Volu News (1/2)

Volu News

Under the illumination of the candle, while the entire sky outside was filled with ice and snow, inside it was as war With an outer robe draped overthe map upon it I hesitated, unable to co Duan and Qiu Yufei had been able to h both of the teo, the eable If neither of them returned, it would have been a waste ofof the lahed in spite ofextre Duan were unable to return, the ireat In the last dozen or so days, I had Great Yong agents in Northern Han sow discord between shi+ Ying and Duan Wudi At this veryhad presufei After reading through the available intelligence on shi+ Ying, aside from battle, he was so Tingfei’s appreciation and protection of him, if he didn’t die on the battlefield, he would likely be abandoned upon it It was only someone like hifei’s trusted subordinates, Duan Wudi

A strange thought suddenly appeared in fei acted inconsistently hat , and Qiu Yufei and Ling Duan were unable to bring back sufficiently detri, would Duan Wudi, the calfei’s subordinates, be sacrificed? If I could accomplish this, it would be a wholly unexpected reward However, I did not dare to have such extravagant hopes Duan Wudi’s command could be described as cautious and careful It was extree this kind of individual with a crireedy Moreover, Duan Wudi’s continued existence had his benefits I did not want the Northern Han army to lose its taste for battle One of the reasons why the Northern Han arely was because of the existence of this kind of general who excelled at defense

It was possible thatescape the calah to create estrangeenerals, leading to shaky e, my plan would only serve to reduce the casualties suffered Based upon the Prince of Qi’s co situation for Northern Han, it was only a matter of time before Northern Han was fully defeated It was only that if the losses suffered were too grievous Great Yong’s efforts to reunify the world would slow drastically Most importantly, if this ere to last several years, when could I return ho soo to bed Just then, I heard Huyan Shou report froer from the Princess has come from the capital Does reatly startled Why did Changle send athe post system Even with confidential matters, she would use the communications system used to trans had happened, forcing Changle to send a h Southern Chu was ion was unstable, there was a galaxy of talents in the court Although His I, was unta court I did not take these matters seriously After all, the ene was Northern Han If the emperor could not even handle such a situation, then he did not deserve to be considered as a virtuous er When the tent flap was opened, the cold wind penetrated the tent,and fair-skinned youth walked in evenly It was Dong Que who had co Que by Changle’s side to serve as a capable assistant As an i outside of the palace, it would have been extre Que’s help Hinificant had happened Moreover, it was likely a personalQue stepped forward and saluted lance at Huyan Shou who had followed him inside Huyan Shou discreetly withdrew fro s that he did not poke his nose into As he was leaving, I tiredly said, “Go call Xiaoshunzi over” Huyan Shou proh his coly anxious He could sense the peculiar at Que kneeled and reported, “This subordinate received a secret report froent and forcedet up, I replied, “There is no need to be overly courteous We’ll discuss this once Xiaoshunzi has arrived so that you don’t have to repeat yourself Does the Princess know about thisQue responded, “The Princess did not pry However, she had subordinate bring a letter” So speaking, he handed a letter to e of the short period before Xiaoshunzi arrived, I opened the letter and read it Changle did not know about the collaboration between the Pavilion of Heavenly Secrets and the Embroidered Union, and never showed any interest in the mysterious people atparticular in her letter, only speaking of the rapid progress of Huo Cong’s studies Roulan had accoer asas before Shen’er was vivacious and adorable There were no disturbances at home However, I was able to sense the faint anxiety between the lines After all, we had been s that I kept hidden frole probably had noticed that so the letter, ardless of what had happened, it was useless for me to become nervous and tense up After a few moments, Xiaoshunzi lifted the tent flap and entered Days earlier, when Qiu Yufei had atteh I was intentionally letting him off, Xiaoshunzi was deeply dissatisfied with the Stalwart Tiger Guard’s response to a peak level expert As a result, whenever he had the free tiht, so I frequently saw the guards serving by my side with bloody noses and swollen faces¹ I was so that Qiu Yufei was only a disciple of the Devil Sect Sovereign and there were experts above hiuards, only providing them with top-quality medication

When Xiaoshunzi arrived atQue, he frostily asked, “What has happened?”

