Water Margin: I am Zhu Biao

"Giggle~"

After a few moments of silence, Liang Siqi suddenly burst into laughter, her laughter so loud it made her tremble.

"What am I worried about?"

After a long while, she finally stopped laughing and looked at Zhu Biao with a mocking expression.

"They are Gao Qiu's retainers, they must know my identity, so they should at least give Liang Shicheng some face, shouldn't they?"

"Yeah?"

Upon hearing this, Zhu Biao also smiled.

"If they take you back to Bianliang, wouldn't all your elaborate plans have come to nothing?"

He paused, then continued:

"If Liang Shicheng can see through your inner thoughts and take precautions, you may never be able to leave the city again in your life."

Liang Siqi's face suddenly darkened.

"Being imprisoned is better than losing one's life."

"In that case, let's part ways here."

Zhu Biao grew impatient with her banter and reached out to grab her sleeve, intending to pull her out of the carriage.

"Ai!"

Liang Siqi panicked and grabbed the car window.

"How can you turn on me so easily? Don't be so arrogant! I know their background!"

Zhu Biao, however, did not relent; instead, he seized the opportunity to press for answers:

"Nonsense! How could you know such a secret?"

Leung Sze-ki blurted out:

"That good-for-nothing Gao Yanei told me!"

Night falls, at a foot inn in the mountains.

The Fukouxing Ancient Road stretches for over a hundred miles, with no towns or villages along the way, except for a few shops in the middle section.

There were foot inns, restaurants, and brothels.

In the dead of winter, with few travelers, these shops were extremely deserted.

Zhu Biao, now wealthy and powerful, directly booked the cleanest and most orderly foot massage parlor among them.

Liang Siqi has already fulfilled her promise of a thousand taels of gold, which is hidden in the saddle of her dappled horse. Moreover, this gold is not all of her wealth.

Clearly, this young vixen's actions were not impulsive; she must have been planning her escape route long ago.

In addition, more than 300 taels of silver, several good bows, and hundreds of arrows were found on the bodies of Meng Dujian and his entourage.

Even his fine knife was secretly taken by Zhu Wu.

"So, that damn Master Qin practices poisonous martial arts from the Dongman region?"

In the main room of the inn, Zhu Biao asked with a frown.

Liang Siqi nodded, her eyes filled with hatred.

"Exactly! This dog comes from Meishan, calls himself the Jade Emperor, but he practices the despicable method of sexual exploitation, harming countless people~~"

Zhu Biao interrupted urgently:

"What skills does he possess? How does he fight?"

"How would I know?"

Liang Siqi said confidently.

"That good-for-nothing Gao Yanei pestered him a few times, wanting to learn that evil method of 'sexual cultivation,' but he always turned him down."

Zhu Biao frowned even more deeply and said in a deep voice:

"Stop spouting this useless nonsense, where are his men?"

Liang Siqi rolled her eyes at him, but didn't say anything back.

"There was a Dongting Lake pirate nicknamed Water Monkey, and a thief nicknamed Shadowless. The man surnamed Ma was originally a captain in the Imperial Guard, skilled in using double whips."

"Oh, right, they also have a skinny dog. As for the other person, I don't know who he is, probably a dog owner."

After she finished speaking, Zhu Biao remained silent, tapping his fingers lightly on the table.

Water bandits are negligible in mountainous environments, and flying bandits are not a threat either.

A person skilled in using double whips must possess exceptional physical strength. As a villain, he cannot be a top-tier expert; one only needs to avoid direct confrontation.

The skinny dog ​​and the dog slave are mainly responsible for tracking, so their combat strength is probably limited. Su Fang and Zhu Wu are enough to handle them.

As for the most unpredictable Master Qin, as long as this guy can't exert force from a distance, he still needs to rely on physical objects or physical contact.

That means there is a solution.

If one could kill from a distance, or even summon wind and rain, or heavenly thunder? I don't believe it!

With such extraordinary abilities, wouldn't he be able to destroy whomever he wanted? The first person who couldn't tolerate this was the emperor on the dragon throne.

Thinking of this, Zhu Biao felt much more at ease, and his eyes suddenly sharpened.

How far apart are they?

"I don't know."

Liang Siqi shook her head and replied without hesitation.

"Don't know? Are you playing a trick on me?"

Zhu Biao's brows furrowed suddenly, as if a sword had been drawn from its sheath, and everyone felt a chill run down their spines.

Along the way, he was no longer the insignificant man he once was; he had taken dozens of lives.

Gao Yanei was killed, the Imperial Guards of the Imperial City were killed, and even a top expert like Dong Ping was left in a state of uncertainty about his fate, his murderous aura already reaching a minor stage.

Liang Siqi was the first to be hit, her face turning pale from the impact, but she stubbornly held on, gritting her teeth and saying:

"I simply don't know!"

