Volume 3 Chapter 68 (2/2)
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Chu Beijie’s fingers tapped on the table while he quietly listened
A little while later, all had been said The crowd stopped, and silence instantly filled the roo sound on the table
Tap, tap, tap, tap…
Everyone stared at Chu Beijie’s figure which looked as steady as a rock It see in the world could make that broad back bend They silently waited The more the silence increased, the sense of steadiness increased too Coupled with a never to be defeated attitude, there was a hidden rhythm that spread inside the tent
The generals couldn’t help close their
Tap
The tapping sound against the table suddenly stopped
For soed to relax
Chu Beijie turned The group guessed he was about to say so about his plan and waited in anticipation They didn’t expect hi He asked, “Will He Xia i us?”
This question was beyond everyone’s expectations
Suddenly all gazes swivelled towards the sitting Pingting
Pingting quietly sat for a few racefully stood up, glancing at the opened arht out It felt like her heart had been pricked by a thin needle She slightly frowned, whispering, “No”
This was different to everyone else’s guess
There was a seriousness to cheer tone, and no one doubted that she was saying nonsense After everyone had exchanged gazes, the Queen of Dong Lin opened herknow?”
A rough hand reached out, tightly holding Pingting’s hand Pingting raised her head, giving Chu Beijie a profound look She turned towards the Queen of Dong Lin, “Does Queen knohy He Xia is using such unscrupulous methods obtain the world?”
“For power and fame”
Pingting tightly pursed her lips, revealing a wry s-An”
The House of Jing-An
Their Residence of Jing-An could please others, froht to their cold breezes
The ponds had been quiet, greeting the wind The bright but not extravagant Residence of Jing-An had gone up in flaht
“Now that the Gui Le army has been annihilated, there will never be anyone else with the power to threaten He Xia’s authority” Pingting continued, “Now that he single-handedly ruined the four countries, what else does he wish for? The House of Jing-An will once again raise He Xia’s lofty ambitions so he will definitely try to quickly raise the House of Jing-An to an unilory”
“Miss -An?” Moran frowned as he thought “But the Marquess’ personality wouldn’t do so when he knows that he is still in threat from the Duke”
Chu Beijie revealed a pleased s not say the four words, ‘unilory’?”
“I understand!” The light of understanding lit up in Luoshang’s an to yelp, “He Xia wants to immediately ascend the throne! He wants to establish a new country and becoinable height of glory”
Ruohan also thu, “Once hierarchies are set, He Xia would officially control the world,the rebellious parties of peasants much weaker”
“And then he’ll put that brain of his to use, entle policies that will calm everyone down…”
“And finally, he would take his tiet rid of us”
“It’ll be even easier to get rid of us by then”
Although they started off thinking the situation was urgent, this line of thinking hadn’t changed anything at all No matter how they looked at it, it seemed that they were trapped like a turtle in an urn
Everyone’s expressions darkened once more
Moran thought for a moment He then looked at Chu Beijie “So, please Duke, decided what to do next”
Chu Beijie s saas about to speak She shook her head, “Nome The main advisor is Duke”
Chu Beijie was afraid she was upset over the army report and wanted to tease her a bit so she couldher words, he couldn’t ain so he lowered his voice, “duchess wants to see her husband aze shi+fted, scanning each of the audience in the tent
Everyone kneas about to decide on the plan They paid closer attention, holding their breaths to listen quietly
“The Gui Le ar us very little time No need to do intense preparation any more, Moran and I will lead one thousand of the best soldiers to sneak into Yun Chang, capturing Qierou”
Luoshang accoht he would be ast the ones to sneak into Qierou, but he hadn’t heard his naht out of his chair, “Duke, I”
“Don’t worry, you have another task”
Luoshang ed to settle and sat back down
“It isn’t easy to establish a new country, so He Xia will definitely find a feng shui consultant to carefully choose an auspicious day, so the event will be peacefully accepted by all He will pick an auspicious day, so ill help him create some unluckiness to lower his , Hua Can, and twenty or so veterans who arrived today were all my former subordinates, each skilled in their oay Take a few of thei little squads that will each enter different places
Ruohan , “You want us to create unlucky incidents everywhere, to create panic aht?”
Chu Beijie nodded, asking, “These are all the skill of lying, different fro soldiers everywhere nowadays, be careful, Ruohan Hiding your traces is the most important; don’t let others find you It’s up to you in how you would create the unlucky incidents, but can you do it?”
