kingnovel Chapter 1216 Xin Shunyun Arrives
Chapter 1216 Xin Shunyun Arrives
The mirror played a crucial role in this locust eradication effort.
Like flies, locusts have compound eyes.
The reason why it is difficult for people to catch flies with their bare hands is because of their compound eyes—compound eyes can cover almost 360 degrees around them, and their perception of moving objects is extremely acute.
This is precisely why flies can easily dodge humans' "sky-high finger" and, while flying at high speed, accurately lock onto that smelly... food, then land steadily on it and begin to enjoy it.
While the compound eyes of locusts are not as high in resolution as those of flies, those small eyes are still key to their ability to avoid predators.
Since it's a critical organ, Shen Zheng naturally tried to interfere with it—the dense, flickering light could make the locusts dizzy and disoriented.
The night breeze carried the dampness of the valley, brushing against Shen Zheng's loose hair.
Shen Zheng tucked her stray hairs behind her ears, squatted down, and picked up a shard of mirror the size of a washbasin.
"So what if they're broken? They're still useful." With that, Shen Zheng handed the shards to the guards who were transporting the mirrors. "Break these three broken mirrors down to a smaller size, about the size of your palm. Be careful when you handle them; the edges of the broken mirrors are very sharp, so don't hurt yourself."
The guards stood there, holding the mirror, stunned.
Lord Shen not only didn't blame him, but even entrusted him with the arduous task of knocking on the mirror!
I ask you, among the millions of people in the Great Zhou Dynasty, how many have ever touched a glass mirror, and how many have actually smashed this priceless and rare object with their own hands?
This life is worth it!
The soldier's hands trembled as he held the shards, his face a mixture of excitement and fear. After a long pause, he managed to stammer, "This humble servant obeys!"
Shen Zheng raised her hand and pinched the bridge of her nose, then turned and walked towards the pass.
It was already dawn, and by then, she and Jiang Zhiming and the others had been without sleep for a full twenty-four hours.
The mind is in a frenzy, but the body is protesting.
After pressing her pounding heart, Shen Zheng asked Hua Duo to summon Yu Nanshu and Cui Jinyin.
The two girls were helping out in the valley when they heard Shen Zheng calling for them, and they ran over without even putting down their tools.
"teacher!"
"Sister Shen!"
The two asked in unison, "What do you need us to do?"
Shen Zheng led the two to a secluded spot on the left side of the pass, with Hua Duo keeping watch.
"I have a very difficult task to entrust to you." As Shen Zheng spoke, she took off the package she had been carrying all the way, took out an iron box from the package, and unlocked the box with the key around her neck.
This left Yu Nanshu and Cui Jinyin stunned.
Their intuition told them that this task must be really difficult!
Just then, Shen Zheng took out two strangely shaped items from the box and handed one of them to them.
“This…” Yu Nanshu was bolder than Cui Jinyin. After hesitating for a moment, she reached out and took it. “Sister Shen, this is…?”
“A walkie-talkie.” Shen Zheng spoke quickly: “After the locusts enter the valley, the sound of their wings flapping is like thunder. Just by shouting, the teams at the bottom and top of the valley cannot communicate at all. We must use this.”
Shen Zheng then described the purpose and usage of the walkie-talkie.
She thought Yu Nanshu and Cui Jinyin would be frightened, but to her surprise, the two screamed and pounced on her: "We knew it! We knew you had a magical artifact!"
Shen Zheng: “?”
Yu Nanshu held the walkie-talkie in both hands, every finger brimming with excitement. "Sister Shen, can I...can I try it now? Is it...press here?"
Following Shen Zheng's previous description, she found the power button.
Before Shen Zheng could speak, her trembling index finger had already pressed down.
"Power on—"
A cold, icy female voice came from the intercom. Yu Nanshu and Cui Jinyin exchanged a glance and exclaimed again, "She spoke! She spoke! She spoke human language!!"
Seeing their flushed faces, Shen Zheng realized that her previous worries were completely unnecessary.
Under the intense, sticky gazes of the two, Shen Zheng tuned the frequency of the two walkie-talkies, then picked up one of them and pressed the call button to test the communication: "Hello, Shen Zheng, testing."
"Hello, Shen Zheng, test." Another intercom answered.
This is a big deal.
Yu Nanshu and Cui Jinyin almost got into a fight over the walkie-talkie, but Shen Zheng eventually stepped in between them, saying, "If you try to take it again, I'll give it to Hua Duo."
With Hua Duo's keen hearing, he probably noticed something unusual at Liuyang Post Station last time, but since she didn't say anything, Hua Duo didn't ask.
Yu Nanshu and Cui Jinyin paused simultaneously, suppressing their discomfort as they hugged each other: "Let's not fight over it anymore..."
"Okay." Shen Zheng's smile faded, and she began to give instructions: "You all go up to the top of the valley now. After the locusts enter the valley, I will give instructions via walkie-talkie. Be sure to listen carefully and don't miss any instructions, understand?"
"Understood!" Yu Nanshu stood up straight with a "thud," hid the walkie-talkie in her right sleeve, and pointed the cuff at her ear: "I'll keep it like this, I will never put my hand down!"
Shen Zheng: “…”
Making phone calls all the time is quite tiring.
Cui Jinyin leaned closer, saying, "Don't worry, teacher, I'm listening too!"
Yu Nanshu tilted her head: "Your hairpin poked me!"
Cui Jinyin choked.
Faced with the greater good, she finally removed her headdress without a word.
"Heroine with the broadsword, where is your Lord Shen!" Suddenly, Xin Ji's voice came: "Is she here? My father is here."
Upon hearing this, Yu Nanshu immediately gripped her sleeve and pulled Cui Jinyin along as they rushed out.
Xin Ji was startled: "You're all here? What are you doing?"
Yu Nanshu and Cui Jinyin ran even faster.
Just as Xin Ji was completely bewildered, Shen Zheng emerged from behind the protruding rock wall and looked behind him: "Imperial Inspector Xin has arrived?"
It was already mostly light outside, and only half an hour remained until Chen Shi (7-9 AM).
Xin Ji glanced at Shen Zheng suspiciously, then turned and led the way: "I just arrived, and I'm talking to Lord Jiang right now. I'll take you there."
Shen Zheng followed Xin Ji back to the pass.
When Shen Zheng first saw Xin Shunyun, she thought Zhong Kui had come to catch a ghost.
In this world... there really is someone who looks exactly like Zhong Kui, the Emperor from mythology—a leopard's head with piercing eyes, vertical lines on his forehead, an iron face and bushy beard, exuding an imposing aura even without anger.
Shen Zheng then turned to look at Xin Ji—his face was fair, his features handsome, and he could be described as a "refined gentleman."
"..." Shen Zheng hesitated for a moment and asked Xin Ji, "Who is that over there...?"
“My father?” Xin Ji said “Oh,” her tone extremely calm. “I take after my mother.”
It seems normal for children to resemble their mothers.
But the father and son in front of me look completely different...
Shen Zheng suppressed her racing thoughts and walked towards Xin Shunyun. Xin Shunyun happened to be looking over at her, guided by Jiang Zhiming: "Lord Shen!"
His voice was like thunder.
"Lord Xin." Shen Zheng quickened her pace and walked over.
As soon as he stood still, Xin Shunyun got straight to the point: "Lord Shen, I have just arrived from Yanzhou. In at most an hour, the locusts will fly across the border and enter Fuzhou."