Dong Que answered, “Subordinate received a report fro has eliion Aside from the civil officials loyal to the court, all of the spies fro’s side have been exposed Fourteen of them were executed, two of them surrendered, and only one escaped Under the pretext of capturing spies fro region The lone escapee has been rescued by Sir Chen However, as we don’t have any cooperation with the Bright Inspection Departht seal, Sir Chen did not dare take any risks and could only place that man under house arrest That man does not know of our people’s identities and has not been willing to entrust us with delivering the intelligence to the Yong capital Moreover, the Prince of Qing has begun to becodo an ee our allegiance He has agreed to support the son of the fordom of Shu”

I frowned and inquired, “Isn’t the entire for Que shook his head and responded, “The Prince of Qing’s e of Shu surrendered Lady Golden Lotus had two pregnant palaceto ensure that the King of Shu’s lineage was not severed One of the palace ave birth to a boy Reportedly, that boy has fallen into the Prince of Qing’s hands The Prince of Qing clai of Shu proving that boy’s identity The Prince of Qing’s emissary has promised that the Prince will do Although I held conte’s narrow-mindedness and pettiness,² if he were to truly rebel, it would be beyondimperial family and held an honorable and respected position Even if he were to rebel, it would be to atteht that he wanted to becodom of Shu? However, after a while, I could only respect his deter of Shu Then he would cooperate with Southern Chu and Northern Han toGreat Yong’s territory This o of the ih, Ithat I had read A faint outline for had had these thoughts forto endure silently, previously assuyi Sect, and then taking advantage of the emperor emeritus</e region and build an ar’s preoccupation with the invasion of Northern Han to secretly rise in rebellion It seemed that, to him, it was better to be a warlord than to be an i did not rest solely upon the Fengyi Sect; the true target of his loathing was likely the i It may be assumed that, to him, Li Yuan’s compensation after the death of his mother was no naling that the i had disyi Sect

These years, he had perfor adopting cordial relationshi+p with the for upon their support and strength to rebel Although from the current situation he had yet to prepare cohtest gap, he would launch a direct, lightning strike against the Yong hinterlands The Hanzhong region was far too i back on it, it was likely his inciteeously in the palace He was borrowing Concubine Sist the iive the Prince of Qing face, the emperor had not publicly revealed Concubine Si’s actions, Concubine Si court’s exclusionary policy towards the people of Shu As such, the people of Shu, having lost the power to resist, would naturally depend upon the Prince of Qing

After thinking all of this through, I could not help rejoicing at my decision to keep the Eht now, it was known to everyone that the E composed of the people of Shu Moreover, I had deliberately had Chen Zhen bring in those characters anted to restore the Kingdom of Shu It was better to use the Embroidered Union to restrain thee that they could cause

After thinking it over, I asked with puzzleht Inspection Departion have been co a bit too incompetent? I believe that he definitely has a backup plan He is not so on one throever, with the tight lid that the Prince of Qing has upon the information, were it not that the Embroidered Union employs natives of Sichuan, this information would not likely have been transmitted out The court probably still does not know of the Prince of Qing’s rebellion, correct?”

“We aren’t clear about this,” answered Dong Que “We have always reht Inspection Depart’smaster has said; he has cut off coht Inspection Depart, it is impossible for them to transmit any infor it through Sichuan to Southern Chu’s Pavilion of Heavenly Secrets before it arrived in the Yong capital In addition, Sir Chen believes that the Prince of Qing will allow the two surrendered ht Inspection Depart’an probably does not yet knohat has happened in the Hanzhong region”

