Chapter 169 - Chapter 169: Chapter 169. The Xiao Family’s Army
Chapter 169: Chapter 169. The Xiao Family’s Army
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Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
Ji Shuisheng used the red medicine that Su Qing had brought with her. This medicine was very effective in stopping bleeding. Blood gushed when the arrow was pulled out, but the bleeding stopped after the red medicine was applied.
Ji Shuisheng then applied some gold medicine for wounds. It had good anti-inflammatory effects and could also allow the wound to heal quickly. This gold medicine was also given to him by Su Qing.
After treating Jiang Cheng’s wound, Qu Da let Ji Shuisheng sit on a chair,
Ji Shuisheng looked around. The chairs in the hall of the Brotherhood were all made by them. They looked majestic when they covered them with animal skins, but the tables were shabby.
On the way here, he saw that the hills behind the village had all been dug out to grow grain. He didn’t know who had invented the planting method, but they were all terraced fields. The crops were already ripe and ready for harvest.
Ji Shuisheng looked at this otherworldly paradise. This place was very much like Peach Blossom Cove. Uncle Qu and the rest were self-sufficient in farming and hunting and were aloof from worldly affairs.
“Where have you been all these years, Huang’er? Uncle Qu has been looking for you and your sister. We heard that the armored Army chased you down the cliff, so we thought… I thought you were gone, but I refused to give up. I didn’t believe Big Brother’s descendants were gone like that!”
Qu Da pulled Ji Shuisheng to sit in the hall of the Brotherhood, unwilling to let go no matter what. The face of Ji Shuisheng didn’t look like his big brother at all, nor did he look like his sister-in-law, but his eyes were the same as his big brother’s. Even his expression was the same.
“My foster father jumped off the cliff with my sister and me to confuse the armored Army. My foster father made three corpses to make the armored Army think that we were dead and took us into seclusion in the forest.”
“Where is he?”
Hearing Ji Shuisheng mention Chen Jingxiang and Qu Da’s agitated question; Ji Shuisheng lowered his head with a sad expression, “My foster father has already pa.s.sed away.”
“Brother Chen is dead?”
Qu Da and Jiang Cheng lowered their heads in sadness when they heard Chen Jingxiang died. Even after so many years, they still thought of the days when the seven brothers had galloped on the battlefield together. The seven brothers had kowtowed each other to become sworn brothers.
Ji Shuisheng saw the sadness in Qu Da and Jiang Cheng’s eyes and knew that they were people who valued friendship, so he said to them,
“Uncle Qu, let’s go together,”
“Good, living here is just a temporary solution. We’ve always wanted to find you and your sister, to find an opportunity to avenge your father and foster father. We won’t stay in the mountains now that you’re still alive. We’ll follow you to avenge your father and our brothers.”
How could a man of iron and blood be willing to waste his time in the mountains? He would rather die on the battlefield than die in such mediocrity.
“Alright,” he said.
Ji Shuisheng heroically agreed and pulled Zhong Yong over to introduce him to Qu Da and Jiang Cheng, “Zhong Yong is Uncle Zhong’s son,”
“Zhong Zhenfeng’s son?”
Qu Da and Jiang Cheng were even more excited. The heavens had sent them the great joy that the sons of their two good brothers were still alive.
Zhong Yong looked at them in a daze and then at Ji Shuisheng, “Big brother, who is Zhong Zhcnfeng?”
“Your father.”
Ji Shuisheng saw his good brother’s silly look and laughed. Uncle Zhong was a hero, and his son was a Tiger General.
“My father? Father, Yong’er misses you.”
Zhong Yong howled with his mouth wide open. He had never seen his father since he was young, but his mother had always told him that his father was a great hero, a great hero who could support the heavens and earth.
“Yong’er.”
