Volume 7 (1/2)

Chapter 1

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The scene of the battlefield suddenly appeared to dra Tian dare to easily send a secret codedFan, the er who had hidden within the inner palace couised herself as the Great Master “Sun Zi” with vast knowledge Although Feng Ming believed that he had trained hi to this ancient period, he couldn’t keep his heart fro scene between a teacher and a disciple that is so realistic, he could earn an Oscar award

LD: The Art of War that Master Sun had presented is very astounding Here, please have a taste of Dong Fan’s excellent tea, and then ill continue listening to your ies

ED: Good Good Advisor see toto improve, you’re a much faster learner

All of those so calledTian who learned it by Feng Ming After understanding it, because of the urgent change of events, he had to teach it to her Because Feng Ming was being held hostage, he was force against his will to reveal a bit of the er as taught e

But that knowledge also has its limits, Lu Dan is not an easy opponent to trick if he continues to ask “Sun Zi” about related er wouldn’t be able to counter

LD: I heard Duke Ming said, Master Sun has two different sets ofhad used the chained boat fire strategy at Aman River The other one is “The Exclusive Art of War” which is eventea and if he wasn’t looking down at that moment, he could have spit his tea onto his “er was also surprised She only learned the Art of War fro Tian and

wasn’t quite familiar with it yet, so where did this other Exclusive Art of War ca

Feng Ming was quick witted and ier, he kneel down and said

FM: Your disciple is bad; I didn’t listen to your words and carelessly told Advisor about the other y book that you written

The inner palace is usually the place where people trick and we lie, talking about acting, E was never any lowered She

i, when you went down the mountains, didn’t you listen carefully to what I have told you?

FM: You have said: “The Exclusive Art of War” co at the level of“Art of War” is already enough At this point, it’s not necessary to use “The Exclusive Art of War”; you have to wait in the future when the all the kingdoies have improve immensely in order to let others know about it

ED: And you still dare to reveal it? (She pound hard onto the arhed)

LD: Please Master Sun, don’t blaood We were discussing aboutthe point of interest, Duke Ming was careless about it

While talking for a bit, a servant of Lu Dan lifted the curtains and walked in, “Reporting to Advisor”

LD: Who told you to come in? Didn’t I tell everyone to leave so that no one can bother ?

“Advisor, please forgive, thewanted to intervene”

The voice of Jun Qing traveled inside, his footsteps approached nearer Not long, the curtains were lifted and Jun Qing’s ienerals standing behind him

Lu Dan’s face was a bit pale, but it coed when he stood up with a s Si personally ca Si had

caht time, Master Sun who is well-versed in the Art of War is here discussing aboutSi is also faies, would you like to join the discussion? So’s reason for co here is very simple, I would like to request Master Sun to decipher this strange e we have retrieved on a body of a spy fro to Duke Ming, he stated that those who can read it are very few, and Master

Sun is one of those few people

Jun Qing turned towards E that she was a female, he felt very surprised

JQ: Don’t know if Master Sun is happy to help and co hall for a bit?

LD: According to Jun Ling Si, what lanced over at Lu Dan; his face was serious without ive me Advisor, this is confidential h position in the military forces can participate

The beautiful face of Lu Dan suddenly reddened; his eyes were filled with evil anger but ience, holding poithin Dong Fan’s inner palace, overthrowing the priestesses, but towards military matter, he cannot place his hands in it Thewith great respect towards one’s background and connection, Lu Dan was born from a common family, and never stepped foot on the battlefield, so it’s natural that he won’t receive approval froenerals within theFan King’s trust and love, he still cannot easily stand in their way This is theand “The Art of War” Feng Ming and that book can help Lu Dan receive poithin thethat he yearns for

Jun Qing patiently waited for E’s palms were filled with sweat He had carelessly stated that the e, “Sun Zi” could understand it and never would have thought a hundred times that “Sun Zi” would actually appear

Well, isn’t it great, now they have caught hier took a look at the e and couldn’t explain it, then that ht use this excuse to behead him If she can explain it, then what kind of “news the Gods would send to the mortals”?

“I ae Rong Tian sent, he felt happy and in a slightquickly clenched his teeth and lowered his head, what the heck was he doing? Thinking about that at that moment was a bit unnecessary

“Master Sun, please” One of Jun Qing’s er was not clear about the whole story, but seeing Feng Ming’s face, how can she easily leave with sohtly pushed the tea cup and didn’t say a single word

JQ: (walked forward a few steps) Master Sun, the tiry at Jun Qing’s rudeness, seeing the way “Master Sun” ignored Jun Qing, it could be said that she kind of help hi Si, Master Sun is a special guest that I have invited; she is not one of your subordinate Whether Master Sun wants to go to thehall or not, it would be best for her to decide

Jun Qing paused a bit, but he wasn’t angry He looked over at Feng Ming

JQ: Duke Ming also kno urgent thisto persuade your Master to co the trust of the Great King towards Duke Ming

Just like that, Feng Ming couldn’t just cross his arer

FM: Master, Jun Ling Si received a e on it had a si to what master had talked about how the Gods co Si thatSi wishes verywithin it and wishes you to take this trip, don’t knohat your decision is?

ED: So that’s it You’ve continued to get involved

FM: Yes, yes Your disciple has been rash

ED: This matter (She looked over at Lu Dan) What does Advisor think?

Lu Dan saw that “Master Sun” asked for his opinion, giving hihten up a bit However, he was understanding, of course he wouldn’t say the words: “Master, you should not go”

LD: Lu Dan will respect any decision that Master Sun er pretended to think it over for a bit and then replied to Jun Qing

ED: I won’t lie to Jun Ling Si I have decided long ago that I won’tMing revealed everything, andSi personally come here to ask In order to repay Advisor’s hospitality, I felt it’s only right to do so Si with this matter, butI’m old and

can’t easily ht here related to yourable to take the trip

In the beginning, Jun Qing had no intention of discussing the matter in front of Lu Dan, but since “Master Sun” didn’t want to follow hient matter so he pulled out the letter and hand it to “Master Sun”

Eer took the letter and opened it up

ED: Ha? The writing in this letter is really what the Gods have used, where did you find it?

JQ: We got it froht Master, ould like to request if you can decipher the hiddenon a hot wok

Eood lie to trick Lu Dan and Jun Qing, even if it’s not easy

E the letter and looking froht, her hts After everyone around aiting with tired necks for her translation, she wrinkled her brows and looked over at

Jun Qing

ED: I also don’t knohat the hidden e is

FM: What?

JQ: What? (shocked and disappointed with a bit of suspicion) Eer placed the letter on the table and slowly said

ED: It’s because this letter is not coular writing is complicated a thousand times If the letter is not coe inside? It’s just like a military map with only one piece of it, so how can we

knohere the beginning is?

Feng Ming’s two eyes widened, he wanted so badly to just kiss Eenious!

The older they are the wiser they are

JQ: What Master said is that this letter has another part to it? ED: Absolutely correct

JQ: How is this possible?

ED: How can it not be possible? (looked towards Lu Dan) Right now, 11 kingdodom wants to use all sort of method to protect their confidential infore into different pieces to different people, Advisor ht Everyone different will hold a piece, and then handed altogether to receiver, and the receiver will place the so, they won’t have to worry if one of the people is caught and the secret is reveal

This type of sendinghas also heard of

Unfortunately, Bei Qi is their dangerous neighboring kingdo continuousto be anxious, and now they discovered a spy, afraid that a spy had infiltrated their troops and this

Jun Qing already had his suspicion about Feng Ming, but he couldn’t guess why Feng Ming would want to lie to hie, then he could figure out whether it was true or not He just can’t believe she would pull out an excuse that theSi, I believe that if ant to find out the hidden e behind this letter, ill need to capture another spy

JQ: I’ve already e that had recently appeared in the troops Since it’s like that, I have other important matter to take care of, I’ll excuse ht all of his subordinates outside of the roo

JQ: Jun Ting stated that within the next ten days, Duke Ming planned on not co to see

the soldiers practice and need to stay inside the inner palace to write ht

JQ: That cannot be done Duke Ming had already forgotten one thing, the troops fro ten days to write training et the ti needs to use three days ti the order that during these three days, she will assist Duke Ming inside the inner palace She is still young with less experience,

please look after her Duke Ming

Not allowing Feng Ming to refuse, bowed to Lu Dan, and walked out with everyone

Feng Ming silently whihter to stick to hier was a bit tired and looked over at Lu Dan

ED: My bones and body is old, unable to withstand suffering On the road co here, I’ve been tossed about, even now I still feel as if I’ in the palanquin

LD: It’s Lu Dan’s miscalculation Master had come from afar, so you will need to rest peacefully for once It’s just in ti banquet tonight, I would like to invite Master to have fun as well, how about it?

