Chapter 43: The Gambling
With such an order, even if Ruipeng has followed Zuo Qiyang for so many years, he has long been accustomed to his temperament, and now he can't sit still anyway.
At this time, Wen Yan suddenly bounced up from the boulder, looked at Zuo Qiyang with round eyes, and asked, "You mean, go back to the west?" Xijing? The court of Xiyu? ”
He made sure again and again, as if he could not accept this sudden decision in any way.
He was still thinking that if there was still no movement in two days, he would try to see if he could persuade Zuo Qiyang to give up this Xinmen Pass and go to the Dongyuan inland to travel more.
Just looking at the appearance of Lord Zuo in the past two days, Ruipeng thought in his heart that it was not so easy to make him give up this pass.
Now the news he received was far beyond his expectations.
Zuo Qiyang not only wants to give up this Xinmen Pass, but also gives up the entire journey to Dongyuan to pursue?
However, Tang Yinbrown and his entourage were on the way to the capital of Dongyuan, but it was a sure thing. Now Lord Zuo wants to order everyone to go back to the west? Doesn't that mean that the adults are going to give up and continue to arrest Tang Yinhong and his party?
What are the brothers chasing from Xijing all the way to Lixin City day and night? And Lord Zuo returned in vain, how can the Xiyou court explain it?
"Your Excellency...... Think again. Thinking of this, Ruipeng couldn't help but persuade with worry, "When I left Xijing at that time, the imperial court gave a clear order, and now we can't catch up with this line, how should we go back?" ”
Zuo Qiyang turned his head to look at Ruipeng, raised his eyebrows, and said, "When did I say that we were going back to Xijing?" ”
Hearing Zuo Qiyang's question, Ruipeng was even more stunned for a while, and only stumbled after a while did he reply: "You...... You weren't just ...... It's not ......"
"I said we would go back to Xiyou, but I didn't say I wanted to go back to Xijing." Zuo Qiyang said, his eyebrows raised a little higher, "I didn't say that we should let Tang Yinbrown and his gang go." ”
"However, Tang Yinbrown and his party must be preparing to rush to the Dongyuan Capital now......" Ruipeng became more and more at a loss the more he said.
"Of course they're on their way to Tokyo." Zuo Qiyang said, his fists clenched, his eyes were full of cold light, "Moreover, they actually chose the sea route."
"Tang Yinbrown!
"Looks like I'm underestimating your abilities. I calculated in advance that I would stay at this Xinmen Pass, so I directly gave up the land route and took the water route.
"This time you are one step ahead, and next time, you won't have such good luck to let you escape again.
"You bet that I will stay at this pass, and you win.
"Now it's time for me to place my bets. I bet that you will not be able to go on this sea route, and in the end you can only obediently land from the west and take the west by this road. ”
Zuo Qiyang's shouting in the air, Tang Yinbrown naturally couldn't hear it, but Ruipeng, who was standing on the side, listened to the drum in his heart, and couldn't help but ask carefully: "My lord, there are countless ships that go to Dongyuan Capital by sea from Lixin City every year, but there are not many accidents, how can you expect that Tang Yinbrown will not be able to go on?" ”
"You know what? The dangers of the sea are simply not something we can imagine as a group of landlubbers, and besides, it is rumored that pirates are not rampant in the area north these times? Zuo Qiyang said, still immersed in a self-confidence for no reason.
Ruipeng was difficult to be infected by his self-confidence, if Tang Yinbrown and they successfully took the sea route to the Dongyuan capital, and Lord Zuo took himself and the others back to Xiyu instead, wouldn't it be even more hopeless.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but say worriedly: "However, it is still unknown how much strength the pirates have, and whether they can stop Tang Yinbrown and their team." Besides, if you want to go all the way north from the west, across the two continents to the capital of the Eastern Plains, you will inevitably pass through the Dragonspine Mountains and the Golden Forest in between, and those places are much more dangerous than just pirates, how can they ......?"
"It doesn't matter what you say." Zuo Qiyang interrupted Ruipeng's words, "Once they enter the territory of Xiyou, it will be tantamount to fish and meat, and we will only have to slaughter it."
"As for those pirates, I don't know their strength, and I don't know if they can stop Tang Yinbrown, but I know the court of Dongyuan thoroughly, and they can't pass King Xin's level no matter what."
Ruipeng listened to Hungry Zuo Qiyang's explanation, but the doubts in his chest became heavier and heavier, and he couldn't understand which way to go, and how it was related to the court of Dongyuan again.
was about to open his mouth to ask again, but seeing that Zuo Qiyang had no intention of explaining, he only waved his hand and stood up, and instructed as he walked: "Leave one hundred and ten people to continue to squat at this pass, and the rest will follow me to discuss the countermeasures to go back." ”
On the other side, on the deck of the Fir.
Ah Zi listened to Ah Brown's explanation, blinked a pair of watery eyes, and looked extremely serious, but the slightly frowning eyebrows still showed her confusion.
Seeing her like this, Ah Brown lost his mind for a while, raised his hand with a smile, and wanted to stroke the hair on her forehead, but his hand was halfway out, but he still flinched, only gently put it on her shoulder, and said softly: "This is a long story, I will talk to you in detail later." ”
Ah Zi heard that he could talk to Ah Brown like this in the future, so he naturally smiled and nodded.
Neither of them paid attention, and at some point behind them, a lonely figure was already standing.
Bao'er watched Ah Zi and Ah Brown standing side by side on the deck so closely, and couldn't hear what the two were talking about, but her heart was inexplicably pinched.
Ah Zi, obviously he has only been here for a short time, and he was brought by Ah Zhong, and he and his eldest brother haven't seen each other a few times, why can they talk and laugh like old people who have known each other for a long time?
Moreover, the eldest brother's expression when he looked at Ah Zi was unexpectedly gentle that she had never seen before.
But after only a short period of distraction, Bao'er immediately changed, straightened her chest, took a deep breath, and let the coolness of the night hit her chest and wake up for herself.
Why stand behind it and speculate like this? What's wrong with me, if there is a problem, I can directly pick out and ask it, and since when did I start to cringe.
Just ask.
With such a thought, Bao'er shook her head, thinking in her heart: deal with the matter in front of you first, and then ask Ah Zi and the eldest brother alone.
"Ah Zi!"
Bao'er stood in the distance and shouted, and when she saw the two of them looking at her, she waved at them and trotted forward.
"Ah Zi, I can be considered to have found you, why did you come to this deck alone so late?" Bao'er came to the two of them, and while talking, she was about to take Ah Zi's hand.
"What's wrong?" Ah Zi was led forward by Bao'er like this, and asked with some confusion in his mouth, not forgetting to look back at Ah Brown who was still standing in place.
Ah Brown smiled and nodded, signaling her to follow Bao'er with confidence.