Chapter 390: So embarrassed. Xu Yunfan nodded to indicate that he didn't...
When Xu Yunfan nodded to indicate that he was not lying, these people immediately felt relieved and couldn't help but cover their eyes and cry.
Xu Yunfan didn't care much about it. After telling someone to stay and do the work, he wanted to continue leading the team forward.
"Sir, what should we do with this child?" Xu Er got a child of seven or eight years old from somewhere.
Xu Yunfan looked over and was immediately amazed.
The little girl had deep facial features and a pair of dark brown eyes. Although she was very thin, to the point of being scary, and her body was dirty, the eyes that looked into Xu Yunfan's eyes were truly beautiful.
"What happened to the little girl? Who did you kidnap? Where did you fall on your face?" Xu Yunfan asked.
Xu Er hugged the child tightly with one hand, tucking her under his armpit, and touched the wound on her face with the other hand. He gasped in pain, "Master, this child was found in a cave at the end of the village. No adults were found with her."
Xu Er and his group didn't speak Dongjin language, so they couldn't get any information. But Xu Yunfan had ordered all villagers to gather, so Xu Er wanted to bring the girl over. However, once he got close, the child went berserk, yelling and attacking indiscriminately. "Sir, this girl is incredibly strong. We have to tie her up. When I found her, she was alone in the cave. We couldn't speak, and she started yelling at me. I was helpless."
Xu Yunfan nodded and asked the village chief in Dongjin dialect, "Old man, this child is also from your village, right? Where are her parents?"
The village chief looked at Xu Yunfan, then at the girl, hesitating whether he should say it or not.
Seeing the old village chief's hesitation, Xu Yunfan smiled and said, "Village chief, you can tell me the truth if you want to. One day, you will be the people of Dayan. As soldiers, our main responsibility is to defend our country and serve the people. We will never do anything that harms the people's interests. Whoever dares to do so will be beheaded by our general. Don't be afraid, old man. I guarantee it with this handsome face. Are you still worried?"
village head:"……"
This boy has such a big face!
Actually, if you think about it, if the Dayan Army wanted to do something, these husbands and wives would have been crushed to the ground long ago.
The village chief glanced at the little girl, feeling distressed and helpless. "That's our village's child, but she has no father. Her mother is... When the Dongjin Army set a trap for Gaoya Valley..."
Gaoya Valley is the area that Qin Feiyu mentioned before, where he was afraid of traps.
"This group of people are inhumane. They forcibly defile children from several nearby villages every now and then. If they resist, they will be beaten. The mother of this child is a military prostitute they brought from somewhere. The children from several villages were scared and had to run away. The mother of this child was almost killed by the 'bullying'. In the end, they left and the child was lost. Later, we found that she just fainted, so we took her back to the village. After the New Year, she gave birth to a baby girl. This child is already ten years old. I'm afraid her mother doesn't know who her father is. Oh, we all call her Xiaoqing. Her mother said that her life experience is not glorious, but she also hopes that she can live a clean life."
Some of the military prostitutes in ancient times were the wives and daughters of criminal officials, but the villagers felt sorry for this child and let her stay, occasionally giving her some food. However, the imperial court was now recruiting a large number of soldiers, the labor force at home was reduced, and the villagers were unable to take care of themselves, so they could not take care of her.
Not to mention Xiaoqing's hard life, all the children in the village are so thin that they are unrecognizable.
I can’t even take care of my own children, so how can I take care of an outsider?
Xu Yunfan was a little worried. It seemed that if the child stayed any longer, with his current physique, he would probably be reduced to a pile of bones in a while.
Ever since Xiaobao was born, Xu Yunfan couldn't bear to see the child suffer. He got off the carriage, stood in front of the little girl, leaned over and looked at her, a charming smile on his lips, "Little sister, do you want to go back with your brother? There are sweet candies at your brother's house."
The ten-year-old girl already knew what was beautiful and what was ugly. Xu Yunfan looked handsome when he smiled, but the words he said made him sound like a human trafficker who kidnapped children.
The little Qing Dynasty girl bared her teeth in an attempt to scare Xu Yunfan away. Seeing this, Xu Er slapped her on the butt, neither too hard nor too light.
Xu Yunfan: “…”
Xiaoqing: “…”
Xu Er didn't understand Dongjin dialect and had never raised a child, so he naturally didn't understand what the village chief said about Xiaoqing being ten years old. Seeing that the child was small and short, he thought Xiaoqing was only five or six years old.
In ancient times when people could marry at the age of thirteen or fourteen, could a man just pat the butt of a ten-year-old girl?
Isn't Xu Er just being a hooligan in broad daylight?
It was simply too bold to do such a thing in broad daylight, right in front of him. Xu Yunfan's face was a little distorted, and he quickly spoke out to stop Xu Er's second slap, "Hey, hey, hey, what are you doing, brother, don't go too far. Taking advantage of a little girl in broad daylight is worse than a beast!"
Hearing this, Xu Er, who was almost overwhelmed with anger, said: "...Master, what are you talking about? I am not so despicable as to attack a five or six-year-old child. I want to be a human being, not a beast."
