Chapter 55 (1/2)
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Home and country, hatred and resentardless of which path he chose, he could never look back again
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Everyone was stunned froer finally remembered his mission for this trip, he said drily: “General Tan, the Marquis…”
“Shut up!” Tan Hong Fei suddenly shouted out loud, glaring his pair of bulls’ eyes as large as a bell, then turned to thein the hall For a tiht, and every hair on his the body stood up all at once: “What did you say? Be edquite pitiful, yet he carried with hio, the Northern Tribes were ravaged by a natural disaster The Wolf King’s a, and he ht, the old Marquis had stabilized the Northern Frontier,their tributes and the Goddess sisters into Great Liang’s court Former Emperor Yuan He had taken the older sister as a consort, bestowing upon the younger sister the title of a Jun Zhu, entering the palace to serve and waiting to be wed to a member of the royal bloodline”
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“Unexpectedly, these two deed false letters of the old Marquis being in contact with the Wolf King back and forth, accusing hihteen tribes after the war ended, silently taking and storing Ziliujin for himself They would then use dark arts to entrance the for a rift in the friendshi+p between the ruler and the subject…”
Having heard these few sentences, Mayor Zhu had seeer, he instantly shouted: “Men! Capture this ignorant peasant who dared to degrade the for Fei’s eyes almost cracked: “Let me see ould dare to!”
As soon as he roared, rows of Northern Camp soldiers by his side drew their weapons in unison, their swords shi+ning like snow, patterns of ferocious beasts at the hilts see
Zhu Heng’s face turned pale green, and gathering the last bit of courage belonging to a scholar, his voice tre Fei, do you want to rebel?”
Tan Hong Fei snorted, turning and striding down the stone steps, walking straight in front of the round, standing tall like an iron tower, and pressed on: “You continue, what happened afterwards?”
The eneral still re, with no one at home to attend to him, after the Frontier had been settled, the old Marquis had discussed it with the princess to bring hi Fei’s eyes flashed In a feords, bygone memories were evoked from the faded flow of time He still remembered clearly, the currently renowned Marshal Gu was a troublesome child nono one The old Marquis and the First Princess had no other elders to discipline hi that he was about to become co
Tan Hong Fei: “Yes, that is true”
The ed man said: “The wicked wo that this ti his only son with hirand, that perhaps he intended to divide the country into East and West then rule alongside with the Emperor
“Emperor Yuan He had been entranced by their spell, incredibly loathing the old Marquis, yet at the sa the Northern Barbarian to ruin with only thirty iron cavalry He was at a loss for what to do”
Tan Hong Fei: “Absurd!”
Theto talk: “At that tiether to co my deceased adoptive father — eunuch Wu — to use the excuse of rewarding the army, to lead thirty suicide soldiers and two men ell-versed in dark arts to the Northern Frontier,out the assassination
“In order to prevent their sche exposed in the future, they deliberately instructed the suicide soldiers to tattoo a wolf head on their chests, pretending to be barbarians”
Tan Hong Fei’s breathing was getting heavier and heavier
That year, thirty suicide soldiers had blended into the garrison with no warning, seely to have fallen out of the sky They first used the underhanded tactic ofthat could nuht Armors and carried out a surprise attack Since their soldiers have been used to the scene of cavalry in Light Ar past every day, they wereFeiyou said are correct Back then, I was only a sht Armors, were indeed only thirty people”
The Old Marquis used thirty Heavy Arhteen tribes, the de the undefeatable Black Iron Ca the only heir of the Marquis of Order
Tan Hong Fei suddenly laughed low: “That is the singlefor the Black Iron Camp I still remember at that tihness the Princess was feeling uncomfortable thus she did not take her meal If not, perhaps on that day, the little Marquis won’t be the only one as injured, is that right?”
The Northern Caround, the thick stone floor cracked at the ier, the Princess had insisted there are spies inside our cae of the defense of the Northern Frontier garrison could not avoid this felony, they were innocent yet logic spoke otherwise, unable to explain themselves, they could only unload their ar to the capital for their punishment…
“After so ht she had became mindless from the love she felt for her son… Turned out, it really is true…”
As Tan Hong Fei got here, his tears fell without warning He did not wipe it away, neither did he get choked up He re as if he was under i was stunned in place by the tears of the dark-faced hell king For a tier see, his irritation slowly leaking
Mayor Zhu could not help but ease his tone of voice and said: “Thismany parties It would be unfair to listen to only one side of the story from thisFei returned to his senses The truth was, he already believed it seventy to eighty percent, no one understood more about the i Fei as tasked with the protection of the Northern Frontier garrison that year
Even though Gu Yun had never once mistreated them — the old members of the Black Iron Camp — he even recom Fei could never forget the grievances of his incompetence that he had to carry, with no one to express the and clenched his teeth He bowed his head and asked the ed man: “Correct, what evidence do you have?”
Thehis head down: “This letter had been written by my father hieneral reads it, you will knohether he was Wu He or not, you will also know iffrowned, but Tan Hong Fei had already ordered people to lift up the body
Aa dried up tree was carried inside Death by hanging was certainly not peaceful, his cheeks were swollen, the tongue was exposed, and the throat was dyed in blue and purple Tan Hong Fei only took a glance then immediately looked away, as if he could not bear the burden: “I rele under the corner of the old eunuch’s eye…”
The ed hi away the dry white hair On the corner of the eyes covered in wrinkles and le
The surrounding fell into dead silence, Zhu Heng’s face was completely bloodless He suddenly took a deep breath then raised his hand to adjust the official hat that had leaned to the side due to a slap fro, he asked: “What happened after?”
Thein the hall said: “Fortunately, the little Marquis was blessed by the heaven and did not perish in the face of misfortune Later, when the foric, he had regretted it deeply, secretly disposing of the barbarian sisters and bestowing upon the little Marquis endless grace, even taking hih the deave this idea to the E that Gu farace just as before, he had joined with eunuch Wu to take action against the little Marquis once again”
Zhu Heng: “The secret of the palace, you have to think clearly before speaking”
The , I was a farrew up in the Northern Frontier My faenerations My parents and siblings have all been killed by theed us This peasant is of low status and have been bearing this burden forthis old eunuch not for the wealth nor the benefits of his fa Fei no longer had the heart to be surprised, his emotions seemed to have almost nuhness the Third Prince”
“Yes,” said the man “Wu He applied a type of poison that can be scattered into the air on the steam lamp used daily by the little Marquis Wu He had said — the little Marquis loved to turn the la and often left it on all night, not turning it off even at bed ti period of tih to cook an egg Naturally, the poison will be s
“The affected will start having fever continuously and would cough non-stop in the beginning Since these symptoms are commonly seen in children, it will not be noticeable, but the body will be weakened over tians, allFei’s eyes seely wanted to drip blood
“At that time, the steam lamp used by the little Marquis in the palace was the kind with lalass especially sent by the Westerner They were extre princes and the little Marquis used them, not even the Empress had one
“Unexpectedly, the Third Prince accidentally broke his Western stea reprimanded, but did not dare to ask anyone for help either The little Marquis then switched his own la the broken parts together, placing a book on top and pretending to use it normally as before”
“What happened next, you all already know, the Third Prince died at a young age The foration of the inner palace Wu He was i the scapegoat for the traitor”