Chapter 128: Escape
The fire burned in the middle of the night before gradually extinguishing, originally Meng Li was going to leave here quickly, but when he walked to a mountain again, he stood on a cliff and watched the fire under the mountain, Meng Tian asked everyone to rest first, and then he watched the fire burn all the poppies of the Xiang family, and then left with peace of mind. But I didn't know that because I delayed this half of the night, I almost let myself step into the ghost gate.
Xiang family Zhuangzi, busy for a night, in the midsummer sun rise, Zhuangzi ended the night of busyness. Xiang Qu, Xiang Liang and Xiang Feng returned to Zhuangzi to wash their faces, change into clean clothes, and then sat down together again.
Xiang Feng, as the master of Zhuangzi, sat under Xiang Liang, and Xiang Feng sat in the first place.
Xiang Qu looked at Xiang Feng and said, "How much did we lose this time?"
Xiang Feng raised his head and looked at Xiang Qu, and then replied: "The two thousand catties of poppy fruits promised to Zhao Guo, Yan Guo and Qi Guo have been dried and put into storage, and they can be shipped by hand in these few days." It was the Wei State that was burned last night, and it was used in our own army of the Chu State, and the estimated loss was about 500,000 taels of silver. Moreover, the opium poppy farmer reported to me that the opium poppy could no longer be grown on the land that had been burned this time, because the snake oil had been burned and had left an oil stain on the ground, and the land was polluted and could not be continued to be cultivated. ”
After listening to Xiang Feng's words, Xiang Qu slapped the sandalwood table in front of him fiercely, and said angrily: "This Meng Tian is really hateful, he actually ruined the interests of my Xiang family, I should have tried my best to keep this person here that day." ”
Xiang Liang persuaded on the side: "What did my brother say, Yu'er lost to Meng Tian that day, if we don't agree to him, Yu'er will be the first to die." Yu'er's value is more important than the 500,000 taels of silver, don't you know this truth?"
Although Xiang Qu didn't want to say it, he had to admit in his heart that in the eyes of the most authoritative father in the family, his son was far less important than Xiang Yu's grandson.
Xiang Qu thought for a while, and said to Xiang Qu and Xiang Feng: "In this way, first write to my father about the matter here, and after sending someone to Wei to communicate with them, we will say that we are willing to return their deposit, and then take out a small part of Zhao, Yan, and Qi their goods and send it to Wei." The order to hunt down and kill Meng Tian has been issued, but I don't know where he will return to Qin State, this time I don't believe that all the troops of our Chu State can't catch a single Meng Tian. ”
After listening to Xiang Qu's arrangement, Xiang Feng naturally didn't dare to speak. He looked at Xiang Qu as if he had something to say.
Xiang Qu understood what Xiang Feng wanted to say, he looked at Xiang Feng and said: "I know what you want to say, don't worry, this time I will ask my father to intercede for you, since this place can no longer continue to operate, you can just return home with us." ”
After hearing this, Xiang Feng stood up and bowed deeply towards Xiang Qu.
"But don't be too optimistic, it's hard to guarantee that your father won't blame you for such a big thing, so you have to be prepared. Okay, I'll go see Yu'er, this kid didn't wake him up with such a big movement last night, he can really sleep. ”
Leaving Xiangjia Zhuangzi, Meng Tian and Meng Li and the others did not return along the same route, but spared a large circle, and did not go west, but turned to the north. Meng Tian knew that he had burned so many poppies from the Xiang family, and the Xiang family would definitely not give up on himself, it was not so easy to return to Chu according to the original route, and with him, Zi Yanran would add a lot of danger, so Meng Tian decided to send a soldier with his own message to chase after Zi Yanran, who had left here early, telling her that he would go around in a big circle, so that she didn't have to wait for herself, and that she could wait for herself at home after she arrived in Xianyang.
After deciding on the escape route, Meng Tian and Meng Li led the people to a town first, changed their clothes in the town, and then disguised themselves as Chu people and traveled north, crossed the Yangtze River, and then turned westward on the Chu-Yan border, and finally returned to Qin. It's just that in this way, the time on the road will be delayed for half a month.
On the way, Meng Tian pretended to be a rich son of the Chu State, and Meng Li and his subordinates disguised themselves as entourages, so the group of people wandered in the territory of the Chu State in a mighty and upright manner, without the slightest appearance of escaping.
