Chapter 313 – Prelude to the Great War
Chapter 313 – Prelude to the Great War
The twenty-eighth day of the first month, light rain.
Spring is not yet half over, the day and night are even, and the apricot blossoms are in full bloom.
Outside the window, red apricots bloomed a tree of snow-white flowers, and a piece of residual petals fell on the ground, and a slight drizzle fell, leaving dots of water droplets.
West Qin County King lying in bed, people have been weak, cheeks thin a lot, around the intimate concubines a are not in, had to be sent by Guo a few clever maids wait, but obviously the County King is not accepted, a few days have not eaten and drink, just look at the top of the bed to daze.
A maid named Apricot Flower carrying a plate of cooled fine flowing food out of the great hall, looking out the window at the apricot tree, suddenly eyes flickered for a moment, gaze over a group of monks and people praying for blessings outside, looking diagonally across the mansion to a corner of a pavilion, nodding slightly.
There stood a delicate figure, then disappeared in a flash.
Dugu Hongzhi landed in the courtyard of Honglu Pavilion, her footsteps were light, only her brows were slightly knitted, and in a short while she arrived at the fish pond in the backyard.
The Minister of Rites and Tiger Jingwei were fishing again.
At this time, Tiger Jingwei hung earthworms on the hook and threw out the fishing line, Fang said: “Still not dead?”
Dugu Hongzhi pinched up an apricot blossom and sniffed it, saying: “The dead air is getting thicker and thicker, and the secretaries have also reported that they are afraid that it will be in the next few days.”
Li Junsang sighed: “It’s possible to live, enough to wait for him for half a month, the court’s rewards and money and food have arrived yesterday!”
Hu Jingwei pondered for a moment and said: “A few days ago, that Baiheqiu wife of his returned to Baiheqiu, and all the concubines around him left, what does he want?”
Dugu Hongzhi thought for a moment: “Moving rescuers is afraid to be difficult, the elders outside the city analyzed that the four sects of Kunlun Palace have a very small chance of being moved, but once Jiang Yuqing is sick and dies, the situation in Western Qin will be clear in an instant, the four great sects are not fools, why bother to accompany a dead man to play with them?”
That’s right! The fact that Jiang Yuqing will die has already penetrated the hearts of the people.
Tiger Jingwei said: “The court side also came the news, Jiang Yuqing’s expression of loyalty zhang rustic has fermented, coupled with the Jiang family deliberately create momentum, the court has believed that Jiang Yuqing is a loyal minister, for a vassal king with half a million elite army, the court can not easily move, the temple front army and the Divine Strategies army into the dilemma of the daily people to eat the horse chewing, grain and grass supply wagons consume a great deal.
In addition, that old venerable of the Jiang family, the six small branch slave venerables who just broke through and some puppets, are almost here, what do you guys think about this?”
Reign Junsang laughed: “Peeling back the threads and pulling out the cocoon, it’s actually quite easy to rationalize the situation! Jiang Yuqing is going to die, West Qin needs an Exalted expert to stabilize the situation, and Third Master Jiang Hu, who is recovering from a serious illness, is going to be back in charge of the army.
This is the main reason why the Jiang family’s capital city experts rushed here and Jiang Hu took people out to patrol the city’s defenses.
Jiang Yuqing is laying out his plans for his afterlife now, wanting to struggle a bit and stabilize Western Qin.”
“Poor Jiang family!”
Tiger Jingwei shook his head, “Think about it, compared to Jiang Yuqing, Jiang Hu that kid is really childish, full of family gate valve craftsmanship, don’t know how to change, can be easy to finish the abuse. When Jiang Yuqing dies, Jiang Hu will not be able to stay, and the Western Qin situation can be easily solved!”
Dugu Hongzhi nodded noncommittally: “I’m not willing to wait outside the city, there are still five or six days left, the three elders and experts will take action to kill Jiang Yuqing! The first to create trouble, attracting the people of the city in fear, the army outside the city to leave the defense, we and the outside of the city, and then the West Qin County King’s House is empty, take the opportunity to kill it, the imperial order will be considered to be completed!”
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Ling Yun Mountain.
More than three thousand seven hundred miles away from the Xingling Prefecture, white cloud-capped mountain top palace, glazed tiles arch eaves, the most central position, a huge lance statue straight into the sky, exudes a palpitating majesty and severity.
Here is the Millennium Lingyun Palace, the Western Region’s great sect mountain gate.
