Book 1 - Chapter 11 – Pursuing Troops Sudden Arrival (1/2)
Book 1 Chapter 11 – Pursuing Troops’ Sudden Arrival
When darkness fell that day, because the two boys’ riding skill was not perfected yet, the four people rode on two horses, leaving one horse as spare, in case they had toand Xu Ziling rode together, while Kou Zhong and Susu rode the other horse
Kou Zhong wrapped his arrant back, srance of her body and her hair; he ishi+ng that they could continue like this forever
On one hand, Susu was still fearful and nervous, secondly, she already regarded Kou Zhong as her little brother; although she did feel the close contact between the was not intense It had never occurred to her that this kid Kou Zhong was i was definitely not an ordinary character; froround to listen whether there was hidden troops on the road ahead He also kne to make use of the terrain to mask their route; he was not impatient or reckless at all
By daybreak, the four of theer zone and entered the suburb on the outskirt of Danyang County area
Jiangdu of Yangzhou was the last big city on the tributary of Yangtze River before it flows into the ocean Fro strategic cities along the river If Liyang fell into the hands of Du Fuwei, the river route along Yangtze was i into a state of e pointed out that it would not be easy for Du Fuwei to capture Liyang, he only had enough power to invade the neighboring villages and towns nearby, which were powerless to resist Even stabilizing Liyang would require hi would be out of question
Second reason was that Yang Guang re, the eastern capital Luoyang, and the coastal Jiangdu, three of the country’scanals, Guangtong, Tongji and Yongji, were connected to each other, the north and south were also connected into one stretch, and the water transportation had the three strategic cities closely linked with each other, enabling the Sui country’s ar, to be deployed rapidly to the south to suppress the rebellion
Supposing that Luoyang was Edu was his southern capital Both were areas thatmust defend Therefore, the Sui ar, so that no disaster would reach Jiangdu
Fro was the turning point in the struggle between the rebel’s ar, the more they felt the tension of the situation They saw continuous floarshi+ps going toward Jiangdu, as well as warshi+ps bound for Danyang The Sui arpeople who did not live in Danyang to turn back and spread ru was already closed
Fortunately they had no intention of entering Danyang to begin with, so they si rural county and sold the three war-horses anddivided the silver into four parts and urged the others to keep to money and hide it well; he said, “At the tiht now the three biggest power a the rebels, Dou Jiande occupied Hebei, Du Fuwei took over Huai River, while Zhai Rang held control over the Central Plains[1]; the situation will gradually beco the opportunity of the uprising, four black hegeain, ‘black’ here refers to criet their share of the action are allons If anyonethe ill try to rendezvous at Gaoyou [county level city in Yangzhou], and we’ll find a shi+p fro to lances, he noticed that due to her thin clothing, she was shi+vering froet soo buy so sick due to the exposure to cold weather and snow When you are done, we’ll ?” Kou Zhong wondered
Li Jing squinted his eyes under the bright afternoon sun to scan the shops lining both sides of the street; he see “I want to look for a weapon store, to see if I can find two si saber for you to defend yourselves I hope the price is not too high! In ti sabers and swords is the best business”
Kou Zhong was greatly delighted “In that case,” he said, “Let’s go our separate way to do our business!”
Upon splitting up, Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling walked on the right and left of Susu, following the crowd of pedestrians along the long street trying to find clothing store This toas near Danyang; it was extre, it was even more lively However, there was a faint impenetrable fear and nervousness in the air Most of the shops have already closed their door
Xu Ziling said, “Maybe we’d better go to the marketplace to see if there is any mobile vendor stall over there?” Thereupon the three of theed direction toward the marketplace
Because of the crowd, Susu reached out to hold on to the two boys’ aret a bit of warmth from them This had made the two boys pleased and a bit bewitched by her
Kou Zhong whispered in Susu’s ear, “Jiejie’d better buy ; if you wear hat, it will cover Jiejie’s beautiful hair, others won’t be able to see that Jiejie is actually a very beautiful wo praised like that, Susu nodded her head cheerfully
In the meantih, there were a large nuround, hawking all kinds of goods, especially winter clothing
Xu Ziling also whispered in Susu’s ear, “We’d better tri hair a little bit, and have your hair in ain ten thousand, not one fail]”
Susu happily said, “Will you do that for ed, “Naturally that would be best!”
Susu pulled the two boys to stop at one of the street vendors, and enthusiastically selected a set of winter clothing and a pair of winter boots with exceptionally high heels Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling were highly a
Suddenly, alue, local-ruffian like, strong andlecherously at Susu, ere squatting on the ground, while whispering to each other The two boys felt very uneasy, while cursing in their hearts
Kou Zhong hurriedly stooped down to help Susu picking suitable set of clothing And then, without haggling over the price, he painfully paid at more than twice the price, and quickly turned around and left
As soon as they were out of the h of relief
‘Bang!’ They were just entering the main street, soainst Xu Ziling’s shoulder
Xu Ziling was caught off-guard, naturally his shoulder recoiled a little before he sent out his strength to react; at the same time the sole of his feet felt hot, as if there was a strea toward his shoulder
“Ah!” the round
When the three of them halted their steps in shock, six other men came out to block their path and shouted, “You hit people!”
