【Chapter 124】Fire
Yu Mochen himself wanted to know the answer to this question. But now that the Siren had gone, why did Yi Xiaocheng teach her the cunning of the ship, and why did she say those things before she died...... All Yu Moji knows is the effect, and the real cause will never be solved.
But in this situation, if she did not answer Aman's question, I am afraid that the captives here would be suspicious of her. She has already annoyed Master Fu, which is equivalent to the loss of the prestige she has accumulated in the Jiangbei Army during this period of time; She didn't want to annoy the people who had come down from the boat. What kind of person will make officials and prisoners suspicious when they see it?
Yu Mochen thought about it for a while, and said, "This eldest sister must know ...... too."
"I'm no one's big sister." Aman interrupted her coldly, "If you call me Master Aman, you'll have it." ”
Yu Mochen was stunned for a moment, there are countless people who have taught her in Xindao, do they all have to call Master? Aman glanced at her expression and said, "I didn't teach you your skills, and I don't mean to take advantage of you." It's the 'master' who overhauls the ship. ”
Yu Moji had no choice but to nod. Although the Tusu people have many annoying rules, most of them are simple and rude, not as organized as the Qi people, and the names are also very casual. She hadn't cared so much about it.
“…… You also know that the little captain is there for revenge. Yu Mochen said slowly, as she spoke, pondering the words, "Judging from the results, she seems to have the intention of dying." This is of course just my speculation......"
"I'm afraid you're right." Aman said, "Go to Qi people to take revenge, if you don't fight for your life, how can you do it?" ”
Her voice was a little unkind.
Yu Moji sighed silently, she was used to getting along with people like Yuan Pingzhi and Chai Jingliu, and now when she talked to this strange temperament, she only felt that there was pressure in the air. "I suppose she doesn't want the skills she learned from you to be lost, even if she is determined to die. Besides, I ......"
Yu Moji suddenly stopped talking. She wanted to say that she had saved Yi Xiaowei once. But that time, her heart was only out of resentment at the sailor's behavior, and she would come to the rescue of whoever suffered from that kind of thing; It's Yi Xiaocheng, who urged Yu Moji to leave quickly before he died, really trying to save Yu Moji's life.
"What's more, you?" Aman was clearly not a man who had the patience to wait for the ink to be distracted.
Yu Moji: "...... Besides, I'm not from that merchant ship. I happened to take that boat and I met Yi Xiao, and it just so happened that I knew a little bit about the science of Yanjia......" She looked at the questioning eyes of Aman and the others, understanding that they were waiting for her to give an explanation of who she was. The study of Yanjia is the most cutting-edge technology of the Great Qi Empire, how can it be that it can be learned by one person? She paused, turned her heart aside, and said, "I'm the Cinder's Master. ”
Actually, no, she's just a reservist. However, the recruits in the army also have reserves, and if Aman is asked to misunderstand that she is from the Jiangbei Army, I am afraid it will be even worse.
However, Yanshi was also a member of the Imperial Court, and a whisper immediately erupted around him.
In contrast, Aman's reaction was much calmer, "I see. She sat back down in the shadows. The tense atmosphere disappeared immediately. Yu Moji was a little confused. She saw that this woman was menacing, so she was not nervous, but she didn't expect to put it down gently.
The captives on the side didn't seem to expect this. The man who had tried to tell Heng'er to stop earlier said, "I heard that Yanshi is a profession with a very high status, why are you also locked up in this captive camp?" ”
Yu Mochen smiled bitterly, this matter is indeed inexplicable, the causes and consequences are involved, and even she herself doesn't quite understand what is going on, if she explains it, I'm afraid it will only be more chaotic. She thought for a while before giving a concise answer, "I used to work by the Jiayuan River, but somehow, I misunderstood the prison army here. He thought I was having an affair with some kind of power, so he locked me up here. This kind of force is naturally the Jiangshan boat, but Yu Mozhen felt that although he was not the kind of "affair with the people in the Jiangshan boat" as Jiangbei Jun said, he couldn't escape the involvement, and under the entanglement, he still hid this part.
The man still wanted to ask, but Aman in the shadows interrupted him, "The people who are locked up here are not all involved in the business on the south bank. If you are innocent, you will be locked up in one place if you are caught, and there is nothing to inquire about. ”
When Yu Moji heard this, he couldn't help but feel a pang in his heart. She was still strange at first, why did the Jiangbei Army suddenly spend so much effort to clean up the Jiangshan ship, but now that she looks at it, it seems that there is something else involved. Aman just mentioned the words "South Shore Merchant", and Yu Moji immediately remembered the matter of the Qiongmen Chamber of Commerce and Boss Chen's batch of thousand-year-old gold; Especially this time, the Jiangbei Army vigorously attacked the Jiangshan ships with Yan armor, which made Yu Moji even more suspicious. She knew that there were people who did any business on the ship, and it would not be unusual if these people did something like selling millennial gold for the caravan.
