"But what if he doesn't make a move?"
"He's such an arrogant person. Why would he need to take a roundabout way to catch small fry like us? He'd just kill anyone he encounters."
He got so excited and sarcastic that he even blurted out some Northeastern dialect.
Qiu pursed his lips, his eyes bright as flames, and asked, "So, can we shake him off?"
"No, these are just some tricks. They can only delay him for a little while, but that little time is enough for us to add another layer of camouflage."
Zheng Quchi made Qiu run to a place with a pile of stones and deliberately messed them up, then made Qiu walk in a muddy pit: "Deliberately leave footprints!"
Qiu Yi did as she was told, but he hesitated for a moment and reminded her, "Yuwen Sheng is often on military campaigns, he won't fall for such tricks."
"That's exactly what I want—for him not to fall for it."
"..."
Qiu was completely bewildered by her, and he inexplicably felt that if Yuwen Sheng came, it might be the same.
When Yuwen Sheng tidied himself up and rushed over, he remained calm and composed. In fact, he was quite intrigued by their little tricks. He played with the tassel on the sword hilt, his long, narrow, smiling eyes glancing around.
Looking at the haphazard footprints on the ground and the pile of scattered stones, a hoarse laugh escaped his lips, sending chills down one's spine: "Simple tricks, deceiving the real thing, did you think I'd fall for it?"
He chose neither path, but instead sped toward the open road.
After his figure gradually disappeared, Qiu, who was still in the same spot and had crawled into the bushes, looked at Zheng Quchi and whispered, "You went through all these tricks just to hide here and let him leave first?"
But Zheng Quchi quickly made a gesture: "Shh, don't make a sound, he'll come back."
As soon as she finished speaking, Yuwen Sheng landed gracefully and turned back.
Qiu was terrified by Yuwen Sheng's cunning and suspicious nature, and broke out in a cold sweat.
If Zheng Quchi hadn't grabbed him, he would have been caught red-handed by Yuwen Sheng, who had just pulled off a surprise attack.
Yuwen Sheng observed that there was still no unusual movement around him. After weighing his options, he let out a whoosh and headed back towards the path where the footprints were.
"Walk!"
Zheng Quchi suddenly stood up.
Qiu was startled.
Which one should we choose?
“We won’t choose any of these routes. Even if you run until your legs break, you still won’t be as fast as Yuwen Sheng, and besides, he seems to know tracking techniques. No matter which of these three routes we choose, he can turn back immediately if he senses anything amiss. So we’ll take the fourth route. After he tries it and fails, he’ll need some time to confirm.”
A fourth way? Is there one?
"Of course there is a way back. People always think that if you run away, you will only run all the way because if you are slow, you will be caught. But we will do the opposite. We will first return to Chunchudu by the same route, get rid of Yuwen Sheng's pursuit, and then go back to Fuxian."
"In short, we must not let Yuwen Sheng know our destination, and we must not let him confirm that we are from Fuxian County."
Don't think she couldn't guess. He had used the same method to make Mo Ye look like a monkey before. Along the way, Qiu carried a dazed person away, but he just kept a steady pace, seemingly unable to catch up, but more like he was fishing.
Qiu remained speechless for a long time after hearing this.
How did she come up with such a brilliant mind? She completely grasped the habitual thinking of people. If it weren't for her, he felt that he would never have been able to escape Yuwen Sheng's pursuit on his own.
——
As it turns out, people who know how to think in reverse and read more books can sometimes really save lives.
Having successfully shaken off Yuwen Sheng and escaped back to Fuxian, the two looked at each other with a sense of relief, exhausted but with bright eyes.
Not all pursuers are like Yama, the devil himself. They must have been incredibly capable to escape unscathed this time.
Midway through, Qiu picked a flowering herb from somewhere, rubbed it into juice, diluted it with water, and then prepared to wash her eyes.
It is said that it can cure the opium poisoning of Julu Kingdom.
Zheng Quchi thought to himself, the two of them had just gone through a life-or-death escape. Even if they weren't sworn brothers, they had at least formed some revolutionary friendship. He shouldn't be so vicious as to turn around and use poison to blind her.
With some skepticism, she gave it a try.
Then I was pleasantly surprised to find that I went from being nearsighted by 1,000 degrees to being able to see people's faces clearly.
Qiu said, "The toxins in your body are very mild. You will be able to fully recover your vision tonight, or at the latest tomorrow."
Zheng Quchi smiled and praised him, "Thank you very much. I didn't expect you could also detoxify. You are truly multi-talented."
Qiu lowered her head, a little embarrassed, and gave a soft "Mmm".
Zheng Quchi, feeling sticky from the sweat, pulled off the veil covering his face: "It's getting dark, and I have urgent business to attend to, so I'll be leaving now."
Upon hearing this, Qiu looked up at her blankly, like a child who had been abandoned.
"And what about me?"
“Go find Shan Bian. He’s like a retired old man, avoiding trouble. Let him take care of you.”
There are differences between men and women; it's not appropriate for you to cling to her, young man.
After saying that, she quickly waved her hand, and seeing that no one was on the street, she ran back to the clothing store where she had placed the cloth package. She greeted the owner, took the package, and came out through the back door.
At this point, she transformed back into a dark-skinned village girl with braids, having previously been a shady assassin.
She patted the bulging medicine bag on her chest, which she had bought for Liu Fengmian. But the sun was already setting in the west, and she wondered if Liu Fengmian had returned yet.
If he has already returned, will he obediently go back to where he was and wait for her?
That's impossible. If he had rushed back in the afternoon, and she said she went to buy medicine for him but disappeared for the whole afternoon, if he had asked around at the nearby pharmacies, he would have known that she had already bought the medicine but just hadn't gone back to look for him... If she lied to him and said she got lost after buying the medicine, would he believe her?
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