Chapter 143: There are nine mountains in the mountains
Three days later, Thomas was still in the village outside the city of Khorfakan, 'tirelessly' searching for traces of Li Zijun and Catherine.
However, in the face of growing opposition inside and outside the court, Heller reluctantly chose to give up, and finally withdrew the order to close the city.
In the past few days, under the careful care of Catherine and Weiz, Li Zijun has basically recovered from his internal injuries, and the broken bones that have always had a great impact on him have gradually begun to heal. Although he can't take care of himself completely, he doesn't need to be helped by others in everything like before.
Hearing the news that the Haul Fakkan brought back by Weiz was unsealed, Li Zijun and Catherine breathed a sigh of relief.
In the past few days, Khor Fakkan has not only been locked down, but the inside and outside of the city have almost been turned upside down by the Heller faction!
Although Li Zijun concluded that they would not search Yale House, he also knew that such a 'conclusion' was actually wishful thinking, and they did not dare to slack off in the face of the increasingly tense atmosphere in Khauer Fakan.
Every day, especially during the day, Li Zijun and Catherine spend most of their time hiding in Yale's secret room. It's ridiculous that Yale himself has never lived here since he built this secret room, but now he has fulfilled Li Zijun and Catherine, and has become their ideal refuge in Khor Fakkan.
After the lockdown was lifted, the next step should be to stop the door-to-door searches, and Li Zijun also began to think about Jihua who would go out of the city next.
"Is there any accurate news about Thomas at the moment?" asked Li Zijun, turning his head to look at Catherine.
Li Zijun has a lot of confidence in getting out of the city safely, but half of this confidence is based on the premise that they will not meet Thomas, which also makes him very concerned about Thomas's whereabouts.
In recent days, Catherine would go out of the house in the dead of night to contact the Night Elves, and through their intelligence network, help Li Zijun clearly and accurately grasp the dynamics of Horfakan.
"I think Thomas should still be out of town, because until yesterday he had never visited Jeffrey. In terms of their mentorship, the first thing he would do when he returned to the city was to check on Jeffrey's injuries! Thomas's whereabouts were so erratic that Catherine did not dare to determine his exact location, and could only speculate on his approximate whereabouts by inference.
"We've always been safe here, so why don't we stay here a few more days, and when the rumors of Howl Fakkan have subsided and Thomas has news for sure, it's not too late for us to find a way out of town." ”
"It's not that simple!" Li Zijun waved his hand to Catherine and continued.
"After the lockdown is lifted, although the large-scale search will stop on the surface, with what I know about Heller, the surveillance in the city will become more stringent!"
"I agree with you just now, Thomas is most likely still out of town. But after a few days of searching, and judging by Thomas's ability, he is only afraid that he is about to search all the places around Horfakkan where we can hide!"
"He's probably guessed that we're in the city at this moment! At this point, the search for commoners and those petty nobles in the city is over, and once he reports his search results and speculations to Heller, our hiding place will be immediately revealed in Heller's eyes!"
"There's no denying that Heller and Thomas are the smartest people in this shijie, and they'll appear in front of you faster than you can imagine!
"And when are we leaving?" Catherine was startled when she heard Li Zijun's inference, and she no longer insisted on her previous suggestion.
"As soon as the search in the city stops, we will leave the city. It's just that we have to make some necessary preparations before leaving. Li Zijun thought for a while and gave up all his jihua.
The next day, shortly after the manhunt in the city ended, two wagons loaded with goods slowly drove towards the city gates.
At this time, Li Zijun had become a middle-aged businessman with a big belly, and Catherine disguised herself as a man and became his servant, following him closely.
As soon as the lockdown order ended yesterday, the people who had been in the city for many days rushed out of Khauerfakan, and today there are fewer people leaving the city. Riding in the two carriages of Li Zijun and Catherine, they came to the location of the city gate smoothly.
Everything around is normal, although there are many soldiers added to the city gate, but with their quality and condition, their appearance here is more like pretending, even if it is not possible to pose too much threat to Li Zijun, who is seriously injured now.
But I don't know Weishenme, as the carriage continued to approach the city gate, Li Zijun's heartstrings suddenly trembled violently, as if something was going to happen.
Li Zijun couldn't help but immediately get nervous, with his body at the moment, not to mention that when he encountered a sword master like Thomas and Bradley, it was an ordinary great sword master, and it would be difficult for him to get out. At this moment, he suddenly remembered what Audrey had taught him, and secretly began to prepare for magic.
