Chapter 572: Traveling Alone (11)
In the large battalion, the staff officer took the pen and recorded the names of the men in the squad one by one.
"Xie Hong, thirty years old, from Ziyang County, Jizhou, once served as the commander of the Thunder Leopard Legion in the north......"
"Zhou Cang, twenty-seven years old, from Wuyang County, Jizhou, once served as a centurion of the Northern Thunder Leopard Legion......"
"Qian Pingzhi, twenty-seven years old, a native of Qucheng, Jingzhou, once served as the secretary of the county government after posting books......"
"Xu Sihai, twenty-nine years old, from Feng County, Jizhou, used to be a blacksmith ......"
"Xu Xiao, twenty-five years old, from Wu'an County, Jingzhou, used to be a ...... of building attendants"
Young adults in their twenties and thirties are the most suitable age to join the army, and they are also the age at which they should shoulder the most responsibility.
Xie Hong's eyes were the most determined and excited, and he might have been waiting for this day. The duty of a soldier is to protect the family and defend the country, and the honor of a soldier is to be on the battlefield with blood!
"What about you? What is your name? After the staff officer finished writing the information of the first five people, he looked up at Yan Yunting, who was speechless.
Congrong's move to join the army is great, but Yan Yunting's mission is far more than that, he decisively shook his head and refused: "I will not be a soldier, and I will not stay in this city for a long time." β
Everyone was shocked, and after a short while, everyone's expressions were different.
Xie Hong was more understanding, and he could see that Yan Yunting was not here.
Zhou Cang was more joyful, because he had one less rival.
Du Weiwei was more disappointed, she looked at Yan Yunting: "We finally came to Qingxi City, but you want to leave?" With so many poisonous people out there, where can you go? β
Chen Shuang was also confused: "Yes, Brother Mei, you have to think about it carefully, it's easy to get out of the city, but it's difficult to come in again." β
Yan Yunting just smiled: "I have my own plans." β
"Are you really leaving"?" Du Weiwei still had a hint of luck.
Yan Yunting's tone was affirmative: "I really want to go." β
"Then take it as you please! Anyway, from the first time I saw you, I knew this man was full of lies! Du Weiwei dropped a sentence and ran out of the tent.
Yan Yunting is indeed full of lies, he didn't even tell her his real name, but he had a lifelong friendship and kinship with her.
What women want has always been different from men.
Yan Yunting hesitated for a moment, sighed lightly, and chased after him quickly.
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Du Weiwei stood at the head of the wall, letting the wind and frost hit her face, her heart was hurt, there were tears in her eyes, and her tears were self-deprecation and disappointment, but it was just a good dream, but it was just a wishful thinking mistake.
She wiped her tears, her eyes regained firmness, she was not an ordinary woman, she could live well without a man.
She took a deep breath and was about to turn away, only to find a man with white hair dyed by frost and snow standing not far away, standing in the wind and snow with his sword in his hand, his eyes still as firm as a rock.
Du Weiwei turned a blind eye, but there was still a trace of luck when she passed by, if he was willing to change his mind or speak out to keep her, she would definitely have no hesitation.
Her thoughts hadn't settled yet, and sure enough, Yan Yunting reached out and grabbed her wrist, she looked back happily, but pretended to be indifferent: "You let go of me, aren't you leaving?" What else do you come to me for? β
Yan Yunting said lightly: "I'm leaving, but it's not that I'm not coming back, why do you want to say goodbye to life and death?" Cut in two? β
Du Weiwei was stunned, this is reasonable! She shook off Yan Yunting's hand and vented the dissatisfaction in her heart: "Who said that I was going to cut you off, I just hate people who are full of lies." β
Yan Yunting looked at Du Weiwei with a smile: "But the sentence 'I will definitely come back' is by no means a lie." β
Du Weiwei tilted her head and whispered: "Have you heard the story of the wolf?" Once a lie is told too much, no one will believe it. β
"So you don't want to wait for me?"
"Why should I wait for you? You're not who I am, and everything we did by the stream that day was just to thank you for saving me, so you still think I really like youβ"
"That's the end of the conversation, you don't want to wait, and I won't come back."
Yan Yunting shook off the snow on her body, turned around and was about to walk down the city wall, Du Weiwei did not hesitate, this time, she grabbed Yan Yunting's wrist, her smile bloomed like an ice flower, and she gently spit out three words:
"I'll wait for you."
There are no words more touching than "I'm waiting for you", and nothing is more trustworthy than "I understand you".
"I've always been quick and won't keep you waiting."
"Then you should hurry up and don't delay the time."
Du Weiwei happily let go of Yan Yunting's hand.
Yan Yunting hummed lightly and walked down the city, while Du Weiwei stood at the head of the wall and watched him, until he got off the city wall, she couldn't help asking:
"Mei Mingzhi, who are you?"
Yan Yunting looked back and smiled: "An ordinary person with a scruffy beard and unkempt edges." β
Du Weiwei lowered her head and speculated for a moment, and suddenly realized something, she suddenly raised her head and wanted to ask more, but where is Yan Yunting still in the city?
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Qingxi Mansion.
In the bedroom of the inner courtyard, the charcoal fire warmed the air, and a big man with a bearded face was sleeping soundly in bed with a beautiful young woman in his arms, and the uneaten meat soup on the table had been frozen into ointment.
A cold wind blew open ......the window, and a figure quietly flashed in.
The woman shivered, was awakened by the cold wind, and couldn't help but complain in a low voice, "This ghost cold wind is really blowing big enough." She came to the window and was about to close itβ"Smack! She was slapped on the back of the head and instantly fainted.
