594 The Mole (1/2)

News of the 'Queen' of the Land of Fragrance's disappearance had already started spreading several days ago, but Shangguan Fei had not heard of any news related to that at all. He had been too busy worrying about his Qi deviation to listen to anything else.

”Will she be all right?” Shangguan Fei asked. Then he suddenly realized he was being too indifferent, so he immediately threw away his wine glass and clenched his fist, ”Who's so audacious, to dare mess with my sister? I won't spare him; the Dragon King will not spare him.”

”Good.”

The Dragon King was obviously satisfied with his performance. Shangguan Fei immediately had a bad feeling that he had overacted.

”Uhh… I have to attend the kung fu competition tomorrow. It's very important for the Dragon King, so I'm… I'm a bit at a loss for what I should do.”

”No worries. You need to rest now. If all goes well, the rescue mission tonight won't take very long.”

Shangguan Fei's victory party ended just like this.

Gu Shenwei also needed to rest, he hadn't had a full night's sleep for several days.

And even in his dreams, his thoughts did not settle down. Countless people and events appeared and melded together like the bubbles in a pot of boiling water, scrambling to appear only to vanish in an instant, leaving behind no clear clues.

Gu Shenwei opened his eyes, which were not the hazy and fretful eyes of someone who had just woken up and more aggressive than those of the usual Dragon King. It was as if he had never fallen asleep. Fang Wenshi, who had followed the order to wake him up, was startled.

Fang Wenshi was immediately reminded of the story of an ambitious and ruthless lord who had ordered his attendant to wake him up but still killed his attendant. Then the lord lay back down again to sleep. When he woke up, he wept aloud for the dead man, claiming that he didn't know anything at the time. From then on, he had a reputation for slaying people in his dreams, and no one dared to come near again when the lord slept.

”I have important news,” said Fang Wenshi immediately, thinking that if the Dragon King really wanted to play such a trick, he would not sacrifice his military counselor. Fang Wenshi's heart calmed down a bit as he thought of this.

Gu Shenwei's thoughts weren't as clouded. He did just wake up after all. ”Is King Kuari angry?”

It had been just half a day, and the only 'important news' Gu Shenwei could think of was King Kuari, who had lost both the game and the hostage in the morning.

”He's more than angry, he's almost furious. But the Dragon King is not the one he's most angry about, but rather King Rizhu and the Second Consort. His guy Wei Chun was really unlucky. He was punished for not being able to keep that woman of Golden Roc Castle hidden, and was whipped so badly he probably won't be able to leave his bed for a few days.”

”What is he going to do?”

”I've heard news that King Kuari is making every effort to remove obstacles and to facilitate a meeting between Dragon King and the Khan,” said Fang Wenshi in a calm tone. He was deliberately not showing that he was surprised by the unexpected news. It was as if he was playing a guessing game with the Dragon King. He had already told the riddle, and it was time for the other side to guess the answer.

But suddenly, Gu Shenwei changed the subject. ”The officials of Norland are willing to speak to you again?”

”Heh heh, these people are all fence sitters. As soon as they heard that the Dragon King had a backer, they came over to reestablish a relationship with us, claiming that they had secrets to offer. Actually, they wanted to ask for information from me, but how can I be so easily fooled?” Fang Wenshi was very proud because he had gotten lots of urgent information without paying any price.

”King Rizhu isn't my backer. Did they forget about yesterday's horse race?”

”Golden Roc Castle used to be the enemy of King Kuari, yet didn't they ally with each other in a blink of an eye? The Dragon King doesn't have a backer now but there's no need to tell anyone about it. Who are they to blame for their own misunderstanding?”

”King Kuari is about to make a move in advance.” Gu Shenwei returned to the topic just now.

Fang Wenshi nodded with satisfaction and wasn't surprised at all that the Dragon King could guess the answer. The reason he played this minigame was to experience the wonderful moment when the counselor and the lord understood each other without saying a word. ”The Dragon King has sharp eyes. King Kuari is not qualified to inherit the throne. He's too impatient and is always the first to be thrown into confusion at the critical moment.

”Hmm.” Gu Shenwei waited for his counselor to continue his analysis.

”Let me explain the current situation of the Royal Court.” Fang Wenshi had not been idle these days. He had made every effort to gather information and had formed a complete view. ”King Dari's senile dementia has been exposed so he has actually withdrawn from the power game. The second-ranked King Shengri, therefore, is now restless, but he has a shallow foundation. He has wasted all these years drinking and raising birds and doesn't have many supporters. As the Dragon King said, he has placed his hopes on a bunch of fortune tellers, and is bound to lose.”

”The third king, King Zuori, who was once a vassal of King Dari, is now in a constant state of anxiety. It is said that he has voluntarily surrendered his of king in order to lead his people to move to the no man's land and expand the land for the Norland.”

”The fourth king, King Kuari, who originally planned to use Golden Roc killers to assassinate the Khan and frame the Dragon King while mobilizing his soldiers to suppress his foes but failed his attempt. Even his most important tool of killing was taken away. Now he can only take desperate measures; we'll talk more about him later.”