Vol 9 Chapter 129 (1/2)

Chapter 129

VOLUME 9 CHAPTER 129: DON’T TELL ME THESE ARE YUAN ZHI’S WORRIES (5)

Liu Bei POV

“I know that this is truly unbelievable and even I myself did not believe it in the beginning either.” Yuan Zhi said and tried to calm herself as she reached out to touch her bandana but realised that it was not there and continued, “But when I saw Xuan De, I realised that it was all true.

I found it difficult to believe what Yuan Zhi was saying but I was soon able to slowly accept it. Yuan Zhi is not the first person I know who knows how history is supposed to go after all. There was also a certain someone I met in Jiangdong.

— Don’t be too anxious about that feather fan of yours, it will have its uses eventually.

— You don’t need to ask me about the rest as well. When the time comes, you will receive the answers. Your coming here is not my work after all.

Apart from what Yu Ji said about Meng De, these 2 sentences seemed to be related with what Yuan Zhi would likely tell me next.

“So you know the entire Three King… Ah, what will happen in the next few years?”

I do not know how I ought to word it but if she does know what I am asking about then she will understand regardless. And if she does, this conversation will change dramatically as she might even know why I came to this era.

“No, I don’t.” Yuan Zhi shook her head and still seemed rather nervous as she asked, “Xuan De, can you accept what I said?”

“More or less.” I nodded and sighed. Looks like she does not know anything about me. To be honest, I am having difficulties accepting what she said and if I had not gone through something like this before, I would probably not believe her. At the same time, I am also not sure how much she knows.

“Un, that’s the best then.” Yuan Zhi nodded and continued, “I was not supposed to tell you all this to begin with but now that irregularities have occurred, I am compelled to tell you this.”

I see, so she would have kept mum about it until everything pa.s.sed if she could.

“Let’s leave that aside for now.” I leaned forward and asked carefully, “Can you tell me who told you all of this?”

Yuan Zhi shook her head and looked down, “I cannot tell you this. I promised not to.”

Hu. As expected huh? But then that means whoever put Yuan Zhi up to all this must know about me then.

“Then…” I looked up with the intent of asking further but when I saw her troubled face, I decided against it, “Alright, I got it.”

This is enough information about this side of things, I thought as I took out another 4 copper coins and put them on the table, “Here, get me another 2 bowls.”

Yuan Zhi seemed stunned but she quickly nodded and took out another bowl before pouring sugar water in it. She seemed to be distracted and her hands were shaking as she held the gourd.

“Ah, enough, enough.” I hurriedly stopped her when the water was about to overflow.

“Here, Yuan Zhi.” I said as I pushed 1 bowl towards her. She nodded and picked it up but set it down and fidgeted about.

“Xuan De, since you found me, I think I should apologise.” Yuan Zhi suddenly spoke up, “Yesterday’s battle… I knew some thing that would happen beforehand.”

As she said so, Yuan Zhi closed her eyes as though she was waiting for me to berate her.

— I knew it, I knew that their vanguard was 30,000 strong!

The words she said before came to mind again. Everything makes sense now.

“So you actually did know that they were 30,000 strong huh?”

“Yes,

” Yuan Zhi nodded, “In the content that I had to memorise, it was indeed written that there would be 30,000 men.”

But then, some things are still unclear.

“But, if you knew that, then why did you still get Yun Chang to proceed with the raid?” I frowned, “If you know that the enemy’s original number was 30,000, then isn’t it obvious that they had 20,000 strong then?”