The Legend of the Condor Heroes: From Being Expelled from Peach Blossom Island

Chapter 259: Falling into a trap
The next step is to follow Heishi Retsu Ryohei. The Great Ci'en Temple has more than one gate; it covers a large area, and Wu Chengyu's three-dimensional map cannot cover such a large area. Therefore, finding Heishi Retsu Ryohei's trail will require some thought.

After leaving Da Ci'en Temple, Wu Chengyu immediately found a clothing store. When he came out again, he turned a street corner and his body gradually shrank, his head immediately appeared to be a bit big, and his facial features changed back to Lei Datou's appearance.

In the past two days, Jin spies have been searching the entire city of Chang'an, looking for Old Man Liang, who is believed to still be in Chang'an, and Wu Chengyu, who went to the oil shop to make contact.

The oil shop was located near the Big Wild Goose Pagoda. Wu Chengyu made a few turns and arrived at the oil shop. He walked there casually, and the closer he got to the oil shop, the more he could spot the Jin spies. Their attention was quickly drawn to Wu Chengyu.

However, he did not enter the oil shop. He came here to attract the attention of spies, since there were always Jin spies monitoring the oil shop.

Sure enough, when he passed the oil shop and turned into the next street, a tail followed him.

Wu Chengyu then walked aimlessly, with more and more people following behind him.

Finally, these people could no longer hold back. When Wu Chengyu walked into a deserted alley, dozens of people rushed out from all sides and surrounded him.

The leader walked up to Wu Chengyu, looked him up and down, and said, "It really is you. We've been looking for you for two days. You know how to hide, but you underestimated us. As long as you're in Chang'an, there's no one we can't find. Take him down."

The speaker was Number Four, who had been in charge of the city-wide search for the past few days and was extremely anxious. Seeing Wu Chengyu was like seeing a savior. If he still came up empty-handed tonight, he would not be able to get past Heshi Lie Liangping.

People rushed forward, two of them grabbed Wu Chengyu's arms and pulled him behind his back, while two knives appeared on either side of Wu Chengyu's neck.

Wu Chengyu did not resist and let the other party grab him. Then someone used hemp rope to tightly tie his hands behind his back.

Although the rope was sturdy, he could break it with his internal energy or break free instantly with the immense strength of his arms. As for the knife on his neck, it was sharp enough, but it couldn't penetrate Bai Lin's defenses at all.

Wu Chengyu never does anything he's not confident about, nor will he allow himself to suffer any loss. If these people in front of him could really hurt him, he wouldn't take such a risky move.

His current plan is simple: since he can't get deep into the Great Ci'en Temple and can't find any trace of Heishi Lie Liangping by himself, he can only deliver the goods to his door.

Number Four was somewhat surprised to see that Wu Chengyu offered no resistance. In his opinion, since he was a member of the Quanzhen Sect, his martial arts skills should be quite good. Even though the people he had trained were skilled, they couldn't possibly succeed so easily.

Driven by his spy instincts, he immediately realized that Wu Chengyu was suspicious.

"It seems you're the one who's approaching us. Tell me, what's your purpose?"

"I want to see your leader and make an exchange; I will provide you with useful information."

"We won't exchange anything with you regarding the news. If you don't confess, I have countless ways to make you confess."

"Aren't you looking for a rebel leader? I know his whereabouts, and not only him, I also know a big secret of the rebels, a big secret that could get your leader promoted."

But since I've swaggered in front of you, how could I not have a backup plan?

"You don't think I'm the only one, do you? If anything happens to me, you'll never find that rebel leader, and the secrets I know will be worthless without his cooperation." Number Four narrowed his eyes, his face full of murderous intent. He stepped forward, his short knife pressed directly against Wu Chengyu's chest, and threatened sharply.

"I advise you to speak now, otherwise this knife will pierce your heart right now."

Wu Chengyu was not afraid at all. His eyes were fixed on the other party, his lips curled up in a cold smile, and he did not say a word.

"Alright, you're not afraid of death after all. Tell me, what do you want in exchange for your secret?"

“You’re not high enough rank, and you can’t give me what I want. There are some things I need to say to your leader. I’m afraid that if you hear them, you’ll lose your life.”

"Hmph, you're really audacious. Fine, then I'll send you to see our leader. If you dare to try anything again, I'll make sure you face a life-or-death situation."

Then this number four turned to one of his subordinates and asked, "Where is the leader now?"

"Reporting to Your Excellency, the leader has just left the Great Ci'en Temple and his whereabouts are currently unknown, but he should be going to the Hibiscus Garden tonight."

"Very good, let's go to Furong Garden. If we catch this guy, we can finally report back tonight. Let's go."

After capturing Wu Chengyu, Number Four was visibly invigorated and seemed relieved, as did Wu Chengyu.

If these guys were sending him to the Great Ci'en Temple to find Heshi Lie Liangping, then this plan to walk right into their trap would have failed. He had just come from there, and his primary goal was to use Heshi Lie Liangping's identity to ambush Qiu Qianren.

If that's the case, he'll have no choice but to kill all these guys now. That won't be difficult for him, but he won't be able to clean up the bodies of dozens of people. That would inevitably alert Heishi Lie Liangping. Fortunately, he was lucky and finally found Heishi Lie Liangping's trail.

Furong Garden is also near the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, which was within Wu Chengyu's expectations. Since an ambush had been set up, Heshi Lie Liangping's hiding place at night would not be too far from the Da Ci'en Temple. However, there were too many buildings and residences in the vicinity, and Wu Chengyu did not want to search them one by one.

After being taken to Furong Garden by Number Four, it was clear that Heshi Lie Liangping had been up to some unknown business after leaving Da Ci'en Temple and had not yet returned. Number Four then locked him up in a dungeon.

Besides him, there was also a small child locked in the dungeon, about five or six years old. He didn't seem to have been tortured, but he was extremely listless and looked like he couldn't even cry. When he saw someone come in, he was so scared that he hid in the corner.

"Who is this child? How dare you lay a hand on a child?"

As Wu Chengyu was being pushed into the cell by Number Four, he turned back to look at Number Four and said something.

"Haha, isn't this the grandson of Old Liu from the oil shop who was supposed to meet you? If we hadn't caught him, how could Old Liu have given in, and how could you have been caught by us?"

Wu Chengyu understood. To him, no matter what Liu Laoman's reasons were, betrayal was betrayal, but he wouldn't interfere. This was originally a matter within the Quanzhen Sect. However, the child was innocent, and since he was able to run into him today, the child was quite lucky.

"You'll stay here until the chief returns, at which point he'll interrogate you immediately."

(End of this chapter)