my panda city master

Chapter 8

Xi Xiping had another son for no reason. Although she firmly refused to admit it, the boy probably thought that she was more approachable than Mo Bai, and followed her everywhere.She walked around the village twice more, but a bandit came over and said flatteringly, "If madam likes this child, then stay and be her son."

"They can't afford the ransom anyway."

"It doesn't matter if you come to ask for help, we'll call you back. Now our village has been instructed and arranged by the village owner, and it's even more like a fortified wall."

Hmph, who can be as cute as her rabbit master, so she doesn't want to have another son.

After thinking about it, she took a bite of the carrot, and the crisp sound spread.

"It's really empty in here."

Mo Bai stood beside her and asked, "You've been sitting here for an hour, when are you leaving?"

She was sitting on a high mountain rock, with a narrow mountain path underneath, and she could see passers-by, but she didn't know what she was thinking with great interest.

Xixi took another bite of the carrot: "Leave after eating."

Mo Bai silently glanced at the carrots she had piled up all over her skirt, and then glanced back at the boy who had already hid behind the tree: "Do you really want to keep him? Well, it's not impossible."

"Of course not, Lord Rabbit will be jealous."

The rabbit is jealous... Mo Bai didn't interrupt, and continued to listen to her serious nonsense.

Xixi ate another carrot and was a little full.Seeing that he still didn't leave, she picked out the juiciest one and handed it to him: "Here."

Mo Bai glanced at it: "I'm not a rabbit."

"Neither do I."

"You are."

"...Why am I here?"

"I recognize the rabbit as my son."

Xixi chuckled, it's so rare that the Panda City Lord with Bingshan face would argue with her childishly, as usual, he would have kicked her off the cliff impatiently.She put down the carrot, got up and patted the dress: "Come on, accompany me to walk around, the scenery here is very beautiful, it would be a pity not to take a look at it when I have time now."

Mo Bai didn't move, there were so many stones on the mountain and the road was rough, how could she run around.He looked at the place where she was seriously injured, and before he could speak, he saw her covering her chest with one hand, staring, "Pervert."

"...I was just looking at your wounds."

"Didn't you see enough last night?"

Mo Bai closed his eyes: "I will apply medicine to you with my eyes closed tonight, and being stabbed to death by the medicine bottle has nothing to do with me."

Xixi only felt that the wound was poked now, and walked past him with a pale face: "Let's go and see the scenery."

After she left, Mo Bai remembered that he wanted to stop her from running around on the mountain road just now.Wait, so she was blocking him just now?

Yun Xixi... She has sensed his weakness, and she is determined.

Mo Bai, who was generalized, watched her call the boy to walk down the mountain together, and forcibly threw all the carrots to him.He is obviously very smart, but he always pretends to be a heartless person.

While he was meditating, Xixi had already started to walk down the mountain.

As Mo Bai expected, there are many stones on the mountain road, making it very difficult to walk.She was seriously injured again, and she had to be careful with every step she took.She slipped twice and her heart ached from the shock. She leaned on the rocks on the hillside to rest for a while, and then continued to walk down.She hadn't taken two steps when she heard someone coming down from behind.Haha, the panda is here.She turned her head and saw Mo Bai walking like flying, like walking on clouds, walking down briskly, her eyes were straightened.

Mo Bai passed by her side, threw her a few meters away, then stopped, but did not look back at her.

The mountain wind blew gently, blowing the leaves of the forest on the half slope, and the man who was like a jade tree was like a banished fairy.

Xixi suddenly understood, walked over happily and patted him on the shoulder: "Carry me on your back."

After the words fell, Mo Bai had already bent down slightly.Xixi climbed up and lay on his back firmly, unexpectedly feeling that his back was warm and generous: "Okay."

Her head was on the right side of his face, and the hot air she exhaled while speaking warmed his ear, and he felt the pressure on his back was even more obvious, pressing on his back and pressing into his heart.

He used to always think that the relationship between children is the most incomprehensible, and it is also the feeling he least needs and feels the most useless.Now he faintly feels that it is definitely useful, and it seems to be good.

With Mobai, a horse that can be called a horse, and more flexible than a horse, Xixi is finally much more relaxed, and she doesn't have to drag her sick body to walk by herself.

Mo Bai followed her wishes, starting from the main road, and walked all the side roads.

