Chapter 32: The Expedition to the North (2)
"Tomorrow is the day of departure, and I came to you tonight. Zhang Musha said.
"Looking for us?" Luo Yin asked, a little unclear.
"Hmm. Zhang Musha nodded, "Luoyin, you have just arrived, you have not yet been trained to become a teacher, you must not fight the enemy, and the master has repeatedly asked me to take care of you with a good life, so this time you will go on the expedition, you will be in the big tent, follow me around, one to keep you safe, and the other to follow me through the experience." ”
When Luo Yin heard this, he was overjoyed, and hurriedly bowed and replied, "Thank you, Governor." Then he seemed to remember something, turned his joy into sorrow, and turned his head to look at You.
The governor saw it in his eyes, and continued to say: "You are not ruo, and you are also with me." Although you have been in the army for more than a year, it stands to reason that this expedition should go to the battlefield with the battalion to face the enemy, but I know that you are not good at fighting, your father was a first-class swordsmith in our army, and his friendship with me is not shallow. ”
Hearing the governor say this, You Yiruo and Luo Yin both understood that this was a special care for the two of them, and both of them were in the same place, so they were happy, and hurriedly saluted and thanked them.
"So you two, early tomorrow morning, pack your bags and come to my guard camp to name yourself. After finishing speaking, Zhang Musha got up and shook the cyan robe, stepped out of the door and walked away with the two accompanying guards.
At this time, You Qiruo was excited, and took Luo Yin's hand and said, "It's really good, so that you don't have to worry about going to the battlefield to face those terrible sacrifice monsters." Fang was still scared to death, and at this time, You Qiruo was completely relieved.
Although Luo Yin was also happy, he was a little worried. He thought to himself, he had just entered the barracks, his nationality was unknown, although he had no power to fight the enemy, but it was not his turn to get such preferential treatment, and he followed the famous leader of the Moonlight Knights. Judging from what Zhang Dutou said, he was entrusted by Master Tiannu, so it seems that the mage is not just a personal favor to place himself in the camp, but takes special care of himself. This made Luo Yin wonder again, what kind of friendship his father had with Master Tiannu, or rather, he was actually puzzled about how his father, a fisherman and a small folk in the countryside, could climb such a character and have a deep friendship. In Luoyin's impression, his father was honest and wooden, with no deep family background or outstanding skills, and he lived in a fishing village for more than ten years, living a poor life, and often suffered from the ridicule of Luoyin's uncle.
The more I thought about it, the more confused I became, and the more I felt hungry in my belly, Luo Yin simply wiped his face, shook his head, got up and pulled You Ruo out of the barracks to find food.
At this time, it was already past dinner time, and the two of them came to the dining room on the east side of the camp, and found that the pot and stove were empty, and there was not even a piece of pot at the bottom of the pot. Speaking of which, this barracks is full of tigers and wolves, and the amount of food is as big as one, where can there be leftovers. If it's too late, you can only consider yourself unlucky.
"Why don't we sneak out and go into the city to buy some food?" said Luoyin.
"This," You Ruruo said, "I'm afraid this won't work, there is a rule in the barracks that you are not allowed to enter and leave without permission after dark, and if you are caught, you will have to serve with a big stick!"
"Let's be careful, go early and come back early, don't be discovered!"
"No, no, it's too dangerous, I'm not going. ”
Luo Yin sighed, crossed his hands on his hips, and shook his head: "Then what should I do, I can't be so hungry all night, I can't stand it." ”
"I think we'd better go back to sleep, and when we do, we don't know we're hungry. You said helplessly.
"Alas...... I think that's all I can do. ”
After that, the two of them walked back dejectedly, and they didn't know whether it was dark or they were dizzy with hunger, so they took the wrong way back to their barracks, and when they raised their eyes, they found that they had walked near the general's mansion. Lights hung around the courtyard, and two teams of guards patrolled back and forth along the walls. Luo Yin flashed his inspiration, and suddenly he had a plan.
"Hey, there you have it!" Luo Yin suddenly laughed and slapped You Yaruo on the back excitedly.
You Ruo was already hungry and weak, and was slapped by Luoyin, and almost fell to the ground without being photographed. "What's the matter, such a fuss, so hard, almost I died in your hands. ”
"Shhhh With that, Luo Yin pulled You Yanruo and ran to the base of a wall on the west side of the General's Mansion far away from the guards. "I'll tell you, you'll definitely find something to eat here, and maybe some delicacies from the mountains and the sea. ”
"This is the General's Mansion, and if you break in, you will be executed as an assassin!"