"Those thieving birds stopped following us once they reached Jincheng. What? Are you glaring at me like that, trying to rob and kill me?"

Zhu Biao's aura suddenly hardened:

"You stopped following them after they reached Jincheng? Are you sure?"

"snort!"

Liang Siqi turned her face away angrily, but did not answer him.

Zhu Biao didn't press further, but a slight smile curved his lips. This little vixen certainly had the confidence to be arrogant.

From Bianliang to this place, crossing the Yellow River and traversing mountains, a journey of over a thousand miles, she has always been able to hold on tightly.

Their skills in both investigation and counter-investigation should not be underestimated.

Feeling confident, Zhu Biao waved his hand and greeted them with a hearty laugh.

"Zhu Wu, go and tell the shopkeeper to slaughter the sheep and chicken. Watch them steam the bread and cook the soup. Tonight, we'll have a good meal."

"Okay!"

Zhu Wu immediately grinned and responded loudly.

He was already fed up with listening to this nonsense. He didn't care about this so-called deity. In his opinion, his young master was the most powerful.

Almost omnipotent!

After a hearty hot meal, everyone started to feel sleepy, their eyelids feeling incredibly heavy.

However, no one went back to their rooms to sleep; they all gathered around Zhu Biao, waiting for his instructions.

"Not bad, it wasn't a waste of time. This team has been trained and everyone knows what they're doing."

Zhu Biao, without hesitation, called out the names:

"Huang Ji, take the first shift from En Shou. Su Fang and I will take the second shift. We'll switch shifts at midnight. Ru Yi and that other person, take your medicine and rest early."

"No!"

Liang Siqi stood up abruptly.

"I'll take the second shift!"

Zhu Biao glared at her irritably, but he had already guessed what she was thinking.

This young woman felt insecure, fearing that they would take advantage of her sleep, abscond with her gold, silver, and horses, and run away overnight.

Then she'd be completely helpless, crying out to heaven and earth in vain.

Not to mention the distant places, the remaining eighty miles of mountain road alone would be enough to kill her a dozen times over. No matter how clever she was, she couldn't withstand the bitter cold, wild beasts, and bandits.

"Fine, if you want to make things difficult for yourself, so be it."

Keeping watch at night is a tough job. How do you keep watch?

Of course, they couldn't just stay indoors by the fire. The sentries in the open had to patrol the surroundings, while the sentries in the shadows had to hide in high places and patrol the area.

The night wind at midnight is as cold as a knife, cutting straight to the bone.

Before long, Liang Siqi, who was lying on the roof of the stable, was shivering from the cold, feeling like her brain was about to freeze.

wow~

Suddenly, a soft sound came from behind her. Before she could react, she was covered by a thick straw mat.

"You, on night watch? You'd be caught off guard and have your throat slit, and you wouldn't even know how you died."

Almost simultaneously, Zhu Biao's mocking voice rang in my ears.

"Wasn't it the Imperial City Guard's supervisor who discovered Gao Qiu's retainers?"

As he spoke, he lifted the straw mat and crawled in, lying down next to Liang Siqi without any hesitation. He even took out a piece of dried mutton, put it in his mouth, and slowly chewed it.

She didn't know if it was the straw mat that blocked the night wind, or because it had been too long since a man had been so close to her.

In an instant, Liang Siqi felt her heart pounding like a ton of bricks, her body felt less cold, and her face even felt a little hot.

"You set up the nail array every night, and you still have to keep watch like this?"

"Yeah, you forced me to."

Zhu Biao replied curtly, then changed the subject.

"Where do you think that freak surnamed Qin will go?"

Without thinking, Liang Siqi blurted out:

"If I were him, I would probably take a detour to Shandong to ambush you."

"Tsk!"

Zhu Biao couldn't help but gasp in astonishment.

This girl is really damn smart; actually, that's what he thought too.

Although the journey from Jincheng to Cizhou via the Taihang Mountains is more than twice as long, the roads are flat and suitable for horseback riding, making it faster.

As for why this guy didn't go into the mountains, Zhu Biao couldn't guess either; perhaps there was some taboo surrounding it.

Liang Siqi had regained her composure, a smug smile playing on her lips.

"Hey, you think so too?"

Boom!

Just as Zhu Biao was about to reply, a dull thud of a heavy object falling to the ground came from not far away.

He quickly looked in the direction of the sound, but all he saw was a vast expanse of white snow, and he found nothing unusual.

However, he did not give up. Instead, he focused even more intently on the sound, scrutinizing every inch. He was certain that he had just heard an unusual noise, and he never took chances.

After a dozen or so breaths, he finally noticed something: the snow was moving!

No, there are things that are entirely white moving in the snow.

"Is it a person? Or Snow Maitreya?"

At this moment, Liang Siqi asked in a trembling voice in his ear, clearly she had also noticed.