Chapter 558: Evil Thoughts Will Sooner or Later Transform into Swords and Backfire

Wu Lian, who was frightened without any warning, fell silent. Deputy General Wu, who had already known the situation and struggled endlessly, also had a gloomy expression.

Xu Yu, in disguise, was brought into the tent. Noticing the subtle atmosphere, he paused slightly and asked, half-smiling, "What's going on?"

"It's so gloomy, but what went wrong outside?"

Wu Lian winked at Deputy General Wu, signaling him to stop talking nonsense. He quickly stood up and looked at Xu Yu, whose face was full of gentleness, with a difficult expression. After opening his mouth repeatedly, he squeezed out a voice with difficulty: "It's not a big deal."

"But why did Young Master Xu have the time to come here at this hour? Is there something urgent?"

In order to remain secretive, Xu Yu rarely showed up in public.

If it wasn't really urgent, why did this person come here at this critical moment?

Xu Yu smiled slightly, not wanting to delve into the unusual situation he noticed. He smiled and said, "I stopped by here on my way home, and wanted to give you two some local gifts I earned while traveling."

Xu Yu pointed to the things displayed outside the tent and said, "Before I left, my wife told me that the spring tea from the Mo Ding Mountain Tea Garden was quite good, so she sent some along."

Being able to get Xu Yu to come in person to deliver local specialties, Wu Lian suddenly felt that his and Deputy General Wu's old faces could still gain a lot of space.

It's quite a big deal.

Wu Lian asked Xu Yu to sit down and talk, and he hurried to find tea utensils to make tea.

Seeing this, Xu Yu said, "I haven't been home for many days, so I won't delay any longer today. Military Advisor, there's no need to worry."

Deputy General Wu, who was about to go find some food for the guests, was stunned for a moment and laughed, "Young Master Xu, are you in such a hurry to go back?"

"It's urgent."

Xu Yu smiled helplessly: "My wife and two children are waiting for me at home. If I delay any longer, I'm afraid I won't be able to enter the house when I go back."

"But I have something else to do today, and I'd like to ask for your help."

Wu Lian secretly muttered to himself, "This is just right." For some reason, he felt a lot more relaxed. "If there's anything we can help with, Master Xu, just let us know."

Half an hour later, Xu Yu walked out of the Northwest Camp slowly and alone.

Wu Lian blinked hesitantly, his tone weak for no reason: "Old Wu, what do you think about this matter..."

"manage."

Lieutenant General Wu suppressed his inner struggle and closed his eyes, saying hoarsely, "Since the general was transferred to Kyoto, there has been no further news, and it is difficult for us to know his current situation."

"But we can't just sit there and wait for this to happen."

Chen Nianhe passed away very suddenly. After returning to Kyoto, he used the excuse of a relapse of an old injury to stay at home, but he was confined and could not leave Kyoto at all.

No position is granted and no power is granted.

Leaving the position of commander-in-chief vacant in the Northwest Camp, the court was willing to keep Chen Nianhe in Kyoto, risking the possibility of chaos in the Northwest Camp.

Although nothing has happened yet, this situation has already sounded the clarion call of conspiracy, and those who want to survive must be cautious.

Wu Lian closed his eyes helplessly, not knowing what to say. After a long while, he said bitterly, "The emperor's mind is to plan and strategize. These should be done to balance the interests of the people and to ensure the eternal stability of the vast mountains and rivers."

"But who could have imagined that you and I, along with all the other soldiers, had fought bloody battles at the border for years, only to be chosen as pawns to sacrifice our vast territory."

When the day comes that the Crown Prince of the Eastern Palace ascends the throne, these former thorns in their eyes and bones in their flesh will surely be stained with blood on the steps to power.

Countless unspeakable anger is destined to be just the ladder for the emperor to ascend to the top and the new emperor to establish his supreme majesty.

Chen Nianhe had already thought of this when the famine chaos was caused by the conspiracy in the northwest and the position of the Eastern Palace remained as strong as ever.

So before leaving the Northwest, Chen Nianhe left a way for his old friends, which was not sure whether it was life or death.

Lieutenant General Wu covered his face, unable to hide his confusion, and said in a hoarse voice, "Old Wu, the general returned to Kyoto with the intention of dying."