"I know," Luo Yin waved his hand nonchalantly, "Isn't it night, the night is dark, I mean let's go over the wall and sneak in, touch the dining room, there must be no one in the dining room at this time, let's hurry up and find something to eat." ”
"Not very well......" You hesitated.
Just as they were hesitating, a cooing sound suddenly came, and the two of them were stunned, it turned out to be the sound of the rumbling in You Yaruo's stomach. "Well, it's better to die than to be a starving ghost. You Yiruo gritted his teeth and said.
"That's it, come, come with me. ”
As he spoke, Luo Yin took the lead in climbing the wall with a gecko, and under the cover of the dark trees, he climbed over the wall and landed on the corridor of the inner courtyard. You Ruo followed closely behind, and also turned over and followed. The two of them bent on their waists, hiding themselves in the shadows at the base of the wall, using their limbs together, rolling and crawling, groping all the way through. In this general's mansion, there are many rooms, but there are very few people, Luo Yin and You Yiruo probed into a few rooms in a row, but no one was there, but unfortunately they didn't find food.
"Where do you think this dining room is? It's like a labyrinth, and we've been going around for a long time. You said a little anxiously.
"I don't know. Luo Yin scratched his head, "Look again, you will definitely find it." ”
After crawling for a while, the two of them suddenly smelled a fragrance, and sniffed carefully, yes, it was the smell of food. Now the two of them were happy, and quickly stood up along the corner of the wall, and slipped towards the room where the fragrance wafted out. Quietly pushing the door open, the room was brightly lit, but no one was there, and a round table in the center was a plate of roast chicken, a plate of beef, a plate of green vegetables and some steaming pastries. This made Luo Yin and You Yiruo very happy, and hurriedly climbed onto the table, one of them tore a chicken leg and stuffed it into his mouth, and then he couldn't wait to grab the pastries on the plate.
Connected to this room, there is another room inside, the people in the room are bathing, hearing the sound of the rope outside, immediately alerted, quietly got up to dry and put on clothes, touched a green steel sword hanging behind the door, held his breath and quietly walked out of the room.
At this end, Luo Yin and You Ruo ate happily, completely ignoring whether anyone came in around them. "It's so delicious, the things in this general's mansion are really different, and they are much more delicious than the brown rice we ate in the past. You said with a mouth full of stuff.
"Uh-huh, hmm, eat quickly, eat and leave. Luo Yin said without raising his head.
"By the way, we'll leave later, this table full of messes is clearly a thief who has come in, won't it alarm those guards and generals?" said You Qiruo as if he suddenly thought of something.
"Then it's just a thief!" Luo Yin smiled slyly, "Anyway, no one will find out, we will set off north tomorrow, and no one will find it." ”
"Well, that's right! "How could you have agreed.
While they were talking, suddenly the two of them heard a loud shout from behind them: "Hmph, thief, do you still want to slip away, leave your hands and feet!"
This frightened the two of them a lot, and they quickly turned over and grabbed the wooden stool on the table. When he raised his eyes, he saw a purple-clothed girl in front of him, with angry eyes, swinging a long sword and slashing at the two of them. Luo Yin hurriedly used the wooden bench to block it, only to hear a clang, the sword body had been split into half of the wooden bench, and it was stuck in it at this time. Luo Yin and the girl were in a stalemate.
The sword scared both of them very much. While panting, I saw You Yiruo's eyes staring at the sword dao: "A good sword is made of pure green steel refined five times in the furnace and made of a hundred hammers, which is extremely sharp and can be broken by blowing." ”
"You're still in the mood to study this sword, don't you flash it quickly?" Luo Yin chirped.
"Oh!" said You, and hurriedly rolled over from under the table, and got to the other side of the room.
"Well, you go first, and I'll get out." Luo Yin shouted, and at the same time raised the wooden stool in his hand, and stuck the girl's long sword.
"Then be careful. You Ruo said, quickly turned over and jumped out of the window, and ran.
When the girl saw that she had already run away, she was willing to give up, and shouted, "I'll see how you get out!" Luo Yin raised the wooden bench again to block, but unfortunately this time the girl's strength was sharper, and the wooden bench was instantly split in two. Luo Yin was dumbfounded, and was so anxious that he rolled backwards and rolled to the corner, only to find that there was no way to retreat. But the sword in front of him followed it again, this time by slashing at the face.