The name of these eighteen mountains is not for nothing. After entering the main road, there are seven or eight fork roads, and there are several dead ends.They turned and turned, and finally walked the right way and reached the exit.

Xixi saw fine sweat dripping from Mo Bai's forehead, and raised her hand to wipe it off for him.After walking for so long, he didn't ask her what she was going to do.Xixi likes the way he trusts her, but she doesn't know if he is too lazy to ask.

Guessing people's minds is the hardest thing, and Xixi thinks it is much more difficult than appraising treasures at a pawnshop.

Going back in the evening, Xixi asked people to beat the drums, and called all the people in the village who could talk to the lobby.

Mo Bai was standing beside Xixi, wondering what kind of medicine she was selling in her gourd.

Xixi waited for everyone to arrive, then cleared his throat, and said loudly: "I called you here because I have something to say. From now on, robbery is not allowed in our village."

After the words fell, there was already a commotion in the lobby: "No robbery? Do you want us to drink the northwest wind?"

Xixi patted the table: "I just want to drink the northwest wind."

Everyone was stunned, thinking that there was something wrong with their ears.

Xixi said unhurriedly: "I've gone to see it. The terrain of the Eighteenth Mountains is steep. If you enter from the southeast, you can only go out by the northwest road. The rest are dead ends. And when you go to the northwest , there are still seven or eight forks in the road, and you can only find the exit if you go right. But five of them are dead ends, right?"

One person said: "Yes, the roads here are notoriously difficult to walk. We usually lurk on the trails and find our targets all in one go."

Xixi smiled and said: "That's right, relying on mountains to eat mountains depends on water to drink water, since you rely on this mountain, then rely on mountains to eat."

Mo Bai couldn't figure out what she was going to do for a while, so he listened to her carefully like everyone else.

Xixi said, "Stop robbing people in the future, and lead people the way instead. How much will you charge once you lead the way?"

Everyone tilted their heads: "Ah?! You won't starve to death?"

Xixi shook her finger: "I sat on a high place for an hour today, and found that there are quite a lot of people passing by there, and even a lot of them are dizzy. And most of them pass by here are caravans. Merchants value profits, rather than wasting time Going around in circles, they are more willing to give money to let the locals lead the way.”

It was only then that Mo Bai understood her actions today, seeing her strategizing, he secretly admired her.Although he knew that she was just a small idea for a group of thieves, how could it be compared with his daily management of Mocheng, but he couldn't help admiring her.

"This is indeed a good way, and the robbery is hard work, and there is a risk of being besieged by the government."

"But they know the way by themselves after walking through it once or twice. How will they live on in the future?"

"No, this method is not good, let's make a living by robbing, there is a lot of money."

The discussion gradually turned to disapproval, and Xixi heard it in her ears. She knocked on the table, and the room was immediately silent again.She spoke again, but her voice was calmer than before.

"Are you going to be bandits for the rest of your life, and let your children and grandchildren be bandits for the rest of your life?" Xixi glanced at everyone, "The road can be taken, but in order not to starve to death, you can erase the traces of the road and open a new road. "

"It's okay..."

"Besides, I won't let you use this method for the rest of your life. For people who seem to be common people, you will voluntarily lead the way and earn a good name. Just collect money from the caravan, and then save the money as much as possible, five or six Years later, when the bad reputation has been eliminated, it is a long-term solution to go to the town to buy fields, build houses and cultivate them. And if you do this all year round, the government will be tolerant to you. After all, no official wants bandits to appear in the land under his jurisdiction. You have a good reputation, go to the town to live, and the townspeople will not make things difficult for you."

She has imagined the way to survive, and even the future path for them.It seemed like a trivial matter, but Mo Bai suddenly felt that it was no longer a trivial matter.When playing chess, the person who can see the last ten moves when the chess pieces fall is a master.What Xixi planned is already a master in the game.

The bandits looked at each other in blank dismay. Anyway, being a bandit was forced by the terrain, and they had no choice but to do so, and it didn't sound like such a bad idea.

Xixi said again: "Let's do this, you should do as I said first, half a year will be fine, if you feel that this is not good, and you can't live anymore, then go back to your old business. If you don't try, you will be bandits for the rest of your life." In the future, the daughters of my sons and grandsons will all be descendants of bandits."