The two boys took a closer look; sure enough, four out of six were the hoodluo, i on
[1] Strictly speaking, ‘Central Plains’ consists ofHenan, western Shandong, southern Shanxi and Hebei; but Central Plains is also interchangeable with China
Chapter 11, Part 2
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Susu’s flower-like countenance paled, Xu Ziling pulled her back two steps, while Kou Zhong laughed aloud and said, “Everywhere under the sun [orig five lakes four oceans] are brothers, a long and difficult road [orig ten thousand rivers a thousand[Ba [could be grandpa, or si brother]” He also perfor
The seven hoodlulances with each other, while also nals with their hands and feet
Bazhou region, otherwise Kou Zhong would not invent crazy nonsense about hi member
One of the men, a bulky man as clearly the leader, took a step forward and said, “I don’t care who you are, the fact is that you hit one of our brothers How are you going to corew up in the marketplace, how could he not know that the situation before his eyes would be difficult to defuse? Seeing how these h he was a bit apprehensive, he knew that they could not run away Therefore, hardening his heart, he laughed aloud again and said, “Money, we don’t have any; but lives, we do have a couple If you have enough ability, co on his left sent out a sweeping kick
Kou Zhong was greatly surprised; how could this guy’s leg move so slowly? It just did not ht, sending a fist toward his face
When these two boys were still in Yangzhou, it could be said that they greith fighting and receiving a beating, hence their experience was incoether, so as soon as the opponentspulled Susu two steps back But as he was about to join the fray, Kou Zhong, as if he had eyes behind his back, called out, “You watch for Jiejie”
Kou Zhong leaned sideways to evade the attack, and then sent a kick to the left, while si the lower abdo who attacked his face Hisestruck
More fantastic things happened: right when Kou Zhong was brandishi+ng his arm, he felt his whole body was immersed in unspeakable coolness, while fro flowed down, linking up the channels on his ar!’ The sound of his fist striking its target was mixed with a miserable scream of his victi; the twoaround as one entity like a gourd, totally battered and exhausted
While Kou Zhong was looking at his own fist in disbelief, his ears caught Susu and Xuziling’s cry of alarht thistu his sneak attack succeeded, the hoodlum wanted to folloith another attack, but suddenly he felt a burst of cold strea him feel as if he had been thrown into an icehouse, while his brain was jolted with severe pain Before he kneas going on, he suddenly found out that he was laying face up on the ground, unable to crawl back up
Kou Zhong dropped down and rolled away to evade the incoly, the pain on his back suddenly went aithout anyup, he found out that Xu Ziling was dashi+ng on bravely with no thought of his safety ‘Bang, bang, po!’ He sent punches and kicks toward the res without reservation
The first thug as hit by Kou Zhong’s punch and the one who kneed hiet up
Xu Ziling fought like he waspunches and kicks, yet was able to lightly evade the attacks, while ferociously counterattacked The ones hit by him immediately sprayed blood fro still did not understand as going on
By this ti and clapping for theovern their way through the crowd
Kou Zhong i, pull back!”
Xu Ziling ju kick toward the last opponent, and then turned around, and together with Kou Zhong and Susu, slipped away as fast as they could
The three people ran for a while until the found a secluded place where they could change into their winter clothes By the tied frolance people wouldmen
Susu was still verythat the two boys were fighting for her
On the way toward the agreed place where they were going to rendezvous with Li Jing, the two boys turned their faces toward Susu’s flowery pretty face while excitedly narrated what has just happened
Very proud of hiuy hit me on my back, it was so painful that I was about to vomit blood, but in the blink of an eye there was a co forth in , and all the pain was gone And that guy was shaken back by laozi’s [I, your father] inner strength protectinghiar words, Susu felt an unspeakable intiht instead; she pulled the two boys’ arhed aloud and said, “You are cool I aht Real tooth real jaw, one ht, I hit him he spurted blood If the first level of Nine Mysteries Power is already this formidable, just think ould happen if we train to the ninth level, won’t we blow off Yuwen Huagu’s eggs altogether?”
Kou Zhong stretched out his head to get a good sniff at Susu’s hair; swaying his head he said with a sigh, “Our good Jiejie sood, no wonder she attracted thatbutterflies”
Susu was ticklish and shrunk down her neck “Xiao Zhong,” she said angrily, “If you keep e”
Xu Ziling also brought his nose closer and sucked in a deep breath, while saying with a laugh, “One sniff per person, it’s only fair”
Susu laughed so hard that her beautiful body shook, while she tried to dodge left and right The three of the the attention of other passerby
Susu suddenly pulled the boys to stop, while calling out, “We are here!”
The three of theether and yakety-yak they chatted incessantly Yet there was not the slightest degree of iht or evil desire between men and women at all, there was only a pure, innocent love between sister and brother who have gone through trials and tribulations together
After waiting for a while and Li Jing has not returned, the three of them retreated toward a nearby small alley perpendicular to the