The sky was slightly overcast, and the autumn wind was solemn. A few leaves from elsewhere were carried by the cold wind, passing through the courtyard.
Fang Yunxiao has been staying here for several days, and every day when the sky is light, he gets up to practise his martial arts skills without stopping.
To outsiders, Yuan Buwei called him a newly recruited employee.
Although it was not explained, Fang Yunxiao gradually realised that he seemed to have a lot of talent in practising martial arts. Regardless of the martial arts techniques, he often mastered them immediately.
Knowing this, it further fueled his enthusiasm for learning martial arts. He studied and practised diligently every day, in just a few days, although his true Qi is not yet adequate, relying solely on his newly practised wu gong, he can already win against those third rate experts in the Jianghu.
Apart from guiding Fang Yunxiao with a few moves, Yuan Buwei did not do anything and lived a life of retirement in advance.
He still remembers that his current persona is the ‘Young master Yan of the escort bureau’, who has not yet avenged his past grudges, possesses secret treasures, commits major crimes, is coveted by the world, and is slightly scheming.
Thoroughly immersing his thinking with this character, he learned that the famous God catcher Zhou Qinghe was also in the city of Anyang. In addition, the recent incident of the Chiyang Gang that he had committed was also noticed by the other party in this situation. How could the ’Young master Yan of the escort bureau’ be so calm? He should be frightened in his heart, and wanted to leave this dangerous place desperately.
Since the ‘Young master Yan of the escort bureau’ should have tried every means to leave, so Yuan Buwei also acted like this.
At this time when Yuan Buwei was seriously contemplating his character setting, on the other hand, the God catcher Zhou Qinghe, who was widely respected by people in the Jianghu, was also analysing the thoughts of ’Young master Yan of the escort bureau’:
“After the past few days, Young master Yan of the escort bureau should have realised that the city of Anyang has become a dangerous place. If he can’t find an opportunity to escape, he will be found sooner or later.”
Since Zhou Qinghe publicly exposed the Jinghong Saber Technique, there have been turbulent undercurrents inside and outside Anyang.
There is already a group of people around the city gate, secretly blocking the entire city of Anyang. Anyone who wants to leave the city will inevitably be unable to escape their inspection.
And some people in the city began to search around quietly, investigating the recent arrival of unfamiliar faces. And kept narrowing the circle layer by layer, so that they would find him sooner or later.
As Zhou Qinghe thought, ‘Yan Feichi’ , a big living person, if he cannot escape before being found, there will be no chance of escape.
And under such a tight search, the people who still have the ability to help him out of the city are a few families.
Zhou Qinghe followed this train of thought and lightly tapped the folding fan in his hand onto the table, smiling confidently.
He looked at the representatives of many forces who had been summoned together, and said loudly: “Everyone be vigilant of the people going out of the city recently, you must beware of strangers sneaking in halfway, or using fake identities. Regardless of the means, just know that the other party’s purpose is definitely to leave Anyang. Even if there is no change in the past few days, it doesn’t matter, the more time passes, the more anxious the Young master Yan of the escort bureau should be.”
Since Zhou Qinghe said so, everyone felt that it was reasonable and immediately followed suit.
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Unexpectedly, in the middle of the night, news quietly spread to Zhou Qinghe.
“Catcher Zhou really has divine strategy and wonderful planning, and what you predicted is not wrong.” The person who came to pass the news first praised Zhou Qinghe exaggeratedly and then explained the purpose of coming, “As predicted by catcher Zhou, there is indeed movement. It is the Bai merchant’s.”
Someone bribed a manager of the Bai merchant’s, attempting to bring an additional batch of goods to fish in troubled waters in two days. As for whether there will be additional people among the goods by then, it’s unknown.
Such a small matter is not surprising if it were usual. If Zhou Qinghe hadn’t asked everyone to pay attention from early on, Bai er ye wouldn’t have taken it to heart. But now, it has become a possible clue. After peeling the cocoon, he found the person hidden the deepest.
Zhou Qinghe put away the iron fan, stood up, and calmly smiled, “It seems it’s time to meet this Young master Yan of the escort bureau. I’m is really curious about him
It was already late autumn, and a sudden cold wave came overnight, resulting in sudden cold weather. A thin layer of frost condensed on the eaves.
