The Legend of the Condor Heroes: Starting from the Bodyguard

Chapter 217 I Heard You're Getting Married

"Yu Yu!"

With a roar, Zhou Botong's voice rang out.

"Where is Guo, kid?"

“It’s Senior Zhou.” Guo Jing quickly got up and opened the guesthouse window. “Senior, I’m here.”

"Ha, kid, come down here and tell me about Qiu Chuji and Ma Yu."

Zhou Yan got up and walked over, standing beside Guo Jing. Zhou Botong immediately said, "Kid, your horse is good. It can travel a thousand miles a day and eight hundred miles at night. I'll borrow it from you whenever I want to ride it."

"Okay." Zhou Yan nodded with a smile.

"Guo boy, get down here."

Guo Jing was about to invite Zhou Botong upstairs to talk when Zhou Yan suddenly said, "Senior Zhou is straightforward and unconventional. Since you have something to ask, Brother Guo, why don't you come upstairs?"

Zhu Cong said, "Go, Jing'er."

“Alright.” Guo Jing nodded and leaped out of the window. As soon as he landed, the Old Urchin sprang towards the inn where he was staying, and Guo Jing gave chase.

The difference in their cultivation levels was too great. The old rascal was too fast, so much so that Zhu Cong, Han Xiaoying and the others seemed to see a gray line extending from the inn toward the Poyang Lake dock. This gray trajectory was initially thick, then gradually faded, and in just over ten breaths, it completely merged into the snow mist, leaving only a white rolling tornado behind them.

Guo Jing tried his best to catch up, but the gap between them only widened. The old rascal's voice came, "Guo boy, your lightness skill is really terrible."

Zhou Yan looked back, smiled slightly, and turned to say, "Esteemed heroes, it's getting late, I must take my leave."

Over drinks at the inn, Zhou Yan left room for maneuver in his speech, never fully revealing some of his thoughts that he had pondered and analyzed for a long time regarding Guo Jing's current situation.

The emergence of Lingzhi is extraordinary; its potential is like that of unpolished gold and uncut jade. Guo Jing is such a person, but his time has not yet come.

The Six Eccentrics of Jiangnan were Zhou Yan, who was escorting goods at Poyang Lake. After he bid farewell, it was not appropriate to try to keep him.

"My benefactor, please take care."

"Heroes, please wait."

Zhou Yan gracefully leaped out of the guest room and landed on the horse's back. The "Night-Shining Jade Lion" neighed and turned its four hooves to disappear into the wind and snow.

The sound of horses' hooves gradually faded from Ke Zhen'e's ears. He said, "Second brother, if the Great Khan joins forces with the Lin'an court to destroy the Jin Kingdom, and as our benefactor said, Jing'er leads the troops south, what should we do?"

Zhu Cong watched the lone rider gradually disappear into the wind and snow and said, "Life is unpredictable, and there's no point in thinking too much. The only thing we can do is to teach Jing'er well. Since you've said this, my benefactor, you probably already have your own thoughts."

"That's true!" Ke Zhen'e nodded. "Let's wait and see."

……

"The head镖师 (bodyguard/escort) is back."

Zhou Yan dismounted, and Liang Xiaowu, who was drinking tea in the main hall, quickly came forward and said, "Master Liu and the others are still talking with the high monk."

"Ah."

Zhou Yan sat down, and a servant poured him tea. He took a sip and said, "Rest well here for two days. Once the snowstorm has subsided, you can head north back to Zhongdu. I will take the high monk to find the Golden Child."

"Follow the head镖师's instructions."

"it is good."

After finishing his tea, Zhou Yan went upstairs and chatted with Liu Qingzhou, the Fisherman of Yanbo, and the Indian monk, asking where he could find the Golden Baby.

The snowflakes grew denser, gradually forming the shape of goose feathers, and poured down from the gloomy night sky.

"Master Liang, judging from the weather, the heavy snow won't stop anytime soon," said the bodyguard in the main hall, looking at the scene outside.

"We need to rest for two days before setting off."

"Why don't you speak to the head镖师 (bodyguard/escort)? We'll follow him," one of the escorts suggested.

Liang Xiaowu put down his teacup and said with a smile, "How could I not want to? But the head镖师 (bodyguard/escort) has a word, and everyone knows that."

“That’s true.” The porter who spoke said, “Now that the master is safe, the escort agency may open a branch. The head of the escort agency will definitely be in charge of the branch, and Master Liang will surely follow the head of the escort agency. If we become rich and powerful, we will not forget each other.”

"We can ask the head镖师 (bodyguard/escort) about that. There won't be any problems." The镖师 was overjoyed and was about to thank him when suddenly a cursing voice came from outside the inn, "Damn it, we were about to succeed, but that old geezer ruined everything."

Liang Xiaowu felt the voice was somewhat familiar. In the wind and snow, several people walked in, the one in front of them with three huge fleshy tumors on his head.

“It’s a three-headed dragon.” Liang Xiaowu and several other escorts had all been through the Jingzhou Escort Agency and recognized Hou Tonghai. They quickly lowered their heads to drink tea and listened attentively.

"Manager, prepare three superior rooms," Hou Tonghai said as he entered the lobby.

