard the fat man's nonsense that he didn't build, and my heart was even more confused, and my heart said: What is this! What does this sentence mean when the preface doesn't match the afterword?
I was full of doubts, and I just wanted to make the fat man clear, but before I knew it, I had already walked to the place where I was eating.
When the fat man saw the food, he immediately took three steps and two steps, and in the blink of an eye he was out of my sight. When I saw him again, he was already seated and moving, and there were several people between our seats, and I couldn't talk to him anymore, and the doubts in my mind were suppressed and stranded.
During the meal, someone mentioned that the fat man and I bravely blew up the tarantula swarm in the crypt during the day, so they raised their wine glasses and toasted the two of us.
My head was stuffed with all kinds of things and problems, and I was uncomfortable, so I refused them one by one and said: "We are comrades-in-arms of a team, and small things are not enough to worry about, and I have to keep vigil at night, so I don't drink, everyone just drinks and has no need to respect me." ”
Everyone put down their wine glasses in some disappointment, and when they heard me mention the matter of the mourning hall, the smiles on their faces disappeared at once.
Seeing this, the fifth master hurriedly raised his glass and said, "I salute all the heroes here and toast to the heroic expression of all of us today." After speaking, he raised his head and drained the wine in the glass, and everyone also raised their glasses one after another, and drank the dry wine glass in admiration.
I lowered my head and thought about the decision made at the meeting just now, the fifth master of Zha sent someone to send away the body of the old man to return to Beijing in the early morning of tomorrow, and then quietly buried in the capital first, and then held a funeral after we came back from this trip.
If the body returns to the capital, the funeral will be held immediately, and the fifth master, the only nephew of the old man, has not presided over major events, and he will be suspicious, so that our actions will be easily exposed, and the guide will fall short, then the old man will be sacrificed in vain.
After settling the old man's aftermath, we will continue on the road, but we must slow down the pace, because the camp has been attacked, and our personnel, weapons and equipment, and food supplies have been greatly lost.
As far as I know, the ammunition is almost exhausted, and in terms of personnel, Sun Yishou's men have lost more than half, and Ge Laojiu has lost nearly a third of his manpower, and the Seventh Master has secretly escaped and has not brought the team out, while the Hu brothers have only brought a few brothers with extraordinary abilities, and they have not brought any of their subordinates.
The largest number of surviving teams was Shu Kunba, because he took the rest of his men out to find them, except for his subordinates who had disappeared and disappeared before, so that his men survived and escaped the catastrophe, and the team was in the best condition, and almost no one was seriously injured.
Those of us now need to move slowly while recuperating from our wounds, so that the supply team in the rear can catch up in time.
I was holding the food mechanically, and the food in my mouth was as tasteless as chewing wax, but I saw the fat man eating and drinking nonsense without heart and lungs, and Tianyu actually held a wine glass and kept drinking, and his eyes were a little confused. I was so distraught that I couldn't help but mutter: What are these two people doing? But now I don't have time to care about them, I'm all a mess of my own mind, and I'm too busy to take care of myself.
Now the morale of the Western Expedition team is low, which is the most troublesome thing for me, the team is composed of various squads, and it is itself chaotic, like a bandit cottage, although there is a big boss in charge.
However, the leaders of the four beams and eight pillars below are all people with different intentions, so it is difficult to lead this team. Only by winning over some people's hearts can we really achieve great things, and it is difficult to achieve a forest alone, so we need a powerful helper, and I and the fat man play such a role.
The fat man can't think about these problems, it seems that only I came forward to say a few words to boost morale, so as to help the fifth master maintain the core strength of the team.
I was about to stand up and make an impassioned speech, when I saw the seventh master, who was sitting next to the fifth master, suddenly stood up, raised his wine glass and said unhurriedly: "I salute everyone." However, before drinking this glass, I have something to say. After speaking, everyone immediately put down their wine glasses and waited for the seventh master to speak.
The Seventh Master had a stern expression and began to narrate: "This unexpected sudden change came too suddenly, who would have thought that we had just taken the first step and were hindered by death. ”
When everyone heard this, they all sighed and sighed.
The seventh master raised his glass, and then changed his words: "However, as the saying goes, good things are more tribulations, and the previous tribulations have confirmed that our journey will definitely have a good result." All of you here are among the best people in the capital, who have experienced countless winds and waves, and are more courageous and experienced than me, a little woman. But I am confident that I will win the first place in this fighting competition, and all the inverted fighting craftsmen and masters here will definitely hold the same belief as me, and will not shrink or even collapse because of this little setback. I believe that our team will become more and more courageous, so that the mysterious Kunlun Mountain will not dare to underestimate the ability of our inverted fighting craftsmen, and let the southern barbarians know that they have provoked the wrong target. Winning the championship in the Fighting Competition this time is our perseverance and common goal, right? (To be continued......)