Chapter 50: The Fish and the Bait
At the mouth of the White River, the buildings and boats were brightly lit, and the guards walked back and forth on the deck, looking at the suburbs where there were only empty mountains and insects.
Thin clouds obscured the moonlight, and three figures appeared silently above the mountain ridge like ghosts, with a bird's-eye view of the estuary below.
The three of them were all dressed in black, and the person at the head was not tall, his hands were on his sleeves, his eyes under the scarf were quite young, but his eyes were a little faint and red, from his standing posture to his demeanor, there was a little shadow of Jia's father-in-law. can replace the position of Jia Gonggong and become a 'dead soldier A', needless to say the young man's martial arts attainments, if it were not for the true biography of Jia Gonggong and the blue, Song Ji would not let Jia Gong announce the return of the old home.
On the left side of Dead Man A, there is Lao B, who has three straight knives on his back, and his burly figure is the tallest of the three.
The four secret guards around Song Ji are all nameless and surnameless, except for 'A', who is the head of the Ouchi, the others never show up on weekdays, and the last time Lao Yi appeared in public, he was still in Wangjiangtai, protecting the bait with a human skin mask.
On the Wangjiang platform, Lao Yi and Xu Buling fought each other, and they were defeated in two or three moves, because they wanted Xu Buling to successfully kill the bait laid by Song Ji and make it a 'crime of killing the king';
On the right side of the two is Song Ying, the chief officer of the Investigation Department who shocked the rivers and lakes outside the imperial court; Song Ying's talent is unbeatable, and he can go head-to-head with the sword saint Zhu Liu, who is the most explosive in the world, and he is a grandmaster-level character, but between A and B, there is still a line of difference.
The three of them looked at the brightly lit building ship at the bottom of the mountain, the dead soldier A and Lao B both looked indifferent, but Song Ying was a little hesitant.
As a person in the officialdom, Song Ying is obviously not as pessimistic about life and death as a dead man, he looked at it for a while, and then said:
"Lao Yi, this move is too risky, Queen Cui is not sure if she is on the ship, so she sneaks in rashly, if she is detected......"
Lao Yi shook his head: "Empress Cui must die, first, to appease the anger of the saint, and second, to cover up the matter of luring Song Yu to collude with Liu Han and usurp the throne." This is what the Holy One has said. ”
Song Ying hung his sword from his waist and said in a deep voice: "As long as you make a move, no matter whether you succeed or fail, it can't end." If King Xu Buling and King Su know......"
"What about knowing? The Xu family will rebel, and now it will not occupy the righteousness, but only occupy Guanzhong in advance to kill the holy line, and meet the princes from all walks of life with the strength of one family; It's better than destroying the kings and returning to the heart of the four seas in the future, and it is logical to let the Song family take the Zen position. ”
Song Ying is a diehard loyalist of Song Ji, but he also has a family and a business, and Song Ji will definitely be gone without him, and he obviously disagrees with this kind of ruined method. He wanted to say a few more words, but the dead soldier next to him raised his hand:
"Do what you are told, and you don't need to say much."
Seeing this, Song Ying had to sigh and ask again: "If Xu Buling runs back......
"If you can kill Xu Wuling, once and for all."
Song Ying hesitated, didn't say more, and said:
"According to the intelligence of the spies, Xiao Qi and the others are all on the ship, and there are twelve guards, all of whom are the top doormen raised by the Suwang Mansion, but Kun Yunzi and Yue Jiulou are not there; Xu Buling is still in Xiangyang and can't come back in a short time. Keep an eye on the surroundings for a day, if Queen Cui shows up, Lao Yi and I will be responsible for containing the guards, and A, you will get on the boat to deal with Queen Cui. If you don't see Queen Cui outcropping, you can sneak into the building boat at night to look for it, don't startle the snake, I will squat outside to prevent Queen Cui from escaping from the waterway......"
After talking for a while, the three of them dispersed and disappeared into the mountains and forests......
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Xiangyang is only two hundred miles away from Nanyang, and it is a large plain with a flat river, chasing the wind and horses travel thousands of miles every day, and they arrived near Nanyang City in the early morning.
