Chapter 553: Risking Life |
Capital City early, early dropped entering night colors.
Following along the streets the shops didn't dare lighting lamps doing business. Upon the streets the walking people also lacked quite a lot.
Chen Ji upon the solitary quiet bluestone slab roads crazily sprinted. Wanting and desiring to grasp holding a single wisp of slightly loosening simply vanishing (fleeting) clues: Han Tong wasn't not meeting him. But instead already had seen passing him already. Merely the methods and styles of meeting him were even more secludedly hidden.
After Zhu Xiao clamped holding (kidnapping) him driving in circles. Once at a single location of a noisy market exchanged riding carriage frames.
During the exchange riding interval period. Zhu Xiao carrying Chen Ji pierced crossing a single room of a street side shop front. At the rear door location stopped and paused. The other party looking seemingly was waiting for the exchange riding horse carriage. Yet borrowed the opportunity asking him how he killed dropping Noble Consort Xue.
That time at Chen Ji's body side still possessed two named Canal Transport Guild men. This wasn't matters Zhu Xiao ought to ask. Also wasn't matters the Canal Transport Guild men were capable of listening to... Zhu Xiao was helping Han Tong ask.
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Right at that time Han Tong simply was at the side edges!
When Chen Ji thought through this single point. Simply thought through Han Tong's concealing body's lands... The other party simply hid inside that room of a shop front.
Chen Ji within crazily sprinting rapidly thought and searched every single clue: That time riding sitting the horse carriage. When the wooden wheels and the road surfaces received contacting (touching) issued out robustly hard crushing and pressing sounds. Ought to be upon the Outer City's main roads spreading possessing strip stones.
Capital City's roads by no means are flatly ordered. The used bricks and stones also possess un-identical (differences).
The Inner City's main roads mostly use grand block green-white stone bricks. Inside Alleys then mostly use small block stone bricks. The Outer City's road surfaces' distances and differences are even larger. In early years between several lines of main roads once spread passing giant type strip stones. Small roads then universally act as rammed earth road surfaces.
Horse carriage wooden wheels pressing upon strip stones or else upon rammed earth. Extremely easily divided and discerned.
The Outer City's spreading strip stones' main roads possess which somewhat? The Xuanwu Gate Avenue Official nobles frequently walked. The Guangning Gate foreign envoys entering Jing (the Capital) must walk. The Zhengyang Gate Avenue Emperor Ning sacrificing to the Altar of Mountains and Rivers must walk. Only possesses these three lines.
Is which single line within them?
Before exchanging carriages. Chen Ji once inside the horse carriage smelled arriving at densely fierce cow dung smell. When entering the shop... still once smelled arriving passing thickly heavy grain oil (sesame oil) smells and flavors.
Is Guangning Gate that side.
Zhengyang Gate Avenue adjoins neighboring the Eight Great Hutongs. Facing the streets the two flanks' renting gold (rent) is highly surging. Mostly acting as locations of wine shops. Lacking grain oil shops.
Xuanwu Gate Avenue possesses the Five Wards Military and Police Department guarding on duty. Again is roads Official nobles frequently walk. Although possessing cow dung smell but not arriving at densely fierce.
Only remaining descending Guangning Gate.
Within the night colors long streets. Chen Ji straightly sprinted to Guangning Gate. This place still possesses daytime's not yet clearly ordered (cleaned) cow dung. Arriving at the night inside still identically dispersing emitting thickly heavy grass stinking smell.
Chen Ji stood at Guangning Gate. Toward the city center looking over: Vegetable Market Avenue, Livestock Market Street, Pig Market Mouth. Three lines of roads heads and tails mutually linking. Continuous strings extending stretching for several lis of lands to go.
This line of main road upon. Facing the street shops solely acting as selling grain oil simply possesses twenty-seven households. Han Tong's concealing body's grain oil shop is which single household? Chen Ji universally could not a single household over a single household breaking doors.
