Book 38 - Chapter 5 – The Trip to Yin Ma Yi (1/2)
Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling deeply appreciated the i and wonderful scenery of the northern frontier; ahead, a highto the sky, the vast andinfinitely There was a streah the depth of the shade of the trees, lush ater plants, while birch trees, bright [shuo] trees were rising around it The road was rugged and hard to pass; they could i through this road
Nevertheless, they were traveling leisurely; since they decided to spend the night at Yin Ma Yi, they did not need to hurry, so they just enjoyed the beautiful scenery along the way
The sky was still covered densely with black clouds The three were accustoh there was a bit of there-is-a-fly-in-the-oint, but the weather was pleasantly cool, so that their spirit and h elevation, they could see far into the distance the fields and the low farmhouses and the cattle and sheep around the-cut-off-fro in the the ht and flat Over the distant forest, theto the sky, as if it was the real
Ren Jun happily said, “That is the steao the wrong way”
Kou Zhong asked in surprise, “Aren’t you the old horse who knows the way ho way?”
Ren Jun’s tender face blushi+ng slightly, he said, “I only went there twice; I still don’t have hed aloud and said, “It was just ahow you have such a profound izi, I thought you have been thereforYe, please let me off”
With the sound of rapid hoof beats,frolance they could tell that these were so the three, except for Ren Jun, did not carry any weapon, thepast the at all in the direction of Yin Ma Yi The horse hooves kicked the dust that rolled up into the air, filling the sky like a block of wall blown by the wind assaulting thehed toward Xu Ziling and said, “Those who are able to be one step ahead of other people can always occupy a little bit of eous position”
He had not even finished speaking when there was another sound of hoof beats The three turned their heads around to look; aalone on aover The mule was extraordinarily like a divine steed; its speed was comparable to a horse’s, in just a short ed Taoist priest’s appearance eird and ugly; he was short in statute While still some ways away, he already called out loudly, “Gentleang or society brothers are you?”
Kou Zhong waited until he cah, “We are without a gang, without a sect This ti out to Shanhai Pass on so”
Luo Daren revealed a ‘oh, I see’ look; his gaze fell on the horses that the three rode Refined light flashi+ng in his eyes, he said, “Good horses! If you want to sell the] people, you can certainlysaid, “Our horses are just like Daozhang’s [Taoist priest] mule; they are the root of our life [ie lifeblood], the stem of our heart, absolutely not for sale”
Stunned, Luo Daren asked, “How do you know that Xiao Lei [lit little bud] iss at howkeeps theloves the mule like your life”
Luo Daren threw his head back and roared in laughter; he said, “Well said Seeing how smart you are, let Pindao [poor Taoist] offer you a bit of advice: if you don’t want to give up your horses, it would be best if you do not go into Yin Ma Yi; the detour will take you noaloud, he rode past theaze on the lone hed and said, “This is the benefit of traveling a ten-thousand-li road; otherwise, how could we e people, unusual scholars? This Luo Daren is very interesting”
However, Ren Jun’s expression was grave; he said, “Why would Bei Ma Bang go to Yin Ma Yi?”
Surprised, Xu Ziling asked, “Have you heard about Bei Ma Bang?”
Ren Jun replied, “Bei Ma Bang’s Bangzhu Xu Kaishan is the biggest horse dealer in the northeast, specializing in doing transaction with various tribes outside the Great Wall, and then selling the warhorses to the south for huge profits Gao Kaidao cannot control hi of Xia]”
Kou Zhong asked, “Those riders weh would have been branded with horseshoe-shaped , they can’t be Bei Ma Bang s, One Sect of the northern border are Bei Ba Bang [northern hege], Sai Mo Bang [border desert gang], and Changbai Pai [Changbai Sect]; there is no Bei Ma Bang; they shouldn’t be any good Why is it that when Xiao Jun mentioned their name, your expression looked so nervous?”
Ren Jun replied, “The reason why Bei Ma Bang is not included in the Three Gangs, One Sect is simply because they rose up abruptly only in the last few years Three years ago, no one had even heard of Xu Kaishan’s na even becaht to understand why I a said, “Do you think Xu Kaishanasked Ren Jun, “When doing business with the tribes outside the Great Wall, will it be goods traded with goods?”
Ren Jun replied, “Generally, it is goods traded with goods; gold is rarely used”
Xu Ziling nodded and said, “In that case, the possibility issaid, “How can we catch his sore feet then? This guybusiness; otherwise, how could he rise up so quickly? Du Xing is willing to be brothers with hiround is not si said, “It ry Wolf Cui wang’s sore feet that Cui wang had him killed; he even destroyed the evidence”
At first, Kou Zhong was only staring blankly, and then he slapped his thigh and said, “You are right Cui wang only seeks goods, seeks wealth; killing the rebels is only to establish his ht Since it was neither sensible nor reasonable to take the risk to kill everybody in Lu Ping’sthe residence, it must be to destroy the evidence that could be in existence over there”
Ren Jun said, “If Lu Ping kneho Cui wang was, he would naturally spread the information widely; why didn’t even half the infor said, “Xiao Jun is beginning to have the ability to think and analyze; it is worthy of celebration”
Being praised, Ren Jun’s young face revealed an excited yet shy look; blushi+ng, he said, “Two Ye’er repeatedly encouraged Xiaozi, naturally Xiaozi s of the world, nothing is too bizarre, anything is possible Perhaps Lu Ping did obtain the evidence, but he did not know that it was so is Or perhaps he aiting for certain people to look over it As long as we can find out where he went and whom he eneral idea of what happened”
Suddenly the dust arose in the distance; riders,fro-the-dust technique that Linglong Jiao personally i said, “The dust is scattered, the forood order This bunch of people seemed to be one troop forroups of people, and they are quite in a hurry, as if they wanted to get away from Yin Ma Yi as quickly as possible”
“What is actually happening?” Ren Jun asked in astonish their horses to speed up to ot closer, they were quite certain that these people were the traveling merchants who had stopped by Yin Ma Yi for a rest, but now they were ‘running away’ froot out of the way byasked one of the groups at the front
A fat o to Yin Ma Yi, that place is now teeood is going to happen”
The three watched as group after group of the caravan passing through Constantly people were passionately urging theroup of the caravan had settled down, Kou Zhong laughed and said, “In order to facilitate the investigation of this case, what do you say Xiaodi changing back to Fu Xiong, and Xiao Ling becoree is a ht co’s mind, after Zhai Jiao returned to Leshou, she would still have to send people in a long and difficult trek to Pengliang to summon the two boys to make their move, plus whether the two boys could spare the ti was able to capture Zhai Jiao alive, naturally it was a differentwryly, Ren Jun said, “Frankly speaking, two Ye’er’s formidable power is just like the deity’s, anybody would be able to see that you are not ordinary e your name, you still cannot hide your true identity”
Having a card up his sleeve, Kou Zhong said, “Xiao Jun’s life experience is still not rich enough Hue; not only he has oneself as the center, subconsciously he also see himself as superior to the others It is because you know us that you think we have real skill If it were soht deliberately deht say that these two kids are as thick and solid as an ox, they ought to be just silver-like spearhead, plus they have no weapon Looking at their two spiritless eyes, iton their two pretty faces to deceive wo themselves excessively in wine and women”
Ren Jun’s expression went blank, he said, “But your two eyes … oh …” he had not finished speaking, suddenly he discovered the spirit in Kou Zhong’s pair of eyes was restrained; although it still looked refined and alert, but there was no intiht like before It could be said that it was indeed brilliant