Book 30 - Chapter 6 – Merchant Dispute (1/2)

Chapter 6 – Merchant Dispute

Kou Zhong woke up in an inn at Yuanxian [lit yuan county] north of the Yellow River The sky was already bright, he felt his body and mind were comfortable, the weariness of the last several days of travel had been swept away

Since Xu Ziling left, they put on an act of changing the itinerary at the lastthe land route to continue north Actually, they were secretly continuing their journey by changing into a cargo shi+p that Fu Qian had his uise oftheir round between the Central Plains and the neighboring foreign countries

The several hundred troops under Qin Shubao and Cheng Yaojin’s co into hiding in secluded places around the county towns in the vicinity It could be said that this e of Luo Shui Bang having internal conflict and was basically unable to effectively h Dangcheng, Kou Zhong ascertained that nobody was following their track, and only then did he turn back to the south, to continue along the Yellow River to the west toward Guanzhong, handing over the heavy responsibility to escort Tuli to Fu Qian, Li Jing, husband and wife, and Qin Shubao, Cheng Yaojin, and theirput on theto tarry, he went to the dock to try his luck, to see whether he could score a ticket on the passenger shi+p to Guanzhong Who would have thought that the passenger shi+p was already full? Furthermore, most of the shi+ps have already departed at daybreak

While he was hesitating between taking the next day departure, whicha horse and taking the land route, someone came up to him and happily called out, “Turns out it’s Mo Ye; I did not expect to run into you here Where is your honorable uncle?”

Kou Zhong thought that thishis attention to look, he saw that thelike a housekeeper Behind hi several bundles, big and s expedition in the city

Looking closer, he thought the face looked familiar, but momentarily he did not re his lost expression, the hed and said, “Your honorable uncle is Mo Wei, the Divine Doctor! That day outside Xiangyang, your honorable uncle upheld justice by coold he nearly forgot to collect Not only he cured our Xiao Gongzi [young e illness, he also captured Ma Xuran, that traitor Does Mo Ye re slapped his forehead and said, “I remember now! You are … ha! You are …”

The rateful Shaoye [also ‘young zi’ above] and Madame are to your honorable uncle and Mo Ye; you don’t knoeffort we spent to find you Where’s your honorable uncle? How co to ask what Mo ‘so inwardly, he said, “Jiashu [ to our hoain to make his way in the world Ha! What a coincidence Where is Sha Guanjia [housekeeper/butler] heading?”

Sha Fu revealed a look of disappointht-errant like your honorable uncle, who is not only proficient in medical skill but also has co is really hard to encounter, difficult to see”

Inventing crazy nonsense, Kou Zhong said, “Sha Guanjia praised too much But I, Mo … us; I dare say that if I don’t have a 100, then at least I have 90 understanding Hey! I aer shi+p, perhaps I can chat with Sha Guanjia another day Please!”

As if gaining the most precious treasure, Sha Fu pulled his sleeve and spoke in great delight, “Did Mo Ye really obtain the handed-down teachings of your honorable uncle’ssaid, “Why would I lie to you? But who is sick this time?”

With pained expression on his face, Sha Fu replied, “This time it’s Laoye [old master] Does Mo Ye kno to treat typhoid?”

Kou Zhong secretly thought that by relying on his sacred qi to heal injury fro Life plus the Jade Annulus of He Clan, he ought to have a bit of assurance that he would be able to treat any strange, difficult, various illnesses; besides, helping others is a good thing Patting his chest, he said, “What’s so difficult about that? But could you wait until I find a boat?”

“I wonder where is Mo Ye going by boat?” Sha Fu asked

Kou Zhong replied, “I ale there, to see whether I could start a hted, “In that case, no need to look for a boat, because we happen to go to Guanzhong Mo Ye, please!”

Thisreally wish he would reer cabin But before he had a chance to sit down, aor society, cadi, iven name? Do you have any identification fro?”

Xu Ziling’s heart was filled with rage This was certainly an intolerable bullying!