ED: (shook her head) I’m from the mountains, I don’t like to be around crowds like that

LD: It’s only natural If Master does not like it, then you don’t need to come Then Lu Dan ait until Master is well rested and will couidance

FM: Master coood care of you Eer looked over at Lu Dan, Lu Dan nodded his head

LD: I’ll bother Duke Ming then, I’ll send a few more attendants over to serve you

Lu Dan personally escorted the his close servants to escort the two of the Ming tried to hold back his excite to his place, told the servants to excuse theht hear theer

FM: How’s it going?

ED: What is Duke Ming trying to ask?

FM: Your Highness(he stoer saw Feng Ming’s action and couldn’t help but laugh ED: Co obediently lended his ear

ED: He’s sick

FM: Sick? (let out a frighten sound Looking at all four directions and then lowered his

voice) Whywhy is he sick? Sick from what? Then why did he say that he is near me? And want me to wait for him?

ED: He’s lovesick and it’s very serious

Feng Ming wanted to ask soer suddenly said: “Don’t say any sees me, you will ask a lot of questions All these questions, to explain all of the explains it all to Duke Ming later At thejust need to patiently wait for the Great King’s news, he has co just needs to wait

FM: Then what truly happened to Xi Lei? It’s stated here that Tong Er had stolen the throne, what happened?

ED: It’ll be explained later

FM: What kind of great plan did he coerous situation, how can I be at peace without asking?

ED: If he doesn’t want you to know, then he has his own reasons Does Duke Ming not believe the Great King?

FM: How can I not?

ED: As long as you believe the Great King then it’s fine This place has a lot of people following close by, if they noticed us whispering, they will raise suspicion From this point forward, just think of me as your ht, believe in hi Fan cannot stop the sword in your hands, I will believe you

That night, Feng Ming had a drea to the Crown Prince’s quarter

FM: Rong Tian, I want to go horseback riding! I want to eat du me! I’m tired, let me rest in your arms! This ti Tian’s face changed into Ruo Yan

FM: No! It can’t be!

Lu Dan appeared behind hi belongs tostared at the person in front of his eyes and it was no longer Ruo Yan, but now changed to Dong Fan King

FM: I don’t want this! I don’t want this! Rong Tian hurry! Co so suddenly opened his eyes, his forehead filled with sweat

A female attendant patted her chest: “I’ve finally able to wake Duke Ming, Duke Ming was having a night out loud”

FM: Luckily, it was just a dreao back to sleep

“Sleep? Your servant is here to help Duke Ming change clothes Duke Ming should wake up”

FM: This early? It’ cold, I have to sleep some more, please don’t bother me

“But13th Lieutenant has co for you in thein writing so”

FM: Tell her I’m sick and need to sleep until the afternoon “This ”

FM: Go, go

This is the territory of Duke Ming, and if it wasn’t his, it was still Lu Dan’s territory, how can

13th Captain dare to bother his beautiful sleep?

To leave his bed during the winterhates the most, so his servant left the room This ti Fan King or Lu Dan to ruin it

However, his blanket was suddenly pulled away, causing Feng Ming’s whole body to shi+ver and yelled out in a weird way that he ju wasat the head of the bed and throwing his blanket down on the cold ground

FM: What do you want? (Feng Ming wore light clothing, his two hands were covering his chest and shaking)

JT: Request Duke Ming to immediately leave the bed My father wantsand discuss aboutsleep

FM: Not allowing so’s place and report to hijust recently shouted out the ene Tian in your drea?

FM: You!

JT: This responsibility I received fro’s ability, but also the loyalty of Duke Ming towards Dong Fan If there are any traces of the past Duke Ming in the present you

FM: Alright, alright I’ll leavewould be useless

Jun Ting turned around and lifted the curtains: “One incense ti ait in the study hall of this quarter”

CHAPTER 2

Feng Ming’s servants helped dress hiee for

hiht be until the late afternoon that he could get so Ming was dreading about what he has to deal with later, butpass the guest roo towards hier” but stopped himself early and asked her why she is up early in this cold weather

ED: The snow scenery is very beautiful so how can I ignore it You are also up very early FM: Your disciple’s fate is very hard, I have to exa method with 13th

Captain Ah, 13th Captain is Jun Ting, also the daughter of Jun Ling Si, the person you saw yesterday I have to go to the study hall right now

ED: I want to go to the back courtyard, which is also along the way

While walking to the study hall, Feng Ming noticed that everywhere they went there were attendants and guards around the out of the ordinary If they were to whisper, it would only lead to er wanted to talk to him about When they reached the middle of the path to the study hall and back courtyard, Eer suddenly lowered her voice

ED: Although these recent years, your learning/efforts has improved, but I a innocently raised his head) Right, right, your disciple haven’t iuidance

ED: You are already not young so I don’t want to keep lecturing you It’s just yesterday, I saw that you went to sleep early and seeht you, which is to have the habit of reflecting your daily actions every night It appears that young people who are as studious and diligent like Advisor are less and less nowadays, I feel it’s a pity

that I was thinking of accepting another disciple

FM: Master wants to accept new disciple?

ED: That’s right The Art of War, I have fully taught you everything, however, “The Exclusive Art of War” you don’t have the ability and qualifications to learn the essence of it Although I ah much practice/cultivation, I am not an immortal, and eventually there will be a day I’ll pass away Finding so hireatest wish, and is also theFan is a kingdo their people there htenment bestowed by the Gods I believe that at this place I can findEr, is there anyone who is the best candidate? FM: The candidates

ED: I feel that Advisor Lu Dan is very intelligent and spiritual and is a very good candidate But the Art of War relies on so merits, which it seems the person who has the most experience on the battlefield to inherit the Exclusive Art of War is better suited Jun Ling Si from yesterday is also not a bad choice, however, it’s a pity that he is at an old age

Feng Ming was standing there with his mouth wide opened

Heavens, this respected fake Sun Zi, you sure let out a huge bait Yesterday, he just mentioned to her about the existence of the Exclusive Art of War and the next day, she takes advantage of it to the extre them within the inner palace are filled with spies Within one hour, 80 possibility, all of the things they talked about will eventually reach Lu Dan and Jun Ling Si’s ears

At theFan already had a battle over who take over the assistant position between Jun Ling Si and Feng Ming, and now there is going to be another “battle over ill inherit the Exclusive Art of War”

Does this lady really want toFan, within a month, have a tense internal political battle be stirred around like a pot of rice? No wonder she is thesuddenly re and tried to excuse hio and enjoy the snow scenery, your disciple has an appoint in the study hall If I don’t leave, sheFan would punish so him, it’s very scary, scary indeed

ED: My dear disciple, you need to remember You have to send someone to thank Advisor

Lu Dan Advisor had sent so Fan, servedby at night to discuss about ies Someone who is studious like that deservessuddenly realizes why E happened to Lu Dan last night since he didn’t coies and judging by Lu Dan’s personality and interest, he would never let go of that opportunity

If so, yesterday night, did so now understands why

Eht and had to stop hier tells hi ran off When reaching the study hall, he didn’t walk in at first because he didn’t kno Jun Ting’s ainst theand peer through a s witnessed a scene with Jun Ting and another male soldier named Lin Yin

LY: Be careful with the ink and staining your o

LY: Let o

Feng Ming noticed that Lin Yin was holding onto Jun Ting’s hand and won’t let go JT: Lin Yin, I told you to let go, you dare to not listen?

LY: Ting Er, I

JT: Don’t call o

Feng Ming thought to himself that he can’t believe a person like Lin Yin would dare to chase after a fe Tian who had witness this, their first thought would be how to take advantage of this budding romance that no one has discovered to black No o of her hand

LY: What would happen if you keep on shouting for the guards to co Si?

JT: (was shocked and a bit later said) My hands are faood?

LY: I just had a slipped of words, why are you still angry like this Jun Ting pulled her hands back and clenched her teeth

JT: How funny, I ae with my subordinate? This matter today, since it’s you

LY: I know, I’ turned away

Lin Yin looked at her for awhile and then finally said

LY: Since it’s like this, I request to be transfer to the 12th ar was a bit shocked and turned around to look at Lin Yin) LY: Your subordinate wishes to follow the 12th captain

JT: No!

