Book 28 - Chapter 6 – Upholding Justice (1/2)
Chapter 6 – Upholding Justice
Xu Ziling slyly replied, “That is Yun Shuai’s falcon”
Kou Zhong was aghast, “I only see a small black dot, yet unexpectedly you can see the bird’s appearance clearly?” he said
Tuli said, “Ling Shao looks at the hawk’s flight pattern to identify who this bird belongs to People who raise hawks have this kind of ability, but Ling Shao only see theuish theuarantee that nobody in the entire Tujue would believe it”
“Of course Ling Shao’s judge dejectedly said, “But aren’t we too lucky? Unexpectedly we ed to throw off Li Yuanji’s side”
Greatly astonished, Tuli said, “It seeht a hard fight with you I wonder if Shao Shuai has enough confidence to score a victory?”
The divine light in Kou Zhong’s eyes glowed brightly, he said with a smile, “I have just said that victory and defeat are impermanence, they are difficult to foresee, how could I dare to brag that I will certainly win? When ere kids, there was this Bai Lao Fuzi [see Book 1 Chapter 1] who oftentis of Confucius and Mencius; he said so us to work hard to find it out afterwards Li Yuanji s are; such an opponent is hard to find, hard to coainst hi smiled and said, “Shao Shuaithe needle, playing ghost in the dark, I am sure you will have your wish come true You can’t even avoid it even if you don’t want to”
The three were chatting and joking as if they did not care that Yun Shuai was closely following the his head to face the wind, Tuli took a deep breath and said, “Yun Shuai could be considered extreht he can quickly catch up with us”
Kou Zhong laughed and said, “He is race by allafter us alone, he has left the others far behind Were it not for he is able to slip away faster than any of us, I really wish I could turn back and beat him to such a sorry state But noe have to find a crowded place to hide his rand plan of striking back”
Xu Ziling said indifferently, “You have such a rich e, please tellpointed to the distant northwest extre-under-their-feet Full of confidence, he said, “We are going in that direction until we reach a big river flowing froht to be Chao River North of Chao River, there is a big city called Shunyang About two hundred li north of Shunyang is precisely Zhu Can’s old nest, Guanjun, situated south of Tuan River There’s a saying, how do you catch the tiger cub without entering the tiger’s lair? Wehi upside doo Laoxiong, what do you think?”
Tuli laughed heartily and said, “I th far surpasses ours, but all along he has been led by the nose by us”
He has beco, his ability to turn the sky and earth upside doith only slightly exaggerated words, so he knew that the three of theth to enter Guanjun, Zhu Can’s tiger whiskers
Xu Ziling said, “After reaching Shunyang, we’d better change our appearance and assume other identities If the hawk relies on external appearance to recognize people, there is a great chance that ill be able to trick it”
Kou Zhong laughed and said, “I auise ourselves as hunchbacked old e into a small black dot, we can’t hide frohter, the three climbed the mountain and rushed in the northwest direction
About a sichen later, the three left thesaid, they saw a big river flowing fro on the river They only saw three fishi+ng boats with fisher their net to catch fish On the opposite site, they faintly saw a village behind a forest
After searching the sky for a ht!”
Tuli said, “In ter endurance, how could itto Yun Shuai to eat and rest”
Kou Zhong happily said, “If we don’t take this opportunity to cross the river, what are aiting for?”
Raising their spirit, the three ran at full speed toward the riverbank Selecting a place where the river course was rather narroith the help of thick branches that they tossed into the river, they effortlessly cross thewide river
As they were slipping into a dense forest by the riverbank, Tuli spoke a bit aardly, “Xiaodi has another proposal, I hope Shao Shuai won’t take offense”
Blurting out laughing, Kou Zhong said, “If Khan has an even better suggestion, Xiaodi can’t thank you enough; how could I take offense?”
