Book 42 - Chapter 6 – A Friend and An Enemy (1/2)
The two boys strode over the courtyard gate and stepped into the street
After the heavy rain, the sky was still overcast, the street et and slippery, there were accumulated water on the lower parts of the street Evidently, this city, which ’an, had not finished apprenticeshi+p in hydraulic engineering yet
Warning signal went off in Xu Ziling’s heart, but on his face he revealed a relaxed expression Actually, he felt dull ache on all the wounds on his body, big and s watched,” he spoke in low voice, “One of the across the street After casting us a glance, he iroups One is at the feed store catty-corner froainst the door on the left The other one is hiding inside the horse-drawn carriage parked to the left of the pedestrian lane on this side I don’t knospoke in astonishht those three felloatching us inside that shop This is convenience dropping by our door We’ll start with that beggar, by killing the chicken to warn the monkey [idiom: to punish an individual as an exa display of severity i without our lives”
Xu Ziling reached out to wrap his arether they crossed the vehicle and horse’s lane, walking straight toward the homeless man with tattered clothes, who had his hat so low that it could not be pushed any lower
Kou Zhong s to lure Shen Mohuan out, and then using the Extinguished Sun Bow take his dog life His Flying Cloud Boill be yours”
Xu Ziling spoke with a sneer, “His Flying Cloud Bow is stained full of innocent people’s blood, it is an oive it back to Jian Dashi+ as a sacrificial offering in front of his deceased wife’s to on the ground Kou Zhong fished out a copper coin, which was in circulation in Longquan, an ibao currency; he tossed it into the air, the copper coin spun in the air like a gyroscope, before landing on the ground in front of the beggar, right next to his coin bowl It was still spinning for quite half a day before it finally stopped, producing a light, clear and round
Afraid that his disguise ar did not dare to lift his head; he reached out to pick the copper coin, and with a hoarse voice he spoke in Han language, “Thank you very much two Renye [master, as in ertips had just touched the copper coin, Kou Zhong’s foot moved, which seemed to be fast, yet seemed to be sloell, to step on the back of his hand
Xu Ziling’s arive a small demonstration of one’s i the serious injury on the pit of his sto such qi power, his wound would not burst open again
The tra’s true qi was pressing down, so that his originally quick and nimble palm felt like it was under a thousand jin boulder, unexpectedly he was unable to le step
His soul fleay and scattered, his pal’s foot Naturally his other hand cut toward Kou Zhong’s leg, but Kou Zhong’s true qi already attacked It flowed along the foothand only moved halfway and it already went limp
The man looked up; his pair of eyes emitted vicious and cruel, as well as panic-stricken look Applying his power, he jerked his hand aould have thought that he was unable to free hile i-the-lungs pain, so that cold sweats immediately appeared on his forehead, the bones of his hand felt like they were about to break
Not only Kou Zhong was indifferent to his pain, he also see on so had happened, he turned to Xu Ziling, who still had his arh, “People say that the pain on the ten fingers is linked to the heart If the palm is destroyed, won’t it resolve the pain linked to the heart probleer pain linked to the heart is not as bad as ten fingers’ pain”
Xu Ziling was a bit unable to bear to do this to theto ask you a few questions, if you answer obediently and honestly, ill let you go iuarantee that your hands and feet will be intact”
The two boys have been partners for a long ti delinquents, and had deep understanding of psychological warfare Echoing one another, they destroyed the opposite side’s willpower to resist, layer by layer
Kou Zhong acted as if he had just seen the aze on hiet a chance, I have to sit doith hishui Rice wine, to chat about recent developments”
The man was shaken all over, apparently he was shocked that Kou Zhong had seen the actual facts
Only Xu Ziling knew that atonly had fifty-percent confidence that he could control the enemy But this kid was just like his Moon in the Well; he loved to win by surprisewith ample his mother’s brazenness, as if he had a hundred-percent confidence
First of all, from his impure accent they could detect that he was a Qidan Secondly, they knew that various Qidan tribes, none was not afraid of Tuli, only the Qidan grand chief Abaojia dared to disregard Tuli, together with Shen Mohuan and Tiefuyou, they a officer under Abaojia’s coical that thiscompletely loosened his foot’s pressure froained his freedo out of his pair of eyes, a clear sign that his defensive e smiled and said, “If you are a realas you speak out honestly, please say hello to Kunzhihuang forto return the jade annulus to Zhao (idiohtful owner] his hand under Kou Zhong’s sole evenhis head dejectedly, he said, “Yes!”
