Chapter 479 Along the way
Hei Ye took several deep breaths before he recovered.
To be honest, he had thought before that it might be Alibaba, the skilled Western warrior, who killed Yelu Yan, but the other party never came to claim the reward, so he thought Alibaba was dead.
The most widely circulated story now is about the powerful strongman with immense strength. Even Five Dead Fangs has no idea who this fierce man is.
And today, Alibaba suddenly showed up and brought Yelu Yan's head, which made Hei Ye even more wary of this man from the Western Regions.
"I didn't expect that Brother Alibaba is indeed a hidden talent."
"In Chinese, it's wrong to use the words "you didn't expect" and "as expected" together."
Zhao Yushu put away his scimitar and asked again, "Are you ready with money and people?"
"The bounty has already been prepared, but it will take some time to get the people."
"how long?"
"The situation is tense recently, at least for five days."
Zhao Yushu nodded and said, "Four hundred taels of gold is the deposit. Let them gather in Yizhou as quickly as possible. I will give you the rest of the money after the matter is completed. Just give me six hundred taels of gold now."
Hei Ye shook his head: "Five hundred taels."
"Ok?"
"One hundred taels is mine and Vanut's money."
Damn, 20% agency fee, that’s really unfair, no wonder he’s called Heiye.
"Besides, you have to meet someone."
"Who?"
"The King of Ghost Market."
Zhao Yushu sneered: "If I don't see you, you won't give me money?"
Hei Ye was stunned: "Of course not, but it is an honor to meet the king."
"I don't need this glory. Give me the money and you can gather the people and let them go. Remember, I don't want the most ruthless ones, but I must have the worst ones."
"Ghost Market lacks everything except bad guys. I have the promissory note from Huibao Merchants, five hundred taels of gold. How can they find you when they get to Yizhou?"
Zhao Yushu took the golden note with a glow in his eyes and nodded. "Don't look for me. Let them gather together. I will find them and tell them that their employer is Alibaba. Also, don't try to find out about me."
Looking at the figure walking quickly into the darkness, Hei Ye's eyes flashed a hint of viciousness, and he turned and walked towards the palace deep in the ghost market.
"You said, he doesn't want to see me?"
"Yes."
"How many people does he want?"
"Forty of them. I don't want the most ruthless and fierce ones, but the worst ones."
"Well, why, yes, forty?"
"I don't know, little one."
"Where to go?"
"Yizhou, the sooner the better."
"interesting."
A satisfied sigh came from the black throne: "Don't go, try, to find him."
Hei Ye was stunned: "Yes."
Zhao Yushu returned to the caravan silently, as if he had never left.
Yelu Yan's head was delivered to Di Xiang through secret channels. However, Di Xiang did not send it to the palace. Instead, he put it directly in a brocade box and asked his confidant to send it out of Chang'an City overnight.
Yelu Yan was assassinated, and the assassin clearly stated that he was entrusted by the national master. There are many national masters in the world, but there is only one who is qualified to speak here.
Xiao Shi, the imperial teacher of the Liao Dynasty.
The King of the Southern Court said that this was definitely a conspiracy of the Tang people. Prime Minister Di refused to give in and stated that this was an internal fight among the Liao people, who were trying to throw dirty water on the Tang Dynasty to gain more benefits, and they had evil ambitions.
The two quarreled fiercely in the temple. As the head of all officials, Prime Minister Di made his attitude clear. Except for Li Huan's few supporters, everyone began to rebuke the King of Nanyuan. What was more troublesome was that Lord Chen, Li Huan's number one supporter, was still dizzy after being hit by a brick by Zhao Yushu, and there was no effective confrontation at all.
The matter of borrowing Liao troops to march south, which had been agreed upon between Li Huan and Yelu Rang, was forced to be delayed again due to two consecutive assassination incidents.
Politics is like this. Even if everyone knows the truth, without perfect evidence or a perfect back-up plan, no matter how big the loss is, they have to accept it first and then fall out with each other later.
Zhao Yushu looked back at the Chang'an City whose outline could no longer be seen. He didn't know how much effect his spur of the moment behavior would have, how long he could buy Lao Yang a respite, and whether his actions in Jiannan Road could stop the Tubo and Jiannan Road coalition forces from advancing eastward.
Do your best, listen to destiny.
"Um, what is that?"
The bearded leader rode a donkey, swaying beside the convoy and waved to Zhao Yushu.
Zhao Yushu rode over: "Alibaba."
The team leader was a nice guy. Although he spoke a little harshly, he was still nice to his men. He was just a little stingy and was reluctant to use camels to carry people. Except for a few guards who had to conserve their energy, everyone else walked. Even he himself rode a donkey.
"Listen to me. Ahead is Liangzhou. Jiannan Road has been in turmoil recently. There are more thieves in Liangzhou. I feel uneasy when I see thieves hiding in that valley. If there are thieves blocking the way, we will have nowhere to escape. You go and take a look first."
Zhao Yushu said "oh", it was just his job to explore the way, nothing to say, so he rode his horse forward.
"Boss, is this new guy reliable?"
As soon as Zhao Yushu left, another guard came over and said, "In the past few days, we haven't seen this guy in the gambling houses, wine shops, and brothels in the West City. I don't know where he went."
"Humph, so I want to give him a try. The area ahead is Zhen Shanhu's territory. If he comes back and says he found nothing, he must be a fool. By then, the steward's face will not be of any use, so just let him get out."
"So, what if there's a conflict?"
"Then let him suffer a little, so that it will be easier to lead him in the future. Anyway, I have prepared the money for the passage. Zhenshanhu is a law-abiding person and will not kill or maim him."
However, after waiting for half a day, the scouting guy not only did not come back, he didn't even send out a signal. Moreover, even if he was accidentally killed, Zhenshanhu would at least send someone to tell him.
"Boss, something's wrong."
"Nonsense, go and take a look!"
"Ah I?"
The experienced guard rode his horse tremblingly into the valley. Not long after, a loud eagle whistle sounded from the mountains.
The team leader hesitated for a moment, then walked over cautiously with a few people. The guards came out from inside with very complicated expressions.
"problem occurs?"
"No, well, that's fine. Something must have happened. Go and take a look yourself, boss."
In the valley, there were more than a dozen ragged men lying on the ground. Zhao Yushu was squatting on the ground. In front of him was a burly man, but he was lying prone.
"How about it, have you thought about it?"
"Bah! I am a Chinese, how can I listen to a foreigner like you? Kill me if you dare!"
"Come on, your men are robbing you, and they don't even have clean clothes on New Year's Day, and you still have the nerve to brag, brag, brag!"
As soon as he said the word "blow", Zhao Yushu slapped the man on the face with his scimitar. From a distance, he saw the team leader approaching and took out a gold bill from his pocket.
"Look carefully, one hundred taels of gold," he said, stuffing the gold note into the man's collar, "You have two choices. Either you continue to do the robbery business here, and I will kill you one by one when I come back, or you pack up and go to Yizhou in a month."
"Why go to Yizhou?"
"Aren't you a Tang person? Naturally, you should do your part for the Tang Dynasty."