According to Meng Tian, the most dangerous place is the safest place, which is commonly known as dark under the lamp, but Mengli does not agree with this method. After more than ten years as a killer, Meng Li has cultivated that no matter when and where he is, he should never forget the situation he is in. But since Meng Tian decided to do this, he had no choice but to obey.
Along the way, Meng Tian and Mengli and a few people leisurely traveled in the territory of Chu as if they were really rich sons, although they were in the territory of Chu State, they looked more free than when they were in Xianyang, Qin State.
The people of the Xiang family seemed to think that Meng Tian had changed his route and was not returning to the Qin State directly. So under the nervous mobilization of Xiang Qu, several orders came out of the Xiang family.
When the order of the Xiang family was conveyed to the border ferry of Chu along the Yangtze River, Meng Tian had just stepped on the passenger ship crossing the river one day earlier and left Chu and stepped on the territory of Korea. Number Seven
Day after day there was no news about Meng Tian, Xiang Qu had already let go of hope, he didn't expect this Meng Tian to be so smart, and he did the opposite, allowing himself to make one wrong step, one wrong step, and finally lose everything.
"Meng Tian, I won't let you go. ”
Xiang Qu went out and left Xiang's house, and rode a horse in the capital of Chu State and then came to a corner located in the capital. It has been abandoned for many years, and it does not occupy a large area, but there is a slum that surrounds it, so this place is not very conspicuous in the capital.
Xiang Qu walked into the only building on the wasteland, a ruined temple. There was nothing inside the ruined temple, except for a broken idol that you could see as soon as you entered. The head of the idol is nowhere to be found, so it looks a little scary.
However, this was not Xiang Qu's concern, his focus was on the table in front of the statue. Strange to say, although this place is already dilapidated, there is a table in front of the statue, this table is not dirty and broken like the others, but it looks like it must be some years old, it is carved with sword scratches, maybe the top material of the table is very good, the table is still not rotten.
Xiang Qu walked to the statue, and there was a large handful of incense in front of the statue. Xiang Qu picked up three incense sticks, then took out the fire fold on his body and lit the incense, and then inserted it into the tattered incense burner in front of the statue. After all this was done, Xiang Qu walked to the table and sat down.
Not long after, when the incense in front of the statue was about to burn, Xiang Qu's eyes flashed, and then a middle-aged man sat opposite Xiang Qu.
"Who are you going to kill?" said the man as he sat down and looked at Xiang Qu.
Xiang Qu looked at the man in front of him and felt a cold bloodthirsty aura on the other party's body. He said, "Your Excellency is the one in the 'Night Stalker'?"
The man opened his mouth with a disgusting cold words: "You don't care who I am, the night owl is only responsible for collecting money and killing people." Write down the name of the person you're going to kill, then put the money away and go. “
Xiang Qu wanted to say more, but after looking at the man's cold and stinky face, he thought it was better to forget it.
Xiang Qu walked out of the temple and rode back to Xiang's house, thinking about the horror of the people he was looking for just now, and couldn't help but sneer on his face. The night stalker is the killer organization of the Chu State, and the people who can enter the night stalker have basically committed unforgivable sins in the territory of the Chu State, and in order to avoid the laws of the Chu State, many people have chosen to join the night stalker. There is a well-known clause between the night stalker and the Chu State, that is, no matter who it is, once he joins the night stalker, no matter how big the things he has committed before, he will be written off. However, if you break the rules of the Night Stalker after joining the Night Stalker, then the advice is to either kill yourself before the Night Stalker catches you, or go to someone who can protect you.
Thinking that it wouldn't be long before he could see Meng Tian's head in front of his eyes, Xiang Qu felt a burst of joy in his heart.
"Major General, we've been in South Korea for a few days, isn't it time to leave for home?" was in a restaurant, and Meng Li sat at the table and looked at Meng Tian, who was sitting on his side enjoying a meal.
Meng Tian swallowed the food in his mouth and said to Meng Li: "Don't worry, big brother, we will leave for home tomorrow." But I still have some things to do before I go back. ”
Meng Li was a little puzzled, and he asked, "What's the matter?"
Meng Tian didn't answer his words, and only cared about dealing with the food on the table in front of him.
At night, a thunderclap sounded and woke people from their sleep. Then, after a while, the raindrops the size of beans fell and clanged on the roof.
Meng Tian was lying on the bed and was about to rest, when suddenly he heard the footsteps of someone on the roof, although this sound was not very noticeable in the rain, but in front of Meng Tian, who had already trained a sense far beyond others, he was still discovered.
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