Chapter 382 Mascot (Part 2)
Amid the excited cheers of the Lion Army soldiers, Ye Yan was thrown high into the sky.
At the same time, hundreds of miles away, at the Black Scale Cavalry Camp.
Outside the commander's tent, a large group of black-scaled cavalrymen were either standing or waiting, each busy sharpening arrows and polishing swords.
They all seemed to be busy with their own affairs, but in fact their ears and eyes were always directed towards the main tent.
When they looked at each other, everyone's eyes were ambiguous, full of suspicion and disdain.
After a burst of heart-wrenching crying from a child in the tent, Jiao Zuotai suddenly rushed out of the tent, knelt on the ground and vomited violently.
Because he vomited too hard, the wound on his ear that had just stopped bleeding opened again and quickly soaked the bandage.
All the Black Scale Cavalrymen around looked at this scene coldly, and no one even stepped forward to help Jiao Zuotai.
Jiao Zuotai didn't look back at anyone, but he could clearly feel the wolf-like gazes surrounding him.
The leader and general of the Black Scale Cavalry.
This position is like a mouth-watering piece of fat meat, tempting all Black Scale Cavalrymen to conquer, control, and wantonly commit genocide.
If Jiao Zuotai dared to show even the slightest sign of cowardice, fatigue, or retreat, these wolves borrowed from Xiyan would immediately swarm over him and tear him to pieces. Not only him, but also...
After all, the master of the wolf pack has always been Yan Shijiu, not his puppet Jiao Zuotai.
He, Jiao Zuotai, was just Yan Shijiu's personal general, from Dongyan, and had no strong relationship with these evil soldiers from Xiyan.
There is only one wolf king, but there can be many generals.
If you can't sit still, you will be killed and replaced.
Thinking of this, Jiao Zuotai wiped away the tears and stains caused by vomiting with his sleeves, stood up slowly again, and tied his belt.
He tore off the bandage on his head and showed half of his broken ear to everyone without hesitation, letting the blood flow down his neck.
He scanned the entire area, meeting the gazes of all the Black Scale Cavalrymen, and gave a cold order:
"Drag him out and make soup."
After a moment of silence, the Black Scale Cavalrymen looked at each other again.
This time, there was no more suspicion in everyone's eyes, only obedience as always.
Soon, the unconscious little girl in the tent was dragged out. A Black Scale Cavalryman carried her on his shoulders and walked towards the kitchen humming a song.
The little girl's naked body was pale, and her tiny feet dangled in the air, each time, as glaring as the sharp edge of a bayonet.
Jiao Zuotai looked around the room again. Everyone was talking and laughing. Some people were even pointing at the little girl and making obscene jokes that were too hard to hear.
Isn't this a five-year-old child?
Why didn't anyone, not even one, feel sorry for her horrific experience?
It wasn't like this before.
When the Black Scale Cavalry first appeared in full force, it was clearly not like this...
Later they were forced to eat human flesh.
Later on, everyone's primitive animal nature was forced out.
Rather than fighting, these beasts in human skin even prefer to enter towns after the war and rape and loot unarmed civilians as a carnival.
Is this the human world or purgatory?
Jiao Zuotai was in a trance for a while, but immediately ordered himself to calm down.
He must be as vicious and perverted as before.
Only by being ruthless enough can you convince everyone.
Only he could hold on to his position as the Black Scale Cavalry General, survive among the wolves, and grit his teeth—
The wolf king's eyes would never pass past him and notice the small figure.
Huo Gannian, Yun Chen, you are almost reaching your limit.
Jiao Zuotai said this in his heart.
Then he signaled his personal guards to bring out an exquisite nanmu carved makeup box, and personally put the three things into the box.
"Go and give it to the Lion Army."
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Two days later.
When the nanmu carved makeup box was delivered to the Lion Army, all the generals were gathered in the main tent, listening to Ye Yan recount for the sixth time his glorious story of how he shot through Jiao Zuotai's ear.
Ye Yan has always been steady, and this time he was indeed a little too happy.
