Lin'an Never Night

Chapter 471 The Turtle Stuck on the Threshold

On Abu's side, the warrior walking in front maintained a normal speed.

As he walked, his body was swaying slightly, and he looked drunk.

With a smile on his face, his eyes passed Yang Yuan's table and looked further away.

He looked like he was about to pass by Yang Yuan and the others and toast to someone.

However, as he got closer, the smile on his face began to become stiff, and his eyes drooped quietly, focusing his attention on Yang Yuan.

Yang Yuan sat on a low bench and turned his head to talk to someone.

This left his neck exposed, which was a good place to cut.

With just one cut, there would be one more dish on the table - a fresh human head.

The warrior's right hand subconsciously reached for the knife slanted at his waist.

At this moment, Yang Yuan's hands were empty and a wine bowl flew up, spinning.

The initial velocity of the wine bowl did not seem to be fast, but after spinning in the air for a moment, it suddenly "jumped".

The next moment, a wine bowl suddenly appeared in front of the warrior who was staring at Yang Yuan as he walked past.

He had no time to react before the wine bowl hit him hard between the eyebrows.

"Snapped!"

The rough pottery wine bowl was smashed to pieces, the warrior's brow suddenly caved in, and his eyes instantly looked inward, as if they had become cross-eyed.

He didn't even have time to scream before he fell on his back.

The warriors behind had been ready for action. Although Yang Yuan's sudden attack was beyond their expectations, they still reacted immediately.

Wine bowls were thrown onto the table where Yang Yuan was sitting.

They then rushed forward with their swords drawn.

Yang Yuan pushed away a wine bowl that was leaning towards Yingge, grabbed her wrist, and pulled her up.

"Be careful, stand back."

Yang Yuan instructed Yingge and held her hand, as if they were dancing.

As his body spun and turned, his feet hooked and kicked, and the bench swept towards the fastest warrior.

The bench is not very big, made of locust wood, hard and heavy.

"what!"

The warrior let out a scream and his calf was broken by the bench.

He rushed forward and hit his head on the table.

When he pushed down, the cups, plates, and bowls on the other half of the table flew into the air.

Yu Fengxian and Yang Xuance jumped up suddenly.

Although they didn't know what was happening, they knew what they should do at this moment.

Seeing a group of people rushing towards them with knives raised, the two men immediately drew their knives and went to meet them.

Yang Xuance stepped directly on the back of the person who fell on the table.

He pressed his toes hard on the back of the hapless warrior's neck and pressed down hard.

There was a crisp "click" sound under his feet, but no one heard it amid the chaos of shouting and exclamations.

But the warrior whose head was buried in a pot of pheasant and mushroom stew never raised his face again.

When the people on the opposite side started fighting, the warriors on A'man's side threw away their wine bowls and drew their swords.

"Take our girl and that man away, the tall and handsome one who is holding the girl's hand. Don't hurt him, quickly."

When Ah Man saw Yu Fengxian and Yang Xuance rushing forward to fight with A Bu's men, she couldn't help but be overjoyed.

She immediately ordered several warriors to carry out the original plan and kidnap the girl and her husband.

"Dang Dang Dang!"

As soon as Li You drew out his sword, he swung it towards the two warriors who were rushing towards Ah Man.

While knocking their blades apart, Li You kicked one of the warriors in the middle.

Yang Yuan was slightly surprised when he saw Li You standing in front of him at the right time.

Don't judge a book by its cover. I thought this guy could be the captain of Li Taigong's guard just because his last name is Li.

Unexpectedly, this person's skills are even better than the mighty and tall Yu Fengxian and Yang Xuance.

Yang Yuan immediately protected Yingge and retreated.

The scene was in chaos, and guests at other tables jumped up one after another.

Yang Yuan was worried that there might be people from the other party among the guests, so he was extra careful.

As soon as the battle started, the people from the Chanchun tribe who had been lying in ambush in advance, as well as the guards brought by Xianxing tribe leader Fu Jinzhan, immediately rushed to the main table, stood in front of the table, and surrounded them.

But these people were all facing outwards, with swords drawn in their hands, obviously wanting to protect them.

Li Taigong stood up suddenly. Seeing this, his face turned pale and he asked in a deep voice, "What are you going to do? Do Chanchun and Xianxing want to annihilate our clan?"

