Chapter 18 Chapter Eighteen: The Ladder Over the Wall

Although there are Tubo and Turkic coalition forces nearby that are powerful enough to counter the Khotanese, they must not know that Chi Shanglou and others are engaged in human trafficking here, and Chi Shanglou and others are unwilling to let them know. However, the help of the Khotan Gang, under the direct attention of the King Khotan, became nothing.Otherwise, Salunduo, the leader of the Khotan Gang, would have sent someone to kill him.Those who escaped were caught in the net, which had the effect of killing chickens and monkeys. Chi Shanglou managed to suppress the anger in his heart, and said slowly: "Your Excellency, please make a condition."

Longying said: "Man dies for money, and birds die for food. My request is not too much, it's just a hundred taels of gold and letting me smash a batch of your goods, so that I can not only explain to Yu Chixuan, but also can Go back and claim credit from our lord. Although you have suffered losses, it is better than doing business at a loss, and you may even lose your life." The Tubo master and Chi Shanglou changed color again. They received the goods with one hand and paid with the other hand. In addition to gifts and bribes, they have already spent nearly a thousand taels of gold.

The Tubo master said: "Friends, do you know how much a young virgin is worth? Let me tell you, at least fifty taels of gold can be sold, and the outstanding ones are even more than a hundred taels of gold. Let's do it! You promise not to interfere with our affairs again, we I will give you one hundred and twenty taels of gold ingots." Chi Shanglou persuaded with kind words: "Everyone come to the rivers and lakes to hang out, give in to each other, and be kind. We value your Excellency very much." Long Ying sighed: "You guys don't understand my sage, if you return empty-handed, your head will definitely fall to the ground. You don't want to harm me either! There is no need to discuss this matter, we must follow my way, otherwise I will immediately launch fireworks and rockets, call A large number of elite soldiers from Khotan will come to arrest you first, including the boss of the Tianzhu dance troupe, and then I will torture you personally. The two are tough guys. They can bear the pain of being cut out piece by piece, but the tough guy outside There are always soft guys, and although the little brother failed to fill his own pockets, he made great contributions. Of course! I hope this kind of situation will not happen, peace is the most important thing!"

With the self-cultivation and demeanor of the two masters, they also showed a restless posture. Long Ying tried his best to bring the tricks on the battlefield to the negotiation table, first use his unrivaled magic skills to chill the enemy's courage, and then march in multiple ways to force the opponent into a dead end.Had to give in and surrender. Chi Shanglou showed a very far-fetched smile, and sighed: "Brother is really amazing, let's do this! Tomorrow, we will arrange a time and place, and we will hand over the money to you." The Tubo master added: "We can only give you eight people, and we can't afford any more."

Longying raised his legs, swayed, and put on the money of a villain and rascal, and said leisurely: "How can it be so easy? What I want are sixteen little girls from Persia, one must be less." Chi Shanglou exchanged a shocked look with the Tubo expert.It seemed that they finally believed Long Ying's nonsense, and believed that he had been following them all the time, otherwise how would they know the exact number of Persian young women? The Persian girl is obviously the best quality in this transaction, Chi Shanglou frowned and said, "Can't they be from other places?"

Longying taught in a lesson.He said: "You are not like Lao Tzu who is a habitual official and doesn't understand politics. Do you just accept it as soon as I receive the goods? I will form a joint mission with the Khotanese and honor sixteen beautiful Persian girls." Send them back to Persia. Establish diplomatic relations and make another contribution.” The Tubo expert said in surprise: "I heard that Persia was wiped out by the Great Cannibal long ago. Now Persia is just the name of a region. The ruler is the Great Cannibal." Long Ying was almost at a loss for words, it turned out that he was the one who was ignorant.The face inside the mask was blushing, but the surface still calmly said: "What my dear brother knows is old things. Persia was restored ten years ago. Ha! No wonder you don't know."