But no one stopped him. He was happy to speak and everyone was happy to listen. Every time they listened, they were happy. Why not do it?
"I also want to shoot that bastard Jiao Zuotai with an arrow. Damn, I envy Brother Ye so much." Luo Dongdong said as he took the makeup box from the messenger's hand and said suspiciously:
"What the hell is this? Jiao Zuotai's ashes? Why were they sent here?"
"Ashes? What kind of thing is that, worthy of such an expensive box? Just pee and flush it away!" Rong Yi took the dressing box and examined it carefully, saying:
"Golden nanmu wood, carved inside and out, painted with an extremely even lacquer finish. The gemstones, pearls, and mother-of-pearl adorning it all come from Liuli Island. This makeup box is more valuable than a body weight in gold. What do you think, Jiao Zuotai?"
Rong Yi has been accustomed to all kinds of antiques since he was a child.
No matter how expensive the item is, once it is in his hands, he can tell the directions of east, south, west, north and north with just a glance.
Hearing that the makeup box was so valuable, everyone came over curiously, but did not dare to open it rashly.
After all, Jiao Zuotai is a sinister and vicious person. He once used a poison arrow to harm Yun Chen. Who knows what deadly mechanism is hidden in the box.
Huo Gannian subconsciously protected Yun Chen behind him, "Stand away, be careful of hidden arrows."
Yun Chen poked his head out from over his shoulder, stretching his neck. "Let me see what it is. I'm curious."
Duan Jie was surprised and said, "When two armies are at war, issuing declarations of war and cursing each other is very common. What does it mean to send a jewelry box as a gift?"
"Isn't there going to be another marriage alliance?" Luo Dongdong replied, and everyone's face suddenly changed, looking at Huo Gannian and Yun Chen in horror.
Everyone immediately remembered that Yun Chen was almost married off to King Luo Jiang.
The incident happened not long ago, and the series of crises it triggered afterwards are really scary to think about.
Yun Chen lowered his head and said, "Why are you all looking at me? Jiao Zuotai wants to marry me? Are you crazy?"
"He dares?!" Rong Yi shouted angrily.
For some reason, Duan Jie subconsciously felt a headache, and while sucking in a hissing breath, he said:
"Impossible. The enemy is in a very good position now. They would not be satisfied if they swallowed us up in one gulp. It is impossible for them to ask for peace at this time."
Luo Dongdong shouted: "Putting aside the war, Jiao Zuotai might be attracted to the boss. After all, the boss is so handsome."
Fu Lin grinned from the side: "That's impossible..."
Seeing that the topic was getting more and more off-topic and everyone was discussing the ridiculous topic of "Jiao Zuotai marrying Yun Chen", Huo Gannian's face turned dark and cold:
"Are you done?"
Everyone shut up at once and dared not talk nonsense anymore.
To ease the atmosphere, Ye Yan walked to the makeup box, asked everyone to step back, and volunteered:
"Whether it's a mule or a horse, take it out for a walk and open it first. Everyone, please make way and let me, the 'sharpshooter', open the box."
Under everyone's curious gaze, Ye Yan carefully opened the makeup box, then paused for a moment before showing the three items inside the box to everyone:
"What is that? A clay doll? The Black Scale Cavalry's mascot? It's so ugly?"
The three pale clay figures were crudely made, with only heads and bodies, without any facial features or decorations. A thin red string hung around their necks, making them look quite strange.
Luo Dongdong took a closer look and said, "This is how the elderly in our village hang themselves."
"Why did Jiao Zuotai send three of these things? As a warning?"
"Warning what? Killing the three of us?"
After a moment of silence and thought, Ye Yan frowned:
"Damn it, you're not referring to the Huo Gang's personal guards, are you?"
Now there are only three personal guards left in the Huo Gang, Ye Yan, Buyan, and Yun Chen.
Ye Yan has been supervising the entire Huo Gang on behalf of Huo Gannian, which is why he has been reluctant to join the army; Bu Yan is now responsible for guarding the Eastern Palace.
