Chapter 258 Familiar Calculation
Huo Gannian and Yun Chen continued on their journey, and everything went smoothly without any accidents.
Passing through the cave, I saw the green mountains and the scorching sun again.
Yun Chen wanted to look back to see if the python would follow him out, but he couldn't find the cave he came out of.
Looking back on this day and night, I felt like I had walked into a fairy cave.
Huo Gannian and Yun Chen burned the elephant bones and produced half a sack of ashes. They packed them carefully, put them on the horses, and continued on their journey back to Beijing.
In a small town very close to Kyoto, the two stopped for the night and began their final rest.
Seeing that it was only the tenth day of August and there were still five days left before the date set by the Eastern Palace, Yun Chen felt much more relaxed. After dinner, he called Huo Gannian to go for a walk together.
But Huo Gannian's mind was full of thoughts about the answer to the thing that was burned to ashes. Was it "destined but not destined", "destined but not destined", or "no destiny"?
He was not in the mood to go out, so Yun Chen ate and drank his fill and went to the town alone.
This place is very close to Kyoto and has never been affected by the war. Only peaceful people are moving around.
It was a rare opportunity to have such peace and quiet, Yun Chen walked comfortably, swaying from side to side. Before he knew it, he had walked from dusk to dark. There were fewer and fewer people around, and it became increasingly quiet.
She walked until she came to a small river at the edge of the town.
The stream is not wide, but it is crystal clear. There are willow trees hanging down on the bank, and the summer breeze is quite pleasant.
When they reached a small arch bridge over the river, Yun Chen saw from afar a woman sitting on the bridge crying.
The woman was wearing a gorgeous dress and a pearl hairpin on her head. She was facing the river with her back to Yun Chen.
Yun Chen vaguely saw that the woman seemed to be covering her face with a handkerchief and crying very sadly.
Thinking about it, the river was very shallow and no one would drown even if they jumped into it. Yun Chen, dressed in men's clothes, did not want to meddle in other people's business.
But just as Yun Chen was about to pass by the woman, he heard her suddenly burst into an extremely sharp cry, which scared Yun Chen so much that he almost jumped out with a "wow" and broke out in a cold sweat.
Look at that woman, she is crying and shaking all over, as if she is in great pain, and her crying is getting louder and louder.
Yun Chen couldn't ignore it, so he slowly stopped.
She first looked around vigilantly, then looked up at a large, leafy willow tree in front of the woman. Seeing that the branches and leaves were still, there was nothing unusual. She walked to about ten feet behind the woman, stood still, and bowed.
"My lady, are you sad? It's getting late, and it's not safe for a girl to be alone outside. Let me escort you home!"
The woman didn't turn around, but just mumbled a few words in a crying voice, sobbing, and no one knew what she was saying.
Yun Chen didn't hear clearly, so he took another step forward and said, "Madam, what did you say? I didn't hear clearly."
"I said..." The woman seemed to be crying so hard that she only spoke the first two words clearly, and she was still mumbling the rest.
There was no other way, Yun Chen could only move one step closer.
Then, I felt a sudden shaking in front of my eyes, and the pearl hairpins were flying everywhere.
Before Yun Chen could see the other person's face clearly, the woman turned around and pounced on him, hugging Yun Chen's head tightly.
Yun Chen instinctively drew the dagger from his waist, but the woman seemed to be very familiar with Yun Chen. The first moment she pounced on him, she stepped hard on Yun Chen's wrist.
Immediately afterwards, a slender green shadow jumped down from the willow tree, rode directly on Yun Chen's back, and strangled Yun Chen's neck.
Yun Chen was strangled so hard that his eyes turned black and he fainted instantly.
After an unknown amount of time, Yun Chen gradually regained consciousness.
She said nothing, observing her surroundings silently.
She moved her feet slightly and found herself lying on a wooden couch.
Her limbs were tied behind her back very tightly, and her eyes were covered with cloth so she could not see anything.
Judging from the sounds around her, she should be in a quiet room, with two steady breathing sounds not far away from her.