Qu Da and Jiangchcng cried with Zhong Yong. Zhong Zhcnfeng accompanied his big brother into the capital, but the Emperor found an excuse to keep him outside the city and not allow him to enter the capital. He could have escaped, but he did not hesitate to commit a great crime to save his big brother. He led his troops into the city, but he fell right into the Wan family Army’s plot, confirmed his big brother’s crime of rebellion, and died with his big brother in a carriage.
When the news spread to the border, Qu Da and Jiang Cheng cried for a whole day. They burned paper money for their big brother, killed Deputy general An who gave them fake cotton clothes and dispersed the Xiao family’s Army. They couldn’t protect such a court.
He was searching for the child of his big brother and second brother under the arrest warrant of the Imperial court, but unfortunately, he could not find them in the vast sea of people.
On the way to find them, they killed a few Wan clan’s people and were chased by the Wan clan’s Army. They had no choice but to hide in the mountains.
Now that the sons of their two good Brothers had been found, the village was useless to them, so they left it for the victims. They collected some food to eat on the way, leaving enough food for the victims to live until next spring.
They still kept the flag of the Xiao family’s Army and officially handed it over to Ji Shuisheng. The Xiao family’s Army came out of the mountain again. “Luan’er, where are you going?”
Qu Da asked Ji Shuisheng as they followed him down the mountain.
“Foster father asked me to go to Jingshi Da and settle there first. Then, we’ll slowly make plans.”
Ji Shuisheng didn’t tell them everything his foster father said, as they were still unfamiliar with each other and were on guard.
“Alright, I don’t care what you want to do. We all support you; these people are all veterans of the Xiao family Army; they only respect the orders of the Xiao family’s descendants.”
Qu Da nodded and didn’t force Ji Shuisheng to rebel now. With their current numbers, fighting against the huge imperial court’s Army was like hitting a rock with an egg.
The dozen or so Xiao family’s Army’s old subordinates were also willing to follow the young master. They shouted at Ji Shuisheng in unison, “This subordinate is willing to follow young Lord.”
“Thank you,” he said.
Ji shuisheng’s eyes reddened once again. The Army that his father had brought over, even if they were farming and hunting in Mount Guiyin, the military spirit was still in their bones. Their shouts were loud and resonant.
Qin Feng and the villagers of Peach Blossom Cove were waiting at the foot of the mountain. The others were all very anxious, but Su Qing took a millstone to grind the pearls. This millstone was also s.n.a.t.c.hed from Ji Ren Tang, so it was perfect for grinding pearls.
“Su Qing, I’ll do it?”
Li Daniu and Ji Shuisheng were anxious. They volunteered to do the job when they saw Su Qing’s beautiful feet on the roller.
“Alright,” she said.
Su Qing gave the millstone to him and took the girls to pick the Chinese medicine and the seasonings needed for cooking. When Ji Shuisheng and the rest returned, Su Qing and the girls had returned with a full load.
Li Daniu’s pearl powder had also been crushed. Aunt Qiu and the others helped to wrap the Pearl powder.
The wolf’s cry last night had frightened Little Tiger. Su Qing gave him a pinch and let him eat it. Pearls had a calming effect and were very effective in treating fright.
Qin Feng saw Qu Da beside Ji Shuisheng and did not recognize him at first glance. He recognized him only after rubbing his eyes and taking a closer look. The old man was so excited that his eyes turned red.
“Grandfather, they are all my father’s former subordinates.”
Ji Shuisheng walked over and reported to his grandfather in a low voice. Qin Feng laughed, “I know them. When your father married your mother, they followed him to my residence. At that time, they were still young men in their prime, but now, their hair has been stained with the vicissitudes of life.” “Luan’er, he is?”
Qu Da couldn’t help but ask when he saw Ji Shuisheng talking to a village man in his forties or fifties.
“He’s my grandfather.”
Ji Shuisheng gave a simple introduction. The villagers of Peach Blossom Cove did not know their ident.i.ties yet, so he did not want them to know for the time being.
“So it’s the Imperial Teacher?”
Qu Da’s expression froze, and then he sneered. His tone was full of contempt..