At this time. Chen Ji a single path lowered his head searching looking passing over. Farthest finally at Livestock Market Street's a single household grain oil shop doors front standing fixed. He lifted his head looking at the sign board "Zhang Note Grain Oil (Zhang's Grain Oil)".
Simply is this household.
When suffering monging (covering) his head entering the shop. He once falsely intentionally upon the door sill tripped a single stumble. Truly (Actually) then borrowing this to cover and protect using Sword Seed upon the door sill leaving descending a single path of mark and sign.
Chen Ji deeply deeply inhaled a mouthful of air. Lifting his hand knocking doors.
Dong-dong-dong.
Inside the doors lacking people responding.
Chen Ji stood outside the doors with an intimately calm complexion. But he seemingly could feelingly receive Han Tong had already arrived coming to the door edges. Precisely separated by the door boards quietly focusedly staring at him.
Chen Ji opened his mouth speaking saying: "Guild Master Han. This subordinate a single person came."
After a moment. The grain oil shop struck opening a single line of crevice. Inside the duskily dark shop. Han Tong's head austerely coldly looking at him: "Zhu Xiao huh?"
Chen Ji's face didn't alter colors: "Died. I killed him."
Han Tong's eyes slightly squinted rising: "Killed Zhu Xiao. Still daring a single person coming to meet me?"
Chen Ji calmly said: "This subordinate with sincere heart with Guild Master Han consults discussing how to manage rescues of Commandery Princess Baili. Guild Master Han drove and used Zhu Xiao to kill me. Me killing him also is what logic determines to be proper."
Han Tong within the door crevices austerely said: "You don't fear dying?"
Chen Ji congealed his gaze (stared) at his eyes: "If I uniquely feared dying. Simply would not reliably come to Capital City. Guild Master Han. I don't owe you anything. You no need to be this similarly aggressively pressing upon people. I previously at Luo City using you to lead opening (divert) Jiao Tu, Yun Yang was for the sake of rescuing the Commandery Princess. That is what you acting as a father owe the Commandery Princess. Not me owing you."
Han Tong remained silent for a moment: "If you possess abilities to rescue her. She also wouldn't be in Jingyang Palace already."
This single time rotating arriving at Chen Ji remaining silent already. Han Tong by no means knew he had already rescued exiting the Prince Heir. Merely lacked a tiny bit simply rescued exiting Bai Li already. Han Tong also didn't know how he a single path walked arriving at Capital City. He universally could not speak of it.
After a long time. Chen Ji opened his mouth: "This single time definitely capable."
Han Tong coldly smiled: "You this single time again how capable of solidly determining (being certain of) rescuing her coming out? I again how capable of Trusting you haven't with the Eunuch Faction jointly linked hands?"
Chen Ji sincerely saying: "Guild Master Han although cautious and careful. But if I with the Eunuch Faction jointly linked hands. Right now you had already suffered troops and horses surrounding rising up already. No need to anew with you speak waste words. Here is Capital City. Trying to ask... if the Secret Spy Division Zodiacs uniformly arrived. Guild Master Han possesses how many portions of grasping passing (certainty) to escape departing?"
Han Tong stood inside the door crevices carefully measuring and assessing Chen Ji's spirit expression. Desiring to divide and discern whether Chen Ji possessed or didn't possess spoken lies.
He again quietly listened to the wind sounds inside the night colors. Farthest finally his spirit expression unhurried and harmonized (softened) a few portions: "I temporarily ask you. Is who at Palace of Compassion and Tranquility indulging (setting) the fire? Again is who at beneath the Trouble-Resolving Guards' eyelid bottoms killing to death Noble Consort Xue? This matter passing uniquely strange and bizarre. The Practitioner of viciousness (perpetrator) inside Palace of Assisting the Earth even a single foot print universally hadn't left descending. By arriving at even the Trouble-Resolving Guards universally unable to investigate exiting half a point of clues and edges. If it wasn't the Trouble-Resolving Guards helping you. How capable of doing arriving at it? Is it difficult not succeeding it's the Empress's souls and (spirits) taking Noble Consort Xue killing her?"