Yun Chen had never expected to be attacked in such a peaceful place so close to Kyoto. He was annoyed and scolded himself for being so careless.
Recalling the scene before fainting, although I didn't see the other person's face clearly, I can conclude from her skills and strength that she was not a "woman" at all, but must be a man with good kung fu skills.
And the other one hiding in the willow tree waiting for an opportunity to attack should be a master secret guard.
This premeditated, divided-labor, and deceptive plot gave Yun Chen a vague sense of familiarity.
His neck was sore from being strangled, Yun Chen cleared his throat and spoke with difficulty:
"My name is Yun Chen. I don't know how I have offended you two. Please explain clearly."
After he finished speaking, Yun Chen seemed to hear a suppressed chuckle coming from the opposite side.
A deliberately lowered voice began:
"I heard that you used to be a personal guard of the Huo Gang, so you must know a lot of the Huo Gang's secrets. Tell me, and I will spare your life."
Is he the enemy of Huo Gang?
The Huo Gang was now managed by Ye Yan, and Yun Chen hadn't been involved in the Huo Gang's affairs for several years. She didn't know why he suddenly found her, but she still agreed with him.
"The Huo Gang has many secrets. Which one do you want to know?"
"Of course it's about Young Master Huo. The more detailed the better." Another equally low voice interrupted, with a hint of forced smile at the end.
Yun Chen felt relieved.
After thinking for a while, she calmly began to make up a lie:
"My young master is soft-hearted, shy, and weak, unable to even tie a chicken."
As soon as these words were spoken, the air became quiet.
Even with his eyes blindfolded, Yun Chen could feel the other person's astonishment.
"Don't you dare say any more nonsense?" a voice said.
Another voice coughed twice to hide its emotions and said, "We are not interested in these things. We just want to know if Young Master Huo has any shameful secrets."
"Oh, you want to know this." Yun Chen turned sideways on the couch, changed to a more comfortable position, and began to talk to himself:
"I'm not sure if my young master has any shameful secrets, but I do know a lot of other people's secrets. Our Huo Gang has several personal guards, one of whom is called Hua Jue. He always likes to dress up as a woman. I wonder if his lover who sells pear candy knows about his habit.
And Bu Yan, his mediocre martial arts skills are not good enough, and now he is disliked by my young master, so he quit his job as a secret guard and switched to civilian work. Oh, and he also has hemorrhoids, which are hemorrhoids——"
He was forced to stop talking halfway. Yun Chen's neck was locked in a familiar chokehold, and he let out a scream like a chicken being slaughtered.
The cloth covering her eyes was torn away, and Hua Jue's face, which looked a bit like Huo Gannian, but was far more arrogant and demanding than Huo Gannian, appeared in front of her.
Behind Yun Chen, Buyan strangled her neck and cursed with a smile:
"You kid! You've gotten cocky after becoming a major general, haven't you? How dare you reveal your brother's private affairs?!"
"That's right! How dare you threaten me with Rui Niang?" Hua Jue spat on the ground, rubbing his hands together, and gave a "sinister" smile as if he was going to punish Yun Chen:
"You're so bold now, I have to teach you a lesson!"
Yun Chen laughed, "I haven't used the moves I learned from the Wuyi Secret Book yet, so now's a good time to try them out!"
"Yo yo yo! Did you secretly learn a new trick behind our backs?"
"Don't talk too much! If you lose, I'll buy you a drink!"
"Holy crap! That seems pretty powerful!"
"Hey, hey, hey, you can't play like this! It hurts, it hurts, it hurts--"
"Wrong, wrong! Considering the three of us coming out of the city specifically to welcome you, please spare my life, General Yun!"
“Ahhh, help—”
The three of them were laughing and playing together. The screams of Hua Jue and Buyan soon echoed inside and outside the house.
In the next room, Huo Gannian and Ye Yan heard the noise, smiled knowingly, and continued to talk about the recent affairs of the Huo Gang.
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