Chapter 57: Get the Ahead of the Curve

Fang Ling looked at Zhou Yongliang's flickering eyes, as if he had seen through the thoughts in his heart, and said at this time: "Then the boat at noon tomorrow, I will ask General Zhou for more help."

Zhou Yongcheng patted his chest and said: "Your Highness, rest assured, the minister promises to do it seamlessly." ”

"That's good, I'll go first, you don't have to send it. After Fang Ling finished speaking, he walked out of the hall and walked over the wall.

Zhou Yongcheng's eyes fell on the jewelry, his eyes flashed with greed, he put those pearls on his mouth and kissed them fiercely, laughing insolently: "God really helps me, not only can I get the weight of the queen's mother, but also can get the jewelry carried by the king of Shicheng, it is really killing two birds with one stone, why worry about not becoming the richest man in the world?"

He laughed, and immediately called a confidant and said: "Immediately order to go down, the whole city is under martial law, give me a careful search, and I must find the trace of the king of Shicheng." ”

When the order was finished, he smiled proudly and said, "What a clever prince, I think he is a fool, and he actually sent it to the door himself." It is said that wealth is not "exposed", and such valuable jewels are still displayed, do you think General Ben will wait until tomorrow to find out all of you and those treasures tonight!"

It's just that he didn't expect that Fang Ling and his party had already arrived on the warship, and even if they turned the city upside down, they couldn't find any clues.

The next morning, on the pier outside the city, a hundred garrisons were on standby, each with a sharp spear and a bright one on his waist, as if a war was about to start with the enemy.

When the sun was about to rise to noon, Zhou Yongcheng finally couldn't help but yawn, his eyes were still a little bloodshot, he hadn't slept all night last night, and had been walking around the living room, waiting for the good news from his subordinates.

Although he has a lot of henchmen, he is not alone in this Pingtan Pass, and even this heavy army search is only under the pretense of news that a murder suspect has infiltrated the pass.

However, under the pretext of searching for the murderer, the henchmen turned the city upside down, but they did not find out the trace of the king of Shicheng and his party.

However, Zhou Yongcheng was even more convinced that the King of Shicheng must have valuable jewels in his hands, so he was able to spend a lot of money to buy people, otherwise it would be impossible to find it. However, the only way out of this pier is where they must pass, not to mention, last night I was so heartfelt, can't I hide it from a 16-year-old boy?

He Bao checked on the side for a while, found no abnormality, walked over to look at Zhou Yongcheng, who was yawning, and said strangely: "Why, General Zhou didn't sleep well last night?"

Where would Zhou Yongcheng tell him about Fang Ling's night visit, and said with a smile: "I'm not for the queen's mother, but I personally led troops to search everywhere overnight." ”

He Bao smiled slightly: "General Zhou is loyal, I will convey it on my behalf, however, General Zhou should also pay attention to the fact that His Royal Highness's identity cannot be known by outsiders, otherwise it will be troublesome." ”

Zhou Yongcheng said: "Vice General He can rest assured, I have my own measure, and this boiling river is of great use." ”

He Bao laughed and said, "Yes, this turbulent river is really an excellent way to hide people's eyes, and the King of Stone City will be recruited by the Water Dragon King because of his bad fate." ”

Zhou Yongcheng also laughed, but he was playing his own little abacus in his heart, and he would naturally help Fang Ling and them to go over later, so that the King of Shicheng would first leave a bunch of them to himself, no, at least a box of jewels, and then wait until they got on the boat, and then send the warship over to kill the King of Shicheng in the name of suppressing bandits.

Anyway, no one knew that King Shicheng was here, so things were seamless.

It's just that time has passed minute by minute, and it has reached noon, even though strict inspections have been carried out on passers-by, but the whereabouts of Fang Ling and others have not been found, Zhou Yongliang couldn't help frowning.

Every day, the merchant ships depart every hour, and it is said that it is noon, so there is only such a shift, and it is almost time to sail, and there are fewer people coming out of the city to get on the ship, but there is still no trace of the king of Shicheng.

At this time, in the cabin of the warship, through the dark window, Fang Ling and the others were observing the changes on the dock, seeing that it was noon, Zhou Yongcheng did not have the slightest movement, Meng Zhiyuan couldn't help but sweat, and said worriedly: "Your Highness, Zhou Yongcheng shouldn't have noticed anything this week, right? After all, we didn't have any movement on the ship?"

Fang Ling smiled slightly: "Don't worry, he will definitely do it." For I was not the only one on that ship, and there was a load full of jewels, but anyone who was greedy and loved money would never let go of this opportunity. ”

Chen Mou and the others all nodded, the only thing everyone did now was to wait patiently, in fact, getting on this warship was equivalent to a desperate gamble.

"Go-ship-it's time!" cried the man in the boat, and began to untie the reins attached to the dock.

Zhou Yongcheng's heart sank, and he looked at the ship slowly leaving the shore, as if he vaguely saw a white-clothed young man on the boat, which was somewhat similar to Fang Ling.

He suddenly understood something, and patted his head vigorously, since the King of Shicheng was carrying a lot of money and could buy off himself, wouldn't he be able to buy off his own subordinates?

In other words, in the face of heavy money, this seemingly rigorous search actually has huge loopholes in itself.