Not to mention Yun Chen. Although she was no longer a member of the Huo Gang's personal guard, Ye Yan never considered her outside of the group, and hurting her was the same as hurting Huo Gan Nian.
If Jiao Zuotai sets his sights on these three people, we can only say that he is a bit crazy. None of them is easy to deal with, and any one of them may turn around and take his life.
"I don't think so," Duan Jie objected. "Even if he wanted to assassinate me, there's no need to give us a heads-up. This guy has always been vicious. He's parading through the streets to deliver gifts, so he must be trying to humiliate and attack me."
"Who can three kids attack? There are two main generals and four deputy generals. The number doesn't match. What can be three?" Luo Dongdong thought about it, but he couldn't think of anything that could make three.
When Fu Lin was defending the southeast defense line, he also fought with Jiao Zuotai many times.
He wanted to ask, besides the people before him, are there any other important people? For example, the families of the generals?
When two armies fight, not only the generals but also their families are often the targets of retaliation. If you investigate specifically, it is possible to find out.
But before Fu Lin could finish his words, he heard Ye Yan calling out to everyone:
"Who cares? If an enemy comes, we'll fight him; if water comes, we'll block it with earth. If Jiao Zuotai dares to come, I'll shoot him in the ear again! Come on, come on, my wife said she'll cook you some pickled cabbage and pork ribs tonight. Come to my house for dinner."
After the fall of the southeast, many people fled north, including Ye Yan's wife and children.
Because there is war everywhere and there is nowhere to live, Ye Yan simply placed his wife and children in a village not far from the camp so that they can be taken care of more easily.
It takes two hours to get there by horse. He has been traveling back and forth frequently recently.
Ye Yan urged everyone to set off quickly. The word "sauerkraut" clearly piqued everyone's appetite, and they put aside the strange makeup box and the three hanging dolls for the time being.
At this moment, Fu Lin suddenly stopped and looked at Duan Jie. Their expressions changed drastically and they both looked at Ye Yan.
Then Yun Chen, Rong Yi, and Luo Dongdong all thought of something. They stood there in shock as if struck by lightning, looking at Ye Yan in horror.
Ye Yan walked happily in front.
He was playing with the arrow that pierced Jiao Zuotai's ear, and was about to talk to Yun Chen about "whether his son would be angry if he took off the arrowhead and gave it to his daughter as a talisman", but when he turned around, he saw that everyone was frozen in place and did not follow him.
Everyone's face was filled with unprecedented fear.
Ye Yan was startled and was about to curse, but finally reacted. His face turned pale and he cursed "Fuck!" Then he rolled and crawled onto the horse and ran madly towards the village.
Yun Chen and others followed closely behind, and Huo Gannian also hurriedly ordered 800 elite soldiers to go with him.
Everyone rode their horses at full speed, praying in their hearts, "No! No! No!"
Yun Chen wanted to rush up and comfort Ye Yan, but no matter how hard she drove the horse, she could not catch up with Ye Yan's desperate speed.
An hour later, the houses in the village appeared before our eyes.
From afar, everyone saw that in front of Ye Yan's thatched cottage, there was a large crowd of frightened villagers.
This made everyone's heart plummet to the bottom of a cold abyss, and the horses slowed down unconsciously.
Only Ye Yan continued to run wildly. He reined in his horse in haste and fell down with both him and the horse.
The warhorse let out a high-pitched neigh, followed by Ye Yan's deafening roar of grief.
"ah--"
He fell to his knees in front of his house, wailing in despair again and again.
In front of him, three figures, one big and two small, were tied tightly around the neck with red hemp ropes and hung on the door beam. Their bodies had already turned blue and cold.
Everyone's attention was on Ye Yan, and they all cried with him.
No one noticed that a face filled with tears and boundless hatred was quietly leaving the crowd.
When Duan Jie and Fu Lin heard the sound of horse hooves fading away quickly, they could only see Yun Chen's frantic and determined back.
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