The Tubo expert was skeptical, but fortunately the Persian who delivered the goods must have left, otherwise he would be exposed immediately if he just asked a few questions. Long Ying didn't want to bother anymore, and said, "In a word, do you agree or not?" The eyes of the Tubo master were fierce, and he was struggling in the contradiction between doing something and not doing it. Chi Shanglou's eyes turned wildly, weighing the advantages and disadvantages, and it was difficult to make a decision. After a long while, the Tubo expert looked up to Chishang upstairs, saw him nodding his head lightly, and said dejectedly: "This matter will be settled according to the terms you set out."

Long Ying stretched his waist and said: "Then we will be brothers from now on, we can discuss the details of our actions now!" The two smiled wryly at each other, and exchanged another meaningful look, which was seen by Long Ying. After Chi Shanglou and Tubo masters left the huge tent of the dance troupe, under the cover of their subordinates, they used several simple and effective methods to get rid of being followed, and arrived at the edge of the outer city. More than a dozen of their subordinates fanned out, each occupying a favorable position, monitoring the distance. Chi Shang upstairs boarded the healthy horse brought by his subordinates, and with six other subordinates, a party of seven riders galloped towards the grassland.The horses are hidden in a Populus euphratica forest and are guarded.Such a trick of leaving behind the stalker is really clever.

Longying is a "genius" in tracking, but in such a situation, there is still nothing he can do, unless he can become invisible, otherwise if he continues to chase, he will not be able to hide from the other party's surveillance on the flat grassland that is clear at a glance.Moreover, the place where the other party hides people and goods is likely to be in a remote place tens of miles away. With his ability, it is both scruples and difficult to compete with horses in foot strength. Fortunately, lost in the east corner and harvested in Sangyu, Long Ying discovered that the Tubo master returned to the outer city, unfolded his movements, and rushed to a certain destination.

Long Ying was almost certain that he was going to the boss of the Khotan gang, and asked him to deal with him tomorrow. Putting myself in the shoes of Chi Shanglou and others, he refused to accept his own conditions, and swallowed his humiliation to give money to others, losing both money and money.Although they couldn't do anything to him, the real scruples were Yu Chizhen, the king of Khotan, for fear that he would send troops to encircle and suppress them.And the best way at present is to leave early and leave as soon as they leave, as long as they stay away from Khotan City, even if they catch up immediately, in the plains, they can use the technique of riding and shooting to deal with themselves with more people and less people.And because they made an appointment to trade in the city tomorrow, but when they waited until tomorrow, a large number of dead soldiers from Salunduo came. Even if they could escape, they would go to ask the king of Khotan to send an army, and they would have fled hundreds of miles away.

