602 I am Jun Mo Xie! (1/2)
Jun Mo Xie and Mei Xue Yan slowly approached the group. The men seemed to have spotted them as well, one of them shouted a command, and nine people put on their old tattered shirt properly. With one man as the lead, the nine people walked towards the duo in a neat formation. They were very serious and their formation was neat and orderly. This was how army soldiers received guests!
Only nine people came forward, while the rest did not bat their eyelids as they continued doing their work.
The nine people stopped in front of them. The leader was a man who seemed about forty years old. He had a stubbed chin and an obvious scar on his face. He wrapped one fist with his other hand and greeted the duo, ”May I ask if mister and miss are here to pay respect to Marshal Jun in the mountain?”
”Yes,”Jun Mo Xie said nicely, ”uncle, may we trouble you to help lead the way?”
Jun Mo Xie realized that these people were his father's loyal soldiers. They had been here for a decade just to guard Jun Wu Hui's tomb. He felt that he had to treat the man in front of him with great respect, simply because of his unmovable loyalty and determination.
If this was not a good man, there would be no good man in this world! Even though he had memories from his previous life, where he met great characters as well, it was still extremely previous to meet such good people in this life. Jun Mo Xie's respect was sincere and deep-rooted.
Jun Mo Xie calling him ”Uncle” made the man confused. These men all went through wars and a lot of events. They were street-smart and thus extremely sensitive. He turned and exchanged look with a few others. Although he looked less alarmed after turning back, he still asked, ”Well, I don't think you need to address me so respectfully. I am but an uncultured man. May I know which family are you from?”
”I am Jun Mo Xie.”Jun Mo Xie took a deep breath. As he said his name, he felt a tad of sadness in his heart, as if at that moment, his entire soul had become one with this body… Jun Wu Hui's son, Jun Mo Xie!
”You said you are Jun Mo Xie? Really?”The uncle, Wang Meng's face changed drastically. He took a few steps backwards and his look at Jun Mo Xie changed, it was an expression that was very hard to decipher.
There was a mixture of different emotions in his eyes, respect, anger, happiness and even motivation… His lips trembled as he said, ”We welcome the Third Son of the family… But, did you bring the family heirloom?”
Jun Mo Xie looked away and he removed a jade pendant that was tied to his belt. He passed the pendant to Wang Meng.
It was a green jade pendant, there was a small blood orchid symbol on top and a gold word 'Jun' written under the flower.
There was also a sentence engraved at the back: Live righteously, never fall to the dark side*! (which is the meaning of Mo Xie)
This was the symbol unique to the Jun Family, and this pendant was the proof of Jun Mo Xie's identity!
As he holds the heirloom of the Jun Family, the uncle's hands began to tremble and tears welled up in his eyes… [It's been so long… Jun! This word has left us for a decade! A good ten years and now it is finally back to us again.]
Even though Jun Zhan Tian was a healthy old man, he was getting old. So in these few years, he had only been here twice. Jun Wu Yi was paralyzed and his wrongdoings made him too shameful to show up to visit his dead brother's grave. He could only send his housekeepers here for a few times every year.
Jun Family's pendant…
The descendant's pendant!
This man in front of him was the only son of their Marshal!
Suddenly, Wang Meng cried and knelt down. His voice was trembling as he said, ”Wang Meng hereby welcome Third Master… God had been kind, you finally grew up and become more understanding… If Marshal knew, he would be proud…”It was as if Jun Mo Xie visiting his blood-related father's grave was an unbelievable and rare miracle.
”Wang Meng Uncle please don't do that, Mo Xie is in no position to have you like this!” Jun Mo Xie got a shock. He immediately tried to help Wang Meng get up. Many feelings welled up inside him, and his eyes, too, were turning red.
Since a few years ago, words had got out that Jun Mo Xie was irresponsible and obnoxious. The rumor that he had amazing skills only managed to spread in recent times, but people in the rural areas had yet to know about this, and they still thought of him as the useless boy. However, the fact that his visit had such a big impact on his father's soldiers made Jun Mo Xie really nostalgic and sad.
Son paying respect to dead father, this was such a natural thing. But now that he was there, Wang Meng was so excited and impressed. It was obvious that their expectations for him were really low… This also showed how low of a person Jun Mo Xie was before…
With his face wet with tear, he turned back and shouted, ”Every one assemble! Great news, Jun Third Master is visiting our Marshal! His third son! Everyone gather at once, come welcome him!”