Ruohan hadn’t replied yet when a voice cut through
“Mud oozing blood, ss dropping dead for no reason, statues crying…that kind of thing right?”
Chu Beijie’s glaze flickered, realising that it was Hua Can He smiled at him, “I hadn’t expected General Hua to be such an expert Correct, things like that”
“These things aren’t difficult to do at all” Hua Can frowned, “But even if we use a lot of effort to unsettle the peasants, these things are irrelevant to He Xia with his hundreds of thousands of soldiers It just isn’t practical”
Of course playing around as havoc-causing ghosts wasn’t as sti over it too But hearing the discontent Hua Can had towards Chu Beijie, Luoshang immediately retorted, “How does General Hua know that it isn’t practical at all? You ought to knohen attacking the ene the heart is most important…”
Chu Beijie raised a hand, preventing Luoshang fro to speak He turned to Hua Can, “You’ll understand what use it is in the future” He didn’t expand further on the question, just continued to assign everyone, “The rest of the people will stay in the e You are to hide deep in thefor news” He turned to the Queen of Dong Lin, showing a sign of submission He lowered his voice, “I’ll leave the rest to you, Sister-in-Law If the eneet closer, make sure to hide Don’t try to forcefully take them on”
Ever since the Queen of Dong Lin took charge of Dong Lin’s royal authority, she encountered several dangerous moments, so many that she wasn’t the wo ago She didn’t decline after listening to Chu Beijie’s words She slowly nodded, “Don’t worry, I definitely won’t try to be brave and solve everything the steadiest way possible I’ll look after this place, waiting for all of you to return”
“Then I can be rest assured”
Chu Beijie had ed to lay out a three-way plan in just a few direct addresses It seey was set Everyone there were people who fought in wars and were quite tired of this place, so they were dying to do so to Qierou, I’ll go o pick one thousand five hundred elite soldiers, and Duke can pick one thousand froood?”
Chu Beijie said, “No need for that much work I believe in your taste You can pick all of the people that coht clothes and prepare to hit the road”
Luoshang also stood up He stretched, loosening his tense muscles as he said, “Our side will split into three squads, but ill still need to carefully discuss about which countries to infiltrate and what action to take General Ruohan, General Huacan, come, let us find a place to discuss”
The generals quickly left The Queen of Dong Lin then stood too, “With the Duke of Zhen-Bei’s instructions to look after the cao inspect it” She took two steps, suddenly stopping She turned to ask Pingting, “About that child Zuiju, I re, correct?”
Pingting hadn’t been ready for her sudden question about Zuiju Her heart stung a little as she softly replied, “The Songsen Mountains on the border of Yun Chang and Bei Mo…”
“H Lin nodded She then wondered aloud, “About the Duke of Zhen-Bei’s trip to Qierou, see if you can bring along genius Doctor Huo He keeps on wanting to go to Yun Chang, but since I orried about hie hio sooner or later I’m a bit more reassured if he’s with you”
Chu Beijie and Pingting exchanged a look
This trip of Chu Beijie to Qierou was an infiltration in eneerous than Huo Yunan trying to find Zuiju alone There was no way Pingting could let hiet hurt as he was Zuiju’s Teacher
Pingting said, “Zuiju’s body isn’t actually in Yun Chang While I was living in seclusion, I buried her inside Bei Mo territory”
“Youan oldso you won’t understand Old people aren’t able to take such a shock If he sees a grave, it’ll be disastrous I just want you to take him around a bit and let the past fade for him a bit” As she said these words, she couldn’t help think of her dead sons The corners of her eyes began to redden, but she held it, refusing to cry
Chu Beijie couldn’t refuse after that He answered, “Rest assured, Sister-in-Law If genius Doctor Huo is co, then I will properly look after him on the way
He then sent the Queen off After returning to the tent, he realised Pingting was still standing in the sa and was a general who killed nu his ooman upset
Pingting returned to his side after two years Chu Beijie always felt like she was a glass doll that could shatter at any ti as her face showed depression, he just wouldn’t stop worrying He softlyhis voice, “What are you thinking? Why don’t you go find Changxiao?”
Pingting kneas afraid she was upset about Zuiju She raised her head to look at hiements Duketo the throne after establishi+ng a new country What if Pingting rong and He Xia didn’t focus all his power on establishi+ng a new country but i Lin to attack us instead, causing disaster?”