The man beside him was gone, and the bearded man also woke up from his sleep, but as soon as he opened his eyes, he saw a man sitting in the room, constantly wiping a giant sword with a handkerchief, and the blade was even more cold than the wind.
The bearded man didn't have time to be shocked, and raised his hand to summon the war halberd hanging on the wall, but before he could circulate his true qi, a confining force locked all the veins.
"Wu Mang?" Yan Yunting glanced at the big man out of the corner of his eye and asked in confirmation.
Sweat oozed from Wu Mang's forehead, it was obvious that he was far from being this person's opponent, and his tone couldn't help but be a lot more humble: "The hero visited late at night, there must be something private, but it doesn't hurt to talk about it." β
Yan Yunting raised his eyebrows, "Oh? Can you guess my mind? β
Wu Mang said in a deep voice: "If the hero came to kill someone, it is estimated that my wife and I would have died under your sword." β
This bearded man looks rough, but he is a bold and careful man.
Yan Yunting also stopped selling Guanzi, and said bluntly: "I came to you tonight to have a few questions-first, why did you arrest the mutant poisoner? Second, who told you to do these things? Let's start by answering these two questions truthfully. β
Wu Mang sighed: "I knew that someone would always come to the door, alas, ......" Then he slowly replied:
"It's really sad to say it, half a year ago, it was also late at night, and there was also a black-robed man with extraordinary strength like you, sneaking into my room, holding a knife to my neck, wanting to make some deals with me."
"Is he from Kyushu?" Yan Yunting asked.
"Definitely not, the fluctuating aura on his body is a chilling yin qi."
"That's the Nine Ghosts." Yan Yunting was surprised, but he didn't feel surprised, "Let's talk about your deal." β
Wu Mang said: "He first asked me if I wanted to become stronger, if I wanted to replace King Liang as the lord of Jizhou, how could there be such a good thing in the world?" Of course I disagree. β
Yan Yunting said: "What is the benefit of seeking skin with the tiger? You made a wise decision. β
Wu Mang continued: "But he didn't force me to buy and sell to embarrass me, but proposed a second deal, he asked me to help him capture the mutant poisoner and send it to the Black Castle in the north of Jizhou, where a green pupil poisonous corpse can be exchanged for a hundred catties of food;
There was a shortage of food in the city at that time, and people were starving to death every day, and I could not refuse this deal, and I could not refuse it at the time, or he would have killed me;
At first, I suspected that this matter was false, but the next day, the poisonous corpses besieging the city were reduced by more than half, so I personally captured the mutant poisonous corpses and sent them to the Black Castle according to his request.
This transaction completely changed the phenomenon of Qingxi City's dying, and I completely trusted him, so I mobilized the whole city's soldiers to send out a mission in the form of a bounty, which has continued to this day. β
"Does Jizhou Liang Wangfu know about this?" Yan Yunting asked.
"King Liang?" Wu Mang scoffed, "He asked me not to tell King Liang, otherwise the transaction would be terminated, of course, King Liang didn't bother to know that since the plague fermented, Jizhou City completely abandoned us." β
"Did the black-robed man tell you what he wanted to mutate the poisonous corpse for?" Yan Yunting asked.
Wu Mang shook his head, "We are only responsible for arresting and sending it over, and then transporting the grain back, that's all." β
"You're a smart man, don't you know he's hatching a conspiracy?"
"The prince has no worries about food and clothing, but we are hungry, and even our lives are dying, who can care about the righteousness of the family? We have no choice. β
"You have a choice now," Yan Yunting withdrew the confinement of the Devouring God Decision, got up and walked to the window, looked at the wind and snow outside the window, and said slowly: "I want you to stop trading with him and cooperate with me - now that Kyushu has raised the banner of counterattack, it is only a matter of time before the plague is cleared and the world is restored, this is the obligation of you and me." β
Wu Mang glanced at Yan Yunting, who was facing away from him, and then at the war halberd hanging on the wall, shook his head, and sighed softly: "How do you want to cooperate?" β
Yan Yunting said: "I'm going to meet the black-robed man and find out his conspiracy, you just need to help me send it to the black castle silently." β
"Of course that's fine, when are you leaving?"
"Now."
"Now?"
"Whoosh!"
When Wu Mang opened his mouth in surprise, Yan Yunting flicked a pill into his mouth, Wu Mang swallowed it before he could react, he covered his neck, and said angrily: "Why are you?!" β
Yan Yunting said coldly: "This poison pill, no one can solve it except me, but don't worry, it will only attack in a month, as long as you sincerely cooperate, I will give you the antidote." β
Although Wu Mang had resentment, he was helpless: "Then what if you don't come back?" β
Yan Yunting condensed a spirit rune and threw it to Wu Mang, and instructed: "If you want to make sure that I can come back, help me send this spirit rune to Kuhai Temple, personally hand it over to the first unprecepted master of the Ten Directions Zen Temple, and tell him that the spirit rune will glow when it is close to me, and the closer you get to it, the faster the frequency of the light." β
The black-robed man can subdue Wu Mang, a master of the Nirvana Realm, which shows that his strength is definitely not inferior to the Zhen Realm, and it must be extremely dangerous to investigate, and he must leave a back hand for himself.
Wu Mang had no choice but to put away the spirit rune.
Yan Yunting picked up the beautiful woman who was fainted on the ground, walked to the side of the bed and handed it to Wu Mang, "City Lord Wu, heroes emerge in troubled times, if you seize this opportunity, I can assure you that when the mountains and rivers are safe, Kyushu will be one, and you will have a seat." β
Wu Mang was stunned, took his wife, and asked hesitantly: "I take the liberty of asking, what is the origin of the hero?" β
"Boom!"
Yan Yunting put his sword back into its sheath and spit out the words softly:
"Sword Net."
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