S said, “It’s because just now you were displaying your rich knowledge that Khan is hesitant to show that he is more adept than you are in this aspect Ay! You are a kid who loves to toot your horn”
Tuli laughed in delight and said, “In that case I won’t be shy! Frankly speaking, if ant to sneak into Guanjun, it would be ”
Kou Zhong wanted to say so teased hi bitterly, Kou Zhong said, “Can you not think that I a? It’s not that I do not have any interest in Zhu Can’s territory, therefore, Iis located downstrea the current, it will take you only one day Only because Nanyang is a big city – it is the most prosperous, as well as the most populous and affluent within Zhu Can’s sphere of influence, which surpasses even Guanjun, and this kind of place has many men and various eyes – that I did not choose this city!”
Astonished, Tuli said, “I thought Shao Shuai overlooked Nanyang Turns out you have different way of thinking However, inside Nanyang, we have our Tujue clansht ould be able to take advantage of hi Qiaoli and Li Yuanji”
Seizing the opportunity to get out of eorously slapped Tuli’s shoulder and said with a laugh, “Why didn’t you say so earlier? We’ll go immediately; Khan, please lead the way”
The last sentence finally exposed the fox’s tail
Pulling the twosaid, “Look!”
A falcon was riding on the wind high in the sky After e circle, it flew to the west
The three ‘you look atwas the first to come to himself; he said, “Old flat-feathered beasttheQiaoli is following us here, he , to rely on help fro, then ill turn fro hidden, so we can teach evil people, who bullied us, a lesson”
The three looked at the sky, which was clearing up from the earlier haze; very carefully they hid the were located west and south of Tuan River, one upstream, the other downstream, as close as lips and teeth [idio a vast mountainous area and the traffic of the lower reaches of the Tuan River In teric If one of the cities fell under attack, it would be difficult for the other city to ’s economy was more prosperous than Guanjun was simply because since ancient time, it has been the trade and co nuest relay station within several hundred li area, while also an important military base of the Garuda Ar city walls on all four sides were connected by gates joined together to nificent The walls were constructed of bricks sealed tight withthe inside of the as a road to provide rapidthe side of the road were trees and bushes Leaning close to the north side of the city was the turbulent Tuan River, which was diverted into aqueduct around the outside of the city walls to act as a moat
On the inside, the city was prosperous, with rows upon rows of buildings, divided by cross-shaped ht but followed the contour of the river All the houses facing the streets had veranda with eaves The eaves rose up, the s on the upper floor were adorned with orna feature
The north street along the river here the businesses were concentrated, shops were lining up the street on both sides,stream
It was just after dawn Dressed as fisher and Tuli disembarked from the dock north of the city, and paid the tax to enter the city Leaving the main street, they turned into a narrow alley
Greatly astonished, Kou Zhong said, “People say that Zhu Can is cruel and oppressive, sopeople in the area under his jurisdiction, but this city does not have the slightest reflection of that kind of situation, so what exactly is going on?”
Tuli replied, “The reason is very si city is not under Zhu Can at all, but under the coalition governs, and one society It’s just that every month they have to pay tribute to Zhu Can, so that Zhu Can no longer care about Nanyang’s internal affairs”
Both Xu Ziling and Kou Zhong were surprised
Tuli went on, “This has been done by Zhu Can’s own hands Because of excessive suppression and exploitation, three years ago Nanyang’s gangs, societies, schools and sects joined hands with the citizens of the city to rise vigorously and rebel against hi all Garuda troops out of the city Zhu Can led his ar time without success, he had no choice but to accept the reality, and cas, and one society The fact is that this actually brings benefit to Zhu Can without any harm, simply because thirty-percent of the revenue of Zhu Can’s state treasury ca would Zhu Can be able to purchase large quantities of daily necessities, because nobody wants to do business with this credulous person”
Greatly interested, Kou Zhong said, “Unexpectedly there is such thing Zhu Can is not a trustworthy person, how could he be willing to accept this hu,” Tuli said, “Therefore, with a hundred and thousand sches, and one society’s union But these schools, sects, gangs and societies elected Yang Zhen to preside over the general situation Not only he is highly virtuous, his method is smooth and evasive; he is a slick and sly person At least until now, Zhu Can still fails to regain control of Nanyang”