LY: 13th Captain does not have the right to disapprove I aht to directly speak to Jun Ling Si about this Also, you don’t want to seeto the eyes would be better

JT: Who said that I don’t want to see you?

As for Feng Ming standing outside, he thought: okay, now obediently exchanging rolances If he knew this would happened, he would have slept in some more, with the situation like this, if he ca probably would not be a tad bit angry

If the situation like this was Rong Tian and Feng Ming, they would be havingstrenuous physical exercise

However, it seeuy, no where co spoiled, he not only will not hit the snake with a stick, but just stood there stunned for awhile, watching her and said: “I’er you, why stay in the 13th army The other Lieutenant are better than me The duties that I take care of other people can also have the ability to do theave Lin Yin a slapped on the face

JT: What nonsenseStand in the snow for er towards the door of the study hall

Lin Yin turned around and walked towards the door

JT: Stop! (she paused a bit and then said) Why are you going?

Lin Yin didn’t answer and lifted the curtains to walk out

Feng Ming ran from behind the study hall and made his way around just in time to see Lin Yin

FM: Mister, has 13th Captain been waiting a long time inside the room? I already quickly left

the bed, dress up, and eat to arrive here, but Ithe way, hehe, it’ the person that yesterday Jun Ling Si personally ca’s quarters to request for her audience about the secret e found on the spy’s body

Lin Yin placed his hand out to stop the forever never ending words of Feng Ming

LY: 13th Captain has been waiting for Duke Ming for a long ti hurry up and enter

Awhile ago, Feng Ming only saw Lin Yin’s back and now that he’s face to face, he discovered that this soldier was filled with a courageous aura to chase after Jun Ting, not

the saenerals Lin Yin has a certain naivety of a student, behind the façade laid a hidden ,that Jun Ting felt special about him

LY: Captain does not like people aste ti will need to arrive early next ti lifted the curtains and walked inside the study hall He saw the unpleasing face of Jun Ting standing in front of the desk with crossed ar a punitive look as if to send punish know the punish? FM: I’m sorry, it’s because

JT: You don’t need to explain to h you are soives per, you cannot look down uponfelt a bit upset that Jun Ting decided to pour all her anger out on hiument with her boyfriend But of course, he couldn’t tell her straight out like that

FM: 13th Captain, please ease your anger, I admit that I did arrive late a bit, but that’s

because

JT: EnoughDuke Ming does not need to explain anyat one place, Jun Ting push the ink block forward: “Duke Ming?”

FM: Ah, I’ll write it down right away

Feng Ming begins writing sos

that she didn’t understand

JT: The things that Feng Ming wrote, it doesn’t see methods Also, when in battle, there’s no order for the Generals to bring the soldiers to defeat the enemies, but to have the Generals follow the main come of the 13th ar of every soldiers is your responsibility?

JT: Of course, I can’t handle it, my subordinates are a total of 3000 soldiers, and how can I follow and train each one of thee of

one group, which is 50 soldiers

FM: Well, that’s right Bringing out the best of each soldier willFan’sout the best of each soldier, you need to have the best chosen Generals, and start training fro Fan are numerous; to train the army to be the best is not an easy task I have a eneral to train the soldiers efficientlyWhen in battle; the generals follow next to the main commander, fro the battle, there is a soldier that ran off, investigate clearly who is the general in charge of that soldier Afterwards, execute that general Just like that, the regular generals will be motivated to train their soldiers to protect their lives As a result, the training for each ar about carefully, it doeswill need to write a whole book of trainingsimple like this, I’m afraid that you won’t passI wanted to write a secondenerals’ ability and effort in the training When we talk about teaching, theto one’s talent The soldiers are people, they all have their good points and flaws, and they

carounds are different, soood on water There’s too , better yet to request each of the generals to base on the ability of their soldiers to i to Jun Ting and giving her a long lecture about training soldiers according to their ability and talents Later there was a gust of wind that opened up the s and they noticed that snoas falling down heavily

Jun Ting excused herself, telling Feng Ming that she is leaving for a bit will return soon

Feng Ming yelled out to her that he still haven’t finished and didn’t hear about her thoughts yet, but she just left

Feng Ming inside the roo to hi at her expression, it see my lecture In fact, I’ by heart, discussing about ancient period trainingto do with me If I knew this before, then that year I should have lessen azine) and read azines

At thatwith Lin Yin who apparently

stood in the snow just as he was told to Because of how caring Jun Ting is about her “lover’s” condition, Feng Ming also thought about Rong Tian and hoould rather be frozen then to allow Feng Ming to sneeze one bit Rong Tian would always hug hihtly giggled a bit at the pair, in which Jun Ting asked hi decided to divert and said that he was thinking about the snow scenery and saying so about how the Advisor must have invited his ht up the topic about Lu Dan just to take notice of Jun Ting’s reaction Jun Ting tells Feng Ming to thinkasked her what she e of by the Advisor, being dragged into the battle for the assistant position betweenpillar for Duke Ming to relay on, but the military division, does not have the ability to welcoht now, if so take care of hi think about yourself so were to happen to the Advisor that is beyond expected?

If so were to happen to the Advisor, hoill the ?

JT: (shook her head and sighed) Duke Ming hasrid of the Advisor, he is still the root of Dong Fan and theto the latest nee’ve got, the Advisor’s health is deteriorating, especially since the beginning of this winter, the palace physicians are usually lingering around the Advisor’s quarters

Feng Ming’s heart beat faster

In fact, Lu Dan’s sickness has become worse This is also the reason why he wasn’t able to

visit last night Rong Tian had said before, this type of sickness is due to a long ter one’s mind, if it doesn’t exacerbate then it’s fine, but once it’s exacerbated then afraid that he won’t be able to pass the winter, as there are alh I haven’t been with Duke Ming for a long ti is not a bad person The priestesses have been defeated, and the Advisor held sole power in hand, standing in the back and not worrying about putting Duke Ming in har to replace his position in the courts of Dong Fan But with pressure and struggle by the court officials, it would be hard toFan is already a mess as it is, there is no need for another scene

of cruelty and bloodshed, internal struggle is not what theto be neutral, ill notany Si

JT: I have honestly told Duke Ming everything, can you givewas silent, he had hts flooded his mind

Needless to say, people in thewith Lu Dan and speculated that hefelt ashamed as Lu Dan had clearly told him about it and just not he finally re’s approach can be described as good intentions They just don’t want Dong Fan state of affairs to fall into the hands of another traitor, which is to not having unani Fan unite in harth

[ Most of this got a bit confusing, but overall I believe theto be the same as Lu Dan, to dominate the political affairs, but this is what Lu Dan had inreplace hi should knohat decision tois clear about the situation I request that you do not do anything careless as to disrupt the Dong Fan’s Bureau which is trying tosighed heavily; he could not tell Jun Ting that he already reached an agreement with Lu Dan earlier Also that fact that he wore the unparallel sword on his body and if he didn’t listen to Lu Dan, Lu Dan could easily give the other pair of sword to an uni would die too Though he wasn’t sure if this rumor about the sas true, but if it was true, then ould he do?

The i Fan, Rong Tian the person

who somewhere unknown, and hopes that he could disrupt the peace of Dong Fan a bit That’s right, if Dong Fan I stabilized, why do they still need to i?

FM: I understand now, Lieutenant Lin Yin is responsible for military secrets, no wonder he is covered in frost/snow upon co back, and 13th Captain immediately presented the physical condition of the Advisor

Lin Yin and Jun Ting’s face slightly changed; apparently they did not think that Feng Ming deduction skills were iathering information inside the palace

Lin Yin just met with a spy who served for Lu Dan to confir can inform this to the Advisor whenever you feel like, but the Advisor is also very clear about this within the palace In the palace, everywhere has spies Not to mention, Lin Yin is also a subordinate under my care, I believe the Advisor would not dare to touch hi at this point realized that Lin Yin was not ordinary; no wonder he has the guts to pursue Jun Ting He looks simple on the surface but is very i and the next ate, a first class spy

At thatYen came to infor hall for they just caught another Bei Qi’s spy and again had a secretwas shocked, but he wondered what kind ofTian sent this ti Yen requested Duke Ming to persuade histo help with the reed to co Si even prepared a palanquin for her and a horse for Duke Ming so they won’t have to travel by foot to thesat in the er was placed at a co stood behind her father, and Lin Yin sat a spot that seenificant position in the are and coht Thethe line of “Soldiers won’t shed blood because ‘bean’ will be defeated/won?”

