Did he trick the young marshal into becoming sworn brothers and then go south to Huangpu Military Ac

The rough voice of Lao Tan, the young marshal's personal driver, came from outside the door.

Lu Xiaojia was taken aback. She quickly straightened her clothes, cleared her throat, and pretended to be nonchalant as she slowly walked over and opened the door.

"Hey, isn't this Lieutenant Tan? What brings you here? Didn't Hanqing go hunting?"

Lu Xiaojia's tone carried a hint of sour probing.

Old Tan, panting heavily, wore a respectful smile: "Young Master Lu, please pack your things and come with me! The Legion Commander and Mr. Lin are waiting for you at the North Station!"

"Wait for me? At the station?"

Lu Xiaojia's heart skipped a beat. Had something happened?

"Yes! The corps commander said that Erdaogou is too small and there's not much fun prey there. If we're going to play, we should play big! He specially arranged a special train to take you and Mr. Lin deep into Changbai Mountain to hunt bears! The corps commander said that after we finish our business, we can all go and have some fun!"

It has to be said that no one who can be the young marshal's driver is an easy person, and this statement made Lu Xiaojia feel very comfortable.

Lu Xiaojia felt as if fireworks were exploding in her mind, and all her gloom, frustration, and irritability were replaced by indescribable ecstasy!

They haven't forgotten me!

They felt that without me, Lu Xiaojia, around, the hunting wasn't as exciting!

Lin Qi is a truly worthwhile friend!

In a crucial moment, I still think about lending a hand to my brother!

If word got out that he could ride a special train with the young marshal to go hunting in Changbai Mountain, Lu Xiaojia's reputation outside the Great Wall would be completely solidified!

"Hahaha! I knew it! How could Hanqing and Brother Lin possibly abandon me!"

Lu Xiaojia's face flushed with excitement, and he rubbed his hands together repeatedly: "Lieutenant Tan, wait a moment, I'll get ready and be right there!"

In less than two minutes, Lu Xiaojia finished getting ready and excitedly climbed into the Ford sedan.

……

Fengtian North Station, special train, luxury compartment.

Outside the train window, the scenery on the platform was slowly receding.

With a loud clanging sound, the armored train, filled with unknowns and dangers, finally slowly drove out of Fengtian City.

The air was filled with a faint aroma of coffee, a stark contrast to the chilly autumn wind outside the train carriage.

Zhang Hanqing looked at Lu Xiaojia, who was sitting on the opposite sofa, excitedly fiddling with a hunting rifle, and felt a surge of annoyance.

He made up an excuse and sent Lu Xiaojia to the food truck next door to eat snacks, then slammed the door of the private room shut.

Turning around, Zhang Hanqing could no longer suppress his inner doubts and irritability. He took a few steps to Lin Qi, put his hands on the table, and frowned.

"Big brother! Now that we're all alone, you should tell me, right?! What tricks are you playing?!"

Zhang Hanqing's chest heaved violently, his eyes filled with anxiety.

"You're running for your life, bro! You're hiding from Yang Yuting's assassination attempt! You waited at the station for almost an hour just to wait for that good-for-nothing Lu Xiaojia! That hour was enough time for Yang Yuting to react, enough time for him to make his plans. What if he's planted someone in Sujiatun?!"

Lin Qi put down his coffee cup, the bottom of the cup hitting the saucer with a crisp "ding".

He raised his head, his gaze deep and calm, and looked at Zhang Hanqing, who was on the verge of losing control, before slowly shaking his head.

"Hanqing, you are still too impetuous. When faced with a matter of life and death, the first thing you should do is calm down, instead of letting impatience cloud your judgment."

Lin Qi's voice wasn't loud, but it seemed to carry a power that could pierce through people's hearts, causing Zhang Hanqing to pause involuntarily.

"Do you think we've been waiting for that good-for-nothing Lu Xiaojia for the past hour?"

"We are waiting for Yang Yuting's informant to report the news; we are waiting for Yang Yuting to make a new judgment."

