Chapter 23: The Gift (Seeking Collections)

  Shan Yixuan returned to the mountain stronghold, and all the brothers in the stronghold looked at Shan Yixuan with new eyes. The current Shan Yixuan's prestige was absolutely no lower than that of Liu Yiming, the big boss of Qinglong stronghold. Shan Yixuan held a gift in his hand and happened to meet Monkey, walking up to him and patting his shoulder, saying: "Monkey, help me with something!"

  "Xuan Ge, you said!" This war has brought the greatest joy to the monkey. Originally in charge of a small arsenal, he is now managing thousands of guns and hundreds of shells. This almost zero-loss battle has made the monkey's heart bloom with joy, and his respect for Shan Yixuan has increased by several points.

  Shan Yixuan lifted the things in his hand and said, "You help me send these two things to Yang's big house, just say I sent them." Shan Yixuan handed over the good wine he bought for the old man and the jade bangle he bought for Yang Zilai to the monkey.

  The monkey took the thing and asked curiously, "Xuan brother, why don't you go yourself?" The latter shook his head and said, "I don't want to bring trouble to the Yang family, do you understand?" The monkey responded with an "oh" and suddenly realized, "Ah, I see. Is this little thing being sent to Miss Yang of the Yang family?" The monkey asked while holding up a brocade box.

  Shan Yixuan nodded and said softly, "Go, don't tell them I'm on the mountain." Shan Yixuan thought for a moment and instructed the monkey who was about to leave.

  "Got it!" The monkey said as he walked towards the horse stable.

  Shan Yixuan let out a bitter laugh, feeling lost and helpless. He felt like he was in the midst of a chaotic world, with no control over his own life. If the Japanese found out about his connection to the Yang family compound, they would definitely not let them off, which was something he didn't want to see!

  Shan Yixuan walked onto the training grounds, looking at everyone who was training hard, no one was slacking off due to the joy of winning the war, and he felt very relieved in his heart. Liu Yiming walked up to Shan Yixuan's side, smiling and asked: "How is it, is there enough money to spend?"

  Shan Yixuan nodded, apart from the military supplies seized yesterday, there were also 20,000 yuan, which was originally a Japanese military fund, and now it has all been divided up by the brothers of Qinglong Village.

  Shan Yixuan looked at his brothers who were training and had another idea. He turned to look at Liu Yiming, only to find that he had been smiling slyly at him for a long time. Shan Yixuan smiled and shook his head, asking: "Big brother, what's up? Just say it."

  Liu Yiming smiled and said "haha", walking a few steps forward with Shan Yixuan, asking: "Brother, how did you know I had something to say?"

  "Haha." Jian Yixuan put his middle finger to his lips and said, "Shh, don't say it, just talk about something else!" Jian Yixuan looked at Liu Yiming, thinking in his heart that with the current situation of the devils, it would be difficult for them to launch a large-scale attack on Qinglong Village. The devils needed to build an airport, and this time they had suffered heavy casualties, so it was unlikely that they would retaliate against Qinglong Village. Should he seize this opportunity to develop Qinglong Village's strength?

  Liu Yiming said as he walked: "Brothers, morale is high now. Look, we have such good equipment and so much ammunition. What the brothers mean is, let's think about it and fight a battle!"

  Shan Yixuan's face was stern as he asked, "Huh, where are we going?" In fact, Shan Yixuan had already guessed that what Liu Yiming told him must be that the brothers were itching for a fight. But this is war, not child's play, and it's not something that can be done just because of an itch.

  "Isn't the devil repairing the airport? Do we want to go and kill some of the devil's prestige?" Liu Yiming saw Shan Yixuan frowning, and he immediately became serious too.

  Dan Yixuan thought for a moment and said, "The airport can't be moved, and we can't take any action next. We also need to protect the devils' airport project from being disrupted! During this period, we can't go disturb the devils."

  "What's the point?" Yan Yixuan's words shocked Liu Yiming, not only did he not go to fight the devils, but also couldn't disturb them, and still had to protect them? What kind of rule is this? Those who knew thought that Yan Yixuan had other plans, while those who didn't know thought that Yan Yixuan had defected to the devils and become a traitor!

  Shan Yixuan smiled and continued to explain to Liu Yiming: "Big brother, we ambushed over 2,000 devils. This account won't be forgotten by the devils. If it weren't for our mission at the airport, the devils might launch a large-scale attack on Qinglong Village. Although Qinglong Village is strategically located and easy to defend, if we provoke the devils, who knows, it might bring catastrophic disaster to Qinglong Village."

  "In my opinion, the devils are because Yangcheng's military strength is insufficient, and they want to complete the construction of the airport within two months, so they have no time to deal with us. So, let's not provoke the devils in Yangcheng, even if we scare the rabbit, it will still bite people!"

  Liu Yiming furrowed his brow and said, "With our current arsenal, even if we were to wipe out all the devils in Yangcheng, I wouldn't be afraid. Where does your concern come from, brother?"