"Your life and my life are insignificant, but the lives of hundreds of thousands of soldiers in the Northwest Camp hang in our hands. We can die, but the brutality of the Battle of Hongbei must not be repeated. Otherwise, even if we go to the eighteenth level of purgatory one day, we can't afford to atone for such a great sin."

"So this time, we have to gamble."

The barely audible voices in the tent were heard only by Lieutenant General Wu and Wu Lian. Chen Jing'an, who was following Xu Yu closely, had a strange expression on his face. He couldn't help but move closer and whispered, "Xu Yu, do you think they dare?"

Hoarding a large number of weapons has always been a capital offense.

Xu Yu took advantage of others and did things quickly and honestly. When he withheld those things, he did not try to hide it at all. He obviously did it under the noses of Deputy General Wu and Wu Lian.

This was both a trust in each other and a test by Xu Yu.

If these people are so stupid that they are blind even though they have eyes, then there is nothing more to say.

If you react strongly to this and try to stop it by force, there is no need to say further.

But seeing the reaction today...

Xu Yu slowly stroked the reins in his hand and said slowly, "The more you see death, the more you want to live."

"A wise person should know when to find a way out. Those who are blindly loyal to their king will die because of their own fault. Even the Golden Immortal cannot save them."

As the old saying goes, if the king wants his subjects to die, the subjects must die.

Not only must one be brave enough to die, but one must also die without complaint and with gratitude. Otherwise, one would be betraying the trust of the royal family and failing the emperor's intentions.

Although people are born into different classes, everyone has only one life.

Everyone would say that if the knife of death really fell on their neck, who would really be willing to do so?

Xu Yu's lips brimmed with sarcasm as he spoke, neither lightly nor seriously, "Peng Yuanliang was sent by the Eastern Palace. First, he single-handedly stirred up the famine in the northwest in order to seize military power from Chen Nianhe. Later, he colluded with the Northern Di outside the Great Wall to smuggle weapons inland. This was all the work of the future emperor."

The future emperor lacks talent and virtue, and he knows that he is surrounded by wolves. The other princes and kings are not easy to deal with. They are afraid that their status will be affected if the current emperor who protects them passes away. They really cannot tolerate people with weak bones.

He had gone through so many things just to get involved in the military first, seize military power and consolidate his position, at any cost.

Knowing that there is a dead end ahead, he still insists on continuing to risk his life without turning back. There is no need to save such a fool.

A deep look flashed across Chen Jing'an's eyes, and he secretly tightened the reins in his hands.

Xu Yu laughed sarcastically, "Wasn't it the same thing when my father was on the Hongbei battlefield?"

"First, they cut off the firewood from under our feet, then framed us. Once they had laid enough groundwork, they colluded with the foreign race to launch a massive invasion, wasting countless lives of our soldiers in vain."

"If we hadn't intervened, the weapons and personnel secretly hidden in the northwest would have become ironclad evidence of the northwest's garrison commander's treason and collaboration with the enemy. The northwest would have been destined to become the next Hongbei."

From the first day this game started in the northwest, the future emperor never thought of letting anyone in the northwest go.

Whether it is the stigma of collaborating with the enemy or the crime of betraying one's country and forgetting one's ancestors.

As long as any one of the bad reputations spread all over the place is confirmed to be true, it will completely strangle those who do not obey it and eliminate dissidents to consolidate its power.

These are all old tricks, nothing surprising.

Chen Jing'an's emotions fluctuated, finally sinking into a long-dead rage. He curled his lips and sneered, "That man probably thought that if he killed off all those who disobeyed the East Palace's orders, the rest would be his own people."

"But why doesn't he think about the consequences of colluding with the Beidi people, who have a blood feud with them for generations, and trying to get the skin of a tiger?"

Even if he succeeds and seizes the throne by chance, so what?

Can he bear the deep anger that is coming back from the countless souls of heroes who have been betrayed in the past hundred years and the sea of ​​blood and corpses?

The souls of tens of millions of people who were discarded as useless pawns come to seek refuge at midnight. Can a mere dragon throne made of gold and jade suppress them?

Today's evil thoughts will sooner or later turn into swords and strike back.

That high-and-mighty person will eventually fall from the so-called peak.

Until then...

Chen Jing'an sighed, "Who will be the one to be shattered to pieces?"

Xu Yu smiled barely audible, "Let's wait and see."

"There's still a lot of time to come..."