At the third hour of Mao, the sky was almost dawn.
The group of Five Spirits Cultists who were waiting at the foot of the mountain on the east side of Yandengpo were naturally all around the ambush.
Their preparations were obviously very sufficient, and it is not an exaggeration to describe them as "the net of heaven and earth".
If Shuangxie and others set off at sunrise to continue their journey according to their original itinerary, then 80% of them have been captured by the other party at this time.
However, whether it is said that it is a blessing in disguise or a loss of horses, Sun Yixiu accidentally released the "Thirteen Deaths" operation, which made everyone escape.
At this moment, Taoist Master Liang, Linghu Xiang, Jiang Muchan and Qin Feng were walking along the mountain road towards the west of Yandeng Slope, trying to find a relatively gentle valley to find the four people who fell off the cliff and the other twelve "dead corpses".
As for Sun Yixie, Huang Donglai, Lin Yuancheng and Tyrel, they roughly guessed that the others would come to find them, so they all stayed there and didn't run around.
In this way, Tang Fu and Mu Liyan took fifty experts from the White Tiger Banner to wait at the foot of the mountain on the east side... From Mao to Si, it was almost time to lunch, and there was no sign of it.
Now, the mentality of these people has changed.
"Master, can we be exposed?" Seeing that Mitsushima was about to end, Muriyan finally couldn't help but tell Tang Fu a question he wanted to ask half an hour ago.
"Hiss..." Tang Fu also frowned and said, "No... We have come quickly enough. Besides, this is not Central Plains. It is impossible for anyone to inform them in advance, unless..."
"Ban Master, you mean..." Mu Riyan himself had been undercover for many years, so he did not trust his subordinates' thinking patterns and had penetrated into his bones. Speaking of this, he lowered his voice a little bit, "...Is there something wrong with the people inside us?"
"No...I don't mean that." Tang Fu immediately shook his head and denied his speculation. "As the saying goes, there is no need to doubt his brother because of a small abnormality."
"What the banner owner said is 'unless' is..." Muriyan asked again.
"Well..." Tang Fu pondered and continued, "Then Sun and Huang, although they are not old, have always been tricky and unpredictable... I have also seen their methods and styles with their own eyes, so in my opinion... they may have used some method we don't know to detect something, or they just made a temporary decision and changed the direction of their actions."
"This..." Mu Liyan thought for a while and said, "Speaking of this, over the past year, my subordinates have also heard rumors that Huang Donglai was dressed in a Taoist priest all day long, pretending to be a magician... Could it be that he is really familiar with some witchcraft techniques and calculated in advance that we ambush here?"
"Oh, it's useless to guess." Tang Fu said, and he had already made a decision in his heart. "Let's wait for two more hours. If they haven't appeared yet, we will withdraw."
His judgment was nothing wrong.
Although they are all veterans in the world and can be ambushed in the woods all day without eating or drinking, physiological phenomena such as hunger and fatigue are inevitable after all.
If they can't wait until Shen Shi, it's better to retreat; because they will drag it to You Shi, they won't have time to return to the nearest stronghold before dark... By then, more than fifty hungry and tired people will be walking on the dark road, and who will be ambushed will not know.
So, more than two hours passed in a flash.
As soon as Shen Shi arrived, Tang Fu did what he said and led the team away when he was about to go.
His idea is not difficult to understand: since their leader is still in seclusion, such actions that he decides on his own based on emergencies, it is best to succeed, but it doesn't matter, but don't suffer any major losses.
Today you didn't have an ambush and led the team back. It was just a waste of manpower and time. These people were raised, so it would be okay to come out for a walk. But if you have fifty people and twenty people back... you will have to take the blame afterwards.
Therefore, seeing that the weather was no longer there, Tang Fu, who was "afraid of a change", chose to retreat.
As a result, half an hour later after he left, Sun Huang and his group of seven appeared on the mountain road.
