Chapter 24: Change of mind
Ling Xiaohan got angry: "Tell him what to do?" Why don't you just take me out? Whoever doesn't let me go, I'll kill him! β
The guard hurriedly said, "General...... Never, never so...... As long as the report is too guarded......"
Ling Xiaohan didn't want to embarrass this soldier, so he had no choice but to say: "Okay, okay, look at you are afraid of that!" Go tell me. β
The guard agreed and ran away.
Not long after, the guards reported back and asked Ling Xiaohan to move outside the Taishou Mansion.
Ling Xiaohan handed the shopkeeper's sleeve knife to the guards and left together.
In the process of going, Ling Xiaohan learned from the guards that Xu Jue had just returned from an inspection of the city.
Outside the gate of the mansion, Xu Jue and a group of generals were waiting there.
When Xu Qi saw Ling Xiaohan, he gave a salute: "But I heard that the hero is going to the tavern?" β
Ling Xiaohan said: "Yes, you find someone to show me the way." β
Xu Qi said: "If there is anything wrong with the hero, you can just send someone to go, you don't need to go in person." β
Ling Xiaohan frowned: "No, I can only go by myself." β
Xu Jue also wanted to suggest again: "It's better to be a witty person who is too conservative......"
Ling Xiaohan was impatient: "Don't grind!" There's so much nonsense, why don't you just find someone to take me out of town? β
"This ...... All right. Xu Qi reluctantly agreed.
The group of generals behind him all glared at Ling Xiaohan, and several of them snorted.
Ling Xiaohan saw it in his eyes, and didn't pay attention to it for the time being, pointing to the guard with a sleeve knife and saying to Xu Jue: "I don't need anyone else, just let him take me." β
"No." Xu Jue's face showed a worried look, "The thieves outside the city are wandering around, especially the town market outside the city, it is very dangerous, if the hero encounters the yellow turban thief, what is the mistake?" β
Ling Xiaohan thought that if he encountered an enemy like Ma Yuanyi again, it would indeed be very troublesome.
Xu Jue said again: "It's better to let General Zhu go with the hero, and in case of danger, there will be a response." β
After speaking, he looked back at Zhu Jun behind him.
Zhu Jun glared at Ling Xiaohan and said angrily: "The last general will be forgiven!" Taishou should send other generals! β
Xu Qi said in a deep voice: "General Zhu, the young hero of the Great Thief Army, is a person of the same path as you and me, we should work together, and we must not have any guilt!" β
Zhu Jun snorted loudly and glared at Ling Xiaohan angrily: "The last general will never be in the same way as those who have troubled the law!" β
Xu Jue shouted: "General Zhu! You ......"
"Taishou, don't say it," Ling Xiaohan smiled lightly, "I think this General Zhu seems to be very unhappy with me, so let's do it, I'll go with General Zhu, and by the way, we can have a good chat on the road." β
Xu Jue was overjoyed: "Young heroes are not only superb in martial arts, but also broad-minded and have both martial arts and virtues, which is really rare!" β
Ling Xiaohan smiled disappreciatively.
Xu Jue turned to Zhu Jun and said, "General Zhu, the young hero ......"
Ling Xiaohan interrupted: "Don't be a young hero, a young hero, I'm not without a name, my name is Ling Xiaohan." β
Xu Qi asked, "The young man's surname is Ling...... The word Xiaohan? β
Ling Xiaohan was a little big: "What are you not a word?" My name is Ling Xiaohan, if you can't remember it in the future, just call me Xiaohan. β
"Yes, yes......" Xu Jue said with a smile, "It's just that you can't call it like that, the imperial edict will arrive soon, so let's call Ling Yingying for the time being." β
"Okay, okay, whatever you want." Ling Xiaohan didn't bother to care about it any longer.