Ning Qingye rode a white horse in front of him quickly, although he had never spoken, he cried all night. After the hysterical venting, the fortitude and coldness of the past were thrown aside, and the tears were allowed to wet the breastplate, just like when he lost his loved ones and ran out of the Shudi cottage, he couldn't think of anything except unstoppable tears.
Xu Buling followed from afar, looking at Ning Qingye's back, he was chased back several times, and he could only follow like this.
The little sparrow squatted on Xu Buling's shoulder, had already slept for a while, and woke up again, seeing that the two people were still consuming, he was a little anxious, and pecked Xu Buling's face twice with his beak, and called twice, as if to say, "Where did you go to bully my master?" Fierce. Xu Buling took out a few pine nuts and fed them a few bites before he quieted down.
Unconsciously walked outside Nanyang City, and saw the brightly lit military camp in the distance, Ning Qingye regained a little consciousness, raised his sleeve and wiped the corners of his eyes, and prepared to drive a horse back to the building ship quickly.
Xu Buling sped up his horse speed and came to the back: "Early night, wait ......"
Ning Qing didn't want to take care of it at night, so she "drove" lightly, and was about to leave Pegasus, but as soon as she made a move, her back sank, and the man she didn't want to see at this time sat behind her again.
Ning Qingye was angry in his heart, and raised his hand to hit his back with an elbow, but it was a pity that Xu Buling, who was detected in advance, was soft, and the whole person was hugged into his arms, locked to death. She struggled hard: "Bastard, you let go...... Woohoo......"
Xu Buling raised his hand to cover Ning Qingye's mouth, and said softly, "Don't be so loud." I have something important to come back secretly, I can't startle the snake, don't go back to the boat yet, I've been hiding outside with me for the past two days......"
Where did Ning Qingye believe this lame excuse, just because Xu Buling wanted to pull her alone to persuade her, but he couldn't let go of it, so he bit Xu Buling's finger.
"Shhhh
Xu Buling hurriedly let go of his hand, and Ning Qingye was about to reprimand angrily again, but before he could speak, his eyes turned black and soft enough to be in Xu Buling's arms.
Xu Buling's movements were gentle, and after making Qingye dizzy, he turned over and dismounted, left the two horses in a secluded place outside the city, and then took the weapon, carried Ning Qingye on his back, and galloped upstream along the White River.
Xu Buling suddenly came back this time, naturally to solve the emperor's affairs.
Since Song Ji issued that aggressive holy decree, he had obviously flipped the table and planned to break the net.
If the Xu family received the holy decree and returned to Xiliang with patience, the situation would return to the way it was before, and they would be blocked out of Qianyang Pass, and their previous efforts would be in vain.
If you don't accept the holy decree, with the current situation, you can only take the Guanzhong and defend it; The Xu family is a family of loyal martyrs, the first thing that is lost in this is the righteousness and the hearts of the people, and then it is isolated, the Guanzhong Army, the Liaoxi Army, and the three kings of the East will unite on the spot, and even if the Xiliang Army can be pushed out, it will inevitably be a bitter battle that will last for many years.
These two choices are equivalent to entering Song Ji's set; Outside of the first time, Cui Xiaowan is alive, and he can be used as evidence to expose the dirty things that Song Ji did back then, in order to prevent the Xu family from making a fuss about Cui Xiaowan, Song Ji is very likely to arrange someone to kill Cui Xiaowan.
Whether the assassin will come to the door or not, no one can say for sure, but Xu Buling thinks it will be. Men are all green to this, if they can still be regarded as not seeing, then there is really a problem with the brain. Song Ji didn't have a master to assassinate him, otherwise the assassins would come directly at him.
Carrying Ning Qingye on his back, he walked briskly among the mountains by the river, and soon came to the vicinity of Fengshan, and he could see a little light on the river in the distance.
Xu Buling put Ning Qingye down, lay down in the grass, unfolded the cloak and draped it over the two of them, and then took out the binoculars and carefully stared at the movement on the ship. The little sparrow flew to the top of the tree to act as a secret whistle, so that no one would pluck out his butt from behind......