Chen Ji with sudden realization. Originally it was when Wu Yun killed Noble Consort Xue the hand segments (methods) excessively uniquely ghostly strange. By arriving at Han Tong however universally unable to think through it. Only capable of taking this matter attributing knotting upon the Trouble-Resolving Guards' bodies upon.
He shook and shook his head: "Guild Master Han. You no need to know how I killed her. I killing her... also merely was for the sake of certifying and proving I possess the assets and models (qualifications) of with you jointly linking hands."
Han Tong inspected viewing Chen Ji: "According to what I know. You and Bai Li mutually acquainted un-passing (only) several months. Why willing to discard your life to rescue her?"
Chen Ji pondered and conjectured for a long time: "Carving a Mark on a Boat to Find a Lost Sword."
Han Tong puzzlingly: "Carving a Mark on a Boat to Find a Lost Sword?"
In the next moment. Chen Ji bystanders identical to lacking people (as if no one was there) squeezed opening the door crevices heading inside walking to go. Han Tong's face complexion a single cold. Farthest finally hadn't moved hands (acted). Merely reverse hands taking the doors mutually shutting.
Chen Ji found a sheet of chair sitting down: "Guild Master Han. This single time reaching the bottom was who leaked and walked wind sounds (spilled secrets)? Why would possessing people lifting to the front know of the Canal Transport Guild at searching for a person with appearance mutually resembling Commandery Princess Baili?"
Han Tong at his opposite-facing location sat down: "Was my Canal Transport Guild Four Beams and Eight Pillars's single one. Bian Xiang. Yesterday already killed."
Inside the duskily dark room only possessed Han Tong and Chen Ji two people. Chen Ji suddenly asked saying: "The royal court why must arrest you?"
Han Tong drew exiting a single grip of Short Blade. At his finger tips rubbing and petting: "Canal Transport Guild assisting masses ten-plus ten thousands. Nobody is willing for lying couches' side edges to possess this sort of a single piece of massive identically to a grand entity."
Chen Ji shook his head: "Not enough."
Using the Inner Chancellor's hand segments (methods). Desiring to identically resembling spring winds transforming rain (subtly and gently) collapsing and dissolving the Canal Transport Guild. Doesn't necessitate using Han Tong's nature and life. Even the Liu Family universally collapsed dropping already. Collapsing and dissolving the Canal Transport Guild won't compared to collapsing and dissolving the Liu Family be even more difficult.
Han Tong again spoke saying: "Chen, Xu two families' exiting the sea's cargoes matters (goods) universally must first cross passing the transport river to only then be capable of resisting arriving at ports and mouths. Pincering restricting stopping the Canal Transport Guild. Also simply pincers restricting stops the Chen Family and Xu Family already."
Chen Ji once again shook his head: "Still as before is not enough."
Overseas trading and commerce although capable of snatching and taking a grandly measuring white silver (large quantities of silver). But still comparing not passing Firearms modifying and improving's heavy and vital nature.
Han Tong in a cold voice said: "This also not enough, that also not enough. You reaching the bottom desire to ask what?"
Chen Ji in a congealed voice asked saying: "You know or don't know the Heirloom Seal of the Realm's dropping falling (whereabouts)?"
Han Tong a single freeze: "From not yet possessing seen passing it."
"Genuinely?"
"Genuinely."
Chen Ji also pieced puzzlingly rising up. That positioned witheredly sitting Trouble-Resolving Tower several ten years' Inner Chancellor. Catching Han Tong arriving at the bottom was for the sake of what? Was accumulating plotting already for a long time. Or else arriving upon the time raising intents (spontaneous)?
Is it difficult not succeeding (could it be) good fields increasing production, Firearms modifying and improving in the other party's heart inside genuinely a single point universally not heavily vital?
Inside the grain oil shop lengthily and longly remaining silently remaining. Only possessing several paired mosquito bugs fanning moving wings issuing out weng-weng echoing sounds.
