Chapter 456 (1/2)
Chapter 456: How to End the Old Grudge
Ning Que saw Xia Hou for the first time in Hulan Sea last year, and later they were face to face in Tuyang City . At that time, although Xia Hou had failed to possess the ”Ming” Handscroll of the Tomes of the Arcane, and was forced to retire by the Academy, he was still calm, confident, and ambitious .
However, Xia Hou looked much older today . He was wearing a brand new suit of armor, his face was as cold and calm as usual and his body was tall and straight, but Ning Que swore the general smelled like a wet and mildewy woodshed .
Xia Hou suffered from continuous a.s.sa.s.sination attempts by the powerhouses in the Wilderness . Ning Que heard of this even though it was kept a secret by the Military Ministry .
”It's more straight and tough than expected for the Devil's Doctrine to eliminate their renegades . ”
Ning Que looked at Xia Hou's back and thought, ”If Tang could have damaged the armor on Xia Hou, his little hope of killing him successfully would grow . ”
Xia Hou was the General of the Empire, unlike Zhang Yiqi and Huang Xing who could be murdered easily . The biggest problem was, although Xia Hou was getting older, he remained strong . It was impossible for Ning Que to a.s.sa.s.sinate him without leaving a trace .
Even though both the imperial court and the Academy agreed on his retirement, and the West-Hill did not object to it, even if Ning Que seemed to have some backers, they would not help him . How was he able to eliminate Xia Hou in this case?
In the late summer of the 15th year of the Tianqi era, a plan gradually formed in Ning Que's heart . However, every time he thought of this plan, he ridiculed himself since it had no possibilities to succeed . If anyone knew of his plan, like Li Yu, Ye Hongyu, or Chen Pipi, they would surely think he was out of his mind .
In the whole world, only his Second Brother and Chao Xiaoshu would agree with him .
Holding her jaw, Sangsang looked at the crowd under the tea house . Suddenly, she turned around and said to Ning Que worriedly, ”Why do you rush?”
Ning Que said, ”I've been waiting for 15 years . I think I'm very patient . ”
Sangsang said seriously, ”If he gets older or we become stronger, or we wait for a few more years, we would be more confident to kill him at that time . ”
Ning Que had been trying to keep Sangsang away from thinking
about b.l.o.o.d.y and cruel matters, but it did not mean he had never taught her how to deal with them . No matter if it was in Min Mountain or in the gra.s.sland outside the City of Wei, he kept instilling a concept in her— No matter who your enemies were, the elder, the sick or even the youth, if you wanted to win, you had to use all the shameless methods and endure your sadness . You had to wait until you were strong enough so that you were able to kill them by using one move .
Ning Que smiled and said, ”If I don't kill him, he would be too old to fight . ”
Sangsang felt puzzled and said, ”It's better, isn't it?”
”Although I'll be more confident to defeat him when he becomes older, I'm worried that by that time he would die of illness or old age, instead of being killed by me . ”
Sangsang did not understand . ”Is there a problem if he died that way?”
Sangsang asked again, ”It's better, isn't it?”
Ning Que gestured with his head and said, ”No, it isn't . ”
”Why?”
”Because he is not my opponent . ”
Ning Que paused for a while and added, ”He is my enemy . ”
At this moment, the shopkeeper and the waiters all came back and they were excitedly talking about the troops and praising General Xia Hou .
Ning Que listened quietly and shook his head .
”People will feel happy if their opponent dies naturally, because he won't stand in their way forward or destroy their life anymore . It doesn't matter whether he chokes to death while eating or he is suffocated in the toilet . ”
”However, when facing your enemy, it's totally different . ”
”Taking revenge would be different if it takes us too long to finish it . Comparing with killing the enemy, the most important thing is how to forget the grudges and how to get free by doing this . ”
He looked at Sangsang . ”No matter if you make your enemy pay for what they
they did or you set yourself free, the key is to kill him . He must be killed by us, and he cannot die accidentally or naturally . ”
Ning Que remembered Eastern City in Chang'an that rainy day, the dead old blacksmith with his open eyes, and his wet pale hair, and then he was perplexed .
”He can't be old, sick, or weak, and he would better be at the peak of his life . We would only be satisfied by killing such an enemy . That's the key . ”
”Xia Hou is getting older . ”
Ning Que repeated it seriously .
”If I don't kill him, he'll be too old to be my enemy . ”
General Xia Hou first went to the palace to meet the Emperor after he returned to Chang'an . He was awarded the royal rank in the meeting and received much respect and honor .