Chapter 354: Extraneous Branches
"The king of Chatai is the one of the Tang family who was tragically destroyed...... Who is behind the scenes?" said Hana Han.
"That's right, it's the King of Chatai—" Sun Yun continued, "Since he has done such a hurtful thing to the Han people in the Central Plains, then there is no need to say anything else...... Now he actually appointed Hua seniors to protect the five heroes of the Northern Plains, or to deal with his son, don't you think it's ridiculous?"
Hua Yehan listened to Sun Yun's narration, thought about it calmly, and then said slowly: "If what Young Master Sun said is true, then King Chatai did such a thing, and we, as Han people, really can't forgive him for his ugly behavior...... But what is happening now has nothing to do with the tragic destruction of the Tang family eighteen years ago, and there is no evidence to show if there is any other conspiracy for King Chatai to do this......"
"If not, then what is his purpose in doing this?" Sun Yun continued, "Who can believe that he, as a senior official of the Mengyuan court, would actually turn around and help us Han people deal with his son." Unless there's another reason for this......"
Hua Yehan saw some of Sun Yun's excitement at this time, he calmed down and thought for a while, and then said: "Young Master Sun, I know that you are prejudiced against the affairs of King Chatai, even if he really has other conspiracies, now is not the time to care too much about him......"
"Don't care? How can you not care-" Sun Yun continued to say excitedly, "Since the Lai Dart Bureau moved to Dadu, the Lai Dart Bureau has not had a decent and stable life, and every time something happens, it is always the Chatai Palace. Only the Chatai Royal Mansion has a big move in the imperial court, and we will always be implicated when we come to the Dart Bureau. Then there were tragedies, big and small, and this time was no exception...... The king of Chatai kept saying that he had been kind to the dart game, but he never mentioned the reason. As a result, his son Chatai Dorton has repeatedly made it difficult for us to come to the dart game, and even unscrupulously wants to destroy our dart game first, I am afraid that this time he plotted the assassination plan, and we will come to the dart game to be counted in it, so this one will be staged in the dart game tonight...... Neither King Chatai nor Chatai Dordun will forgive them father and son, one day. I'm going to get all the money back from them—"
Today, Sun Yun's love was obviously too excited, and he, who knew a lot of truths, complained for a while. expressed his jealousy and indignation towards the Chatai Palace.
Hua Yehan can understand Sun Yun's mood, a small dart game, repeatedly harassed by the imperial court, just like spending years in a dark well. It is depressing and painful. But there's something to worry about tonight. It's not that it's a grudge between the Fortune Dart Bureau and the Chatai Palace, Hua Yehan changed the topic, wanting to dispel Sun Yun's radical mentality: "Young Master Sun, whether the Chatai King is good or bad, he will know it in the future...... What you need to worry about now is those brothers who have not yet received the news to complete the deathbed commission of Chen Yang's predecessors. Young Master Sun, those brothers and friends of yours are in a hurry with the disciples of the contemptible sect to transport the carts and goods that have been moved out of the city to Liangzi Mountain. I don't know if I can find Zhu Xucong ...... What the contemptible people are worried about is whether Chatai Dorton will send men and horses to pursue him at this time. If they get there, it won't be easy......"
Hearing Hua Yehan mention this, Sun Yun put the focus of his worry back on the current matter, only to see that Sun Yun was also a little anxious and said: "Yes, we don't know the situation of Abu and them now, in case Chatai Dordun sends more pursuers to catch up with them at this time...... Then it's not going to be easy to clean up......"
"What should I do then?" Sun Yun said anxiously, "No, I have to hurry out of the city and help Abu and them-" As he spoke, Sun Yun pinned the silver moon twin knives on his waist, as if he was going to make a move.
However, Hua Yehan stopped Sun Yun and stopped: "Now we can't go, Chatai Dordun must not have completely cleared his suspicions about your coming to the dart game, except for sending more pursuers to hunt down those brothers of Young Master Sun, he must have arranged a strict guard at the gate of the city." No matter how good the light work is, it will not be faster than the speed of the military horse, and when the time comes, I am afraid that it will be difficult to clear my name and admit what I have done, which will help the opposite——"
"So what the hell should I do now?" Sun Yun continued to say anxiously.
Hua Yehan shook his head lightly, and said slowly in a slightly helpless and worried tone: "All we can do now is to wait here quietly, and pray that they don't have anything to do with it, there's only so much we can do......"
Now he can't help in a hurry, so he can only sit here and wait for news, how can Sun Yun not be in a hurry? Of course, what Hua Yehan said is indeed reasonable, if he rushes to the rescue like this, not only will he not be able to save the people who have been driven out of the city, but he will also change his direction and admit that the Lai Yun Dart Bureau is harboring the crime of "court recidivism", and the situation will become even more unfavorable at that time.
There was no way, Sun Yun could only wait in the dart game, waiting for the news of the return of everyone outside the city. On the other side of the backyard, Ren Guang was also anxiously waiting, while he took advantage of the gap in the high wall to look at the bright fire at the gate of the capital, and silently prayed that nothing else would happen tonight......
