Chapter 49 (1/2)
After the tunnels under the teave an order to bury all the tunnels, and even sealed off all the entrances The Beseeching Fire Cult tried to argue against this order, stating that the tunnels were used for their rituals, and was a sacred place That, that kind of order was a blaspheainst God! That it'll be punished by the Gods!
To that, Emperor Yan only answered 3 words He's a Buddhist
And thus, the tunnels are forcefully sealed off
Although all the cult devotees are still claion, they are soon shut up by the guards All the co how many are inconvenienced because of thisNan, who is forced to squeeze in the tiny secret tunnel under Tang Zhibo'sover? I do think that this is a trap lead by Xue Mu to lure us out”
Tang Zhibo said, staring sole opposite of hi deeply
” According tocounty ”
” But does the west mountain really have the treasure? What if it's a trap? ”
” Why don't you understand? As long as Xue Mu exist, even if we got the treasure and build an ar Zhibo bit his lips and reed to persuaded Qiang Wu Emperor to send an army, but yet weren't they beaten back by Xue Mu? Still, to obediently run over to the Liang county is quite a risk
” Father, Xue Mu possess higha troop of otten? We still have Aersi ”
Tang Zhibo frown Aersi is good at fighting and have a resourceful Yi Jin by his side Because of these 2 only is Mongolia still standing ae countries But towards Aersi, he still can't let his guard down…
” But… ”
” Have you gone weak after being caught by Xue Mu once? How are you able to do great things by being this cautious? If ait till Xue Mu's men report back to the city, it'll all be too late ”
Tang Zhibo shut histhat he can't wait to eliminate Xue Mu tells him how deep his father's hatred for him is
” I'll personally contact Aersi and his o and form a team to prepare to head up the west mountain ”
” Yes, then I shall takeZhibo bow to the Duke before leaving the secret chamber Once he close the doors behind hih Nohenever he thinks of Xue Mu, his wrist would start aching He feels that his father should be ood chance and if he's the Duke, he probably won't let go of this chance either
Letting out a sudden laugh, he head out If this is really a trap laid out by Xue Mu, then he have really know them in and out It would be better to remove this kind of enemy as soon as possible
Back at Aersi'srobes, his face covered with a vicious looking ht
” The Duke? ”
Aersi is not surprised to hear the Duke visiting as he already heard the news of Xue Mu finding treasure at the westtheAfter hearing what he have to say, Aersi glance at Yi Jin, who's sipping tea by his side, before looking back at the Duke
” Duke, Xue Mu is our coet him, hoould I say no? ”
” What do you think are the chances that Xue Mu is setting a trap for us? ”
” Xue Mu didn't brought alonga trap, there's only a maximum of 2 area he could ambush us We, however, have plenty of routes to choose fro silent, Aersi continues
” Don't worry, Duke, even if Xue Mu is planning to a le one of them will be a master ”
“I understand, but the Envoy's every move is monitored by the E, I would have to asked the Envoy to pretend as a devotee of the Fire Cult ”
” Sure, sure ”
He is very good at that
After setting down the plans to ambush Xue Mu, the Duke head back to prepare to leave to is s the Duke hi 3 e of planning, stayed behind The Duke also bring along 3Zhibo and the other two h s he only brought along Peng Peng by his side
Liang County is not far away as the group goes on their way The Duke is still dressed in the Fire Cult's robes, seely not afraid that he can't see out of thethe west mountain, they tied their horses to the trees and start walking uphill
WestCounty so all the coet their firewood fro for a while, they haven't even seen a single person Aersi, who is walking in front, can't help but ask
” Why is no one here? ”
” The Envoy haven't heard, but there's apeople around here ”
” Mountain de to rureen face and tusks ”
” Green face with tusks? Just like that? ”
Aersi said, pointing to the Duke'sZhibo's lips twitches as the Duke answers
” What mountain demon? I sure it's all a ru after his money ”
” The Duke sure have a clearsohost ”
” Commoners here are stupid and believes in all these superstitions I believe the Envoy is not like theht? ”
The Duke look over and see a lady in a cheap burlap dress kneeling far frolance, the Duke send one of his et her as he observes her She have a small stature with a roundish face and yellowish skin with so force towards the Duke's group, the young lady stare fearfully at the Country, as she recognize none of them Especially the one with theher fearful face, the Duke slowly open hisup here? ”
She gulp and carefully speaks up
” My naather mushrooms ”
” Mushrooms? Are you not afraid of the ruht by the hs
” So the mountain demon doesn't eat human butso hard to explain that her face grows red
” The mountain delance at each other and this ti Zhibo who speaks up
” Since the ht you? ”
” M-e for his son and caughtZhibo eyes narrowed as he glance at the Duke They heard about Xue Mu locking Magistrate Ma up for the offence of taking lives in order to hold ghostwhy Xue Mu have the ti for Du Juan
” So this e person He kept saying how there's treasure on this oes near”
This successfully silence the entire group as they direct their eyes at her She suddenly appears and even reveal to them the information they wanted She is most likely a pawn send by Xue Mu
Now, the question is if they should trust her or not
According to the Duke's nature, he will definitely doubt her but Aersi is highly interested in her
” Treasure? What's that? ”
” I don't know The uard by the entrance and I dare not go near ”
” Since you're so afraid of hih the mountain deo, he was injured by a troop of areneral so I can't just leave him be ”
” You sure have loyalty ” (Aersi)
” General? What did he look like and why did he injured the ood-looking and is highly skilled in martial arts, even the mountain demon is not his match As for why, I don't know either It cannot really be that there's treasure? ”
” So did that General found the treasure? ” (Duke)
” Of course not, that's all crazy talk by the mountain deuard by the cave so why is there no treasure in there? ” (Duke)