Volume 2, Chapter 5: A Nimble Chess Piece (1/2)

Volu the confession, I returned to the Phoenix Perch Pavilion, as I wished to see hter, Roulan Why was this? I always felt as if she was delivered to be ’s spirit in the underworld When I hurriedly returned to the Phoenix Perch Pavilion, I caught sight of the Prince of Yong sitting there, teasing little Roulan

I stepped forward and greeted the prince, apologizing, “Your Highness has waited long This subject was busy interrogating and getting confessions This subject did not know Your Ihness was here”

Li Zhi shter and especially ca?”

“Your Ihness, this subject has discovered the forces of the E,” I reported with a sht has passed and there inevitably are soes, we should still be able to easily to eliminate them in one stroke¹ if we desired”

Li Zhi seemed to hesitate as he looked at , I stated, “This subject understands Your Ihness’s intentions The E havoc in Sichuan and Southern Chu To the is a place used for recuperation and recovery Therefore, Your Ihness desires to temporarily allow the Embroidered Union to continue to exist”

Li Zhi smiled wryly and replied, “To be quite honest, Sir, this Prince has long known the existence of the Eet involved But for them to be so unbridled and to wreak such havoc, if this were to spread that Great Yong allowed the would have lost popular sentiion and Sichuan”

I bowed and stated, “Your Ihness be at ease This subject already has a plan, allowing a portion of the Eth to escape, but it requires the eli’an If this happens then it will be i in no ood, so that we can avoid the’an,” responded the Prince of Yong “When all is said and done, they are eneence reports Combined with the confessions that you have acquired, it should be sufficient This Prince will immediately issue the order to encircle and annihilate thehness render by eli hness is at ease, please allow this subject to plan We can not only eli’an, but also realize this subject’s ‘cutting out the heart’ stratage’s eyes, as he replied, “As this Prince has already conferred total authority, then I invite Sir to preside over thisfroavetook a look at Roulan and spoke, “Sir is alone Your daughter is young It is inappropriate to care for her without a rieved over the heir’s co departure to Youzhou and will undoubtedly feel the absence of her child If Sir doesn’t object, how about allowing the Princess to take care of Roulan, so as to prevent Sir fro it over, I stated, “If this happens, then it will be inconvenient for this subject to seeshter, just have Xiaoshunzi go to the Princess and bring her to you”

There were no qual froood idea Thinking it through, I acknowledged, “If that is the case, then this subject thanks Your Ihness The Princess will certainly be able to raise ious house Would Your Ihness please bow in thanks to the Princess forlooked at , “Sir is already twenty-six this year Why have you chosen to follow a solitary path?² You should settle down and get ’s words aroused the pain and suffering within , “This subject originally had a fiancée However, she died before we could get married”

“This Prince did not know this,” replied the Prince of Yong after freezingchildren is the most important aspect of filial piety³ Sir cannot spend the rest of your life alone and in pain This Prince will have the Princess help Sir find a virtuous wo relieved, I s according toa recluse I’ood wohness to trouble yourself over this”

The Prince of Yong shook his head Heaving a sigh, he spoke, “Let’s talk about thisThis Prince is convinced that Sir will provide me with a satisfactory outcohness, please be at ease Within a few days, Your Ient beside the Crown Prince”

Xia Jinyi had never before been so frightened He was by nature frivolous and was sometimes too impulsive As a result, he had offended the elders of his sect and been driven out He had hoped to advance hi Alliance and yet had offended Lady Sha For lack of a better option, he had begged for help from one of his senior apprentice brothers This senior apprentice brother, while proper in temperament, had a decent relationshi+p with hiuards of the crown prince’s household Without any options, he could only ask his senior apprentice brother to recommend him, otherwise he did not have the ability to pass the i to battle to fight What could he rely upon toout of himself? Unfortunately, before he could even meet with his senior apprentice brother, he had been surrounded by the Guanzhong Alliance Without a choice, he had use trickery to escape Who could have iined that the person he had fra? This ed, but his senior apprentice brother informed him that he would be allowed to stay if the crown prince knehat had happened to har’s face He ith joy and could not help hi a few cups too many

When he returned to the inn, his extreme joy turned to sorrow Soins He had been tightly bound, while his two hands were chained together using steel manacles and his mouth was covered, before he was stuffed into a chest When he could no longer detect the shaking and bu, Xia Jinyi felt his lirow numb, as blood floas restricted The hten his body no matter howHe would be willing to pay any price if he were allowed to straighten his body In other words, his willpower had already disappeared

Finally, he could hear the sound of footsteps Someone opened the chest In theon Xia Jinyi’s face causing hi harm to his eyes accustomed to the darkness After aat the delicate and handso before him The youth looked nocuriously at Xia Jinyi Xia Jinyi’s eyes revealed a beseeching and inquiring look

The youth indifferently said, “This lowly one is Chiji and has been ordered to co master Xia cannot receive this lowly one’s approval, then you will be buried here If fortunate enough to pass, you will be per master Xia, if you are to shout loudly, this lowly one can only i nity and be careful”

Finished speaking, the youth placed the oil la the rag in Xia Jinyi’s ed, “This little brother, please let me out first If I don’t stretch my body, I fear that I will beco the eneradually returned to normal He was already prepared to start a battle of ith this eneh he found it odd that his enester, however, Xia Jinyi was extrehu were monks, women, and children As a result, he held no conte Xia Jinyi out of the chest and placing hihtly bound, he could stretch out and straighten his body A coroan issued from his ood nap

The youth s, “Old fellow, did you forget so? Your fate is still in my hands”

Xia Jinyi opened his eyes and replied, co his entire face, “Little brother, I ahu</ee had no use for this one, there would be no need to expend such effort to kidnap me here I believe that little brother would likely be punished if you were to casually kill round beside Xia Jinyi and stated, “You speak correctly Unfortunately, ood-for-nothing loser, then he will definitely not use you Therefore, you have to convinceyou to meet him If you cannot convince me, then it doesn’t matter even if I were to kill you In any case, you aren’t the sole candidate”

Xia Jinyi shi+vered The youth before hi, spoke as if he was extrele e to feel out the situation, Xia Jinyi inquired, “Little brother see … have you killed many people?”

Chiji smiled and responded, “I dare not conceal this… To protect ht or nine people Later, in my master’s service, I’ve killedThe most pitiful e were forced to kill nant women To tell the truth, I really did not want to kill them at the time, but who let them stay at a location they shouldn’t have? On one occasion, this lowly one didn’t kill anyone, but they were still all killed”

Although Chiji spoke a the Secret Caainst one another If someone suffered too many defeats, their memories would be wiped and they would be sent away Later on, they said that these people had all already died In the view of these operatives, losing thefor the Pavilion of Heavenly Secrets, killing was difficult to avoid Only with the incident involving Liang Wan did they not kill anyone However, the only ones to escape alive were Princess Changle and theWan One couldn’t consider this as benevolent