Ma Qiancheng was nervous, but in order to maintain her dignity, she always kept an expressionless face in front of this group of people.
Therefore, no one could see her inner nervousness.
She waved her hand and told everyone to rest where they were, "We have been traveling for most of the day and it is already past noon. Everyone, please rest where you are, drink some water, and rest your feet!"
"Is it past noon?" A soldier looked up at the sky in surprise, "Hey, it's true, the sun has set to the west. But I don't feel tired at all. I usually walk for an hour and my feet are sore, but today do not think so?"
"That's right! Normally, the monkey would have been hungry, but look at him, he didn't even cry out for hunger today!" Another soldier joked.
The soldier who was teased and called a monkey touched his belly and said, "It's weird, I ate a bowl of pancakes this morning and soaked in the soup, and I still feel full in my stomach! My dad said I was starving to death. Tuosheng, I’m not hungry at all now?”
He himself was extremely surprised.
These people sat down to rest, talking and looking towards Wen Jin's family.
Someone lowered their voice and said, "It must be the result of the meal in the morning... They say that the deeper you go into the mountains, the easier it is to find immortals! They come from the mountains. When they wear women's clothes, they are beautiful! When they wear men's clothes, they are brave! Look! Get up, you don’t look like an ordinary person!”
"Ah, I understand...they are actually immortals in the mountains, right?"
"Hush... we can't tell the truth! Tell the truth, the immortal is leaving!"
When people are free and bored, they like to tell stories about gods and ghosts when they sit together, and soldiers are no exception.
Someone started talking, and those who like to talk will follow the words...
Adjutant Li looked panicked and hurried to Ma Qiancheng's side.
"Sir, the route is wrong! This is not the way to the county.
The road to the city! "Adjutant Li stamped his feet and said, "The faster you go in the wrong direction, the farther you go in the wrong direction! "
Ma Qiancheng lazily raised his eyes, "That's right..."
"Wrong, wrong! I'm telling you..."
Adjutant Li raised his palm and used the palm prints to make gestures on his hand, "This is the mountain road we took before. This is the direction of the county. We should go northeast! But now, we are walking northwest!"
Ma Qiancheng cleared his throat, his face as heavy as water.
"I know……"
"You know?"
"Those experts said that if we go this way, we will have greater good luck!" Ma Qiancheng was panicking, but his tone was calm.
"Huh?" Lieutenant Li looked confused, "When did you say that? Why didn't I know? Greater good luck... what kind of good luck is it?"
"Adjutant Li, how many women have we arrested now?"
"Uh...not counting the four from Takato's family, there are only eleven."
"How many do you want?"
"Two, twenty, at least."
"We are going to the county town now, can we do business?"
Adjutant Li shook his head, "Oh... I understand! Even greater good luck! Yes, yes! We need to gather the number of people before going to the county town!"
Ma Qiancheng clasped his hands behind his back, nodded slightly, and said no more.
Everyone rested for a quarter of an hour and started again.
However, less than an hour after walking this time, Ma Qiancheng suddenly waved his hand and told everyone to stop and hide on the spot!
Adjutant Li ordered everyone to hide and keep quiet while coming to Ma Qiancheng's side.
"What's the matter, sir? What's going on?"
"There is a camp ahead!" Ma Qiancheng said with a frown.
"The camp? Where is it?" Adjutant Li looked around, "Which direction? Is it an enemy or a friend?"
Ma Qiancheng snorted lightly, "In this world, how can there be any enemy or us? If we are strong, we will ask them for people. If they are strong, they will steal our people... Do you think we are enemies or friends?"
Adjutant Li took a deep breath, "Then...are we stronger, or are they stronger?"
Ma Qiancheng hasn't spoken yet.
Adjutant Li scratched his head and said, "No...where is the camp you mentioned? Why didn't I see it?"
At this time, Xiao Yuchen and Yu'er also strode forward.
"You noticed it too, right?" Yu'er winked at Ma Qiancheng.
Ma Qiancheng nodded, "I feel that there is a camp nearby, but I can't determine its exact location yet!"
"It's about a mile away from here in the northeast direction." Xiao Yuchen said firmly.
When Adjutant Li heard this, his eyes widened, "Are you clairvoyant? There is still one mile to the east. There are hillsides and dense forests to the east. Can you see all this?"
"It's not seeing it, it's feeling it." Yu'er corrected him.
"Feeling?" Adjutant Li frowned, "Are you just blind?"
Yu'er rolled her eyes, "How can one say that the intuition of a martial artist is blind? It's induction! It's prediction!"
"Oh, forget it, you don't understand even after I tell you!"
Yu'er waved her hand and was too lazy to explain to him any more. He turned to discuss with Ma Qiancheng about sending a few scouts to explore the situation in the camp.
Adjutant Li stood aside and listened attentively.
But I saw that Xiao Yuchen was not in a hurry, commanding calmly, and he was very experienced.
Although Wen Yu seemed quite excited, he was also brave and resourceful... As he said, his intuition was very sharp.
Ma Qiancheng called a few of his men who were clever and adaptable to serve as scouts and went to investigate.
"I'll lead them there!" Yu'er said excitedly.
"You can't go!" Ma Qiancheng frowned, "You are an expert and our honored guest, how can we let you take risks?"
"It's not dangerous, they're safe as long as I'm here." Yu'er glanced at Xiao Yuchen.
Xiao Yuchen nodded slightly, "Go."
"Thank you, brother!" Yu'er bared her teeth.
Xiao Yuchen: "..."
Come back here! Who do you call "Brother"?
Xiao Yuchen turned around and returned to his wife and daughter.
Adjutant Li took a long time before he withdrew his gaze that fell on him with both surprise and admiration. "Why do I feel like they know everything... like they have experienced hundreds of battles? Are they really a girl's family hiding in the mountains? No... no Like?"
Ma Qiancheng said in a deep voice, "Don't make random guesses! Just remember that they are experts sent by God to help us and bring us good luck!"
Adjutant Li groaned and nodded repeatedly.
After a while, two of the scouts they sent out came back.
"Why are there only the two of you?" Ma Qiancheng's heart tightened. She didn't see Yu'er coming back, and she broke into a cold sweat. "Where are the two of them?"
"The two of them are still staring there. Wen Yu asked us to come back to report that there is a large camp one mile to the northeast! Looking at the area of their camp, there must be at least 200 people!"
"Hiss..." Adjutant Li took a breath, "There are more people than us and more power than us! It's better not to provoke them, let's go around!"
Ma Qiancheng waved his hand and told him to shut up.
The scout swallowed and continued, "But something happened to their camp. No one was on duty, and no one was active in the camp. It looked dead and very scary!"
Adjutant Li was stunned when he heard this, "They...were also poisoned? Like us last night?"
The scout shook his head, "I didn't see anyone... not even a corpse!"
Ma Qiancheng narrowed his eyes.
"Wen Yu said to divide us into two teams. One team rushes to see the situation. The other team breaks up to protect our food, grass and women." The scout said.
When Adjutant Li heard this, he was both moved and inexplicably angry.
He whispered in Ma Qiancheng's ear, "He is an outsider... why should he command you? You are our leader!"
