The breeze carries the bright moon, and the chirping of birds greets the morning sun.
Bai Yutian and others woke up in the mountains and forests, washing their faces with mountain springs, filling their hunger with noodles and making tea with fine wine. After filling their stomachs, the forty-six people got on their horses and ran through the mountains and forests. Suddenly, the grass and trees danced for it, the streams played music for it, the birds sang for it, and the horse's hooves threw incense all the way for twenty miles.
Seeing a deep mountain stream winding away in front of him, Xie Mubai reined in his horse and said loudly: "There is a canyon ahead."
After everyone heard this, they stopped their horses and got off their horses.
Bai Yutian took a good look at the front, tied the horse's reins to a pine tree nearby, and said, "You guys rest here, I'll go meet the escort team." After saying goodbye to everyone, he jumped into the air and leaped over the grass and trees. Dancing under the glow, he disappeared from everyone's sight for a moment.
All the way over mountains and ridges, wading across rivers, it feels like walking on flat ground. After the meal, Bai Yutian stopped because he saw a man relieving himself in the bushes in front. After careful debate, it turned out that the person was none other than Zhu Siwu, the leader of the Wild Boar Village.
Bai Yutian looked around and saw nothing strange. He found a secret place to settle down and waited to see each other.
Zhu Siwu finished relieving his hands and was about to leave when Bai Yutian shouted softly: "Master Zhu Zhai, wait." Zhu Siwu turned around and saw Bai Yutian and came over.
Bai Yutian said: "Master Zhu Zhai, are there any changes in the matter?"
Zhu Siwu glanced around, took Bai Yutian to find a secret place, and sat down: "The general altar sent two envoys, Qing and Bai, and fifty crossbowmen from Huizhou Prefecture to help. If this battle is If we stick to the original plan, we may be in trouble."
Bai Yutian asked: "What are the backgrounds of the two envoys Qing and Bai?"
Zhu Siwu said: "I heard from Ning Zhen'an that after slaying the dragon, the two envoys Qing and Bai have great martial arts skills and great power. They can express their opinions independently in the main forum, and they can dominate the sky with one hand outside."
The words "expressing one's own opinion alone" and "covering the sky with one hand" seem to be used inappropriately. It sounds a bit awkward, but it is not a problem to understand the meaning. Bai Yutian did not care and asked: "When were the crossbowmen transferred?"
Zhu Siwu said: "I heard that the fifty crossbowmen set out yesterday afternoon and are heading here. They are about an hour's journey away."
Bai Yutian said: "Are you sure those fifty crossbowmen are here to help the Dragon Slaying Association?"
Zhu Siwu said: "I'm sure of that. However, according to Ning Zhenan's wishes, even if they don't help the Dragon Slaying Association, they will never help us."
After hearing this, Bai Yutian's thoughts became active and he thought, is this Huizhou magistrate really like what Senior Xie said, just waiting for the snipe and the clam to fight, and then when both sides are exhausted, they will be cleared up together, so that a fisherman can benefit, and for Make achievements in the court and get promoted for yourself.
Seeing that Bai Yutian was silent and worried, Zhu Siwu asked, "Young Master Bai, what's wrong? Is there something wrong?"
Bai Yutian recovered from his thoughts and spoke slowly: "Go back and tell my third uncle that the situation has changed. This time we only want to retreat from the enemy, not to eliminate the Dragon Slaying Society's forces south of the Yangtze River. Also , the fifty crossbowmen sent by the government are most likely here to fish in troubled waters, with the intention that we and the Dragon Slaying Association will fight to the detriment of both sides, and then wipe us out together."
Zhu Siwu had no idea in this regard before, so it was difficult to understand the meaning of Bai Yutian's words. After thinking about it, he asked with great unconfidence: "You mean, those fifty crossbowmen sent by the government want to destroy Do we also want to eliminate the Dragon Slayer Guild?"
Bai Yutian said: "That's the meaning. Tell my third uncle and ask him to reveal this meaning to the two envoys Qing and Bai."
Zhu Siwu said: "Tell them why, as long as we know."
Bai Yutian said: "Who says it's not the case? However, enemies of enemies can sometimes be allies."
Zhu Siwu said: "I haven't heard of it."
