Book 9 - Chapter 12 – Underground Collection (1/2)
Book 5 Chapter 11 – I washed the disguise froh of relief, he said, “I didn’t know disguise can be so difficult to bear Look! My skin is red”
Xu Ziling was squatting by the stove on the other side of the kitchen, rinsing his face with cold water, after seeping it with freshly boiled water; deeply in agreement he said, “This kind of starch paste Wei Ge [older brother, referring to Zhuge Dewei] concocted is indeed a first-class deceiving trick, but it is also a first-class evil punishment”
They were in an ordinary courtyard house inside the city of Yangwu, Liu Heita’s guarantee indeed came about as predicted, the five of the them down in this house, which was the secret hideout of the Dou Are Deent out to observe outside activities and scout for infor’s side and whispered, “Do you think the Old Liu has so the last piece of starch paste off his forehead; he was about to wash his hair when he heard what Kou Zhong said “Not just some interest,” he replied, “He is very interested When he looks at Su Jie, his eyes seehed and said, “But it appeared that Su Jie is avoiding hihty s very seriously, he shook his head and swayed his noggin and said, “Girls are like that, the more she is interested in you, thewith your e you crazy She will even lure you and make your heart unbearably itchy In tere, plus he kno be particularly attentive and spare no effort to win her sympathy I don’t believe Su Jie’s heart is not
Xu Ziling took it to dry his hair; he said in a low voice, “Do you want to fix theo to war three hundred days in a year; if Su Jie marries him, won’t she have to keep watch of an empty boudoir alone? Plus she will alorry that he wouldn’t co said, “I was thinking of the sae, won’t it be the sae Su Jie’s heart Let ’s advice to stop, Kou Zhong went to the eastern here Susu’s roo on the door, he called, “Su Jie!”
“Co pushed the door to enter Susu was leaning against the , looking outside; she appeared to be enjoying the snow scenery of the sarden in the middle of the courtyard He came over behind her and said in a low voice, “Does Jiejie have sohtly, “No!” she replied, “There is nothing”
Kou Zhong laughed and said, “Is it that fellow Liu Heita?”
Susu turned around, her al about? Ay! You are thinking that far already”
“Don’t you feel that he is especially good to you?” Kou Zhong asked
Susu rolled her eyes on him, “Don’t be ination run wild Are you tired of Jiejie following you?”
Kou Zhong cried out to Heaven for the injustice, “How could Su Jie have such thought? We just care about you!”
After staring at hi onto the sill, she glooe is a one-hundred percent hero, but … ay! Jiejie really don’t kno to explain it!”
Kou Zhong happily said, “That ood impression on him; what’s so difficult to explain?”
Susu shook her head sorrowfully; reaching out to pat Kou Zhong’s cheek, she hung her head down as she said softly, “You wouldn’t understand the burden in Jiejie’s heart”
Kou Zhong was dismayed, “If Jiejie did not tell me the burden in your heart, how could I understand?” he asked, “Looking at Jiejie’s appearance, I am truly heartbroken”
Susu pondered silently for half a day; finally she smiled bitterly and said, “Every tie They both are of the same type of person, Jiejie is very scared Do you understand what I a that kind of feeling and thoughts; greatly stunned, he was speechless for quite a long time
Susu forced herself to look excited as she said, “Jiejie has decided that from now on I will serve and take care of you, tild boys, I won’tas I live; so in the future you must not be heartbroken for Jiejie’s sake”
Kou Zhong lost the interest to talk; he finally said, “Jiejie must not set any rules for yourself like that; otherwise, if you ht miss the opportunity because of these words”
Susu was slightly angry, “Jiejie has given this matter careful consideration, I don’t need you to lecturefrom thethe abundance of food and drink Liu Heita has purchased and brought back, without any trace of politeness Xu Ziling sat down in front of the table and started to chew Kou Zhong and Susu promptly joined hi the food to their bowls and to their e?” she asked
Liu Heita replied, “Yangater transportation is extremely scarce nowadays, e is trying to talk with Baling Bang people, they are the only one who can tread on both black and white ways right now [ie both underground (criht now; other clans and societies are out of the question”
Kou Zhong, three people, looked at each other; they did not expect that in the end they still had to deal with Baling Bang
Noticing their unusual expression, Liu Heita asked in surprise, “Haven’t you had any dealings with the per se, just so, have you heard the na Yushan?”