"That makes sense!"

"If it succeeds, then my son will be able to go to the town to study in the future."

"Maybe I can still take the No. [-] Scholar exam."

"Come on, the bandit's son still wants to be the champion."

"But if I can really leave Eighteen Mountains, my son won't be a bandit!"

"That's true."

Public opinion began to tilt her side again, going in the direction of approval.Xixi was not in a hurry to interrupt, and after they had been chatting for a long time, and the discussion gradually subsided, the elder said, "Why don't you try?"

One sound fell, one sound rose: "Try it."

It seems that they have been reborn, and when everyone discusses how to lead the way and how much to charge, the tone is completely different.

I am very happy to hear it in my ears.It was just a day in the sun, even with Mo Bai on her back, the wound was bumped, and she talked so much at night, her body couldn't take it anymore.Seeing that her face was getting paler, Mo Bai said, "Go back to your room."

The matter had come to an end, Xixi didn't need to hold on, and obediently went back to the room with Mo Bai.

Entering the room, Xixi hadn't stood still, but felt a slight chill on her neck, and then a chill on her chest, her clothes had been lifted up by Mobai, and she was glanced at, and then covered, the person in front of her said calmly, "It's bleeding again, Go sit there and I'll give you medicine."

If it wasn't for Xixi's lack of energy and blood, he would have blushed again.She sat down and closed her eyes to let Mo Bai change the medicine. No matter how many times the action of applying the medicine had been done, she couldn't take it as a normal thing and was unconscious.

Mo Bai gave the good medicine, and then asked: "Why are you sure they will agree?"

Xixi put on her coat, put on her clothes, and then said: "Because they have kind thoughts in their hearts."

"How do you know they have good intentions?"

Xixi smiled and leaned over to look at him: "Your Excellency, the City Master, can't figure it out? Do you want to know?"

In the past, Mo Bai would slap her face and push her back, but now he just shifted his gaze upwards: "En."

The answer was straightforward, but this made Xixi, who was still teasing him, feel unwilling, so she sat back in her seat and said, "I've asked, they only rob those who look rich."

"Do bandits go to rob the poor?"

"Indeed, but they robbed the rich and didn't ask for a lot of ransom. Even in the copycats I've heard, the ransom they asked for is simply negligible. And they never hurt people's lives, so this should be the reason why the government has not acted The kidnapped people don't report to the officials, they will be released after paying a little money, why bother to tell the government."

Mo Bai said: "Even if this is a reason, it can only be considered barely."

Xixi smiled: "During the few days when I was recuperating here, you always went to check the terrain and see if there were any chasing soldiers. I chatted with those women and children in the stockade. They wanted to study, but no husband would come. Seeing that I could read, the elders begged me to teach them. When eating, the delicious dishes are always pushed in front of me. Even if they can only drink half a bowl of porridge, they still want to give it to me. So I said, They have kind thoughts in their hearts, and they are also kind thoughts that you can't see."

This is indeed true, Mo Bai was born in Mo City, he is the only child of the old city lord, he is loved by thousands of people, he goes out by car, and guards him.The affairs of the people in the city are all handled by the subordinates. He only needs to understand a little bit and make decisions. How can he sit among the people, learn about their sufferings, and listen to their joys and sorrows.

He and she are really complementary...

These two words came to mind again, making him more sure that Xixi is suitable to be his wife.

His scrutinizing and pensive eyes fell on Xixi's eyes, but it washed away all the joy she had just now.She looked quietly at the man in front of her, and said, "Mo Bai, can you...don't look at me with scrutiny?"

scrutiny?

Mo Bai looked at her and asked, "You've never looked at me like this before?"

"Yes, but that's when I aimed to marry into Mocheng." Now she won't, she only knows that she likes him, and she wants to understand him, not analyze him.

Mo Bai's eyebrows are slightly lowered, and his tone is also low: "Everyone has a steelyard in their hearts to measure who they want to make friends with or make enemies with."

Xixi was silent for a while, and under the dark night, there was the sound of insects, and the sound of cuckoos sounded just right.The cuckoo is like her mascot, and every time the two enter an impasse, they will make a fuss.

The two people in the room were relatively silent, not to mention the sound of the needle falling to the ground, even the sound of dust falling to the ground could be heard.

