The wind rises.
Xie Lingyan nodded, his expression becoming even more stern: "Then I understand."
He turned around and looked at the dark mountains at night. His eyes were calm, yet revealed a resolute and murderous look.
"Since this group of Yanshi came here for this purpose, General, could you please hand over the Yuan Core to Yinshu City for safekeeping?"
Ren Xuan raised an eyebrow: "The city lord intends to return the things to eliminate this disaster?"
Xie Lingyan suddenly laughed out loud, but the smile was so cold that it chilled people's hearts: "My adoptive father once taught me--"
"If you can't win, don't dream of peace."
"Peace achieved through concessions and compromises never lasts."
The wind blew, lifting the corners of my clothes and making rustling sounds.
Xie Lingyan slowly turned around, his gaze blazing as he spoke loudly, "Ten days from now, Yinshu City will publicly execute Master Yanshi."
Ren Xuan was slightly stunned, then laughed out loud, with a hint of approval in his eyes: "You are worthy of being the City Lord. Thank you, City Lord. I will definitely be your friend."
"This matter was caused by me. If there really is a war—" Ren Xuan smiled softly, his eyes as sharp as a blade: "I will do my utmost to help you."
That night, the wind rose.
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"Give me your full support?"
Yue Anshan leaned against the wall, his arms folded across his chest, a playful smile in his eyes: "How many soldiers do you have? Have you asked His Highness? Will you give him your full support?"
Ren Xuan scratched his head, feeling rather embarrassed: "The atmosphere was already so intense, I just couldn't help myself."
Yue Anshan scoffed and shook his head, saying, "Yinshu City is not within your Highness's territory. I advise you to go and cry to Lu Xiyun. If he doesn't speak up about this, I don't think it will happen."
Ren Xuan waved his hands and sighed, "I tried it, but it doesn't work."
His tone was resentful, his face full of fatigue. "Your Highness means that if Lu Xiyun doesn't return to Yunzhong, forget about borrowing troops. Lu Xiyun means that he won't return to Yunzhong until this matter is resolved."
Ren Xuan looked at Yue Anshan dimly: "Think about it, think about it carefully—they are just like a ghost wall day by day, don't you know?"
Yue Anshan laughed even harder, patting his thigh: "Old Ren, it's not easy for you either."
Ren Xuan tutted his words, his tone dissatisfied: "Did I ask you to come over and make fun of me?! We need to think of a countermeasure."
Yue Anshan raised his palm, making a stop gesture, his expression suddenly serious: "Hey hey - stop, Your Highness, I can't deploy a single soldier to you unless you speak up."
Ren Xuan's tone darkened as he sneered, "Old Yue, you don't really think you can get away with it by doing nothing, do you?"
His eyes were sharp. "These Yanshi are coming with such force. What if something really happens to Lu Xiyun someday? Are you kidding me? You know Qin Shu's bad temper. If that happens, neither of us will be able to escape."
Upon hearing this, Yue Anshan glared and slammed the table: "Ren Xuan! How dare you say that to His Highness? You are totally disrespectful to the law!"
Yue Anshan clasped his hands together and made a formal confession.
Then he slammed the table again, his tone turning sad and angry: "But you're right!"
Ren Xuan: ...
Yue Anshan sighed, with a hint of helplessness: "Then what do you say we should do?"
Ren Xuan moved closer to him and lowered his voice: "We both need to learn to be flexible about this matter."
Yue Anshan instantly became alert, his eyes suspicious: "What do you mean, kid?"
Ren Xuan slowly adjusted his cuffs and spoke calmly, "Old Yue, let me be frank. If I really bring you a transfer order from 'Your Highness,' can you mobilize this soldier?"
Yue Anshan sat up straight abruptly: "Are you crazy? Forging military orders?! How many heads do you have?"
Ren Xuan slowly adjusted his cuffs, his tone calm and unhurried: "What are you afraid of? I only have one head, and Lu Xiyun doesn't have one."