"Stop, stop!" said the gatekeeper who saw the full carriage from afar, and a smug smile appeared on his lips. He was fat and shortage, but he went through a lot of twists and turns, and it took a lot of effort to buy it, but before he could get back the loss, he actually caught up with the closure of the city. In those days, due to the adrenaline rush, he couldn't see anything pleasing to the eye! Fortunately, the lockdown was not long, and in one day yesterday, he actually earned more than a week usually, which also made a bright smile appear on his thin face again.
A big fat sheep like Li Zijun means huge gains, and the city gate official nodded to the cronies beside him, who stepped forward to block Li Zijun's way.
Seeing the garrison sergeant blocking the road, Catherine, who had been prepared, jumped out of the carriage and went up to meet her.
The identity chosen by the Night Elves for Li Zijun and Catherine is definitely worth scrutinizing, they don't need to worry about any normal interrogation, and Catherine naturally follows the sergeant to the city gate officer.
"My lord, this is our boss's paperwork!" Catherine, disguised as a sturdy servant, respectfully handed the paperwork to the city gate officer.
Originally, seeing the terrible scar on Catherine's face, the city gate official still had some scruples, but the moment he took Catherine's paperwork, the city gate officer was happy again.
I really don't know who has such an idea, and made the passage document into a folded book, so that everyone who takes it can fully feel its 'weight'!
"What's on your car?" asked the gate officer in an official tone, rather than opening the passage papers.
"Lord Hui, it's two carts of cloth!" Catherine saw the expression of the city gate officer, and knew that the answer between them had become a formula, but she still maintained a respectful attitude.
At this time, the city gate official had already taken out the entrainment in the passage paperwork, and looking at the golden light between his fingers, it was difficult for him to hide the greed in his eyes. Perhaps it was because he had not been a city gate official for a long time, and although he made a lot of money every day, it was still difficult for him to hide his emotions.
Fortunately, the city gate official has not forgotten that the supervision has been strict recently, and he pretended to glance at the passage papers.
"You go and see if there is any entrainment on the car, if there is nothing, you can just let it go!" the city gate officer couldn't wait to put the gold coin into his arms, handed the passage paper back to Catherine's hand, and then turned to his cronies and commanded.
Receiving a hint from the city gate officer, the sergeant who came to inspect just casually looked at the goods on the carriage on an errand, and waved Li Zijun and them away.
The carriage started slowly again, and they soon drove out of the city gate and across the moat.
The surrounding environment was still normal, Li Zijun didn't feel the slightest abnormality, he couldn't help but secretly laugh at his nervousness, and he secretly relieved his air.
But at this time, a guy who looked like a cook suddenly appeared in front of Li Zijun's carriage.
He didn't see the man doing anything, he just stood plainly in the middle of the road, but no matter how much the coachman urged, the horses pulling the cart did not take a step forward.
Li Zijun had never really seen Thomas, but he still recognized the man in front of the carriage at a glance. Thinking of his premonition, he couldn't help but smile wryly and shook his head, gave up the magic he had just prepared, and stepped out of the carriage with Catherine's support.
"Hou Ye really makes it easy for me to find! I haven't been sleeping for the past few days, just trying to meet Hou Ye, but I didn't expect that just when I was about to give up, I could actually meet you here! Does this also prove that you and I have a great fate?" Thomas saw Li Zijun's injury at a glance, he was very sure that he had completely controlled the situation, and he was pleasantly surprised, but he was not in a hurry to make a move.
"What are you doing with me, and there is no shortage of cooks in our house!" Li Zijun was very dissatisfied with Thomas's ridicule, and he looked at Thomas and said unremittingly.
"Master Hou, at this time, there is no point in taking advantage of your tongue again, I only ask you: Do you turn around and go back to the city, or do you want to be captured and leave with me?"
"It's all dead ends, what's the difference?"
"With Hou Ye's cleverness, you must know what I want. As long as Hou Ye is willing to give advice, I will not only guarantee that Hou Ye will be sent safely to wherever you want to go, but I can also promise you some other conditions!"
