Fight the Giants

  Chapter 680 Is he still alive?

   Vast blue waves, boundless.

  On an unknown desert island in the sea, Mu Yan was wearing clothes that were not perfect, and was instructing everyone to use primitive methods to cut wood.

  The soldiers who haven’t eaten decent food for more than half a month, and they don’t have the right tools, want to cut a piece of wood, how difficult it is.

  Some people have been looking forward to it for so many days, but they did not expect the ships from the army to look for them. There is not even a fishing boat nearby, and they are already desperate.

   "Little General, even if we can cut enough wood, but we don't have tools, how can we build a boat?"

   "Yes, even if we can make a boat, how can we go back to this vast sea?"

  Everyone who was cutting wood stopped their work when they heard this, and everyone looked downcast.

  Mu Yan looked at everyone one by one.

  They used to be elite soldiers from Zhili. They were selected out of ten thousand.

   But now, it's all dead.

  Mu Yan didn't want to give up, he had to go back to see her, he missed her.

  She is too. Without him, she would feel lonely too.

"There is hope if we do it. If we can return to the capital alive, we will be heroes. This time is just a small setback, and it is not enough compared to bleeding on the battlefield! There will always be times when we make meritorious deeds." , there will be a great future waiting for you. Have you forgotten your family members in the capital? They are still waiting for us! Are you going to give up now and just sit and wait for death?"

   "Live, live!"

   "Alive, we want to live!"

   "We are going back to the capital!"

   "My family is still waiting for me!"

   Morale suddenly boosted, Mu Yan nodded secretly. Luckily, I waved my hand and snapped a thigh-thick tree next to me...

  In the capital city, Mu Jie wanted to hide the news about his brother from Huo Xi, but unexpectedly, his muttering to brother Nian was overheard by sister Xi.

   Xi sister walked so fast? Obviously he and Brother Nian ran back, didn't they?

   "Pity my sister?"

  Huo Xi walked over and patted his head: "Why did your second aunt fall ill? Who is missing?"

  Mu Jie pursed his lips.

  Huo Nian glanced at him, and said to Huo Xi: "Sister, it seems that Brother Yan has disappeared."

  Mu Jie turned his head and glared at Huo Nian, who said, "My sister is not an outsider."

   "But my father told me not to tell sister Xi."

  Huo Xi was stunned, thinking he didn't hear clearly, "Isn't your brother supervising sailor training in Qingzhou? Why did he disappear?"

At this time, there was no need to hide from sister Xi, so Mu Jie came over and took Huo Xi's hand: "My brother is no longer in Qingzhou. It was later that the court wanted to suppress the pirates and sent my brother to lead the army." Suppressing bandits, then there was a big wave, and I heard that many soldiers have not returned to the army to report, and the army said...all said they would never come back."

   After speaking, I feel like crying.

   "Brother Mu will never fail to come back!"

Mu Jie raised his spirits: "Yes, my brother will not come back! He just disappeared. My father told my second aunt that maybe the army sent him to suppress the bandits. I heard that he even chased after the sea before." Kou chased after the country of Wa. The country of Wa is so far away, and they can’t come back so soon.”

   "That's right," Huo Nian nodded fiercely, "It takes a year for my family's boat to go to Japan to go back and forth! Brother Mu must have chased the pirates there."

  The two good brothers, the more they talked, the more they felt so, and they nodded frequently.

  Huo Xi's mind was buzzing.

  The soldiers in the army must obey the military order. If there is a special military order, at this time, the family members of the soldiers will not be notified, but they will worry about it.

   Besides, it has been almost a month since the big wave, is there no news from Mu Yan?

  There is no explanation in the army? Isn't the Duke of Qian's mansion the same as other soldiers' homes? Why did no one in the military give a clear message?

   "Sister Xi?" "Sister?"

  Huo Xi came back to his senses, squeezed a smile at them, and asked Mu Jie: "Did your family receive any news from the army? Any news about your brother's execution of special military orders?"

  Mu Jie pursed his lips and shook his head, his face suddenly darkened.

   "Maybe it's because it's too special, so I don't want to say it." Huo Nian reassured him.

   "Yes, sister Xi, it must be like this!" Mu Jie was comforted and squeezed his little fist. His brother must have gone to execute a special military order.

   "Yeah, brother Nian is right, how can you casually tell others such secrets as the court, it would be bad if the enemy finds out." Huo Xi comforted Mu Jie.

   "Well, it must be like this!" He believed in sister Xi.

   "Let's play with Brother Nian. You will have a rest tomorrow. Are you going back to your home, or stay here to play with Brother Nian?"

   "I want to stay and play with Brother Nian."

   "Okay, sister Xi will send someone to your house to send a message to your father and grandmother Yan."

"good!"

  Seeing that the two of them entered the house to play, Huo Xi put away the expression on his face, and while ordering someone to deliver a letter to the Mu Mansion, he entered the house and wrote a letter to Zhang Fu, and asked Tayue to send it out.

  Although my father is not in charge of the suppression of the bandits, the news from the army must be collected elsewhere, and then sorted out and reported to the emperor.

  Father should know something deeper.

  Huo Xi anxiously waited for the news from Tayue in Xianglanyuan.

  The sky is full of stars, and candles are lit everywhere in the mansion.

   Tayue is back, and Zhang Fu is also returning.

   "囡囡."

  Zhang Fu has been avoiding his niece for the past few days, thinking that it would be a day to procrastinate, but he didn't expect his niece to know, and wrote a letter to ask him.

   "Father, Mu Yan is missing? Is he still alive?"

   Zhang Fu's throat was a little hard, and he didn't know how to answer his daughter, so he thought about it all the way.

   "Ninny, don't worry, just sit down and talk."

  The two sat down, but Zhang Fu was afraid to look at her.

   "Is he still alive?" Huo Xi asked again.

   "Ping Jiangbo's report did not say that he drowned in the storm..."

   "Many people drowned? How do you confirm that they were drowned?"

   "The living comrades on the same ship helped to confirm."

   "What about the boat where everyone drowned?"

  ... "For the time being, they are only considered as missing persons."

   "That is to say, he may..."

   "No, no..." Zhang Fu couldn't accept this fact.

"As you know, there are many islands in the East China Sea, many of which are well-known and unknown. Maybe these missing soldiers just floated to the islands? And this is not a fantasy. Uncle Pingjiang sent people to the sea to look for them, and they did find them. Few soldiers left on deserted islands."

  Zhang Fu tried to talk about various possibilities.

  He could not accept the fact that Mu Yan drowned. He tried his best to recommend him to the emperor to lead the army. He had completed his mission and was about to return to Beijing, but he sent him to suppress the bandits...

  If Mu Yan can't come back, how will he explain to his daughter.

  How will he face his daughter in his life.

  Zhang Fu was still talking about various possibilities, but he didn't notice that Huo Xi's eyes were getting brighter.

  (end of this chapter)