Chapter 4: Tanuki for the Prince's Tanuki
Lindu City, is the second largest city in the province of the South Cangjiang River, called Lindu, because its location is very close to Kyoto, the Great Xia Empire has a history of more than 5,000 years, standing on this continent, it can be said to be the first male lord, the scale of Kyoto has long been not enough to accommodate its development, so it is not far from Kyoto in the south of the Cangjiang River, the establishment of the imperial trade center of the Lindu City.
The Cangjiang River, the longest river in the empire, originates in the northernmost part of the continent, where the peaks are full of ice and snow, and after years of elimination, the Cangjiang River flows from there, all the way south, through the grasslands in the north of the empire, and turns in the southwestern plains after going south, this turning point seems very abrupt, from the geographical point of view, it is almost impossible to exist.
The turning point is because the former first emperor of the Great Xia Empire, in order to bring more water resources to the Central Plains, forcibly changed the direction of the river and the direction of the surrounding mountains and rivers, and truly changed nature that the earthlings could not do.
There are three major families in Lindu City, the Gan family, the Duan family, and a royal relative, the Ao family. Among them, the Ao family is the largest, but the Ao family's industry is not in Lindu City, not so much the three major families, but in fact, there are only two families with interests between Gan and Duan.
Liu Yesheng walked all the way out along the forest path, holding a book all the way to carefully read about the city he was about to go to and some other cultural conditions in this world, such as customs, festivals, etc., unexpectedly, there are many places in this summer country that are the same as the motherland on the earth.
This made the world even more interesting, and the contents of the book were so detailed and so attractive that they were more attractive than any book Willow had ever read, that he didn't even notice the change in the shadows of the trees around him.
The shadows of the bushes on both sides of the road suddenly became windless, and the bushes were full of people squatting, all of them were wearing standard clothes, and their eyes were staring at the willow leaves tightly, and the first person said to the people next to him: "Do you see that this person is the young master of the Gan family? Why is there not even a retinue guard next to him? It is different from the momentum of our young master!"
The others replied: "Yes! It must be! This young master of the Gan family has always loved to read, not to practice, if you look at his serious appearance, and then look at the clothes and fabrics on his body, they must be worth a lot of money! Except for the sons of the two major families who have that style, do you think about who else? As for not having an entourage, wouldn't it be better to start without an entourage?"
The leader of the group raised his right hand and made a gesture to signal the start of the action.
Then he pinched a spell in his hand, and pressed it to the ground, and the shadow of the bush suddenly stretched out, until it reached the foot of the willow leaftop, and merged with his shadow, the shadow color of the willow leaf tip seemed to become deeper, and the edge of the shadow was originally a little yellowish brought by the sun, but after the spell reached the shadow, the edges and corners of his shadow became sharper, as if the shadow was not his own.
The face of the man behind the bushes turned pale, and the release of this spell was not easy for him.
Liu Yeshao was unaware of all this, he was immersed in the world of books at this moment, the forest was quiet, the air was so fresh, and he was still thinking about what he would do after entering the city.
Life never makes you guess what's going to happen next, especially when you're planning.
Now, he is about to become a meal for those who have a heart, poor Willow Leaf, the new guest of this continent, is caught up in a huge conspiracy vortex in the blink of an eye.
The group of people behind the bushes was a personal soldier under the eldest son of the Duan family in Lindu City, who came to the forest to secretly kidnap Gan Xuanning, the little son of the Gan family, who was also a big family in Lindu City, but that Gan Xuanning only saw him in the forest, not out of the forest, and the little son of the Gan family was extremely well protected, and he had not seen people with his true face since he was fourteen years old, and he had always dressed up in disguise, and the outside world did not know much information about him.
The strict protection is because the lord of the Gan family is old, and when he was young, he offended countless people in and out of the city, and several men in the family were murdered by traitors one after another.
Until the news that Gan Xuanning was going out of the city and into the forest was known to the Duan family, he had been waiting outside the forest. In fact, the Duan family also had a lot of doubts in their hearts, but those doubts were gradually worn out by the patience that was about to run out. These people have been squatting here for seven days, and they almost have to wonder if Young Master Nagan has died in the forest.
No one has reached Young Master Gan's current situation, but everyone knows that there is a person in front of them, satisfying all the clues about Young Master Gan's identity.
This person is the willow leaf tops who have already fallen into the shadow secret art, immersed in the sea of books, and have just crossed over.
Only this one is the safest way in and out of the forest, the other roads are rugged and difficult to walk, not to mention, there are many dangers, this strange thing in the forest has happened big and small I don't know how many, every year there are disappearances, death news to the government, but the government has never found the news of those people.
All the missing and dead people are forests that have not been taken this path.