"Why don't you put her down right away? This little girl is already ten years old and you're still spanking her."
"Ah?" Xu Er was startled and loosened his grip. If Xu Yunfan hadn't been quick-witted, Xiaoqing would have been in big trouble.
Xu Yunfan repeated the village chief's words, "This is a pitiful child. I'll ask her. If the child is willing, we can't just leave her to fend for herself."
Xu Er took a step back, as if he was escaping from some ferocious beast, completely unaware of the principle that if he escaped today, he would be chased another day.
As soon as he was untied, Xiaoqing was like a horse that had broken free from its reins. He was extremely crazy, as if he had some deep hatred with Xu Yunfan, and he punched Xu Yunfan in the face again and again.
If it were someone else, their arms would have been numb from the shock. However, Xu Yunfan just raised his eyebrows in slight shock, and slowly took Xiaoqing's punch again and again and released it.
Xu Er was right, Xiaoqing was indeed very strong, but she was still so thin now and couldn't even eat enough. Xu Er suffered a loss because he didn't check it out. If he trains her well in the future, this child will have a bright future!
Xu Yunfan had planned to find a servant for Xiaobao earlier. The Fang family sent a few smart boys to let Xu Yunfan take a look, but Xu Yunfan didn't keep any of them.
In ancient times, some of the book boys were real book boys, while others were not so special. For this reason, most of the book boys were men, and there were few boys or girls, because men could not get pregnant.
But Xu Yunfan has his own set of standards for hiring people. As long as they have the ability, it doesn't matter if they are young men or young girls. If Xiaobao dares to touch others, he will not have to take his hands.
Do normal physiological needs have to be vented? Will you die if you don’t vent them?
Xu Yunfan would not agree to someone saying something like "normal physiological needs" and then using it as an excuse to do whatever he wanted and sleep with one person after another.
After Xu Yunfan "beat" Xiaoqing into submission, he asked the village chief to explain to her that in the current war, if she stayed, she would die. If she followed him, at least she would not have to worry about food and drink, and no one would dare to bully her.
Smart people know what to choose.
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Twenty miles away from the village, the scouts Xu Yunfan had sent out earlier returned.
"You said the princes of the three Dongjin Kingdoms are here?" Xu Yunfan laughed. "Could it be that these people want to take my head back to claim the credit? Tsk tsk, what should I do? There are three of them, and I'm only one. There's not enough to go around!"
Xu Yunfan knew how much he was hated by the royal family of the Three Kingdoms. After all, in the past few months, he had killed several powerful generals of the Three Kingdoms. Now he had fought for dozens of miles and occupied a city in Dongjin. It was impossible for the royal family of Dongjin not to hate him.
When Xu Er and others heard Xu Yunfan's words, they didn't understand Xu Yunfan's train of thought for a while.
Their heads have been targeted, and their eldest young master is not sure what to think, but he is even complacent.
They couldn't guess what this person was thinking.
Xu Yunfan killed several generals of the Sandong Army and captured a city in Dongjin with minimal losses. The victory news was sent back to the capital in an urgent manner over a distance of 800 miles.
This time, not only were all the officials in the court so shocked that they were speechless for a long time, but even the people in the capital applauded.
All kinds of praise about Xu Yunfan never stopped. Some people were so happy that they went to the food city to spend money that day to do their part.
Some people who learned about this were so angry that their teeth almost fell out. The Minister of Rites glanced at the cheerful Lords Lin and Chen, and his anger was filled with anger but he had nowhere to vent.
Why? Why do so many people support Xu Yunfan?
Doesn’t Xu Yunfan know how to do something that they don’t know? This kid sold several sisters to win over the Lin and Xie families. Where is his noble character?
They thought that since Xu Yunfan had left the capital, they could still make some moves in the position of Right Prime Minister. However, whenever they mentioned this matter, Lords Shen and Lin would bite them like wild dogs.
Prince Xu even bluntly said that the Minister of Rites wanted to trap Qingyu in an unkind and unjust position.
Fu Qingyu slammed the table in anger and asked directly whether the Minister of Rites wanted him to go back on his word and disappoint Master Xu. Once Master Xu was disappointed and stopped working for him, the emperor, how would the issue of the Eastern Territory be resolved?
They tied up the Qingyu brothers and forced them to talk. In the end, they even found out whether the Minister of Rites wanted to disrupt the morale of the army and had some opinions about Dayan, etc. This scared the Minister of Rites so much that he knelt down immediately.
Xu Yunfan was unaware of the ups and downs in the court. At this moment, he just felt very confused.
Looking at the several cloth bags thrown at him by the Dongjin army, Xu Yunfan frowned. For some reason, he felt a sense of unease in his heart.
"Return the same way, return the same way quickly." Xu Yunfan shouted, asking the soldiers to retreat to a safe area according to the previously planned retreat route.
As a general, Xu Yunfan always rode in front when the troops were sent out, and even when they were retreating, he would definitely be the last one to leave.
As the soldiers were almost done retreating, the cloth bags thrown by the Sandong Army arrived before their eyes.
