In the Clouds: Mulan Line

Chapter 2
"I searched around there for a day and a night, but I couldn't find anything... Alan disappeared just like that... People in the village also helped me look around, but it was useless..."

The herdsman can't ask other villages to go, and the people in his own village can't help him search endlessly.

Except for him, everyone else has obviously given up.

Although they didn't say it explicitly, they had already expressed that meaning.

His daughter may never be found.

But for the herdsman, his daughter is his hope for living. It is better for him to give up his own life if he just gives up his daughter.

"I beg the general, I beg my lords, save my daughter!"

"Please!"

With tears in his eyes, the herdsman kowtowed frantically. If Hua Mulan hadn't stopped him by pressing his shoulders, he would have kowtowed.

Even so, his forehead was already red and swollen.

The herdsman wanted to continue to knock down, but found that his body seemed to be pressed to the ground by a huge boulder, and he couldn't move at all.

Knock again, still motionless.

The herdsman looked at Hua Mulan in a daze, as if he had gradually recovered from his grief, and found that this woman, who was not much older than his daughter, seemed to have great strength.

The desperate weeping and pleading of the herdsmen made the eyes of the two soldiers turn red, and they immediately cast their hopeful eyes on the general on the throne.

The general showed a thoughtful look, and then said in a deep voice: "If the sand bandits commit crimes... the sand bandits are extremely cunning, I don't know where the base camp is in the cloud. If it is kidnapping and trafficking, there is also a trading chain located underground in the cloud. "

The environment in the cloud can be described as very complex.

The 36 kingdoms in the cloud have been destroyed. Although the cloud is now a piece of loose sand, there are countless forces scattered everywhere in the cloud like stars.

Among them, the forces are big and small, or occupy one side, or spread to the entire cloud like a big net.

It is not easy for the Great Wall Guards to investigate this matter...

Although the herdsman didn't understand very well, he heard that the general seemed not to care about this matter, and his eyes were filled with despair, but his lips trembled and he didn't know what to say.

What can I say, didn't he know it well before he came, this is indeed not something that the Great Wall Guards should take care of, and his Alan, his daughter...

But at this moment, the general patted the armrest with his palm, his eyes suddenly turned cold, and there was an air of awe that made it difficult to breathe: "In any case, the suffering master has asked our Great Wall guards The army is coming, and as the Great Wall guards, we have absolutely no reason to sit idly by."

"Such villains deserve to be punished for their crimes!"

As he spoke, he looked at Hua Mulan and said in a deep voice, "Hua Mulan."

"I will leave this matter to you to investigate secretly. With you as the captain and enough manpower, we must investigate the matter clearly. If it is really the bandits, we will eradicate them all!"

Hua Mulan was taken aback: "Me? Captain?"

The general glanced at her: "Is there a question?"

Hua Mulan frowned: "...General, Mulan is just an ordinary soldier..."

There is no problem in letting her fight the enemy or chase thousands of miles away, but let her investigate secretly... She intends to help this difficult herdsman, but she is not prepared to investigate by herself.

"Investigating and saving people is also a kind of fighting. As the Great Wall Guards, there is more than one way of fighting?" the general said.

Hua Mulan opened her mouth and said again, "Then the captain?"

The general raised his eyebrows: "What? Want to talk about your adoptive father again?"

The unsuspecting soldiers outside gossiped and complained secretly, saying that it was Hua Mulan who refused to be promoted and had been among ordinary soldiers like them for ten years, beating them up every now and then on the school grounds. The general was silent.

I don't know what that former comrade-in-arms said to his adopted daughter. After he died, the little girl immediately carried the only relic he left behind, which was the epee, to join the army in place of her father. But he just said that he still doesn't know how to be a real guard of the Great Wall, so he only wants to be a soldier who goes into battle to kill the enemy.

Why didn't he, the general, go into battle and kill the enemy?What a joke!

But Hua Mulan has a stubborn temper, and she refuses to say more or change her mind when she is sure about something, but now she has been in the army for ten years... The general also watched with his own eyes that the little girl grew into the powerful soldier he is today, Maybe it's time for her to grow up.

"I think you have been puzzled only by killing the enemy. This time you take people to investigate and save people, maybe you will understand."

Seeing that Hua Mulan wanted to say more, the general waved his hand directly: "That's it! This is a military order!"

Hua Mulan:"……"

The military order is like a mountain, what can she do as the Great Wall guard?All he could do was salute solemnly and say "accept orders".

Only then did the general show a hint of satisfaction, but when he thought of the girl's disappearance, he became cold again, and said solemnly: "This incident is too alarming, and it will attract too much attention. It is best to do it secretly, and don't have too many people... ...Since you are the captain, how many people do you want to bring with you?"

