Chapter 1243: Dodging

At this moment, the people lying in ambush on both sides of the road were staring intently at the butterfly in the box. When they saw that it was not moving, they lay down and waited for the next person.

Little Treasure quickly walked to Little Bear’s side and only whispered after walking far away, “Was there really an ambush at the entrance of the official road?”

Little Bear nodded slightly.

With a frown, Little Treasure asked in confusion, “How did they identify us previously? We clearly looked similar when we pretended to be merchants last time.”

“I don’t know. Maybe we’ll find out when we catch the culprit alive.”

As the assassins who came to kill them were all well-trained assassins, it was extremely difficult to capture them alive.

Not long after Little Treasure, Little Bear, and the others left, the group of men in black quickly followed the butterfly and found the horses they had left in the forest.

The men in black searched around and said with a scowl, “They abandoned their horses and left. Since we applied the fragrance under their horses, we won’t be able to locate them.”

“Let’s look around. They must not have gone far after abandoning their horses.”

The group of men in black immediately spread out and searched. Soon, they found the small village where Little Treasure had stopped.

The village chief and the villagers looked at the man in black speechlessly. Other than bad people, who would wear black in broad daylight?

It seemed that these were the people sent by the young masters’ stepmother to assassinate them.

The village chief and the villagers were furious, but when they thought of the young masters’ instructions before they left, they feared that these people would really kill them to silence them if they were dishonest. Therefore, before the men in black could ask, they took the initiative to step forward and say, “Warriors, are you looking for the 20 strong men led by two young masters?”

The men in black, who were about to use the carrot and stick on the villagers: “…”

This was the first time someone took the initiative to strike up a conversation with them when they were dressed like this.

The leader of the men in black was the first to come back to his senses. He nodded and said, “That’s right. We’re looking for two young masters around the age of 14 or 15, accompanied by more than 20 guards. Have you seen them?”

“Yes. They’ve even rested and eaten in our village. They just left this morning. Before they left, they told me to answer honestly if anyone in black clothes came to ask about their whereabouts. They even said that they would challenge you in Dongping.”

The village chief took out an ingot worth ten taels of silver and said to the men in black, “Here, this is the fee they gave us to pass on the message. They even said that the person who came to ask should give us the same amount of silver.”

The village chief looked at their expressions and said carefully, “Actually, the two young masters just took pity on our state of poverty and handed this task to us. It’s just a matter of passing on a message. We wouldn’t dare ask you for money.”

The men in black, who were considering whether to silence them, stared at the village chief and the villagers for a while before glancing at the low straw huts in their village. They took out an ingot of silver from their pockets and threw it over, then asked, “Then which direction did they go in?”

“East.” The village chief sighed and said, “Before he left, I even advised him that he should head south towards Dongping. Why did he head east?”

However, they walked quickly and soon disappeared.

The men in black looked at each other. Not doubting the village chief’s words, they left directly.

The group of men in black met in the earth temple. “Then are we going south or east?”

“South!”

“East!”

The men in black expressed their opinions at the same time. Seeing that they all had differing opinions, they all looked at the leader.

The leader of the men in black was also very vexed. “From the few exchanges we’ve had, Qi Wenjin is very confident in himself. He’s also Qi Haoran’s son. Logically speaking, if he says that he wants to compete with us, it’s not a bluff. Therefore, I’m sure he headed to Dongping.”

“But he went east,” one of the men in black objected.

“This might be a deliberate tactic to mislead the enemy…”

“Since he wants to mislead the enemy, why did he still challenge us to a battle?” This was completely contradictory.

The men in black frowned and finally came to a unanimous conclusion: The Crown Prince and Prince Rong of Great Qi were both crazy!

A short man in black who was pushed to the back looked around. In the end, he raised his hand meekly and said, “Reporting to Boss, since they would rather abandon their horses to escape our pursuit, it’s impossible for them to tell us their next destination. Therefore, I think they should have gone east to Jinan.”

The leader frowned. “Do you think my analysis of Qi Wenjin’s personality is wrong?”

“Your analysis is correct, but maybe it wasn’t Qi Wenjin who asked the village chief to pass those words on, but Qi Wenchen?”

Considering the royal members were crafty, perhaps this was the Crown Prince’s scheme.

The other men in black agreed and looked at their leader.

The leader gritted his teeth and said, “Then we’ll chase east. However, two people have to go to the south. If you find any traces of them in the south, inform us immediately. Also, leave a message for the other two groups. Previously, we were all fighting alone. The guards Qi Wenchen and the others brought are too skilled. If the three groups can work together, we might be able to kill them in one go.”

“But we serve different masters and we still don’t know who’s behind them. Who will the credit go to afterwards?”

“We don’t serve the same master anyway. Our master only cares about the outcome and won’t bother to find out about the process. We just have to kill them.”

The other men in black felt that their leader was right, so they all agreed.

Hence, they happily left a message to the two groups of men in black who were secretly following behind and asked them to meet at night to discuss important matters.

This time, there were three groups of people who wanted to kill the Crown Prince and Prince Rong of Great Qi, and only they had the ability to track their whereabouts. Therefore, ever since they discovered like-minded assassins, these men in black had habitually left traces when searching for Qi Wenchen and the others so that the two groups of people behind could also find their targets.

After all, they had failed to kill the duo thus far. If the two groups behind successfully killed Qi Wenchen and Qi Wenjin, they wouldn’t mind going up to finish them off and then going back to ask their master for credit.

Perhaps the two groups of people behind needed their help to point the way, or perhaps they had the same thoughts. In short, although they had never officially met, they worked well together.

So, just as when one group failed their assassination attempt, another group would intercept the princes at another intersection…

However, the enemy was too highly-skilled. Until now, they had not been able to kill their target.

The men in black decided to cooperate, and Little Treasure and the others, who had already hidden themselves, followed behind some farmers and traveled overnight…

The men in black who had decided to cooperate discussed their attack and defense strategy, but suddenly realized that they could not find their target.

The men in black: “…”

“It doesn’t matter. Let’s look east. Since they’ve abandoned their horses, they can’t be that far away. We should be able to catch up to them soon if we ride fast.”

“Didn’t you have a way to find their whereabouts?”

“That’s right, but that was before they abandoned their horses. We found them through their horses.”

The other two groups of men in black looked at him speechlessly. How could they cooperate if they couldn’t even find him?

If they had known, they wouldn’t have made this trip.

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