Feng Ming came to the conclusion that perhaps ‘bean’ was reference to the food supply andrid of the food supply that was given to Dong Fan to pass this winter However, he thought that thisFan suffered and won’t have any effect on the nobles of Dong Fan So what is Rong Tian’s sche asked Ee was the same as the last

one and if perhaps she can decipher it

Ee is just the second piece of the puzzle, but not a co, who also had a bit of suspicion

Ee, she can soe for theer’s response was very sive theuess and they won’t tried to double check if it correspond to every single stroke and e to prove whether or not it’s true

E to do with Dong Fanwhich isDong Fan will ave the nonsense and whether she is trying to trick them

LY: I am a Lieutenant of the 13th arive my rudeness But the suspicion I have, I have to say it Everyone, is this e really froe truly just one piece of the puzzle? What is the true hidden es? All of us could only rely on Duke Ming

and Master Sun to understand a bit of it Base on this, what do you all think about it?

FM: According to Lieutenant Lin Yin, are you saying thatSi?

LY: I don’t dare It’s just that Duke Ming had said that only your e and after ain said that the e is not complete and cannot translate per word And now she says that Dong Fan will meet with disaster, it’s very hard for anyone to not build up suspicion that Master Sun is deliberately trying to prevaricate

JQ: Lin Yin, tell us what’s your plan?

LY: I dare to request Duke Ming and Master Sun to give some evidence, to prove to us that these are words from the Gods

ED: HahaThose who lie or not, the Gods know, I don’t need to face this lieutenant to proveSi also has suspicion towards ive us so

ED: Jun Ling Si haven’t heard all of e, it not only state

that Dong Fan willFan’s disaster, starts froerThe Gods had reported, the capital of Dong Fan will meet with disaster The a Si believe this or not, all the things I wanted to say, I’ve said theer stood up and walked out of theSi suspects my master and I of deception, you can always execute us However, before Jun Ling Si hly recoate in the southern city to see if there is an alanced over at Lin Yin, pretended to be er

No need to ask, E Tian had already told her about it

In the southern city, whether it’s a lot or a few, therechased after Eht be following them, he didn’t dare to open his mouth and speak one word to her The two of the and continued their way back to the inner palace

Upon returning, the maids told the for Duke Ming in thequickly went inside to see, from afar he could see Lu Dan’s back and not

understanding why, his heart was a bit relieved

FM: It’s snowing heavily and Advisor chose to come by at this time, are you not afraid of the cold?

Lu Dan turned around and curved his lips

LD: A ’s heavy and rush footsteps, I thought you were angry But now that I heard Duke Ming’s voice, it seeood mood

Lu Dan wore a red robe, which reflected his white skin,him even more beautiful

FM: Don’t say it any hall, they suspect thatsat down and retold theFM: My master also came back with me, how come I don’t see her?

One of the attendants answered, “The Master stated that she is tired and went back to her roo entertain the Advisor”

LD: No need to bother the Master, to be honest, Lu Dan cah (He suddenly placed his hands over his h for a scaryfrowned and caht, Advisor? So over sohed for awhile, slowly stopped and then s colder

His face flushed red, which addedheld onto his hand, which felt ice cold Fro close up, Lu Dan was o, you were alright, how coht Lu Dan one line: when sickness coo away, it’s like peeling off raw silk fro earlier, could it be that Duke Ming believed Lu Dan was lying about this? It seeer conceal [ood person, h his words were true, he did indeed cause Feng MingMing felt as if he was stabbed His tears almost wanted to trickle down

FM: There are reat physicians, Advisor should not think of the worst

LD: Seeing Duke Ming’s good will, Lu Dan don’t knohether to be for the Great King or to be worried for Duke Ming?

Patting Feng Ming’ hands, Lu Dan lowered his voice

LD: Don’t worry, even one day withwill not dare to touch you The Masterwell, I can’t request for her teaching today

Lu Dan slowly stood up, his body alrab hold of him and that hen he kneeak Lu Dan was

Lu Dan broke free froht, he s see stock

FM: Next ti, just send someone over to call forand wanted to say so, but hesitated

FM: Didn’t Advisor wanted to say so while and then chuckled

LD: Duke Ming should already understand that everywhere inside and outside the palace, there are spies

Feng Ming gave him a puzzled look

LD: Lu Dan has one request FM: Please do say

LD: The Great King has a heart of gold, loves his people, respect his teacher, devoted to the Gods, deeply endoisdo did not understand what Lu Dan was trying to say until the words “deeply endoisdom,” that his mind lit up and finally understood

Apparently the words that E about

accepting a second disciple had reached the ears of Lu Dan

LD: Request Duke Ming to say a few good words to Master Sun on behalf of the Great King (Revealing a faint smile, he stepped onto a small palanquin and departed in the snow

After escorting Lu Dan, Feng Ming returned to study hall, where he saw his half written paper onand Lu Dan are two old foxes playing with politics and in the process of fighting for power All of those so called scientific theories are of no use if Jun Qing purposely tried towas depressed and tore up the sheet of paper He sat down and tried to reorganize his thoughts that were all jumbled up because of those two men

Lu Dan seeht that the sickness would co him like this, it’s unknohether howback, Lu Dan was slowly beco Yin to here It was because Feng Ming was sinorant to not realize this

As for theof the Gods, Morse code, the prophesized upco catastrophic disaster codo didn’t bother to think about it

As for thatTian, what does it really ry that everywhere is filled with spies, causing hi her, she hasn’t even openly told hi tried hard to think for almost half the day, but he still couldn’t co his sto suddenly remembered that he still

haven’t had lunch The servant told him that Master Sun chose to eat lunch inside her roo if he wanted to eat inside his roo chose to eat in the living/ ca Yen, how come you ca, I had so and Master Sun to request for a lunch together

Chang Yen handed the rabbit to the servant

JT: (bluntly said) My father sent us to look after the two of you If it’s true that you use unsettling lies to disrupt the military’s minds, then immediate punishment is ordered without mercy

CY: My dear 13th Captain, why are you like this? Haha, the weather is cold outside, how about we sit down and have a hot pot, wouldn’t that be good?

Feng Ming had a very good ieneral and s the attitude of Jun Ting He ordered the servants to fetch

for so was being atried to offer her so can’t believe that earlier, she was all telling him to think for hi Yen on the other hand was more open and relatively pleasant

After three cups of wine, Chang Yen suddenly asked Feng Ming

CY: I heard that ever since Duke Ming was little, you were raised up as a Crown Prince of Xi Lei?

FM: Ha? That’s right That year, Xi Lei was unstable and worried that so used his own son to replace the Crown Prince in the palace He then took the real Crown Prince, who is the later Xi Lei King, and protected hi used his own childHearing Duke Ming’s words, it feels like you are retelling the story fro?

Hearing Chang Yen’s words, Feng Ming felt he had an ulteriorFan know that he is a drifted spirit? Could it be that before Lu Dan dies, he still wants to mess/joke around with him? And yet he just felt extremely sy Yen is half correct Ever since I was little I was brought into the inner palace, my father wholeheartedly protected the real Crown Prince, so he had never teach his real son; therefore, it’s inevitable that there is alienation between father and son

Feng Ming forced on a smile and slowly drank a cup of wine

CY: There is one thing I don’t knohether I should say it or not

Chang Yen pondered for a long ti an expression of hesitation

FM: If there is so, if Rong Tian is still here, Duke Ming is still Xi Lei’s minister of state, I will not mention a word, but since the situation is like this, there is no reason not to

This tihed and continued

CY: Duke Ming, do you know that your appearance and temperao When I first ht you were his son; therefore, upon first ’s eyes widened

Jun Ting Interjected: “General, you reithin the palace of Xi Lei, is the son of Duke Rong, how can he be someone else’s son?”

CY: This is the proble’s position, in the case others, you would use someone else’s child as a replaceerous situation of being assassinated at any tirip of the cup in his hand, it fell to the floor and shattered into pieces

CHAPTER 5

Chang Yen felt a bit e, please don’t be alarht about it er, I won’t be at ease

FM: (shook his head) No, what General had said makes absolute sense, very reasonable

Honestly speaking, whether he is Duke Rong’s real son or not is not the uise If according to Chang Yen’s speculation, could it be that his

body of his still has a father and mother in this world?

Heavens, the hiinally an orphan But in this world, not only does he have Rong Tian as a lover, there’s E And right nohat’s even better is the appearance of his parents and ht even be aunts and uncles

The feeling of having a fa was emotional that he tre these people know that he is a fake disguised in An He’s body would just increase the nu saw his face changed froreen One h secretly The next moment, his face was filled with distress like so was thinking inside

CY: Duke Ming, are you alright?

