Book 37 - Chapter 10 – Guest Appearance As Bodyguards (1/2)
In the darkening dusk, the two boys traveled away fro down endlessly They reached the top of a small hill, where down below the mountain and the fields, and the river stretched out to the infinite distance
Feeling tipsy frorudges in the world, are they really just a big basket of jokes like Liu Dage said?”
S Yushan or various demons of the demonic school as friends and joke with them, not only you don’t need to strive for the world, you can even leave home to become Buddhist monk But the way I see it, even the people of the Empty Door still cannot be co Otherwise, shi+ Feixuan did not need to have fall out with us”
Kou Zhong sat down dejectedly; he nodded his head and said, “You are still a bitYushan, murderous intent i dream, this dreamland is just too real! One more day we are still not awake, one more day ill be under control without the freedo sat down by his side; sighing, he said, “Only because of the grievance in seeing Zhen Sao co self-reflection upon life Just think, at that tihts and efforts to kill Yuwen Huaji, how could we think about other things? Froine that after a short period of time, ould return to normal, and then ould not have ti dreaht now I do have a every-hope-turns-to-dust feeling; I don’t have any interest in doing anything, I just want to see Da Xiaojie and Little Lingzhong, I don’t want to part ways and part goods [referring to goods sent under the protection of armed escorts] with you, to take our respective path – evensaid, “The proble countless responsibilities and other people’s expectations on your back Not only you are the son-in-law that Song Que’s personally picked, even more, you are also his heir in merit Kou Shaoshuai is also the leader of the Shao Shuai Ar for you to co blankly, Kou Zhong said, “This see me to strive for the world”
“You could say that,” Xu Ziling replied, “In case Li shi+ rises to power, Tujue’s o south If that happens, we can only rely on your Shao Shuai Arainst a crazy tide [idiom: to try hard to save a desperate crisis] This is the real reason why Ning Daoqi let you go”
Muttering to hi total victory is Li shi+, and the others are all defeated, what advice would you have for aze toward the boundless snow-covered plains ahead, he spoke softly, “Then I won’t knohat to say”
Severely shaken, Kou Zhong said, “Where are you going?”
Xu Ziling’s pair of eyes e expression; shaking his head, he s to strive for the world, is there any place in the Central Plains that Xiaodi is reluctant to leave?”
Stunned, Kou Zhong said, “I thought you wanting to go beyond the Great Wall was just a rando Fao to Bashu to see shi+ Qingxuan You are going single-shaped-lone-shadoander the cold world outside, it really pains Xiongdi’s heart”
Xu Ziling laughed cal of loneliness verywill I be able to get even closer to nature, to sense the existence and significance of life Xiang Yushan has now found theIn the future, if Li shi+e, I will certainly return to your side, to fight alongside you, to drive the Tujue away to their native place This is a pro heartily, he said, “I hear you This is the biggest encourage In your opinion, what kind ofreplied, “I am not clear His actions always carried a bit of unfatho Army would never be hissuddenly cursed
Unable toasked, “da said, “Just now unexpectedly we forgot to borrow a few taels of silver from Liu LaoGe or Xiao Bai; noo brothers, are without a single wen to our na to Leshou to look for Da Xiaojie?”
Xu Ziling laughed and said, “Won’t selling your Moon in the Well solve the proble capital, I canrose up to his full height; subconsciously he whisked the snow soaking his body Laughing involuntarily, he said, “If ant to sell, each of us still have a Night Pearl; are you willing to part with it? Those are irreplaceable souvenirs; each ti the unforgettable days of dressing up as deities and pretending to be ghosts in Chang’an”
Shrugging his shoulders, Xu Ziling said, “In that case, let’s think of so hard labor will probably earn us a few pennies”
Kou Zhong’s heroic spirit rose vigorously, he said, “Fro Since leaving Yangzhou, this is the first tihosts once hosts brothers, break into Jianghu again, using the sky as our blanket, using the earth as our ot it! Why don’t we hunt a couple of deer to be exchanged with sorief was lessened a little bit, “Good idea!” he cried out, and flen thepromptly followed behind hi, located on the south bank of the Yongji Canal, was in Dou Jiande’s territory It was a big small town at the intersection of the water and land routes Fro Yongji Canal, dise two more days on fast horse, one would reach one’s destination
Another as to cross the Yongji Canal, travel west until River Zhang, and take a two-day boat ride to reach Leshou
However, no matter which way they wanted to take, the implementation would be difficult, sile wen on their body In this turbulent era, without a few pennies, one would be unable to ht for three days straight, still without half a grain of rice in their belly Were it not for their profound power, they would have frozen stiff on the way By the afternoon, they arrived outside the city gate Seeing the few food stalls and tea shacks were crowded to bursting point with travelingwith hunger evenpulled Kou Zhong back and said, “Unless you want to enter the city, ill stop here”
It was only then that Kou Zhong rehed and said, “We are the younger brothers of their Lao Chuang [lit old charging/breaking in], Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling, two such resounding na the city gate that ant to see the civil officer or e of this city We will suddenly reveal our na expenses, and find cure for our ru bae]?”
Xu Ziling crossly said, “You don’t want to follow Dou Jiande conquering the world, yet you want to ask for his favor; what kind of hero are you?”
Slapping his forehead, Kou Zhong said, “I aer; if I received his favor no could I strive for the world against him in the future? Ay! Thoseturned his head around, the closest food stall to the, the aro about the past, where Zhen Sao often gave theetables and h the same experience now, the heartache that he deliberately pressed down suddenly bubbled up in his heart
Seeing the two unable to take their eyes off the stea; he shouted, “One wen each, best to eat while it’s still hot”
Kou Zhong patted his as-e bitterly, he said, “Do you want to hire us to do rough work? We don’t need wages, you can just pay us withlook of disdain on his face, the stall spoke io so did not take offense; he laughed heartily, shrugged his shoulder cal and said, “Looks like we’ll have to hit the road on hungry tu into the river to catch two fresh fish? Based on our two brothers’ skill, it should be the exertion of lifting our hand”
The stall owner no longer paid them any attention; he went to wait on the customers around the several tables inside the shack
Xu Ziling thought that it could indeed be considered a way to solve their hungry intestines probleo!” he cheerfully said
As they were about to leave, so, please hold your steps”
Stunned, the two looked back Thethe alone on a table, a lance they could tell that he was a businessh, “Across the four seas all are brothers; how about letting rateful, Xu Ziling said, “We appreciate your kindness, but how could we let Guan Laoban [boss] spend yourcheerfully insisted, “Noa little bit of face, you must not be too courteous Please take a seat”
Kou Zhong signaled Xu Ziling with his eyes, hinting that he must not miss this opportunity, and then took the lead to walk toward Guan Ping’s table Xu Ziling was helpless against hi a seat
Guan Ping called for soe the his voice, he said, “I wonder if two gentle araised his thuht; we both know a couple of tricks”