With his unique tracking method, Long Ying followed the Tubo master far away, until he entered a mansion surrounded by high walls, and then approached the wall of the house. Back then, Wu Chengsi's mansion in the imperial palace was heavily guarded, and it was still hard to defeat him, not to mention the far inferior Sarondo mansion. Long Ying took out the flying god escape, and easily avoided the giant dogs and secret sentries that patrol the mansion. Go to an old tree with dense branches and leaves next to the main hall, restrain your body, and concentrate on eavesdropping. The voice of the Tubo master came to his ears, saying: "How can the boss stand by and watch when we need help most?" It was actually Chinese.It can be seen that the Chinese language of Salunduo should be better than that of Tubo.The Tubo master obviously didn't expect that Sa Lunduo would not help him, and his tone was full of resentment. A rich and deep voice, after a sigh, slowly said: "Hua Lu, calm down, what is the situation now? I am still willing to inform you, and I have done my best. From the first day, I have I earnestly advise you not to get involved in this kind of unreasonable business, because there will be no good results. Look! For more than ten years, have I, Salondo, been half your son? Like me, I am doing the salt business upright. , you can also make a lot of money, and the bigger it gets, the bigger it gets." Hua Lu sneered and said: "Boss seems to have forgotten that at least half of your salt cargo was smuggled to you from Qinghai. I don't want you to thank me, but I just hope that you can recite the cooperative relationship over the years and help you at this critical moment." Give it a go. As long as you kill that guy for us tomorrow, it will be over." Salunduo said calmly: "If he was so easy to deal with, he would have been killed by you long ago. Now, no matter the inner city or the outer city, there are the king's personal soldiers and spies everywhere. If there is any disturbance, how can we hide it from them? If there is a big trouble , it is difficult for me to explain to the king." He said again: "This guy came out of nowhere, and his methods are powerful. In my opinion, it's better to settle the matter and leave the people and gold to him, and use it as a waste of money to prevent disasters." Hua Lu Guanghuo said: "It's easy for you to say, how can I explain to Da Lun that I have lost both people and wealth? And I will never want to raise my head in front of him in the future. Maybe he will kill me in a fit of anger." Salundo pondered for a moment, then said, "As long as you tell Dalun that the Persians didn't deliver the person as promised, how would Dalun know that you sent the person to someone else?" Up to this moment, Long Ying still didn't know what the "big talk" mentioned repeatedly by the two of them was. It didn't look like a person's name, but seemed to be some kind of official position or status. Hua Lu dejectedly said: "But under the double loss, without a large amount of gold, how can we hide it from the big talk?" Sarondo said: "Thinking of our friendship for more than ten years, you have established a business partnership with Da Lun for me. Half of the loss will be taken care of by that little boy, and I will pay the other half for you. Say again that I'm not enough friends!" Long Ying immediately changed his view of Sa Lun Duo, not because he was willing to spend money to pay the bills for his old friend, but because he saw that he was a far-sighted person, and understood that if something happened to Hua Lu, he would be implicated. Hua Lu was obviously grateful in his heart, and his tone turned gentle, and said: "Boss is indeed a friend, but I am most afraid that Chi Shanglou will not agree, and what is even more troublesome is how can he get so much gold in a short time? Sixteen Persian women , use up our two hundred taels of gold, plus another hundred taels to be given to the damned guy, a total of three hundred taels of gold, which is a huge sum." Sa Lunduo snorted and said, "Chi Shanglou's little white face, I've always disliked him. He's a man of gold and jade, but he's a loser. How can there be good people in this business? You've been changing for more than ten years. Mo Zhehei. Stop! I also ask you to stop thinking about this aspect of your big talk. In the past, it could be said that he used this big money to recruit troops and expand his strength. Now even Zanpu's position is also in his pocket It’s good to make a fortune and make a good product, otherwise, if things come to light, he won’t be able to finish eating and walk around.” Hua Lu said: "Do you want to keep going? It wasn't his idea from the beginning, but they couldn't hold back Dai Ren Banong Nang Zha and Kai Gui Duo Nang. They thought that selling private salt would not be enough to meet the huge expenses. , and I didn’t know how to get on with the Turkic people, so the responsibility fell on me. Can I say no? Alas! You are right. At the beginning, I saw their pitiful appearance of crying and crying, and I felt very uncomfortable. Later, I got used to it. Da Lun and I were very reluctant about this deal, but seeing that the Turkic people promised that it was the last deal for the two sides to cooperate, we couldn’t refuse it and had to agree.” He lowered his voice again and said, "If it wasn't for the sudden leak of the business, Da Lun wouldn't have to take any chances, he would have to put all his eggs in one basket, hey!" Sarondo said: "You don't need to go on, I already guessed what was going on." Long Ying understood. The