Disciples under the door are all wearing green and white robes, vertical silver crowns, the eye is full of handsome, upright posture of men and women.
In the main hall Lingxiao War Pavilion, at this moment dozens of well-dressed, imposing elders sitting in two columns.
The main seat of a strong physique, eagle-eyed middle-aged man, pinching his chin, face showing a deep thought. And in the middle of the hall, Tai Seeker Duke, dressed in a Confucian white tunic, with the beautiful and moving Xiong Paw and Sai Qingzhu, stood with a long body, confident and not showing any timidity.
“The West Qin County King s statement …… is somewhat ridiculous.”
The main seat’s hall master, Ling Xu Zi, stroked his beard and smiled blandly, “What fortune? What difficulties? Are there any? What does my worldly sect have to do with his earthly court and vassals?”
“Heh ……”
The hall full of elders couldn’t help but look at each other with laughter filled with sarcasm.
Bear paw and Sai Qingzhu slightly frowned, but it is too searching Gong looks like a breeze, eloquent talk: “The temple master is the famous town side of the martial arts master, Lingyun Temple is also the western region of a thousand years of big sect, deep heritage, wisdom quite a lot, why do you need to be so pretentious?
There is no, your heart is the most clear, not to mention the county king is full of sincerity, I think you must have heard of the West Qin County King Jiang Yuqing’s name, my county king is how decisive, how wise, and how the word of the world, dare to fight with the world?”
Pause: “Not to mention that within a year 300,000 troops cut themselves with the ancient battlefield of Lingyun Peak, and your disciples to sharpen the martial realm, ask this kind of handiwork, who in the world can do it? His Great Zhou Emperor line?
Now that the time, place, and people are all here, does the Lingyun Palace have a choice?”
Lingxu Zi and the group of elders’ smiles tightened and fell into silence.
Frankly speaking, the West Qin County King’s speculations, his thoughts, completely hit the Lingyun Palace’s soft underbelly, it was just that they were still hesitant, just like the court experts also vaguely guessed where the four sects were in their situation but felt it was unlikely that they would cooperate with Jiang Yuqing.
After all, things in the world, never one plus one equals two, one is not good, things can not be done, sometimes you do not even bother to think in this regard.
Lingyun Palace indeed did not expect, that small child West Qin County King means so direct, decision so fast, really fucking dare to so engaged!
This is like, you fancy a woman on the street, the heart just yyy, I can enter her a little bit is good, the results of her own ran over, to you said:Please enter me!
This is simply too surprising and unexpected.
Lingxu Zi flicked his sleeve: “Jiang Yuqing that little waif can really be an enemy of the army of the Great Zhou, playing over the Great Zhou emperor and the public minister?”
Duke Tai Seeker smiled faintly: “Your guess?”
No need to guess! That kid wiped out a million allied forces of the thirteen countries in the Western Regions, which has already broken the record of the founding of the state of the Great Zhou, coupled with today’s encounter, the image of a resourceful, strong-wristed character has already been very distinctive.
This kid is a bold, capable, do great things!
What’s more, the martial arts extravaganza is coming, if Lingyun Palace doesn’t want to be crushed into powder in the future if it doesn’t want to have a declining fortunes at this critical juncture, this kind of thing like fortunes can’t be thrown away, and the conditions of the West Qin County King have to be grasped as well.
Lingxu Zi admitted that Lingyun Palace was West Qin County King this kid touched the itch!
Hesitating again and again, Ling Xu Zi felt that he should open his mouth a bit more lionishly, shaking his head and saying, “Not enough, the conditions offered by the West Qin County King are not enough!”
“Not enough to count the ball!”
Tai Seek Gong flicked his right hand, a glazed and graceful instrument had already flown up on its own, on it were clearly the painted seals of the Sect Masters of Kunlun Palace, Withered Sword Mound, and Walker Valley, and said coldly: “I, Western Qin, am so sincere, and Your Highness still thinks it’s not enough, so it would not be a laughing matter. The truth is not to hide, the three great sects have already conspired with Western Qin, in fact, more than one Lingyun Palace is not much, less than one Lingyun Palace is not a lot, the Palace Master’s own discretion!”
Taking Bear Paw and Sai Qingzhu, he turned around and left.
Hall full of elders face change endlessly.
Lingxu Zi’s eyes also flickered for a moment, waving his hand : “Husbandman, wait!”
(End of chapter)