Now that the situation in Khauerfekan has changed, the blame for the death of the third prince Colin is firmly on Li Zijun's head! If Li Zijun is captured by Heller at this moment, Heller will definitely cut off his head without hesitation, and Heller's move will not be opposed by anyone. Even if the Dongyu Empire is in this matter, it can't blame Heller's approach, after all, although Li Zijun has a noble status, he is still much worse than the prince! In order to be promoted, Thomas can prescribe such conditions for Li Zijun, which also shows his sincerity.
"There are nine mountains in the mountains, and the achievements are all in vain!" Li Zijun turned his head to look at Catherine and sighed. He motioned for Catherine to leave with his eyes, but Catherine responded with a firm grip on his arm, which also made him sigh and feel a little sweet.
"With your current state, even if you join forces, there is no hope of escaping, and it is very likely that you will take the life of Mrs. Ling, I advise you not to have illusions anymore!" Thomas had never spoken to anyone in such a low voice, and when he saw Li Zijun ignoring him, his heart was full of unhappiness, and he changed 'you' to 'you'.
At this time, the defenders inside the city gate noticed the strangeness here, and the city gate officer had already recognized Thomas's identity, although he didn't know that Thomas Weishenme was going to stop the two carriages, but the recent situation in Halfekan still made him immediately raise his vigilance, and commanded his subordinates to semi-surround Li Zijun's two carriages.
"The goods in the car are my fare, you can leave now!" Li Zijun didn't seem to see the soldiers surrounding him at all, turned to look at the two coachmen and said.
The coachman didn't have time to think about the windfall he had made, and the two of them looked at the soldiers around them timidly, and didn't even dare to move.
When the city gate official heard Li Zijun's words, a greedy expression suddenly appeared on his face, and he was thinking about how to detain the two coachmen. In his eyes, his name was already written on the car, and half of the two carriages were recorded in Lotte's name.
But when the gatekeeper's eyes saw Thomas, he couldn't help but gasp, and he found that Thomas had glanced at him coldly.
The gatekeeper was greedy, but he was not stupid! He quickly understood the meaning in Thomas's eyes, and hurriedly straightened his face, and waved his hand to let the soldiers make way for the two coachmen.
The two coachmen were pardoned, and then they also thought of the wealth on the car that could change their fate, and they all showed surprised expressions. The coachman in which Li Zijun and Catherine rode in the carriage seemed to be worried that Li Zijun would change his mind, so he quickly turned the head of the carriage and left. The coachman, who had been following behind, hesitated, and after giving a deep salute to Li Zijun, Thomas, and the city gate officer, he pulled the goods out of the encirclement, and he did not go far, just outside the encirclement to watch the situation here.
The coachman's actions made Li Zijun and Thomas both feel moved, but they didn't have time to think about other things at this time, and they turned their attention back to each other.
"Master Hou, you are a young talent, and there is no shortage of beautiful people around you, you still have a lot of good time to waste, you will not be ready to die in Hor Fakan in order to be angry for a while, right?" Thomas didn't find the slightest fear in Li Zijun's body, he suddenly thought of another possibility, he was worried that Li Zijun was young and vigorous and fought to the death with him, and the words changed and became polite.
"Listen to your tone, are you going to let me go?" Li Zijun said to Thomas with a playful smile.
"Master Hou, even if I want to let you go at this moment, I'm afraid you won't be able to leave so easily!" Thomas smiled and looked at the city gate officer who was quickly running towards the city.
The city gate official is a side branch of the Menglin clan, otherwise the fat shortage of the city gate official of Haul Feikan will not fall on his head. The people around may not know who the person in the encirclement is, but the city gate official has already heard the clue from the words 'Hou Ye' in Thomas's mouth.
The city gate official remembered the scene of the city gate a few days ago when there were many corpses, and he didn't want to be one of those unjust souls! On the surface, he was going back to the city to gather people and deliver news, but in fact he was avoiding a possible scuffle. It's just that his actions did play some role, and the defenders of the east gate used it like a tide, and in the blink of an eye, more than a dozen layers of encirclement were formed behind Li Zijun.
"Can you allow us to discuss?" said Li Zijun, who didn't seem to see the scene around him, said to Thomas with a hippie smile.
Li Zijun's smile did not relax the Menglin soldiers surrounding him in the slightest, most of them had at least heard of Litton's tragic situation before, and were already afraid of Li Zijun, when they suddenly saw his smile, many of them involuntarily took half a step back in shock. Fortunately, the encirclement was not tight, but caused a slight confusion.
Seeing such a scene, Li Zijun also had to smile bitterly and shake his head, he never thought that his smile would actually attract such an effect.
