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37. With ulterior motives (9)

The guard stayed and continued to inquire about the situation. Tabu and He Rongjin took advantage of the night to quietly take out the town. Although Quezhu set up heavy troops in the town, it was really not worth mentioning for experts like He Rongjin and Tabu.

Tabu saw He Rongjin jumping with one foot and said worriedly: "General's legs..."

He Rongjin waved his hand and said, "No obstacle."

The mountains were several times darker than in the town. As soon as the two entered the mountains, they seemed to jump into a black sack and couldn't see their five fingers.

Tarbu was afraid that He Rongjin would follow him, so he hurriedly said, "General, follow him closely."

He Rongjin said: "It's okay if I listen to your footsteps."

Tabu then rushed forward with confidence.

After about half an hour, they had already penetrated deep into the abdomen of the mountain. He Rongjin suddenly pointed to a fire near the top of the mountain and said, "Is it there?"

Tabu's face changed: "No, but it's not far away! The king will never ignite the fire at midnight."

He Rongjin immediately understood what he meant and became anxious. He was about to urge him to rush to go when he heard a rumbling sound ahead, like the sound of a night walker rubbing against the branches and leaves.

He Rongjin hurriedly pulled Tabu and jumped onto the big tree next to him.

After a while, I saw a group of people walking out, as if searching for something, and soon walked towards the foot of the mountain.

Tabu said anxiously: "They must be looking for us!"

He Rongjin said: "But it must have not been found yet."

Ta preached: "You mean the king has not been found yet?"

He Rongjin said: "If they find it, they should be anxious to report it."

Ta sermon: "Why?"

He Rongjin pondered: "I guess, Quezhu already knows Que Shu's identity."

Tabu said in a lost voice: "King?"

He Rongjin pulled him off the tree and jumped off the tree, "Go away." In any case, the most important thing now is to see Que Shu. He has never been so uneasy, as if there was a dragon and tiger den shrouded in fog in front of him. He stayed in place, but had to watch Que Shu move forward step by step until the fog completely swallowed him.

They met two more groups of people while going up the mountain.

He Rongjin felt heavy in her heart.

Quezhu sent a large number of people to the mountain instead of the town, which shows that some clues were found. This mountain is not big and cannot withstand repeated searches. I am afraid that within two days, the place will be reversed. Que Shu must be sent out before Quezhu.

Seeing that the aura emanating from his body became colder and colder, Tabu was even more and more afraid to speak.

Tabu finally stopped in front of a cave.

He Rongjin frowned and said, "You are hiding here?" In such a big cave, Quezhu's men would have to be too blind to see it.

Tabu seemed to have thought of this problem, and said awkwardly: "When we came, the Turkic soldiers had not yet entered the mountain."

Seeing that the fire light not far away was extinguished, He Rongjin guessed that it might be the several waves of life fires that had just gone down the mountain, and whispered: "Go to the cave to see if Que Shu has left any clues, I'll go ahead and take a look."

"good."

He Rongjin waited until his figure completely penetrated into the hole before he walked forward carefully.

There was a small open space between the tree and the mountain wall, with burnt firewood on it. He walked to the firewood, squatted down and touched it, but there was still the remaining heat but not hot. It should have been the last group of people who were extinguished.

Looking back, one of the group of people he met in the end had a slightly higher martial arts than others, and almost discovered Tabu's Xingzang. If he hadn't used his palm wind to create a shaking sound of leaves to distract him, maybe he and Tabu would have been exposed at this time.

"No." Tabu came out of the hole.

He Rongjin said: "Let's look for it separately."

"King..." Tabu wanted to speak but stopped, and said for a moment: "Okay."

In fact, He Rongjin knew clearly what he wanted to say, but at this time they needed hope.

Walking up the mountain road, he kept scanning the sides, guessing where he might be hiding. There are many trees in the mountains, so it is not difficult to hide someone. For example, they had been hiding on the trees before and had not been discovered. It was not that the Turkic soldiers were lazy and did not want to search, but that there were thousands of trees. If they searched one by one, they would be exhausted before one third.

