Volume 2 Lan Zhou Chapter 15 Lan Zhouzi
His hands and feet were tied, and he was only wrapped around the railing with a thick rope, facing the turbulent waves of the blue waves. It's not dangerous, but it's shocking to look at.
What's more, I've been hanging like this all day, I can't sleep, I don't even give food. Seeing that the sun was about to hang in the air again, and the sun was itching, it was the most uncomfortable time, Chu Ting almost couldn't help cursing in his heart.
However, at this juncture, Zhao Wu'an came, holding a pot of wine in his hand, and knocked on the railing.
Chu Ting craned his neck to look at him with resentment. Zhao Wu'an unscrewed the wine jug in his hand and poured it gently. A thin line of light silver sprinkled down, like a fishing line hooked by the wisher in Jiang Taigong's hand, and all fell into Chu Ting's dry mouth.
The sea was very stormy, and he had to hold his throat to speak, so before a pot of wine was poured, Zhao Wu'an didn't say a word. And Chu Ting, whose throat was dry and thirsty, was also busy swallowing wine and didn't care about speaking.
Until the wine in the pot was emptied, Chu Ting still felt unfinished.
Zhao Wu'an threw the wine jug into the seawater, looked at Chu Ting hanging below, shook his head and said, "Don't you want to tell the truth until now?"
A look of indignation appeared on Chu Ting's face, and he said angrily: "I told the truth, and you don't believe it, what else can you call me?"
"There are many contradictions in your actions. Zhao Wu'an said lightly, "When Zhongshan attacked Li Huanglai, I can still be regarded as you moody, but this time you went on the boat alone and capsized in the gutter and was caught by Xu Yanchen, I just think you are too stupid." ”
Chu Ting's face was gloomy.
"But now that your life is in our hands, there is no need to lie. If the Demon Greed Temple had investigated me, it would have known that even if I didn't kill you now, there would be countless ways to prevent you from stabbing you in the back. So, now answer me two questions. First, what does your hall master want, and second, who is the hall master who asked you to wait?"
Seeing that Chu Ting twisted his head to the side and didn't mean to answer, Zhao Wu'an didn't mind, and continued: "What your hall master wants is the armory, and the connector you are waiting for is Lan Zhouzi. Since Zhong Shan, you have wanted to meet him, but then because of my appearance, you did not meet him. After that, Lan Zhouzi met with you alone and told you a false information: Li Huanglai had retrieved the drawings and headed south. Then you will definitely catch up with this ship non-stop, and we will take it at ease. Because the information you were told from the beginning was wrong, no matter how you explain it, we won't believe it, and we will only be more convinced that you are lying. ”
Chu Ting's eyes widened, and he looked at Zhao Wu'an in disbelief, without saying a word.
"I thought that this matter was a conspiration between Lan Zhouzi and the Black Cloud Society to set up a bureau for Li Huang, but that would be too low on the pattern of the Black Cloud Society. Because you appear again, it is not difficult to imagine that the matter of the armory drawings was originally a transaction between Lan Zhouzi and the Greedy Demon Palace, but Lan Zhouzi is very deep in the city, and as soon as he changed hands, he framed the connector sent by the Greedy Demon Palace, and he could also use this to accuse the Central Plains Martial Arts, making him speechless, and then setting off the flames of war. ”
"Chu Ting, you're just a victim. Although the Demon Greed Temple is not dead, there are always smarter people to deceive you. ”
Chu Ting was dumbfounded, and said after a while: "Why did Lan Zhouzi do this?"
"The East is even deserted. Zhao Wu'an just said four words.
Chu Ting was stunned for a moment, and said without thinking: "The leader of the Central Plains Martial Arts Alliance, after many years, he still refuses to let go of my Greedy Demon Palace?
"You didn't mess with him, but he willingly wanted to trouble you. Zhao Wu'an said lightly, "Imagine that there is no war in Xiliang now, and a whole armory, 200,000 taels of silver can be won, for the Greedy Demon Palace, it is not a salary draw." However, if the Central Plains and Xiliang Wulin riots were set off before the drawings appeared, how should the price of these blades rise immediately? As long as you die here, it will be a great joy for Dongfang Lianmo. ”
Chu Ting was dumbfounded and couldn't speak for a long time.