big talk of the two people is that the leader of the Tubo coup d'état, another commander outside Hengkong Muye, was killed. Under the instigation of Banong Nangzha and Kaigui's multi-capable officials, they joined forces with Dajiang to start a human trafficking business. With their wealth, they could not stop expanding their power in secret.However, the fire could not be covered by paper, or Dajiang Lian deliberately released the news, so Lingqin had no choice but to take a risk and sent a super expert to successfully assassinate the king of Tubo under his arrangement. The Turkic army unexpectedly defeated Hengkong Muye in one fell swoop, but it was a pity that the success fell short and was fled by Hengkong Muye, resulting in the current situation.This plan may have come from Kuan Yu's head, with foresight and foresight, he took control of the Tubo Kingdom behind his back without much effort. Long Ying is glad that he chose Hua Lu to follow him, and heard that Qin did not have these ulterior secrets. Hua Lu resolutely said: "We will leave tonight, if that ugly guy dares to chase after him, then we will fight him desperately." Sa Lunduo said indifferently: "How to get there? The only passage to Tubo has been blocked by Lin Buya. You are taking nearly a hundred cute little girls with you, without any cover. How to explain to Lin Buya? I can guarantee that Lin Buya will send someone to escort you back to Luoxi City, who will dare to come out to protect you then?" Hua Lu was stunned and said, "What is Lin Buya doing here? Why is the passage blocked?" This time it was Sa Lunduo's turn to lower his voice and say: "In addition to Lin Buya, your Tubo general, there is also the Turkic general Shang Kuixin. I don't know the ins and outs. I only know that they sent people to sneak into the city and ask around. Tracks of a Chinese. Don't stare, they are not looking for the ugly guy, because they have seen him." Hua Lu was puzzled, "Which character can make them fight so much?" Sarondo lowered his voice a bit, and said, "I heard it's Dragon Eagle." Hua Lu lost his voice: "It turned out to be him!" Salunduo said: "Since it is Dragon Eagle, they will definitely return without success even if they have double the number of people. What I am worried about is that you will become a fish in the pool when you don't know the situation. Listen to my advice. ! After avoiding the limelight and fire, I will use the cover of the dance troupe to return to the plateau leisurely. This is the last time, and you and I will have no relationship in the future, please understand my situation." Hua Lu was finally moved by his persuasion, and said: "Under such circumstances, Chi Shanglou has no choice but to agree. Boss can arrange for us to avoid the limelight?" Salondo reminded him that this was the last time to help him, and said: "You must not avoid the area to the west, but only to the east near Qiemo City. It will make it impossible for the king to send people into the border of Qiemo to chase after him." I want to catch you. If you are lucky, there is a town called Hadilak on the west bank of the Qiemo River between the capital city of the Qiemo people and Ramlek. I just bought a There are a few subordinates guarding the ranch. I immediately sent someone to inform them on horseback, and let everyone leave first. You can stay there. After the wind blows, the road will be reopened, and I will send someone to notify you. " Hua Lu asked, "How many days will it take to get there?" Salunduo said: "A fast horse can reach it in one day. But if you walk slowly, it may take an extra day." He also explained in detail the direction and route to go there, and Longying was relieved to hear that, and felt that the trip was worthwhile. Sarendo finished speaking and asked, "How will you deal with that ugly guy tomorrow?" Hua Lu's mood improved, and he said with a smile: "Of course it's to let that greedy guy wait in vain." Sarondo sighed: "If I knew how to solve it, you would never let that guy in your heart. But please listen to my advice, with the way that ugly guy has been pressing you to beat you, I never thought that you would miss the night." Escape? According to my guess, this situation was created by him alone, so that you can hide yourself." Long Ying's heart screamed fiercely, Sa Lun Duo's intelligence was indeed higher than that of Hua Lu and Chi ShangLou, perhaps it was because the onlookers could tell. Hua Lu didn't take it seriously and said: "With our intentional precautions, how can we allow that guy to succeed? Besides, the places we pass are all grasslands, unless someone can lay an ambush in advance, how can they avoid our eyes? Enter and After the end of the border, we will not be afraid of anything." Sarondo sighed: "You can do it yourself! I really don't want to see you in such a situation." Hua Lu said: "No matter under any circumstances, I, Hua Lu, swear to God that I will never reveal my relationship with the boss." The two exchanged a few more words, and Hua Lu left in a hurry. Long Ying followed Hua Lu from far away, under the cover of the night, the distance was so far, although Hua Lu looked away from time to time, and looked left and right, he still didn't notice his existence. Long Ying couldn't help but think of Junchen's words, Hualu's situation is involuntary for the Jianghu, but for the court it's a complicity, which is pitiful. He wanted to ambush on the way, but he was still worried. He was afraid that Hua Lu would change his mind after seeing Chi going upstairs. Although the possibility was not high, because they really had no