At this time, at the gate of the capital, thousands of Mengyuan troops were ready, and it seemed that they were going to perform an important task. Under the thick dark night, I can't see the yellow dust ancient road in the distance, and the iron horse armor inherits the cold wind. In the army, under Qiu Ran's war horse, there were occasionally a few gasps of horses in the cold wind, and they were ready to go, just waiting for the order to take it......
"Da-da--" The sound of horses' hooves sounded from the city gate, and a well-dressed boy rode from the gate to the front of the troops--he was Chatai Dorton. Chatai Dorton did not give up his suspicion of the Lai Yun Dart Bureau, he always believed that if he did not find what he was looking for in the Dart Bureau, the Lai Yun Dart Bureau must have arranged in advance a plan to secretly move the car out of the city. According to the reports of the guards in the city, it was indeed scattered people pushing carts out of the city tonight, and Chatai Dordun could be very sure that those people had smuggled the carts. It is the inheritance of the Qin family in Yizhou City.
Moreover, Chatai Dordun always believed that he did not see Sun Yun tonight. It was determined that Sun Yun was also within the scope of the plan. I thought that I had to make a deal with Sun Yun, so I was so anxious to raise soldiers and horses, and I had to hunt down the people who transported the car so darkly. It's just that Chatai Dordun himself didn't know that Sun Yun had already returned to the Lai Yun Dart Bureau at this time, and he was not among those people at all, and Sun Yun himself had nothing to do with the series of things that happened today......
However, Tateiddordun was always firm in his own ideas, and put the soldiers and horses at the city gate in order. Chatai Dordun rode around and turned around and ordered: "The search for the incoming dart bureau has not been successful tonight, and the thieves have smuggled the things handed over by the imperial court out of the city. There is an order from the imperial court, and the court must be arrested tonight. The thieves are now fleeing in the direction of Liangzishan, which is an important place leading to the Shandong border, and the suspects must be arrested before dawn!"
"Drink—" The Qianlai Mengyuan troops behind Chatai Dordun shouted in unison.
When Chatai Dordun had finished giving the order, he turned back again. I was at the head of the army. Then he said loudly: "The whole team has an order, attack Liangzishan, and catch the felons of the imperial court!"
With the neighing of the military horses that roared at night, Chatai Dordun took the lead in the direction of Liangzi Mountain. And the Mengyuan troops behind him also followed, and the sound of war horses was one after another, and in this cold and windy night, they "trampled" in the direction of Liangzi Mountain. The sound of horses' hooves is like a thunderous war drum, which has not been buried in the dark night with no hope ahead, and the torches are one after another. Like the bright eyes of a ghost in the night, with a suffocating spirit. Faintly flickering in the distance in the night......
Since the road leading from Dadu to Liangzi Mountain is mostly a spacious and unobstructed suburban plain, the speed of the Mengyuan cavalry is also very fast. However, due to the "delay" of too much time in the Dadu Dart Bureau, the convoy transported by Lin Jing, Shi Changsong and others had long disappeared and disappeared into the vast night......
At this time, it was at the foot of Liangzi Mountain......
"Great, it's finally here, after such a long journey, I finally arrived at the foot of Quantum Mountain...... "Here in Liangzi Mountain, the people who transported the carts and goods are all there, including Lin Jing, Shi Changsong, He Zibu who came to the Dart Bureau, and the disciples Cheng Fu, Gu Xingkang and Lei Zhengfeng who came to the Dart Bureau are all there, only to listen to He Zibu The first to say, "I have not let the people of the Chatai Royal Mansion notice it from beginning to end, it seems that Chen Yang's predecessor's plan has succeeded......"
However, Lin Jing said uncomfortably: "That's right, but that doesn't mean you can take it lightly...... The more there is no movement on the side of the Chatai Palace, it means that the longer they stay in the capital, the greater the crisis that the Dart Bureau may encounter......"
He Zibu paused in his heart, and then continued: "I believe that if you can't find the car and object in Chatai Dordun from the Dart Bureau, you will definitely not make it too difficult to come to the Dart Bureau...... What I'm most worried about now is Brother Sun, who has no news for a day today, and Miss Cuckoo...... Both of them have been missing for a day, and something so big happened tonight that neither of them came back......"
"It's safe if they don't come back, at least they're not implicated in this matter, which is a good thing......," Shi Changsong comforted.
"That's not necessarily—" However, before Shi Changsong's words fell, Lin Jing immediately added, "Don't forget, that Chatai Dordun and the young master are mortal enemies, the young master is not in the dart game today, and he doesn't know the news." Moreover, if Tatedolton suspects that we are out of the city, it is easy to suspect that the young master is with us, then he will surely send pursuers, and then our side will be even more troublesome. ”
The people who came to the Dart Bureau were talking loudly here, and on the side of Mingjian Villa, Cheng Fu reminded: "Okay, it's not too late to talk about these things when the task is completed." The most important thing at the moment is that we must complete the task entrusted to us by Senior Chen before his death, find Mr. Zhu Xucong, transfer the relics to him, and bring them back to the Qin family in Yizhou City. ”
"That's what I said, but where is Mr. Zhu Xucong now?" asked Gu Xingkang, who was a brother and sister to Chengfu, again.
