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Chapter 17 The Qiang chieftain earns money to open the city gates

Wu Weiyi heard the guard say that there was a "thief" in the north gate, and he knew that it was Daniel Mo who had led everyone out of Yufu City, and he felt relieved. He heard Ke Er Zhenxi continue saying:

"So that's the case, we will no longer disturb you from the inspection and business. Today, I am not in the mood to do business, so I go back to my village to rest."

The guard shook his head:

"Oh! You're making things difficult for me. Now the whole city is going to be martial law in Yufu City for three days. Unless you hold a token, you will not be allowed to leave the city!"

When Ke Erzhen heard this, he thought about it and said to the guard:

"Oh? What's our relationship? If others don't recognize me, how can you still not recognize me?"

The guard waved his hand quickly and replied:

"No, no, if you are allowed to leave the city and let the Lord know, I will explain here today like the guard of the North Gate..."

"Hmph! It's just a person's escape! God knows the earth, you know me, how can it become so complicated? Don't forget! Your mother in your family was seriously ill and had nowhere to seek medical treatment, but she was still the prophet elder in my clan who was taken care of! Besides, we are Qiang people, and your king of Shu has already had an order. As long as we don't enter the inner city and do not do stealing, we Qiang people can freely go to Yufu City. What? I'm going to go out of the city now, can you stop me?"

The guard was speechless by Ke Erzhenxi's speech, lowered his head and thought for a while, and finally sighed and looked up and said:

"Oh! Well, since that's the case, I will risk my life to secretly let you out of the city today... and I will be the one who has reported your kindness to save your mother!"

Ke Erzhenxi rode on the horse again and said with a contemptuous smile:

"Ha, I, Ke Erzhenxi, is also a rich chief of the White Horse Di, how can you take risks? If your little prince really starts to investigate, I will say that I have forced myself to escape. At worst, I will stop doing the business of your Yufu City in the future! Anyway, I also prefer to stay in your beautiful princess Picheng to do business."

After saying that, Ke Erzhenxi took out a bag of knife coins from his backpack hanging around the horse's neck and threw it to the guard.

"Hold it! I know you are the most righteous. Just treat these things as I bought wine for my brothers!"

The guard held the purse in his hand, and knew what Ke Er Zhenxi did. He had no choice but to take advantage of the fact that he had few people to go to the city gate to use the money to manage the guards at the city gate. Seeing that it was the benefit of the superiors, the guards dared not to accept it. Then they quickly put down the suspension bridge secretly.

Wu Weiyi sat on Ke Erzhenxi's horse and was about to leave the city with the Qiang team. But perhaps Wu Weiyi was too nervous, and the charcoal ash attached to his back had already been frightened by the cold sweat that had already emerged, and it was like spots spreading all over his neck.

When the guards saw Wu Weiyi's appearance, they were shocked:

"Slow down! This person behind you is not a Qiang person! Who is it? Why do you pretend to be like this!"

When Ke Erzhenxi heard that the plan had been exposed, he kept doing nothing and slapped his legs and galloped out of the city gate as if he was flying. When the other Qiang people saw the heroes forcibly fleeing, they drove their horses together and flew to the city gate as if they were flying. There was a shout behind him:

"Quick! Go and report to the prince!"

After the Qiang army ran for a distance, they stopped when they saw that there was no movement behind them. Just as they wanted to dismount and rest for a while, they saw another team of troops dressed in Shu soldiers coming from a distance.

Ke Erzhen thought it was a pursuit soldier, so he signaled everyone to unsheath their swords and prepare to fight. But Wu Weiyi leaned forward and looked closely, and shouted quickly:

"Don't do it! It's your own people! It's your own people!"

It turned out that the guards in front were nothing but other people, but Mo Di led the servants who escaped from the official residence. When he saw the passing Qiang people, he wanted to ask for help. However, he never thought that the Qiang people mistakenly regarded them as pursuers.

"Brother Mo!..."

Wu Weiyi shouted at them excitedly, and got off the horse and ran towards them. When Brother Mo heard this, Mr. Wu's voice came from the Qiang people in front. It was believed that Mr. Dingwu must be among the Qiang people in front, so he ran up like flying.

"Oh! You guy, you went to save someone alone without saying a word! I was worried all the way, and I was very concerned!"

When Mo Di saw Wu Weiyi, he was naturally very excited. Without saying a word, he knelt on one knee and clasped his fists and said:

"Mr. Wu! The situation was urgent at that time. How could I let Mr. Wu take risks with me? It happened that the boatman called from the river was also an unparalleled master. He first gave me a piece of gift bag to open it when I was in danger. And let me leave with confidence, saying that he could protect you from Mr. Wu. So I made up my mind to return and rescue everyone. The situation was urgent. Before I could explain it to Mr. Wu in advance, I hope Mr. Wu should not be surprised!"

At this time, the servants in the official residence saw that Mr. Wu was coming, and they all surrounded him and said excitedly:

"Oh! Mr. Wu, it's great that we can see you alive! Thanks to Brother Mo! If he hadn't led us to defeat the prince's guards, we... would have been in the Nine Springs long ago!"

After hearing this, Wu Weiyi looked at Mo Di in surprise and carefully:

"You......... have defeated Wang Zijiang's guards? Why do you do it?"