FM: I’ over soe, there are s Every day is a new day, thank you General Chang yen for tellingwas so excited, he was ra about that he hi Yen and Jun Ting exchanged glances and just thought that perhaps Feng Ming was trying to hide his sadness and so they just silently ate their food

Halfway through theirin and requested Chang Yen to return

Feng Ming grabbed a piece of stea rabbit meat into hisYen back as well?

CY: (shook his head) No need, the weather outside is snowing heavily, Duke Ming does not need to exhaust oneself

This was exactly what Feng Ming wanted He was lazy and afraid of the cold, ould he want to go out when it’s snowing Feng Ming looked towards Jun Ting, who still had a grumpy face

FM: Then how about 13th Captain?

JT: Before knowing the outco Duke Ming Wherever Feng Ming is, I will be there

Feng Ming widened his eyes, is this soh

h for you, you still don’t have to be like this

Chang Yen quickly left with the guard and leaving Feng Ming and Jun Ting, along with the fe ordered the attendants to leave and then stared at Jun Ting FM: Did I offend 13th Captain in solanced over at hietables in

her bowl

FM: If Captain has solances Jun Ting placed her chopstick down, thinking for awhile and then finally said

JT: Is Duke Ming trying to provoke the relationshi+p between Bei Qi and Dong Fan? FM: What?

JT: Ever since Duke Ming participated the s have happened within the e letter, the system reform, the

Gods, the disaster prediction, and it just seee of the friction between Bei Qi and Dong Fan

Jun Ting really has inherited her father’s keenness, with one glance, she al to let out some cold sweat

JT: If these speculations are established, then Duke Ming’s intentions towards Dong Fan is extreiggled) 13th Captain’s analytical skills is quite superb, but I don’t understand why 13th Captain came to this conclusion after a few hours?

JT: I have my oay

FM: I believe it’sthought very hard There e of investigating things within the palace, and also enthusiastically pursuing Jun Ting Why within such a critical ’s focus onto Feng Ming?

JT: Lin Yin is a reliable palace spy, he has good insight into people, I believe his analytical

view on the current situation

Feng Ming coldly laughed a few ti is definitely not right

During the time of seriousness, there was suddenly a sound of footsteps echoing forth That personMing looked up and noticed that Chang Yen had returned

Chang Yen patted his shoulders which were filled with snow, panting, and finally said

CY: Just outside the southern city, we’ve discovered an a Si has ordered to

was stunned

Feng Ming jumped up and yelled out

FM: Didn’t I say thatto you! MyFan) will begin fro Yen, you must act with caution

JT: That place really has an ado any official unifordodom Bei Qi

JT: Since Master Sun’s prediction proved credible, at theYen, I will follow you back to see e

The two of theer

FM: Did Master hear the news? The southern city really have an a Er suspect my words?

FM: How could I? Of course not, your disciple clearly knows that Master is the best/powerful

Feng Ming laughed, and at an angle where other people cannot see, he winked at Enal: Is it the troops of Xi Lei?

E frown, he went in front of the table, using his finger to dip into the tea and quickly wrote the word “Bei” and looked towards Eer s of appreciation

Well, good for you, Rong Tian Actually leading the troops of Dong Fan to the place where Bei Qi set a Tian has a powerful intelligent network, Bei Qi had already planned on attacking Ping Xi, lurking in the dark and using a large number of soldiers for the a scratched his head, that was Rong Tian’s probleht about Rong Tian hiding so the world

Every step he takes was silently leading Dong Fan onto the path of destruction Feng Ming was both proud, but a bit sad at the sa Yen’s words suddenly eround is not what he believe it to be then only E yen choose this point in tilanced over at E with her eyes closed FM: Master

ED: Ah? (slightly opened her eyes)

FM: Nothing (he changed the subject) After the news of the a Si should be fully convinced Your disciple guesses that before long, they will ask Master to coer set involved in these things any myself to leak news of an ambush written on those letters is already considered a repayment for Advisor Lu Dan’s kindness Fro Fan’s affairs Howeverif they ask you anxiously, you should tell the Fan, then they will not stop at the southern city That city, the land is fertile, the river moist, a treasured land filled with spiritual feel from the earth Perhaps it is not the appropriate place for the troops to defend If they want to protect the capital, they need to urgently co Ming bid Eood rest and left the room He later decided to head over to Lu Dan’s quarter to visit hi a short nap and will be out shortly Feng Ming aiting in theimpatient so he decided to peer inside

when a physician ca questioned the servant is Lu Dan is unwell She just answered hi to wait a bit more

CHAPTER 6

LD: Lu Dan had arrived late, please forgive entle laughter echoed towards Feng Ming’s ears Just as

he looked up, he saw Lu Dan cheerfully standing in front of him Compared to earlier, Lu Dan’s co stood up, and exa in relief It’s strange to say that Lu Dan and him are enemies, far froh possibility of dying, Feng Ming was constantly worrying about hireat

Lu Dan laughed and then looked at Feng Ming LD: Duke Ming ca Ming suddenly realized that he didn’t have any purpose for co here Even him himself couldn’t understand why he intended to find Lu Dan for

FM: That’s not co to sit down and ordered the servant to bring forth soyou; therefore, did notto find a quiet place where you can loosen your ly

Why are the gentle words flowing from the beautiful lips of his able to ? It’s hard to deny that this Advisor have the ability to hypnotize a person’s mind

LD: Unfortunately, this please is not a quiet place; perhaps the things bothering Duke Ming will need a quieter place

Once he finished, Lu Dan suddenly faced Feng Ming and gave hi Duke Ming to another place So didn’t have time to think, but follow Lu Dan outside

FM: Where does Advisor plan on taking me?

Lu Dan climbed onto the horse, held onto the reins and turned around to say to Feng Ming

LD: Once Duke Ming is there, you’ll know Duke Ming and I will just wander around within

the palace, guards are not allowed to follow behind

Lu Dan talked with Feng Ming as riding another horse

LD: Although they are Jun Ling Si’s men, however, within this palace, they would not dare to faceclosely monitored

FM: I can’t believe that within the inner palace, you can ride horses, compare to the Forbiddenuh, a palace I’ve once heard of, this isis a cri a bit, the whole body feels co me to?

LD: I used to always think that in the future, when I have full power, I will build a peaceful place within the inner palace Besides the Great King and I, no one is allowed to coo there to be at peace for awhile, using that tis in life

FM: That’s right, the upsetting ive priority and o of all the pressure, otherwise sooner or later, one’s ht become crazy The quiet place within the palace that Advisor found reat snow scenery, a beautiful quiet place

LD: It’s up ahead

Feng Ming looked up and was suddenly surprised

FM: The Heaven and Earth palace?

Lu Dan got off of his horse

LD: The new priests are inside, without per Ming followed behind and got off of his horse He silently thought: Could it be that the place Lu Dan chose to retreat is the Heaven and Earth palace?

At first, Feng Ming stated that he didn’t want to go inside Lu Dan reassured hi to sit on the steps outside of the Heaven and Earth palace

Though it was cold outside, Feng Ming was glad that they won’t be entering the place that was floith blood and terrible tragic events that happened in there

While sitting on the steps, Feng Ming gazed at Lu Dan

LD: Before eradicating the priestesses, I’ve always look forward to one day where I can safely sit here and quietly enjoy the snow drifting under the heaven

Lu Dan grabbed a handful of snow underneath his feet, slowly knead it into a sobll and

then let the sobll fall from his palms and hit the steps He smiled as he recalled his pasthere,ht a cloak and draped it over my back That time, I didn’t knoho he was, he also didn’t knoho I was The both of us just knew that it was cold, but couldn’t bear to leave the beautiful snow scenery Both of us sitting side by side, sharing a cloak, holding each other’s hands, and lying against each other, hoping to be a bit war?

Not good, Lu Dan suddenly decided to come to this old place to watch the snow and to re so

Lu Dan nodded his head He turned his head and using his fingertip, drew so in the snow that was unclear

LD: Is there so felt like thunder was striking during a sunny day, in a moment, his limbs were stiff He hesitantly turned around

FM: Is there so fro fro has already worn the unparallel sword on your waist, you should already understand that if anything bad were to happen, Duke Ming’s life would be on the line These days my body has been unwell and there have been lots of neithin the palace that I haven’t taken the time to hear them all to take caution The news have becobig is about to happen All of these years, this is the first ti Ah, perhaps a person who is ill will beco proed the subject

FM: What is the real condition of Advisor’s health? Earlier, I saw the royal physician LD: Does Duke Ming really want to know?