Xixi clutched her chest and got up and walked out, Mo Bai also got up immediately.Xixi turned her body and said, "I'm going to wash up."

Mo Bai nodded slightly, but did not follow.

Xixi pushed open the door and went out, took a look at the dark sky, it seemed that it was going to rain again.She looked at the wall on the right, and there was an umbrella on the window there, thinking that she had to remember to take it away later, otherwise it would be raining.Now her body can no longer be injured, otherwise she will have to become a medicine jar in the future.

Seeing her standing at the door for a while before leaving, Mo Bai suddenly became concerned about what she was thinking when she stopped there.

This is really a girl who can't be seen through.

"City Lord."

Mo Bai, who can be noticed from a distance of ten feet, was called by someone's ear, and his heart jumped, but he didn't notice it beforehand.He looked back, and the person who had just sneaked in through the window had already bowed: "I have seen the city lord."

The person in front of me was about thirty years old, with a short mustache, thin body, and firm eyes.This person is the staff member of the prince's mansion, Mr. "Wuwei".

Mo Bai withdrew his thoughts of being taken away by Xixi, and spoke again, with a cold and calm tone: "How?"

Wu Wei said: "After the city lord jumped off the cliff, the white guards caught those assassins. They really were dead soldiers raised by the prince's mansion. Bai Yan, together with other city lords, Lord Hou, and Duke Huguo, turned them to the imperial court. Regarding Zhang Liangren’s matter, I begged His Majesty to deal with it. The Majesty was furious and wanted to abolish the crown prince, but he did not take any action. The family of the crown prince’s birth mother Xu Guifei pleaded for mercy, and together with the Ministry of Rites, they entered the hall to state the etiquette, and wanted to protect the position of the crown prince.”

Mo Bai took a sip of cold tea, the rough tea had no fragrance, but he didn't care to drink it at this time: "Let out the wind, the city lord of Mo City fell off the cliff, he was seriously injured and not dead, he has been escorted back to the city."

After thinking about it for a while, Wu Wei understood.

The Holy Majesty's procrastination is just waiting for the news that Mo Bai fell to the cliff and died.If Mo Bai dies, without the leader, the imperial court takes the opportunity to wipe out, it's not that there is no chance of winning.

And if Mo Bai returns safely, the prince's guilt will be lightened, and he can be punished lightly, and things will still turn around.

Therefore, he had to pretend to be seriously injured, and instead of going back to the capital, he went directly to Mocheng to express Mocheng's position and anger, so that the Holy One would be frightened.The imperial court is afraid of Mocheng's power, and it is still unable to eradicate it, and it will be restrained by Mocheng to some extent.If the Holy Majesty has not made a ruling, when the city lord returns to Mo City, he will definitely not let it go.

If the two armies are at war, even if the court wins, the foundation of the country will be shaken, not to mention that the Mohist court will have to retreat three points, not to mention shaken, it may be uprooted at that time.

Whether it is a prince who doesn't understand the situation is important, or the imperial career of the Huangfu family is important, the Holy Majesty can make a clear decision.

Wu Wei bowed: "This subordinate will go and arrange people."

As soon as he was about to leave, Mo Bai stopped him: "She's back."

Wu Weiran jumped on the beam of the house and avoided it for the time being.

"Squeak!"

As soon as the door opened, accompanied by the slight sound of rain, Xixi patted the rainwater on her body and entered the door, saying, "The mountain rain is really cold."

"I went to ask someone to make a pot of hot tea and drink it to warm up."

"Well, then please, Lord City Master." Xixi glanced at the ground in front of the window before going in.

After Mo Bai left, Xixi sat at the table and poured a cup of tea. The tea was already cold, and the cup felt cold when he held it in his hand.She took a sip to moisturize her throat, and said leisurely: "There are so many gentlemen on the beams in this room."

There was no sound in the room, only she was talking to herself.

"Although the tea is cold, it can still quench your thirst. Don't you think so, Mr. Wu?"

At this time, there was a slight movement in the room, Wu Wei quickly jumped off the beam, his eyes were alert and full of hostility: "How do you know I'm coming?"

Xixi smiled: "Do you know that because Mo Bai is so fierce, no one dares to come here when we live here? It rained yesterday, but it stopped during the day today. The ground should be clean. But the ground outside the window is There are footprints. And there are only traces of coming in, no traces of going out."

