Chapter 204: Striking the Grass and Startling the Snake
Chapter 204: Striking the Grass and Startling the Snake
Yu Zhong deliberately made a noise, and then hid in the shadows, waiting to see what happened.
The alarmed Manichaeans hurriedly came out to check the situation, and soon they found the three unconscious members, and immediately the inside was a mess.
This was deliberately left by Yu Chong, intending to tell them that his whereabouts had been exposed, so he should move quickly.
These Manichaeans really panicked, and several of the aliens led by them immediately discussed moving with the dart cart. Although they feared that there would be some danger in such a hasty transfer, now that their whereabouts had been exposed, there was nothing more dangerous than staying in the dye shop.
They quickly moved the goods out of the chamber, loaded them into the cart, and planned to take advantage of the darkness to move them to a safer place.
In the quiet streets, only the creaking wheels of dart carts sounded. Yu Zhong and the three of them quietly followed all the way.
Suddenly, Yu Zhong reached out and motioned for the other two to stop.
"What's wrong, boss?" asked Baili Shu softly.
"There is an ambush ahead. Yu replied. With his martial arts cultivation, no movement within a hundred steps can escape his ear power.
At this time, the ranks of the Manichaeans also stopped, because a dozen dark shadows had stopped in front of them. They tried to retreat, only to find that they were full of people. They are already surrounded.
"Boss, what you said is really right, there is really an ambush. Bai Li Yu admired.
"It seems that these ambush soldiers are Han Chinese, and their martial arts are not bad. Yu Zhong said in a low voice. Although he couldn't see it very clearly, he could already judge the depth of a person's kung fu just by the sound of these people's breathing and footsteps.
"Brother Yu, do you guess which of them can win?" Ye Xiaoxiao asked.
"I think it's half a pound to eight taels, and those aliens in Manichaeism are not easy to deal with. Yu replied.
At that time, the Manichaeans fought with these ambushes. Sure enough, as Yu Zhong judged, the two sides were evenly matched and fought inextricably.
The Manichaeans escorted the dart carts, fighting all the way and retreating. The three of Yu Zhong hurriedly followed, they didn't want the dart car to disappear under their noses again.
Supposedly, these Manichaeans should have moved out of the city at this time. But they are retreating in the opposite direction.
"Something is wrong. Yu Zhong said.
"What's the matter, boss?" asked Baili Hao quickly.
"You are most familiar with the car of the dart board, you listen carefully to the sound of the axle turning, and see if you hear anything?" Yu replied.
Baili Shu pricked up his ears and stopped carefully for a while, and said: "It seems that something is wrong, if the car is full of heavy loads, the sound of the axle turning will be even lower than this." You mean the suspicion is fake?"
"That's right, I suspect that there is nothing on these two cars, and the real cargo has been stolen. Yu Zhong wondered.
"No wonder they don't go out of the city, but go to the opposite place, in fact, to buy time to move the real goods. Ye Xiaoxiao replied.
"These Manichaeans are so scheming that they almost fell for their tricks, so let's go to the city gate and stop them from escaping. Yu Zhong said.
If you want to go to Jingjiang Mansion, you must go out of the city from the south of the city. Baili Yu went to inform the other dart masters, and Yu Zhong and Ye Xiaoxiao immediately rushed to the south of the city.
As for the fighting here, there is no need to keep an eye on it. Although they were interested in the identity of these ambushes, the most important thing for now was to keep up with the Manichaean cargo delivery team first.
The crowd quickly rushed to the city gate to converge. Originally, there was a curfew at this time, and the city gates should have been closed long ago. But in this southern land, the sky is high and the emperor is far away, and many times money is better than anything.
Yu Zhong inquired with the soldiers guarding the city gate and learned that just before the time of a stick of incense, a group of aliens carrying two large truckloads of goods hurriedly went out. They made a generous move and gave a lot of benefits, so the soldiers defending the city were very impressed.
Similarly, it is certainly not in vain to inquire about this news, but this amount of money is not a big problem for Yu Zhong.
"Inevitably, the other party will escape, I will catch up first, and you will follow. Yu Zhong turned over and said.
"My God, boss, where did you get this horse!" Bai Li Hao saw the white light under his crotch, his eyes were straight, if the swordsman loves the sword, their dart master loves the horse the most.
"Without further ado, we chased in the direction of Jingjiang Mansion, and I set off first. Yu Zhong rode his horse and whipped his whip, neighed in the white of the night, raised his front hooves, and rode away.
"It's really enviable, this is a superb jade lion that shines at night, traveling thousands of miles in a day and eight hundred in a night. The value is comparable to a city, and such a good horse may not be looked down upon in the palace, but it was given by the boss. Baili couldn't help but sigh.
But now is not the time to sigh for this kind of thing, Bai Li Shu and Ye Xiaoxiao also hurriedly chased after them with all the dart masters. This light night white foot is indeed fast, and it has disappeared in the blink of an eye.
