Chapter 132 Can They Fly?
Yun Qingqing didn't even need to look back to feel that someone's gaze was as cold as ice.
The Seventh Princess didn't know that this person had very sharp ears and was probably able to hear everything she said clearly.
She quickly coughed to interrupt the Seventh Princess's chatter:
"Well, it's getting late. We have to leave."
Situ Qinglan then sighed, watched Yun Qingqing get on the carriage, and waved goodbye reluctantly.
She sat on the giant elephant's trunk, letting it lift her up, and watched the team go farther and farther away and turn into small black dots. Then she sighed softly.
"The capital of Liang State... it's so far away. I wonder if we'll ever meet again..."
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There is a mountain called Weilang Mountain about ten miles away from the border of Liang State and Jing State.
There is a village on the mountain called Weilang Village. One day, the guards of Weilang Village brought two people, a strong man with a dark face and a tall and thin man with a goatee.
It was Zhang and Li who had secretly discussed the Regent on the official road in the imperial capital.
The two were brought directly before the village's chief, and the dark-faced man, Old Zhang, handed them a wooden sign:
"According to the secret order of my master, I ask the chief to come out and assist."
When the boss saw the wooden sign, he immediately took it very seriously:
"May I ask what mission the two messengers have brought?"
Old Zhang bowed and said:
"Five hundred troops from Liang will pass through here on their way to Jing State in the near future. The boss only needs to lead his men to ambush and surround them..."
He paused in the middle, put his hand in front of his neck in the shape of a knife, and made a cutting gesture with a cruel look on his face.
The boss understood, but after a moment's thought, he suddenly asked:
"The five hundred men you mentioned are the fully armed imperial army?"
"Exactly," Old Zhang complimented with a smile, "Big Boss, you're truly well-informed. The team isn't even halfway through their journey, and you've already received the news!"
The boss became more and more confused:
"Not even halfway through the journey? According to what you said, there's more than one group of people from Liang heading to Jing recently?"
Lao Zhang was stunned:
"No, there is only this group of people. Don't worry, Boss. You will definitely not miss them as long as they arrive."
The boss frowned:
"But a group of people entered Jing State through this route the day before yesterday, and yesterday they hurried back the same way. My men secretly counted them, and they were exactly 500 people. Are you sure you didn't mistake the time they arrived?"
The group brought back a lot of supplies. If it was an ordinary merchant caravan, he would have attacked it. However, because they were escorted by the imperial army, all the nearby strongholds, big and small, remained on hold.
After all, if we were to come to the court to encircle and suppress them, the gain would outweigh the loss.
Lao Zhang and Lao Li looked at each other in surprise, hesitated for a moment, and then smiled with relief.
"Perhaps the local team just happened to be going to Jingguo on business. The team we are waiting for set out from the Imperial Capital, there is no way they arrived the day before yesterday!"
"Yes, the two of us traveled day and night, resting only two hours a day. We killed two of our horses before we got here. How could the team from the Imperial Capital possibly have arrived earlier than us?"
The boss nodded when he heard the two of them say this:
"Since the two envoys are so confident, that's great. I will immediately send out outposts to investigate and make careful arrangements. We will definitely kill him completely!"
Lao Zhang and the other two completed half of their mission and immediately said with a smile:
"Big Boss, you're so happy! Don't worry, the master said that as long as you succeed, he will definitely fulfill your previous request!"
"Hahahaha... Great!" The big boss beamed with joy. "Come on, prepare a banquet to welcome the two envoys. We won't leave until we're drunk tonight!"
Early the next morning, the leader of Weilang Village called the second and third leaders and all the leaders of the village to the meeting hall to discuss how to ambush.
The bandits knew very well that such things must not be done near their own stronghold. There happened to be a Liuhuo stronghold a hundred miles to the north that had always been at odds with this side. It would be better to divert the trouble there, and then find them when the court wanted to retaliate!
So it was decided to send out spies in batches to go north to find out the progress of the target team of 500 people.
Once the target is discovered, immediately dispatch all 3,000 troops from the village, ambush in the mountains 30 miles north of Liuhuo Village in advance, and rob and kill all the targets!
only……
As the days passed, spies were sent out in batches, but the team of 500 people was never seen in the direction of the capital.
One day, the headmaster called a meeting and frowned, saying:
"Is the information from the two emissaries truly correct? Even if a large group of troops set out from the Imperial Capital, they should reach the territory of our Wolf Power Village within ten days."
"But now, not only have they not yet reached here, there's still no sign of them even dozens of miles north of Liuhuo Village!"
Old Zhang's face looked unhappy:
"Big Boss, do you not trust us?"
Old Li was afraid that he would offend others, so he quickly tried to smooth things over:
"Hey, don't say that for now. The boss is worried about making mistakes, so he wants to know clearly. But this matter is indeed problematic. Could it be that they took another route?"
The second in command denied:
"No, there's only one route from Imperial Capital to Jing State, past Quzhou South. They definitely can't avoid it."
Old Zhang pondered for a moment, then suddenly sneered:
"Perhaps they were delayed during the first half of their journey. Could you please send someone to investigate further north? We might get some news soon."
The boss nodded:
"Okay, then I'll..."
He had just spoken halfway when someone suddenly reported that the spy in the village had returned with important news.
Old Zhang's eyes lit up:
"Did the target appear?"
However, after the spy entered the meeting room, the second in command said:
"This isn't a spy heading north. It's the person I sent to Jing Country to investigate two days ago who's back."
It turned out that after he heard that a team of 500 people had passed by, he felt a little suspicious and sent people to investigate.
"Tell me, have you found out the origins of the group of people who entered and left Jingguo a few days ago?" the second in command said to the spy.
"Reporting to the heads of the household, we have already found out that the last group of people was led by the Regent to go to Jing State to discuss an alliance and borrow military rations."
"What!"
"impossible!"
Lao Zhang and Lao Li cried out in frustration.
"The Prince Regent and his entourage caused quite a stir on their way to the Jing Kingdom Palace. The Princess Regent won a bet with the Seventh Princess of Jing Kingdom, and then an assassin appeared behind them. This is known to everyone in the Jing Kingdom Imperial City. If you don't believe it, just ask around and you'll find out!"
The spy said with some displeasure.
The two looked at each other, their jaws dropping.
The big boss asked in a deep voice:
"Two messengers, the one the Lord ordered you to send a message to surround and kill, could it be the Regent's troops?"
"Uh..." Old Li was speechless.
"That's right..." Old Zhang finally squeezed out two words after a long while, which was considered an admission.
The boss slammed the table:
"Are you two kidding me? The Regent's team clearly returned the day before you arrived, yet you insist they're still on their way! You've made the entire village wait for so long in vain!"
"What on earth are you planning?"
The two were completely dumbfounded.
There was definitely a big commotion in the Jing Kingdom’s Imperial City.
But they both clearly set out at the same time as the Regent!
How could a team of 500 people be faster than the two of them who had to travel day and night to kill two fast horses, and arrive a day earlier?
Could it be that they can't fly!
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