After this day, Shuangxie and others were also very tired. It took them a long time to successfully meet and return to the mountain road.
After confirming that all the thirteen bodies sealed with the "dead figure" ran away, the Taoist Priest Liang suddenly felt like he was "no worries about debt".
He thought about it and found that in addition to the "monkey" he had already dealt with, the other twelve dead figures have already rushed to all directions. With his legs alone, he could not catch up with them, even if he caught up, he would not be sure to deal with them (because some dead figures have a good relationship and may join forces to act). So, after some thought, he decided to... turn the blame.
Of course, it is not accurate to say that it is "passing the blame", because Sun Yixie should have blamed the blame, and the other six companions who were with Sun Yixie are considered joint and several liability.
At this point, Master Liang had nothing to hide. He told everyone about the origin of the "Thirteen Deaths" and the reasons for his trip. After that, he grabbed Huang Donglai, who was also a Taoist sect, and Sun Yixie, the main responsible person, and asked them how they were going to deal with the matter.
Shuang Xie is also a deadbeat. At the beginning, he argued with Master Liang and was responsible for falsely accusing him. However, because they were really inappropriate, they couldn't get rid of it later. Lao Liang followed suit and said, "Brother Huang, why not do this... Since you have something to go south now, I won't force anyone to do it... I'll just go to you and find your sect to solve this matter. Is this okay?"
So how can it not be done? People are in a position of justice, who made you suffer such a big disaster?
Furthermore, Huang Donglai felt that there was no problem with letting the people in the Taoist sect take care of this matter. It was time for the lazy ghosts of Xuanqi Sect to come out to play, so he agreed.
After the two sides reached an agreement, they parted ways. Master Liang went to the northwest alone, preparing to go to Wawu Mountain to report the darkness of Shuangxie, and Shuangxie and others also embarked on their journey to Guangzhou again.
No one knows that this time, the seven people escaped the crisis of being captured alive by the Five Spirit Sect, and no one thought... how much trouble these "thirteen death numbers" will bring to them in the future.
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The conversation was divided into two parts. During the days when Shuangxiu was rushing, the boundaries of Guangzhou were also surging.
Although those "uncles" were released after only staying in prison for one or two days and relying on the "handling" of the younger generation, they were obviously greeted by the government before they came out - the leader was not yet available.
This short-term situation of being headless has also caused all the powerful people on the Green Forest Road to gather from all over the world like sharks smelling blood.
All parties feel that this is profitable.
All parties... are also taking their own little plans.
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On the first day of the second month, noon.
A market in Panyu.
Someone came to buy melons.
This person is about forty years old, has a medium body shape, has light eyebrows, small eyes, large nose, thin lips, slightly protruding cheeks, and a fierce face.
Now that I see... I'm not an honest person.
But I saw that the Gua Buyer was riding a donkey and wandering around the market, and slowly walked to a melon shop.
At this time, the boss of the Gua Shop was chatting with his two friends and was saying, "Is business OK? You guys."
The buyer of melons then got off the donkey's back, walked two steps towards the melon shop, and asked, "Brothers, how much does this melon cost per pound?"
When the boss heard the sound, he turned his head and replied, "Two cents per pound."
"I'll fuck." Buyer said that an inelegant exclaimer was made of gold, or did the melon particles be made of gold?"
"Hmph..." The boss sneered when he heard this, "I think it's expensive? Don't buy it if you don't have money."
"Who has no money?" said the Guake. "Pick one for me."
"Okay." Hearing that the other party still wanted to buy, the boss couldn't rush the business, he got up and picked a melon for the other party, and then turned around and asked the buyer, "How is this?"
But the buyer asked irresponsible questions: "Do you keep your melon ripe?"
"Ha... I run a melon shop, can I sell you raw melon seeds?" the boss replied with a smile.
But the expression of the buyer gradually became colder, and he said word by word: "I ask you, is this melon protected? Is it ripe?"