Ling Ge said quickly: "Mr. Li, please don't misunderstand. Our people are here to protect you, the distinguished guests. We have no ill intentions."

Fu Jinzhan also hurriedly explained to the elders of the Second King at the table.

Ling Ge said: "Grandpa Li, I just wanted to ask you to spare a moment to talk. Actually, I just wanted to explain this matter to you. They..."

Ling Ge pointed at the two parties who were fighting and quickly explained, "They are from the Wugulun family. They were ordered to kill Scholar Yang and take back their daughter."

Fu Jinzhan then said, "The people on the other side are also from the Wugulun family, but the orders they received are different. They want to capture Scholar Yang as well."

Ling Ge said: "The Wugulun family is powerful and we in the Chanchun tribe cannot afford to offend them.

So, Ling Ge originally wanted to turn a blind eye.

Since Grandpa Li has given us such a good opportunity, Ling Ge is not someone who doesn't know what is good for him. I wanted to tell Grandpa the truth just now, but I didn't expect them to act so quickly. "

Fu Jinzhan quickly added: "Really, Mr. Li, I can testify for him. Ling Gemei is blind."

After listening to what the two said, Li Taigong thought about how they were eager to tell him a "secret" just now, and believed that they were indeed moved by the benefits he offered, so they decided to stand on his side.

However, if Yang Yuan died here, would they still have a chance to get military supplies from the Song State?
Li Taigong immediately said: "I don't have the chance to give you.

He, Mr. Yang, is your God of Wealth!

But if he dies here, haha, I guarantee that you won’t even be able to stay in Dun’en City.

If you want to live, escape to the bare-butt mountain over there and become a savage."

Fu Jinzhan became anxious when she heard this, and hurriedly said, "We were just about to confess the truth to Taigong, and we did it together with you, Li Taigong."

Ling Ge drew his dagger and rushed towards the fighting, shouting as he ran, "Get out of the way! Master Yang, I, Ling Ge, am here to save you!"

On Yang Yuan's side, Li You swung his sword up and down, resisting the enemy in front of him.

The other people brought by A Man started fighting with A Bu who rushed over quickly.

Upon seeing this, Ah Man immediately dodged quietly.

There was chaos everywhere, and it was difficult to distinguish between friend and foe. Many people could only dodge and watch.

Ah Man lurked among them and quietly approached Ying Ge.

Ah Man has a petite figure and when she dresses like a man, she looks like a teenager.

Therefore, no one suspected that she was an accomplice of one of the gangs and even the leader.

Ah Man successfully reached Ying Ge. At this time, Yang Yuan and Ying Ge were standing hand in hand, and Yang Yuan even half-wrapped his arm around Ying Ge to protect her.

Ah Man thought, although my girl was given to him as a slave, it seems now that her heart is truly with him.

So, as long as I can control Yang Yuan, the girl will come with me obediently, right?
Ah Man thought about it and quietly stuck it on.

Ah Man and Yang Yuan have the cutest height difference. The top of her head barely reaches Yang Yuan's shoulders, and her mouth only reaches Yang Yuan's chest.

With her body shape, if she wanted to cover Yang Yuan's mouth and put the knife to Yang Yuan's neck, she could only jump up and clamp Yang Yuan's waist with her legs.

So, she sneaked over, suddenly flashed forward from Yingge's side and back, and put a short dagger against Yang Yuan's lower back.

"Don't move, follow me!" Ah Man Jiao shouted.

In Ah Man's mind, Yang Yuan is still the sweet-talking and capable little Suo Huan.

In her opinion, Yang Yuan's skills were average, but he was quite smart.

So she felt that it would be easy for her to control Yang Yuan.

Yingge felt sweet in her heart as Yang Yuan held her hand and helped her to avoid all dangers.

Because of the arrow that her elder brother wanted to shoot at her in front of the two armies, Yingge's mind is now particularly sensitive.

She cares a lot about how her loved ones react to her when danger comes.

Now Ah Man suddenly rushed to the side and back of Yang Yuan and held Yang Yuan with a knife. Ying Ge could not help but get furious and shouted: "Ah Man, do you want to die?"

Yang Yuan smiled at Ah Man and said, "Ah Man, you told me not to move, but you also told me to go with you. So should I stay still or go with you?"

Ah Man said nervously: "Don't be so slick, my knife is very sharp."

Ah Man turned to look at Ying Ge again and explained, "Miss, this is the order of the mistress, what can I do?

