Chapter 20: Encampment
In Muzha Pass, a strong wind poured from the mountain pass to the camp of the border army, blowing the sound of black flag hunting.
Qin Wen and Qin Hu are setting up tents with the help of Steward Liu, who is already a veteran who has been conscripted twice, and because he is not a monk, he is assigned to logistics every time, although he has never been on the battlefield, but he is a good hand at setting up a tent.
Qin Wen asked at this time: "Steward Liu, it's not yet the time for the Hu people to come out of the fortress in the cold winter, why did the city lord send troops at this time?"
Steward Liu shook his head and said: "Let's just act according to the order, who knows what the reason is, the second elder went to the deputy account just now, there are partial generals there to arrange the tasks of each family, and when the time comes, as long as you listen to the military order, as for the reason, I don't think the elders are clear." ”
"I think the second elder will redistribute our queue when he comes back, we who are not monks, we should still be transporting some military supplies in the back, and the two of you will be in front of the other families. ”
At this time, Qin Hu looked at the several large tents surrounded by several families behind him and said, "Steward Liu, which family belong to these tents?"
Steward Liu said with some envy: "This is the tent of the Du family, according to the rules of our city lord, as long as a family can produce more than five Danshi to accompany the army, you can be exempted from military service for other children, this Du family heard that there is an elder who is a deacon in a certain Dandao sect, and the talented children of their family are all sent there to practice, I remember that last time they produced five Danshi of Xuanshi upper rank." ”
At this time, Steward Liu reminded in a low voice: "The relationship between him and us is not very good, more than ten years ago, he made trouble with the city lord because of the ownership of a spirit mine, and it was also thanks to the remarkable military achievements of our Qin family that he was suppressed by the city lord, but in the past few years, there have been several talented Dan masters in their clan, and in the eyes of the city lord, the tide has naturally risen." ”
Qin Hu said with a smile: "Now that our Qin family also has a Dan Master, Ah Wen will be able to break through the Xuan-level Dan Master in a few years of cultivation, like his age, it is not necessary to cultivate into a Dan Master of the Xuanshi realm in the future." ”
"Your Qin family is also out of Danshi?" At this time, a yin and yang strange voice came: "That's a great joy, why didn't I see the name of your Qin family on the city lord's Danshi roster, isn't it." ”
Qin Wen put down the iron chisel in his hand, looked up, and saw a young man with a frivolous face, holding a magic weapon of a lady's folding fan, looking himself up and down, the young man folded the fan at this time and said: "It turns out that he is a Dan master who has not passed the Xuan level, and in our Du family he doesn't even have the qualifications to see the furnace, I think it's better to let him boil some medicinal soup to cure your madness first." ”
"You," Qin Hu looked at the young man with a cold look in his eyes at this time, one hand had already reached out to the black long knife behind him, in such a short distance, he was absolutely confident that he would take down a Qi Refining Cultivator who was one level higher than himself.
However, as soon as his hand moved, he was grabbed by Steward Liu beside him, and Steward Liu also said with a straight face at this time: "This is our Qin family's camp, if you come to have something to do, let your elders come over to discuss." ”
The young man of the folding fan brushed the yellow grass roots that fell on his long robe, and said mockingly with a disdainful look: "I just want to see what the future Qin family's Xuanshi realm Dan Master looks like, what's wrong? Is it also a violation of military discipline to say a few words? Your Qin family really thinks that this military camp is yours." ”
As soon as these words came out, Steward Liu's face was also flushed with anger, and several Qin clan disciples next to him surrounded him with the tools in their hands, and the two entourages behind the folding fan boy also took two steps forward.
At this time, the four elders walked out of the camp tent and said: "There is an order in the barracks, leave the camp without permission, deliberately disturb the morale of the army, and punish the staff with fifty, the doll of the Du family, do you want the old man to take you to the general's tent and review the military order for you." ”
The folding fan boy glanced at the four elders, then turned to the entourage behind him and said, "Let's go, since people don't welcome us, let's go back and rest, anyway, there are so many guards, you can go back and have a good night's sleep." As he spoke, he walked arrogantly to the Du family's tent, and the ridicule of the two attendants echoed behind him.
Steward Liu also said angrily at this time: "The Du family deceives people too much. ”
Qin Hu tried his best to suppress his emotions, and said ruthlessly with red eyes: "I'll go and slaughter that kid at night." ”
The four elders said coldly: "No one is allowed to go to the tent of the Du family without authorization, this little rabbit cub came to provoke today is premeditated, beating Danshi in public in the military camp is to be shown to the public, if it is to assassinate the Dan master in the military camp, it is a great crime of rebellion, and it is to implicate the whole clan." ”
The four elders waved all the Qin clan members who came around to disperse, and then said to Qin Wen and Qin Hu: "So we have to be patient, Qin Wen is the hope of our family, and Qin Hu, you also have to make more military achievements on the battlefield, so that we can protect our Qin family's manor in Luming City." ”
Qin Hu slammed the long knife into the sand and said, "It's really breathless, when the battle is over, if I meet the kid surnamed Du, I will kill him with one sword." ”
Qin Wen looked coldly at the Du family's tent located in the camp of several families, did not speak, and continued to dig the iron drill deep into the ground under his feet.
