Book 34 - Chapter 7 – Detour (1/2)
Riding on fast horses, Kou Zhong, Li Jing, and Hong Funu took the shortcut via the er take the horse, they abandoned the horses and unleashed their legs’ power, so that in just a short period of time of less than a sichen they already rushed over nearly a hundred li, reaching the upper reaches of the Jin River, another tributary of the Yellow River About ten li north of here was another big city, Jingyang, located north of Chang’an This place was a s
Relying on the Heavenly Policy Mansion’s vast intelligence network inside and outside of Chang’an, Li Jing did not chun, and he was sure that Chi Shengchun was taking Lei Jiuzhi away
Li Jing chun , based on three reasons
First of all, the cargo and passenger shi+p going back and forth between Jingyang and Chang’an was operated by Jin Shui Bang, a s’an Other people did not know the relationshi+p between this schun, but the Heavenly Policy Mansion discovered that froave financial support to the Jin Shui Bang, in order to help thened to watching Chi Shengchun sao of Ke Dazhi’s very capable nificent residence in Bei Li When the carriage was leaving the hter than when it arrived
The third reason was that the cargo shi+p’s departure to Jingyang was delayed for nearly half an hour It was not until a batch of cargo, which Chi Shengchun declared to be bolts of silk – was delivered on board that the shi+p departed Two of Chi Shengchun’s oods
Under normal circumstances, this kind of operation would not attract anyone’s attention But during the ti all-out to trace the whereabouts of the firear fro cast his gaze toward the lower reaches of the Jin River; anxious, he said, “Could we ely cordial toward hiently, “No need to worry; we already sent a letter via pigeon post to notify ourtheo on board to search”
Li Jing cal the boat until half a sichen after they departed, ere taking the shortcut, plus the boat is sailing upstream, so how could we not able to overtake it? What I a a trick: they would unload Lei Xiansheng before reaching this place, which is the only ferry crossing point between Jingyang and Chang’an”
Kou Zhong hatefully said, “Zhao Deyan is really crafty; he really moved our man away io to the Qi wang Mansion, but returned to our safe house and saw the letter and the outer robe; otherwise I would not find out until later tonight, and that would be thoroughly terrible”
Hong Funu said, “If this ti our otiate the ter!”
Stunned, Kou Zhong said, “I have not thought about that; Saozi [sister-in-law, older brother’s wife] is really attentive”
Receiving his praise, Hong Funu responded with a sood friend? Hong Funu is the onlooker who sees clear while the person on the spot is baffled”
Seeing how, for the first tins of ireatly relieved He seized this opportunity to say, “You don’t kno much your Saozi cares about you; from time to time she asked htly displeased, Hong Funu said, “Still saying good things? Basically you are concealing everything fro Funu, Kou Zhong sighed inwardly, thinking that if in the future he met this elder brother and his wife couple on the battlefield, hoould he feel?
Although he has had this thought before, he had never given it a serious consideration But now that his relationshi+p with Li Jing was easing up, plus they were fighting side-by-side, naturally his feeling was a lot deeper
Kou Zhong suddenly spoke happily, “They are here!”
Li Jing and Hong Funu quickly looked downstream But all they could see was darkness and the constantly sprinkling down snowflakes
Kou Zhong cried in low voice, “Listen!”
Sound of hoof beats ca said, “Let’s hide in the woods next to the ferry crossing The incooods This e knew that there is a ferry crossing point in here, ould only send people to Jingyang to wait, and then ould have fallen into the eneed back into his Yong Qin disguise and returned to the secret nest Waiting for hi the city, Kou Zhong contacted hi to Gao Zhandao, Xu Ziling’s heart sank Just like Kou Zhong, he ihost
Gao Zhandao explained, “Kou Ye said that if Xiang Yushan did not work together with the Tujue ghosts, how could Zhao Deyan speculate his identity fro this trail to pursue and intercept Lei Ye, hoping that Heaven helps the worthy, so that Lei Ye and Kou Ye could co was s bitterly
It could be said that each of the three big shots of the deic-weapon If not because all three sides were staying quiet and holding up their troops, hoping that the two boys would unearth the hidden treasure, the two boys would have been packing their food and leaving before they finished eating
Zhu Yuyan was controlling the to secretto detect the Demonic Eh it was a mystery within a e technique ed; no one dared to deny that such weirdthe most direct approach; he simply captured their man and used hiive in
Zhao Deyan’sYushan; only he knew clearly the two boys’ weakness in that regard
It could be said that presently they had fallen into the absolute disadvantageous position No matter how they calculated it, even if they really found the treasure, to carry the treasure away safely was really a vain atte to Gao Zhandao, he asked, “How’s the situation on your side?”