You should come back with me. The mistress doesn't want to kill Yang Yuan."

Yang Yuan suddenly reached behind his right shoulder with his left hand, turned his body slightly, and grabbed Ah Man by the back of her collar.

"Eh!"

Ah Man screamed and her petite body flew up.

Yang Yuan gave her a big spin and threw her from behind his shoulder to in front of him.

Just as Ah Man's body was in the air, Yang Yuan's right foot kicked towards the empty space she had left.

A warrior who pounced from behind Ah Man was kicked back by Yang Yuan and smashed a wine table.

Ah Man landed steadily on the ground and stood there in shock, still holding her dagger in her hand.

Her knife was not unsheathed.

Ah Man never thought of actually using a knife on Yang Yuan, she just wanted to take him away.

If she really pulled out the knife, and Yang Yuan overreacted in the chaos and bumped into her knife, wouldn't that be hard to explain?
But how did Yang Yuan know that I didn't draw my sword? Did he see me already?

Ah Man was quite puzzled by this. If Yang Yuan was not sure that her sword was not unsheathed, he would not have taken such a risky action.

"Ah!" Just as he thought of this, Ah Man suddenly felt a chill on his chest. He looked down and immediately let out a high-pitched scream.

She quickly raised her hands to cover her chest, her face flushed with embarrassment.

Yang Yuan just swung her body, and her collar opened, revealing a touch of pink skin underneath. However, she didn't notice it because she had calmed down a little.

Seeing this, Yang Yuan quickly passed on the blame, pushed Ah Man into Yingge's arms, and said, "Keep an eye on her."

Ah Man rushed into Ying Ge's arms, and then his hands were empty, and the dagger was taken away by Yang Yuan.

Yang Yuan turned his back to the two of them, holding a dagger, and looked at the two sides in the melee.

Li You came over with the bloody knife in hand and stood on Yang Yuan's flank.

Although Li You disliked Yang Yuan, he was very clear about how important this person was to them and would not let Yang Yuan suffer any loss.

The mission that Ah Man accepted was not to kill Yang Yuan. After discovering that Ah Man was captured, the remaining four people formed a formation and retreated to one side, no longer joining the melee.

As a result, Abu's men were quickly chopped down one by one, and in the end he was the only one left, with injuries on his body. Seeing that the mission had no chance of success, Abu threw down the knife in despair.

There was no need to resist at this point.

If you lay down your weapons now, you still have a chance to survive. If you continue to resist, you will only die.

Yu Fengxian and Yang Xuance rushed over quickly and captured him from the left and right.

Yang Xuance untied his belt and tied him up skillfully.

Seeing this, the four remaining people on Ah Man's side simply threw down their weapons and allowed others to tie them up.

Abu and A'man were pushed in front of Li Taigong and others.

Ling Ge and Fu Jinzhan explained in public how they were entrusted by others to allow people from the Ugur family to infiltrate their entourage.

Having come to this point, Abu and A'man stopped resisting and explained the missions they had each accepted.

Li Taigong looked at Yang Yuan and said, "Master Yang, these two groups are coming for you. What do you think we should do?"

Yang Yuan walked forward slowly and said, "I am invited by Grandpa Tai to go to the capital. As a guest, I should follow the host's wishes."

Li Taigong said: "The guest should follow the host's wishes. That is Mr. Yang's modesty and courtesy. How can we, the Jurchens, not know how to entertain guests?"

Li Taigong looked at Ling Ge and Fu Jinzhan, and said with a fake smile: "I wonder what the two Bojins have to say?"

Ling Ge hesitated for a moment, then smiled and said, "Ling Ge, I'll leave it to Mr. Li to make the decision."

Li Taigong smiled and nodded, saying, "Okay! I am also a guest here, you two Bojins.

Mr. Yang respects me as the host. How can I, at my age, be ignorant of etiquette and take the place of the host in front of you two?

Since the two Bojins don't want to make this decision, then don't make it too difficult."

Grandpa Li turned to the elders of the Erwang family and said, "Everyone, let's go back to the boat now.

Let's rest in Dun'en City for one night. Tomorrow we will land on the north bank and return to Shangjing."

The elders of the Erwang family nodded in agreement.

Grandpa Li bowed slightly to Ling Ge and Fu Jinzhan, and said with a smile: "Thank you two for your hospitality today. I will take my leave now."