better choice, but just in case, he worked hard. Do the same at all.If there were not many opponents, he would simply kill them and rescue them earlier. Now it can be said that the winning ticket is in hand, the only worry is that he may lose Cui Laohou's entrustment, unless the little Persian girl is willing to follow Cui Laohou, but how can that happen? At this moment, the sound of hooves came from afar. Long Ying was startled secretly, and jumped up to a tree in the nearby sparse forest area, looking in the direction of the sound of hooves.There is a small river in the forest area, meandering from the south, winding left and right through the forest area. Hua Lu stopped, dust rose up in front of him, and a large number of knights in plain clothes formed a pincer shape and surrounded him. After a while, he came to ride and surrounded Hua Lu. Longying secretly called it a fluke, if they found themselves first, it would be terrible. A faint voice could be heard, and after a while, the knight let Hua Lu go and ran towards him. Seeing Hua Lu go away, he was in vain.What are the consequences of such extravagance? Nearly two hundred knights roared past below him. Long Ying thought to himself that luckily there are no hills and highlands in this area, otherwise, as long as the enemy stands guard on high places, he will have nowhere to hide. He simply stayed on the tree and closed his eyes to rest his mind. When it was almost dawn, he was awakened by the sound of cars and horses approaching. When he opened his eyes, he was overjoyed. At a glance, Chi Shanglou was the leader, and there were more than 200 Tubo knights. Hualu was still missing for a while, so they should be at the rear of the team. This is a strength that should not be underestimated. With the two masters of Chi Shanglou and Hua Lu, it is not easy for him to escape. In the case of a head-on challenge, he must be the one who suffers. The mule train kept approaching. There are 18 mule carts in total, if half of them are carrying people and half of them are carrying grain, goods, food and water, there are six people in each cart, which means there are more than fifty people, plus the twenty-two little girls who have not yet been accepted, the total number will be As Salondo said, there are nearly a hundred little girls. Long Ying watched the enemy intently, including Chi Shanglou, everyone looked tired, it was clear that they couldn't stand it after a lot of tossing. He faced another problem. If they continued on their way, how would he track each other after the sun came out and it was broad daylight? Should we retreat immediately and wait for them on the road ahead?So what if they wait?It is wise not to act bravely, and the best solution is to go back to Khotan City to ask for reinforcements, and intercept them before entering the border of Qiemo. Thinking of this, he fell from the tree and hid behind another big tree. The six riders who opened the way rushed into the woods. Longying had already hid in another tree. One of the riders signaled to the mule caravan, and the mule caravan continued to come without stopping. The six riders scattered around the sparse forest area, watching the movement outside the forest. Long Ying was overjoyed, knowing that the other party had rushed for two hours, so he had to go to the sparse forest area to rest.If the guess is correct, once the mules and horses regain their strength, they will continue on their way regardless of day and night, in order to leave the border of Khotan as quickly as possible. The mule caravan stopped along the small river, and all the people, horses and mules went to the small river to drink water and rest.The doors of the cars were opened one after another, and girls from different places got out of the car and stretched their hands and feet. There were also several older women who looked after them.Surprisingly, he doesn't have any evil appearances, beats and scolds frequently, and has a friendly face and a gesture of asking for warmth. Most of the women were silent, with a submissive attitude, whispering occasionally, and dared not speak loudly. Longying was condescending, and he could see Cui Laohou's Persian daughters at a glance. They were wrapped in white robes and were very recognizable.The girls, in groups of Saburne, sat on the ground next to the tree as ordered. Long Ying secretly blamed himself for being stupid, Chi Shanglou and the others had already become frightened birds, so he was careful everywhere, after dawn, as long as someone looked up, he would have nothing to hide. The sound of footsteps sounded from below, it turned out that it was Chi Shanglou and Hua Lubi who came here to talk. Chi Shanglou said triumphantly: "Let that ugly guy have three heads and six arms, this trip will also fall into a big somersault. Ha! Thinking that he waited until noon to realize how stupid he is, I feel very happy." Hua Lu said: "Don't underestimate the enemy, we can't get out of the dangerous situation until sunrise tomorrow, I'm afraid the mules won't be able to stand it." Chi Shanglou said: "If you can't stand it, you can rest on the spot. What are you afraid of that guy? This is a plain with nowhere to hide, and no one can follow us without being noticed." The two turned around and walked towards the river. If Longying doesn't take advantage of Heidun to stay away, the consequences will be unpredictable.At this moment, I suddenly felt something, looked towards where the Persian girls were, and was overjoyed immediately, took out the Flying God's Dungeon, and put the bold idea in my heart into practice.