Feng Ming nodded his head

Lu Dan thought for a ht now Duke Ming is like an ally, in order to deal with the pressure

fro Si, I will let you know the situation (he paused a bit and frowned) I have made aht I should be able to live for the next 300 days, which is enough for e

FM: Is Advisor saying that your predictions are wrong?

LD: Lu Dan’s e can be considered well versed; therefore,that willthe ti the sche’s soul, I had to use my fresh blood as a th, my life span’s been reduced fro’s heart sank, watching Lu Dan, he didn’t knohat to say, frowning for some time, he finally decided to speak up

FM: Advisor shouldn’t be scaring oneself I have seenthat ter a physical examination, the physician would say that they only have 3on the person’s will, they were able to live for decades If Advisor’s willpower is like that, I believe

LD: Duke Ming does not have to co didn’t come to look for me, Lu Dan would eventually look for you BecauseLu Dan probably would not have the opportunity to witness Duke Ming’s victory against Jun Qing and stepped onto the position of “Colonial Secretary”?

Feng Ming suddenly ju on telling me that you will soonThat can’t be? Even if Advisor had predicted wrong, with a bit of willpower it would beSi and I

LD: Seven days It’s not more than two hundred days, it’s seven days FM: How can that be? Why?!

Lu Dan stood up and faced Feng Ming The dark clouds slowly lided across the treetops

Lu Dan looked at Feng Ming for a long while and then s to live perfectly healthy

CHAPTER 7

FM: (feeling puzzled) What is Advisor trying to say?

LD: Duke Ming’s body has been crippled/daed; if at this time you were not treated, then

in the future your body would be inevitably groeaker, just like ’s chin, staring straight into the depths of Feng Ming’s pupils

LD: I don’t knohy, but I have a bad feeling about the future of Dong Fan A disaster is co Fan probably will not escape this catastrophe But I truly believe, Duke Ming will be able to protect the Great King Because of the Great King, Duke Ming must be safe These last few days, I will use the rest of th that had been lost

FM: NO!

Feng Ming stepped back and stared at Lu Dan, shook his head and said FM: There’s no need! I forbid you to do so!

Feng Ming vaguely knew that there was some truth in Lu Dan’s words Ever since the battle at Aman River, indeed his body sloeakens Therefore, every tih, he would be scare

Even so, it does not mean that he can just sit back and relax while another person use their precious life to restore his strength

Lu Dan wanted to open his , but he couldn’t stand the cold wind and

suddenly coughed for a longas still recovering fro have any ability to stopFan palace, I can partition et, you had just used the refreshments/tea from my palace, within those refreshments, I have cast a type of “media”, but this time it is not fresh blood

FM: (shocked) Why are you doing this?

Lu Dan s

LD: I want you, to forever become indebted by ht in front of his eyes, Feng Ming’s body shi+vered all over

How deep is Lu Dan’s knowledge? Perhaps he still doesn’t knohat Feng Ming is hiding fro to create a better situation for the worst future outco, Lu Dan sacrifices his precious last few days, if Ping Xi does have a catastrophe, if Xi Lei’s ar Fan,

then the least Feng Ming could do was to risk his life in order to protect Dong Fan King

He stared at the beautiful pair of eyes and a ain his natural breathing

FM: Is it worth it?

The sht up and looked across at the snow covered pine forest in the distance

LD: Does Duke Ming knohat is considered “a general trend of events”? If a large shi+p is flowing into the rapids and you can’t control the direction with the rudder, no ent the person on the shi+p is in calculating when it will hit the reef, the person still won’t have the power to change the situation He could only watch the shi+p head towards destruction Even if someone is powerful, he cannot rule the world on his own, because a person’s strength is always lihed

LD: Dong Fan is flowing into the rapids, and the rudder is being controlled by those of opposite views, If the rudder can be control entirely by one person then perhaps Dong Fan can survive a bit longer Obtaining sole power is never easy; therefore, the Great King needs so I’m worried about is an appearance of an

unexpected ene Ming’s direction, causing Feng Ming to feel a burst of coldness down his spine

At thatSi requested his presence as an e arrived at the Military Meeting hall, he hoped that Rong Tian didn’t send another letter Chang Yen told Feng Ming that they also requested Master Sun to co added that his Master didn’t want to involve herself withSi walked in and one of the soldiers inforently recalled, except for Ninth Army and Eleventh Army, who are currently in the outside border, while the other troops who are within the capital’s vicinity will be co nodded and looked over at Xie Guang (another general) JQ: Please tell us a bit about the situation

XG: Not so long ago, I was ordered by Jun Ling Si to bring the 12th Army to take care of the ambush in the south Unfortunately, the enee was not only unsuccessful, they set up many traps and our troops had received ns showed that the soldiers ambush outside the city were far more than the number we had estier

JQ: I have ordered the brightest elite towas suddenly aware that the conversation between hier was overheard

One of the Generals said: “That means that the military forces of all the other cities are withdrawn”

JQ: The Capital city is more important than the rest, we cannot take the risk

FM: Bei Qi’s strategy sure is strange What’s the point in capturing the Capital? Capturing is easy, but defending it is difficult Occupying the central capital, the surrounding cities will immediately surround the

JQ: The chaos caused by the Priestesses just ended, which is the period of turbulence for Dong Fan If right now, the Capital were to have any unexpected incident, it will shake the

foundation of the entire kingdom Even if we can recapture the capital, the people would already be fretting, that would be a devastating blow that will only lead to destruction During such a criticalto create a surprise attack on our capital, this plan will cause theth and Dong Fan’s morale At the end, we are still at a lost

A Lieutenant of the 5th Army pound the table and said: “I don’t knoho came up this such a sinister plan like this, if I capture him, I definitely will boil him alive and throw hienerals and soldiers nodded their heads, only Chang Yen was a bit sad He

looked towards Jun Qing, who gave hi

He was a veteran general of Dong Fan, once he raised his voice, the crowd quieted down alns we’ve found had indicated that there is a spy a us Especially with the plan to take care of the ambush in the south today, only people froher knows about this

If the highest level ofFan are known the enerasps, then wouldn’t it be the sa the enemy on the battlefield blindfolded?

Fro and above, there is a traitor?

More than a dozen eyes, sharply focused their attention on one person

At that tiht up Are they h he could be considered as a traitor per se, but this is definitely not his doing!

Co suddenly stood up

FM: I should be the person that is not qualified to participate in theand of course not on the saet it, those who is suspected by others, no matter what he says will only be seen as excuses I just want to knoill Jun Ling Si plan on dealing with eneral fro Si to hand over this spy to uarantee that within one hour time, I willsecretly felt chills down his spine

FM: One hour later, not only will I reveal all the secrets, but I’ll also ensure that in the future I will never again fight with Jun Ling Si for anything Haha, anyway, everyone here are all fro Si used despicable lanced towards Feng Ming’s direction, the entireMing bit his lips, stood there facing Jun Qing All sort of cruel punishments that he had seen on television, it seems like he will finally have a chance to experience the pleasant The worst thing is, Eer is still within the inner

palace of Dong Fan, this matter will definitely i’s deep steady voice , every word and sentence was clearly heard inside theis a person who ignores his military prowess, the Jun Family century old reputation, to resort to despicablelooked over at Chang Yen and gave hinal

CY: (stood up and said) Ever since Duke Ming was ad was closely monitored He was heavily monitored ever since Master Sun Zi had deciphered the direction of the ambush to the time we’ve sent troops to suppress the ambush Every movement, every person he ca said, we have carefully analyzed Although Duke Ming’s actions at ti does not have the ti Ming’s nerves slightly loosened, he clenched his teeth, just a bit ave him a heart attack However, if every ed his clothes to take a bath, would they even Next time when he take a bath, he must wear so added: “Also, we have concluded that the traces that were left by the a, then those who aeneral said: “Then that ht Also, we have to capture hi Fan decides to make another

attack”

JQ: Everyone, please rest assure There is no spy without any flaws This ht now, thisis temporary on hold, nohall

Jun Qing invited Duke Ming to follow hi what he is intending on doing and Feng Ming didn’t quite understand his question

JQ: The Advisor’s illness has reached the point that it cannot be ignored This matter, both

you and I clearly know the answer After the chaos caused by the Priestesses ca inill, and an appearance of an ambush outside the cit The rapids continued to flood beneath our feet, the crisis is at handDuke Ming should giveinnocently scratched his head

FM: I thought that Jun Ling Si planned on bringinghard to find an explanation for you Who would have thought that Jun Ling Si asked e question like this, how do you wantthink that you’re very fortunate? I al is so, if it wasn’t for Dong Fan’s situation to be at a delicate juncture, Duke Ming would never be standing here talking towant to boast, but within Dong Fan, there isn’t anyone that I cannot kill Advisor must have known this and elected you without worry, to confrontwith me, then I will also be honest Advisor is very ill, but this doesn’t seem to be much of a secret Advisor wishes for uess This matter we don’t have to be unclear any Si over that position The thing I don’t understand is that everything Advisor had done is for the Great King Jun Ling Si is also sooal so there shouldn’t be any kind of contradiction Why ainst Advisor’s wishes at this critical time?

