MTL - Drunk House-Chapter 571 On the contrary (one more)

  Chapter 571 Going the other way (one update)

  The dark guards caught up after an hour.

   All of them turned pale, and they couldn't lift their tired arms.

  Zhou Gu didn't sleep deeply, and it was considered a short rest after an hour. He looked at the hidden guards following behind him, then at Zhang Yun, and motioned to him, "Brother Zhang Yun, stop."

  Zhang Yun stopped, turned his head and asked him, "What's wrong?"

   "Let's discuss it. This river, I remember, has two ferries, one is the Qihuanshan Ferry, and the other is the Dongshui Ferry." Zhou Gu said.

  Zhang Yun nodded, "I'm afraid there is still one day away from the Qihuan Mountain Ferry."

   "Nangongzheng will definitely send people to guard these two ferries." Zhou Gu pondered, "We are afraid that we will enter the poisonous forest."

  The banks of this Lingshui River are covered with stretches of mountain forests, known as the Poisonous Forest, where animals, plants, and air mist are all poisonous due to natural geological reasons.

  Zhang Yun's complexion changed, "Isn't this courting death?"

   "But going ashore from these two ferries is also courting death." Zhou Gu looked at him, "Do you think that if we don't enter the poisonous forest and face Nangong Zheng head-on, we can survive?"

  Zhang Yun naturally knew, so he was speechless for a while.

  Zhou Gu patted him on the shoulder, bent his lips and smiled, "What are you worried about? For ordinary people, there is no way out of the barrier poisonous forest. Just breathing for half a moment can kill people, but for us, there is really no need to worry about it." He reminded Zhang Yun, "Did you forget? I have medicine in my hand? Just take the barrier poison, take the poison avoiding pill, and you can walk in the barrier poison forest for three days without falling down."

  Zhang Yun was overjoyed and patted himself on the head, "Yes, why did I forget that you have many good medicines made by the princess in your hand."

   After he finished speaking, he was a little worried again, "But, with so many of us, even if you have the anti-drug pill in your hand, it's not enough, right?"

   "There are dozens of them, pick dozens of people to take them with you, and the rest will detour on their own." Zhou Gu said: "Although the forest of poison barriers is huge, you can walk through it in three days."

   "Out of the poisonous barrier forest, it is Maolin County, which is also the sphere of influence of the branch of the Nangong family." The King of Nanchu heard it clearly and said something.

  Moreover, Maolin County seems to be farther away from Xiling where they are going. Now it is less than two hundred miles to Xiling.

   It is equivalent to being chased all the way earlier, and walking a hundred miles in vain.

  Zhang Yun sighed, now he has left Longtan and entered the tiger's lair, but there is no way to go, he admires Nangong Zheng, and at such a young age, they are forced to this point.

  Zhou Gu also sighed, pondered for a while, and said to the king of Nanchu: "Father-in-law, why don't we give up going to Xiling? Your soldiers and horses should be kept secretly!"

   "Ah?" The King of Nanchu stared at him, why did he want to give up? Shouldn't we persevere to the end and definitely get there? Didn't you brag to him earlier, saying that it would be all right? Besides, there are only three hundred miles left.

   "It's two hundred miles now. If we go out of the poisonous forest and go around Maolin County, it will become three hundred miles. Whether it's two hundred miles or three hundred miles, this stretch of road will be as difficult as reaching the sky." Zhou Gu rubbed his brows, planning not to go to the end. He, even if we don't meet him head-on, there is nowhere to hide, the power of the Nangong family is everywhere, we have nowhere to hide, and we may be forced to go to Jade Snow Mountain in the end, then it will be a death penalty. We can bear it, but you can't bear it either."

  He had promised Ye Guixue that he would protect the King of Nanchu. Not to mention that he was his father-in-law, but only that the gentleman had made a promise, and he had to protect him too.

  The King of Southern Chu felt that he might not be able to walk the Jade Snow Mountain, "Maybe I can walk the Snow Mountain."

  Zhang Yun asked Zhou Gu from the side, "Then how do we go? Turn back? Go the opposite way with Nangong Zheng? Go back the same way?"

   "Well, going back the same way, no matter how smart Nangong Zheng is, he is only fourteen years old. Let's bully him to be two years younger, and teach him a lesson, telling him, why don't you bump into the south wall and don't look back? My master doesn't have this rule. Since it's the south wall, don't bump into it. Let's go back and take the broad road." Zhou Gu felt that this idea was feasible.

   "Why is it a great way to go back?" Zhang Yun didn't think so.

   "Turning back to the Daliang border, why isn't it the Kangzhuang Avenue? Now Nangong Zheng is afraid that the entire Nangong family's forces have been transferred to the direction of Dawei and his side. Let's walk through the poisonous forest, stagger this group of people, and then turn back. I don't think we will meet any killers on the way, isn't it the Kangzhuang Avenue?" Zhou Gu raised his eyebrows.

  Zhang Yun also raised his eyebrows together and smiled, "Okay, let's do it like this."

  He suddenly regained his strength. The dead end is impossible to go, so let’s not go. We are all living people, why do we have to go the way of the dead?

  The King of Southern Chu couldn't explain it in a word, "So, we have tossed and walked this way, and it was in vain?"

   "It's not in vain. Didn't Nangong Yin send out his grandson? It means that the Nangong family has no one to use." Zhou Gu stroked his chin, pondering, "Maybe the king's capital Nangong Yin has not many people around that old thing to protect him. It would be a good time to kill him at this time."

  Zhang Yun also felt reasonable, "There is also King Liu'an, who probably sent out his hidden guards long ago. Unfortunately, we are thousands of miles away at this time and cannot kill them."

   "That's not true." Zhou Gu sighed.

  Southern Chu King: "..."

   These two people actually wanted to assassinate Nangong Yin and King Liu'an.

   "Go, paddle to the shore, enter the poisonous forest, and then turn back." Zhou Gu stood up and waved to the hidden guards behind him. After Anjiu and Yindong approached, he ordered, "Leave fifty people and follow us, and the rest find a way to turn back the same way. Ten days later, Yanlin County reunites. If after ten days, we can't wait, they will hide themselves and listen to the call."

  An Jiu looked at the King of Southern Chu, and wanted to say that fifty people were not enough to protect the king.

  The King of Southern Chu waved his hand, "I listen to Mr. Zhou."

   Even if he listens, the hidden guard will naturally listen too. After all, there is no better way than what Zhou Gu and Zhang Yun are discussing now.

  An Jiu bowed his head and said yes, Yin Dong saw that An Jiu had agreed, and he had no objection, so he bowed his head and said yes.

  Thus, the two selected fifty outstanding hidden guards, and sent the rest back. Each of them followed Zhou Gu to take a pill of avoiding poison pills. There were two bottles of avoiding poison pills, a total of sixty pills.

   After the group of people took the anti-drug pill, Zhou Gu resolutely led them to the shore and entered the poisonous barrier forest surrounded by dense fog.

  (end of this chapter)