Chapter 82: A Crisis Is Coming
Compared to Ah Heng's bad mood, Guo Wu can now be called heroic, he is dressed in light armor, and he is riding on a handsome war horse from the northwest grassland, following the cavalry brigade led by the governor to the south. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
Guo Wu looked at the leaves that had begun to turn yellow on the side of the road, and then remembered that it was already autumn, speaking of which, from early summer to now, the weather has been relatively abnormal, and it is almost impossible to feel the heat of summer, autumn has already arrived. Contrary to the weather, Wolf City has been restless this summer, with almost more happening than in the past year. And this fiasco of the wolf cavalry camp was undoubtedly the most shocking of all, and my father was ordered to return to Beijing and was asked to state the matter to His Majesty in person.
It was not Guo Wu's intention to follow his father to the imperial capital this time. He also tried to escape halfway, but was quickly captured. He didn't expect that the master would follow the team all the time. This discovery made Guo Wu both excited and frightened, Guo Wu knew that the master had never left the wolf city for ten years, but this time he was unusual, like a shadow closely following the team to protect, which made Guo Wu have a feeling of impending catastrophe in his heart. They had been advancing on the Jingwolf Road for three days in a row, and all the way they were marching rapidly, passing through the provinces of Mongalio and Heihe, and now they had just entered the province of Yanyun. As long as there are two more days, the imperial capital of the Bright Dynasty will be in sight. It stands to reason that nothing should happen again, but Guo Wu still feels that the crisis is approaching step by step.
This inexplicable danger made Guo Wu extremely mad, and he wanted to share this feeling with others. However, all the cavalry was the same silence. The only one who can speak is the girl next to her.
"Xiaoshuang, can you still eat along the way?" Guo Wu looked at the girl beside him who was a little pale, showing a look of pity. This kind of marching rhythm doesn't matter to herself, but it hurts this stubborn girl.
Ye Shuang nodded, signaling that she was fine. Still, she looked at the young man in front of her with some unnatural looks. This short-haired man was obviously Ah Heng's brother, but he always showed extraordinary concern for himself, how could he be like this? Didn't he understand the truth that a friend's wife should not be bullied? In Ye Shuang's heart, he had already identified Ah Heng. Although the villain who is a little handsome, a little powerful, and a little rude may have been unintentional, but who cares? Who let him be rude to himself?
Guo Wu felt Xiaoshuang's strange eyes, and smiled awkwardly, he didn't quite understand why this girl always had a trace of contempt when she looked at him, could he really be so unbearable? But this did not affect his love for the girl. Because this girl's mother is actually her own half-sister, well, it seems a bit tongue-twisting to say that. To put it simply, Xiaoshuang is actually her niece.
When his father told him the truth, Guo Wu almost didn't bite his tongue off. The strange thing is that he didn't have the slightest disgust and anger at this, because Guo Wu thought that he had seen through that man, his father, this man who was known as the first general of mankind, had always been unkind to his wife for the sake of the so-called righteousness, since he was able to abandon his wife's hatred ten years ago, it was not surprising to abandon his wife and daughter!
However, Guo Wu's first reaction at that time was extremely excited, because he could finally overpower Ah Heng, and Guo Wu couldn't help laughing when he thought of this. If Ah Heng's bastard really has a leg with Xiaoshuang, wouldn't he want to become his junior, hahaha, look at how that kid plays the prestige of a senior brother in front of him. Guo Wu has already decided that he wants to cultivate his niece well, as long as he waits for Ah Heng to come back from the ice field, let them get married, yes, they will get married.
Thinking of getting married, Guo Wu immediately became worried again, because his father also told him one thing, this time he went to the imperial capital, and Emperor Guangming intended to assign him a family affair, but this matter was still secret and was not announced. It is said that the woman is also a member of the royal family, and His Majesty gave her marriage, which is also a great honor in the family. However, Guo Wu had a headache when he thought of this, and God knows if that royal woman couldn't marry with a pockmarked face, so she forced it into herself. He thought of the girl who was so beautiful that she couldn't talk - Dienian, she was so beautiful, in Guo Wu's heart, even her name was so beautiful that the country and the city were overwhelmed. As long as he thought of that girl, Guo Wu's heart was hot. He didn't understand why his father-in-law locked up such a beautiful girl and didn't let anyone else have anything to do with her. If it weren't for Senior Sister Ugly saying that the girl was safe, don't worry, Guo Wu felt that he must have become lovesick.
In Guo Wu's cranky thoughts, this group of cavalry finally arrived at the last mountain range before entering the imperial capital, the Juyong Mountain Range, before dark. Due to the proximity of the Juyong Mountain Range to the imperial capital, all the bandit and horse bandit leaders were drunk by the emperor of the central army, and as for those little Luo Luo, they were all sent to hell to enjoy happiness. As a result, some small towns have developed along the Jingwolf Road, but most of them are close to the imperial capital. Guo Wu believed that as long as he stepped up, he would be able to reach the first town within three hours, and he would have had enough of eating and sleeping in the open for days.
However, an order came from the front from the Governor, asking everyone to camp in place. Wait for dawn and set off again. This order made Guo Wu even more aggravate the sense of crisis in his heart. Although he and his father are a little disagreeable, it does not mean that he will doubt his father's judgment, he knows very well that the reason why his father is recognized as the number one general of mankind is that it has been proven by countless wars. My father's failure to enter the Juyong Mountains shows that he believes that there are unknown dangers lurking on this road.
