Book 31 - Chapter 13 – Startling-the-Heaven Conspiracy (1/2)
Gao Zhandao respectfully said to Er Wenhuan, “Daren, please understand, Xiaoren is the business proprietor of Tong Xing She, who has always been carrying outin waterborne transport business, earning considerable respect froues of the same profession, and has been appointed the president of the waterborne transport industry association in this region For so by at our door, s into hurt people As the victiht to defend ourselves Everybody here has seen this matter with their own eyes; they can be , the onlookers roared their agree’s side under Fu Di’s leadershi+p for bullying intolerably, for going on the ra the crowd’s ehtly If the city broke into civil unrest and thisfuss over it, perhaps even Li Jiancheng would not be able to cover it up
But he has been rolling about in the official arena for encies like this that he did not know Waiting for the crowd to calht, this officer will investigate very clearly, and will severely punish the perpetrator You, who are the heads of the two parties, shall follow this officer back to the office to explain everything”
The crowd burst into rowdy jeering again
Everybody knew that Weishui Meng and Jingzhao Lian had the Crown Prince Jiancheng’s backing If Gao Zhandao was arrested and brought back to the office just like this, it would be no different than sending a lae indeed if he would coed; he cast a glance toward Xu Ziling, asking direction fro realized this was a thorny problem Basically, he must never let Gao Zhandao to come with Er Wenhuan to the office But if they resisted arrest openly, could Gao Zhandao and the others continue ’an? He spoke to Gao Zhandao in low voice, “Witness testimony!”
Gao Zhandao came to see the truth; he spoke to Er Wenhuan, “Even if Xiaoren and Fu Di coainst his; it will still be difficult to decide who’s right and who’s wrong If Daren wants to investigate this matter clearly, why not ask nearby shops on the spot …”
Er Wenhuan angrily cut hiate a case, must this officer receive instruction from you? Anybody ants to be your witness can couards behind hi
Those who originally wanted to straighten their back to bear witness iovern
On Fu Di’s side, everybody revealed a pleased look; a gloating, taking-joy-in-calaht-in-disaster expression that said ‘I want to see how you, Gao Zhandao, will end’
‘Hold on!’
Everybody, including Er Wenhuan, was stunned Kou Zhong’s disguised Divine Doctor Mo pushed his way frojun, how are you? Lucky that Xiaoren was passing by that I saw everything clearly, so that I can save Er Jiangjun frojun to be the witness”
Immediately Er Wenhuan had a headache This time he was able to ‘appear in time’ to help Fu Di out of hard-pressed situation, actually it was pre-arranged Their objective was to use the co and society to destroy Tong Xing She in one , one Divine Doctor Mo Yixin appeared, so that it would be difficult for their counting-their-chicken-before-they-are-hatch plot to succeed?
Kou Zhong was not a commoner that he could push around; on the contrary, he was the current burn-your-hand, feel-the-heat [idioure that no one dares to approach] celebrity, who had direct access to Li Yuan, and had also obtained Li Yuan’s favorable ied his face; respectfully he said, “Turns out Mo Shen Yi’s honoring us with your presence This kind of trivial matter, how could we dare to inconvenience Mo Shen Yi?”