Li Taigong turned around, waved his hand to Li You and the others, and said, "Take all the people from the Wugulun family with you, and let's go."

"Emperor Li, please stay!"

An elder of the Chanchun tribe panicked and rushed forward to stop Li Minghe.

He stamped his feet and said to Ling Ge in a rage, "Gezi, what are you thinking about? Say something!"

Ling Ge said with a bitter face: "Fourth Uncle, you...what do you want me to say?"

His fourth uncle flew into a rage, his face flushed and his neck thick as he asked, "What did you say?

We are now cutting off our eggs for offering as sacrifice, which is extremely painful and offends the gods.

You are in front of our Chanchun tribe's family, what should you say?"

Another older elder from the Chanchun tribe shook his white beard and said slowly:

"Indeed, let's not talk about what happened before.

The turtle is stuck on the threshold, and it will fall down if it moves forward or backward. We have no choice!
So, we will deal with whichever side finds us first.

But now it’s different, Gezi, Master Li and Master Yang are going to give us a great fortune!”

The old man looked at Ling Ge and said seriously: "Shouldn't we show the sincerity of the Chanchun tribe?

How can people believe you if you don't show any sign of it?
Isn't that burning leaves at the grave? Are you trying to fool the ghost?
Why do you ask others to give you such overwhelming wealth?"

Ling Ge blushed. He looked at the two elders, then at several other elders from the Chanchun tribe. He saw that they all looked earnest and had obviously made the decision to side with Li Taigong.

Ling Ge gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice: "Okay! Master Li, today I, Ling Ge, will represent the Chanchun tribe to express our sincerity to you and Master Yang!"

Ling Ge strode forward and with a "clang", he drew out his long sword.

Abu's eyes narrowed and he shouted in horror: "Ling Ge, what do you want to do? I am Wu..."

"kill!"

Ling Ge stabbed with the long knife, and it went straight into Abu's heart.

As their eyes met, Ling Ge's gaze became fierce, and he twisted the hand that was clenched on the handle of the knife fiercely, then suddenly pulled out the knife.

Blood suddenly gushed out of Abu's chest and his heart was crushed.

Abu opened his eyes wide, his body swayed a few steps, and he opened his mouth, but without even saying a word, he fell heavily to the ground with a "thump".

Ling Ge turned around, the muscles on his cheek twitched a few times, then he clasped his fists towards Li Taigong and Yang Yuan.

"So, could this prove Ling's sincerity?"

Li Taigong smiled and nodded, "Okay, Ling Bojin, since you have expressed your feelings, I can assure you that we can definitely cooperate, and you will never regret your choice today."

Ling Ge forced a smile.

He still felt uneasy, but he had no choice.

Either they offend both sides, although the offenses are not serious, but the Chanchun tribe will definitely be ostracized and suppressed in the future, and life will become more difficult.

Or you can choose Li Taigong. Although the risk is great, it will also give the Chanchun tribe a chance to take off.

The elders in the tribe are not afraid of taking risks, so as the tribe leader, what is there that he would not risk?

Li Taigong glanced at Fu Jinzhan again and said with a smile, "Fu Bojin, what do you say?"

Fu Jinzhan's face was filled with bitterness.

He came here today at the request of Ah Man, wanting to destroy A Bu's plan and let Ah Man kidnap the person.

When he came, he knew that there would be a fight today, and this place was not his territory, so he only brought two brothers of the same generation. The other followers were all young people with excellent skills, and there were no elders from the tribe.

Therefore, the decision will depend on him alone.

For a moment, everyone's eyes were on him.

The Chanchun tribe and the Xianxing tribe had always been in a relationship of both mutual dependence and competition.

When there are no powerful external enemies, the relationship between them is competitive.

When faced with a powerful external enemy, they must stick together for warmth.

Now Ling Ge has completely offended the Ugun clan and has relied on Li Taigong, but he is still a little confused in his heart.

If one day the Ugun clan launches an attack to demand an explanation, can my Chanchun tribe alone resist them?
Will the Xianxing tribe stab me in the back then?

If what Li Taigong said is true, there will be a large number of merchant ships traveling to and from Dun'en City in the future, and their Chanchun tribe alone will not be able to digest this piece of fat.

Moreover, with such huge benefits, the Xianxing tribe will not watch them take it all for themselves.

