Book 39 - Chapter 4 – The Alliance of Abandoned For (1/2)
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The three galloped away froain, but compared to before, their mood was as far as the heaven from the earth
First of all, the falcon, which made them unable to rest or eat in peace, had been hit by the arrow on its left wing; it let out a sad cry and left, so that they were back to their free and easy way again
Secondly, the horses, after they had eaten till full and had enough rest, coupled with the true qi that they injected, were becoave the off the enemy far behind In this kind of you-pursue-me-I-chase-you battle of wits, clearly they had occupied the extreme upper hand
Thissuddenly laughed aloud and said, “It looks like our destiny is to be chased and fiercely attacked by the enemy It was like that inside the Pass, and now that we caain”
Reducing the speed of his horse, Ba Fenghan smiled and said, “Shaoshuai did not kno lucky you are Xieli has always prepared exhaustive scheme, he rarely failed This time he toiled the ar attacked by Tuli, yet he still wasted tiy, and h to make Shaoshuai’s name famous beyond the Great Wall, no one will dare to take Shaoshuai lightly”
S said, “But our pursuit of the sheepskin has co and Xu Kaishan betrayed us, yet they can still escape responsibility dry and clean, we are still unable to look for theravated that his teeth itched, “Those two are too despicable!” he said
Ba Fenghan took the two boys to the top of a saze around, he said cheerfully, “Two Dage, please rest assured that this moment Xiaodi has more confidence than before that ill be able to recover Da Xiaojie’s eighty-thousand sheets of sheepskin, although it inal sheepskin In short, there will be somebody ill bear the full responsibility to compensate us, unless he does not wish to live”
Staring blankly, Kou Zhong said, “Are you saying that we are going to look for Ma Ji to settle the account?”
The reatly, he spoke coldly, “Ma Ji is willing to be Xieli’s hunting dog and accomplice, naturally he has to bear full responsibility for the eighty-thousand sheets of sheepskin”
Astounded, Xu Ziling said, “Didn’t you say that Ma Ji’s whereabouts is fleeting, he is without any fixed residence? Where are you going to look for hihan’smonk will not wander far from the temple Xiaodi happen to know the secret workshop where Ma Ji launders the stolen goods After each business deals at Yan Yuan Ji, he will personally supervise the shi+poods back to the workshop for his craftsman to adjust its head and turn its face [idio it off for sale Coo to that place one step ahead, to wait respectfully for Ma Ji’s honorable self This ti of heaven] present, no one will dare to speak up for hi pulled the reins and called for a halt
Kou Zhong and Ba Fenghan let their horses run forahead before they pulled the reins and ca at double speed, not only they already threw Xieli far behind, they have also left the Little Gobi Desert and reached the prairie on the bank of Wu Jiang Xi Over the vast plateau, the shi+ny silvery-white clouds floated leisurely and freely, like an u afternoon sun, creating an irassland
Reflecting the sun, the water of the lake sparkled brightly like precious stones A straight breeze was blowing gently, brushi+ng their clothes
Co asked, “What’s thepointed to the distance and said, “The Relics is over there!”
His spirit greatly shaken, Ba Fenghan said, “shi+ Zhixuan?”
Opening up his tiger-eyes, Xu Ziling nodded and said, “The feeling is slightly fuzzy Clearly shi+ Zhixuan has been passing hereasked
Shaking his head, Ba Fenghan replied, “I have never been to that area But noe have to make a choice, shi+ Zhixuan or Ma Ji?”
His head ached, Kou Zhong asked, “If we miss this opportunity, e still be able to find Ma Ji?”
Ba Fenghan said, “Definitely will be very difficult, but not impossible Noup hiswe’ll let Ma Ji off We’ll get rid of shi+ Zhixuan first before doing other things”
Thinking deeply, Ba Fenghan said, “Really strange! What in the world is shi+ Zhixuan hiding from? Unexpectedly he went to this remote and faraway land?”
“Could it be Yin Gui Pai people?” Kou Zhong said
Exhaling a ain! I hope we can catch up with hio!”
