Book 13 - Chapter 3 – Leisure Situation at the Eastern Capital (1/2)
Book 13 Chapter 3 – Leisure Situation at the Eastern Capital
While urging his horse to gallop back to his officialwith knitted eyebrows, “If what he was playing was the eht, won’t we be the laughingstock of people all over the world?”
Ouyang Xiyi on the other side of hiqiu, ere behind hireed
Kou Zhong smiled and said, “If we mobilized the whole army to attack the Palace City, there would be only two possibilities: one, we broke the city wall and entered in; tould suffer heavy casualties and would not be able to continue However, either one of those two possibilities would do us ood Because we have our a as we can rout Li Mi, we don’t have to be afraid Yang Dong and Dugu Feng would not surrender nicely Just now, by looking at Dugu Feng’s secure-in-the-knowledge-that-he-has-backing attitude, I knew he has Li Mi’s support behind his back; therefore, he basically is not afraid ould attack”
Ouyang Xiyi was puzzled, “If we could control the Palace City, and got rid of Dugu party once and for all, what har answered respectfully, “Qianbei [senior/older generation] is asking great question Let’s not talk about the difficulty of breaking the city yet Supposing Luoyang returned to stability, how could Li Mi be willing toa wait-and-see attitude; once the other favorable situation arises, then he would come to attack By that time, victory or defeat will be hard to fathom; how could that bethat, the people all around, including wang shi+chong, were greatly convinced
It should be noted that in the past, ang shi+chong battled Li Mi, he had never won even half a battle The reason wang shi+chong was still able to stand fir, which was surrounded on all four sides by twelve gates Each gate was a gateway to the layer upon layer of defenses inside, while on the outside it was protected by the longas natural protective screen
Therefore, once Li Mi found out that so to olden opportunity and would exploit their weakness
wang shi+chong was still having his doubt; he asked, “Dugu Feng’s power is strong and solid, and he is not a lay practitioner of Buddhis this, wouldn’t we hand over the initiative into his hands?”
With a card up his sleeve, Kou Zhong said, “Of course it won’t happen that way Currently, as long as we lay outwon’t be able to le step By the tiateways to the Palace City, but not besieging the city; we merely cut the flow of provisions fro Dong to hand over the e”
Ouyang Xiyi laughed cheerfully, “No wonder Xiao Xiongdi ed to disturb the south and turned the sky and the earth upside down; you really are a th But wea sneak attack Particularly if that granny personally made her move, I a shi+chong laughed coldly and said, “If I, wang shi+chong, am that easy to kill, perhaps I have been dead led “That’s for sure,” he said, “Hey! I a power!”
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Xu Ziling went to Xinzhong Bridge [not sure if it is the nahan had been waiting for a long tih, “I was counting the nu dock [lit east of the bridge, but there is an actual place called Qiaodong in Hebei], and I was at the boat nuhty-three when you showed up The ays and the roads in here are densely connected with each other It see here to fill up the river course and the streets Plus all kinds of merchants fro here to sell their perfumes, jewelries and trinkets, brocades, satin and silk, or perhaps foodstuff, tea leaves and other goods,the distribution center between Central Plains and out of the Pass, so that none of the other cities and towns can e was definitely so crowded that not one drop can trickle through [ie iether on the streets, inns, restaurants, and shops,area bustling with noise and exciteht I would be here earlier than Fenghan Xiong!”
Following the tide of people, Ba Fenghan and Xu Ziling stepped down froe They walked pass thethe street, Ba Fenghan said, “Wanjing would like to see you; I wonder what do you, Ziling, think?”
Xu Ziling ju, he asked, “Why does she want to see han se to you, so this is definitely not about love affair between aneed not be worried When the ti wanted to say sohan s about what kind of relation do I and she have? How do I make you understand? How about if I tell you this: at one point in time, we really have an opportunity for our relationshi+p to develop into lovers, but we both let this opportunity slip, becauseMystery Sword on his back, he continued, “This”
Xu Ziling laughed freely and said, “Maybe one day the two of you would look back and would have profound regret!”
Shaking his head, Ba Fenghan said, “I will never have any regret for such thing I don’t care if you call s between men and women lack an eternal value For me, men and women can also be in close relationshi+p as friends”
Thisdirectly toward them; they stared hard at the two han’s sharp eyes, they cowered and averted their gaze
Xu Ziling s and the Princess seem to be aware that your relationshi+p is ht?”
Shrugging his shoulders, Ba Fenghan said, “So Pai to do, I do it for the people to settle the account Otherwise, how can Ilaughed involuntarily, “I seldo and witty,” he said, “It is obvious that after ’s han said in astonishment, “They say that people of noble character match each other In this world, beautiful women like Princess are extremely rare; even I have , do not have the slightest care toward her What’s going on here?”
Xu Ziling followed Ba Fenghan turning to theto the East Gate That was the place they agreed that Kou Zhong should leave hisat
Because of their distinct appearance, as they alking side-by-side, they attracted a lot of attention froirls who threw flirtatious glances at the turned a blind eye to other people’s attention and the beautiful wo tranquil and calm, he said, “Since ancient ti away recklessly in the na is that?”
Reaching out, Ba Fenghan pressed his hands on Xu Ziling’s shoulders S wryly, he said, “I a, are not qualified to talk about this issue Whether intentionally or not, any living person in the world s; for example, scholarly honor [in imperial exams], riches, lovely wife and beautiful concubine Only by pursuing these goals will life benodded and said, “Well said! Thethe pursuit, and the oal is achieved After that, another pursuit will begin”
Ba Fenghan was e, he said, “Therefore, unrequited love will be the uries Ay! Any woman who fall in love with us is destined to fail; I a about it”
And then he went on, “You haven’t answeredor not”
S said, “Give et that she had stabbed me with her sword once At that time I already made up my han was silent for half a day After walking for more than ten paces, he nodded and said, “That’s probably a wise decision! Later on I won’tXu Ziling a quick glance, Ba Fenghan continued, “Do you realize that by strutting down the street like this, it is as if we are declaring war on and issuing challenge to all of our eneht about that,” he said, “But now , everybody is exercising self-control, and thus it has made our life easier instead I don’t believe anybody would be foolish enough to fore us”
A hint of deep, cold shan’s lips As if nothing happened, he said, “Therefore, this is a good opportunity for us to strike back Tonight we are going to settle a rotten account; let’s see if the other party would be willing to pay an overdue debt”
Listening to the tone of his voice, Xu Ziling knew instantly that Ba Fenghan had received so Thereupon, he shan replied indifferently, “This person is an i as we are able to capture him, on’t have to worry about your Yu Yi’s situation”
Stunned, Xu Ziling said, “Yin Gui Pai people are famous for their sneaky, hidden way, yet you made it sound like it would be easy for us to find him!”
“On the surface, this han explained, “nobody knew he is an iure in Yin Gui Pai Furtherence officer of Yin Gui Pai in the north You ought to knoho told me this important news! Because I promised you that I won’twryly, Xu Ziling said, “Don’t mess with me! If you want to say, just say it! I also want to find so and the others’ whereabouts I just don’t have any idea whom to ask!”