Volume 3: The Land of Jingchu Chapter 266 Shamoke
"Shamoke, Shamoke, the king is calling you over! What are you doing in the tent alone and mysteriously?"
After a burst of rough shouts, a burly man lifted the curtain of Shamoke's small military tent with disgust.
When Shamoko heard the voice, he quickly stuffed the book in his hand under his crotch. When the man came in, he only saw Shamoko pulling up his pants with a shy look on his face...
The visitor said unhappily, "Beep, beep, beep! Can you be more capable? You just knew where to come from? Put on your pants, the king wants to see you!"
After saying this, he impatiently pulled down the curtain of the tent.
While Shamoko was stirring the water in the copper basin, he hid the half-written book under his crotch...
These military tents, copper basins and other objects were all the "rewards" paid by his father Mokoxian when he assisted the nobles in the four counties of southern Jing, as well as the "trophies" obtained by Mohuken when he later attacked Hanmin County.
However, this half of the book was kept privately by Shamoke himself - when he broke into the house of a wealthy family before, he took advantage of the chaos to hide a copied copy of "The Art of War". Unfortunately, there was only half a volume. Fortunately, this half volume contained four chapters, "Terrain", "Nine Terrains", "Fire Attack" and "Use of Spies", all of which were relatively practical, rather than those metaphysical chapters on "Attack Planning".
There are also annotations similar to reading notes. Although they are not annotations by famous writers, they are better than letting him read the original text directly.
Shamoko was always very careful when reading. Once he was discovered...
Not to mention that he was reading "The Art of War", just being discovered that he, who has always been known as a "brainless sword", actually understood Chinese characters would put his life in danger!
Shamoke's mother was a Han Chinese, and his father was Jingfu, the barbarian king of Wuxi Man. Although his mother's marriage to Wuxi Man could only be considered "voluntary", his father was indeed closer to the Han Chinese. Especially under the influence of his mother, Shamoke particularly liked Han Chinese clothes. From habits to aesthetics, he was close to the Han Chinese...
Even in Shamoke's eyes, he is not only "close" to the Han people, but he thinks he is half Han!
Although Shamoke was half Han Chinese, he was born tall and mighty, with natural supernatural powers. Therefore, Mokoxian loved his youngest son very much and even named him with the same character "Ke" as himself.
However, his father died when he was twelve years old, and his most vicious brother succeeded to the throne. At that time, Mohuken and his father were on their way back with the young and strong men. Moke first died of illness, and some of his father's confidants were killed because of "rebellion".
Believe it or not?
Regardless of whether Shamoko believed it or not, all the brothers who did not believe it were killed by Mohuken...
The Wuxi barbarians had the custom of the successor inheriting the wives of the previous king. On the night when Shamoke's mother learned the news, she could not escape because the village had been controlled by Mohuken's cronies, so she gave Shamoke instructions and then set herself on fire.
Later, Shamoke pretended to know nothing and was stupid. After Mohuken came back, when the Han woman committed suicide out of displeasure, Shamoke hugged his thighs and cried bitterly.
Mohuken was also suspicious at the beginning. After all, the name "Moshako" represented Mokoxian's love for him, which made him a key target of vigilance. But later, whether he was secretly humiliated or his mother's body was abandoned in the wilderness, Shamoke seemed not to understand, and it was just right that he would show anger when he was teased over some trivial matters.
At the same time, no matter who said bad things about Mohuken behind his back, he would tell Mohuken the truth, and in this way... he gradually gained Mohuken's trust!
You have to know that even when Shamoke was twelve years old, he could kill Mohuken in a one-on-one fight. It was just that Mohuken could not fight him in a one-on-one fight. Moreover, at the age of twelve, it was impossible for him to convince other headhunters to support him, so he could only pretend to be friendly with Mohuken.
For such "help", after Mo Hu Ken was convinced that he was just a brainless guy, he was willing to use him as a knife.
But it's just a "knife". Looking at the way Mohuken's confidants greeted Shamoke just now, you can tell that he seems to have a very high status in the tribe, with titles like "the first warrior", but Mohuken has never given him any real power, and Mohuken's confidants have little respect for him.
In this situation, the only thing Shamoko could think of was to hide himself first...
After all, he is only fifteen years old now. Apart from being able to fight and pretend, he has no special advantages. He can only understand about 50% of the "Art of War" annotated by someone after reading half of it.
"Eighth brother is here? Sit down and eat some pork legs." When Mohuken saw Shamoke coming in, he raised his chin towards his "old seat".
Looking at the wild boar legs that had been prepared long ago and were already roasted and juicy, Shamoke's eyes froze for a moment, then he immediately smiled with satisfaction.
"Thank you, brother. You are so nice." Shamoke smiled foolishly and sat down next to Mohuken.
Mohuken also learned this from the Han people. When meeting, he let the headhunters sit on both sides, facing himself who was at the top. However, Shamoke's position was with his back to Mohuken, facing the other headhunters directly - because his position was a "bodyguard".
After Shamoke sat down, Mohuken had no intention of saying anything more to him. He just whispered something with the three headhunters who were already in the tent. These three people were Mohuken's confidants.
Soon, other headhunters arrived and sat down in their respective seats.
The only sounds in the military tent were the chewing and smacking of Shamoke's lips...
The headhunters looked at Shamoko with disdain, but Shamoko remained unmoved and continued to eat heartily. After everyone arrived, Mo Huken said, "Eighth brother, you can take it back and eat it later."
"Oh." Shamoke said "reluctantly".
The Wuxi barbarians have always had the habit of respecting the strong, so...if Shamoke wasn't a little annoying, he probably wouldn't be alive today!
However, this also made Shamoke lose the opportunity to win over other headhunters.
To this day, Shamoke has countless opportunities to kill Mohuken. Even now... he is confident that he can kick Mohuken's head into a rotten melon as long as he turns around!
However, the price he paid was that he himself could not survive, and with no prestige at all, he could only be dismembered.
If he was really a wise man, he should have at least some confidants while pretending to be stupid for these three years. However, we can't expect too much from Shamoke. We can only say that this kid is not stupid, but rather sinister enough.
Sima Yi's high level of "pretending to be stupid but not crazy" was obviously not something Shamoke could handle, so he could only be "really stupid" to save his life.
Shamoke also wants revenge, but he is not an avenger or an ancient assassin.
"Once a warrior leaves, he will never return" is meaningless to him. At least he will make a move only if he is sure that he can escape unscathed. Even better, he can be a "gentleman". Even better... he can return to the arms of his Han compatriots, eat delicious stewed meat, wear gorgeous clothes, and find fair and virtuous young ladies...
What wild boar leg? Wild boar leg, your sister’s wild boar leg, your sister’s wild boar leg - Shamoke’s heart was already full of resentment.
Although in the eyes of the Wuxi people, the lower-class people of the Han Dynasty were miserable and even they could bully them at will, but... the Han nobles were very comfortable. In Shamoke's opinion, they were more comfortable than the headhunters and leaders of the Wuxi people.
Shamoke's return to the embrace of Han compatriots also specifically refers to the "Han high-level officials."
Thinking of this, Shamoke imagined himself reaching , and smiled foolishly, his mouth almost drooling...
Seeing him like this, Mohuken nodded in his heart - Shamoke was still so "cute" today.
At this time, Mohuken also started talking about business with other headhunters.