  Shan Yixuan pointed to the brothers who were training and said in a low voice, "Big brother, look at us, we only have this little bit of strength. The devils can mobilize tens of thousands of troops with just one phone call, but we have less than 200 people. If we fight them head-on, what will we use to fight back?" Shan Yixuan paused for a moment and continued, "The devils were able to send over 2,000 reinforcements to Yangcheng, so they could also send 20,000 troops there if needed. However, it's unlikely that they would do so at this time. The main force of the devil's army is on the front line in Xuzhou, so they won't be able to withdraw troops to come and wipe us out."

  Liu Yiming sighed, originally thinking that he could take his brothers down the mountain to raid the devils' arsenal and wipe out the devils building the airport. He didn't expect it to turn out like this. "Alright, I'll listen to you. We can't stay in the mountains every day, right?" Liu Yiming said, looking at Shan Yixuan.

  Shan Yixuan thought for a moment and said, "Hmph, these two months, I'll let the brothers shed their shells. The lives of my brothers are more valuable than those little devils. I'll take the brothers to train, and that's how we'll spend these two months!"

  "What? Training?" Liu Yiming looked at Shan Yixuan with some surprise.

  "Big brother, listen to me. If we want to kill more devils and survive longer in the war, our brothers still have a long way to go. In the last battle, it shouldn't have been that two of our brothers left ahead of time!" Xuan felt somewhat ashamed and lowered his head, for him, war was only about life and death.

  Liu Yi Ming nodded, thinking to himself that war was indeed a competition between life and death. "Alright, let's go! Let's take a look at the brothers!" The two of them walked towards the training grounds, where their comrades were in high spirits.

  Seito Ichimoku glared at the Xuzhou Daily, tearing it to shreds in anger and cursing: "Damn those Chinese, which unit is responsible for this?" Seito Ichimoku asked indignantly. The several deputy officers beside him hesitated and did not speak for half a day, making Seito Ichimoku even more indignant.

  "Report!" A Japanese man stood outside the door. Qingteng Yimut glanced at the soldier outside the door and said irritably, "Come in!"

  "Report, Colonel! The Army Command Headquarters has sent an urgent telegram! It is required that you must complete the construction of the airfield within a month and a half to lay the foundation for the Xuzhou landing battle in several months! And specially exempt you from all matters, focus on building the airport, ensure that after a month and a half, the Yangcheng military airport will be opened smoothly, and can accommodate warplanes and anti-aircraft equipment!" The soldier read out loud from a document with the seal of the Daiwa National Army Command Headquarters.

  Seito Ichimoku took over the documents. If finding this mysterious unit was important, now the task of building an airfield is even more crucial. The name on the document was Army Command Headquarters, and the special exception made Seito's spirit shake. This way, he might not have to carry out Kobayashi's orders anymore.

  "Order the laborers within the airport to speed up the construction, and ensure that the airport's task is completed within a month!" Qingteng Yimut looked at several deputy officers, and the gloom in his heart dissipated for the time being!

  Yang Ziluo sat outside the door, still hoping to see him a little earlier. However, after waiting for so long, there was not a single message from him. Had he really abandoned himself? Or did he never look up to me in the first place? Yang Ziluo thought to herself as the sound of horseshoes entered her ears. When she raised her head, a tall and majestic horse had already stopped in front of her.

  Yang Ziluo looked at the person holding Ma Jing and asked in a subtle tone, "Excuse me, who are you looking for?" The monkey holding Ma Jing saw the beautiful girl in front of him and wondered if she might be the Yang family's eldest miss that Xuan Ge had mentioned. Since becoming the warehouse manager, he had hardly ever left the mountain, although he knew how to get to the Yang mansion, but he didn't recognize any of the famous Yang family members.

  "Must be Miss Yang, right?" The monkey thought to himself that the girl's demeanor was elegant and she was sitting outside the Yang family's large courtyard gate, so it should be this young lady. Xuan Ge had entrusted him with this task, he couldn't be too careless!

  Yang Ziluo nodded slightly, looking at the monkey with some curiosity and asked: "Are you looking for me?" The monkey nodded and said: "Yes, this is a gift from my brother Danyi Xuan to give to you, and this one is for Uncle!" The monkey took out the things to be sent from the horseback and handed them over to Yang Ziluo.

  Yang Ziluo was taken aback and asked, "Why didn't he come himself?" Yang Ziluo carried the things, thinking to herself that he had never told her that he had a younger brother.

  The monkey who used to be so cheerful and talkative now looked very reserved in front of Yang Zhi, because he didn't want the woman in front of him to see through his mountain bandit demeanor. "My big brother has something to attend to and needs to go on a long trip, so... he couldn't come to send you off himself, therefore he entrusted me to bring you the gift he had prepared beforehand."

  Yang Ziluo was stunned and asked in confusion: "Where is he going?" When Yang Ziluo asked this, the monkey suddenly felt a pressure, but still smiled and said: "This... I'm not too clear either!"

  Yang Ziluo smiled wryly and said, "Come in quickly and sit down. We'll eat here at noon today!" Yang Ziluo looked at the monkey, thinking that since he was a guest, they couldn't keep him standing outside forever.

  The monkey waved his hand and said in a low voice, "Sorry, I still have something to do, so I won't stay long, goodbye!" As soon as the monkey heard that he was going to be left to eat, he hurriedly thought of an excuse to escape. He could pretend for only so long, if he really went through this door, he would probably reveal everything.

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