Some people say that this forest eats people, and some people say that this forest is invaded by evil magic, but since there are normal paths and safe paths, no one is full enough to really explore the strange things in this forest.
When people enter this forest, they will naturally come out of this forest, and only after entering it, they will be free to explore the forest at will, as if only the outermost circle of the forest is the most dangerous.
The temptation in the forest is also huge, not only producing source stones, but also producing all kinds of wild things, and some people even say that there are source beasts in the forest, so this forest has become a rich treasure land, a place of exploration in the capital city, and a favorite place for young people to practice.
The group of people behind the bushes followed the willow leaf tips closely, the sun was getting lower and lower, the road in and out of the forest, twists and turns, before the sun set, the willow leaf tips finally felt a little tired, just put away the book, the disappeared sixth sense noticed that someone was following behind him, and after determining the number of people behind him, he looked back at the end of the road, quietly waiting.
The people of the Duan family are also waiting, the leading personal soldiers are waiting for the sun to go down, the shadow secret technique will play its greatest role at the moment when the sun sets, the shadow secret technique will imperceptibly eat away at the shadow of the person, until it is completely replaced, Liu Yeshao doesn't know anything about it, his shadow has long been completely replaced, and soon this shadow can be detached.
The range of activity of the shadow is the size of the shadow, only after the sun sets, the shadow will have the largest range of activity, the willow leaf is already standing on the road, the group of people know that they have been discovered, so they appear out, the person at the head is excited, after all, the capture of Young Master Gan is a great achievement.
"Gan Xuanning!" the man shouted, trying to take advantage of the momentum, "Today is your death!" He then said, the person next to him couldn't see it, and whispered close to his ear: "The lines are wrong! Duan Ye has to catch the one alive! Only the one who lives is valuable!"
Liu Yeshao thought that he had encountered another robber who blocked the road and robbed, and he was in a very unhappy mood, but when he heard what the man said, he hesitated again, and said, "I am not Gan Xuanning." But the crowd laughed, "I'm afraid you won't recognize it!" replied the leader.
In the hearts of these people, the identity of this person in front of him is correct, and when he heard Liu Yeshao say this, he was even more sure that this person was the young master of the Gan family, and with a wave of his hand, he surrounded him.
The leader didn't move, just stood in place, and suddenly said, "Fall!" Then he raised his right hand, made a knife shape, and slashed at the front.
As soon as Liu Yeshao thought about how to break through this encirclement, he heard the strange words of the leader standing in the distance, and he didn't understand what this person was doing at all, and suddenly felt a cold in his back, and then a pain in the back of his head, his eyes turned black, and he fell, and he didn't know until he fell, who arrived behind him at what time, and the second before he fell, he thought in his heart: "This world is too outrageous!"
I saw a black shadow standing behind Liu Yeshao who was the same height as him, and the black shadow was his shadow who stood up, imitating the movements of the Duan family's leader and soldiers, and gave him a moment from behind, Liu Yeshao came from the earth, and this shadow stood up from behind without the slightest sound, nor did it bring a gust of wind, unless Liu Yeshao had eyes behind him, he would never have thought of this.
The encirclement was only a cover to attract people's attention from the beginning, and when they saw the willow leaf tops falling straight down, a group of people hurriedly rushed up, took out ropes and tied them up, and then threw them into a sack, and the leader carried them away.
The sun has set, the night is dark and the wind is high, and it is better to engage in this kind of kidnapping.
After a group of people walked for a short time, a person came out of the scene of the "tragedy", and the person was dressed exactly the same as Liu Yeshao's modern special service uniform, and then looked at his face, which was exactly the same as Liu Yeshao, but his eyes were shining, dazzling like stars in the sky.
An old man in a black robe walked out next to the man, lowered his head, went to the young man's side, and said in a hoarse and low voice: "Apprentice, the person has been taken away, what should we do next?"
"Seventh Master, you have worked hard in the past few days, next, if the enemy does not move, I will not move, I just want to see what tricks the Duan family can play!" The young man smiled slightly and looked at the group of people in the distance.
This young man is the real target of the Duan family, the only remaining son-in-law of the Gan family, and the youngest and most promising son-in-law brother, Gan Xuanning, the seventh master next to him, is the previous generation of the head of the family, that is, the brother of Gan Xuanning's grandfather, the legendary outsider is also this seventh master, after the death of the previous head of the Gan family, he returned to Lindu City from the land outside the square, heard about the changes of the Gan family over the years, and sighed, seeing that Gan Xuanning was smart and sensible, thinking that he could not let the old man have no queen, so he accepted him as an apprentice, passed on his source technique, and protected him thoroughly.
"I'm worried about the tanuki for the prince, I can't find the tanuki, this guy suddenly appeared, it's really interesting. ”
Gan Xuanning couldn't help but smile and walked towards the city.