The big waves wash the sand, and the sea breeze is silent but breathtaking.
After a long time, Chu Ting said in a low voice: "What should I do?"
"When I go to Fuzhou, Lan Zhouzi will inevitably appear. Zhao Wu'an said categorically, "At that time, there will be revenge and revenge, and there will be revenge." Even if you can't find out the black hand behind him, it is a big help to remove this evil way. ”
Just think about this martial arts, it's really interesting. The leaders of the righteous path and the models of chivalry are all hypocrites who eat people and do not spit out bones. Xie Hui is in front, and there is Dongfang Lianmo behind. If it weren't for Ling Zhixiao's nod from the side, Zhao Wu'an really wouldn't have thought of this martial arts alliance master who had lived in the Tang Sect in Shu for decades.
Come to think of it, apart from Dongfang Lianmo, who else can treat the priceless armory blueprints as meat and bones, forcing Lan Zhouzi and the Greedy Demon Hall to rush to grab it? I'm afraid that Xie Hui doesn't have the courage to do so.
But when it came to Xie Hui, Zhao Wuan had to worry again. Even if Dongfang Lianmo was able to make a lot of money in this matter, it was by no means the reason why Xie Hui was willing to hand over the armory drawings.
As early as when he was in Willow Leaf Villa, Xie Hui had already claimed to use this country as a chess piece and fell into seventeen.
The two dynasties and tens of millions of Li people, if they are not careful, they will lose all the plates, and there is no room for turnaround.
Zhao Wu'an really didn't dare to have such a big move, and dared to play against others with the country. But as far as Lan Zhouzi's case is concerned, Xie Hui seems to dare to be a pawn even as the leader of the martial arts alliance. What purpose he wants to achieve this time, Zhao Wuan really can't figure it out.
Outside the Zhongshan farmhouse, when he bumped into Tu Mi, who was stained with blood, he had the same thoughts in his heart. He didn't understand why Xiao Daogu, who couldn't even bear to shoot mosquitoes at the foot of Kunlun Mountain, became murderous in a short period of time, and he couldn't see through what Xie Hui did. He can obviously send a stronger killer to carry out the mission, why is it Tu Mi?
"Zhao Jushi. Chu Ting suddenly spoke, and there seemed to be a hint of request in his voice.
Zhao Wu'an frowned and looked at him.
"Over the years, the hall master has suffered in Xiliang, and how much he has done for the party, we disciples are all in the eyes. What is the grand plan of the hall master, we must be dead with liver and brain. Chu Ting knew that he was a demon in the Central Plains, but he was still willing to guarantee his life and no longer attack this boatman, and he would never regret what he said at this moment. But I hope that when I see Lan Zhouzi, Zhao Jushi can let Chu Ting go free for a moment, and I will personally kill that bastard who betrayed his friend for glory. ”
His words seemed to have steel in them, and when he gritted his teeth, there was the sound of a sword breaking.
Zhao Wuan nodded and said, "Okay." ”
Chu Ting seemed to breathe a sigh of relief.
"When I go south this time, what I am most afraid of is that I will not be able to achieve the trust of the hall master, and I will have no shame to go back when the time comes. Although it was still hanging outside the hull, Chu Ting laughed as relieved at this time, "However, if you can go back with Lan Zhouzi's head and ask for guilt, it won't be too embarrassing...... Dongfang Lianmo, I will one day break his neck with my own hands!"
Zhao Wu'an didn't say much, and there was a gloom in his eyes.
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Zhao Wu'an did not mention the secret conversation at the stern of the boat, and still let Chu Ting hang outside the ship in fear. However, three meals a day were never missing, and every time Zhao Wu'an took the trouble to lean out and feed him, it also made An Qing worry for a while.
