Vol 12 Chapter 3 (2/2)
He was only concerned about Lu Buwei and whispered to King Zhuangxiang He forgot that on the other side of the bed, there were Zhu Ji, Lady Xiuli and a bunch of palace maids Sooner or later, Lu Buwei may know about this as well
Thanks to Qin Qing’s ree this via Li Si
Qin Qing saw that his face is changing colour When she was about to question further, Ji Yanran came in
Xiang Shaolong hurriedly stood up and sighed: “Grand Tutor Qin’s life has always been peaceful and does not meddle in worldly affairs I do not wish to see Grand Tutor embroiled in complicated affair”
Leading Ji Yanran, he bade farewell and left
Staring at Xiang Shaolong, Qin Qing’s eyes revealedtocould feel that she is beginning to understand him better
When theyYi, Ji Yanran has been updated about everything that has happened
The traitor Wu Jie is riding a horse but his legs are tied to the harness Unless one looks carefully, he looks like any other horseman
Everyone rode out of the city towards the farms
Entering a dense forest, they stopped
Jing Jun tied Wu Jie to a tree and instructed the Eighteen Guardians to keep watch
Teng Yi’s expression grows serious and detailed: “The people axie Although with only a hundred and fifty warriors, they are the best fighters from Premier Residence Master Tu did not even know about this at all It appears toto Mo Ao and Guan Zhongxie”
Xiang Shaolong enquired: “Where are they planning to ambush us?”
Teng Yi pointed to a nearby valley named Plum Valley and state: “Of course they chose a place that is hard for us to escape Based on our present strength, fighting theer issue is that Wu Jie has revealed our secrets to Lu Buwei”
Xiang Shaolong sighed secretly So Lu Buwei has identified Wu Tingwei as their weakest link a long tio Since they have no idea about his treachery, they are always one step slower than him
Ji Yanran simply countered: “We need not panic yet I ae about our real strength”
Xiang Shaolong agreed that it was a close shave While raising this army of five thousand elite warriors, he included the classification of secrets as well fro Except for them, the core leaders of the elite army, their subordinates only react to orders Any one of theth, fighting prowess, ars on a need to know basis To further limit infor their training As a result, Wu Jie’s knowledge is limited
Teng Yi nodded: “It is fortunate that we have precautions in place But Lu Buill be extra wary of us Hng! What shall we do now?”
Ji Yanran implored: “Where is Brother-in-la?”
Teng Yi replied: “Of course he is back at the farood news and to avoid suspicions at the saxie will naturally kill Wu Jie Dead men tell no tales”
Ji Yanran proposed: “That’s great We will return to the farm now and force Brother-in-law and Wu Jie to verify each other’s words We must find out if there are any other traitors in the faht to the end with Lu Buwei Worse coe for Princess Qian and those who died for us”
Xiang Shaolong was agonized Lu Buill enjoy at least another eight years of power and he does not know his own ending as it is not stated in history The weather for the future looks gloomy indeed
He nodded: “We will let Guan Zhongxie live a while longer Let’s return to the farms!”
Silent all these while, Jing Jun signalled and suether with Wu Jie, they took a left detour back towards the farms
As the travelling distance is htfall
As everyone was preparing to pitch their tents, Xiang Shaolong sounded: “Wait! Master Tu hly-skilled We took so much time to leave the city and will raise his suspicions He will send spies and they will soon find out that we have changed our travelling path It is better to play safe Even if we have overestimated him, it is still better than to lose our lives”
Jing Jun juht, I will let them taste their own medicine”
Xiang Shaolong smiled: “My sentiments exactly”
The campsite was situated beside a small river
Five tents are surrounding a weak fire and there are straw uard It looks just as real unless one looks closely
Hiding in a dense forest uphill, their bows and arrows are prepared to give any invaders a surprise
However, there is no activity even till late into the night
Last night, they did not sleep at all and travelled the entire day Xiang Shaolong and Teng Yi could not hold back and started yawning
Ji Yanran suggested: “Why don’t we take turns to sleep or ill all die of tiredness”
When Xiang Shaolong woke up, he found Ji Yanran still in deep sluly and the birds are chirping, heralding Spring
He could feel tranquillity in his soul as he scrutinized the well-proportioned Ji Yanran sleeping
Now that he is far away fro the fresh air and the love of this beauty whose body is being illuminated by the sun All of a sudden, his tense emotions and burdened mind feels like they have been relieved and freed
Like a Buddha who has gained enlighten The reason why he is on the losing end is because Lu Buwei has been planning against hie that Lu Buill reht years
If he continues to re end
He ht years, but history has proven that he will be defeated by Xiao Pan, Li Si, wang Jian, etc
In other words, there is no way these people will come to harm
Since this is the case, why doesn’t he borrow their strength and fight till the end with Lu Buwei King Zhuangxiang’s death has proven that no one can change history
Even if he died, Xiao Pan will avenge hi on his twenty first birthday
Thinking about this, he completely relaxed
Teng Yi’s voice rang out behind him: “Third Brother is awake!”
Xiang Shaolong tried to move Ji Yanran
The beauty hu bosom and sat to the side Still dazed froxie is not here yet?”
Her lazy yet enchanting posture caused both men to stare blankly at her
Ji Yanran shot the to wash up by the river!”
She was about to take a step when Xiang Shaolong stopped her, warning: “The sh our trap Moreover, the campsite is near the river and it is easy to flee If I am him, I will move my ambush further down the road or I ait at the caoes like this, you will fall into their trap”
Teng Yi came to his side and scrutinized him Fascinated, he exclaimed: “Third Brother seems like a brand new man Since the lastspirit and alertness”
Ji Yanran happily added: “Second Brother is right This is the hero Yanran loves”
Xiang Shaolong knehat they ained his ahteen Guardians, he told them his theory
Jing Jun nodded: “This is easy We, the Jing village hunters, spend long hours in the wild tracking anixie has his men come near the campsite, even if they just rode one round, ill be able to detect their existence”
Under his cohteen Guardians left with him
Xiang Shaolong and Teng Yi further interrogated Wu Jie about Wu Tingwei and discovered that Lao Ai was involved as they suspected
After they prepared breakfast, the two men went to another side of the slope and ad Yi sighed: “It is not as bad as we thought Frowei has betrayed us”
Ji Yanran sighed: “He is Tingfang’s elder brother What can we do to him?”
Xiang Shaolong coldly snorted: “There is no more relationshi+ps to talk about If we don’t kill hi Brother imprison him there He will never step into Qin for eternity”
Teng Yi was pleased: “Second Brother has regained the co Horse Fanatic in Handan City”
Jing Jun was seen hurrying back Full of respect, he reported: “Third Brother has excellent foresight Two ns of grass that has been eaten by horses Following the trail, we detected that the enemy has relocated the ambush further up north”
Teng Yi was astonished: “He knows the place well That is a path we et home Unless we turn back and use another route, ill have to climb over the mountains”
Xiang Shaolong stared at the river below and concluded: “He will leave so on us In this wilderness, he can do whatever he wants The h to eliminate us”
Ji Yanran xie is so clever He will leave souessed Thus, even if we slip away, they can still pursue us”
Jing Jun showed the fearless side of hiroups to attack us siainst them and attack them separately”
Teng Yi disht If the enemy surrounds us, how can we escape?”
Jing Jun was dumbfounded
Xiang Shaolong lied down and stared at the tree branches and clouds above hiood sleep first When the eneht or this o home”
Everyone gazed at hiht situation