diskusbooks Chapter 152 The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind. Who is the oriole?
Chapter 152 The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind. Who is the oriole?
After Zheng Luoqi and her group left Cuihua Pavilion, Quan Yuyuan asked, "What are we going to do now?"
“Isn’t Dai Rong about to marry into the family? Didn’t those girls just say that he might go looking for Yingying before he does? So, we now have three paths in front of us,” He Jinyu analyzed.
"First, we can sneak into the Li family's residence to find out if Dai Rong is actually there. However, this is quite risky, and we might alert them if we're not careful."
"The second option is to stay in Cuihua Pavilion and wait for Dai Rong to come looking for Yingying. Although this method seems feasible, it is actually uncertain – after all, no one can guarantee that Dai Rong will come looking for Yingying on the eve of his marriage."
“In that case, we have one last option left! That is to take the initiative: on the one hand, arrange for two people to secretly infiltrate the Li family to conduct a search; on the other hand, have two more people stay at Cuihua Pavilion to wait for them to come to us. Then send one more person to inquire about Dai Rong’s whereabouts! With these three measures combined, Dai Rong will be captured in no time!” He Jinyu said.
“That makes sense!” Quan Yuyuan nodded in agreement.
“Xingmu (Boyu), Xingtu (Zisang), you two go to the Li family to investigate. Xinghuo (Jingyu), Xingshui (Yuyuan), you two stay at Cuihua Pavilion and wait for them to come to us. I’ll go and find out where Dai Rong is. Once we have any information about him, we’ll meet up again,” Zheng Luoqi said.
Without further ado, the group immediately split up and took action.
Boyu and Zisang disguised themselves as servants and quickly infiltrated the Li family's residence.
Quan Yuyuan and He Jinyu had been lying in wait at Cuihua Pavilion, waiting for their prey to come to them.
Zheng Luoqi searched everywhere, looking for places where literati and scholars usually held poetry gatherings and brothels, hoping to find Dai Rong's whereabouts.
A day or two later, Zheng Luoqi received a message from Zisang: Dai Rong had run away. Originally, Dai Rong was locked up by the Li family, but when Miss Li went to see him one night, he took the opportunity to knock Miss Li unconscious and then ran away.
It is highly likely that Dai Rong went to Cuihua Pavilion to find Yingying.
Then, as expected, He Jinyu found Dai Rong squatting by the Cuihua Pavilion.
He Jinyu quickly instructed Quan Yuyuan to inform Zheng Luoqi and the other two to gather at Cuihua Pavilion, fearing that Dai Rong would run away if they were any later, and he would go with Dai Rong first.
To ensure timely communication and information sharing, Zheng Luoqi and the others agreed to meet at the inn every so often to exchange important information they possess.
Therefore, they met up with Quan Yuyuan very quickly and then immediately set off to find He Jinyu.
He Jinyu has now followed Dai Rong all the way to the outskirts of the city.
Then they followed him to a dense forest outside the city, where Dai Rong suddenly disappeared. He Jinyu wanted to continue looking ahead, but suddenly felt a chill down his spine.
He Jinyu quickly made a judgment and dodged to the side.
"Wow! Not bad!"
He Jinyu looked up and saw that it was Dai Rong, just like the portrait on the wanted list.
It's likely that Dai Rong had already discovered someone was following him and deliberately brought He Jinyu to this place.
“I’ve heard that someone took my bounty list from the Forgotten Righteousness Pavilion. It seems to be you. Are you alone? Or are your accomplices on their way?” Dai Rong looked at He Jinyu with disdain.
He Jinyu just stared intently at Dai Rong without answering.
Dai Rong suddenly raised his hand and beckoned, and many guards came out from the surrounding area. They were guards from the Li family, and there seemed to be quite a few of them.
"I've heard that people have been trying to find out about me lately, so how could I not take precautions?" Dai Rong said with a sinister smile as she looked at He Jinyu.
"We're all in the martial world, how could we not notice anything, right, young master..." Dai Rong looked at the character for fire engraved on He Jinyu's mask, then corrected herself, "It should be Young Master Fire, hahahahahahahahaha."
Dai Rong smiled mockingly and looked at He Jinyu.
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Zheng Luoqi and the others followed the marks left by He Jinyu all the way to the outside of the city.
Then, as they approached, they saw He Jinyu surrounded by a group of people.
Zheng Luoqi raised her hand to stop them from advancing: "Wait a minute, Jingyu has been discovered. Dai Rong hasn't made a move for so long, she's probably waiting for us to walk into her trap!"
"There are trees all around, and there might be an ambush in the woods! Xingtu, go and scout ahead. If there is any danger, come back immediately!" Zheng Luoqi instructed.
"Yes!" Zisang immediately accepted the order and went to investigate.
A moment later, Zisang returned: "There is indeed an ambush ahead! There is another group of people in the woods, I estimate there are more than a dozen."
"So what should we do now?" Quan Yuyuan asked.
"Let's go!" Zheng Luoqi said, gesturing for the others to follow him.
"Go? Where to?" Quan Yuyuan asked in confusion.
“Of course, we should kill those who were lying in ambush!” Zheng Luoqi said.
"Won't this alert the enemy?"
"No!" Zheng Luoqi said, "Come with me."
Zisang just discovered that there are ambushes in the east, west, and north directions, the south is the route Zheng Luoqi and her group came from, and the east has the fewest ambushes.
The group followed Zheng Luoqi, slowly approaching the group of people who were lying in ambush in the woods.
Zheng Luoqi suddenly stopped. He casually took out a packet of sleeping pills from his pocket and gently sprinkled them on the handkerchief he carried with him.
Immediately afterward, Zheng Luoqi moved forward stealthily like a ghost. He held a handkerchief smeared with sleeping pills in his hand and accurately covered the mouth and nose of the first ambusher. He covered the mouth and nose tightly without giving the other person time to cry for help. Instantly, the guy lost consciousness and collapsed limply to the ground.
Without hesitation, Zheng Luoqi seized the opportunity to step forward quickly, and with a swift motion, delivered a fatal blow to her opponent.
After taking down the first enemy, Zheng Luoqi took out several more packets of the same sleeping pills from her pocket and distributed them to Boyu and the others behind her.
Bo Yu and the others accepted the sleeping potion, a hint of admiration flashing in their eyes. Their gazes seemed to say, "It really came down to you, sir, you were so well prepared."
The group quickly split up and began to act separately. Then, in a corner unknown to Dai Rong, those who had been lying in ambush in the forest were disappearing one by one.