Chapter 2685 Centaur
He raised his eyes, looked at Murong Qiuming and Xue Huai'en coldly, and said, "To be honest, there is indeed one person missing here, and no one noticed."
“…”
"But, it's not the person you said was the one who delivered the message to you."
Song Zhiwen's eyebrows were twisted into a knot.
He asked, "Who is it?"
Li Bushang glanced at him but did not answer immediately. Instead, he raised his head to look at the dark sky above him. Although it was pitch black, he could still barely see the stars on the sky like countless pearls.
He took a look and said, "It's almost time to come back."
"What?"
Song Zhiwen was puzzled, while Murong Qiuming and Xue Huai'en looked at each other, their faces obviously even paler than before.
Just then, everyone suddenly heard a sound.
Although there were many people here, ever since Li Bushang started to talk about the truth of the murder, no one dared to even breathe. In the huge camp, the only sound was the wind blowing. And now, mixed with the wind was a heavy sound that made the ground tremble slightly.
It's the sound of horse hooves!
There were people, and a large group of them, riding towards them!
Everyone turned around immediately and saw a group of people galloping towards them from afar in the pitch-black night.
No matter what was said at this time, the guards and the Jinyiwei were naturally sensitive and had to be prepared immediately to guard against the possibility that the people coming might be hostile forces and might even cause harm to them. Therefore, Tian Ye took a few people, and on the other side, Ma Yuanju and his guards immediately rushed to the edge of the camp.
As soon as he walked over, a few sharp-eyed people immediately recognized it—
"It's the Jinyiwei!"
Ma Yuanju's eyes suddenly widened.
In the darkness of night, the flames rising from their side illuminated the galloping men and horses. The people riding on the horses were indeed the Jinyiwei, and even their clothes were exactly the same as Tian Ye and his friends.
At least a few hundred people.
Obviously, these are the people traveling with Tian Ye and his group, or in other words, they are Li Bushang's subordinates!
He subconsciously turned around to glance at Li Bu Shang, only to see Li Bu Shang also slowly approaching, his eyes fixed on the subordinates who were galloping towards him. He said, "Mr. Ma asked me before how many men I brought with me this time. It seems that the old man thought the number of my subordinates was too small."
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"Of course, five hundred people are indeed too few."
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"Because I dispatched half of the troops to other places in advance, and they only returned today after completing their mission."
Ma Yuanju turned and looked at him.
At this time, Ma Yuanju was speechless.
No matter how young this Li Bushang is, how taciturn he looks, and how unreliable he seems, but what he said and did just now have clearly shown that this person is by no means an ordinary young man who is naive.
Since he sent half of his men out to make other arrangements, it was obvious that he had been prepared for something.
Song Zhiwen, however, asked in a deep voice, "You, what mission did you ask them to do?"
“…”
"What does this have to do with what's happening here?"
As they were talking, those people had already rushed to the gate of the camp. Knowing that they were the Jinyiwei, Ma Yuanju's men did not take any more precautions. They saw the leading captains dismounted and walked directly up to Li Bushang and knelt on the ground.
"Greetings, Commander."
Li Bushang looked down at them and asked, "Is the mission completed?"
Several people said, "Don't worry, sir, we have caught the man."
After saying that, one of them waved his hand at the people behind him. Immediately, a team of Jinyiwei came up with a man with his hands tied behind his back, pushing and shoving.
When the firelight illuminated the man's face, everyone around him gasped in shock.
That was none other than the Xue family's bodyguard - Xue Zhen!
His face and body were covered with wounds and grass debris. It was obvious that he had been in a fight on the grassland and was captured by these Jinyiwei.
“This, this is——”
Song Zhiwen opened his eyes wide, almost unable to believe his eyes.
"Xue Zhen, when did you leave the camp?"
Xue Zhen raised his eyes and glanced at them.
He immediately lowered his head again.
The people around looked at each other, and everyone seemed to realize that they really hadn't seen him in the camp for a few days, but it was not until this time that everyone discovered this.
Li Bushang said coldly, "To be honest, what Master Xue just said does make some sense."
“…”
"There are two camps here. Not only are there guards from your White Dragon City, but there are also people from our Jinyiwei. Moreover, there is a flow of people between the two sides, and there is no complete ban on communication. In this way, if one or two people are missing, it will indeed be difficult to attract attention."
“…”
"So, even if Master Xue sends his subordinates out to do something, even if it's something shameful, it's no big deal."
“…”
"Because no one would notice that this person is missing."
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"By the time he returns, the matter will have been resolved, and their overall situation will have been discussed and decided."
This time, especially after seeing Xue Zhen, Xue Huai'en's mentality completely collapsed. When he heard Li Bushang's cold voice, his knees even became weak uncontrollably and he was about to fall to the ground.
Murong Qiuming managed to catch him with great difficulty.
Song Zhiwen asked, "What did he send Xue Zhen to do, something shameful?"
Li Bushang said, "Mr. Song, what do you want to do this time?"
Song Zhiwen frowned slightly and said, "Surrender the city."
"What about them?"
"They? They naturally don't agree to surrender the city?"
Li Bushang said calmly, "I don't think so."
"What?!"
This made Song Zhiwen frown again. The people around him were also confused. Even Tian Ye and the others were stunned and said, "Sir, they--"
Without waiting for them to ask, Li Bushang continued, "They also plan to surrender the city."
“…”
"However, they don't intend to offer White Dragon City to Yan Country."
Song Zhiwen's breath was caught in his throat.
He seemed to sense something, and the light in his eyes kept flickering. When he spoke, his voice couldn't help but tremble a little. He said, "So, they plan to give White Dragon City to, to whom?"
Li Bushang did not answer him directly.
Instead, he turned to look at the captains of the Jinyiwei who were escorting Xue Zhen and asked, "Where did you intercept him?"
One of them stepped forward and said, "In reply to your Excellency's words, according to your previous prediction, we were near Baihu City and set up defenses along the Yulian River, and indeed, we captured this person!"
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