12dz Chapter 152: Secret War, Tracks Exposed
Chapter 152: Secret War, Tracks Exposed
Xiaoyu was obviously unhappy when she heard this. She pouted and said dissatisfiedly, "He is only a few months older than me and less than two years older than you. Why do you call him Uncle Master? You call me Senior Sister and you call him Uncle Master. So I have to call him Uncle Master as well."
Luo Cheng scratched his head: "Then I..."
"What's wrong?" As he was speaking, Mo Ye and Xia Qin came over. Seeing what the three people were discussing, Mo Ye asked with a smile.
"Master!" Xiaoyu quickly ran to Mo Ye's side and said first, "Luo Cheng is my junior fellow apprentice, right? Then what should he call Ah Gui?"
Mo Ye was confused by Xiaoyu's question: "What do you call Ah Gui?"
Xia Qin recalled that Xiaoyu was struggling over how to address herself and Mo Ye, and couldn't help but laugh: "What she meant was that Ah Gui should call you Big Brother and Xiao Luobo should call you Master, so what should be the address?"
Mo Ye suddenly realized why Xiaoyu asked this question. It turned out that this little girl was beginning to worry about these issues again.
He looked at the three young men in front of him and shook his head helplessly: "You can talk about your own things. Ah Gui can call me big brother, the two of you can call me master, and the three of you can call each other peers. As for Xia Xia, you can call her sister-in-law or sister."
After hearing this, Luo Cheng immediately bowed respectfully to Ah Gui and shouted in a clear voice: "Hello, Brother Ah Gui!"
Ah Gui nodded slightly in response.
Then, Mo Ye turned his head, his eyes fell on Ah Gui, and he said slowly: "When we rescued Ah Gui, he didn't know his own name, so we kept calling him Little Gui. Now he has grown up, and it's time for him to have his own name. He is from Da Xia, so let's give him the surname Xia for now. Xia Xia, you come and give him a name."
"I give you a name?" Xia Qin widened her eyes in surprise and looked at Mo Ye in confusion, muttering to herself in her heart, why did she suddenly get assigned such a task?
However, when she saw Ah Gui's expectant eyes, she understood that this was Mo Ye's care and trust for Ah Gui, so she began to think seriously.
After a moment, Xia Qin's mind emerged with the image of her cousin, with whom she had the best relationship when she was a child in modern society.
That cousin is smart and always has a bright smile, which makes people feel warm.
She couldn't help but laugh, with memories glittering in her eyes, and said softly: "In that case, let's call you Xia Xiao."
This name not only implies being free and easy, but also expresses good wishes for Ah Gui's future life.
When Ah Gui heard the name, a satisfied smile appeared on his face. He looked at Xia Qin gratefully, then turned to Mo Ye and said, "Thank you, brother Mo Ye, thank you sister-in-law. From now on, I will be called Xia Xiao!"
"Xia Xiao?" Xiaoyu's eyes lit up. "This name sounds nice! Sister, please give me a name too."
Mo Ye glanced at Xiao Yu and said, "You already have a name. Isn't Qi Yu'er a nice name? Why did you ask your sister to help you come up with a name?"
Hearing Mo Ye's words, Xiaoyu could only stick out her tongue coquettishly.
Mo Ye looked at the three children who were only four or five years younger than him, his eyes full of tenderness and expectation, and gently reminded them: "Xia Xiao is actually half of my apprentice, but we are not called master and apprentice, so you three must support each other and live in harmony in the future."
"Master, don't worry!" The clever Xiaoyu was the first to respond to Mo Ye's words, her cute face filled with a determined look.
Xia Xiao and Luo Cheng also quickly nodded vigorously, indicating that they would follow Mo Ye's instructions.
Mo Ye then arranged: "Okay, Xiaoyu, take them to see your pharmacy first, and teach them some basic pharmacology knowledge. After they have learned it, Xia Xiao, you can teach Luo Cheng some martial arts."
"Yeah!" The three little ones responded in unison, and then ran towards the bamboo house happily together.
Xia Qin looked at Mo Ye and suddenly reacted. She pouted and said, "Mo Ye, why do I feel like you are taking advantage of me?"
Mo Ye scratched his head in confusion and asked, "Take advantage of you? How did I take advantage of you?"
Xia Qin said angrily: "Why do your disciples all call me sister and sister-in-law? Isn't this a generation gap?"