Han Tong in a submerged voice asked saying: "You say possessing methods to rescue Bai Li. Arriving at the bottom how to rescue?"
Chen Ji lifted his head looking at Han Tong within the black dark. The hands placed upon his knee covers slowly gripped tightly turning into fists: "Use your life to head to exchange."
Inside a momentary blink of time. Within the black dark seemingly as if possessing a single root of tautly tightened string. From the empty air (air) within brutally slowing executing (cutting) and passing. All mosquito bugs universally lost their sounds. Dropping upon the ground upon.
Han Tong coldly smiled: "Pre-Heaven Realm's Practitioner. Coming to my face front seeking death?"
Chen Ji in a light voice said: "You all are willing to wait for the Commandery Princess to resist arriving at Annan after anew rescuing her. I am not willing. Now possessing people wanting me to use your life. Heading to exchange Bai Li's life. I cannot unexpectedly (have no choice but to) exchange. Guild Master Han. I possess my plans. I today will take you escorting entering the Inner Prison going to exchange the Commandery Princess. Waiting until the Commandery Princess recovers a free body. I anew rescue you coming out."
Han Tong's finger bellies' cocoons (calluses) upon the blade edge repeatedly rubbing and sliding. Issuing out seeping people (bone-chilling) echoing sounds: "The Baron of Wuxiang County plans how to rescue me?"
Chen Ji shook his head: "Cannot speak of it."
The sounds upon Han Tong's hands stopped dropping: "If you possess abilities to rescue me exiting the Inner Prison. Then you early on could take Bai Li rescuing coming out already. Un-passing (merely) is coaxing and deceiving me to bind my hands simply being caught's spoken words that's all."
Chen Ji solidly determinably said: "Guild Master Han set down your heart. I definitely will rescue you coming out. Rescuing you compares to rescuing the Commandery Princess as simple."
Han Tong's body slightly frontally titled: "If I uniquely say it works not huh?"
In the next moment. Chen Ji suddenly violently rose his body frontally pouncing.
Han Tong's hand center Short Blade horizontally cleaving and coming. Chen Ji actually stretched out his left hand gripping holding the other party's blade edge. Spelling carrying (risking) bone-carving injuries. A single fist striking beating at the other party's belly department.
But this single of a fist was unable to drop upon Han Tong's body upon.
Han Tong exerted strength drawing the blade. Toward the rear withdrawing exiting a single step hiding passing a single fist. But Chen Ji deadly, deadly gripping the blade un-loosening. His body actually followed Han Tong ascending frontwards a single step. Concurrently his fingers pointing the sword.
He falsely disguised Zhang Xia using Cloud-Covering Sword Qi's models and appearances. Within the black dark driving and using Sword Seed piercing center Han Tong's large thigh.
Han Tong's heart inside a single frighten. Thunder-resembling a single foot took him kicking opening. A Path-Seeking Realm Practitioner's this single foot immediately establishing kicked severing Chen Ji's three roots of rib bones. Chen Ji again also unable to grip hold the blade edge. His body backwards flying exiting going crashing disastrously the wooden buckets storing grain foods.
Chen Ji used his arms supporting upon the ground. Slowly delaying fighting (standing) rising his body vomiting exiting a single mouthful of blood coming.
Han Tong lowered his head looking toward his large thigh's blood flowing identical to pouring. Tearing opening a single line of clothing hem bundling binding holding the wound stopping the blood: "Body hands possess increasing entering (improvement). But not enough. Small kid. Desiring to with me risk life. You possess how many lines of lives capable of risking?"
At lands Han Tong couldn't see arriving at. Chen Ji's waist ribs interval the second line of Striped Marks gradually lightened to go. His hand upon's wound turning an instant healed conforming. The snapped dropping rib bones also a single root over a single root joining continuing at residing together.
Chen Ji used his hand back wiping and wiping the blood traces upon his mouth: "Possessing how many lines simply risking how many lines."
(End of this chapter)