Book 33 - Chapter 8 – Hitting the Secondary Vehicle by Luck (1/2)
The foreign guesthouse was located inside the shi+zheng Li [lit hborhood] west of the Imperial City, only separated by the An Hua Avenue fro complexes; each one had its own detached courtyard, witha vast area
Due to the several heavy snow recently, the roofs were covered in several cun of snow; the trees were covered in icicles even h places, this was extreht, there was another difficult problenificent mansions in the entire complex, none was not decorated with lanterns and colored banners, the noise reached unto the heavens, light shone everywhere ht as day To sneak in so that the Gods did not know, the ghosts did not perceive – would only be a wishful thinking
The threeand Hou Xibai, ere transforhu uesthouse, where the East Tujue people stayed, twice, but still they were unable to find a way to sneak into the guesthouse
Fortunately the streets were packed with people enjoying the festivities, so that they did not worry about raising anybody’s suspicion
Finally the three sat down at the base of one of the ruishou [auspicious aniuest is Qilin (kirin)] stone statues standing on both sides of the guesthouse – looking at each other ry s of the drums and the sound of music of the Great Nuo Opera came from the direction of the Imperial Palace It was already the hai hour [9-11pm], so the New Year’s Day was only half a sichen away Fireworks and firecrackers were lit on the streets, people enjoying the noise and excite the arrival of the new year
So to make their way toward the river, where the Great Nuo Opera was chasing the ghosts down the path they n in order to obtain the co out the scroll of the guesthousespread it out and said, “If we enter by stepping across the wall of the rear courtyard, we could use the garden on the northeast corner as a cover, but after the garden, ould be unable to ht”
Shaking his head, Xu Ziling said, “That should be our contingency plan, big fight will only be harmful to us without any benefit”
Hou Xibai said, “But if ant to kill Zhao Deyan, this is certainly a hard-to-co Qiaoli, and other Tujue men with identity and rank are in the I bitterly, Kou Zhong said, “This is called sht now Wan Yaonu is leading us along by the nose”
Hou Xibai proposed, “We’d better go to the rear court gate again If we can’t find the opportunity, we’ll go horee; thereupon they circled to the rear court again
The alley here was only one-fifth of the big street’s width, plus it was far less crowded than the big street; there were only a few passers-by taking the shortcut
Suddenly the rear court gate opened a little, someone with the hat pressed down to his brows and eyes sneakily dodged out and squeezed himself into the strea were severely shaken Staring at the man’s back, Hou Xibai asked, “Who’s that?”
Intense ’s eyes, he spoke heavily, “Xiang Yushan!”
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Fro An Canal, the three looked at the skiff taking Xiang Yuhan toward a large sailboat anchored in the middle of the river At this time, the as full of shi+ps and boats;the banks, all were decorated with lanterns and colored banners, shi+ning on the river water, creating flickering and dazzling reflections, greatly increasing the difficulty of diving and cli his brows, Kou Zhong said, “Whose boat is that? What is Xiang Yushan doing in Chang’an?”
Naturally the other two did not have the answer
Sweeping the people enjoying the festivities on both sides of the canal with his eyes, Xu Ziling said, “Whatever the case, weto see If I could reach the botto Yushan is saying”
Stunned speechless, Hou Xibai said, “Ziling’s spying skill is very formidable But if you rise to the surface to take a breath, it would be very easy for the people on the banks to see you”
Kou Zhong’s eyes scanned the ay upstreaaze landed on the row of skiffs moored by the bank He said, “If we steal a skiff, we could solve the proble back and forth”
He reached out to put his hand on Hou Xibai’s shoulder, and said with a s for three days and two nights, Ling Shao and I do not need to rise to the surface to take a breath Let’s go!”
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Fro slipped down into the water, and then swiftly, keeping close to the botto distance toward the target shi+p’s keel, and then like a leech, he stuck hi his clothes wet, he was only wearing inner garly cold, his inner poas profound, hence he was unafraid of the cold
When he stuck his ear to the hull and applied his power to listen, the sound fro shi+p, as well as the sound from different sources, immediately ca Yushan’s hateful voice to one of the cabins
He heard hi a decision If Li shi+min had any opportunity to strike back, our for that, Xu Ziling was stunned; how did Xiang Yushan get involved in the conspiracy against Li shi+zi, how could we still have ti is well-prepared; we only need to execute it according to plan, I guarantee it would be difficult for Li shi+uely re this voice before, but momentarily he could not remember who
While inwardly he was distressed, another unfa worried about?”
Xiang Yushan slightly h, “For some reason I always feel a little restless, but as for why, I really cannot tell”
The wozi feel restless because of Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling, those two kids?”
The , isn’t this anxiety a bit too excessive?”
The wo trouble But Chang’an is unlike Luoyang at all They are too busy to go treasure hunting, they won’t have ti was shaken inwardly He was finally able to guess that the speakerJiaojiao, whose identity was dubious In that case, theXuyan, as as host as shi+ Zhixuan
Why would Wanwan lie to the Jiaojiao were not out of town at all; they were practically in town Were it not for the Yushan, they would have been deceived by her
But until this ure out the relationshi+p between these three people In the past, Yang Xuyan had tried to assassinate Xiang Yushan in Baling; it was entirely due to hi Yushan avoided calaht to be enehed and said, “The problem is that I understand them better than you do I dare say that this ’an But where the hell are they hiding? What are they doing now? We can’t even touch their shadows”
Rong Jiaojiao hatefully said, “If we could touch their shadows, their corpses would have been torn apart to ten thousand pieces early on There ’an, otherwise, they could not have hidden so secretive like this”
Inwardly Xu Ziling was greatly astonished If Rong Jiaojiao was one of Zhu Yuyan’s disciples, how could she not know about the to the tone of her voice, it sounded like she was being sincere Could it be that Wanwan deliberately conceal it from her? Or perhaps her relationshi+p with Yin Gui Pai was not like what he was thinking?
Yang Xuyan spoke heavily, “Toward these two kids, naturally we htly, but we need not worry excessively either Li Yuanji is doing everything he can to find the place ever so slightly, I can guarantee that they will not leave Chang’an alive Xiang Xiong can get rid of these two calaht that if Yang Xuyan’s remark came from the bottom of his heart, then quite likely he did not know that the demonic school’s coveted treasure the De the treasure-trove
But this matter was also reasonable and fair; based of shi+ Zhixuan’s style, he could not possibly let his disciple know about thisYushan suddenly asked, “Has that batch of firearuely reer on it
Rong Jiaojiao said, “The fourth day of the first month at the latest, ill hand over the firear Yushan resolutely said, “The fourth is definitely not a problem, but we can’t be late even for a day Otherill have to abort the entire operation”
“We understand co Xuyan said, “Hereafter, ill have to keep close contact with each other”