Chapter 546: Excursion (6)
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
“What’s the name of the great general in our village? Hu Da?” w.a.n.g Wulang could not remember. The general’s temple in Hu Family Village was just called “General’s Temple”. There was a general’s tablet inside that wrote “The position of Great General Hu.”
“He’s called Hu Da.” Little Ah Yu confirmed. “But that’s his common name. His other name is Hu Dingbang. It’s a name given to him by Emperor Gaozu.” w.a.n.g Wulang was shocked. “How did you know?”
“Grandpa Hu said so. When we returned to the village, he would always be at the village entrance telling the people from the other villages. Every time someone comes, he will tell them. Fifth Brother, didn’t you listen?” Little Air Yu saw w.a.n.g Wulang’s ashamed expression and said earnestly, “Fifth Brother, you have to be more alert. When we go back, you still have to take the county level imperial exam. Don’t fail the exam when Sixth Brother pa.s.ses.”
The w.a.n.g family members’ memories were especially good. Although they did not have a photographic memory, they could basically remember most of the things they had heard and read.
However, Fifth Big Brother didn’t seem to care. He had better not fail the exam.
Little Ah Yu was worried.
w.a.n.g Wulang:”…”
It hurt.
When Hu Rui heard Hu Da’s name, he was shocked. When he heard Hu Dingbang, he said in surprise, “Is your place really General Hu’s hometown?!”
“Little General, you know General Hu?” Everyone was puzzled.
Hu Rui invited everyone into the magistrate’s office and explained it to the w.a.n.g Family in detail. Only then did everyone know that Hu Rui was actually the youngest son of the current border general, General Hu.
He only knew that his ancestors had once produced a great general. However, because more than a hundred years had pa.s.sed and they had experienced war during this period, many of the doc.u.ments and files from various places had already disappeared. Those who knew were either dead or missing. There was no way to find out.
Unexpectedly, he was only here to help his uncle, but he had actually met a possible descendant of Great General Hu.
When he found out that General Hu had a large group of descendants and had even formed a Hu Family Village, Hu Rui was especially excited and immediately expressed his desire to escort everyone back to Hu Family Village.
Little Ah Yu and the others waved their hands. “No, no, no. We’re not the descendants of General Hu. Our w.a.n.g Family moved in later. However, we’re not planning to go home now. We still have to continue traveling and studying.”
Hu Rui said in admiration, “You’re so young, but you’re actually able to leave your elders to study alone. However, your temperaments are really extraordinary. You’ll definitely become great people in the future!”
w.a.n.g Wulang laughed loudly. “Little General, you don’t look much older than us. You’re actually leading troops to war. Compared to you, we’re like playing house.”
“I’ve only been influenced since 1 was young and inherited my father’s job. If 1 was just an ordinary child, I definitely wouldn’t be able to compare to you.” Although Hu Rui said that, he was still very happy with w.a.n.g Wulang’s praise. He immediately said, “1 saw you fight just now. Your skills should be not bad. You’ve practiced before, right?”
He heard that they had only started learning martial arts three to four years ago, but they already had true qi and internal force. w.a.n.g Wulang could even climb up a twenty-foot-tall wall. Hu Rui immediately treated him as an equal.
He even said to w.a.n.g Wulang, “If you’re interested in joining the army in the future, you can look for me in Xi Liang City. I’ll introduce you to the army. You definitely won’t have to start as a nameless soldier.”
w.a.n.g Wulang did not expect such a pleasant surprise. He immediately cupped his hands and said, “Then I won’t stand on ceremony with you. If there’s really a chance in the future, I’ll definitely disturb you.”
His wish was to become a general. In the future, as long as he convinced his family, he would go out and join the army.
This saved him the trouble of starting at the bottom. He was naturally happy.
Because they had helped a lot this time, especially Qin Huai’s Crimson Guards, not only did they not take the opportunity to disturb the structure of the prison, but they also helped subdue the rebels and captured a few people in the lead, allowing them to quickly control the situation.
