Volume 3 Chapter 38 (1/2)
Going back a little in time
While rocking in the horse carriage, Jinshi+ was face to face with a person he can't deal with
It was called a horse carriage, but it was drawn by ten horses, e There were furs spread out on the floor, and a roundtable was set in the centre
Rakan, the personage who per usual, was currently scowling over a map with a look of annoyance Behind him, his adopted son, as he scrutinised Rakan and Jinshi+'s countenance, was studying the state of the cashflow invoice of his wallet Money opens all doors - it was as though he was going to act depending on the state of it
Thethe people he met so far, but Jinshi+ wholeheartedly felt that it was a Godsend that he was present this time
Jinshi+ was currently in the state where it couldn't be helped if Rakan hit him at any moment
Gaoshun, as standing in wait behind him, was also prepared to draw the sword at his waist at any moment
Raising your hand at Jinshi+, meant that there was no other way than to be cut down by Gaoshun, but the current Rakanof wanting to hit hiardless of that
Rakan had already seized Jinshi+ by the collar before departure
It hen he was told that his daughter Maomao had disappeared from the inner palace
Rakan doted on Mao treated lower than dirt and bugs didn't matter Jinshi+ recalled Rakan's cut-off spiel at the banquet seat from the other day The hand he had injured then was still wrapped in bandages It also looks hard for him to hold a brush
He sur with the forh-ranked consort, Rouran's escape
Beyond her escape from the inner palace, was Jinshi+'s responsibility
shi+shou, as well as his close relatives, were already gone from their estate He surmised that the clan had barricaded themselves in the fortress
And Rakan, as honourably defeated froive Jinshi+ for that He had screah to his ears that it hurt, that if she was close at his hand, this sort of thing wouldn't have happened
Jinshi+ had known too
Even if there was a secret passage in the inner palace, even if none of the people concerned knew about its existence, he had no intention of avoiding responsibility
He had confronted the contractors who carried out the building project in those days, andlike a secret passage There was no honest person ould athered that the workers ere already dead had
There was a small shrine dedicated to deceased court ladies in the inner palace They had discovered a secret passage skilfully hidden in the floor there
It was Rakan's nephew and adopted son, Rahan, who had stopped Rakan when he was going to raise his hand at Jinshi+
”Father, this is just for example, but in the case where you raise your hand at the imperial family, would that crime end with just the person concerned?”
Rakan was stopped with that roundabout remark
Raising a hand at Jinshi+, hter, Maoet
Rakan had knoho Jinshi+ was There were not many people who can deceive his eyes
Rahan as well Jinshi+ had wondered perhaps when the otiations the other day, but it seems he really had noticed
When he asked Rahan what's up with that, he replied with a Ra Clan-esque answer
”Your height and weight, the measurements of your chest, torso and etc, they're all the same numbers after all That kind of person is rare”
Rahan as well, had known it fro it in a way that other people didn't understand
If it's like that Thus he specially allowed hi a civil official
The current Jinshi+ wasn't the eunuch named Jinshi+ There was a silver kanzashi+ slipped into his bundled hair He earing thickly padded bluish purple armour, not his usual official robes
Jinshi+ and the others were y
”Is this truly fine?”
”There's no problem”
It was Rahan who replied
Theof the area around the fortress that stood on the e
As the fortress hadn't been used for a long time, the map was considerably old, but they assembled senior military officers who had been stationed there before and re-edited it
It was positioned with the mountain at the back and the plains in front of it
Above all, Rahan had predicted the possibility that they weresome kind of firearm
The area had lots of lumber As a forest resource, it was a locality that anted so badly one could taste it, but it had been protected by the shi+ Clan for generations
Hot springs gushed out in a nearby area He was told that there was the possibility that they are obtaining sulfur from there too
”What about saltpetre?”
They are redient they required
”Maybe it's because there are hot springs? There seee cave nearby where small animals can pass the winter easily”
He was told that caves accus It see animal waste as a material
Jinshi+ groaned If they were to use firears called hand cannons They are deploying weapons that collectively aim at enemies from the castle walls
It was a little troubling that they are using cannons
Rakan had already knohat Jinshi+ had come up with
He ht now as a mere Go board
Rakan pointed to the cliff behind the fortress
”This is theoretically possible”
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Rahan said plainly
”If you were to speak of possibilities, this would have to be the best way of doing it logically”
The strategy that Rakan had planned was suppression without allowing the use of cannons
The gunpowder used by cannons gets unpowder left beside the cannon as the occasion calls, it would have to be normally stored in the armoury for it to stay dry
In particular, the fortress is on high ground A terrain where snoays falls According to the scout, it seeht
They'll be marks if they were to march normally
And so, Rakan suggested eli the armoury first so they cannot use cannons, but that eous but possible to implement, was a scary part of this man
”I think this reatly economical”
Did Rahan get lured by the words ”econo that he understood this small man's personality too well in this short period of time
”Quickly suppress the to save you!”
He wanted to smile wryly at the words ”papa”, but there was no way he could do that
Jinshi+ recalled the short girl as he chewed on his lips
Was she taken as a pawn, or was it for a different reason? Or did she co on her own accord? He didn't know
Just that, if she was in the midst of the enemy, he wanted to take her out as soon as possible Her body was so skinny like it would break She shouldn't be in perfect health yet
Jinshi+ squeezed his fist
”Let's go with that”
”Please wait”
It was Gaoshun who cut into Jinshi+'s decision
”There's a problem”
Gaoshun, brows furrowed, got onto his knee and estion
”What's the problem?”
Besides Jinshi+, Rakan and Rahan also tilted their heads
”About the otten?”
It was a single brigade co the troops It can be said the nu the scale of the fortress If the strategy devised by Rakan ell, he would think that there would alh
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”The i a surprise attack?”
Ngh, Jinshi+ backed up for an instant
Slowly, he touched the kanzashi+ on his head Touched the symbol of the imperial family that was shaped as a kirin
He had been a eunuch for a long tiot his own position The current Jinshi+ wasn't Jinshi+ Gaoshun wasn't Gaoshun either
Considering his own position, hethat
He got it, but the words that came from his mouth were different