Fang Yunxiao got up early as usual before opening the door of the small courtyard and immediately saw two uninvited guests.
“Chi gongzi, no, it should be Chi gongzi1 right. Yan Feichi, young master Yan of the escort bureau, you have deceived me so badly.”
The chubby man walked in with a smile and turned his gaze from Fang Yunxiao to Yuan Buwei who appeared in the courtyard, and he was still spinning a green jade ring on his left hand.
His gaze towards Yuan Buwei flickered with brilliance, as if looking at a gold mine, and his smile was very kind.
“The Bai merchants were an old friend of the Jiangnan Escort Bureau back then. With the friendship between our two families, why would my virtuous nephew cover up his identity that day? You could come straight to the Bai merchants as a guest. Our Bai merchants will definitely clean up a room to welcome you.”
Yuan Buwei was only stunned at the beginning, and his face quickly returned to normal. He didn’t panic and said, “Bai er ye is here. Why didn’t you tell us in advance, this humble abode is so simple and we couldn’t even prepare a cup of hot tea.”
As for the title of ‘virtuous nephew’, even if he were Yan Feichi now, he would not recognize it.
As he spoke, he turned around and instructed Fang Yunxiao, who was still stunned at the door, “Go to Deqin room and cook some side dishes, and bring two jugs of wine by the way, I want to catch up with old friends.”
“This”
Yuan Bu frowned slightly, and his dark eyes looked at him without hesitation, and said unceremoniously, “Go quickly.”
“Yes, this lowly one is going now.”
Fang Yunxiao met his gaze, it was unknown what he had realised by himself, as he suddenly bowed his waist, responded timidly, and ran out in a panic.
Although he had learned some martial arts skills, he had only been practising for a few days, and his true qi was almost non-existent. Seeing this man’s sloppy footsteps and frightened contenance, Bai er ye and his companions and didn’t bother to pay attention to such an insignificant person. They lifted their feet and walked inside.
The gate of the courtyard had been heavily closed at some point, causing a cold breeze and the atmosphere around it to be eerie.
Until a cough broke the silence.
The young man covered his mouth and let out a piercing cough. His bloodless face was paler than the thin white clothes on him, which made him look fragile.
“It seems that Young master Yan’s injury has not healed yet. The fire in his home should have been set by Tianyi Pavilion. Young master Yan was able to escape from Tianyi Pavilion and kill three Purple Clothes. You are truly a remarkable young master Yan.”
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Bai er ye remembered being fooled around the previous time and felt ashamed. At this moment, he couldn’t help but speak up and reveal the truth of the matter, still smiling and looking at Yuan Buwei.
“It was just a fluke.”
The young man slowly lowered his hand, his gaze slowly swept over the two of them, and finally fell on the other person who came in after Bai erye. He looked at him from beginning to end and hesitated, saying, “This is…”
The man in grey, who had been silently observing, took a step forward and gently opened the iron fan, saying, “It was impolite of Zhou to come uninvited.”
The young man’s gaze trembled noticeably, and his tone was relatively calm. “So it is Zhou Qinghe, God catcher,” he said.”
“Young master Yan of the escort bureau has good eyesight, it is Zhou.”
Upon hearing his acquiesce words, the young man was noticeably silent for a moment before showing a relaxed smile and saying, “You two, come this way.”
The three of them sat down at the stone table in the courtyard and calmly brewed a pot of tea. The two were not in a hurry, and Zhou Qinghe even boasted:
“Young master Yan has great composure. Do you know how many people in Jianghu are looking for you now?”
Yuan Buwei’s hands paused, and suddenly he asked in a harsh voice, “How did God catcher Zhou find me?”
Seeing that he was clearly unresigned, Zhou Qinghe regained his composure and knocked the iron fan onto the table, saying, “It was not difficult.”
“On that day, I explored the Jiangnan Escort Agency and followed the trail of the Tianyi Pavilion assassin all the way.” He seemed willing to show off his amazing detective skills, bringing all the information he had seen along the way and mentioning the bodies of three purple clad people he had seen outside the temple.
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