Although Hua Mulan was caught off guard by a "captain" who suddenly fell on her head, since she had decided to take the order and faced the business, she immediately put aside the entanglement in her heart and thought seriously: "In this case, Mulan thought, The number of people is better than the number of people.”

"This trip is to investigate the disappearance, and the other party is acting treacherously, so I need a good detective."

"Once the results of the investigation are found, we will naturally have to confront the mastermind behind the scenes. Naturally, I will be in close combat, and an excellent archer will be enough to complement me."

"Finally, I also need someone who knows enough about the cloud, and it is best to have some knowledge of the gossip and underground forces."

Although the missing girl disappeared very strangely, she didn't really disappear without a trace. The murderer behind her always had a purpose, right?Then when they "handle" the kidnapped girls, they will leave traces.

However, the situation in Yunzhong is complicated and there are many forces. People who don't know it will only feel confused and confused when they plunge into it, let alone find clues.

So a man who knows the basics is a must.

A flash of admiration flashed in the general's eyes, Hua Mulan was able to think so thoroughly in the blink of an eye, it's very good, she really is brave and resourceful.

"You have considered it very well... As for the candidates..." The general suddenly thought of something, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, "I happen to have a very suitable candidate here, and it is just right to be your first team member!"

Hua Mulan was a little curious: "Really? Who is it?"

The general waved his hand and said with a big laugh, "I was just transferred from another battalion, you will know when you see someone tomorrow."

Hua Mulan:"……"

What's the point of such a thing!

Now that she has taken the order to become the captain, even if she feels that she is not qualified, Hua Mulan will only do her best.

I didn't feel it just now, but when I mentioned the team members, Hua Mulan suddenly felt a little heavy in her heart, as if there was a lot of weight on her shoulders.

It seems that once she becomes the captain, she is very different from when she was an ordinary soldier...

"Although the person is chosen by the general, if it doesn't meet my standards, I will not accept it." Hua Mulan suppressed that feeling in her heart and said very directly.

The corner of the general's mouth twitched, which soldier dared to speak to the general like that, would have been beaten by the army long ago, isn't it obvious that he didn't believe his eyes?
But he already knew that Hua Mulan was such a straight-forward character, so he raised his eyebrows and said, "Just wait and see!"

After Hua Mulan expressed her thoughts, she didn't talk much about it.

At this moment, the general's expression became serious: "Hua Mulan, you must complete the mission here! Don't fall into the prestige of our Great Wall Guards! Don't violate the beliefs of our Great Wall Guards!"

Hua Mulan was also very serious, she straightened her body all of a sudden, and said with a military salute: "Mulan takes orders!"

Herdsman Shitou was confused by this quick and decisive change. One moment he thought things were hopeless, but the next moment he even had an investigation team.

It was the first time for the herdsmen to see the resolute actions of the Great Wall Guards, but Hua Mulan and the others were used to it.

Soon, Hua Mulan bowed and took her leave, while the herdsman was also in a daze, pulled up from the ground by two of his fellow villagers, and led them out of the general's tent together.

……

As soon as Hua Mulan walked out, someone chased after her.

The herdsman slammed his knees on the ground, kowtowed to Hua Mulan devoutly, and shook his head to reject Hua Mulan's dissuasion: "Thank you, sir! Thank you!"

At this time, he finally came back to his senses, he only knew that this matter could have such a result, thanks to the heroic woman in front of him.

Whether or not his missing daughter can be found depends entirely on Hua Mulan...

"I implore my lord to...be sure to find my daughter...even if she has..."

The herdsman really can't say that terrible guess, but no matter whether his daughter is still alive or not...you have to see people in life, and you have to see corpses in death....

Seeing the herdsman's swollen eye sockets and bloody forehead, Hua Mulan gradually let go of her hand to help him, her eyes became more solemn.

She was also an orphan before being adopted by her adoptive father.

After being adopted by his foster father, he and his foster father depended on each other for life, but his foster father also left later.

The pain of children losing their parents must be the same as the pain of parents losing their children.

"Uncle, you don't have to ask me. As a guard, since I have accepted this task, I will do my best to complete it," Hua Mulan said in a deep voice.

Her voice was not loud, but the firmness contained in her words gave the herdsman a sense of stability.

With tears in his eyes, the herdsman bowed heavily again: "Thank you... Thank you..."

Looking at the sassy back of Hua Mulan who turned and left, the herdsman finally had a glimmer of light in his despair-filled, bottomless eyes.

(End of this chapter)