After dinner, the Qin family rested in their tents, waiting for the order to march the army.
Qin Wen and several elders and Zuo Yi were all discussing in the tent of the second elder, and under the dim candlelight, the second elder first explained the task of dividing the troops brought from the deputy tent, and sure enough, as Steward Liu said, the team that was not a monk was assigned to the logistics brigade, and then the other two teams followed in the team of the deputy general of the city lord.
After arranging these things, the second elder frowned slightly and said: "I know about the people of the Du family who came to provoke today, it seems that they still don't give up on the Houshan Spirit Stone Mine, but now they are in the barracks, and they are all Dan masters this year, and it is not good for us to fight with them, so we will restrain them for the time being." ”
"Another tricky one is that they are responsible for distributing the pills, although they don't dare to blatantly deduct our pills, but it won't be too smooth for us to receive the pills, I think we have to refine some ourselves, in case of emergency, Zuo Feng, Qin Wen, you two are the Dan masters of our Qin family, see what you need." ”
Zuo Yi looked at Qin Wen and said: "I also thought about this on the road, but I haven't had time to discuss it with Young Master Qin, refining pills in the military camp, we have a total of two major difficulties, one is the problem of medicinal materials, the medicinal materials of the City Lord's Mansion are all supplied to the Dan Master, and our Qin family basically has no share." ”
The second elder nodded and said, "There is no problem with this, I will solve the matter of the elixir, I have some friendship with him this time, you write down the required medicinal materials tomorrow, and I can share some with him." ”
Zuo Yi continued at this time: "The problem of medicinal materials is still secondary, as long as I and Young Master Qin have not reached the Xuanshi stage, there is no fire of heaven and earth, the Yuan Huo is not enough to refine the pill, and the mobility of the army is strong, if this problem cannot be solved, it still cannot be alchemized." ”
Several elders next to him nodded in agreement, they all knew that the City Lord's Mansion had set the recruitment of the Danshi at the Xuanshi period, just because they could use their own Yuan Fire to refine the pill at any time, and for a while, the tent suddenly fell into silence.
Qin Wen thought for a moment at this time and asked the second elder, "Are there any monks in our Qin clan who have reached the middle level of Xuanshi? If so, I have a way to refine the pill." ”
Everyone present glanced at Qin Wen in astonishment, and then turned their puzzled eyes to Zuo Yi, Zuo Yi knew that the elders were verifying the truth of what Qin Wen said to him, but he had never heard of this method, so he had to nod and said, "Young Master Qin said this, he should be able to do it." ”
At this time, the elders' eyes on Qin Wen changed a lot all of a sudden, they always felt that Qin Wen had not reached the Xuan level realm after all, and Zuo Yi said that Qin Wen's Dan Dao cultivation was no longer weaker than him, it was Zuo Yi's humble words, and now seeing Zuo Yi's admiration for Qin Wen, they couldn't help but secretly believe it.
The second elder was slightly stunned and said, "I have broken through to the upper level of the Xuanshi a few days ago, the third elder and the fourth elder are all the middle level of the Xuanshi, if it is alchemy, how many monks do you need?"
Qin Wen made a slight calculation at this time and said, "One is fine, but the more people there are, the higher the rate of the pill should be." ”
The second elder nodded and said, "Okay, if it's really time for us to refine the pill ourselves, at least one of the three of us will go, this matter is settled, you go back and rest first, and when the army is pulled out, we will discuss it on the road when we encounter something." ”
Walking out of the tent, the barracks was silent, except for the footsteps of soldiers patrolling back and forth.
When Qin Wen walked into his tent, he saw Qin Hu lying on his back with his eyes open in the dark, so he asked, "Qin Hu, why haven't you rested?"
Qin Hu sat up and said, "I was always a little unquiet in my heart just now, and now I have no place to vent in the barracks, so I memorized the exercises again." ”
Qin Wen thought that he was still worried about the affairs of the Du family, and just wanted to speak, but Qin Hu shook his body, came to the door of the tent, looked outside carefully, and then turned around and whispered to Qin Wen: "Why do I feel a little restless, there will be nothing wrong." ”
Qin Wen smiled and said, "What else will happen to this, we are still in the Muzha Pass now, and the Hu people will not touch it." ”
Qin Hu was still a little uneasy and lifted the cloth door of the tent slightly, feeling that the light flashed in front of him, he flipped back violently, only to hear a "swish", a bright saber cut open the cloth door of the tent, and then a man in black followed and broke in, slashing straight at Qin Hu who was still rolling.
Qin Xiao, who had been awakened by Qin Wen and Qin Hu's words, couldn't help but shout loudly at this time: "The camp has been robbed." ”