Book 6 - Chapter 7 – Father and Son Reunion (1/2)
Book 6 Chapter 7 – Father and Son Reunion
Stepping into theto the southern suburbs, the two boys immediately felt at ease They saw millions of people hurriedlyover each other for the right of way, the sound of crying and shouting shook the sky It was not clear anymore ere the soldiers and ere the thieves, everybody just wanted to rush so was helping Kou Zhong walking through the crowd, groping in the dark, forging ahead The sky was covered with the thick smoke and the debris blown by the wind frozhou has turned into the terrifying hell of Asura
When they reached another intersection with a small alley, the crowd ahead of them was suddenly thrown into confusion; they heard someone yelled, “Hear the newly-appointed Coo back immediately, otherwise you will be killed without any pardon”
Everybody shouted together; ignoring the order, they walked even faster toward the port Soon afterwards the flow of croas ade troops’ captain, who had justspoke in Xu Ziling’s ear, “This is the power of theas you kno to use it, it can display previously unih and said, “How about leaving so you walk”
Before he even finished talking, a crowd of men and women pushed the for a dozen paces And when they looked up, they were already in the wilderness outside the city
The two boys followed the tide of people, suffering untold hardshi+ps to leave the Jiang County behind, walking along the river toward Danyang As long as they could find the biggest brothel along the Yangtze River, there was a good chance they would find infor Yushan, Susu and the others
Kou Zhong’s internal injury was actually rather heavy Fortunately, after taking a rest in the forest by the road for two days, Xu Ziling recovered his strength first, and then he put his hand to help Kou Zhong treating his injury
After ten days, the two boys continued their journey While nearing Danyang, they caees and found out that Du Fuwei’s partner, Fu Gongyou has captured Danyang, so that Danyang residents fled out of the city to take refuge in the rural areas and other towns and counties nearby
By the tishi+ northeast of Danyang, nine out of ten houses were vacant; a disreat catastrophe about to strike
After finding so ca was killed, Li Zitong received the news and prozhou That coward Yuwen Huagu did not dare to meet the eneoing back to Luoyang, he went to Chang’an”
After laughing aloud, he went on, “This kid still did not dare to be the e of Qin], and ’an to seek only ease and co by the well, sneered and said, “The road is long, the soldiers are weary; Yuwen Huaji’s reputation has never been good, everyone regards hi, and now just the evil rebel dogs’ master Basically he does not enjoy popular support I don’t believe he can achieve any great things Hu, would Li Mi be willing to let hihed and said, “Of course he is going to Chang’an! I heard the Li Clan is ’an, I just don’t knohether they won or they lost? That kid Li shi+hed and said, “Why do you care about so ht now I a is a mess, that need not be mentioned, I don’t knohether they have met some mishaps Ol’ Die is not a lay practitioner of Buddhism If he found out that we are in the city, it would not beinto Yuwen Huaji”
Kou Zhong said with a wry ser, we still have to go there; otherill lose contact with Su Jie”
Having made up his mind, the two boys continued their journey
The towns and villages closer to Danyang have all becouess was that it was all the good crafts away fro Just these batches of defeated thief soldiers returning to the north have brought about such enor to the corew very heavy
When the city of Danyang was in sight, the two boys discussed the best way to enter the city Xu Ziling said, “Although Danyang city wall is a bit lower than Jiangdu’s, it is still at least several zhang high Without hooks and ropes, even if we trained the Bird Crossing Technique for ten more years, ould still be unable to jump over it So what do we do?”
By this tiedy, their hair messy and their faces dirty In this kind of critical period, no matter howhas been eating only wild fruits for the last twenty days, he lost the sense of taste in his et into the city “nobody would expect we canize ourselves Wehis brows, Xu Ziling said, “The city guard is most strict in warti the people going into the city If we si hed aloud and said, “Are you forgetting that we are Wulin martial art masters now? If we can’t crash in, we’ll simply run away, and then think of other ways to enter the city Throw your ghost-headed saber first, let’s go!”
Surprisingly enough, when the two boys entered the city, they saw Du Fuwei’s Jianghuai Arate; however, they only asked a couple of questions to the two boys After finding out that they were refugees frodu, they simply let the two boys entered without any further questions
As soon as they were inside, Kou Zhong excitedly said, “Finally our bad luck days are over Ever since we ca Boss Mansion, I don’t knohether it was because ere affected by his rotten bad luck, but ays had bad luck, so du”
Xu Ziling laughed and said, “All Zhai Rang’s people are dead, what else there is to say? You ought to look at it the other way: after so ood fortune is really the saoing to see Susu, Kou Zhong readily adood fortune is the saht here! Didn’t Xiang kid say that after going into toe need to walk straight for three hundred steps or so, and then ill see hiscourtyard? We have walked for over a thousand steps, why didn’t we see that ghost signboard?”
Xu Ziling halted his steps in shock, “Oh no!” his voice tres that were burned through the top? I aht there”
Like a couple little beggars the two boys sat on the street, staring blankly at the passers-by sparsely gracing the street, with occasional Jianghuai ar on horseback, yet nobody paid any attention to these two boys For the last few years there were people fleeing froer surprised thehed and said, “I really feel like ‘seeing one Sui soldier kill one, seeing two Sui soldiers kill a pair’ If they wanted to leave just leave! No one is stopping you; ould they burn everything before leaving? If they wanted to rob, why did they have to burn and kill?”
Xu Ziling indifferently, “Blaically speaking, that Xiang kid is highly intelligent, hedejectedly said, “We have been sitting here for half a day, not even half a person came to contact us I wonder if we should just wait here forever, or should we go buy sohter and neater, and then find a cure for our hungry tuht?”
Xu Ziling straightened up and rose, “I know you don’t have the patience,” he said, “Just go!”
Xu Ziling was lying on the bed, practicing his internal energy cultivation He only stopped when Kou Zhong came back
This place was not a hotel or an inn, rather, it was a house abandoned by its master, who fled the calamity with his entire family, so that the two boys could use it as their te sat up “Any news?” he asked
Kou Zhong sat down beside his all over the city If that Xiang kid sees it, he will know that we are here”
“How’s the situation outside?” Xu Ziling asked
Kou Zhong shook his head, “Daytiht,” he said, “But as soon as it is dark, everyone is afraid to go out into the streets The shops are either closed for the day or closed for good Ol’ Die’s , from time to time they break into the citizens’ houses to co the people No wonder hearing the Jianghuai Army’s arrival, everybody ran away”
“In one so Bang could be one Naturally Xiang kid wanted to preserve his head”
While Kou Zhong was deep in thought, suddenly there was a knock on their door
The two boys shi+vered in fear, they looked at each other in dis up and said, “Perhaps it’s Xiang kid, because I left secret marks to point out that we stay in this place”
Xu Ziling was greatly delighted; he dashed toward thebehind the door, he called out, “Who is it?”
No response fro had a very bad feeling; he darted toward Xu Ziling and whispered in his ear, “Soet out of here!”
But suddenly they heard a sigh co from the middle of the hall