Lei Zhengfeng also followed up and said: "Senior Chen said before his death, there are people at the foot of Liangzi Mountain, and Mr. Zhu Xucong is always paying attention to the movements of the five heroes of Beiyuan in the Dadu area, I think it should be not far from here......
"Look, there's a house there, and the lights are still on inside, could it be there?" Shi Changsong saw a light at the side foot, and immediately reminded.
Everyone looked in the direction pointed by Shi Changsong, and sure enough, at the foot of the east, a house was lit up. The style of the house is very simple, as if it was built temporarily, and the candles in it are still lit, and it seems that the people of the house have not yet slept.
Time was pressing, and without saying a word, the assembled convoy walked in that direction at the same time......
"Is anyone there?" "When he came to the house, Naruto, who had a lot of contacts with people, was the first to speak, "I'm sorry to disturb me so late-"
"It's so late, who's coming?" a calm and powerful voice appeared inside, sounding like a middle-aged man.
Cheng Fu continued: "We are ordered by the predecessors of Chen Yang, the Five Heroes of the Northern Plains, to find Mr. Zhu Xucong, do you know Mr. Zhu?"
However, as soon as Cheng Fu finished speaking, the door opened with a "squeak", and a middle-aged man with a strong face instantly appeared in front of everyone. I only heard the middle-aged man say: "It's Zhu Xucong below, I don't know if what everyone said just now is true?"
There is not only Zhu Xucong in the house, but also more than a dozen strong men with good physique, and it seems that their group are all guards sent by the Qin family in Yizhou City......
"What did you say?" Zhu Xucong said in surprise, "this...... Is this true?"
Cheng Fu gave a general account of what happened tonight and the fate of the five heroes of Beiyuan, and Zhu Xucong and his subordinates were all taken aback when they heard it. Chengfu also transported Chen Yang's body to the trailer, and Zhu Xucong and the others saw it, surprised and filled with endless sadness.
"That's right......" Cheng Fu hurriedly said, "I know Mr. Zhu, you will be surprised when you hear it, but now the matter is urgent, the people of the Chatai Royal Mansion are now sending troops over to hunt us down and try to bring back these carts and goods-Mr. Zhu, if you and your subordinates really pay tribute to Senior Chen, please hurry up and come up with countermeasures, otherwise when the people from the imperial court come, I'm afraid it will be too late!"
"Senior Chen and the Five Heroes of the Northern Plains are all respected seniors from top to bottom of our Qin family, and Master Qin is no exception...... Now that such a thing has happened, we can't continue to sit idly by......" Zhu Xucong immediately said sternly, "Don't worry, when we arrive at Liangzi Mountain, it is equivalent to entering the mountain road, even if the Mengyuan army arrives at the horse, the cavalry will not be able to search in the mountains, and when we enter the mountains, we will be safe." Moreover, after passing Liangzi Mountain, it is almost to the border of Shandong, and the city of Liyizhou will not be too far away...... Senior Chen once swore to fulfill the unfulfilled wish of the Qin family before the Qin family was completed, and we deeply admire it; now that I have suffered an accident and failed to fulfill my wish, I, Zhu Xucong, will definitely live up to the wish of my predecessor Chen and bring the relics of the Qin family back to the Qin family in a complete way——"
"In that case, let's hurry up, otherwise if the time drags on, maybe it will ......," Chengfu continued to worry.
"Oh no, there is the sound of horses' hooves!" He Zibu, who had a keen sense of hearing, felt uncomfortable first, and immediately lowered his body, put his ears against the ground, and then said nervously, "There are a lot of war horses rushing over here, it seems that the people from the Chatai Royal Mansion have chased after them!"
"They're too fast—" Lei Zhengfeng said loudly.
"There is no way, from Dadu to Liangzi Mountain, it is an endless plain, and the speed of the cavalry march naturally cannot be compared-" Gu Xingkang added.
"Since the mountain is safe, let's move first-" Cheng Fu said nervously again, "Wait until Meng Yuan's army feels that it may be too late!"
Zhu Xucong nodded, and then said to everyone present: "Everyone obeys the order, take all the cars and belongings, and move to Liangzishan Mountain!"
Order, all the people, including Lin Jing and Cheng Fu, help to re-move the sorted car. Time was of the essence, and they had to move to a safe place in the mountains before the arrival of Chatai Dorton.
"You can already see the fire, the people of the court are coming, you hurry up!" Shi Changsong let out the wind outside the door, seeing the countless torches gradually becoming clear, and the sound of horses' hooves gradually becoming dense, Shi Changsong shouted loudly at the hut behind him.
While helping to pack up the Qin family's car, He Zibu looked at the direction where Meng Yuan's troops were coming from time to time, and a bold idea suddenly occurred in his heart...... (To be continued......)