In order to avoid any trouble with Yang WenGan and the others, he changed into Gong Chenchun ht that he would be able to use this disguise to pass through However, due to his strong and佩剑 – fencing saber, the type of sword that is usually hung on the waist] to fool people’s eyes, but eventually he provoked suspicion frohi coldly, he said, “Tell h qualifications to question oing to get angry; he so ashore for h anchor and set sail To roahu, one ers for one’s self interest”

By this tiers; everybody aiting with raised eyebrows, only nobody created any disturbance

Xu Ziling sighed inwardly; he knew that if this situation continued, there would not be any benefit either for hier, he threw allthe boat

As soon as they were out of the door, the big man suddenly lowered his voice and said, “Xiaoren [the lowly one] Zha Huo, one of the Four Tigers under Hong Nong Bang Bangzhu Sheng Nanfu’s command Just noords were offensive, it was because I did not want outsiders to know our relationshi+p Gong Ye reatly surprised “How did you recognize Ol’ Gong?” he asked in confusion

Zha Huo replied, “Let’s talk after we get off the boat”

Going down the gangplank, they saw a horse-drawn carriage galloping over “Gong Ye, please get in,” Zha Huo said

Greatly puzzled and feeling coot in and sat down After the carriage started to h of relief and said, “Fortunately we intercepted Gong Ye; otherwise Bangzhu ht pass down the blame, and then how could I, Zha Huo, take it uponlook, Zha Huo explained, “Lei Jiuzhi Daye and our Bangzhu have friendshi+p that surpasses life itself Five days ago, on his way to Guanzhong, he stopped by our Hong Nong Bang’s headquarters He repeatedly i Ye’s portrait, hence the reason we could recognize Gong Ye”

It was only then did Xu Ziling understand; inwardly he did not knohether he should be grateful to Lei Jiuzhi, or he should blame him, because otherwise he would have been on his way to Guanzhong

Zha Huo went on, “This month, the security to enter the Pass, whether by water or land, two routes, are very strict Without any pass or anybody not having any business in Guanzhong are not allowed to enter the Pass, no exception Lei Daye also relied on us to get hi Ye’s situation is evenYe’s name is on the list of people who should be arrested as soon as you enter Guanzhong, hence you absolutelyasked, “Is there such thing?” While inwardly uised as Yue Shan, it would not be any better

According to reason, Li Jiancheng’s ; there ought to be another reason behind this

Having a card up his sleeve, Zha Huo said, “Gong Ye, don’t worry; if we can’t even acco Ye inside the Pass, how could we, Hong Nong Bang, e stopped Zha Huo said, “We have already prepared an absolutely safe sche We only need to cover the saber scar on Gong Ye’s face, which is just like a tradee your na and personal adornment to assume different identity, we can acco followed Zha Huo get off the carriage, and found out that he was inside a courtyard S ruefully, he followed Zha Huo into the house

To- shi+ps with identical style wereonto the shi+p Several uards, were sizing hireat delight, “Turns out it’s Mo Xiongdi; where is your honorable uncle, Mo Wei, the Divine Doctor?”

The speaker was a fair-skinned, plu and nimble; obviously hisstill had a bit of iot the h he said, “Hey! How are you?”

Inwardly he cursed Xu Ziling; a lot of naed his name to Mo Wei, plus the addition of tords ‘divine doctor’ to his name, which made it sound even weirder and so twisted, as if it was a metaphor of do not become a divine doctor [Reminder: ‘mo wei’ could mean ‘nobody’, ‘mo’ itself means ‘do not’]

Obviously Sha Fu was accusto a quick-witted , “This is Chen Lai hastily continued his laughter and said, “Turns out it is Chen shi+fu; I did not expect to see you again in here!”

Seeing that they knew each other, one by one the other bodyguards cup their fist to salute; there was a big change in their attitude, everybody beca to wait outside the cabin door, while he himself went into the cabin to report to hisfor onechatted with the rather enthusiastic Chen Lai to his hometown to till the fields and live in seclusion and so on, while secretly focusing his power to his ears to follow the sound of Sha Fu’s footsteps This was the first time that he attempted to divide his mind for two purposes; sometimes it was fuzzy, so

He heard a woman exclaimed, ‘Ah!’ and then a tender voice said, “Unexpectedly you ca hero] What about his uncle? Why haven’t you invited the’s i ant and beautiful, hence he inized her voice