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Dust was rising in the distance, a team of more than a dozen loaded ca across the prairie
Ba Fenghan fixed his gaze to observe for half a day He said, “They are merchants from Da Si Guo [don’t know if it’s a typo, but it literally reat feed country’] Wait here for a o over to ask for directions”
Finished speaking, he urged histook this opportunity to dis shi+ Zhixuan’s trail for nearly ten days, even Ba Fenghan, the old horse who knows the way ho’s sense of the Relics was interer sense shi+ Zhixuan’s whereabouts
S said, “This old fox shi+ Zhixuan is really not si beyond the Great Wall, he is still this formidable so that we can’t even touch his butts”
Xu Ziling said, “He is taking aand circuitous route, as if he wholeheartedly wants to throw off so closely behind hi Jin Huanzhen, husband and wife’s assistance, shi+ Feixuan ought to be at a loss on how to follow hih resources tohis brows, Kou Zhong said, “That is precisely what puzzles Xiaodi the most Jin Huanzhen, husband and wife could only detect the Relics’ presence within a hundred li range On this flat plain stretches out as far as the eye can see, if he run a bit quicker, very soon he will be able to escape this hundred-li range Even with Jin Huanzhen, husband and wife’s help, Yin Gui Pai still could not pursue for several thousand li straight to this place”
Thisfor directions He rushed back and said with a laugh, “Do you knohat lies ahead?”
Kou Zhong calmly replied, “If you don’t tell us, how could we, a couple of kids who arrived at your honorable territory for the first tihan cheerfully said, “I asked this one additional question Fro to the west for two days, ill reach the outstandingly fa Wan City [lit city of ten-thousand unity] at the south bank of Heishui, which ca ten thousand nations’, which cannot be corass at all”
Astonished, Kou Zhong asked, “Unexpectedly there is such a place?”
Ba Fenghan said, “You, Han people ought to be fa what’s frequently heard can be repeated in detail] with Helianbobo who built this city, because during the Jin Dynasty [265-420 AD] he established the Xia Kingdodoe of when the House of Jin was internally in chaos to lead his troops to go down south and conquer Chang’an, where he proclaimed independence and became the emperor Helianbobo was a famous tyrant in history; one time he piled up human heads and called it Skull Platform Toward his subordinates he was also extree out their eyes, cut their lips, hook their tongue, or chop their heads at the slightest pretext As a result, only after one generation he was destroyed by the Wei of the Northern Dynasties”
“Do you think shi+ Zhixuan is going to Tong Wan City?” Kou Zhong asked
“It depends on our luck,” Ba Fenghan replied, “Currently the one in charge is Tiefuyou of Mohe [tribe], Heshui division There is no longer any grand occasion of when the city was built”
“Very well!” Xu Ziling said, “We’ll go to Tong Wan City to try our luck”
Chatting and laughing, the three continued their endless journey toward the boundless open country
The sickle-shaped waningtheir horses to trot slowly, after traveling day and night nonstop for three hundred li, they felt a little lost, because Xu Ziling could not sense the Dehan said, “If I a correctly, ill have rain before sunrise”
Astonished, Xu Ziling said, “Isn’t it a very fine weather? Whatthink that there will be rain?”
Ba Fenghan replied, “People who live in the prairie have a way to predict the weather; those who don’t kno to do it will suffer extre, look at the sky, don’t you think the clouds look like cotton wadding, and they are very high in the sky, plus the air is full ofThis forecast ought to be 80 accurate”
Greatly delighted, Kou Zhong said, “This method to predict the weather is very useful in troop deployhan proudly said, “In the prairie, if my weather forecast technique cannot be considered number one, then it is at least number two This technique can be divided into three parts, which are observing the clouds, exa for stuffs If I could put all three together to make speculation, I could reach the point where I a was greatly interested as well; he said, “When I was little, I often heard older people said that red clouds in the , travel a thousand li It’s probably this kind of accu the heavens”
Ba Fenghan said, “Let us begin by watching the clouds, frouish what is called the fish scales sky, carp spots, or perhaps turret clouds,of these, I guarantee that when Shaoshuai returns to the Central Earth and contend for hegeainst others, not only you will be the commander-in-chief who can read the ene the sky”
Letting out a long laughter, Kou Zhong said, “Merely this secret technique, Xiaodi already feel that this trip has not beenasked, “What is that?”
Following his finger, the two looked up; far away in the rassland, on top of a s that looked like a fortress [or castle] It had three floors, with the highest level was the high platforreatly aroused, he said, “ThatWan City We have a place to shelter fro said, “What time is it now? Will the people in the fort welcohed and said, “It’s just a broken-down fort that has been abandoned for more than ten years! We’ll take this opportunity to rest well, to Wan City”