Kou Zhongfoot away, patted the h, “Wouldn’t it be better if you speak up earlier?”
Pulling Xu Ziling back into the street, they walked over toward the group sitting at the feed store Laughing in low voice, he said, “I have a bit of feeling that we are back to the h skill, and had to rely on stealing, cheating, and swindling to hed and said, “Cheating and swindling have nothing to do with , Kou Zhong said, “I ah and pure has become your chronic illness I am an honest person, I can only speak honest words, please don’t take offense”
Blurted out laughing, Xu Ziling said, “Thinking of oneself as high and pure chronic illness? In the end you are still pointing finger atto help you strive for the world Yet you still call yourself a brother! But everybody has his own aspiration I do not blame you, because I kno to respect other people’s aspiration”
Kou Zhong laughed freely and said, “While there is still a ti Si to see Zhenxian [lit true/real fairy] Only in front of Zhenxian will you, Ling Shao, reveal your real face”
The two boys stood outside the feed store’s door, looking inside Occupying the first table by the door were three foreign tribe’s men, ere intimidated by their approach, unexpectedly they all averted their eyes
Xu Ziling’s gaze fell on the tattoo on the back of one of theis well?”
The three h it was imperceptible, but how could they conceal it from the two boys? They cried ‘what a pity’ inwardly, because if they could secretly follow these reat chance that they would be able to find Cui wang’s nest But now, although they had the will, they did not have the strength [idiom from Confucian analects]
One of the men replied, “Xu Ye misunderstood We are Lie Ye’s men That day at Hualin o Daye from a distance”
The two boys had no doubt even more Only people who had stayed in the Central Earth for a long tie like this; moreover, it carried a northeaster accent
Another Huihe man said, “Lie Ye told us to wait here for his orders”
Kou Zhong stai, please!”
The three men you looked at me I looked at you, and then as if they had just received imperial as
Kou Zhong took Xu Ziling back into the street The suspicious carriage already left far away Kou Zhong cheerfully said, “This could be considered an unexpected gain What do you think?”
Xu Ziling pondered, “Most likely Cui wang’sall over the place, we are always back to the original starting point Not only Xu Kaishan is an i Zun Jiao, he is also thespoke excitedly, “As long as we have the proof that Liexia is related to the wolf-bandits, we could publicly look for Liexia while wielding the banner Ha! I wonder if it could be considered official authority used for private interests But Old Ning [Daoqi] once said that in everything, we must attach most importance to the aftermath After all is said and done, we can say that we rid the world of calahed and said, “Whether inside or outside the Central Plains, we must follow reasons One day you have not found conclusive evidence of guilt, based merely on conjectures, it is still difficult to condemn Liexia”
The two boys turned into a side street, cutting across toward the Ver our track?” Kou Zhong asked in low voice
Xu Ziling shook his head and replied, “Did not sense any”
Muttering to hi said, “I have an idea on how to kill Shen Mohuan, but not sure if it is feasible?”
“Xiaodi is listening with respectful attention,” Xu Ziling responded indifferently
Kou Zhong slyly said, “But it would take two assumptions to hold up before my assassination plan could be carried out The first assumption is that for personal reason, Meiyan Furen keeps the Five-Colored Stone in her possession and has not handed it over to either Funantuo or Bai Ziting The second assuet hold of the Five-Colored Stone for himself If these two assumptions became a fact, we could use Meiyan as a bait to lure Shen Mohuan, this big fish out, and bestow hi, Xu Ziling said, “Meiyan and us are neither a relative nor a friend, how could she be willing to follow our arrange Following Guan Ping’s track won’t be of any use either, because he can’t possibly go straight to her”
They were still a couple of blocks away from the Vermillion Bird Boulevard, it was clear that the traffic volu with noise and excite into a side street and stood still Thisthem would have rushed over and thus could not hide fros to me, but tell me first whether these two assu his head, Xu Ziling replied, “Very difficult to say; it really is hard to say”
Kou Zhong smiled and said, “Why is it so difficult? Just find Meiyan and ask; won’t that work? If the Five-Colored Stone is still in her hands, it et the Five-Colored Stone back for Funantuo or Bai Ziting, but for herself If that’s the case, I have seventy-, eighty-percent confidence that I could convince her to be the bait for the big fish”