"I hope Master Hou can make a decision as soon as possible, if any important people rush here, it will be difficult for me to keep you safe!" Thomas looked at the surrounding scene and frowned slightly, before he replied.
"I'll choose to follow Thomas in a moment, but before I do that, I'll ask him to let you go, I've got what Thomas craves, and he's not too me. I've already figured out a way, as long as I fully recover from my injuries, I'll get rid of him immediately!If you insist on following me, the two of us will have almost no chance of escaping together under his watch!" Li Zijun turned to look at Catherine and said, trying to persuade her to leave here early.
"How come you kid knows to run away in one day, and can't think about how to defeat the fool in front of you and rush over?" Audrey's voice suddenly came into Li Zijun's ears.
Li Zijun's heart was in ecstasy, he really didn't expect Audrey to arrive here at his most critical time. And what amazed him even more was that Audrey could actually open a magic sound channel with himself in such a chaotic environment. This also made him thank the gods for their favor, and at the same time, he had to sigh at Audrey's amazing mastery in magic!
Li Zijun forcibly suppressed the excitement in his heart, turned his body slightly, and put on a pitiful face at an angle that Thomas couldn't see. He wasn't sure if Audrey could see his expression at the moment, but in order to gain sympathy, he tried to make himself as good as he could.
"Master, this 'fool' in front of me is Thomas who is known as the 'No. 1 Master of Monlin', even if I am not injured, I am not his opponent at this stage! This time I am afraid I can only trouble you again to save me and leave!" Li Zijun said pitifully.
"Don't be in a hurry to shout 'master', you have already caused me so much trouble before you officially apprentice, I really have to reconsider, whether to accept you as an apprentice?"
"It's not that I don't want to formally apprentice, it's that you must find some witnesses with identity, which delays my apprenticeship ceremony, you must not admit it!"
"Otherwise, we will be humble because of our ugliness, and I will be able to worship you in this place! Although the identity and status of these people around us are a little different, but there are enough of them, don't dislike it, I will kneel down for you. Saying that, Li Zijun really made a gesture to kneel on the ground.
"Okay, okay! You don't feel ashamed, I'm still ashamed! I know that you kid is greedy for life and afraid of death, and those who don't know think that I used this matter to force you to apprentice!" Audrey hurriedly stopped Li Zijun and said.
"Listen, hold up one at once, the strongest all-round magic shield you can do. After a moment of chaos in the field, you have to charge at full speed towards Thomas. Don't say I didn't remind you, there can be no mistakes in the direction and timing, and there is only one chance, if you miss it, don't blame me for not saving you!"
"Master, are you sure that the direction of my impact is Thomas?!" Li Zijun said with some suspicion.
"What, don't trust me?"
"No way, master, just look at it!" Li Zijun knew that Audrey would never joke with himself in this matter, and he began to prepare the magic shield as he spoke.
"As long as you hear me shout the word 'go' in a moment, you have to help me to charge Thomas as soon as possible! There must be no hesitation!" After Audrey lifted the 'Magic Voice', Li Zijun whispered in Catherine's ear.
The 'Magic Voice' is a special channel of magical elements, and no one can hear their voices except for the two sides of the voice.
Just now Catherine just saw Li Zijun's strange expression and mouth opening and closing, as for what he said, Catherine didn't even hear half a word, Li Zijun had to say jihua to her simply.
Catherine also had the same questions as Li Zijun, but she trusted Li Zijun more, just nodded and didn't ask another word.
The magic shield is the most basic magic of a magician, and in a few breaths, Li Zijun's magic shield has completely enveloped him and Catherine.
"Master Hou, you won't just rush out of front of me with a magic shield in vain, right? You are a smart person, don't do anything stupid that you regret!" Thomas looked at the magic shield held up by Li Zijun and said with a sneer.
Thomas had studied Li Zijun very carefully, and he was very clear about his identity as a demonic and martial arts dual cultivator. Not only that, Thomas also learned that during this time, Li Zijun's progress in magic has been lagging behind his achievements in martial arts! And the magic shield that Li Zijun has set up at this moment also fully proves Thomas's previous judgment of him.
The magic shield that Li Zijun erected, although for most people, is definitely watertight, but in Thomas's eyes, it is not much different from a broken door panel, at most, it just makes him work hard, he really can't understand that Li Zijun Weishenme wants to do this kind of useless work?