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After Lu Yun returned, he discussed the matter of the princess from the Northern Kingdom with General Wei. He did not sleep all night and listened to General Wei's scolding all night. The next morning, Wei Cong's anger subsided a little and he went to interrogate the princess from the Northern Kingdom again. Lu Yun returned to his tent and found the letters written by Lu Erlang to him, which were piled up half a person high. Lu Erlang had too many letters, and Lu Yun thought they were useless before, so this time he took them seriously.

He began to write back to his silly second brother and asked about his second brother's dreams.

He was not afraid of the secret being revealed; he just wanted to find out what was going on.

After Lu Yun took the responsibility, he did not talk much to Luo Lingyu, fearing that Luo Lingyu would be more worried. But he had a guess that he was facing more than one death. Lu Erlang and Luo Lingyu were now staring at the heavy snow and foggy sun, feeling anxious. Lu Yun thought of Lu Erlang's first dream, in which he died of thousands of arrows piercing his heart.

Lu Erlang was vague about the dream and did not give any details, but Lu Yun had a vague guess.

He had a feeling that this was also a fatal disaster.

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Nanyang had avoided the arrows piercing his heart, but Xue Ri had to die. Now that he couldn't even avoid the first one, it was too early to talk about the next one.

Lu Yun paced in the tent, lost in thought.

In Lu Erlang's first dream, he told Luo Lingyu that the new emperor ascended the throne, Lu Sanlang went to the border, the Battle of Nanyang broke out, and Lu Sanlang died.

Lu Yun guessed that the so-called new emperor would definitely not be Prince Chen Liu Chu.

Thousands of arrows piercing the heart meant the death of a general. If Liu Chu ascended the throne, he would know that Lu Yun was not a good general, and he would not let him be a general even if he sent Lu Yun to the border. On the contrary, Lu Erlang's second dream was more realistic.

Lu Yun pondered, who would be the new emperor? In fact, it didn't matter to Lu Yun who became emperor. It was just that Lu Yun suspected that Liu Chu would be killed, otherwise he would not die. Liu Chu was pragmatic, he would not fight for the throne, and nothing would happen to him if the new emperor ascended the throne. But if nothing happened to him, how could Lu Yun get into trouble at the border?

Furthermore, when will the great battle that is about to break out in Nanyang take place?

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Lu Erlang and Lu Xian must have hidden something.

In other words, Lu Xian himself didn't know how important the part he concealed was.

Or maybe Lu Xian’s dream is still one-sided.

Even Lu Yun was keenly aware that the timeline of Lu Xian's dream was always moving forward. That meant that the problem waiting ahead was not just his death. There was also a more serious problem that shocked Lu Yun but was ignored by Lu Erlang and Luo Lingyu.

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After thinking for a while, Lu Yun went out to inspect the army. It was rare for him to go out of the city with Wei Cong. He checked the surrounding terrain and asked about the situation of the army in Nanyang. He also asked about the hiding place of the army of the Northern Kingdom that was using the Northern Kingdom envoys to delay time.

When he returned that day, he wrote letters to the surrounding counties and cities, and also wrote a book to Liu Chu. Lu Yun's second brother Lu Xian might not know much about Jianye's situation, but Liu Chu certainly did. Lu Yun wanted to find out how many factors would lead to his death.

Chapter 98

The Princess of the Northern Kingdom must go to Jianye.

Just as Lu Yun told Luo Lingyu, what is known is always more controllable than the unknown.

But before Nanyang was ready to send the envoys from the Northern Kingdom to Jianye, the matter of the Princess of the Northern Kingdom spying on the military affairs of the Southern Kingdom still needed to be resolved; and while the Wei generals were dealing with this matter, Lu Yun wrote a letter to King Chen, asking him to find a way to send a few beauties to the Taichu Palace - to let His Majesty have a taste of the Princess of the Northern Kingdom before she entered the palace. They were all young, beautiful and attractive girls. With such beauty in front of them, even if the Princess of the Northern Kingdom entered the palace as a marriage, her face in front of His Majesty would probably be far less than what Lu Erlang dreamed of.

His Majesty of the Southern Kingdom seeks immortals and Taoism, and abstains from women. However, if he wants to indulge in pleasures, there are many beauties in the Southern Kingdom.

Prince Chen Liu Chu was surprised why he did this, as he never interfered in his father's harem affairs. With just a few letters, many things could not be explained clearly. Liu Chu acted entirely based on his understanding and trust of his good friend. While Liu Chu was thinking about how to find an excuse to add a few young "concubines" to himself, he also reported the number of troops that the court could dispatch and the amount of grain and grass reserved in the treasury according to Lu Yun's request.

When Lu Sanlang contacted King Chen, he did not forget his silly second brother, Lu Erlang Lu Xian.

Lu Erlang was in a state of panic all day, worried that his letter was not seen by his cousin Luo and his third brother, and also worried that Lu Sanlang did not believe in his dream. This gentle and elegant gentleman from a noble family had been able to soothe his emotions in the incense of the Bodhisattvas, but he was disturbed by his dream and confused again when he received the letter from his third brother.

Letters are always less convenient than face-to-face conversations. Knowing that his second brother was not sober enough, Lu Sanlang and Lu Yun did not repeatedly ask Lu Erlang to confirm the truth of his dream in their letters. Lu Sanlang was brief and asked four questions, requiring his second brother to answer truthfully:

First, when did Lu Jilang's dream begin? Were there any signs before? What unusual things happened around him?

Second, the first time Lu Jilang had a dream, the specific events in the dream, and when and to when;

Third, does the timeline of the dream move forward continuously, or does it repeat itself? Will it make Lu Jilang unable to tell which period the dream is about?

Fourth, can Lu Erlang see the exact time of the dream in which Lu Yun died from being pierced by thousands of arrows? If not, is there a time mark for the battle in Nanyang?

...Among the four questions, there was no mention of the so-called "Princess of the North". Lu Jilang didn't know how to feel.

However, Lu Sanlang's clear thinking encouraged Lu Xian: He knew that his third brother had a better vision than himself. If he hadn't been afraid that his dream would change, if he hadn't believed in his dream at first, if he hadn't been afraid that Lu Sanlang didn't believe in him and thought he was crazy... he should have discussed this with his third brother long ago.

But even now, Lu Jilang is still worried, wondering whether sharing his dreams with his younger brothers and sisters will bring him greater danger.

It was not convenient to say these in the letter, so Lu Erlang had to answer his brother's questions first, racking his brains and analyzing his dreams with Lu Sanlang as detailed as possible. When he couldn't remember clearly, such as when the Battle of Nanyang took place, he would immerse himself in the dream and think about it for several days.