Book 27 - Chapter 8 – Concealed Murderous Intent (1/2)
Chapter 8 – Concealed Murderous Intent
Two chunks of boulder hit the escaping shi+p’s stern at the sa into the air Strangely though, the shi+p leaned slightly to the left and swayed back to the right, but eventually it regained its balance, and was doing its best to run away in their direction
Shaking his head, Kou Zhong said, “This shi+p’s finished! Their only way out is to pull toward the shore and flee for their lives”
“They already lost that chance,” Xu Ziling responded, “Didn’t you see two of the pursuing shi+ps split to the left and right to overtake the toward the shore These people are so ruthless; it looks like they want to kill to the last one Therehatred between the, their small sailboat already advanced so shi+p, which was sailing downstream, was less than a li away
The fire quickly spread to theshi+p was sentenced to its death
Grabbing his head, Kou Zhong said, “What should we do? Such a face-to-face direct encounter, eight or nine out of ten it will bring disaster to the fish in thesaid with a sneer, “Didn’t you say that e see injustice on the road, you would draw your saber to render assistance? Why shrink back as the ti cold feet]?”
Kou Zhong replied, “Problem is: hoe know it is really injustice?”
Xu Ziling smiled and said, “Therefore, we must hurry up to see if this is clearly a planned ania on this shi+p belongs to certain person Deploying the troops for the sake of one person, don’t you feel it strange?”
Turning his gaze onto the approaching shi+p, Kou Zhong spoke heavily, “Very strange! Ay! This ti rock hit thethe sail toppling down on the deck The escaping shi+p was leaning over to the side One after another the people on the shi+p threw themselves into the river to save their lives
Xu Ziling said, “I ae of rescuing people, understand?”
S with the rocks and the arrows?”
“Naturally also you,” Xu Ziling replied indifferently, “Watch out!”
With a twist of the rudder, the sailboat curved to the left to evade the capsizing shi+p, but it entered the space between the two pursuing shi+ps
Startled, both sides looked at each other
I felt their scalp went nuly they saw Yun Shuai [the Cloud Coe of one of the two shi+ps Fortunately the other side only thought that the two boys were just passing through, plus they were anxious to pursue and attack the ene into the river, therefore, they only waved the two boys to leave i said, “What do you think we should do?”
Of course Xu Ziling knew that under this kind of circumstances, whether they would be able to save their own lives still re other people’s life Besides, as soon as someone appeared on the surface of the river, he would immediately be covered with arrows and sink back into the water; thisadded, “Perhaps it was Yin Gui Pai shi+p”
When he said those words, both sides brushed past each other
It was not until the small sailboat left Yun Shuai’s side’s fleet far behind that the two boys heaved a sigh of relief They both cried inwardly, ‘What a close call!’ Obviously the other party was Zhu Can’ssupport to Yun Shuai to attack an inized the two boys; otherwise they would be able to easily getting rid of theainst-the-feide-disparity situation [idiom from Mencius: heavily outnumbered], plus the enemy had Yun Shuai, a martial art master nearly of Bi Xuan’s level, all they could do was to join those people ent into the water to save their lives
Looking back, Kou Zhong was puzzled, “What kind of person is Yun Shuai dealing with? This Persian guy is tall and handso in that departh, “This kid’s lusty heart is on the rise again!”
Upright and unafraid, Kou Zhong said, “lusty heart, everybody has one Huh?”
With a sudden gust of wind, someone swiftly flipped into the boat fro [dear friend], I trust you have been well since we last met Xiaodi has si also agree”
Startled, the two boys looked over Surprisingly it was Tuli Khan, who, although was drenched from head to toe, did not look the least bit in a sorry state The Fu Ying Qiang [subduing-eagle spear], which na behind his back, with its tip protruding fro his hed aloud and said, “Turns out it is Tuli Laoxiong [old chap] This time, can I say that we have rescued you?”
Tuli ca’s other side He looked back first, before looking up to the night sky and said, “I should say that the Heaven and you working together to rescueXiaodi would like to ask: within the Central Plains’ Wulin, there shouldn’t be anybody recognizing Yun Shuai; even Xiaodi has just begun to find out that he has colance?”
Xu Ziling calmly replied, “Naturally there is cause and effect in this matter But please let Zaixia ask Khan a question first: did Khan co her back?”
Tuli was astonished, “You certainly possess great ical power,” he said, “Xiaodi believed that this ht that unexpectedly it seems like everybody in the world already know about it Surelysaid, “How could we find out about it without any reason at all? We can talk about it later, but er yet When Yun Shuai fails to find Khan, he ood ideas?”
Without even looking back, Xu Ziling said with a wry s after us!”
His scalp went nu turned his head around to look, and saw far behind the silhouette of a shi+p under lantern light “This guy is indeed for on to the aft; otherwise, how could he turn around and pursue us this quickly?”
Tuli Khan sighed and said, “I aentleentle, Kou Zhong said, “Does Khan have enough confidence to defeat Yun Shuai?”
Tuli’s expression changed slightly Although he had never fought hand to hand against Yun Shuai, he ell aware of his lightness skill, which was considered the pinnacle of the Western Region
Xu Ziling also knew not to le between the Eastern and Western Tujue, but seeing Tuli was now like a tiger falling behind on a flat plain, all alone and in ht, he was overwhel that Yun Shuai was cooperating with the extremely evil Zhu Can, those people could not possibly be any better than Tuli Making up his ether! Those who have a head start always have a bit htly, his eyes e
The threethe wilderness extending as far as the eyes could see under the starry sky, watching for any sign ofto be unable to hold back anymore, Tuli asked, “Just now the two of you ran all the way here, you have not exhausted your strength yet?”
Kou Zhong laughed and said, “Khan indeed have a bit of insight”
Tuli blew out a mouthful of cold air and said, “No wonder Li shi+o that I saw you, but gentleiven Xiaodi the iht I was able to see clearly how deep or how shalloo gentle to realize that it was just a misperception due tosuddenly said, “The gratitude and grudges between Khan and Fenghan Xiong, we don’t care, but Khan always han and the heroes on horseback on the desert beyond the Great Wall Therefore, we don’t understand why Khan cooperated with Yin Gui Pai to kidnap Lian Rou now; even ivealso asked, “The uan’sattentively At first he showed displeasure, but then he revealed a cohed, shook his head, and then said, “If I told you that this was our Great Khan and Zhao Deyan’s idea, and that Xiaodi entle responsibility But the fact is, although on the surface I appear to have the authority, to have the power, it is precisely to deal with you, the highly risky Han people that a lot of things are beyond inally close friends who treat one another with absolute sincerity, but with current development, there’s possibility that one day ill face one another on the battlefield,his brows, Xu Ziling said, “Why do you have to hout history, there has never been any outside tribe able to set their foot on the Central Plains; at most they could only loot and afterwards meet the reprisals If this vicious cycle continues, there will be no benefit to either side at all”