Seeing this turbulent momentum, he hurriedly squatted down and covered his head and shouted: "The woman spares her life, I was wrong, I was wrong, I will never steal food again! Don't kill me! Don't kill me!"
After speaking, I silently thought in my heart, it's over, it's over, and I'm going to die here. But all of a sudden, there was no movement. Luo Yin waited for a while before slowly raising his head and opening his eyes to look up. At this glance, I found that the girl in purple had already collected her sword and stood a few steps away, covering her mouth and laughing silently.
"Oh, why are you, Qin'er!" Luo Yin was surprised, but overjoyed.
"Can't it be me?" Liu Qin'er pursed her lips and said with a smile: "Fortunately, it's me, otherwise you would be a ghost under the sword now." ”
"Thankfully, it scared me to death, ouch my aunt, it's you, it's you, or I'd have died. Luo Yin pulled over a wooden stool and sat down, panting.
"What are you doing, don't you know the rules in the barracks?" Liu Qin'er put away her smile and reproached, "This trespassing on the General's Mansion is an assassin's act, and he is about to be killed." ”
"We were so hungry that we looked for food everywhere, so we ventured into the General's Mansion. Luo Yin replied.
"That's not to mess around! It's no better than in the village, where the military rules are strict in the barracks, so you can't do anything wantonly. Now that you're here, you can restrain your naughty nature and learn some skills well, without any effort from your father. Liu Qin'er said.
"Oh, I see. Luo Yin smiled a little awkwardly and replied.
Liu Qin'er also sat down on the side, and then carefully looked at the slightly embarrassed Luoyin. I saw that he was gray-headed, the corners of his mouth still had residues and greasy after stealing food, wearing a short coat that was not white and gray, and I don't know if the original white clothes were dyed gray, or the original gray clothes were washed white, the pants were worn, and there was a hole in the knee of one leg. Liu Qin'er wanted to laugh again, but also felt pitiful, knowing that he must be shy in his pocket, and he was reluctant to buy two new clothes. So he took out an azure money bag from his waist, pulled Luo Yin's hand, and slapped it in his hand.
Luo Yin was taken aback, and hurriedly pushed the money bag back, and said directly, "What is this!"
"You take it, go buy two new clothes and shoes. ”
"No, no. How embarrassed am I to take you, besides, in this barracks, I wear military uniforms on weekdays, and I don't need to buy new ones. ”
"If you don't take it, if you don't take it, I'll be angry, and I'll never see you again. Liu Qin'er's face sank and said angrily.
"This ......" Luo Yin didn't know how to answer for a while, she was so worried that she only scratched her head, and she was afraid that Qin'er would really ignore him, and she was embarrassed to accept her gift.
Seeing him like this, Qin'er turned her anger into joy, laughed, grabbed his hand again, and still stuffed the money bag into Luo Yin's hand, and said: "Okay, don't be embarrassed, since you have come out, you can't make people laugh at it too much, right? Besides, the eldest husband is planning big things, do you still hold this little bit? If you refuse, won't you make me a girl's family even more unbearable?"
Luo Yin frowned and thought about it, it seemed to be the same, so he had to take it. I looked at it in my hand, and it was a delicate money bag, embroidered with willow leaves, and a girl's unique fragrance came to my nose. Luo Yin blushed a little, afraid that Liu Qin'er would see it and laugh again, so she hurriedly put it in her arms.
"By the way, Qin'er, why are you here?" asked Luoyin.
"I came with my father to the high priest, and the priest kept me with her, and I longed to come out and see the world, so I stayed. After that, I will live in this general for a long time. Liu Qin'er replied.
"That's great, we'll be able to see each other again and again. ”
"Well, that's what I thought too. ”
As the two were talking, they suddenly heard a commotion outside the house, as if something had happened, and hurriedly got up and went out, and in the corridor they saw from a distance outside the side door of the courtyard wall of the general's mansion, the fire was bright and the voices were bustling. Liu Qin'er and Luo Yin rushed to the door, only to see six or seven guards in a circle, two of whom were holding an intruder assassin, who was tied up with ropes. But I heard the bound man crying out for mercy:
"I'm not an assassin, I'm not, please spare me. I didn't do anything bad, don't kill me!"