Xu Jue said to Zhu Jun: "Ling Yingying has no regard for his past suspicions, and General Zhu can no longer hold grudges, and go with Ling Yingying." β
Zhu Jun stared at Ling Xiaohan, and a hint of hesitation appeared in his eyesβnot only him, but the generals next to him all showed the same look.
Ling Xiaohan smiled again: "Let's go, General Zhu, come with me." β
Zhu Jun hesitated for a moment, looked at Xu Jue, and responded loudly: "The last general will obey the order, and he will go with him." β
"Good!" Xu Jue was very happy, "I'll give you three hundred infantry, be careful on the road!" β
Ling Xiaohan hurriedly said, "Wait a minute!" I'll start by saying okay, don't bring any infantry, just three people! β
Xu Jue was stunned: "Why is this?" β
Ling Xiaohan naturally didn't say what he really thought in his heart, but said, "I'm just going to the tavern to get something, what the hell are so many people for?" β
Xu Jue worried: "What if you encounter a thief on the road?" β
"How many anti-thieves, if you meet them, you will talk about the ...... you meet" Ling Xiaohan thought for a moment and thought of a reasonable excuse, "Besides, if there are fewer people, you can still hide when you encounter danger, take hundreds of people, and there is no place to hide!" β
"This ......"
Xu Qi didn't seem to agree with Ling Xiaohan's statement, but finally agreed.
Half an hour later, Ling Xiaohan and the others came to the entrance of the city, and Xu Jue led the crowd to send them off.
Originally, Xu Jue picked three high-grade fast horses for Ling Xiaohan, but Ling Xiaohan didn't know how to ride a horse at all, so he refused, and Xu Jue suggested finding someone to lead the horse, but Ling Xiaohan still refused.
Xu Jue had no choice but to let Ling Xiaohan's decision.
After Ling Xiaohan said goodbye to Xu Jue, he left the city - there were only two people following him, one was Zhu Jun, and the other was the guard who helped carry the knife in his sleeve.
The journey to the tavern was much farther than Ling Xiaohan expected, and after walking for less than an hour, Ling Xiaohan saw that the surroundings were deserted, and his heart moved, and an idea was born.
Looking at the small path sandwiched by the dense forests on the left and right, Ling Xiaohan felt that this place was the perfect place to implement the plan, so he pretended to be inadvertently and said to the guards behind him, "Are you tired?" Give me the knife and I'll hold it for a while. β
The guard hurriedly said: "Thank you, my lord, the villain is not tired." β
"Give it to me," Ling Xiaohan stood still and repeated again with an expressionless face, "What if there is an ambush of the Yellow Turban Thief here." β
The guard was stunned for a moment, looked left and right, and then handed the sleeve knife to Ling Xiaohan in confusion.
Zhu Jun on the side saw it, snorted coldly, ignored it, and continued to walk forward.
Ling Xiaohan looked at Zhu Jun's back, took a breath, clenched the sleeve knife with both hands, the corners of his mouth rose, his mind moved, and the handle appeared in front of him.
Although his body couldn't move, his thinking didn't stop, but at this moment, Ling Xiaohan had a flash of inspiration in his mind, but he thought of a question.
He thought: In this situation, it shouldn't be difficult to kill Zhu Jun, but when this guard sees it, he must be so frightened that he runs away, even if he kills the guard together, there is no tavern in front of this wilderness, and there is no Anding City behind, I don't know the way to the tavern, and I don't remember the way back to the city, so it will be troublesome to get lost; Besides, if this guard really ran away, he would definitely run to complain to Xu Jue, so that Taishou would know that he had killed the general, and the road to promotion and fortune would definitely be cut off, and the gains would outweigh the losses.
After hesitating, Ling Xiaohan eliminated the handle first.
The guard stepped forward with a suspicious expression: "Your Excellency...... Why don't you stop......
Zhu Jun also looked back.
Ling Xiaohan threw his sleeve knife towards the guards, his eyes staring at Zhu Jun: "It's nothing, let's go." β