Wu Wei didn't notice it, and finally frowned: "But how do you know it's me?"

"Mr. Wu's right foot is inconvenient. Even light work can't change the heavy and light footprints. Although the depth of the footprints on the ground is not obvious, but my eyesight is too good."

"But even so, you still can't determine my identity."

"Yes, there are so many lame people, so it may not be you. But I have seen the guards Mobai brought into the capital during the battle in Peacock City. No one is lame. And they don't have to shy away from me, nor do they He will deliberately avoid me, think about it, and use the cuckoo call as a signal to avoid me, and he is a person with limited legs, so there is only Mr. Wu."

Wu Wei suddenly realized the most important point, and said in surprise, "Do you know that I'm from Mocheng?"

Xixi held a teacup in her hand and smiled like a flower: "Yes, am I very smart?"

Wu Wei didn't answer, but asked, "Did the city lord tell you?"

Xixi pursed her lips: "How could he tell me these things? He didn't even say a word. Even if he said a word..." She smiled self-deprecatingly.Even if he said a word, she would make up her mind to advance and retreat with him.But from the beginning to the end, he just regarded her as a "girl suitable for marriage", not a girl he wanted to marry, so he didn't tell her anything.He didn't tell her because he was worried that she would be distracted, but because he was worried.

In order to let him dispel his worries, she also specially remodeled the bandit den, firstly, to help them, and secondly, to let Mo Bai know that she, Yun Xixi, would not hold him back, and did not want him to have any worries .

But the result disappointed her...

She reminded him more than once that she wanted to know more about him.

Wu Wei's eyes were more defensive: "Aren't you surprised by my identity?"

Xixi smiled, a little contemptuously: "What are you surprised? Surprised that you are Mo Bai's secret agent who has been arranged by his side since he became the crown prince?"

Wu Wei was taken aback.

Xixi was a little too lazy to explain, but she didn't say anything, I'm afraid that Mr. Wu Wei would arrest her as a monster: "I heard that Mr. Wu Wei entered the prince's mansion as an aide after the emperor appointed the crown prince. The problem was not used by the crown prince at first, but after repeated ingenious strategies, he finally won the trust of the crown prince. He trusts you very much, but he has to ask you first about everything big and small. It is not difficult to guess why since Mo Bai came to Beijing, he has done Stupid thing, not because he is stupid, but because he listened to you."

Wu Wei frowned: "Huh?"

"Of course, I'm not saying that as an aide, the prince made the prince do stupid things, but the prince's own head was caught between the cracks of the door, and he actually wanted to touch the city lord of Mo City. So since he decided to eradicate the Mo family, his position as the prince will not be guaranteed. Or to put it another way, it was Mo Bai who decided not to use his pawn because he was not good."

After Xixi said so much in one breath, she felt tired again.No wonder her father always said that people who are too smart will be unhappy, because they see things too clearly, and if they see too much, they will be unhappy.But there are some things that she wants to make clear now: "If the prince has been treating Mocheng with courtesy, then you will become the prince's most effective staff and assist him to ascend the throne. But he has a different heart and greed, so there is no need Supported." She slowly raised her head, looked at the projection on the ground and asked again, "Am I right, City Lord Mo?"

The person who had been standing at the door and did not come in finally showed his face.There was still no expression on Mo Bai's face, but it was calmer than in the past two days.

Wu Wei frowned even more when he heard the last sentence: "Didn't the city lord tell you these words?"

Xixi shook her head slightly, with a faint sigh in her tone: "I told you, he won't tell me, not even a word." She played with the cup of tea in her hand, and the sound of the cup turning on the table disturbed her. Her thoughts were mixed, "It's fake to be invited to appraise treasures, it's a pretense to take a special detour to Peacock City, and it's also fake to agree to live in the Prince's Mansion. From the moment you leave Mocheng, there is only one thing you want to do —Eliminate the prince.”

Mo Bai, who hadn't looked at her all this time, finally set his sights on her face, moving to her eyes, which was indifference he had never seen before.

I have seen her hearty and hilarious, and seen her anger and cowardice, but now, there is another kind - determination.

He suddenly realized that this time she was really determined to leave.

And, he couldn't stop it.

(End of this chapter)