Chapter 33 (1/1)
Long flute, short lute, and tan clothing
Zhang Wuji went to fetch the horses, and then together with Zhao Min, they rode across the Great Wall He thought his Yifu ar Clan wanted to use hi Cult into subh some humiliation would be unavoidable However, Zhirou was as clear as crystal and as clean as jade; if the devious and cruel Chen Youliang and the shashu forced her, her only option would be to die Thinking to this point, he wished he would groings and fly to Lulong Only, Zhao Min was still injured, they could not possibly travel without any sleep or rest
That night, the two of the down on the ‘kang’ [a heatable brick bed coht; the ot He went outside Zhao Min’s ; he heard her even breathing as she fell into a deep sleep, so he went to the front desk to get pen and ink Tearing down a piece of paper fro that because the ent, he ht, and that he would find her after the matter is settled He advised her to continue her journey ho from her injury He placed the paper on the table and put a piece of rock on it, and then he jumped out from theand rushed southward
By daybreak hethe way After several days of traveling day and night like that, he finally arrived at Lulong However, even by pursuing that fast, he did not see Chen, Song and Zhang Bo Longtou along the way He figured that while he was traveling during the night, they were resting in an inn someplace, hence he missed them
Lulong was a strategic city in Hebei province, where the Tang Dynasty’s Jie Du shi+ [provincial governor; in Tang tiSong] took his residence It was attacked several tis and the Jins and suffered h the Yuan Dynasty, yet it had quite a large population
Zhang Wuji went all over Lulong’s main streets and sly he did not see a single beggar He felt very strange, “Such a big city, yet not a single beggar on the street; this is very unusual Chen Youliang said that the Beggar Clan would have an assears big and sone to pay their respect to the Clan Leader Iplace, this way I can eavesdrop to find out whether Yifu and Zhiruo are really captured by the Beggar Clan”
He then visited all the teardens, and any open area around the city, but did not find a single clue He even went to the villages on the outskirts of the city, but still did not see anything unusual When evening ca about Zhao Min “I wouldn’t be this clueless if she were here” he thought Finally he decided on going to an inn
After taking his dinner, he took a short nap, and then around the second hour [between 1 – 3 am], he flew out of theand went everywhere to see if there was anything astir But after looking to all directions, he saw the night was serene, without the least bit of sign that Jianghu characters were having a
He was disappointed; but suddenly he saw a light on a tall building toward southeast fro to a high-ranking govern to do with the Beggar Clan …” He had not finished his train of thought when he saw a shadow flash; so out from theon the second floor Only, he was quite so that he could not see clearly He thought, “Can it be that there are soreen wood, a term usually refers to ‘world of outlaws’] characters who are visiting this rich fa to do, I’d better check it out”
Utilizing his ‘qing gong’ [lightness skill], he i over the enclosing wall, he heard solao [elder Chen] is really bothersohth of the first entand wait over here He is not Bangzhu, why does he have a say anyway? Ridiculous”
The voice was loud and clear, the speaker was obviously indignant; it turned out that they were on a Beggar Clan’s business As Zhang Wuji heard this, he was delighted The voice came from the main hall, so he quietly crept toward it
He heard shi+ Huolong’s voice reply, “Chen Zhanglao is a genius; that da] Xie Xun, who knofor hiht the shadow of a lion hair’s fart But Chen Zhanglao ed to capture him just like that nobody in the Wulin world has ever accomplished that, let alone people within our own Clan …”
Zhang Wuji was startled, but also glad that finally he heard soar Clan did not have any extraordinaryhis Yifu would not be too difficult He scanned the rooainst a crack in theHe saw that shi+ Huolong was sitting inside, with Chuan Gong and Zhi Fa two Elders, Zhang Bang Longtou and three eight-pouch elders sitting on the lower positions There was another well-dressedfroovern Wuji quietly nodded his head, “No wonder” he thought, “Turns out that there is a rich Beggar Clan disciple in Lulong Who would have thought a whole bunch of beggars will be having an assembly in a rich man’s house?”
He heard shi+ Huolong continue “Since Chen Zhanglao urgently wants us to wait in Lulong, hethis iranny, this … this … we must be very cautious over this matter”
“Bangzhu,” Zhang Bang Longtou said, “Please be infor for Xie Xun is because they want to snatch the ‘wu lin zhi zun’ [theSaber Presently, this precious saber is not within Xie Xun’s possession Noto reveal the precious saber’s location We are wasting our ti this blindhim to drink our wine and eat our food? In my opinion, we’d better torture him harshly; I want to see if he’d keep his mouth shut”
“No, that would be inappropriate,” shi+ Huolong replied, “Weforce Let’s just wait for Chen Zhanglao and then we can talk about it at length”
Zhang Bang Longtou’s face showed discontent; he seezhu alanted to hear what Chen Youliang had to say in everything