If you want to deal with Advisor then that’s that, but to also deal withis really aunderstands Advisor’s

effort The loyalty of Advisor towards the Great King can touched anyone That’s hen I heard of Advisor’s illness, the first feeling I got was not happiness, but of sadness

He turned around to see the shocked face of Feng Ming and decided to explain

JQ: Duke Ming does not need to be surprised The person that I highly respect is usuallySi and Advisor

JQ: It see still does not understand the main conflict between us The main

contradiction between the military division and Advisor is that the Advisor is only loyal to the Great King, but theFan If I say it like this, Duke Ming should have a clear understanding now

So basically, Lu Dan wishes for Dong Fan King to have sole power ( Fan; however, Jun Qing wants a deovernment so the poill not solely lie in one person’s hands since he figured that Dong Fan King is not a very wise king and doesn’t want hi decisions

FM: In the past, there was the Head Priestess who could suppress the Advisor’s power;

therefore, Jun Ling Si was silent But after the priestess’s power has been abolished, in order to stop Advisor fro Si was forced to step forward

JQ: Advisor is ill, if he doesn’t have much ambition, the military division would not take action because after his death, Dong Fan will no longer have one person to deterdom However, we never expected that Advisor would push Duke Ming forward

FM: Jun Ling Si doesn’t need to tella part of the power struggle I think it’s best for everyone to just shake hands and becoe is if Jun Ling Si is against (Advisor’s decision) then you can preventor even killhard But there are two reasons why I didn’t choose this barbaric practice in the first place One, the Advisor had chosen an appropriate ti participate in the national affairs of Dong Fan, at this ti Fan TwoI have always admired the wisdom of Advisor For him to choose a person to replace hi unexpected benefits to Dong Fan than before A rare talent like that, Jun Qing does not want to destroy Of course, if that person were to beco Fan then I will not

hesitate to deal with hireement until he heard the last sentence

FM: I love most is stability I will not be an obstacle to stability (However, I only love to stabilize Xi Lei)

JQ: Is this Duke Ming’s answer? Duke Ming will promise that there won’t be a future i Fan to become a place of shared balance power? If that’s the case, then let us clap hands andas an ally, will assist Duke Ming to beco Fan’s

Colonial Secretary However, Duke Ming will ensure that Dong Fan will not beco receives absolute power

Fro’s eyes, he noticed that there were several tall, strong guards ere placing their hands on their swords He found out that he had unwittingly walked into an uninhabited corner

Jun Qing had lured hio as planned, he probably would take action here Thinking about that, how could Feng Ming dare to think of so otherwise then to raise his hand and take the oath?

FM: Does Jun Ling Si think that Feng Ming is so?

However, I want to add a require Si have to swear that you will be loyal to the Great King The King and hisis still the king If not, then how can I face the Advisor?

JQ: Does Duke Ming think that Jun Qing is not a loyal official? For centuries, the Jun family never had a traitor!

FM: Good!

They bothTian faking his death sche Tian is dead, then they wouldn’t lower their guard, and this good outco Tian’s death, Lu Dan also gave Feng Ming an opportunity, and because of Lu Dan’s trust in Feng Ming, Jun Qing also gave Feng Ming an opportunity

Sohtcould this be the Gods’ will?

They decided to head back inside theif Master Sun is looking for another disciple Feng Ming can’t believe that E’s ears Jun Qing reco Ming can add in good words for her Feng Ming happily agreed, knowing inside that none of those reallyTian

They returned inside thehall and one of the Generals said: “News have travelled stating that 7 of our best armies have returned back within the vicinity of the city, and are te orders”

After finished hearing that, Jun Qing returned to his seat and glanced across the room

JQ: The spies have already been captured

All the other Generals expressed a sense of surprise JQ: Bring the Yen led four tall guards inside Two of the man in, which have yet to knohether he was still alive or not They charged inside the hall and placed the man in the middle of the room and excuse themselves

Suddenly, all eyes were focused on theFan’s military uniform, but suffered severe punish whipped, his back was bloody with horrible scars that one couldn’t bear to see, his limbs were twisted unnaturally and apparently been broken

Chang Yen faced Jun Qing and reported

CY: He has confessed that they are 5 other spies froh position Those five people have been arrested and awaiting for Jun Ling Si’s orders on how to deal with theated him and searched his residence; there should be no other senior Generals who colluded with hio, Jun Qing ordered for all the other Generals to not leave thehall It was to find out which person colluded hich and with all of theether, it would be easier

But who is this traitor, why does his stature look a bit fa could only see his back

Xie Guang angrily shouted out: “How hateful, allowing this kind of person to enter thehall This traitor, co, he fiercely walked toward that person and kicked the spy in the waist, turning hi distance, Feng Ming took a closer look and

was suddenly surprised, that person was Lin Yin

Looking back, Feng Ming finally realized why he hated Feng Ming soto have a bad i and hisaround, he noticed that Jun Ting wasn’t here today and wasn’t standing behind Jun Ling Si as always

“How is Jun Ling Si intending on disposing this person?”

One General said: “This person betrayed us, causing our Dong Fan’s army to lose troops,

we can’t easily let this ht with Bei Qi, we don’t kno many other people he had betrayed”

Can’t believe that just one ht the traitor that hidden hiuy is not as si couldn’t help to be on full alert and tre: “I think we should lynch hi’s eyes rested on Lin Yin, as still barely breathing

JQ: It’s a shaFan Well, Duke Ming’s face see ca how Jun Ling Si had concluded that this person is a spy?

JQ: The truth is actually very sih position in the ar Fan, but he also has to be fa Fan, choosing the perfectthe capital, Ping Xi

Feng Ming finally understood that Lin Yin was in charge of gathering news and secrets within the inner palace of Dong Fan; therefore, he would be theYen added: “Once we have a suspect, ould quickly take control of the situation and find conclusive evidence as proof such as letters, etc, which is not quite difficult We have discovered es between hienerals continued to discuss on how to dispose of Lin Yin

“I believe we should continue interrogating hi Fan for many

years, he must have a lot of secrets that he haven’t said”

“General Jun Yao, do you not believe in Chang Yen’s interrogation style? If they are within General Chang Yen’s hands, I guarantee that no one will be able to hide any secrets”

Can’t believe that Chang Yen’s methods are very sinister like that, you definitely cannot judge a person by his appearance

“If there is no other value for him, then we should just dispose of hie his wounds, let him eat and drink to the fullest, and then skin hi heard that and a cold chill ran down his spine

While in discussion, suddenly the curtains lifted opened and everyone was silent

Jun Ting had her right hand onto her sword; her sharp eyes gazed at each of the Generals and finally landed softly on the ground next to Lin Yin as covered in blood

Jun Qing lowered his voice: “I ordered you to give support to the ar back to the capital, why did you co didn’t answer, but slowly lances surrounding her, she kneeled down, reached out her hands to hold Lin Yin’s hand,

which bones can be seen from his open skin She looked down to see the face covered in blood, hard toyou want to say to o outside foracted as if she didn’t hear, her eyes focused on Lin Yin

JT: I’ve came back, you don’t need to suffer anymore

JQ: So soldiers stepped forward, but Jun Ting suddenly lifted her head and gave the looked down and quietly gazed at Lin Yin

Lin Yin smiled and whispered a feords Probably he was beaten up that his teeth were gone and only blood gushed out fro?

