Chapter 108 (1/2)
Chapter 108: The Escort Team Translator: Transn Editor: Transn
Gu Shenas just the chief of the brown-belt assassins, orked as guards in the escort team Golden Roc Fort appointed another one as the chief of the whole escort teapin on behalf of the Supre Mistress All the five brown-belt assassins should also follow this chief’s orders
This chief was Slave Qing, who had once worked as the twins’ attendant in the school He had served under five or six children of the lord, and noas finally promoted to a butler of Inner Residence
Back in the school, Slave Qing had been Slave Huan’s superior and had disliked this troublesome slave boy very much However, he was just a cowardly bully When he ain, as a brown-belt assassin now, he behaved very politely to him He intimately patted the boy’s shoulder and said, “Slave Huan What a proood friends When we come back, I’ll buy you a drink Hah-hah”
Golden Roc Fort prepared 20 boxes of gifts for Bighead Kingpin and sent 10 caift boxes The escort tea down the hill, but then they spent a whole day in the city
At the north gate, they handed in all their weapons to the guards, including the brown-belt assassins’ weapons and the weapons in the gift boxes After entering Jade City, Slave Qing went directly to South City with some of the team members to hire ca had no fixed headquarter, he also needed to go to a betting arena to contact the gang’s secret agent to get the current location of the gang
The other h North City and exited the city through the east gate After that, they went to stay in an inn outside the gate as they waited for the gate guards to return the weapons back to the frequently moved about all year round It was i brought a guide nahai to the inn to join the team This man had a weather-beaten face and looked quite reliable Some people in the inn seemed to know him well and called hian to call hiot everything ready The brown-belt assassins got their weapons back They all took sabers and daggers with thebow, a shortbow, a crossbow and ht, Gu Shenwei secretly ordered Maid Lotus to keep an eye on Liuhua Although the killer mentors had repeatedly emphasized the iainst each other, he still could not co, the tea
Although Dao San was the guide, he was not riding at the forefront of the tea two flags on his back, which were a Golden Roc Flag and a flag of Little Flag Battalion The Golden Roc Flag was black with red edge, and Little Flag Battalion’s flag was broith yellow edge Both of these flags were embroidered with Golden Rocs Behind Snowcaift boxes and the flags of the Iron Mountain Gang
The ten caether by a rope to forether to drive them One of the camel drivers was from the fort and the others were hired to do this job They spent a whole night learning how to get along with these stubborn animals
Behind the ten camels, twenty handymen walked with several other camels that carried food, water and tents for the tea with them The for all the way Every ti to serve for the rest of her life, she would shudder in fear
Slave Huan, Maid Lotus and Liuhua rode behind them Wildhorse rode at the rear of the procession
Gu Shenwei felt relieved to leave the fort and was quite pleased to take such an easy and rewarding mission Even Liuhua seemed to behave himself properly now Gu Shenwei had never expected that they would soon get into trouble
At noon, a handyman ran up to him and reported that there were two riders in front of the for the escort team
As they were still inside Golden Roc Fort’s territory, Gu Shenwei believed that the riders did not dare to covet the fort’s goods, but as the chief of guards, he still needed to go to check the situation He quickened his horse and galloped to the forefront of the team
He observed the two riders from a distance They were dressed in black, just like Golden Roc Fort killers, but they had slender figures like girls
He continued to ride toward the riders, and soon he recognized the trouble”
The riders were Shangguan Ru and Shangguan Yushi+
He had not seen Shangguan Ru for a long time and discovered that she was much taller than before However, she was still obviously shorter than Shangguan Yushi+
Shangguan Yushi+ put on a straight face and looked away Shangguan Ru looked at Slave Huan s and black, just like before “Hey, we’re the best ion Do you want to hire us?” she asked
“Well, I’m not the boss here,” Gu Shenwei looked at them and replied with an expressionless face
“Well then, ask you boss toan authoritative tone This tiirl Gu Shenwei reirls and hurriedly rode to theot off his horse in a flurry and said, “Alas, Master Ru, why did you leave the fort? Did the lord and the lady know about this? Why did you coet off your horse Alas, what should we do now? Slave Huan, how about we turn around to go ho stretched out his hands to Shangguan Ru, wanting to help her get off her horse
Hearing what Slave Qing said, Shangguan Ru beca’s hands away and shouted, “I won’t let you go back If you don’t let us join you, we’ll kill you and take all your goods away I’ll send the gifts to Bighead Kingpin bydid not knohat to do He was so anxious that he kept staround Suddenly, he saw Slave Huan wave to him The brown-belt assassin trotted his horse to him and bent forward to discuss with hiirls and said, “My boss agreed to hire you Each one of you can earn 10 taels of silver a day, but we can only pay you after the trip We offer free tents and free uarantee your safety”
“Good, that’s a good offer We accept it” Shangguan Ru nodded solereed