The local magistrate and the general guarding the city praised them greatly.
Hu Rui also remembered that they were from Hu Family Village, so he naturally helped to raise their value.
The border was bitterly cold, and the magistrate could not give them much money. Knowing that they were going to continue traveling, he gave them some doc.u.ments and tokens to pa.s.s the checkpoints and let them enjoy the high-level treatment of the courier stations along the way.
There was no need to pay additional fees and they could live comfortably.
Of course, other than this, the magistrate and the general guarding the city did not hide their situation in the past two years. They submitted a pet.i.tion for merit to Wanning City overnight and mentioned this group of traveling children.
Ten days later, Emperor Minghua received an urgent report. When he saw that the general guarding the city had been captured and East Peak City almost became a breakthrough point for the remaining survivors of the neighboring country, he was so angry that his beard curled up.
Just as he was about to flare up, he saw the pet.i.tion and became even angrier.
“As prefects and generals of the city, they’re actually so useless. They actually have the cheek to ask for credit? Do they really think that I’m a benevolent ruler and won’t chop off their heads?!” Emperor Minghua cursed. After a while, his voice faded and turned into surprise.
Then, there was joy.
“Huh? General Hu is truly a tiger father who has no mediocre child. This Hu Rui is young and promising!” Emperor Minghua was overjoyed and slammed the table repeatedly. When he looked again, he realized that there was a pile of names behind him. “w.a.n.g Ziming, w.a.n.g Zhizhao, w.a.n.g Zilan, and w.a.n.g Ruyu. These children came from a poor family, but they’re brave and fearless. They’re also good children. Qin Huai? Qin Huai?!”
When he saw the last name, Emperor Minghua suddenly stood up. He held the pet.i.tion in his hand and could not hide the joy on his face.
When the eunuch beside him saw this, he probed, “Your Majesty, is it Young Master Qin Huai from the Duke’s Estate?”
Emperor Minghua originally didn’t know Qin Huai’s ident.i.ty until Qin Huai investigated Emperor Minghua and was captured by the secret guards raised by Emperor Minghua. Naturally, everything became clear.
Only then did he know that the child that the Empress had hidden for many years was actually raised under his nose.
No wonder he felt that the child looked very familiar previously.
He thought that the child had long since died.
Now that he saw that this child was alive and well and had even made a contribution, he was even more happy.
He waved his hand. “Reward them all. I have to think carefully about how to reward these children!”
At this moment, Little All Yu and the others did not know that Emperor Minghua’s thoughtful reward was on the way.
They only thought that what the magistrate had given them was already a very good reward.
Three months later, Little Ah Yu and the others arrived at a desert. There was 50 miles of yellow sand there that naturally lay in the middle of the two cities.
There were all kinds of risks in this yellow sand land. People often went there and did not return. Thus, there were orders by the prefects on both sides to not allow anyone to traverse there. Otherwise, they would bear the consequences themselves.
Only Little Ah Yu and the others were eager to try and cross the entire yellow sand land.
“People constantly enter but never come out. Either this is really a place of death, or there’s something more powerful hidden inside.” w.a.n.g Wulang raised his chin and a.n.a.lyzed, “I’m more inclined to the second possibility.”
Qin Huai looked at Little Ah Yu. “Do you want to go?”
[Kid, you can go.]
Little Ah Yu nodded obediently. “Yes, we’ll go. If Fifth Brother wants to go, we’ll accompany him.”
w.a.n.g Wulang was so touched that his tears flowed. “Little Sister Ah Yu is still the best!”
“In any case, it was Fifth Brother who suggested it. If anything happens to us, Grandma won’t be able to blame us in the future.”
w.a.n.g Wulang:”…”
Give me back my tears!
When they were sufficiently prepared and entered the yellow sand wasteland, the w.a.n.g family, who was far away in w.a.n.gbei County City and worried about the children, and Duke Yong Manor in Wanning City, welcomed the sound of gongs and drums.
“Good news, good news!”