The innkeeper, with his sharp eyes, noticed that Hou Tonghai and his companions were either strangely shaped or exuded a menacing aura. He quickly stepped forward to apologize, saying, "Gentlemen, I am truly sorry. With such distinguished guests, our inn is already full, even if we wanted to invite you, we couldn't. It's snowing today, and all the rooms are occupied."

"You run an inn without proper premises? How can you operate like this? Damn it, I'll smash this lousy inn!" The three-headed dragon glared angrily, rolled up its sleeves, and was about to attack.

"Enough!" Sha Tongtian snapped.

Hou Tonghai blushed and was about to argue when Tie Zhang Gang leader Dai said, "Lord Hou, don't cause any trouble and lest you provoke that old bastard."

Hou Tonghai, recalling the ghostly skills he had witnessed underwater, instantly lost his temper and walked out without a word.

"Please take care, gentlemen." The shopkeeper broke out in a cold sweat and carefully saw them out of the lobby.

Liang Xiaowu got up and quickly went upstairs. When he arrived at the guest room where Zhou Yan and the others were, he heard voices inside and pushed the door open to enter.

"Head镖师 (镖师 is a kind of bodyguard/escort), I just saw five or six people from the Yellow River Gang, including Three-Headed Dragon, come to stay for the night. The inn was full, so they went elsewhere. A burly man in black mentioned an old man and advised Hou Tonghai not to cause any trouble."

Guo Jing and the others were ambushed. Was it Sha Tongtian, Hou Tonghai, and their gang who committed the crime? Zhou Yan instantly had a thought and said to Liu Qingzhou, Yanbo Diaosou, and the Indian monk, "Please wait a moment, I'll be right back."

"One?" Liu Qingzhou asked.

Huang Yaoshi had once stopped Zhou Yan from killing Hou Tonghai, so he naturally wouldn't take his life himself. He said, "I'm just gathering information."

"Alright, let's wait for Brother Zhou."

"Go and come back quickly." Zhou Yan smiled, got up, pushed open the window, and climbed onto the roof. In the distance, Hou Tonghai and the others walked through the snow-covered streets and finally entered an inn.

He swayed and crossed the street, which was more than two zhang wide, and his figure landed on the roof of the opposite street. It was as if he had teleported in an instant. He used the lightness skill "Instant Thousand Miles" of Ouyang Feng, the Western Poison.

It flashes like lightning, and falls as silently as a cat.

Zhou Yan landed on the roof of the inn where Sha Tongtian and the others had entered. He held his breath, focused his senses, and listened intently. Suddenly, he hooked his feet on the eaves and performed a "Pearl Reverse Roll." When his gaze fell over, he saw three people sitting around a table through the slightly open window. The two on the left and right were none other than Hou Tonghai, the Three-Headed Dragon, and Sha Tongtian, the Ghost Gate Dragon King. The man in the middle was tall and strong, with a square and imposing face.

The waiter brought drinks and lit a charcoal brazier to the guest room.

The strong liquor warded off the cold. Hou Tonghai wiped the liquor stains from the corner of his mouth with his sleeve and grumbled, "If Senior Ouyang could reach Poyang Lake, wouldn't those Mongolian scoundrels be easy to catch?"

Sha Tongtian glared at him, "Say less."

"In the first place, I just had to go to that Valley of Heartbreak."

Sha Tongtian hurriedly said, "My junior brother is not good with words, please forgive him, Hall Master Dai. If it weren't for that old man showing up, how could this battle have gone wrong?"

"Indeed. Man proposes, God disposes." Master Dai sighed, "All our efforts have been in vain. We originally planned to capture the Mongol envoy and bring him to the Valley of Heartbreak to celebrate with the gang leader, but who knew such a mishap would occur."

Hou Tonghai was anxious and shouted, "Master Dai, what is it? Why are you hiding it from me? Are you looking down on me?"

Sha Tongtian said, "You're the one who speaks without thinking, but it's alright to tell you now. It's the sister of Chief Qiu of the Iron Palm Clan who's getting married to the Valley of Heartbreak. Senior Ouyang, the Crown Prince, and others have all rushed over to offer their congratulations."

Hou Tonghai was dissatisfied, "Is something as trivial as a marriage proposal more important than capturing the Mongol envoy?"

"roll."

Hou Tonghai shrank back and started drinking alone.

At the eaves of the inn, Zhou Yan suddenly straightened up and tucked in his stomach, landing on the roof ridge. He thought to himself that Qiu Qianchi was finally going to marry Gongsun Zhi.

In the past, when Zhou Yan and Huang Rong sneaked into Iron Palm Peak, Yang Kang happened to visit them. Qiu Qianren told Yang Kang that he would come down the mountain to Kaifeng Prefecture after Qiu Qianchi got married. Zhou and Huang had never heard of this news before, but now they learned about it from Sha Tongtian and Master Dai.

Zhou Yan felt vaguely uneasy.

When Qiu Qianren and Yang Kang arrived at the Valley of Heartbreak, they decided to travel through the outskirts of Xiangyang. They passed through Snake Valley and wondered if they might disturb the giant eagle. Suddenly, he thought of Ouyang Feng's snake-catching and snake-controlling abilities when they were in Zhongnan Mountain.

If Ouyang Feng were to discover Snake Valley, and the thousands upon thousands of Bodhi snakes were to be used by Ouyang Feng, wouldn't he be invincible?
(End of this chapter)