At that time, it stands to reason that the thousand-year-old gold undercurrent in the Juping Mountain area has been uprooted. But beyond Juping Mountain, there may still be remnants. Wildfires burn inexhaustibly, and once the limelight passes, they pop up again. But as long as the thousand-year-old gold is still circulating in the world, the people who make money from it will never disappear.
However, Aman's comment is not intentional or unintentional, but it also invisibly separates Yu Moji and the people in this captive camp. Although the captives were not familiar with Yu Moji, their attitude towards Yu Moji gradually changed from the initial vigilance to a kind of kindness between strangers. Yu Moji's heart gradually relaxed. Her mind was tense for two days, and she was already extremely tired, and as soon as it was dark, she leaned on the shoulder of an aunt beside her, and fell asleep groggy.
I don't know how long it took, but some kind of sound woke up Yu Moji.
She has lived alone all the year round, and has encountered all kinds of disasters, so she is always more vigilant than others; But she wasn't the only one awake in the camp. The moon rose in the middle of the sky, and a cold silver light leaked in from the small sinus. In the darkness, Yu Moji could barely see that a small figure was trying to squeeze through the sleeping captives. Every depth under the child's feet, someone was stepped on in his sleep, and he fell asleep again after scolding twice, and the child did not answer, but tried to walk towards the bottom of the sinus.
Yu Moji took a closer look and realized that it seemed to be Heng'er.
Ever since he discovered that this child who knew how to learn the art of armor was mute, Yu Moji felt some pity and sympathy for him. She was awake anyway, so she stood up lightly and walked over to see if the child needed help. After all, she had been well trained in the Cardinal's House, and she was quite light on her skills, so it was not difficult to move in such a place without waking anyone.
She stepped in front of Heng'er in a few steps, and just wanted to squat down to find a way to communicate with the mute child, but Heng'er grabbed her hand vigorously, obviously quite panicked.
Yu Mojin felt strange, and saw Heng'er pointing to the sinus, as if he wanted to express that something was wrong outside.
She touched Heng'er's hand soothingly, holding her breath and trying her best to listen, only to feel that the wind outside seemed to be louder.
Heng'er still looked anxious, and seeing that she hadn't understood what was going on, she hurriedly made a few more movements. Yu Moji patiently recognized it for a long time, and then he could barely see the slightest meaning. "Fanning the Flames...... Ignition ......" she struggled to interpret Heng'er's self-created sign language, and the corners of her forehead suddenly jumped, "You say fire?" ”
Heng'er nodded hurriedly.
Yu Moji hurriedly listened again. She has been in the dark several times, and she has always had palpitations, so she has developed good ear skills. Through the sound of long, short breaths around her, she vaguely heard something crackling in the distance, mixed with increasingly noisy human voices.
She has a bad heart, and it seems that she is on fire outside. Although it is impossible to judge the extent of the fire by hearing alone, this place is full of tents, grain and grass, and other things that are easy to ignite, and the slightest spark can cause great trouble. Besides, this place is some distance from other camps, and there are many blocking mechanisms, if it really burns over, I don't know if the sergeants can take care of it.
Heng'er seemed to be so anxious that she was about to cry. Yu Mojin hurriedly stretched out a hand to pick him up, jumping between the sleeping captives, and the free hand neatly untied the belts of several people.
Heng'er: "......"
Yu Mojin knotted the belt into a rope as fast as he could, and at the same time attached it to Heng'er's ear, and whispered, "Where's your hairpin?" It's your drawing pen, and you lend it to your sister for use. ”
Heng'er hesitated for a moment, and Yu Moji said, "You believe me, I want to save the people here." All of them. ”
Heng'er took out the broken hairpin from her body and handed it to her.
Yu Moji quickly tied the broken hairpin into a flying anchor and threw it out of the sinus. She remembered that there were many aircraft outside, and there were places to hang flying anchors. However, I don't know if it was because of the limited space of the Kong sinus, or because she suddenly put a huge pressure on herself to save everyone, she missed under one blow, and if she tried again, she still missed.
Yu Moji patted Heng'er and said in a low voice, "Don't panic." She steadied herself and tried again, this time the anchor finally got stuck somewhere outside the tent. She bent down and put down Heng'er, and tried the rope that the belt was tied again, and felt that it should be strong enough, so she climbed up with the rope.
That Kong Dou is too small, let alone her, even Heng'er can't get out. Yu Moji could only hang himself on the top of the tent and look out from the hole.
Sure enough, not far away had burned to the ground, and the sergeants had already woken up, some trying to put out the fire, and many more were fleeing in a hurry. At the critical moment, there was no one to care about the prisoners of the main camp of the principle.
Yu Moji's gaze turned to the piece of machinery outside. On her own, with such a mute child who is highly vigilant but panicked, I am afraid that she will not be able to save the captives here.
Yu Moji's hand loosened, slid down the rope to the ground, picked up Heng'er, and jumped towards Aman.