"Qiu'er, why did that woman look for you? You've been gone for so long. If you don't come back, I'll let Xiao Hang take me there." Ye Chen was worried about Chen Qiu. He had no martial arts skills, but he was still useful in the capital, a place full of conspiracies and intrigues. Now that he was out, he was useless. He could only watch when danger came.
"Don't worry, I'm very powerful. My husband, you don't have to be good at everything. You use your brain and I use force. We are a couple that can achieve great things together, right?" Chen Qiu could hear the self-blame in Ye Chen's tone. He was blaming himself for not being strong enough to stand in front of him like she was in danger.
"I understand, but you still have to promise me that you can't do this again. Fortunately, Hongling didn't mean to harm you. What if she tricked you into going there to hurt you? It would be very dangerous for you to go alone, you know?" Ye Chen completely forgot that it was Chen Qiu who crossed the river first.
Chen Qiu squinted his eyes and agreed to Ye Chen, nodding his head like pounding garlic, "I'm sleepy and want to continue sleeping." Ye Chen could only scratch Chen Qiu's nose, and the matter was over.
Two and a half hours later, the team set off. The head of the long food delivery team had already turned around two hills, but the tail had not moved yet. The fireman followed at the end. It was the request of Old Man Qian, who said that they were tired since early in the morning and the brothers needed to rest enough before setting off. Anyway, Old Man Qian was very capable, and the firemen were the most difficult to discipline in each team. He had them all under his control, so he was not afraid that he would sell them out, so he just let them do what he wanted.
Chen Qiu stayed with the two little wolf cubs for the whole morning, accompanied by Xing'er. Ye Chen was driven outside to ride a horse. Listening to the howling of the little wolves and the laughter of the two women coming from the carriage from time to time, Ye Chen's teeth were chattering.
Just as they were about to leave the old man's territory, the snow wolf outside suddenly howled fiercely, and then the voice of Lieutenant General Wang was heard, "There are enemies, protect the food."
"No way? Again? This old man is here to join in the fun?" Chen Qiu suddenly leaned back on the cushion.
"Xiao Qiuqiu, why don't you come out to see me? I know everything about your fight with that girl Hongling. I want to fight with you and see how you have improved." An old voice came from outside, speaking in the most unconventional tone.
"Old man, if you still don't admit your age, I will beat you until you admit your age, okay?" Chen Qiu said as he jumped out of the carriage, holding the sword at his waist in his hand. Chen Qiu stood on the horse pulling the carriage, pointing the sword in his hand at a broken wall.
"Hahaha, Xiao Qiuqiu, your hearing is still so good. I thought you had lost it in a place like Kyoto." As soon as the words fell, an old man in patched clothes walked out from there. Although the old man had a head full of white hair, he had a childlike smile on his face. He walked with a jumping sound, and the big sword on his shoulder had two strings of iron rings hanging on it, which made a jingling sound as he jumped.
Chen Qiu didn't say anything, he just jumped up and leaped towards the old man, "Hey, Xiao Qiuqiu, you are not a fair-minded person, how could you attack an old man?" The two men were fighting, and the old man was laughing from time to time.
But soon, the old man had no time to speak. Chen Qiu's moves were faster than the last, forcing him to retreat again and again.
"It turns out that the Duke's wife is so skilled!" Wang Lufeng rode on his horse alertly, watching the struggle in front of him. If it were him, he would have been defeated by this old man by now. He didn't expect that the Duke's wife could force him back so far, and it seemed that there was still a great possibility of winning.
"Didn't you see her skills in the early morning? Why are you making such a fuss?" Ye Chen was watching the battle closely from the side. After all, the big knife in the old man's hand looked very heavy.
"It was too dark at that time and I was fighting with someone, so I didn't pay much attention. I underestimated the Duke's wife." Ye Chen snorted coldly after hearing what Wang Lufeng said. His wife's skills were very impressive.
After Chen Qiu forced the old man back for a while, the old man shouted, "Stop, stop, stop, no more fighting. I thought you were useless and I could beat you, but I didn't expect that I still can't beat you. Just tell me who your master is. I've been asking you for years, but you just won't tell me. What's there to hide about a name?"
After hearing what the old man said, old man Qian, who came up from behind, stared at Chen Qiu, as if he was also very curious about this question and was waiting for Chen Qiu's answer.
"You can't even beat me, let alone my master. I told you the first time you asked me that I would tell you when I beat you." Chen Qiu put the sword back to her waist and jumped back onto the carriage she had gotten off.
"Hey, Xiao Qiuqiu, you can't just leave like this. Please tell me. I've been thinking about her for so many years. I must know her name, right?"
"It's not my master who asked you to worry about her. She doesn't even know you exist. I promised not to tell anyone her name, so I won't tell anyone. As I said, I will tell you when I win." Chen Qiu took a little wolf cub from Xing'er's arms and held it in his arms.
Now the snow wolf is very familiar with him. Not to mention its cubs, even it itself has the scent of Chen Qiu. Besides, the cubs are now grown up, and the wolf mother no longer relies on smell to recognize them. Naturally, there is no possibility of losing her cubs. That kind of thing only happens in the first month after the cubs are born.
"Commander Wang, let's go. This old man has gone crazy and doesn't care about anyone else except my master." Chen Qiu got into the carriage again.
"Xing'er, you get off the horse and I'll get on the carriage." Ye Chen got off the horse and got on the carriage.
The convoy went away, but Old Man Qian did not leave. Instead, he stopped and stared at the white-haired old man.
"Who are you?" The white-haired old man looked at Old Man Qian and asked puzzledly.
"Xiao Mu," Old Man Qian answered. He had been in the military camp for ten years. No one knew his name. They only knew that he was in charge of the firemen, who confiscated their food every day.
"It's you? Why are you here? Have you been following Xiaoqiu all the way?" The old man became alert all of a sudden.
"Hmph, you're waiting here just to ask her master's name. You've already known who her master is, but you just want to confirm your idea. You can't even beat her apprentice, so don't humiliate yourself in front of me." Old Man Qian snorted coldly.
"You, a dignified prince, are pretending to be crazy here just to wait for her. When did you discover that this woman was using her martial arts?" Xiao Mu stared at the old man and asked.
"Hmph, whether I am a prince or a bandit is none of your business. You and I are the same, we are both trying our best to find her, but just like before, as long as she doesn't show up we will never find her. I have been waiting here for ten years, but there is no trace of her. I only found a girl who uses her skills. You have been looking for a long time too, right? There is no news either?" The old man looked at Xiao Mu with disdain.
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