Yue Anshan stared at Ren Xuan, silent for a moment, then suddenly grinned and gave him a thumbs-up: "Alright! No problem, as long as you can get the real transfer order and deploy the troops according to the military order, it will be my duty, no questions asked!"
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The night was dark, and moonlight shone through the window lattice, casting a frosty shadow on the table.
Ren Xuan spread out the transfer order on the table and said calmly, "My Lord, as for the signature... just sign it according to His Highness's handwriting, and I'll take care of the rest."
Lu Xiyun frowned slightly, and glanced at Ren Xuan and the transfer order with an ambiguous look: "Ren Xuan, do you know what you are doing?"
Ren Xuan smiled calmly: "I'm helping Yinshu City."
Lu Xiyun's eyes became increasingly strange, with a bit of scrutiny: "You and Brother Xie have no relationship, how could you do this?"
Ren Xuan smiled lightly: "What if I say that I want to please you?"
Lu Xiyun sneered, a hint of amusement in his eyes: "To please me, you dare to go to such lengths? General, you are really too desperate."
He tapped his fingertips lightly on the table twice, his tone paused, his eyes suddenly deep: "Ren Xuan, you should know that if I turn my back on you later, you will die miserably."
The room was silent for a moment, and the wind blew through the window lattice, making a barely audible rustling sound.
Ren Xuan showed no fear at all. Instead, he looked at Lu Xiyun slowly and calmly: "Will the prince let me die?"
Lu Xiyun's eyes were deep, as if he was weighing something. After a moment, he slowly said, "At least, you have to give me a reason why you are willing to risk your life."
Ren Xuan put away his nonchalant attitude and spoke in a serious tone, "There are three thousand bones in Qingtong Town, and corpses are piled high in Baishi Town. These beasts have lost all conscience and deserve to be killed by everyone."
He met Lu Xiyun's gaze, his words as resolute as iron: "Prince, is this reason enough?"
The room was silent for a moment.
Lu Xiyun was silent for a moment, a look of solemn respect in his eyes: "General Ren, I was mean-spirited and misjudged you."
After being serious for no more than two seconds, Lu Xiyun returned to his lazy appearance as a child of an aristocratic family.
The young man raised his hand and patted Ren Xuan's shoulder familiarly, and said lazily: "But General Ren, I can't sign this."
He shrugged: "If I forge a military order, it will make it very difficult for Qin Shu."
Ren Xuanyi raised an eyebrow: "When did the prince start to be so considerate of His Highness?"
Lu Xiyun gave Ren Xuan an ambiguous look: "Me? I've always been considerate of him."
Okay...if you say so, then it is.
Ren Xuan understood what Lu Xiyun meant. Lu Xiyun used Qin Shu's seal to stamp the document himself, which was the proper procedure.
But if even the 'chapter' is fake - then the nature is different.
If he or Yue Anshan were to do this kind of thing, the Nine Clans Elimination Game would be no joke. But Lu Xiyun was different. The Jingxi Palace was the "major shareholder". No matter how ruthless the dog emperor was, he would not dare to touch Lu Xiyun's Nine Clans.
As for Lu Xiyun himself... Qin Shu would at most scold him and then continue to worship him as an ancestor.
Well, the emperor still has to suffer for protecting Qin Shudan.
Ren Xuan said solemnly, "Sir, we must make decisions in an emergency. I believe His Highness will understand us."
Lu Xiyun waved his hand leisurely: "There's no need to be so troublesome."
Lu Xiyun turned around and took out something, then casually put it into Ren Xuan's palm: "General, please copy it here."
Ren Xuan looked down subconsciously.
There was not a single word on the yellow scroll, except for the seal of the commander in the clouds in the lower right corner.
Ren Xuan's expression instantly cracked.
He slowly raised his head and said, "...Prince, when you go out, His Highness gives you blank military orders?"
Lu Xiyun raised an eyebrow and said as a matter of course: "What else?"
Ren Xuan paused and was silent for two seconds, as if he had finally accepted the reality: "...I am short-sighted."
Or just kill me to entertain you two.
