Book 40 - Chapter 12 – Living Declaration of War (1/2)
After dinner at Dao Xiang Lou [sic; lou – uan – shop/establishcai to return to the foreign guesthouse first with not a word or movement, while the three returned to the courtyard house at the east side of the city, and reverted back to their original attire and appearance Borrowing a horse-drawn carriage frouesthouse, parked at the street corner, and waited patiently
In this prosperous and bustling with noise and excite, their carriage did not attract any attention at all
The driver, Ba Fenghan, putting on a wind cap, which was popular over there, covering the top half of his face, sat on the driver seat, wearing Han attire Unless someone knew hinized
Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling were hiding inside the carriage, peeking through the curtain to watch the uesthouse, where Luo Yi and the others were staying
Kou Zhong sighed and said, “Bai Ziting’smethods are despicable and vicious, not only he sent men to rob clean a dozen or so Han oods, he also detains people, lendingthe Da Dao She e suh theDa Xiaojie’s eighty-thousand sheets of sheepskin and then deold; how could there be so Kang is their acco spoke heavily, “If Jing Kang is an accoranny’s bear, the ht, the more furious I a and Funantuo, two men’s heads Once the main proble nodded and said, “I understand your sentiment But if you do that, you will be unable to acco [idioht deceit? How can we cheat Bai Ziting for a large su spoke fiercely, “Previously, we felt sorry for Guan Ping, that , since histo use martial art to overco is the mastermind behind his back, how could we still pay attention to using deceit to fight deceit? We are going to, by all means, do whatever it takes to deal with hi a country will fail, but also he won’t be able to cheat, trap, and har said, “Just likeeach other off, we must first find all his flaws and weak points, and then we’ll make our move, to do whatever it takes to break the ene him the opportunity to free hi exclai unhurriedly stepping out of the guesthouse, down the basalt-rock-paved steps, to join the streahan outside, and the carriage started tothe street, totally oblivious that his de would be over
The reason Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling particularly detested hiners to deal with his fellow citizens, which was an unforgivable sin
The carriage sped up and passed Guan Ping
Suddenly it stopped, in a flash Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling already out of the carriage and blocked the road
Caught off guard, Guan Ping was startled, when suddenly he sao men, immediately he was so scared that his soul fleay and scattered, his countenance dra already laughed aloud and said, “Guan Xiong, I trust you have been well since we last o hoht they were old friends, hence nobody paid theht, and lightly escorted hi sat inside the carriage, his countenance was as pale as a dead led hard to remain calm, but his hands and feet trembled uncontrollably
The two looked at hihed and said, “Why does Guan Xiong panic? We are not robbers who kill anybody for his belongings; as long as you are willing to obediently answer souidance, ill i took a deep breath and recovered his senses Sentle That day I was forced and had no choice but … ay, indeed I rong”
Xu Ziling spoke indifferently, “Are you Duan Zhu?”
Rolling his shi+fty eyes, Guan Ping nodded and said, “That is[Great Roc] Tao Guangzu, I was forced to hide yao to find e Before that, I was indeed an eoods for her from the Central Plains Ay! Just because of a business deal with Huanghe Bang rong that I a turned to Xu Ziling and spoke in astonish really does not have any idea e are; otherwise, how could he dare to tell us such a ridiculous lie with eyes wide open like that?”
Guan Ping’s pair of eyes revealed a shocked expression; evidently he did not knohich flaw he has exposed in his speech
Xu Ziling s was able to reply quickly and fluently [idioe, no one knows She looks to be only around thirty, her appearance is as lovely as a floith ten thousand kinds of char Shao! Let this LaoGe look over that thing”
Xu Ziling fetched the Five-Colored Stone fro’s eyes
Severely shaken, Guan Ping said, “You are …”
Kou Zhong’s pair of eyes e out a cold humph, he said, “You finally knoe are!”
The carriage stopped in a deeply dark side alley Ba Fenghan got into the carriage, he laughed coldly and said, “I see the two of you are like chicken hands and duck feet, totally unlike people ould do things properly Evil person uarantee he won’t dare to speak half a sentence of lie”
Guan Ping’s already pale countenance was even , he spoke in tre voice, “Whatever it is, we can talk about it Ah!”
Ba Fenghan took Kou Zhong’s seat; one hand pinched Guan Ping’s throat, five fingers tightened, Guan Ping could not breathe, his hands and feet were struggling Ba Fenghan’s other hand fetched a dagger and pressed it against his genital Grinning wickedly, he said, “Even the most valiant horse thieves, so far no one is able not to supply the truth under -the-throat technique; this is actually one kind of first-class technique It can reduce the blood flowing into his head, so that he can’t be as clear-headed as usual, plus his brain will feel like being pricked by the needle, being bitten by ants Any man of steel or hero of iron will becoers loosened up slightly, Guan Ping’s eyeballs, which had rolled up to show only the whites, began to show the black part, but the veins on his head suddenly appeared; his face twisted, his expression revealed a terrifying pain
Rehan said, “I ask one you reply one One rong, I’ll cut your eggs Understand?”
Guan Ping’s raspy voice replied, “Understand!”
“Do you knoho I ahan,” Guan Ping replied
Blurted out laughing, Kou Zhong said, “Indeed you, Old Ba have a real skill, yousuddenly becohan’s expression turned stern, he said, “Your only chance of living right now is to own up to the facts I guarantee not to harm half a strand of your hair; otherwise I’ll sis and feed it to the wolves You should know that I, Ba Fenghan am not the kind of man ouldn’t do such a trivialto ask you, many of the questions we already know the answer, so you’d better speak a bit , he tried hard to resist the pain in his head, his entire being was caught in the brim of a nervous breakdown “Ask away!” he spoke hoarsely
Kou Zhong threatened, “Thislies Old Ba, if you think sos and be done with it”