Along the way, Annan has always talked a lot, and Ling Zhixiao, Duan Taoli and others are also quite talkative, Duan Hunt was born with infatuation with martial arts, and he doesn't say much, but he always has a smile on the corner of his mouth on weekdays, only Li Huang comes, when everyone looks at the sea and talks and laughs, he still can't help but frown and worry from time to time.
The boat is idle and boring, and most of the anecdotes told by her brother at sea have been tired of hearing them for a long time. There was nothing to do, but she secretly flipped through the words that Zhao Wu'an had asked someone to find before, and Zhao Wu'an saw it in her eyes, and she didn't say anything to joke, but secretly felt a little funny.
The sun rises and the moon sets, and the stars move.
Approaching Fuzhou, it was just a few days of good winds, and Annam began to sail slightly away from the coastline and move at full speed. Merchant ships glide across the mirror-like sea, as if floating in the clear blue sky. Sometimes I couldn't even see other ships for a whole day, let alone Lan Zhouzi's dazzling purple sails.
An Qing lay on the railing, looking at the silky sea, and said helplessly: "What is that Lan Zhouzi, why hasn't he come yet? Didn't you say that you would see it on the sea?
Zhao Wu'an smiled: "The one at the stern of the boat is not a teenager. He's a little younger, but he's a lot older than me. ”
"Wow, it's really fake?" An Qing was taken aback, "Then how did he maintain it so well?"
"Hehe, I don't think you would dare to try it even if you knew. Zhao Wu'an didn't care.
The sea breeze was blowing, and several white birds flew by the side of the boat, An Qing stood on tiptoe quite unconvinced, and pressed Zhao Wu'an's shoulder with her nose.
As the sun droops in the west, soft gold threads are sprinkled, dyeing the entire sea into a piece of satin, and the remnant wind whistling over the bow of the ship and hanging gently on the shoulders of the birds. The white bird under the smoke cloud flapped its wings slightly, and flew towards the harbor on the coast.
Looking far away, on the shore is the long-lost world. Bustling and busy. The colorful flags of the Gaotai restaurant are displayed, and the pedestrians are weaving.
"It's the most lively time!" Annan didn't know when he suddenly came out from behind the two, stretched out his hands, grabbed Zhao Wu'an on the left and An Qing on the right, and looked at the dock on the shore with pride, "Now is the last moment to receive the goods, everyone goes to the dock to pick up cheap and useful goods, but it's a pity that we can't catch up today." ”
"Isn't the boat fast enough?"
"Yes, if you look close, it will take half an hour to drift over, and the sun will already set. Annan yawned, "I'll have to spend the night on the ship tonight." Uh-huh, we've all arrived in Fuzhou, and I don't know when that Lan Zhouzi will come. ”
"It's better to come early than to come by chance, most likely, tonight. Zhao Wu'an said lightly.
Annan nodded: "I think so too." ”
Looking at the crowded dock from afar, An Qing suddenly said: "You say, could it be that Lan Zhouzi is among us and has been following us until now?"
As if it was just a flash of inspiration, Annan and Zhao Wu'an were stunned at the same time.
An Qing continued: "All the way to the boat, many times there is not a single boat around, and the possibility of being tracked is very small. But Lan Zhouzi reassured us that he would catch up with us on the road. From Jiangning to Fuzhou, the time it took us was short enough, how could Lan Zhouzi set off at the same time as us, how could he have arrived here before us?"
"Who are you suspicious?" Zhao Wu'an asked.
An Qing's face turned red, and she said hesitantly: "I didn't suspect anyone, I just put forward a possibility." After all, Lan Zhouzi has never appeared, and it is impossible to reach Fuzhou faster than us by other methods...... So, the biggest possibility, isn't it that he came with us?"
"You have a point. ”
Annan nodded solemnly, then patted his sister's shoulder and pointed to a palm grove on the shore.
"Then you might as well take a look, what is that?"
An Qing was stunned for a moment, turned her head in the direction of An Nan's finger, and caught a glimpse of a lush palm growing half a mile away, and on the top of the towering ancient tree, there was a purple sail fluttering.
The diminutive masked man stood on the shore, his hands clasped to his chest, ready for battle.