Chapter 336 Borrowing a Horse
Zhou Xu, who had confirmed that he was going to return to Black Moon Village the next day, went to bed early to rest.
The first thing he did when he opened his eyes early the next morning was to quickly check the amount of snow outside. He confirmed that the wind and snow had not gotten worse, and then he breathed a sigh of relief.
If a snowstorm swept through last night, it can only be said that the weather is not as expected.
After breakfast, Zhou Xu was about to leave, but the medical director rushed over to him before he set off.
"What happened?"
"The leader of the report is the prairie elf who was rescued before, the one named Silke. He is clamoring to leave."
"..."
As an outsider, Silk’s existence really gave the Medical Minister a headache.
It's not one of their own. An outsider is making such a fuss. Under normal circumstances, he wouldn't bother to care about it and just throw it out.
But this Hilke is a special case.
Their leader emphasized that he should be rescued and cured.
This made the medical minister dare not let the person go easily, but the other person really gave him a headache, so he had no choice. He simply came to block Zhou Xu’s door early in the morning and asked Zhou Xu to Make this decision.
Zhou Xu could clearly feel the headache contained in the words of the Medical Minister, which also caused a subtle wrinkle to appear unconsciously between his eyebrows.
“Let’s go and have a look.”
At this moment, in the inpatient department of the medical department, as a general in charge of the prairie elves, Hilke undoubtedly enjoyed some preferential treatment and was given an independent single room, allowing him to rest in peace and recuperate.
Over the past few days, thanks to the efforts of the doctors, Hilke's injury has basically stabilized, and his physical and mental strength have been completely recovered through a few days of adequate rest.
And this recovery of mobility undoubtedly gave him new ideas.
That means he is going to visit their prairie elf village.
But according to his current state of injuries, he really can't leave if the medical department doesn't let him go.
"When can I leave?"
In less than ten minutes, Hilke has asked similar questions no less than five times, making the apprentices guarding the door roll their eyes.
Although they are just apprentices, the workload in the medical department has been huge these days. They are also very tired. They don’t have much rest time every day. Now they have to be annoyed by Silk. Each one of them is in a different mood. Not very good.
"Stop arguing, the minister has already gone to ask the leader for instructions. If the leader says you can leave, you can leave."
After saying this, the apprentice seemed to be swallowing hard. Unable to take this tone, I couldn't help but say another sentence.
"If the leader hadn't ordered you to be cured, we would have thrown you out a long time ago. There are so many wounded people in the village now, when we have so much free time to waste with you?"
"That's right. "
The other apprentice next to him couldn't help but echoed.
Obviously, they are also very unhappy now.
Hearing this, Hilke's face flashed with embarrassment. Of course he knew that the other party was trying to save him, and he also knew that what he was doing was inappropriate, but after regaining his mobility, he I really couldn't calm down, so in the end I could only shamelessly keep asking to leave.
After that, Silk was not kept waiting for too long. Zhou Xu quickly arrived in front of Silk.
“Long time no see, Sir Sirke.”
Due to some business reasons, after negotiating a joint alliance with the grassland elves, Zhou Xu left the grassland not long after, until Now, he and Silk have never met each other, let alone talked.
“Long time no see, leader Zhou Xu.”
Knowing Zhou Xu’s identity, Hilke patiently greeted him, but soon couldn’t help but make his request.
"Thanks to Chief Zhou Xu for the rescue this time, I am very grateful, but you also know the situation in our village. I am really unwilling not to confirm it!"
Looking at Hill with a determined look on his face Ke, Zhou Xu didn't think much and nodded directly.
"Yes, I agree. After all, Lord Silke is not from our Zhou Dynasty. I have fulfilled my duty as an ally to treat you. Now that you want to leave, I naturally won't. Forced to stay." Zhou Xu's straightforwardness made Hilke feel a little surprised, which was a bit beyond his expectation.
Swallow the prairie elves headed by Silk!
It's not that Zhou Xu has never thought about this idea, but I'm afraid it won't go well.
He has probably figured out the temperament of Silk and the others, and this matter cannot be solved with any forceful means.
According to the current weak state of Silk and the others, of course he can force people to stay.
But he will recover sooner or later. This guy's fighting ability is not weak. I'm afraid he will suffer backlash when the time comes.
From the current point of view, it is unrealistic to use force to get Silk and the others to work for him.
Instead of forcing them to stay now, it would be better to be generous and let him go. The more generous he is, the more Hilke will owe him.
"Oh, by the way, we rescued other grassland elves before. Do you want to take them with us?"
"..."
Faced with this problem, After Silk was confused for a while, he finally decided to confirm the thoughts of his tribe.
It was at this time that he learned the number of tribesmen who survived after that battle.
Before that battle, of the nineteen elf knights except him, only nine survived, and more than half were lost!
Before, the medical department was afraid that the injured would be irritated, so they kept it secret and did not tell him. Now that he knew the answer, Hilke almost blacked out and fainted.
The nine surviving prairie elves have undoubtedly woken up at this moment.
When they saw Silk appearing, they all became excited.
"Lord Silk!"
Nearly half of these nine elf knights were seriously injured. Seeing their appearance, Silk, who originally came to ask them if they wanted to follow him, changed his meaning when he spoke.
"Okay, just lie down and don't move around, and take good care of your injuries."
After a few simple words of comfort, Silk turned around and walked outside, hesitating again and again, but finally decided to be shameless. , made a request to Zhou Xu.
“Leader Zhou Xu, I know this request is very unreasonable, but please help treat these people of mine and allow them to stay here temporarily to recuperate. I plan to do the next thing myself, please lend me your help. I am a horse, and I, Hilke, will definitely repay you for the life-saving grace you gave me this time!”
Hearing this, Zhou Xu couldn’t help but smile secretly in his heart, but on the surface, he remained calm. ……
"You're welcome, I'll have the horse prepared for you."
"Thank you!"
As expected, the more generous he is, the more Hilke feels he owes him, The more ashamed I am.
It will not be so easy to repay this kindness in the future.
This can be heard from what Silk just said.
He asked Zhou Xu to borrow a horse!
You must know that many of the horses they brought back at that time were actually Silke's mounts.
Of course, Silke and the others couldn't gather their horses at that time. If Zhou Xu and the others didn't care, they would basically lose all of their horses.
Zhou Xu and the others gathered it and brought it back, rounded it up, and of course it was theirs.
However, this situation will make Hilke and others feel uncomfortable to some extent, and may even lead to some conflicts in the future.
But now, Hilke's "borrowing horses" is tantamount to a disguised acceptance of the reality that those war horses are no longer theirs.
After all, there is no such thing as "borrowing" your own horse?
This will save you a lot of trouble later.
(End of this chapter)