My brother took out a piece of sheepskin from his sleeve, and saw four words on it.

"Resurrection with the corpse"

Wu Weiyi was puzzled when he saw this and asked:

"Brother Mo, did that old man really only teach you these four words?"

Modi replied:

"That's true. After reading it, I was puzzled and even a little angry. I just felt that the boatman used this item to make me have some fun. However, it was related to life and death at that time. After some thought on the spot, Brother Mo had to use these four words to decide a way to defeat the enemy!"

Immediately afterwards, Mo Di described how to disguise herself in the official residence last night and how to defeat the enemy in the mechanism. Wu Weiyi was even more amazed after hearing this, and patted Mo Di's shoulder and praised:

"Brother Mo, I didn't expect that you not only have such a kind heart, but also have this ability! You are so awesome... so amazing!"

At this time, Wu Weiyi was completely impressed by the person in front of him whom he called "My Brother":

"Heroic and fearless, fearless in the face of danger, resourceful and good at craftsmen... There will be no mistakes! Brother Mo... I think... how about changing your name with your name?"

After hearing this, Mo asked in confusion:

"What good is the name 'My brother' given by the gentleman? Why is it necessary to change now?"

Wu Weiyi felt a little inexplicably ashamed:

"At that time, you named 'Die Mo', it was just a temporary synonym, but it was not considered a real name. After the disaster last night, it seems to me that you will definitely have some luck in the future. If you named it with a subtitle, it would be a bit indecent."

When Mo Di heard Wu Weiyi's comment on him, he was naturally secretly happy. He was a slave, and no one took what he said and did seriously. Now he was praised so mischievously, so how could he feel displeased? So he asked ecstatically:

"What kind of virtue can Brother Mo be... Since that's the case, please give me a new name. Brother Mo listens with ease."

"Well... the poem says, 'The sacred is like a cloud, and I don't want to sacred it.' From now on, how about I call you 'Modi'? I hope you can keep this true meaning in the future and not be stained by evil thoughts in the world! From now on, you and I will treat each other as brothers! There is no difference between master and servant."

After Wu Weiyi finished speaking, he helped Mo Zhai up. The two looked at each other and smiled, their hearts full of joy.

"Okay, okay! I don't know when the pursuers will come later. Do you think your life is too long?"

I saw that Ke Er Zhenxi couldn't stand it, so I rode my horse and rushed up from behind and said to Wu Weiyi and the others without hesitation. Wu Weiyi turned around and found that it was Ke Er Zhenxi, so he bowed and replied:

"I would like to thank my brother Ke Er for helping me escape this disaster today. I'm here..."

Ke Er Zhenxi waved his hand, interrupted Wu Weiyi's words, and said with disdain:

"Okay, I'd better say a few words! If you didn't take the token of love given to me by your princess, I wouldn't bother with this mess of your Shu Kingdom! Don't blame Benhao for not reminding you that the prince's pursuer should be behind you now. If you still want to continue to live, it's best to leave with me right now!"

So Wu Weiyi, Mo Zhai and Ke Erzhenxi led everyone to the northwest. The servants rescued by Mo Zhai had been exhausted because they had been struggling all night and had been running all the way. Seeing this, the Qiang people gave up their horses and let the exhausted old, weak, women and children sit on the horses.

The mountain road was rugged and difficult to walk. The group reached the middle of the mountain, but saw gusts of dust rising from the foot of the mountain.

"No! It was Wang Zijiang who sent troops to chase him! Looking at this scene, there were at least one or two thousand people. If they were caught up with us, we would be doomed!"

Mo Di looked to the foot of the mountain and discussed with Wu Weiyi. Wu Weiyi nodded when he saw it and replied:

"Since that's the case, we will hurry up. Crossing this mountain and wading through Jingma River will be the boundary of Picheng, and it will be safe there."

So everyone went all the way and climbed across the mountain. They saw that there was indeed a river blocking the way. It was the "Jingma River" in the Qiang people's mouth.

The Jingma River turned out to be a river hovering around the mountains among the valleys. When everyone came to the banks of the Jingma River, they found that the Jingma River was very turbulent. Because it was late spring, the mountains and rivers melted snow and formed a large water. The water trend was sometimes weak and sometimes strong as the four seasons changed. When the power was weak, the water was only a knee, and people could do it. But even if there were boats walking, it would be useless.

Seeing this, Wu Weiyi said anxiously:

"What should we do? There are pursuers behind us, and the road ahead is blocked by turbulence. Are we really going to be here?!"

Seeing this, Mo Zhai went up to the foreword and said:

"Sir, don't panic! The foot of the mountain is on the sunny slope. I just walked along the way and saw the bamboo forests in the mountains. The bamboo in the mountain is dry, tough and strong, so you can cut bamboos and build bridges here to cross the river!"

Wu Weiyi asked again:

"But now I'm chasing the soldiers behind me is very anxious! Is it quite labor-intensive to pave the bridge?"

Mo Di replied again:

"In my opinion, it takes about seventy or eighty bamboos to be used. With our current manpower, it will definitely be completed within two hours... but there is no node with straps to fix the bridge section."

"In two hours... such a pursuit must have come to this long ago."

Wu Weiyi frowned and could not help. At this moment, he heard another burst of laughter from Ke Erzhenxi beside him.
Chapter completed!
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