“Not only heard, I even met him face-to-face once,” Liu Heita replied, “This fellow is one of the neell-known figures of Baling Bang He knows a lot about business, rather popular in both the black and white ways; his public relation skill is exceptionally good”
Hearing this, Kou Zhong could only stare blankly; he had never i Yushan could also have sohu
Liu Heita lowered his voice, “Although this person’s martial art skill is sloppy and very ordinary, he is very resourceful Currently, Yang Guang’s two most favorite imperial concubines, one is Madame Xiao, the other is Zhu Gui’er From what I heard, Zhu Gui’er was personally presented to that fatuous ruler by Xiang Yushan”
“If that’s the case,” Xu Ziling said, “Why did Yang Guang send an assassin toboss?”
Liu Heita said, “These things, we, as outsiders, can hardly understand”
“What other news did Liu Dage hear?” Susu queried
The beauty stooped down to ask inforained a lot of face; excitedly he replied, “Naturally the situation is very good: last month Li Yuan started a rebellion froyou, twoHuai, our arives ‘beautiful women’ as alternate definition] The only places Sui household can defend right now are the western capital Chang’an, eastern capital Luoyang, and Yang Guang’s nest Jiangdu, Yangzhou Other places, like where we stay tewu, are basically without any ability to defend itself The high-rankingaround to see which side they would surrender to!”
Xu Ziling excitedly asked, “How’s the situation of the Li Clan?”
Liu Heita shrugged, “They rely on help fro left to say”
Xu Ziling was greatly disappointed; he also had nothing left to say
“There is one this that is really puzzling,” Liu Heita went on, “The ruhu is that the two of you know the secret of the Duke Yang Treasure Trove Whether this is just a ru of Xia] and I have repeatedly researched it, and our final conclusion is that this treasure is just make-believe tales”
“Why do you think the treasure does not exist?” Kou Zhong wondered
Liu Heita said, “When Yang Guang murdered his own father and declared his independence, he alsoSu had expended a lot of effort for hi on the cloak of righteous ruler on hi Su Although ti Su, on the surface he did not show the least bit of sign This was about a year before Yang Su died Logically speaking, Yang Su would not have thejoined in, “It’s possible that the treasure was prepared during the E Su’s rigorous scheh ood ever cou Xuan raised an arle decent weapon, and oftentimes he lacked the fund to pay the soldiers’ salary This does notSu not tell his son about the hidden treasure?”
Kou Zhong could not resist, “The place where Yang Xuan rose in rebellion is Liyang, the western capital’sand its water far, perhaps he did not have tiet the treasure!”
Liu Heita slapped the table and laughed, “Two Xiongdi’s Jianghu experience is indeed too shallow; in just a few sentences you uncovered the secret to me that the treasure is at the western capital”
Xu Ziling indignantly said, “Who would have thought Liu Xiong would swindle us?”
Kou Zhong giggled and said, “Liu Xiong just wanted to coach us in discipline But we only know that the treasure is in Guanzhong Before Niang could tell us, she already passed away Otherwise, who knows? Perhaps ould give the treasure to Liu Xiong”
Liu Heita was delighted, “Hearing what you said is enough Honestly, I don’t believe such treasure would accoe Dewei ca o of all kinds of thread, gauze and satin for the muddleheaded ruler, so that the fatuous ruler can have his people cut it into flowers and leaves, and sew it onto the branches, and spread it over the pond, just so that he could enjoy the beauty of spring and suement; you can hitch a ride with that shi+p This tiives us a face”
Liu Heita sighed and said, “Death is near at hand, that muddleheaded ruler still does not repent”
And then, broken-hearted at having to part, he said, “We are going to part co her head low, she did not dare to htening up his body he said, “Liu Xiong, I have souidance in private”
Liu Heita was a bit surprised; as he followed Kou Zhong toward the garden outside, he asked in low voice, “What is it? Are you hard pressed for funds?”
Kou Zhong patted thea rich hneed not worry”