199 Surrounded (2/2)
Guan Houlin's words were long-winded. The machetemen below him became flustered.
”You dare to touch the Tenth Young Master?”
”Who doesn't dare? The Tenth Young Master wants to kill my Ninth Young Master, and we would naturally fight back.”
”I advise you to wait a little while.”
Guan Houlin was taken aback; killer Yang Huan was not expressing the fear that he led on. Moreover, he still has not seen the Tenth Young Master. ”Bring the Tenth Young Master out here!”
From within the group of machetemen, one person walked out. Her body was slender, and she took off her mask, it was a middle-aged machetewoman.
”It's not her.” Guan Houlin became furious. He was in control of this whole ordeal, and yet Yang Huan dared to play tricks in front of him.
The machetewoman turned and pulled someone else from their ranks; a shorter person, and took off their mask. It was still not Shangguan Ru, but a maid scared out of her wits.
Guan Houlin commanded his men to monitor this group of ambushers. He definitely saw at least two women among them, surely one of them must be the Tenth Young Master. He did not expect to be deceived and were furious. ”Sly kid, without the Tenth Young Master, you'll die faster. Release the--”
Before the word ”arrows” came out of his mouth, suddenly a sharp whistle came from the distance. The sound pierced through the sky, and could be heard throughout South City.
The whistle seemed to be coming from Hope Alley. Guan Houlin's face paled because this was not the signal he was waiting for.
”I did advise you to wait for a while.”
”You, you... ”
”I know where the Ninth Young Master is, he's in the hands of the Tenth Young Master. So, you'd better not release those arrows. If we die, the Tenth Young Master will surely avenge us.”
Guan Houlin's body trembled. ”You don't know. You're lying to me.”
”Ninth Young Master was hiding inside the peach forest, am I right?”
As soon as the whistle was heard, Gu Shenwei knew that he did not guess wrong.
Shangguan Fei wanted to take everyone by surprise. He speculated that both sides would believe that the peach forest was an insignificant stage. Swallowing his usual cowardly demeanor, he led a few men to hide within the peach forest. After this ordeal, he could proudly promote his new found bravery.
Shangguan Ru assigned the mission to Kun Society, deliberately concealing it, letting any spies believe that the Tenth Young Master had been fooled and was preparing to leave with the main forces to the checkpoint to attack the Ninth Young Master. In actuality, the real Shangguan Ru and Maid Lotus had secretly swapped out of the team and headed toward the peach forest.
Guan Houlin did not stand firm. His foot slipped and he almost fell. A tile fell to the floor, making a clear shattering sound.
”Put down the bows and arrows.” Gu Shenwei slowed his speech. Although the Ninth Young Master should have already fallen into their trap, he and dozens of machetemen were still in the middle of danger. ”You should think about the future.”
The archers were confused by the exchange of words between the two. They stared at the military counselor, awaiting his orders.
Guan Houlin was not good at dealing with these complex and unexpected situations. He needed the Ninth Young Master's instructions. However, the Ninth Young Master had fallen into their trap, and his life was now in someone else's hands.
”I, I don't want to die.”
The words spoken by the military counselor made the archers feel deeply ashamed. They did not wait for his orders and lowered their bows. Some with foreboding feelings about the situation had secretly slipped away.
Gu Shenwei slowing bent down and picked up his saber, the other machetemen followed suit and also rearmed themselves.
”Why don't you come with me to see the Ninth Young Master?”
”You're just going to kill me.”
”No, the Tenth Young Master has promised that she wouldn't kill you, because you're still of use to her.”
”I'm still of use to her?”
”En, you can prove that the Ninth Young Master's death wasn't unjustified.”
Guan Houlin only understood these words. He looked around, the archers began to retreat under his gaze. Those under their employers never had deep loyalties, the general trend was that no one was willing to die in vain.
”I'll go with you, but I don't want to see the Ninth Young Master.”
His last remaining self-esteem had made him unwilling to face his old master.
Gu Shenwei nodded and waited for Guan Houlin to jump dow to lead the machetemen to return to Gui Garden's peach forest.
At this moment, at the edge of the peach forest, a group of people stood indistinctly in a circle. In the middle, a saber was placed on the neck of the Ninth Young Master and a coffin was placed beside him.
”Apologize to Master Yu,” the person holding the saber ordered.