Accompanying his father to the imperial capital were his direct guards, all of whom had voluntarily retired from the wolf cavalry camp, and their loyalty and elite were second to none, and almost immediately after the order to camp was given, they set up a glaive-shaped camp on a low hillside, and at the bottom of the glaive was his father's tent in the middle of the army.
Guo Wu and Xiaoshuang's camp was next to each other, near the Chinese army's camp tent. Guo Wu originally wanted to talk in Xiaoshuang's tent, but under the sharp eyes of the other party, he had to leave in a huff.
After Xiaoshuang saw Guo Wu leave, she walked out of the camp directly, the mountain yin was very humid, and her chest seemed to be pressed against a stone, only a big breath could make her feel comfortable, was it going to rain? Xiaoshuang looked at the vague blue and black continuous mountain, and a round of the first quarter moon emitted a faint light, as if it was covered with a black veil, which was not enough to illuminate the world at all. The day passed so quickly, and it was the night that scared her the most.
These days, she hardly gets a day out of her sleep peacefully. Because as long as she fell asleep, she kept repeating a dream, a terrible dream that she couldn't explain. In her dream, it was a very large world, the sun in the sky was dim, and in the distance were raging black waves. In the middle of the earth stood a very handsome middle-aged man, and a very beautiful woman, a little girl stood in the middle and kept crying, and the woman was talking to the little girl incessantly. For no reason, Ye Shuang recognized at a glance that the little girl was herself, and the boy and girl were her parents. But no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't hear what the beautiful woman was trying to tell her. Soon, a bloody color spread across the sky, and a strange black bird with jagged teeth appeared in the dream, devouring it all, including the sun, the black sea, the handsome man, the beautiful woman, and the crying little girl.
Then she woke up in a sweat. Just when she thought that she would definitely have a splitting headache, there was always a misty middle-aged man who appeared in front of her in time and looked at her kindly, his body had an aura similar to Ah Heng's, which could bring her peace in an instant. Ye Shuang knew the identity of this man, he was Ah Heng's stepfather, so she also followed Ah Heng to call this man his father-in-law. She had fully believed what her stepfather had said, that she had really lost a memory, and that memory had been deliberately erased.
Xiaoshuang suddenly heard a footstep behind her, the pace was very slow, it seemed that she wanted to get close to her but was a little afraid to do so, she turned around, the other party had blonde hair and long ears, and his face was a little haggard. She knew this person, he was the number one general next to the governor of Northern Xinjiang - Mengton. It is said that he was the main person in charge of this defeat, Ye Shuang saw the defeated soldiers of the wolf cavalry battalion back to the city, and countless wolf city people on both sides of the road cried bitterly. As a general, the fiasco of Ruosi must have made him suffer a lot of torture!
Seeing Ye Shuang looking at him, Meng Dun immediately stopped and smiled unnaturally: "Ye Shuang-girl-"
"Huh!?" Ye Shuang looked at each other strangely.
"Can you talk?"
"Hmm!" Ye Shuang frowned, not quite understanding what the other party meant.
"I heard you grew up in the orc kingdom? Can you tell me about that? you know - my father was also an orcβ" Monton coughed in disguise.
"Yes!" Ye Shuang suddenly felt that the defeated general in front of him was very interesting, and he seemed to be a little embarrassed, but the appearance of the other party with orc characteristics made Ye Shuang inexplicably feel a sense of intimacy.
"Actually, there is nothing to introduce to the Orc Kingdom, it is very chaotic, very poor, very bitter, and there is no way to compare it with the human empire. Everyone has to listen to His Majesty's orders from the Beast Emperor, but except when we are fighting, His Majesty the Beast Emperor doesn't care much about us, and usually the lords of each clan's territory decide the affairs of their territories by themselves. If there is a dispute between the various territories, and His Majesty the Beast Emperor is unable to adjudicate, everyone will make an appointment to fight together, and the winning side will be the reasonable side. Therefore, the people of the kingdom live very simply, unlike human beings dragging mud and water, mother-in-law!"
Monton smiled slightly, as a general of the Human Empire, he had also heard of the Orc Kingdom, but their style was somewhat similar to that of the Governor. The truth is always within the reach of the fist!
"What about your family in the Orc Kingdom?" asked Monton, pretending to be casual.
Xiao Shuang's expression froze for a moment, but she quickly relaxed, and said with a slight smile: "I don't know, maybe they're all dead!" She remembered what the Governor of Northern Xinjiang said that day, could it be that this number one general of the human race was really her grandfather, could it be that Guo Wu really cared about herself when he approached her in the past two days? Her head ached faintly again.
"Hey, Xiaoshuang, haven't you gone in to rest yet?" Guo Wu suddenly came out of the tent and said loudly.
Monton glanced back at Guo Wu, nodded and said hello, then turned around and walked into the distance. Ye Shuang glanced at Guo Wu, ignored it, and continued to look at the gray sky in the distance.
Her thoughts had drifted into the distance, she felt that she was the one who had been abandoned by this world, how nice it would be if it was not Guo Wu but Ah Heng by her side! Ah Heng Where had he been and what was he doing? Ye Shuang thought silently.