Vol 4 Chapter 9 (2/2)

“Big brother heard it right.” Yi De said as she pointed at her head, “I really used my head this time~~”

… I absolutely must ask her in detail how she defeated Liu Dai. But before that.

“Troops, bring w.a.n.g Zhong here.”

“Alright w.a.n.g Zhong, all the conditions have been fulfilled.” I said as I pointed at Liu Dai to the left and w.a.n.g Zhong to the right. “You 2 have been captured by my little sisters. You should tell me what the Imperial Chancellor has for me.”

w.a.n.g Zhong looked at Liu Dai angrily who only gave a helpless look in response. Seeing this, w.a.n.g Zhong sighed and took out a piece of silk from his armour and Liu Dai did so as well.

“This is a personal letter from Imperial Chancellor Cao,” w.a.n.g Zhong said as he took Liu Dai’s silk and joined them together, “She instructed us to only defend and not attack the city. Within 3 days, the Imperial Chancellor will send reinforcements after stationing troops against Yuan Shao. She also told us to deliver this letter to Liu Bei should we be captured within these 3 days.”

To me?

“What’s written on it?” I asked as I received the silk.

“We are only couriers, and have no right to see what’s on it.” w.a.n.g Zhong said and turned his face away.

Un… A letter from Meng De for me huh?

I began to read it slowly. Seems like Meng De knows that I’m not too good at reading as she cut to chase immediately.

[If Xuan De is reading this, then that means you have captured w.a.n.g and Liu. At the same time, it also means the troops I’m personally leading are headed for you and should arrive by tomorrow or the next day. Regarding Che Zhou, it could be that Xuan De has a reason for killing her, or perhaps you truly do not wish to oppose me. From my understanding of you, it could be as you said in your last report. But with my subordinates and the big picture in mind, I have no choice but to face you as an enemy.

For some reason, being on opposing sides with you gives me great displeasure. Perhaps it’s because our destination is the same even if the paths we take are different. One point that really interests me is who will reach the destination first between you and me.

And so, on a personal level, I may oppose you but I won’t let you die. By my calculations I should reach by the 4th of the month at about 03:00 to 04:00. Before then, Xuan De should leave Xu state and head to either Jiangdong or Hebei.

It may be a bit terse to do so, but I shall end the letter here. I don’t have much else to say except that I wish the best for us both.]

That was the end of the letter. It had no postscript either. I read it over once more, feeling melancholic as I did so.

Meng De… Is this what it means to be toyed by fate?

Liu Bei and Cao Cao are perhaps existences that were born to be enemies. Even if I was friendly with Meng De, could I not change our fate as enemies?

What a farce.

I shook my head as I thought so.

At the very least, I cannot afford to stop here. As long as I live, there is hope for changing the future.

Even if this is history.

“What’s the date and time now?”

“It’s the 3rd day of the month and about 1-2pm.” That’s really close, “Big brother, what’s written on it?”

I handed the silk to Yun Chang and sighed as I said–

“Time to pack up, we’re leaving soon.”

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