What the hell is this?
Xu Yunfan didn't know that in his uneasy mood, he just subconsciously swung the sword.
Until a dense mass of things fell onto his body from the cut cloth, Xu Yunfan's hands softened, his heart was in his throat, and he mechanically lowered his head to look at the green, black, gray, hairy and hairless insects that were constantly wriggling on his body. He was unable to breathe on the spot, his eyes rolled back, his body softened, and he only heard a terrified cry of "Master Xu" in his ears. At that moment, Xu Yunfan only thought of the words "I have brought shame to the country abroad" and then he lost consciousness.
"Master Xu!"
"Retreat! Retreat!" Deputy General Xu Erqin and others hurriedly dismounted, picked up Xu Yunfan, brushed off the bugs on his body, carried him on their shoulders and ran into the defense line.
Deputy General Qin looked at Xu Yunfan, who was being held on Xu Erkang's shoulders with his hands hanging down and shaking limply. He felt a row of question marks on his forehead.
This kid used to brag about how awesome he was, saying that he had not only practiced but also survived alone in the forest for half a month. He remembered Xu Yunfan's description of how difficult the conditions were at the time, and that he even ate raw meat when he was hungry. In short, his description sounded very real.
But today...
Deputy General Qin and others couldn't help but doubt the authenticity of what Xu Yunfan had said before.
It's not that Xu Yunfan was bragging, but Xu Yunfan really wasn't that afraid of insects before. It's just that during the training process, he saw insects constantly wriggling on rotten corpses, small insects piled up in wild fruits that seemed intact and edible, and two-finger-wide insects that were good at camouflage. There were all kinds of them. He saw so many of them that he thought he was numb, but that's not the case.
At that time, Xu Yunfan was on edge, always keeping the mission in mind. His sense of mission overcame his fear. Although he seemed to be fearless, he had actually been left with an indelible psychological shadow.
Although Xu Yunfan had to overcome all kinds of fear on the battlefield, he subconsciously knew that he had made so many preparations in the early stage and the enemy forces from Sandong would not be able to attack. Therefore, he did not tense up, so that when he saw a large group of insects falling on him, he fainted directly.
Damn it.
Xu Yunfan was very concerned about his reputation. The lofty image he had worked so hard to build up in front of the soldiers might have fallen into the quagmire now, becoming a topic of conversation among the soldiers and even the people of Dayan.
Qin Feiyu saw Deputy General Qin holding Xu Yunfan, whose one arm was swaying weakly as Deputy General Qin ran. Xu Er, who was beside him, was anxiously looking for a doctor, and his legs were weak. "What happened? Yunfan was injured?"
Along the way, Deputy General Qin and Xu Er took turns holding Xu Yunfan. Both were sweating profusely and breathing hard. Deputy General Qin said: "General... Master Xu... He fainted."
"What's going on?" Qin Feiyu hurriedly took Xu Yunfan from Deputy General Qin's hands. Without waiting for Deputy General Qin's reply, he immediately carried him back to the tent.
Qin Run, who was pregnant, was shocked to see the unconscious Xu Yunfan. Fang Zixi and the three children were all shocked and hurried to ask what happened.
Deputy General Qin recounted Xu Yunfan's coma, and at the end, he deliberately said, "General, I don't know if the insects the enemy threw were poisonous. When they landed on Master Xu, he rolled his eyes and fainted, and was almost trampled by a horse."
"Bugs?" Qin Run immediately breathed a sigh of relief when he heard it.
Nothing happened, nothing happened. Xu Yunfan was just frightened and fainted, not injured. Qin Run was relieved, "Dad, don't worry, Yunfan must have fainted from fright."
Qin Feiyu: "..."
Qin Feiyu finally understood why Deputy General Qin had such a strange expression.
At a glance, Qin Feiyu came out of the tent and saw some generals coming over after learning that Xu Yunfan was "injured" and unconscious.
Their expressions were very unnatural, as if they were holding something back. After a while, they asked, "General, is Master Xu okay?"
After asking, the general couldn't hold it in any longer and burst out laughing, slapping his thigh as he laughed. "Oh, no! I've lived for decades, and this is the first time I've heard of someone fainting. I wonder if Master Xu will faint again when he wakes up."
"I guess so. What young man doesn't care about his reputation? So many soldiers have seen it. I guess after the war is over, the people of Dayan will know about it."
"Oh my! Master Xu, a man of both literary and martial prowess, was actually frightened unconscious by a swarm of insects on the battlefield. Hahahaha..."
Several generals laughed so hard that their stomachs hurt, not caring at all about Qin Feiyu's presence.
Qin Run, who was in the tent, heard this and his expression was indescribable, but he couldn't really go out and scold the man.
Xu Yunfan is afraid of insects. Some people in the capital have known this for a long time. Dongjin probably sent people to inquire about it, so they came up with this trick. No wonder they haven't taken any action recently. It seems they are catching insects.
I don't know where they caught so many wax bugs. These insects have poisonous stings. Once touched, it will make people feel itchy and burning. Xu Yunfan's exposed skin was swollen.
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