Gao Zhandao replied, “Most of our yi, Xiao Jie, and about a dozen most capable brothers, we have no one else in the city Xu Ye, please don’t worry After this uarantee that the ene wryly, Xu Ziling said, “By co here to wait for me, you have already exposed your track”
Gao Zhandao said, “I have already thought about that Therefore, right now Fengyi and Xiao Jie are hiding outside, watching for any suspicious people If they found any, ait for Xu Ye to return, and then we’ll grab so nodded and said, “Unless they knew that we are successful in snatching Lei Dage back, they should not launch another operation Ay!”
Gao Zhandao tried to console him, “Xu Ye need not worry, Kou Ye has the Heavenly Policy Mansion people helping hi up to his full height, Xu Ziling said, “Staying here with a blank stare is not an option I want to see someone You h, we uys in secret, toyou”
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The passenger and cargo shi+p finally arrived The boat gradually slowed down, and finally it docked at the ferry crossing point
Under Kou Zhong, three persons’ tiger-watching-its-prey gaze, two bigwooden chest off the boat and loaded it onto the waiting carriage
The four big o did not wait for the shi+p to depart; together with the twoa party of six, they escorted the leaving carriage
Kou Zhong spoke in low voice, “We must capture all of the and Hong Funu nodded to express their understanding
The three retreated back and out of the woods toward a slope before charging toward the
All around was the wilderness with no one in sight, they did not need to cover their track, they wanted to do everything within their power to launch a ten-thousand-jun-thunderbolt momentum to put the enemy in order in one fell swoop
In an instant they were already speeding along the snow-covered muddy road, about a hundred paces behind the rapidly rushi+ng out carriage
The two riders at the very end heard the sound of gusting wind; looking back, one of them unexpectedly shouted loudly, “Break off!”
Five riders i away to the wilderness The driver of the carriage leaped onto a spare horse, while also giving the horse pulling the carriage a heavy kick before escaping away
Kou Zhong and the others cried ‘Bad!’ inwardly This e was loaded with fake goods, they still had no choice but to overtake the pulled-by-the-horse, leaning-to-the-east-and-tilting-to-the-west, scaing-their-horses, scattering-like-birds-and-beasts got away
For the first ti Yushan Only he could co malicious scheme
This time he failed and iped over the floor; it would be difficult to even up the situation
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Xu Ziling went to Yu He An After reporting the purpose of his visit, a moment later, in the same reception hall from the last visit, he saw shi+ Feixuan, as still wearing ot back fro opened the door and saw the ht to the point], he said, “Xiaodi wants to ask Xiaojie to recite the Ie Method one time for me”
shi+ Feixuan looked at him with full attention for half a day; she spoke softly, “Has Ziling received internal injury?”
Sht hand to hand against shi+ Zhixuan Xiaojie’s discerning eye did not ht is very accurate”
shi+ Feixuan cal at the expression showing in your eyes, Ziling seehtness, li sighed and said, “Lei Dage has been captured by Zhao Deyan and Xiang Yushan conspiring together This ’s all-out rescue operation is underway; how could I possibly be in goodindifferent, shi+ Feixuan cal replied, “It happened some time between noon and dusk today”
shi+ Feixuan rose up gracefully, still with that kind of siant-like-an-immortal, relaxed and cool-headed de, please co Lei Xiansheng back”