If he had made two plans, one of them, he would first buy off some of the soldiers and help them get on board the ship, so that he would not have to pay him more jewelry.

Second, if he is discovered, he can use himself to help him cover up, so as to avoid He Bao and others, but to do so will cost an extra box of jewelry.

In other words, the King of Stone City has successfully boarded the ship with the help of his men!

Seeing that a few boxes full of jewels were offshore, going farther and farther, Zhou Yongcheng couldn't care so much anymore, and pointed to the white-clothed young man on the boat and said, "Lord He, look, isn't that the King of Shicheng?"

He Bao looked a little blurry, and said a little suspiciously: "General Zhou, are you sure?"

"I'm not sure, but we can't let go of this possibility, Lord He, you are guarding here, I'll catch up by boat now!" Zhou Yongcheng hurriedly said.

"No, I'll go with you!" He Bao said in a deep voice, "King Shicheng's kung fu is not weak, and the guards around him are all good hands, and if there are fewer people, they may not be his opponents." ”

Zhou Yongcheng didn't want to delay his work here, so he nodded and said, "Okay, I'll bring twenty people, and Deputy He will bring you ten people, thirty elite soldiers, it should be enough, right?"

He Bao said, "Forty." ”

"Well, forty is forty. Zhou Yongcheng responded neatly, and after calling the deputy general around him to point thirty people, he took He Bao and others to the nearest first warship, untied the rope and went to sea, and chased towards the merchant ship at high speed.

From leaving Pingtan Guan Wharf, it takes about one or two pillars of incense for the merchant ship to reach the Wuxian Wharf, although the speed of the small warship is much faster than that of the merchant ship, but it still takes some time to catch up.

When they arrived at the dock, they could only see the misty shadow, and the merchant ship was getting closer and closer, the hatch on the deck suddenly opened, and a young man came out, who was the king of Shicheng, Fang Ling.

As soon as Fang Ling walked out, Dong Canghai and the six guards immediately followed, although there were only a few people, but in the face of the full ship of soldiers, they were not inferior in momentum at all.

Not to mention the soldiers, even Zhou Yongcheng and He Bao were taken aback, they didn't expect that Fang Ling and a few people were actually on the warship.

However, He Bao immediately laughed, pointed at Fang Ling and said: "King Shicheng, King Shicheng, I didn't expect you to 'show up' after all, we have forty elite soldiers here, and now we are above the river, you can't fly with 'wings'!"

Fang Ling smiled slightly, and said to Zhou Yongcheng: "General Zhou, you are too untrustworthy, you gave you so many jewels last night, you obviously said that you would send us out of the city, why do you have to bring Deputy General He and them on the ship?"

Zhou Yongcheng actually secretly said that it was not good when he saw Fang Ling appear, he was also a person who had seen the world, how could he not know that he was now in the way of Fang Ling?

Now hearing him say this, he hurriedly explained: "Vice General He, don't listen to the King of Shicheng to sow discord, there is absolutely no such thing!"

Fang Ling pretended to be surprised and said, "No, I specially sent the agreed reward to your house before leaving, ah, it shouldn't have been swallowed by your family's officials, right?"

"Privately, he dares, I gave him an order yesterday......" Zhou Yongcheng was in a hurry, and suddenly said nothing.

He Bao was stunned when he heard this, and said angrily: "Okay, General Zhou, no wonder you didn't let me get on the boat just now, it turned out that you were secretly colluding with the King of Shicheng!"

As soon as these words fell, the soldiers on both sides who had been standing together immediately became hostile to each other.

Zhou Yongcheng simply couldn't say what he was suffering about, at this moment he knew how terrible the King of Shicheng was, every word and deed, word by word, he actually let himself fall into a bottomless trap.

Just when the soldiers on both sides were chaotic, Fang Ling's voice sank, the killing machine moved instantly, and the fire pattern beast entered the corner of the hand, and as it plunged into the enemy, the blade slashed across the neck of the unsuspecting opponent.

Almost at the same moment, Dong Canghai rushed up like a vicious wolf pounced, with blades like lightning, and immediately eliminated several soldiers.

At this time, Zhou Yongcheng and He Baocai were taken aback, and hurriedly shouted at the same time: "Kill quickly!"

Originally, the people and horses on both sides were selected elite soldiers, how could they be one enemy and ten, and they were waiting for the battle, if the two sides fought, it would be a lot of pressure on Fang Ling and others.

However, with just a few words, Fang Ling "messed up" the hearts of the two sides of the army, and took advantage of the "chaos" to seize the opportunity.

By the time the two of them came to their senses, as many as ten of their men had died, and the terrifying killing intent of Fang Ling and the others shocked the soldiers like death, although they also rose up to meet the enemy, but on this deck, there were too many people to use their hands and feet, and it was easier to cut down their own people.

However, Fang Ling and the others could kill the enemy at will, and for a while, blood splattered one after another, and one by one they lost their lives.

Zhou Yongcheng saw his subordinates lose their "sex" lives one by one, and his heart was full of bitterness, although he tried his best to call his subordinates forward, but where did he stop Fang Ling and others who were like wolves and tigers.

Seeing that Fang Ling and the others were getting closer and closer, there were fewer and fewer people under them, and in the end, only Zhou Yongcheng, He Bao and the seven elite army leaders who had cultivated to reach the Rigid Force Realm were left.