Chapter 1654 A Bird on a Rope
He had a face full of whiskers, and his facial features were almost invisible. His eyes, red from being soaked in alcohol, revealed the ferocity of a tiger.
He asked in a deep voice, "Why hasn't there been any news yet?"
The lobby was so quiet that there was no sound at all.
However, there are people.
On the left and right sides of his seat, there were two wide chairs. On the left sat two older men with gray hair and beards, who were dressed a little more elegantly.
One is his uncle Quincy, and the other is Wu Taisui, the former leader of the Sand Bandits in Hot Moon Bay.
On his right, sitting next to his chair, was a man who was younger than him, probably in his early thirties. He was his sworn brother Hu Saihei.
However, the chair at the edge was empty.
Everyone heard his question, but no one could answer it.
Because everyone had some doubts in their hearts. They all knew that the emperor had come to Shazhouwei a few days ago, and they had fought with the imperial troops before, and both sides suffered losses. The emperor would definitely send troops against them immediately.
Even if we don't send troops, we should still take action.
After all, they shot and wounded the governor of Shazhouwei.
It was a slap in the emperor's face.
Who would have thought that after so much time had passed, there was still no news from the emperor. Not to mention, the people they sent out did not even send back any news.
At this time, Wu Lun's sworn brother Hu Saihei said, "Brother."
"Um?"
Wu Lun looked at him with red eyes: "What do you want to say?"
"Do you think that person will betray us?"
“…”
"Maybe he's gone already."
"Gone?"
Hearing this, Wu Lun's red eyes revealed a hint of ferocity, and he gritted his teeth and said, "If that person really leaves, then we will-"
However, he didn't finish his words.
Because in the lobby, another voice was heard——
"Can a bird on a string fly?"
“……!”
As soon as the voice was heard, the hall suddenly became quiet again.
Everyone raised their heads and looked towards the other side of the hall.
There was a wooden frame, on which was supported a map drawn on animal skin. It was the topographic map of the route between Thermidor Bay and Shazhouwei.
A tall man, dressed in white clothes as white as snow, was standing in front of the map with his hands behind his back.
He had been quiet before, carefully studying the terrain on the map, and only spoke at this time. After everyone looked at him, they all stopped talking.
Uren narrowed his eyes slightly.
"Military Advisor, what do you mean—"
The man known as the "Military Advisor" still had his hands behind his back, looking at the map as he spoke slowly, "That person is here, like a line connecting the two sides."
“…”
"The person is still in our hands. Can he escape?"
“…”
"A bird tied to a string must come back to me even if it flies to the horizon!"
Hearing him say this, Wu Lun narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at the empty chair in the corner. After a while, a sinister smile appeared on his face.
"The military advisor is right."
“…”
"I'm not afraid that the bird won't come back."
At this point, he frowned again: "But now there has been no news, what's going on?"
"Yeah, no news at all."
"Will we be discovered?"
While everyone was worried, the man in white slowly turned around.
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