"Doesn't it make you look younger if you shout like that?" Mo Ye smiled awkwardly.
Xia Qin rolled her eyes at him and started talking about business: "The two southern counties have just been settled. Gongsun Xin should be able to handle the general affairs, but for military affairs, we have to speed up our preparations."
"As for food and fodder, Shen Nanfeng is purchasing them from half of the Great Xia Kingdom. As for weapons and engineering equipment, the Ministry of Industry is working day and night to manufacture black gunpowder and various herbs, and the Secret Department is also in progress." Mo Ye was well aware of the situation.
Xia Qin thought for a moment and asked, "Where is the center of Yangzhou?"
"In Qian County, which is located at the junction of Danyang, Yuzhang, and Kuaiji counties, it has long been a ruin."
Xia Qin thought about it seriously, and then said: "I want to build a large military camp there to train new soldiers and store food and grass. Our troops are limited, and we need to increase the speed of support and resource operation."
Mo Ye's expression was solemn: "Then build it as soon as possible. Time is pressing, and the Qin Party is not stupid."
Just as Mo Ye said, Qin Huiqi had already discovered the unusual movements of Xia Qin in Yangzhou.
These days, apart from the situation in the imperial palace, the Qin party was most concerned about the situation of the Mu family in Yangzhou.
Sima Changshi Lingkong first reported the war situation in Yangzhou to Qin Huiqi.
"Lord Qin, according to the military report from Yangzhou, Mu Jinyu led his troops to attack from the front, and Mu Jinyan sailed south from the sea with the wind, landing in the south of Yangzhou. They captured the two cities of Longyan and Nanye overnight, and then attacked from both the north and the south. Yangzhou has been completely recovered."
Qin Huiqi's eyebrows twitched when he heard this: "They move really fast."
Lingkong turned his head to look at Qin Huimu and said hesitantly, "Mr. Qin, there is one more thing."
"Huh? Say it!"
"General Qin Ruoran's body was found in Longyan City. It must be..."
"What?!" Qin Huimu's eyes suddenly burst into bloodshot, and his face turned pale. "You mean Ruoran? What happened to her?!"
"According to Mu Jinyu's report, when they arrived at the place, General Qin Ruoran had already been killed by the Japanese pirates." Lingkong's tone was much lower.
"Assholes! The Mu family is a bunch of assholes!" Qin Huimu stood up and overturned the chair next to him, screaming loudly to vent his anger, "I want them to die! All of them must die!"
They were not very clear why Qin Ruoran appeared there, but everyone present understood that she was definitely not killed by the Japanese pirates.
In half a year, his children died tragically one after another. No one could bear it, let alone Qin Huimu, one of the Nine Ministers, Qin Huiqi's younger brother, who had always been arrogant and domineering?
When Ling Kong and the others in the hall saw his reaction, they stopped talking and just looked at Qin Huiqi.
Qin Huiqi now feels somewhat uneasy about the Mu family.
Looking at his brother's angry and crazy state, he sighed softly: "Hui Mu, you go back first. Later, the two of us brothers will discuss how to avenge the blood debt for Zhengran and Ruoran."
"My lord," Fu Chengxue, the former head of the Blood Blade Sect who had been with Qin Huiqi for more than ten years, said in a low voice, "The situation in Yangzhou is indeed becoming more and more complicated."
"What's wrong? Apart from the war, what else is happening in Yangzhou?" Qin Huiqi looked at Qin Huimu staggering out of the lobby and asked Fu Chengxue suspiciously.
"One of them is a merchant named Shen Yisan. In recent months, he has made an astonishing amount of money through salt production and sales, cloth dyeing and sales, and several other businesses."
"Merchant? Earning money?" Qin Huiqi replied indifferently, "The salt industry is extremely profitable. I heard that they made some fine salt over there. I have used it too. It is indeed good. But you said that this merchant is from the Mu family?"
"Absolutely correct," Fu Chengxue said confidently, "and this person should be closely related to Mo Ye, the man next to Mu Jinyan."
"Mo Ye? I seem to have heard from Sect Master Qiu that he is a wandering man with good martial arts skills," Qin Huiqi obviously didn't care much about this news, "It turns out that Madam Mu is a person of the martial arts world. It's not surprising that the Mu family has the help of martial arts masters. Is there anything special about it?"