I played as an assistant in ancient times

Chapter 108 Meeting

"Yes, we found it." Shen Cungeng was so happy that he pressed the jade pendant into her hand and pulled her out. "Mother Leopard is still waiting for you outside the city. The kitten is talking to it in cat language."

Shen Xiaoye held the cicada-shaped jade pendant. She remembered very clearly that when her grandmother distributed the ornaments, her uncle chose a cicada-shaped and a Pisces-shaped jade pendant. He also said that the jade was of good quality and he was not prepared to find anyone to exchange it with.

After the two men left quickly, only Taoist priests Hengxi and Qingxi were left in the room.

However, Taoist Master Hengxi stared at Qingxi and said, "Brother, we were just guessing at the beginning, and when we came out, we agreed to cooperate with Shen Xiaoye's decision.

But now, you have encouraged her to go further beyond Kaiping several times, which is too reckless.

If anything happens to her on the way, believe it or not, Mr. Shen will come after you. "

"Hengxi, if you had found us earlier, we wouldn't have to invest so much energy in it." Taoist Qingxi didn't think he was wrong.

Hengxi pointed outside and said, "Look at the sky outside. There could be another heavy snowfall at any time. Many people will die outside the Great Wall under such circumstances.

Senior Brother, don't let me see you acting on your own again. What my uncle took away is important, but it is not as important as human life."

After saying this, without even looking at his senior brother's reaction, he lifted the curtain and chased after Shen Xiaoye's cousins.

However, the two young men walked very fast. They had already left the gate of the guard command post. Shen Xiaoye was still asking, "Cousin, how does Leopard Mom look? Has she lost too much weight?"

"It's a little thinner. Guard Chen and several other riders are feeding it large chunks of mutton." Shen Cungeng was envious of it, but it was a pity that it didn't have the leopard mother's strength to conquer everyone.

Since the end of September, the mother leopard has completed several search and rescue operations and has become famous. She has won the love of many Shaomatang riders. When they see her, they always try to hunt some prey to feed her.

This time it has been out for more than half a month and has not returned, and they are all very worried.

He said: "Some people have already distinguished people from its roar that they are several hundred miles away, but they don't know the direction.

This time, shall we go together? "Because he ran too fast, he slipped on the unplowed snowy road.

Fortunately, Shen Xiaoye was quick and, together with the soldiers who were supervising snow clearing on the road, pulled him to the side in time, one on the left and one on the other, steadying him.

The two of them clasped their fists and said, "Thank you, big brother."

"No thanks, no thanks. It was you who helped change the medicine on my wound last time." The soldier was not the one who went to the battle last time. He was an ordinary auxiliary soldier in the garrison. He was injured a few days ago while rescuing a soldier from a collapsed house during a heavy snowfall. Taoist Master Hengxi took them to apply medicine and bandage the wound.

After returning the greeting, he turned and swung his whip at the team of people shoveling snow, shouting, "Who's in charge of this area? Come out."

A group of people in tattered clothes, tied up with ropes, shivered and dared not move.

Seeing no one responded, the soldier said, "If you don't come out, you will be punished together. If you report it, you can get an extra steamed bread as reward."

Shen Cungeng wanted to say forget it, but Xiaoye pulled him aside. She smiled and said, "Brother, we have something urgent to do. We'll leave first. Let's talk another day."

"Well, let's chat some other time." The soldier smiled at the two of them in a friendly manner.

After they had walked a long way, they could still hear him threatening the group behind them.

Shen Cungeng felt a little uncomfortable: "I just slipped and caused trouble for others.

Xiaoye, why didn't you let me help you plead for mercy just now?"

Shen Xiaoye asked him: "Cousin, you should know who that team is and why they were sent to shovel the frozen snow."

Shen Cungeng stayed here for a month, often going in and out of the wounded camp, so he naturally understood many things: "I know, exiled soldiers. But those who were exiled are not necessarily guilty of serious crimes."

“I don’t know what crime they committed, but I know that on this road, cavalrymen often galloped at high speed because of urgent border situations.

The piece of snow just now was bigger than a horse's hoof. If the horse accidentally slipped, the consequences would be even more serious. They should know this better when they were doing labor to atone for their sins. Why were other places shoveled clean but this piece was not?

There was a snowstorm in the middle of the night that day, and we helped several soldiers' horses to set their bones. You know how expensive a military horse is and how important it is to the cavalry.

There may be good people among those exiled, but how do you know that this exile is not a bad person?

And did you notice that there are a few people wearing left-fronted robes?" Shen Xiaoye asked him again.

When Shen Cungeng sighed and said that he would pay more attention next time, the soldier had already found out who was responsible for the section of the road. He whipped the person who made the mistake severely with a few whips. Didn't you see that on the man's drooping face, a pair of eyes full of hatred chased after Shen Xiaoye and the other person.

Of course, Shen Xiaoye couldn't see it. She and her cousin had already rushed out of the city. In the fields a few miles away, they saw the mother leopard eating mutton with hearty bites, surrounded by several cavalrymen.

It clearly saw her, but didn't even have the time to look at her any longer.

"Miss Shen, Young Master Shen." Guard Chen and others waved to them.

After Shen Xiaoye responded, he did not go into the field like his cousin. Although there was nothing planted in the field at the moment, the snow was thick. "Little black cat, aren't you cold standing there?"

"Meow." It's not cold. It's fun to run down there.

Shen Xiaoye stretched out his palm: "Uncle's jade pendant, explain where you found it."

"Meow." The little black cat ran over, indicating that it was hungry.

She had no choice but to feed it the dairy products in her bag. The little guy swallowed it all and was eating with gusto when Uncle Lu and Taoist Master Hengxi also came running over.

He only glanced at Guard Chen and the others who were saluting, and then asked Shen Xiaoye: "Where is it?"

The little black cat was interrupted, and it meowed and gestured to Shen Xiaoye in grievance. She nodded repeatedly and said, "In the northeast direction. Mother Leopard has been away for more than half a month this time, so she must have traveled more than 300 miles."

"Order the carriage and horses to take the leopard and look for it." Uncle Lu was well aware of the leopard's mobility, and he knew even better that they would not run more than fifty miles a day.

But just as he finished giving the order, a cavalryman in the distance quickly ran to the city gate, then suddenly turned back, jumped off his horse and clasped his fists, "General, the fourth young master and his men are at Yangchang River, more than 300 miles away.

And it’s not just the two of them, there’s also a team of medical soldiers, two combat soldiers, civilian laborers, and the missing wounded, and…”

"Good, very good." Uncle Lu was extremely happy. Before he finished listening, he shouted to his guards, "Prepare the horses."

Shen Xiaoye recognized the man as the general of Lutang, and she asked hurriedly, "My fourth uncle?"

"Miss Shen's two uncles came back together, bringing with them a group of Dada people who had surrendered and a group of horses." Although there were many skinny horses, they did not think they had too many.

The good news came so quickly that Shen Xiaoye couldn't help but high-five his cousin. The two of them ran back to the city like the wind. They had to go with him to pick up the people, and even Xia Bingtuanzi had to go.

Not long after, they set off with a group of cavalry. The snow on the grassland could not stop everyone's enthusiasm to see their relatives.

No matter how hard we tried, it was still several days before we saw the person again.

But Shen Xiaoye could never have imagined that not only were the two uncles he saw injured, but his fourth uncle Shen Changsui even injured his important eyes.

"Uncle, how could this happen?"