| What relation is Wen Tailai to you? What were you doing risking your life to save him?"
Yu closed his eyes and was silent
"In the end I did save him, so I can die in peace," he finally said
"Huh! Do you really think you could snatch him away from me?"
Yu was startled"Didn't he escape?" he asked
"How could he? Stop day-dreaming!"
Zhang tried to interrogate him, but Yu took no notice, and after a while he began to sneeze
Zhang smiled slightly"You stubborn boy," he said, and left
He ordered the Imperial Bodyguards to organise an ambush with Wen as baitAfter dinner, Wen was brought out of the dungeon and interrogated once more, in the same manner as the night before when Yu had unexpectedly burst in and disrupted the proceedingsThis time, however, heavily-armed troops were hidden all around the Yamen, waiting to catch any Red Flower louis vuitton backpacks Society rescuersBut they waited in vain
The next morning, Zhang received a report that the waters of the Yellow River were rising rapidly, and that the current at the point where they intended to cross was very strong and ordered an immediate departureHe had Wen and Yu placed in separate carriages and was just about to start out when Officer Wu and the Zhen Yuan Agency Lead Escorts raced into the YamenZhang hastily questioned them, and Officer Wu breathlessly told him how they had been attacked and captured by the Muslims and the Red Flower Society, and how Lead Escort Yan had been killed by a young Muslim girl
"Brother Yan was a very tough fighter," Zhang said"We will meet again in Beijing
Zhang immediately went and told the Liangzhou Military commander that he wanted four hundred crack troops transferred to his command to help escort criminals louis vuitton bag wanted by the EmperorThe commander did not dare refuse and also dispatched Colonel Cao Neng and Chief-of-Staff Ping Wangxian to lead the escorting soldiers until they reached Lanzhou, the provincial capital, where provincial troops would take over
Zhang's column surged out of the town, stealing and pilfering from the common people in the usual way as they went
They travelled without incident for two daysThen, about ten miles from a village named Twin Wells, they came upon two bare-breasted men sitting beneath a tree by the side of the road with a pair of fine horses standing nearbyTwo of the soldiers went over
"Hey!" one shouted"These two horses look like official horsesWhere did you steal them from?"
"We are peaceful citizens," said one of the men"We wouldn't dare to steal horses
"We are tired of walkingLend them to us," the second louis vuitton beverly bag soldier replied
The two men stood up, walked over to their horses and untied the reins
The soldiers walked haughtily over and were just about to take hold of the reins when the two men kicked their behinds, leapt onto the horses and galloped over to one of the carriages
"Is Fourth Brother in there?" one shouted
"Ah, Twelfth Brother!" Wen answered
"Fourth Brother, we're leaving," the man replied"But don't worry, we'll be back to rescue you soon
The two men galloped away before the carriage's guards could attack
The column lodged that night at a town called Clear Water ShopEarly the following morning, while most of the soldiers were still asleep, a scream was heard, and there was a moment of confusionThe two troop commanders, Cao and Ping went to investigate and found the bodies of more than a dozen soldiers lying where they had slept, each gucci bag with a gaping gash in the chestThere was no indication of who had killed them
The next evening, they rested at HengshiThis was a large town, and the column filled three inns and many private houses besidesDuring the night, one of the inns caught fireZhang ordered the bodyguards to guard Wen and to heed nothing else in order to avoid being trickedThe flames rose higher and higher
"Bandits!" Cao Neng cried as he ran into Zhang's room"They're attacking!"
"Please go and direct operations yourself, General Cao," Zhang replied"I am unable to leave this place
Cao nodded and left
From outside the inn came the sound of screams and shrieks, galloping horses, the crackle of the flames and the smash of roof tiles as they hit the groundZhang ordered two bodyguards onto the roof to keep watch, but told them not to get involved unless the enemy attacked the coco chanel leather handbags |
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