“How can Pingting guess wrong? You know He Xia the best”
Pingting softly sighed in relief
Chu Beijie asked, “What’s wrong? Pingting isn’t confident enough about herself? But I completely believe you”
“I thought I knew hiet one hundred percent correct about what he was going to do, I would get at least seventy or eighty percent” Pingting’s gaze drifted, stopping on that aruessed he would kill not only He Su but He Su’s Queen and underaged son There isn’t reith us too Hatred had been created by the House of Jing-An’s destruction after all But the Prince is only a few years old When he was born, ere all invited to celebrate with alcohol Master had given hi it around his neck…”
Chu Beijie didn’t wait for her to finish, pulling her into his ar, “Don’t say any et really upset if you do If you’re upset, I’oing to depart for Qierou soon?”
Pingting’s cheeks flushed red from his kisses She squirmed away, “I won’t be able to sleep either with all your annoyances every day Hxiao?”
Chu Beijie see too?”
“I’m not?”
Chu Beijie said, “It’s too dangerous; don’t co quite a lot loom
Pingting wasn’t scared of his expression at all, leaning against his shoulders instead She asked, “Duke doesn’t want to let Pingting stay by his side?”
These words gently moved Chu Beijie Quite a lot of people tried to suck up to him like this, but it just see His eyebrows knotted, his voice no longer as loud as before, “Of course not”
“Does Duke not worry that if he leaves Pingting here, his ill be gone when he returns? The world is so vast, Pingting really wants to bring along Changxiao to travel to every place at least once”
Chu Beijie grabbed onto her, his hands digging into her arain It actually became a habit too”
Pingting chortled, ducking beneath Chu Beijie’s hands, trying to escape “I don’t dare, don’t dare to If Duke wants Pingting to stay, Pingting will just obey”
Chu Beijie hadn’t expected she would be so open He pulled her towards hioing to go so let’s go see Changxiao”
“He’s definitely playing with Ze Qing”
The tent to see Changxiao As expected, beside Yangfeng, he was happily playing with Ze Qing Seeing Chu Beijie, both came forward to pull the Divine Spirit sword fro to leave his son, he held up Changxiao, kissing and pinching hi son doanted to go play There was no way Changxiao knew his father’s thoughts, and once he was on the ground, he giggled and ran off to play with Ze Qing again
After an hour, Moran finished preparing everything He ca for Duke’s command”
Chu Beijie nodded, considering his options for a few ood horse too, for Pingting”
Moran answered, ie it
Pingting waited until Moran left before s as she looked at Chu Beijie “Hadn’t you already subdued your eneo already, so why go choose a horse? You really were afraid of xiao away”
Chu Beijie was so annoyed he clenched his teeth He grabbed her hand, pulling her into his aro anywhere I’ll lock you up myself”
He had been teased by her to the pits of desperation in the past two years He thought again and again, deciding to take Pingting with hierous, he would at least be able to protect her if anything happened
He crazily searched for her in the Songsen Mountains, breaching four of Yun Chang’s checkpoints one after the other That would be called torture
“What about Changxiao?”
Chu Beijie bitterly endured and almost lost himself to his father’s heart A while passed before he clenched his teeth, “For now, leave hi as I keep a close eye on themy son”
Although Pingting wasn’t willing to leave Changxiao to Yangfeng, she was assured She nodded in agreement, stretched out, and pro at all
Chu Beijie hadn’t been able to do anything about her fro this precious treasure so gently elegant, he thought taking Pingting along was a good thing He lowered his head to study her black hair and was just about to pull down a hairpin, having a few entleness, when he heard the sound of footsteps approaching He forced himself to abruptly stop his hand
Soain He reported to Chu Beijie, “Miss Bai’s horse has been chosen”
Pingting had already opened her eyes before Moran entered She struggled out of Chu Beijie’s ar up her appearance at one side
“To avoid the Yun Chang arht Pass along this Order, cook dinner early tonight and set off after eating”
In the gatherings of dust, an inconspicious-looking team set off from the forest
They went through the ht towards Qierou
Thequietly stood in its place It seeinning
When the first hooves sounds of Chu Beijie’s and his beloved wife’s sounded the expedition, everything had been decided—in the glorious opening chapter of the Ting courts, the name Qierou would forever be remembered