Jun Ting nodded her head

JQ: Jun Ting, do you want to put sha couldn’t hold it in any longer and stood up He knew that no one dared to put their hands on his daughter and so he walked down the steps towards Jun Ting’s direction

JQ: If you don’t listen to , a sound of a sithdrawing fro stared down at Lin Yin with love and affection; she stood up, drew her sword and stabbed doard The sound of the sharp blade stabbing into the skin and h the air

In a blink of an eye, almost everyone was shocked at the scattered of blood to the point

they couldn’tpierced her sword into the heart of Lin Yin, quietly looking at Lin Yin’s face and then withdrawing her sword Using the cuff of her sleeve, she wiped off the blood and placed her sword back into the scabbard At this moment, she turned around and faced her father

JT: Lin Yin is eous forhad lost his co

JT: If father does not have any other thing to say, your daughter will continue her order of supporting the ar excused herself as usual, turned herself towards the entrance, lifted the curtains and turned her head back to look Her gaze landed on Feng Ming, causing Feng Ming’s blood to freeze in place

After Jun Ting left, Chang Yen seee the subject regarding the spy

CY: At theto our estimates, the number is not sent journey back here, with their military aid, ill immediately wipe out the ambush troops outside, while they have yet to deploy the first attack

“I agree”

“But where is exactly is the ambush noe attack?”

So they continued to discuss about their plans for a counterattack Lin Yin’s corpse was already removed from the military hall, the bloodstains on the floor iped down, leaving

a pool of red blot and unpleasant s decided to ask permission to leave as he doesn’t feel well, especially everything that happened Chang Yen excused hi returned back to his quarters He retold everything to E was sad about what happened to Jun Ting and Lin Yin and when thinking about Lin Yin, he started wondering about Rong Tian He wanted to ask Eured that they are always being monitored, he decided not to Because of this heavy burden and deep worry, Feng Ming wanted to excuse hio outside the roo, his chest hurts and he fainted

CHAPTER 9

Eer ordered so The servants helped Feng Ming up and slowly Feng Ming regained consciousness

FM: What happened?

ED: You suddenly fainted; does your chest still hurt? How do you feel right now?

FM: Ah, I remember It must be because I stood up suddenly and I had a drop in blood

pressure (orthostatic hypotension), it’s fairly normal ED: Even so, let’s have the physician take a closer look

Thinking about having his pulse taken and then having to take the bitterforcefully objected

FM: Let’s not have the physician check Just a bit of rest and soht, ittherefore erly tried to sit up, but everyone quickly stopped hi Ming down and ordered the others: “Hurry and check if the physician has come yet”

One of the female attendants from outside came to report: “The Advisor has arrived”

Just then, Lu Dan appeared at the entrance of the rooreet her, quickly walked towards the bed, and exa’s pulse

Everyone knew that Lu Dan was asaw the serious look on his face and didn't dare to swarm

FM: Hopefully the prescription Advisor write won’t be hard to s

Lu Dan focused hard on taking Feng Ming’s pulse and then let his wrist go, he s to worry, no need to drink medication Thisjust take a good rest

Feng Ming heard Lu Dan’s reply and felt there was a hidden rabbed onto Lu Dan’s hand

FM: Advisorcrazy

LD: Don’t worry Duke Ming Things that are not beneficial, Lu Dan will never do theood rest

Not taking notice of Feng Ming’s coaze, Lu Dan stood up and took a bow at Eer

LD: These two days, there are many matters to take care of, I couldn’t entertain Master Sun, please forgive me

ED: (smiled) Don’tafter my disciple

LD: Please don’t say that Master is also an expert inbecaot about it and as a result, e with Duke Ming’s body, Lu Dan still have other things to take care of and can’t stay long, if there’s any free time, I will come by to entertain Master

Lu Dan bid farewell to Feng Ming and left

Seeing that Feng Ming’s condition was a bit better, Eer felt relieved

ED: Next tiave er ti, what shall we do then?

But in Feng Ming’s mind, he wondered if what Lu Dan said about his (FM) health condition weakening is true

Feng Ming decided to switch topic and told E outside to eat dinner and wishes her a good sleep

Feng Ming ate dinner and his servant requested hi Ming thought about all the things that happened today and found that he had not waste a single er wanted to accept

another disciple, afterwards discussed trainingTian arrived, Eer told them where the ambush was, the ambush was discovered and suspicion of a spy The traitor was Lin Yin, so loved Besides that, there was Lu Dan orried about his fate

Today was definitely a long day

Lying on the soft and war quickly went into a beautiful sleep

Late in the night, Chang Yen ca about his illness,

he decided that if Feng Ming does not wake up after the servant call for him then they don’t need to wake hi to wake up, but he was in a deep sleep After reporting to Chang Yen, he decided not to bother Feng Ming and tell the servant that if Feng Ming wakes up to hall

That night, Feng Ming had a very good drea him and they were both at the Crown Prince’s quarters

Feng Ming woke up the next day, close to the afternoon The servant told hi Yen came by to look for hient to come by that late? How come you didn’t wake me up? Ah, you also need to ask him what it’s about

The servant told hiht; I highly suspect that it’s aboutmilitary affairs, I don’t dare to ask”

After dressing up, Feng Ming went to see Eer

FM: Your disciple believes that he should go over to theon

ED: I believe that it’s just regularYen would have waken you up Anyways, go ahead and check, don’t worry tooand faintly displayed a bit of satisfaction

Feng Ming thought: could it be that Rong Tian has started to take action? This little deer stood up, didn’t dare to ask further and with a goodhall

Don’t know if there was anytoday or not or whether it ended, but within theYen and a few other unilanced in all four directions, but didn’t see Jun Ting at all

Chang Yen saw Feng Ming charged in and invited hi was ill yesterday, are you feeling any better today?

Feng Ming thanked Chang Yen for asking and directly went into the subject about the reason Chang Yen cahed and said

CY: So because of that, Duke Ming is curious To be honest, Duke Ming is so appointed to participate in the ; therefore, every nee

received have to be reported to Duke Ming If the , then ould be going against the King’s orders

Though Feng Ming didn’t know much about how the military division is run, this ht, we have received news to the location of another aht his troops to take care of the ambush and was victorious The news traveled forth just in ti care of ’s place to report this news to you i had already went to sleep, so I didn’t have the heart to wake you up I was also

planning on talking with you, but since the ent, I didn’t want the servants to bother you

FM: So that’s it I just thought that theYen to coht in the cold wind, a person o outside to send awasn’t sleeping, then I would have been bothering your late dinner

At thatthe both of the Yen

XG: Look at you, I was freezing to death outside last night and you’re here joking around

He sat down in the opposite direction; his hands ed his shoulders He sneezed aloud and rubbed his nose with his hand

XG: Even though the sun is up, but the te ht the cold froain sneezed twoare friends forYen decided to tease him

CY: Your bones and ht you haveSi knows this so you’ll eventually be rewarded

XG: That doesn’t mean much 100 little soldiers like that, don’t know if their leader abandoned the useless or not, but their weapons eak, and they couldn't even hold onto their spears steadily Seeing our troops, we didn't even started battling when they were already scared and given up If all of Bei Qi’s soldiers are like this, then I think that there is no need to battle Our soldiers just need to sneeze once and it can flip theently bring all our armies within

the capital If you look all over our

area is not enough, the campsite is flooded with soldiers twice or three ti the orders of Jun Ling Si? The capital is the heart of the kingdom, so we have to be careful a bit

XG: Who dares to question Jun Ling Si’s orders? These words cannot be said like a joke

Feng Ming thought hard, but couldn’t understand what Rong Tian’s plans were Was the a, Eh he got connections to Rong Tian, but everything is still

unclear Thinking for awhile, he looked up and asked Xie Guang

FM: How does General know the location of the other ambush by Bei Qi?

XG: I don’t understand the words of the Gods so how can I know the location of the a

CY: Last night, General Xie Guang captured alive a few prisoner of war, right now they are being interrogated in separate barracks, soon ill be able to know the location of the other ambush

XG: I’ reh

XG: Those prisoners, they not only fear death but is also confused We interrogated three of them and two already wet their pants They are people from Bei Qi, but denied that they are soldiers, just stated that they are ordinary people of Bei Qi

CY: (felt a bit surprised) Then why did they hid the Xi? And why do they have weapons froht! Even they the Fan in what

ways A bunch of clueless group, their speech were disorderly, I have interrogated throughout the night and was furious to no end Just aca, so he dare to tease h; therefore, those prisoners were not scared I was so mad, I ordered my subordinates to send those captives to the other barracks and see if they could find out anything froht in his mind, but he couldn’t make clear of it He

tried hard to think about it, but couldn’t quite understand His te in pain, he couldn’t help but raised his hands to hold his head as his face gri was alright

FM: My head just hurts a bit (he e, another area would be sore

CY: Do we need to send for the physician? FM: No need, no need!

Feng Ming was afraid that he had to drink bitter medicine and quickly stood up