Bai Yutian smiled and said: "Think about it, if the government wants to eliminate us, they are our enemies. If the government wants to eliminate the Dragon Slaying Association, they are the enemies of the Dragon Slaying Association. The government is both our enemy and the enemy of the Dragon Slaying Association. So, are we and the Dragon Slaying Association temporarily in conflict? We can unite and deal with the common enemy of the government first."
Zhu Siwu finally understood it completely and asked in a low voice: "Since the fight with the Dragon Slaying Association cannot be fought for the time being, where will the seven of us go in the future?"
Bai Yutian said: "Continue to lie dormant and collect evidence of the collaborators of the Dragon Slaying Party members."
Zhu Siwu said: "Then I'll leave first."
Bai Yutian said: "Okay. Remember to hide yourself, safety first."
After hearing this, Zhu Siwu fell silent and said slightly: "I'm afraid that if I lurk for a long time, I will become a bad guy even if I am a good person. There will be no turning back." He stepped away.
"The blue sky hangs above your head, justice is in the heart of the people, and only when you don't care about personal gains and losses can you benefit everyone. Take care!" After Bai Yutian finished speaking, he bowed deeply towards Zhu Siwu's lonely back, transported his true energy into the soles of his feet, and jumped forward. He got up, trampled on the grass and trees, and flew towards the south, sighing with emotion all the way.
Why! Things in this world sometimes seem beautiful, but are actually wishful thinking. Obviously they came here to eliminate the forces south of the Yangtze River that were established by the Dragon Slayer Society. They had everything prepared to annihilate them in one fell swoop. Unexpectedly, things in the world are unpredictable and people's hearts are unpredictable. In order to protect themselves, in the end they have to remind them not to fall into the government's conspiracy. They have to believe that people make plans and God makes things happen.
Zhu Siwu returned to the position of the Dragon Slaying Association, without thinking about anything, he ordered a bottle of wine, sat down and started drinking with Ning Zhenan. Taking the opportunity of small talk, Bai Yutian told Ning Zhenan his thoughts in a concise and concise manner. After Ning Zhenan understood and understood, he quickly drank the wine in the pot, asked for another pot of wine, and walked towards the two envoys, Qing and Bai.
Qi Zuo and Ning Zhenan are old acquaintances, and now they are in the same camp. Their relationship has become a little closer. When Ning Zhenan came, he greeted him with a smile.
Ning Zhen'an also understood the situation and returned a kind smile, then sat down next to Qi Zuo, took the wine bottle and presented it to the two envoys Qing and Bai. He did it first as a sign of respect.
The two envoys, Qing and Bai, had already heard of Ning Zhenan's name. Ning Zhenan was able to do things well this time. He served some thin noodles and took a sip from the wine bottle.
Ning Zhenan was very happy and said joyfully: "Thank you to the second envoy for the favor."
The envoy in green clothes said: "Ning Zhen'an, I heard from the people below that Bai Yutian is Bai Yutian's son. Is this possible?"
Ning Zhenan smiled slightly and replied: "If I tell Zuo Shi, that boy Bai Yutian is indeed Bai Yu's son."
The Tsing Yi Zuo envoy said: "If you have a chance to see me today, don't show mercy."
Ning Zhenan replied: "Don't worry Zuo, since the day I joined the Dragon Slaying Association, my relationship with Bai Tianyu has long been severed."
The right envoy in white said with a smile: "Okay. If you want to achieve great things, you should ignore small favors and make a clear distinction between ourselves and the enemy."
Ning Zhen'an smiled and said, "Thank you very much, envoy right, for your compliment." He raised the wine bottle and paid tribute to the two envoys, and by the way, he also paid tribute to the one on the left.
Qi Zuo very took a sip of wine with the two envoys Qing and Bai, and said, "Second envoy, can the fifty crossbowmen of Huizhou Prefecture be relied on?"
The right envoy in white said coldly: "If a mere magistrate dares to play tricks in front of us, I'm afraid his life will be long."
Qi Zuo finally started the conversation. How could he just let it go? Ning Zhenan quickly picked up the conversation and said: "As the saying goes, if a person does not serve himself, he will be destroyed by heaven and earth. The man surnamed Song has always been filial to his parents, honest and capable. He prides himself on being upright and loyal to the imperial court. What the Longwei Escort Bureau is escorting this time is the official silver of the imperial court. If it is lost within the territory of Huizhou Prefecture, his black gauze hat will definitely not be protected. No matter what."