As soon as this sentence was spoken, the boss's expression changed: "What do you mean? Did you deliberately find fault?" He paused, and his voice suddenly rose a little, "Do you know who built this shop?"
"Ha..." Now, the buyer sneered, "I don't know if I'm not here yet..."
It was time to speak, and before he finished speaking, the buyer picked up a watermelon knife in front of the other party's shop, and stabbed it through, and pierced the melon that the boss was holding in front of the belly and the boss's stomach.
The two Gua Shop men were also stunned. They were stunned for two seconds before they went up to hold the bloody Gua Shop owner, and shouted loudly: "Kill! Kill!"
But the buyer threw away the weapon with a calm look on his face, turned around and gave the donkey, and whipped it away.
After a while, he fled the scene and came to a certain place in the suburbs of the city.
There is already someone waiting for him here.
"Okay, 'Hengzhou people slaughtered' Liu Huaqiang, it's true that he is well-known." Ah Qi looked at Liu Huaqiang who was riding a donkey and said with a compliment from a distance.
Obviously, Ah Yi had already received the news at this time and knew the situation at the market.
Liu Huaqiang was also very proud of his face. He came a few meters away from Aji and got off the donkey. Then he stepped forward and clasped his fists and said, "Young Master is too rewarded. Liu is just a reckless man. Because he was having a bad relationship with the government in Hengzhou, he came to the treasure to join the Longmen Gang... Now that I am taking in by Meng Wu, I am already very grateful..."
However, before he finished speaking, one of the younger brothers behind Ah Qi said, "The Lord of the Hall has not said he wants to keep you!"
"Oh~" The next second, Ah Chi raised his hand and signaled the little brother to stop the voice, and said to Liu Huaqiang with a smile, "Since Huaqiang has accepted the letter of fame as promised, how can I be without trust?" He said, then took a step forward and slapped Liu Huaqiang on the shoulder with one hand, "Huaqiang, don't worry, from now on, you will be my junior. I promise that once I successfully become the leader, no one dares to touch you again."
"Thank you, Mr. Jun." Liu Huaqiang lowered his head when he replied, as if he didn't want the other party to see his expression at this moment. "Liu should do his best to serve in the future..."
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It was also the first day of the second month, and it was in the morning.
On a street in Dongguan.
This is a famous local flower street. Even though there are many halls open during the day, the most advanced one is called Yunyulou.
At this time, on a balcony on the second floor of Yunyu Building, there was a man in his thirties, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, sitting on the railing, drinking tea silently, and looking at the street scene.
Anyone with a discerning eye knows that this person is not a guest in the hall or a friend, but a "watching the scene".
He is not just watching the scene, but the "main viewing" of the entire street, which is a role that controls all the brothels on this street to send to the scene.
People like this will not be poor in terms of their eyesight, skills, or ability to adapt; being able to place him in this position also shows that his boss appreciates him very much and is likely to let him take over in the future.
"Are you 'Dongguanzai'?" This voice suddenly appeared next to Dongguanzai.
Dongguanzi, who had not noticed the other party's approaching, was almost frightened by the other party and turned off the railing.
Fortunately, he finally stabilized his body, turned his head calmly, and said to the visitor: "I don't know which friend Zunjia is, what's the price to do to find me?"
This world is about strength, and Dongguan Zai is not stupid. He naturally understands that when facing powerful people, be more polite.
"Ha...it's easy to say, Ding Run is nicknamed 'Add Money Layman'." Ding Run's speech sounded neither slow nor tepid, but it still exuded a chilling pressure. "Today... I was entrusted by someone to take your life."
Scream--
At this moment, Dongguan Zai drew the knife first.
But this sound was not made by his knife.
Although Dongguanzai's hand touched the hilt first, before his knife was unsheathed, Ding Run's knife had already wiped his neck.
Two seconds later, Dongguanzi's body fell from the railing and fell onto the street, causing a commotion.
