Book 15 - Chapter 9 – Charging Into The Tigers Den (1/2)
Book 15 Chapter 9 – Charging Into The Tiger’s Den
Under the fine droplets of the drizzle, the slided slowly on the surface of the water
With serene expression Xu Ziling steered the boat using the oar that he took from the other boat His sci on the boearing baaze across the residential buildings lining up the stream on both sides, and then he said, “What’s on your u Ba?”
Xu Ziling nodded and said, “Shen Luoyan has always regarded Li Mi’s business more important than her own; therefore, she should not have haru Clan’s u Clan But this is just one as that I don’t understand”
Muttering to hiure out clearly how Shen Luoyan followed Dugu Ba to this place, or perhaps how she gathered intelligence beforehand that she lay an ae happened easily, then we canon”
Without even thinking, Xu Ziling replied, “Without a doubt shein ambush earlier; otherwise, how did she know that Qu Ao is not inside?”
Ba Fenghan said, “Shen Luoyan must have monitored that house for so, and perhaps she even followed hiave us, moreover, she even knew for certain that that is Yin Gui Pai’s secret nest, hence she was able to offer us this information But how could she have such a bad intention that she wanted to borrow our hands to deal with Qu Ao?”
After a short pause, he went on, “She took advantage of the situation to kill Dugu Ba, probably it was for two reasons: business and private Just for the fact that Dugu Ba was secretly cou Clan has a deep apprehension toward Li Mi, so their cooperation with Li Mi to deal ang shi+chong is just te shi+chong and his cronies, then they could take over the power over the military Otherwise, if they let Li Mi acquire the Eastern Capital, their Dugu Clan won’t have good days to pass”
Xu Ziling asked, “Since Qu Ao was out, whohan replied, “Maybe he did not know Qu Ao was out Or perhaps Chang Shu for hiuess is that currently the house is empty, at most there are only people with low-level s Even the last two people with superior ehu’er had just left Otherwise the sound of our fighting would have alerted the hed and said, “Things are really coure out why Shen Luoyan was following Qu Ao and why he did not detect it Ah! I understand now; it bai brothers Their ”
The two men’s four eyes han said, “Qu Ao is having a secretfor Qu Ao to leave and we have a fierce battle with hith and foundation of Yin Gui Pai’s secret nest, and then think of a way to find out news about your Yu Yi”
Xu Ziling suddenly asked, “What kind of relationshi+p is there between you and Shen Luoyan?”
Slightly startled, Ba Fenghan said, “What does it have to do with our current situation?”
Nonchalantly, Xu Ziling said, “I a whether this is another trap Shen Luoyan is laying before us”
Fully alert, Ba Fenghan looked carefully at theahead of them; he replied, “One time she invited me to join Li Mi, to becoenerous rewards But I flatly refused Afterwards we still spent a whole day traveling together I can’t deny that she is indeed a quite attractive wo said, “But her loyalty to Li Mi certainly prevails over other things, which is why I do not trust her at all Li Mi’s Duke of Pushan Decree to hunt and kill Zhong Shao and me is definitely not a joke Noe have become a thorn by Li Mi’s side”
“What you said is not without a reason,” Ba Fenghan said, “Therefore, we have to split up; you go to rendezvous with Kou Zhong, I will step onto the plate to see if it really is a trap”
Frowning, Xu Ziling said, “Aren’t you taking tooZhu Yuyan and perhaps Wanwan, plus Tiele people, I a Daoqi would find it hard to escape”
Ba Fenghan s-the-fires-burning-across-the-river’ style to watch froe in to throayus, I a spider’s thread and horse track]”
And then, laughing, he said, “Let’s go ashore!”
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Kou Zhong rushed toward the Luo River dike opposite the Tianjian Bridge By the ti for about half a sichen
As soon as he ju i said, “I’ve done everything to throw off anybody anted to follow me Uh! Where did you steal this boat froinally it was stolen, but later on it will turn into an ingot of gold business profit With our title of Double Dragons, and this boat as ourus”
Receiving the ba handed hi spoke happily, “You are well prepared! Where did Old Ba go? Ay! Dong Shuni, that poniang [re to me”
He was about to explain, someone flew from the riverbank toward their boat
The two boys ju only two fists to deal with the two boys’ four?
Even Zhu Yuyan, she would think again and again before attacking them on such a wide river and on a small boat like this
Upon closer look, they saw that the inco Yuzhi, has returned to the south Only because he earing banize hi the wind and the rain with hi master landed in the middle of the boat, and said happily, “It’s so difficult to find you, plus I was afraid so contact with you, so I followed Xiao Zhong from the Imperial City all the way here, and only then did I dare tosaid, “Your tracking skill is indeed not bad”
Astounded, Xu Ziling asked, “Didn’t Er Gongzi return to the south?”
Song shi+dao replied indifferently, “Junchuo’s shi+mei is in trouble, how could I keepthe oar, Xu Ziling turned the boat to the left and sped up along the road
Song shi+dao went on, “About Junyu, I have a bit of clue”
The two boys were amazed; they conducted open inquiries and secret search, yet still failed to find the least bit of infor shi+dao only found out about this ht, how could he succeed so quickly?
Song shi+dao was an astutethe two boys’ incredulous expression, he explained, “Our Song Clan has already had close relationshi+p with several cos and societies around here One of the; hence they watch closely Shangguan Long’s activities all the ti’s trail that I was able to gain this precious inforreatly aroused
Song shi+dao exhaled slowly, as if he was sorting out the information in his brain After half a day, he slowly said, “Five days ago, Shangguan Long rode out of town, unacco back into the city Behind hi the four riders accoauzed cloth covering their faces; looks like they were traveling furtively The carriage finally stopped inside a courtyard at Yong Tong Lane by the Yi River in the southeast corner of the city Shangguan Long stayed there overnight and only left the followingthe oar to steer the boat, Xu Ziling spoke heavily, “We han immediately I am so sure that inside the house that Shen Luoyan pointed out, the one waiting is not Qu Ao, but that fellow Nanhai Xian Weng [immortal elderly man of the South Sea, first cuo”
It was the first ti heard about this He was confused, but he understood that Song shi+dao has indirectly uncovered another plot of Shen Luoyan’s
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Stepping out of an alley into the han pulled his hat lower and walked swiftly with his head hung low
Although there was no lack of pedestrians on the street, due to the increasing intensity of the rain, everybody was hurrying along; rarely would anybody pay any attention to another passer-by