The green-clad left envoy said: "But those fifty crossbowmen are on their way. If Song is not full and has nothing to do, why would he have to do it many times?"
Ning Zhenan said: "It is important to be on guard against others. What if those fifty crossbowmen are not here to help us?"
Hearing the word "in case", although the two envoys on the left and right felt anxious and worried, they could not speak out and make wild guesses, because they could not shake their confidence and determination to rob the official bank in front of their subordinates.
Ning Zhenan observed the words and emotions, and understood the worries of the two envoys, and said in a nonchalant manner: "Maybe we are overly worried. The magistrate specially sent troops here, if not to help our former allies like the Dragon Slayer Guild, who can help us? , why can’t we help Jiang Longwei and those martial arts people who always use force to break the ban!”
These seemingly understated words finally touched the hearts of the two envoys on the left and right, and they couldn't help but become worried. I thought to myself that the reason why the government supported the Dragon Slaying Society in the past was because the Dragon Slaying Society helped the government deal with those heroes who had the ability to use force to break the law. Nowadays, the Dragon Slaying Society is blatantly robbing official money, and they are no different from the heroes of the world who use force to break the law. How can we tolerate it?
The green-clad Zuo envoy glanced at Ning Zhenan and Qi Zuo, and asked softly: "Then, according to your opinion, if these fifty crossbowmen are not here to help us, then what are they doing?"
Qi Zuo thought for a while and replied: "Even if you are not helping us, you shouldn't be helping Longwei Escort Agency."
The right envoy in white asked: "Why?"
Qi Zuo replied: "My lord, for decades, I have helped the imperial court to suppress heroes in the world. It can be said that I have worked hard and made great achievements without complaining. If a mere prefect dares to be so bold and help the Longwei Escort to deal with us, then he will really live a long life."
After hearing this, the two envoys on the left and right nodded slightly, as if they agreed with Qi Zuo's words.
When Ning Zhenan saw this, he felt something was wrong and pretended to be worried: "I'm afraid that Mr. Song grew up eating raw rice and wanted to prevent the official silver escorted by the Longwei Escort from being lost in Huizhou and escaping responsibility. Look, I don’t see how powerful it is. He doesn’t help us, nor the Longwei Escort Agency, he only wants to help himself."
Upon hearing this, the two envoys on the left and right looked at each other, as if Ning Zhenan's words had some truth to them.
Qi Zuo thought deeply: "Help himself?"
Ning Zhenan said in a good voice: "Whether we help him or not depends on whether we see the fifty crossbowmen first or the escort car of Longwei Escort Agency first."
The Tsing Yi Zuo envoy said: "Go on."
When Ning Zhenan heard the words "Go on", he was naturally happy. He quickly straightened his throat and opened his mouth: "If we see the fifty crossbowmen first, there is no doubt that these fifty soldiers and horses are coming. Help us. If we see the escort car of Longwei Escort Bureau first, the fifty soldiers and horses will most likely come to clean up the mess."
The right envoy in white said: "What kind of mess are you cleaning up?"
Ning Zhen'an said: "Longwei Escort escorted Guanyin, and we robbed Guanyin. In order to achieve their goals, each of us will go all out and fight. When both sides lose, Master Song must keep Guanyin for his own benefit." "
The Tsing Yi Zuo envoy said: "What will he do?"
Ning Zhen'an said: "The best choice is to order both parties to be killed together, and there will be no evidence to prove it. If the master tracks down, he can blame our death on the Longwei Escort Bureau. If the court investigates, he can blame the escort master." We blame our Dragon Slaying Association for their deaths, so we can stay out of it."
The right envoy in white said: "If he really dares to do this, I will never let him have the opportunity to see the sun tomorrow."
Ning Zhen'an said: "This is purely my wild guess and I can't be sure. However, having multiple eyes is not a bad thing. After all, people's hearts are separated by their bellies, and no one can see who is coming from clearly."
The left envoy in green nodded slightly, picked up the wine flask, touched one with the right envoy in white, and gestured to Ning Zhenan and Qi Zuo's wine flasks, and gradually started drinking.