Lin Qi stood up, walked to the car window, looked at the birch forest rushing past outside, and began to review this psychological game in a low voice.

"Hanqing, put yourself in Yang Yuting's shoes. If your subordinate suddenly ran back to report that we didn't go to Erdaogou, but instead turned the train around and went to the North Station, even boarding a special train whose destination we didn't know, what would your first reaction be?"

Zhang Hanqing frowned and thought for a moment, then followed Lin Qi's train of thought and said, "My first reaction is definitely that you sensed danger and were preparing to escape!"

"That's right." Lin Qi snapped his fingers. "If we rush to leave as soon as we get to the North Station, without even saying goodbye, it's like telling Yang Yuting directly: I, Lin Tuozhi, have seen through your trap! I'm running for my life!"

Lin Qi turned around, his gaze sharp as a knife.

"Given Yang Yuting's ruthlessness, what would he do if he discovered I was trying to escape? He would immediately use his power within the Fengtian Army to issue direct orders to all stations along the line to intercept the special train, or send people to keep a close watch on me. At that point, we would be at a disadvantage!"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Hanqing broke out in a cold sweat.

He followed this line of reasoning and realized that if he had actually run away, it would have been exactly as Lin Qi had said.

"So we have to act, and we have to act the whole thing."

Lin Qi sat back down on the sofa, his fingers tapping lightly on the table, as if everything were on his chessboard.

"If Yang Yuting can put on a melodramatic apology and repentance show outside the Marshal's Mansion to lull us into a false sense of security, why can't we brothers put on an absurd show of sightseeing to deceive him?"

"The slower we walk, the more leisurely we appear, the more at ease Yang Yuting will feel. My suggestion that you send a car back to pick up Lu Xiaojia was the key to this whole scheme, and the perfect layer of disguise!"

Lin Qi sneered.

"Think about it, who would bother to send a car and spend an hour picking up a good-for-nothing who only knows how to eat, drink, and have fun when they're on the run?!"

"Yang Yuting is an extremely arrogant and intelligent person. The biggest weakness of intelligent people is that they like to use their own logic to speculate about others. When he heard that we were delayed because we were waiting for Lu Xiaojia, the idea that Lin Qi was running away instantly crumbled in his mind!"

"He'll think that our hunting trip to Changbai Mountain is real. We brought Lu Xiaojia along just for fun, to show off our status as the young marshal. That's in line with your style. Only in this way will Yang Yuting completely dispel his suspicion that I'm trying to escape, and only then will he feel at ease adjusting his plans and sending the assassins to the only route to Changbai Mountain."

"By then, I had already switched to a coal truck bound for Dalian, completely escaping his control!"

After listening to Lin Qi's meticulous analysis, Zhang Hanqing was struck dumb, standing there speechless.

Looking at the handsome young man with a calm expression, I felt a chill run from the soles of my feet to my head.

too frightening.

This profound insight into human nature, this meticulous thinking that can calculate every detail to the bone even in the face of life and death, this tactic of turning the enemy's intelligence against them to protect oneself.

This isn't human; this is a divine being who can calculate everything without fail!

Zhang Hanqing was completely convinced and prostrated himself in admiration.

He was even relieved that Lin Qi was his sworn brother; if he were on the other side, he doubted he would even know how he died.

After a long silence, Zhang Hanqing sighed heavily and sat back down on the sofa.

Although the sense of crisis was temporarily relieved, another, heavier, and suffocating problem welled up in his mind.

He raised his head, his eyes filled with a complex and struggling expression as he looked at Lin Qi.

"Brother... your escape was truly a stroke of genius. You left Fengtian without a trace, leaving Yang Yuting helpless. But..."

Zhang Hanqing swallowed hard. "But what about me? After I see you off, how am I supposed to explain this to the old man? A perfectly healthy person, a special envoy from the South, just gone like that. Should I tell the truth... or..."

He didn't finish his sentence, but Lin Qi understood what he meant.

To be honest, I just told the old general that Yang Yuting wanted to kill my older brother, so I sent him away beforehand.