Baili Shu and the others chased all the way forward and found that there were marks left on many roadside trees.
"These must be the marks left by the boss for us, and it must be right for us to follow this mark. Bai Li said.
At this time, the Manichaeans in the city completed the cover task and took the initiative to retreat. The group of mysterious people who were in ambush thought they had succeeded, and hurriedly opened the boxes to check, only to find that all the boxes were empty, and they were fooled.
"Hall Master, these aliens are so cunning, what should we do next?" a mysterious man reported back to one of them.
"They must have suddenly decided to transfer because of something, and the monk couldn't run away from the temple. Their destination is always to return to the Manichaean altar, and as long as we know this, we will be able to catch them again. The man who spoke seemed to be their hall master.
"The hall master is right, these aliens, where will they be the opponents of our Red Gang, even if they hide to the ends of the earth, they can find out. The mystery man replied.
It turned out that they were actually people from the Yongzhou branch of the Red Gang. Lin Hui met with Yu Zhong and others in Xinzhou, but failed to convince them. But he was unwilling to miss the secret treasures of the Demon Sect and the secret book of the Demon Sect, so he kept secretly sending people to follow the dart team.
It's just that because of the relationship with Yu Chong, he ordered the Red Gang not to forcibly grab the goods. As a result, there was such a thing as a dart car being hijacked in Xiaozhou, and they took the initiative to recapture this batch of goods. This was the result of two ambushes of the Manichaeans.
Speaking of the rest of the weight, the white hooves of the night stepped on the clouds, like wings, all the way to the south, not to mention the distance ahead of a stick of incense, even if the Manichaean people walked for half a day, I am afraid they would have already caught up.
But Yu Zhong chased after him for a long time, and he didn't say that he was a Manichaean, and there was no figure in half of him.
"Could it be that these Manichaeans have disappeared out of thin air again?" Yu said in a whisper. He knew that it was impossible to disappear, it could only be that they were scheming and took a path that no one else could think of.
I remember that when they came out of Xiaozhou City, didn't they just take a hidden path and change the waterway to go south.
Yu Zhong suddenly remembered that when he was chasing all the way, he passed a fork in the road, and the other direction of the fork in the road was the direction of the west, could it be that the Manichaeans went to the west?
A multiple-choice question, where one of the answers is wrong, then the rest of the answers are possible, if no longer possible.
He hurriedly rode his horse back and returned to the fork in the road he had passed. He rolled over and dismounted, carefully examining the axle prints on the ground. It was only when he saw the axle print to the south that he chose this road, and he wanted to go to Jingjiang Mansion, and this road was the closest.
Looking closely, it is clear that although there is a clear axle mark on the fork in the road to the south, it only lasted for a hundred steps before disappearing. Although there is no axle mark on the fork in the road to the west, there are traces of cleaning, which is obviously deliberate.
Yu Zhong led the horse and walked more than 100 steps to the west, and when he looked closely, he found that the traces of these sweeps were somewhat like dragging. Someone must have installed a tree branch behind the carriage and swept the axle prints all the way.
However, although this method saves effort, it cannot completely eliminate the traces, as long as you look closely, you can still see the clues.
"Cunning Manichaeism. Yu Zhong said secretly. It seems that these people did indeed go west with their goods.
No matter whether it is to the west or south, it is ultimately to pass through Yongzhou Mansion, enter the mountainous area, and then go to Jingjiang Mansion. The Manichaeans deliberately spared a big bend, which seemed to be a waste of time and travel, but in fact it was a time difference.
If Yu Zhong and the others chased all the way south, and when they arrived at Yongzhou Mansion, I am afraid that the Manichaean team would still be on the way. At that time, they would only think that they were one step slower, but they walked ahead and headed towards Jingjiang Mansion, missing the Manichaean ranks.
With such a trick, even Yu Zhong was almost fooled, and after a while, they caught up with him, and I am afraid that they would also go the wrong way.
Thinking of this, Yu Zhong walked to the side of the road, picked up a branch, drew a big arrow, and drew a plum blossom underneath.
"It should be okay now. Yu Zhong muttered to himself. He clapped his hands, turned on his horse, and continued his pursuit to the west.
On the other side, Baili Yu and they quickly arrived at this fork in the road and stopped.
"Two forks in the road, how to go?" Ye Xiaoxiao asked.
"Let's look around, especially on the trees, Brother Yu should leave us a mark. Baili said loudly.
"Boss, there's a mark!" shouted one of the dart masters.
The two walked over to take a look, and sure enough, there was a big arrow on the ground, plus the plum blossom next to it, and it was painted by Yu Zhong at a glance.
"I should go to Jingjiang Mansion to the south, but this arrow is to the west, why are these Manichaeans willing to seek the near and far and choose this road, will there be a problem?" Ye Xiaoxiao doubted.
"Don't worry, Miss Ye, this plum blossom is the symbol of the Yu family, this must be the mark left by the boss, I trust his judgment. Baili said confidently.