But when people looked up, Ding Run was already missing.
However, he didn't run away... He just returned to a wing room on the second floor of Yunyu Building, sat down at the table, and slowly picked up a glass of still warm wine on the table, raised his head and drank it.
His calm expression and breathing without any confusion were as if he had just gone to kill someone, but went to the toilet.
"Brother Ding, you are so skillful." Gong Jingyi, the young master of the Longmen Gang, was also sitting at this table at this time, looking at Ding Run with a smile on his face, "The ancient Yun Changwen Wine Kills Hua Xiong, and now..."
"Hey hey hey..." Ding Run was really disrespectful. Before the other party could flatter him, he interrupted, "Your young master Gong, I don't blame you for reading too much, but I would like to advise you not to compare with the killer like me who collects money and does business with Mr. Guan Er..." Speaking of this, he also tapped the table with his fingers to emphasize, "... Please respect your worshipers every day."
After all, Gong Jingyi was still young. After all, he was "learned" by him, and his face looked a little unfavorable at that time, as if he was about to have an attack. Fortunately, there was a middle-aged man dressed in a literati beside Gong Jingyi and quickly interrupted and smoothed out: "Haha, Daxia Ding is quick to speak, he is taught... he is taught!" As he said, he pounced Gong Jingyi with his feet under the table.
Gong Jingyi naturally understood that "Shi Ye Su" was reminding him tolerate, so he took a deep breath, took another sip of wine, suppressed the fire, and then continued in a tone that was seven or eight times colder than before: "Actually... Su Bo asked me to invite Brother Ding to come, but he was just a backup plan. If everything goes well, maybe I can't use your move, and I will become the leader."
"You don't have to talk about this with me." Ding Run didn't look at him, but just said lightly, "I recognize money and not people... I will help you with money. As for what I do, I don't care. Now that you have come to me, you have to give it to me whether I need to take action in the end... you have to give it all." He said this, paused for a moment, and looked at Gong Jingyi, "It's not okay to have a short slight penny."
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The second day of the second month, evening.
Panyu, a large mansion.
In the room, there was a table of banquets, and the best banquets were placed.
There were only two people sitting on the table.
There were about a dozen others, all standing, listening, and serving.
"I have long admired Daming, but I don't know if I should call you 'third brother' or 'brother Wang'?" The big guy sat on the main seat, looked at the three-character king opposite the table, and asked neither humbly nor arrogantly.
"It's up to you." Everyone can foresee the answer of the Three Character King, anyway, it's this style of painting.
"Hehe..." Bigger laughed dryly, "Then I'd better call you Brother Wang. I've never seen anyone with the surname San."
The Three-character King didn't answer his words, but just slowly ate and drank vegetables and wine.
The older person felt that the other party had agreed, so he continued to say, "Brother Wang, you don't look like someone who likes to beat around the bush, so I said it straight... Yesterday, a naughty face stabbed someone in the shop I covered. I suspect that he was sent by Ah Ya to set me a warning, and I can't stand it."
"What do you want?" the three-character king continued.
Dadian said: "It's very simple... I hope Brother Wang can help me find the idea I took yesterday, bring his head to Ah Ji, and say I asked him to take it."
"Fifty taels." The three-character king responded to this, just to quote a price directly.
This price is not low, but in terms of the ability of the Three Character King and the difficulty of this task, it is fair.
Hearing this, the big guy frowned slightly. Without hesitation for too long, he waved his finger and signaled his subordinates standing behind him to pay the other party.
After the silver was placed on the table, the three-character king's chopsticks stopped.
He is a very efficient person. When he got the money, he immediately stood up and said, "Wait for me to believe."
After saying that, he turned around and walked out, and flew out of the larger courtyard wall of his home in a blink of an eye.
"Brother Big, this person is weird, the price is so high... Isn't it a problem?" After a few seconds, a subordinate stepped forward and asked softly.
Chapter completed!