Chapter 281: Chapter 281. Saving The Child
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
A family followed a child. How anxious would the parents of these children be? If he didn’t save them, he wouldn’t be able to live with his conscience!
He wanted to go to Mount Zhu to bring Uncle Qu and the others to rescue the children, but water from afar could not quench his thirst. When he finds Uncle Qu, these children might have already been taken away or killed.
What should he do?
This was the first time Ji Shuisheng felt that it was so troublesome!
He wanted to wait for the night watchmen to fall asleep and then kill them one by one without anyone knowing. However, after waiting two hours, they did not feel sleepy and were still heavily guarded.
The newcomers were more energetic after a good night’s sleep. In the middle of the night, someone came to replace them to rest. Ji Shuisheng was confident that his sneak attack would be successful if it were just one person. However, there were six people in the courtyard, and they were standing face to face. Whoever attacked from behind would be discovered immediately.
Therefore, this plan could only be shelved.
Ji Shuisheng wanted to hear useful information from them, but they were like mutes and did not say anything from the beginning to the end.
Ji Shuisheng could feel the strict discipline of the Wan family’s army, which made him take it seriously.
The General of the Wan Family Army was his formidable opponent.
Since there was no way to save the children safely, he had to think of another way. It seemed that these people would not leave tonight, so Ji Shuisheng decided to leave first and think of another way.
The houses were all similar. Ji Shuisheng was afraid that he would be unable to remember the exact location when it was dark, so he made a mark on the wall that only he could notice. He made a mark on the street.
After the mark was drawn, the voice of the night watchman was heard.
“Be careful of the fire when the air is dry.”
Ji Shuisheng’s eyes lit up when he heard the gong. He had thought of a good idea.
It was already late at night when Ji Shuisheng returned to the courier station. He heard a knock on the door and opened it with a yawn. The waiter was asleep.
“Sir, where did you go? You’re back so late.”
“I went to look for a girl.”
Ji Shuisheng pretended to be exhausted and yawned as he went upstairs.
“Ha, why didn’t you ask me if you were looking for a girl? The girls from Blooming Flowering Brothel are the most beautiful.”
When the waiter heard that Ji Shuisheng had gone to look for a girl, he instantly perked up. Getting customers for Blooming Flowers Restaurant was a tip.
“Tomorrow. I really can’t do it today. My back hurts.”
Ji Shuisheng held his waist and waved his hand. There was no point in walking upstairs as he spoke. The waiter stomped his feet in regret.
After Ji Shuisheng went upstairs, he did not sleep and kept paying attention to the movements on the street. Before midnight, an army of over a hundred people arrived on the street. They were running in the direction of the residential area so that Ji Shuisheng could go to sleep in peace.
Early in the morning, Ji Shuisheng got up early and went downstairs. As soon as he went downstairs, he saw the waiter who opened the door for him last night leaning against the door to watch the commotion.
“What’s wrong?”
Ji Shuisheng walked over to watch as well. The waiter whispered to him,
“I wonder what happened? The city guards had sealed off the entire street.”
“What could it be?”
Ji Shuisheng pretended to be puzzled and asked. The waiter shook his head.
“I don’t know. In short, it’s not a good thing.”
At this moment, an intense battle occurred in the house that Ji Shuisheng had visited last night. The Wan Family Army was very brave, but they were outnumbered in the end, and half died. The remaining people were captured alive and kneeling on the ground with injuries all over their bodies.
Jin City’s defense general was An Guangxing’s cousin, An Guanglu. At a young age, he was also put in an important position by the Emperor and was the chief soldier in Jin City, a land of fish and rice.
Last night, someone shot an arrow at the camp. There was a letter and a map on the arrow.
The letter was brief, stating that the Wan Family Army and the Hu had met privately to discuss the attack on Jin City.
An Guanglu still had lingering fears after being defeated by the Hu last time. He felt uneasy every day, afraid the Emperor would behead him in anger if he could not hold on.
Recently, the people in the city had been singing praises of the Wan family and stepping on the An family’s army. This made An Guanglu angry, so he naturally took this letter seriously.
That night, he led the soldiers to the location marked on the map and found the house for which Ji Shuisheng had made a secret signal. The soldiers surrounded the courtyard layer by layer. The people patrolling in the courtyard heard the sound and were alert. They loudly reported to their leader.
Hearing the shouts of the people in the courtyard, An Guanglu ordered his men to kick open the courtyard door and rush in. He found that the other party’s martial arts were powerful. He would not have been able to subdue them if he had not brought many soldiers with him. Ultimately, he only managed to capture them at the cost of heavy casualties.
The first thing An Guanglu did was pull open these people’s sleeves. He wanted to confirm whether these people were from the Wan Family Army and whether the letter last night was real or fake. The Wan Family Army had the word ‘Wan’ tattooed on their arms.
The inspection found a Wan symbol on their arms, whether it was the captured or the dead bodies. After confirming that they were all members of the Wan Family Army, An Guanglu broke out in cold sweat.
Fortunately, someone came to inform him last night. Otherwise, he wouldn’t even know how he died.
But they only found the Wan Family Army, not the Hu. Could it be that the Hu had already left after they met up? When do they plan to attack the city?
An Guanglu glanced at the Wan Family Army kneeling on the ground with a gloomy gaze but realized that these people didn’t put him in their eyes. They looked at him with disdain and anger but weren’t afraid.
An Guanglu gritted his teeth in hatred. He wanted to chop them all up.
However, he was much more intelligent than An Guangxing. He suppressed the killing intent in his heart. This was a confidential matter and could not be interrogated in the courtyard. An Guanglu ordered his men to bring these people into the house and press them to kneel on the ground. He sat on a chair and looked at them with a pleasant expression.
“Where’s the Hu you contacted? Hand them over, and I’ll spare your lives.”
The people from the Wan Family Army were stunned. They didn’t expect An Guanglu to know about this.
These people were also tough, gritting their teeth and not saying a word.
“Trying to be heroes? Do you think 1 will kill you? In your dreams, I will make you wish you were dead.”
The Wan Family Army looked at him disdainfully,
“If you want to kill us, do as you please.”
An Guanglu was so angry that his face turned red. The corners of his mouth curled up into a ferocious smile.
“Alright, I want to see how tough your bones are.”
After saying that, An Guanglu raised his voice and ordered his soldiers,
“Take them all away and clean up the corpses in the courtyard. Send a few people here to see if any Hu come to contact them?”
“Okay.”
The soldiers came over and gagged those people, then dragged them out of the house and into the carriage.
He found two black boxcars in the courtyard. They were tightly covered, and seeing the situation inside from the outside was impossible.
An Guanglu was even more certain that the Wan Family Army had secretly entered the city and that it was convenient for them to meet up with the Hu by not staying at the relay station.
An Guanglu looked at the two carriages and narrowed his eyes. He called his trusted aide over and ordered in a low voice,
“Seal the city immediately and search the entire city.”
An Guanglu had just ordered his trusted aides to lead troops to search the entire city when a subordinate ran over to report,
“Commander, the west wing is full of children.”
“Children?”
An Guanglu was stunned for a moment. Why did the Wan Family Army want a group of children? Seeing the anxious look in the eyes of the Wan Family Army soldiers, it seemed like those children were very important..
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