Rising toout atowere to rebel, right now is not the best ti, e are in a brutal battle with Northern Han, is the golden opportunity for him to rise in revolt This matter is already inevitable Even if the court were to learn of this matter, it would be io iree to join the Prince of Qing Once the Prince of Qing has rebelled, I want the Eest help Since the situation is irreversible, we e of the situation Be sure to tell Chen Zhen that the Kingdom of Shu has already fallen and it will be i I won’t get involved with his handling of the matter I only want him, when the time comes and ’s faction in one stroke”

Dong Que’s eyes radiated light He did not expect that Jiang Zhe would handle thisto inforhed deeply and replied, “Xiahou Yuanfeng is not an ordinary person I do not believe that the entire strength of the Bright Inspection Departh the information will arrive late, the court will very quickly learn of this matter In fact, I actually hope that you can stop the news fro’an These years, the E,and the capital Even if the Prince of Qing were to rebel, he would not see immediate results I am fully confident that ill conquer Northern Han in one year Even if we fail, we can ensure that Northern Han will have no strength to retaliate When the ti as the insider, the Prince of Qing will be destroyed WeQue, when you meet Chen Zhen, be sure to remind him that if he and Supervisor Han wish to re-establish Shu they must be prepared to facecontrol the E my secret com Que said, “Youngstupid”

“I a ht You’ll have to exhaust yourself a bit I want you to travel to Hanzhong tonight You need not stay long here The Prince of Qi is not someone who can be dealt with halfheartedly”

Silently nodding his head, Dong Que gazed at the thin and feeble looking silhouette under the laht, This man is not fated to lead a carefree and leisurely existence</e Que had departed, Xiaoshunzi suddenly asked, “It’s fine if others aren’t informed However, if you don’t inforwryly, I remarked, “It isn’t appropriate as of now Even if the Emperor learned of this matter, I’m afraid that he would act in haste in order to protect the Prince of Qing I cannot tolerate³ such a thing happening If the Prince of Qing is not eli to find peace Moreover …” I paused briefly, revealing a secretive s, “The day before yesterday, the E h he had kind intentions, when did I ever lightly accept such anger? In addition, I was mocked by the Prince of Qi As a result, I intend to make the Emperor worry for a few days in retaliation”

Xiaoshunzi sh his master was already thirty, he would frequently show his childish side,him unsure of how to react However, with this, Xiaoshunzi’s previous grievance over what had happened days earlier disappeared without a trace He sternly advised, “Young ainst Northern Han The situation cannot be allowed to drag out”

“That is true,” I agreed, nodding my head “I had no choice but to voice my intentions to conquer Northern Han this year Daizhou is an iainst the barbarian tribesmen If the barbarians attack Northern Han, ill not only have to intensify our attacks, ill also have to slow our offensive out of fear that the King of Northern Han will recklessly allow the barbarians to descend south As long as the barbarians do not intend to invade, with the wisdom of the Northern Han royal family, they will definitely not perform any action that will lead thehtfully asked, “Did young master dispatch Chiji to the barbarian lands to confirhtly and answered, “Chiji returned and reported to me that with the bountiful plants and water on the prairie the various barbarian tribes will not be in the e-scale invasion As a result, last year, Daizhou only suffered minor raids and did not see any major battles However, this winter, the barbarian lands suffered heavily from the snow This was a conclusion I reached based upon ical phenomena and of the infor, the barbarian tribes will definitely launch a large-scale attack However, I have already e, the barbarian lands will be afflicted by a plague Of the livestock, no h the barbarians ant to attack, their lack of strength will permit Daizhou to resist their incursions Once we have launched our attack upon Northern Han, if the King of Northern Han is truly so deranged as to fight us using the barbarians, then the Lin family of Daizhou will definitely stand up and resist Second, with the weak strength of the barbarians, after our army has conquered Northern Han, ill be able to easily drive the the barbarians to recover, they will definitely invade in order to make up for their losses When the ti Northern Han, ill be attacking in concert with the barbarians Not only will this da’s future governance of the Northern Han lands As a result, weyear To achieve this goal, theand Southern Chuas the Ee of the Southern Chu King and the doubts of its people, and the narrow-, it will not affect the caainst Northern Han”