The injured foot stepped on a piece of gravel, and the pain spread from the leg bones, causing him to stop his steps. The moment he stopped, it seemed as if a slight breathing sounded and disappeared in a short while.

He Rongjin's heart moved and moved a few steps to the left.

The mountain road is narrow and the cliffs below are trees growing slanted. If you say you are hiding, this is an excellent place.

He thought about it and said in the Western Qiang language: "The one who defeated was the warrior, and the one who deliberately defeated was the coward." This sentence was what he said to him after Que Shu competed with King Min Min and deliberately lost to King Min Min in front of King Qiqi and Princess Yinling.

The wind blew from the side and the leaves whirl gently.

He Rongjin heard it for a long time without any movement. Just as he thought he had heard it wrong, a figure suddenly jumped up. Even though it was pitch black all around and he could only vaguely see the outline of the place, he still recognized the other person at a glance.

"Qishu." He finally felt relieved.

"What are you doing here?" a tone that was so cold that it could not be colder.

He Rongjin's body stiffened and didn't know how to answer.

Yes, what is he doing here? Que Shu couldn't take care of himself, and Quezhu let him go, which was a great opportunity for him to leave. Why did he get into the muddy water? But a voice in his heart quickly replied in a faint voice: He is a citizen of the Western Qiang, how could he watch the Turks plot to murder the Western Qiang King and sit idly?

Before Que Shu could wait for his answer, his breath became more and more gloomy and passed by him coldly.

He Rongjin sighed. The answer in his heart was so weak that he couldn't convince himself, but so what? Even if he couldn't think of a reason, he was already standing here, so why did he have to find a reason?

He followed Que Shu silently. After searching for a while, Tabu returned after searching for no results. He was startled when he heard the footsteps, and then recognized Que Shu and said excitedly: "Wang! I just saw the fire at the foot of the mountain, and I thought you..."

Que Shu said: "I lit the fire."

Ta preached: "Ah?"

Not only Tabu was surprised, but even He Rongjin frowned in disagreement. It was tantamount to telling the Turks that he was hiding here, how unwise it was!

Que Shu said: "There are four groups of people in total. We took advantage of the two groups of people to light the fire. Then we deliberately put some ate bird bones next to them. They thought someone had stolen food and blamed each other, so they naturally left it alone."

He Rongjin, in turn, thought about this issue from the standpoint of Turkic soldiers, and also felt that it was incredible that the person being searched ran out to light the fire and roasted the bird to eat. After thinking about it, it was indeed because other people were lazy and might be more likely to be lazy.

Ta preached: "Why should you take risks, king?"

He Rongjin explained: "He is reminding us." I think Que Shu had no choice but to force him at that time. Although Tabu was loyal and reliable, he was careless in his work. If he came back alone, he would be very likely to be discovered.

Ta preached: "The general came back with the wounded medicine, so let's go back to the cave first."

Que Shu turned around and entered the cave without saying a word.

Behind He Rongjin and they immediately knew why they chose to settle in this cave. First, the cave was very deep and actually ran through the north and south. If one end was blocked, it could still go out from the other end. Second, the cave was very tortuous and turned five turns in total. In this way, as long as the fire was ignited in the center of the cave, the fire would not be transmitted outside, which was a unique place to hide.

Tabu lit the fire, and Que Shu glanced at He Rongjin casually, and then was stunned.

He Rongjin was in a hurry to leave the town, and he was not as good as changing out of the old woman's outfit. Although the Turkic women's clothes were a bit heroic, no matter how heroic the skirt was, it was a skirt.

Tabu saw Que Shu staring at He Rongjin, and He Rongjin stared at the fire in embarrassment, and hurriedly rescued him: "The general is a last resort for extraordinary times."

He Rongjin felt that the face illuminated by the fire became even hotter.

Que Shu slowly withdrew his gaze and said as if he was ridiculous: "Qizhu is not good to you?"
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