In that arid place, the two villages were so desperate to grab water that people would fight each other. Would the Xianxing tribe just sit there and watch all the profits from the trade go to the Chanchun tribe?
In that case, we might as well drag them into the problem so that both families can shoulder the responsibility together.

Thinking of this, Ling Ge shouted, "Old Fu, you are so stupid, why are you peeing?

If you don't work with me today, don't be jealous when I, Ling, enjoy the good life in the future."

After hearing this, Fu Jinzhan's fierce gaze slowly swept across A'man and the four Sabashan warriors.

Ah Man was frozen by his gaze.

She never thought that going to a small tribe to do such a small thing under the name of Ugun would put her life in danger.

She still has 18 days until she turns 14, and she really doesn't want to die.

The trembling Ah Man wanted to plead with Ying Ge, but her body was so stiff that she couldn't move for a while.

Yingge couldn't bear to see this, so she moved closer to Yang Yuan, gently took his hand and pulled it.

Ah Man had served her since she was a child. They were master and servant in name, but as close as sisters. She couldn't bear to watch Ah Man die.

Yang Yuan turned his head and glanced at her. Yingge begged softly, "Please spare Ah Man, please?"

When Yang Yuan heard this, his eyes suddenly narrowed and he looked at Yingge with some blame.

In fact, Yang Yuan had no intention of killing Ah Man, but he did not draw the knife when the little girl put it against his waist.

However, he didn't want these words to come from Yingge's mouth.

Yingge’s identity in the Jin Kingdom is too complicated, and Yang Yuan’s current enemy is the Jin Kingdom.

If Yingge cannot be clear about her future identity and the proper manner in which to proceed, there will be a lot of trouble between the two of them.

A person's stance gradually becomes clear as he makes different choices at each "crossroads".

In order to avoid problems between him and Yingge in the future, he had to be ruthless while Yingge was full of resentment towards Sabashan.

Seeing Yang Yuan's eyes turn cold, Ying Ge's heart trembled, and she said weakly: "Let's not let her go, let her serve my husband in the future, okay?"

This was the first time she called Yang Yuan her husband.

Yang Yuan's expression softened, he patted her head and said, "Don't worry about it, leave it to me."

Yingge bit her lip and nodded aggrievedly.

Fu Jinzhan was being stared at by everyone and felt very conflicted.

Ling Ge has the elders of the clan to make the decision. This is a major event that concerns the future of the entire clan. How dare he make a decision alone?
One mistake can bring the entire clan into the abyss.

Fu Jinzhan took a deep breath and said to Yang Yuan solemnly, "Master Yang, once I make a choice, there will be no turning back.

This concerns the entire clan, so I dare not be careless. I would like to ask the scholar, is this business really possible?"

Yang Yuan said calmly: "Definitely!"

After a pause, he half-jokingly said, "If Fu Bojin is worried, you can send a few warriors from the tribe to guard Yang from now on.

If Yang cannot fulfill his promise, Fu Bojin will ask them to take my life at any time!"

Li Taigong originally believed 80% in Yang Yuan's maritime trade plan. This was the result of his consideration of the interests of all parties.

An 80% chance, it's totally worth the gamble.

Now, after hearing Yang Yuan's decisive answer, the last 20% of doubt in Li Taigong's heart disappeared.

Yang Yuan was indeed very confident.

Based on his understanding of the new Song emperor Zhao Yuan, the young emperor would certainly not miss the opportunity to weaken the Jin Dynasty.

As long as veteran ministers like Shen Gai were sure that the Song Dynasty could be extricated after the matter had passed through Japan and Goryeo twice, they would be happy to see it happen.

The only thing that Yang Yuan is uncertain about now is whether the Goryeo Jin family is willing to take on this matter.

However, if the Goryeo Jin family refuses, Ji Xiang will be there to back them up.

He was absolutely sure that the merchant ship could reach Dun'en City.

The only difference is whether the ship comes from Goryeo or Japan.

"it is good!"

Fu Jinzhan nodded heavily, slowly drew out his knife, and walked towards Ah Man step by step.

I'm only thirteen years old, I don't want to die.

Ah Man was extremely panicked and hurried to find Ying Ge to ask his girl for help.

Suddenly, she felt a heat in her crotch and was filled with shame and anger.

Forget it, just let me die. I have no face to live like this.

(End of this chapter)