Hearing the sound, Xu Qiwen was suddenly startled and took a defensive posture.
He slowly turned his head, trying to see who had discovered him, and saw a familiar figure.
The somewhat panicked expression on his face immediately turned into surprise.
"Long Qie, why are you here?"
Long Qie, who was recognized, also had a happy face. He put away the knife in his hand, stepped forward and patted Xu Qiwen's shoulder gently.
"I will check nearby. If anyone wants to get close, I will come out to organize them and tell them that there are bandits on the mountain."
"I just happened to spot your figure. I made sure that no one was following you, so I thought of teasing you."
"How is it? Is it very secretive?"
After hearing his explanation, Xu Qiwen understood all the doubts in his heart these days. Instead of revealing that he had already discovered Long Qie, he nodded along with him.
"That's natural."
After receiving a satisfactory answer, Long Qie laughed and then approached Xu Qiwen.
He glanced up and down, saw Xu Qiwen's somewhat embarrassed figure, and asked doubtfully: "Aren't you following Mr. Xiang Zhuang in the city? Why are you here?"
"Do you have anything important to do when you come out of the city?"
"Young Master Xiangzhuang, what happened?"
Knowing that the person following him was an acquaintance, Xu Qiwen's nervousness disappeared without a trace.
Listening to Long Qie's nervous and concerned inquiry, he also smiled and patted Long Qie, then followed him, preparing to leave the small forest.
Walking on the road, when he heard Long Qie's question, he calmly shook his head: "No, there was no accident in the city."
"It's just that the master discovered something and wanted to inform Mr. Xiang Yu, but he was worried that you had already entered the city and the news wouldn't be conveyed, so he asked me to go there myself."
"Take me to see Mr. Xiang Yu quickly. You need to be more careful about assassinating Ran Fang."
Hearing this, Long Qie also showed a dignified look on his face. He could tell that Xu Qiwen's life in the city had not been easy these past few days.
After all, they were living under someone else's roof when they entered the city, and they had to worry about whether someone would discover or harm them at any time.
He sighed, stopped moving forward, and turned his head to look at Xu Qiwen.
"Is there something wrong with Zhang Liang?"
"I heard that Zhang Liang has joined Ran Fang. If he were to find a way, wouldn't it be easy to assassinate Ran Fang?"
"Did something go wrong?"
Xu Qiwen had also heard about things related to the city and was not surprised.
When he and Xiang Zhuang entered Xianyang City, they already knew that Zhang Liang had defected to Ran Fang. At that time, everyone in the Xiang family thought that Zhang Liang was enduring humiliation for their grand cause.
But after meeting Zhang Liang, they realized that their previous guesses were wrong.
But regarding this matter, Xu Qiwen remembered that they had already sent a message to Xiang Yu. Why did Long Qie seem to know nothing about it?
Although he was confused, he explained the matter again, and also made it clear that Zhang Liang and outsiders betrayed Xiangzhuang.
"The master has sent back the news a few days ago. Didn't you receive it?"
"That's why the master asked you to be careful and don't let Zhang Liang recognize you. I'm afraid your success will fall short by then."
This was the first time Long Qie heard about Zhang Liang's betrayal. In his opinion, when Zhang Liang came to cooperate with the Xiang family, nothing could replace the hatred for Ying Zheng in his eyes.
Zhang Liang lived up to expectations and really ambushed Ying Zheng in Bolangsha. Although the final result was a failure, it was enough to illustrate his ability.
However, after Bolangsha, Zhang Liang said he wanted to enter Xianyang City to thoroughly understand Ying Zheng's affairs and ensure that he would be defeated in one blow next time.
Therefore, they did not see Zhang Liang again for a long time.
When they heard the news about Zhang Liang again, it turned out that he had entered Ran Fang's sect. At that time, everyone was happy, thinking that this was a good opportunity to get close to Ying Zheng, and also a good opportunity to assassinate Ying Zheng.
But he didn't expect that the joy would be in vain. Zhang Liang actually turned towards Ran Fang and completely forgot about the previous vows.
"There are such treacherous people in the world!"
"Go back immediately and report this to the master and let him decide the matter!"
"When he enters Xianyang City, he will kill Zhang Liang and Ran Fang together!"
After venting his complaints and resentment towards Zhang Liang's actions, Long Qie thought of what Xu Qiwen said just now, and his eyes widened again, as if he suddenly remembered something.
"You mean, you already sent back the news about this matter a few days ago?!"
"But we didn't receive any news!"
"My master has been waiting for news from you in the past few days. After preparing everything in the city, he sneaked into the city with his private army and killed the thief Ran Fang first."
Xu Qiwen was also stunned at this time. He didn't expect that the news could not be sent back.
Fortunately he is here, otherwise Xiang Yu and Xiang Zhuang would each be waiting for news from the other side, then when would they be able to take action?
"Is this happening?!"
"Take me to see Mr. Xiang Yu immediately. I will tell Mr. Xiang Yu exactly what my master said."
"Then we will decide how to deal with this matter."
Long Qie also knew the importance of this matter, nodded immediately, and led Xu Qiwen towards the place where Xiang Yu and the others were hiding.
"Here."
"Go back now."
The two of them walked around in the woods. Xu Qiwen could barely keep up with Long Qie without missing a step.
He was already hungry, and after following Long Qie for so long, his steps began to feel frivolous.
Finally, when he couldn't hold on any longer, he saw a compound hidden in the mountains and forests.
The yard is surrounded by fences, and the house looks very simple. It can be seen that this must have been the nest of a group of bandits before, but it was occupied by them.
On the way up from the mountain, Xu Qiwen found that there were many sentry posts in the forest. If someone broke into the forest, they would be able to detect it immediately.
Now that the place is secretive and strictly guarded, Xu Qiwen feels relieved a lot.
He couldn't help but praise, "Master Xiang Yu is still so cautious. Even if someone follows him, he will be able to find it immediately."
“This way, it’s really much safer.”
Hearing his battle in the city, Long Qie looked proud.
He puffed out his chest and said with an aloof look: "That's natural."
"This is what Yafu proposed. Master Xiang Yu will naturally not refute it."
"Now we save a lot of things, and it's much better than before in that village."
"You come out later and I will take you for a walk around the mountains. You can come directly here by yourself in the future."
While they were talking, the two of them had already arrived in a hall, where several people were sitting on the couch. When they saw them coming in, they all turned their eyes.
Everyone here knew Xu Qiwen, and they were a little surprised and a little happy when they saw him.
An elderly man sitting next to him said in a calm voice: "How?"
"Can we enter the city?"
