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Chapter 294 Invitation
Zhou Weide said, "Bah, I think some people are just jealous that such a great achievement was taken by the despised Herdsmen..."
Everyone hurriedly explained that Zhou Weide was talking nonsense and asked the pen official not to take it personally. Zhang Hou said, "Brother Zhou, his name is Zhou Weide, and he is your family member. He was accidentally hit on the head by a mare's hoof while feeding the horses a few days ago, so sometimes he speaks abnormally. Please don't take it personally because he is your family member."
Zhou Weide was even more angry and said, "You were the one who was hit on the head by the mare's hoof! Why didn't Zhou Zhongjun mention that great achievement in the military document? It's because Li Ji, who he couldn't beat, was captured by a few of us in the horse herding team, so he couldn't save face..."
The pen officer said angrily, "What nonsense are you talking about? Do you believe me and tell Zhou Zhongjun exactly what you said?!"
Chu Xiaomu also grabbed him and covered his mouth, and Zhou Weide remained silent.
The pen officer had a few words to say to the crowd, but Zhou Weide got so angry that he forgot everything and stormed out of the tent, cursing as he walked: "If it were me, I would beat you up like that, you ignorant fellow!"
Chu Xiaomu pulled the black iron sword out of its scabbard, and saw the dark sword light flowing. It was indeed a rare sharp weapon, obviously much better than the previous iron sword. I didn't expect that I would get a black iron sword after digging black iron ore in Jiaoshan for more than half a year. It was not in vain.
Wu Sheng said, "Mu Tou, Zhou Zhongjun is reminding you, don't forget your status as a slave digging for the black iron ore in Jiaoshan, understand?!"
Everyone laughed and said he was talking nonsense.
As they were laughing and joking, a man in his thirties dressed as an ordinary citizen walked in and bowed and kowtowed repeatedly, leaving everyone puzzled.
Chu Xiaomu asked: "Brother, is there anything wrong?"
The man asked, "Excuse me, is this the camp of the horse herders?"
Zhou Weide said unhappily: “No!”
The man said, "I'm so sorry, I got the wrong place." He turned around and was about to leave.
Chu Xiaomu said hurriedly: "We are the horse herding team. But now the horse herding team has been disbanded, and we don't know which battalion it belongs to yet."
The man said, "That's great. It seems I'm not mistaken. May I ask who is General Chu?"
Wu Sheng said, "I think you are totally wrong. Look at us monkey-like people. Who of us looks like a general?"
The man said awkwardly, "Xiao... the person who ordered me here told me to call him that. I'm really wondering which general would live in such a simple military tent."
Chu Xiaomu said: "There is a person named 'Chu Xiaomu' here, but there is no 'General Chu' you are looking for. I think you have found the wrong person."
The man bowed repeatedly and said, "Yes, yes, I'm looking for General Chu Xiaomu. May I ask who he is?"
"It's me." Chu Xiaomu looked at the respectful middle-aged man and couldn't help but feel confused. He couldn't remember where he had seen this man.
The man looked at Chu Xiaomu for a while, his face full of joy, and said: "So you are General Chu, as expected... Hehe, I am a servant of Zhou Zhongjun's family, my name is Tao Xi, and I was entrusted by...Zhou Jun to invite General Chu to visit my home this afternoon."
Chu Xiaomu was skeptical when he heard this and asked, "You mean, Zhou Zhongjun...invited me to his home as a guest?"
Tao Xi nodded and said, "Yes."
Chu Xiaomu pointed at the eight people behind him and said, "What about them? Didn't Zhou Zhongjun mention them?"
Tao Xi said: "Zhou Zhongjun only mentioned the general's title, and I also passed on his original words. I don't know the rest."
Chu Xiaomu smiled and said, "I'm not even a team leader now. Don't call me general first. I'll consider whether to go or not." He thought to himself that even if Zhou Zhongjun invited me to his house, he would not let you call me general. You are hiding something and you must not be telling the truth.
Tao Xi stammered, "General...if you...if you don't go, Xiao...Zhou Zhongjun said he would deduct one month's salary from me...that would be terrible!"
Chu Xiaomu simply joked with him, saying, "What does it have to do with me if your salary is deducted? I'm just a soldier in the Nanding Army, and you keep calling me General. It's obvious that you're making fun of me."
Tao Xi had a worried look on his face and said, "Then... then what should I call you... General?" He really couldn't think of the most appropriate way to address Chu Xiaomu, so he finally said the word "General".
Chu Xiaomu said: "It's up to you, just don't be a 'general'."
Tao Xi thought hard and tried all kinds of titles, such as "Junshi", "Young brother", "Brother", "Delivering the crown", etc., but he couldn't find any one that suited him, and he was so anxious that he scratched his ears and cheeks.
Wu Sheng said, "He likes people to call him 'Wood' the most, so you can call him 'Wood' too." Everyone laughed and said, "Yes, yes, yes, just call him 'Wood'."
Tao Xi was not stupid after all, and of course he did not dare to call Chu Xiaomu by his nickname "wooden". He was so embarrassed that his face turned red, his eyes stared at the ground, and his neck was red.
Chu Xiaomu smiled and said, "Zhou Zhongjun asked me to visit his home. Do you know why?"
Tao Xi seemed to have been prepared. He tremblingly took out a cloth package from his arms. After opening it, he found a delicate small wooden box. He carefully held it in front of Chu Xiaomu and said, "Zhong...Zhongjun told me that you only need to open this box and take a look, and you will understand."
Chu Xiaomu took the box and smelled a faint fragrance, like orchid but not orchid, like sandalwood but not sandalwood. He opened it and saw a half-palm-sized sachet inside. The mouth of the bag was woven with silver wire, with a few green and blue threads in between, which was very exquisite and elegant. Half a leaf of lush green was exposed on the side. He turned it over and saw that the side facing down was embroidered with a pattern of flowers and plants. It was the Purple Emperor Pill that the divine horse had arched out from the snow.
Chu Xiaomu understood immediately that it was not Zhou Zhongjun who invited him, but Zhou Jinglan. She wanted to thank Chu Xiaomu for helping her find the herbs to cure her leg disease, but she was too shy to do so, so she had to ask him in the name of her father. She was afraid that Chu Xiaomu would not understand, so she embroidered a sachet with a pattern of Purple Emperor Pill on it and gave it to him. Chu Xiaomu looked at the very delicate sachet for a few times, thinking that this could not be embroidered overnight. Miss Jinglan had been preparing for many days to say thank you. Thinking of this, his heart couldn't help but beat fast. But he couldn't understand why he was so nervous because Jinglan invited him to her home as a guest, which had never happened before.