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The night wind howled softly, and the wilderness lay dormant in silence.
Deep in the mountains, a hidden underground cave entrance casts a scarlet light and shadow.
As Bloody Robe stepped in, gray shadows in the grotto bowed their heads like a tide, chanting in unison: "Master Priest."
Yuan Feng glanced at everyone coldly, ignoring them and just looking up at Fang Cun.
Yuan Feng: "Yinshu City has reinforced its troops. The town at the foot of the mountain is now full of government troops."
The Yanshi elders in the hall were all facing a formidable enemy: "Commander, we must not fight against the government troops!!"
Fang Cun showed little interest. "Whoever of you defeats me will get the Commander's Ghost Talisman. This place will be yours to rule."
The Yanshi elders all gasped.
One elder couldn't hold back any longer: "Fang Cun! You are the leader of the Yanshi clan! How can you be so careless? Do you want to drag down the Yanshi clan?!"
Before he finished speaking, a black-gold thorn pierced the elder's heart.
Fang Cun stood up slowly. "That's not what you taught us back then. In the Yanshi lineage, the strong are respected, so I killed all forty-eight of my fellow disciples and became their leader."
He spoke as if jokingly, as if the elder he had just crushed to death was no more than an ant: "I've become the commander, but I still have to be restricted by you in every way. Then my position as commander is not in vain. What do you think?"
Fang Cun suddenly changed the subject, his tone cold: "So, if you don't agree with me, don't try to persuade me—come and kill me."
The hall was suddenly silent.
In Yanshi's thousand-year-old system of raising Gu, an alien emerged and finally turned against Yanshi itself.
Fang Cun doesn't care about the Yanshi lineage at all. He becomes the leader just for his own fun.
Seeing that the opposing elders had all shut up, Fang Cun raised his eyebrows slightly: "Where did Yinshu City get so many soldiers and horses?"
Yuan Feng said succinctly, "They are soldiers from the Taifeng camp. However, they are only stationed in the town and have not shown any signs of attacking."
Yuan Feng paused for a moment and continued, "In ten days, Yinshu City will execute our people. In the recent battles, the Yinshu Guards have captured more than a dozen people."
Fang Cun laughed nonchalantly: "These are insignificant."
He paused slightly, his tone revealing a hint of interest: "Ten days later... Xie Lingyan is delivering a message."
Yuan Feng's voice was cold and deep: "The execution is fake, forcing you to show yourself is the real thing. Dragnet, do you want to go?"
Fang Cun chuckled, "Thank you, City Lord, for personally hosting this banquet. I can't refuse such a generous gesture. If I don't go and meet him, wouldn't I be betraying his kindness?"
Yuan Feng glanced at him calmly and said, "Then act quickly. I'm heading south in half a month."
Fang Cun sighed, "Youngest, you're too cold-hearted. Junior Master's life or death is uncertain, and all you want to do is run around."
He paused, his eyes narrowed slightly, and he sighed unintentionally: "Besides, if Junior Master-Uncle really dies, what will happen to your brother?"
The air suddenly turned cold.
Yuan Feng frowned slightly, his murderous intent condensed in an instant: "I won't wait for you."
Fang Cun chuckled, raised his hands, and said frivolously: "Tsk, don't be so cold-blooded. Besides, your brother is not in the south. He-"
Fang Cun paused, the smile on his lips deepening: "He will be here soon."
Yuan Feng's expression suddenly turned cold and icy: "You are manipulating him again."
Fang Cun raised his eyebrows leisurely, blinked, and smiled innocently: "It's unfair, Master Priest. He wrote to us himself and said that he would come to see us in a few days."
Yuan Feng was silent for a moment, his expression cold, his tone unchanged: "Then you should finish the work here quickly."
Fang Cun chuckled softly, "Don't be impatient, youngest."
He slowly stood up straight, his eyes deep: "The hidden mine hasn't exploded yet."
The darkness surges silently, and murderous intent lurks deep in the night.
The chess player in the darkness quietly makes his move.
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