Gao Zhandao, Niu Fengyi and Zha Jie still failed to recognize this braveOn one hand, they had not seen each other for many years, but also because at thislooked like another person altogether
Xu Ziling cried, ‘Wonderful’ inwardly Since their arrival in Chang’an, whenever Kou Zhong wanted to see them, it had to be in secret, under sneaky environ would be able to establish ‘relationshi+p’ with them; outsiders would think that they had for friendly, Kou Zhong ca law and order is not only Er Jiangjun’s responsibility, but also everybody’s responsibility Only this ill justice be upheld Xiaoren decided to bear witness in this roup of wicked rab his head and cry out in pain This kind of incident involving public security inside the city was actually outside the liinal intention was to take Gao Zhandao back to Chang Lin Army headquarters, lock hieneral situation was fixed before releasing hi like this, potentially Gao Zhandao could be brought to the city guards office, and then everythingto the rules With Kou Zhong, this Divine Doctor, as the witness, ould dare not to show deference by not handling this matter in co evidence was established, Fu Di would be sent to the Ministry of Justice, and then even Li Jiancheng would not be able to bare one shoulder [idiom: to side with] on his behalf
However, he was not without a bellyful of evil tricks; rolling his eyes, he laughed and said, “With Mo Shen Yi giving testi still have any doubt? I do not need to trouble Shen Yi to co exhausted, how could Mo Jiang answer Huangshang and Taizi Dianxia? Guards, arrest Fu Di and histhem back to the office”
A their head dispiritedly, followed Er Wenhuan leaving this place
Xu Ziling seized this opportunity to invite Divine Doctor Mo to the inner courtyard as a way to express their gratitude Once they reached the side hall of the inner courtyard and were seated properly, Xu Ziling revealed Kou Zhong’s real identity to Gao Zhandao, three ain after a long period of separation
After Kou Zhong recounted the current situation briefly to thes and societies in Guanzhong via Weishui Meng is only a harbinger fortheir awe-inspiring authority, although it is a delight, but we have beco WenGan has turned passive, later on he would have no choice but to use ten-thousand-jun-thunderbolt trick to deal with us, otherwise, how could he stand? If we do not prepare a good ret”
Gao Zhandao, threeWenGan’s vanguard pawn Speaking about strength, they had Yang Xuyan, Li Jiancheng, and Li Yuanji supporting Jingzhao Lian from behind, which certainly could not be underesti, “In your opinion, will Yang WenGan conspire with Jiancheng, Yuanji, and so on to assassinate Qin wang?”
None of Gao Zhandao and the others was not e said, “You and I ca-his-chicken-before-they-are-hatched plot ought to be re with the other members of the Li Clan There must be Tujue people involved in this matter, Mo Shuai [the Demonic Commander] Zhao Deyan must have coh, Kou Zhong said, “If we could exploit this situation well, we ht and left; both to unearth and carry away the hidden treasure, and because the Li Clan’s vitality is heavily wounded due to the struggle a different factions, it will be difficult for the his head, Xu Ziling said, “This really isn’t the struggle a different factions; rather, it is Tujue’s invasion’s startling-the-heavens conspiracy Once soht repeat the Wei [220-265] and Jin [265-420] and the Northern Dynasties [386-581] falling due to Yi people’s [barbarians/non-Han people] invasion Excuse me, but may I ask Shao Shuai if you could bear it in your heart?”
Grabbing his head, Kou Zhong said, “Listening to Ling Shao, I a that we have to help Li kid dealing with our honorable Taizi Dianxia? I am most afraid that not only Li kid won’t appreciate our kindness, heshi+chong dealing with us – try to har said, “That is preposterous I don’t believe that you are thatourselves behind closed door, is our own business But if we let Tujue’s evil claws reach Guanzhong, the world will potentially be in greatthe tere having argument, Gao Zhandao, three men, did not dare to interrupt; they did not dare to express their opinion evensaid, “The preposterous thing is that I can’t argue with you Since we are brothers, naturally I will have to respect your opinion”
Turning to Gao Zhandao and the others, he changed the subject, “It has been et married and have children here, and put down roots?” he asked
Niu Fengyi replied, “All of us brothers, not a single one did not suffer fro the world has not been pacified, we don’t dare to get et married and have children, but the number is very low Those who happened to be in that situation were advised to leave our Gang and sever all relationshi+p, so that if so bad happens, it won’t iuys have handled it very well,” Xu Ziling praised
Kou Zhong cheerfully said, “That willfrom this moment, ill immediately break up the whole into pieces, disperse all over the place, lie low et of the enemy’s attack Can the business be handed over to somebody else of the same trade to act on our behalf?”
“That shouldn’t be a proble Shao and I will be in charge of getting clear understanding of the situation on Yang WenGan’s side; you will try your best to conserve your energy As long as you are thinking that there is a great possibility that Yang Xuyanto deal with you, without I need to tell you, you ought to kno to be careful!”
Gao Zhandao and the others exhaled a ether; they repeatedly nodded their head to pro to himself irresolutely, Gao Zhandao said, “The day after to of Spring]; even if there was no Yang WenGan’s affair, we are going to close down teht anyway, and probably open up for business after the first three days of the new year Therefore, taking advantage of the situation to close for five, six days probably won’t raise anybody’s suspicion; they won’t guess that we are increasing our vigilance even ’s heart was athering to eat dinner together on the New Year’s Eve?”
Syi replied, “That is indeed our usual practice; in fact, we have already reservedFestival [another word for Lunar New Year] together We’d better cancel it now”