When this news reached the ears of those in power in various regions, everyone felt dissatisfaction and resistance, but similarly, everyone suppressed this displeasure in their hearts.
Not a single person dared to voice any objection on the spot.
As for Chenggui Pavilion?
Cheng Xianyi, who should have had the strongest reaction, did not turn around and leave immediately after hearing that the person who would be arriving in three days was from the academy. Instead, she stayed, showing great courtesy.
He even gently reassured Ziyan not to be impatient, saying it was only a matter of three days; Cheng Guige was waiting, and so was she.
because--
"Nanyue Academy".
"They finally felt threatened and couldn't help but reveal themselves."
"In that case, let's see how they plan and strategize this time."
This time.
She won't be an outsider.
She'll be in the thick of it now.
Not to mention the East, even the various forces in the Central Plains did not know Cheng Xianyi's true identity, let alone that the Cheng Gui Pavilion, which had suddenly risen in recent years, was controlled by a female pavilion master.
Over the years, Nanyue Academy has been secretly investigating the head of Cheng Gui Pavilion. Unfortunately, the trusted members who were accepted into Cheng Gui Pavilion were all impoverished orphans who were personally trained by Cheng Xianyi.
They have no family, no threats, and no flaws.
They are always unconditionally loyal to one person, and the academy cannot easily sway them, much less leak any information to the academy.
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Time flew by, and three days later it was already time to go.
News of the Zhou family's attack on the Yan Kingdom's court spread rapidly throughout the cities.
"It's terrible! It's terrible!! The Zhou family has sent troops to rebel!"
The people were filled with anxiety and gathered together to express their unease.
"News from outside the city says that Zhou Cheng has already breached Hongxin City and is now heading towards the capital... The Zhou family has truly rebelled! How could they be so ungrateful!"
"Go to hell with your ingratitude! I've heard rumors that it was our... cough, our Yan Kingdom's Emperor who was narrow-minded and couldn't tolerate the Zhou family, so he accused the Zhou family of treason."
"The Zhou family was resentful and stormed out of the capital with weapons. Now that they've caught their breath, they're starting to take revenge!"
"So you're saying the Zhou family is still good? That His Majesty forced them onto the path of rebellion? Who told you that?"
"I'm not afraid to tell you, but you absolutely mustn't tell anyone. I've only told a few of you... Old Zhang's only son who's in the army."
Old Zhang's family?
The surrounding crowd pricked up their ears to listen carefully.
A woman in her forties looked around and whispered, "Yesterday afternoon, a man who claimed to be a messenger from the Zhou family went to Old Zhang's house and gave him all sorts of meat, cloth, and silver."
"I heard it was brought back by Old Zhang's son who's in the army. You wouldn't believe it! I live right next door to them, and the aroma of the meat wafts all the way to my house at night. We eat braised pork by the pound!"
"I also heard that Old Zhang's son is under the Zhou family's army, and he's doing really well now. He's even become some kind of gunman, and he can get his hands on some kind of magical weapon!"
“............”
The woman then talked with the crowd for a full half hour.
The people went from initial denial and disbelief to eventual shock, astonishment, envy, and resentment.
The woman said,
Zhou Cheng, the young master of the Zhou family, is an exceptionally good master. He is not only generous but also loyal. Now, all the soldiers in the Zhou family's army can eat meat and white rice.
Now those soldiers wear the best cotton-padded clothes and boots, sleep in the best blankets, and live like the elite.
The woman said again,
The Zhou family treated their soldiers so well that it was unbelievable. On the afternoon of the day Young Master Zhou returned to the city, he gave each soldier ten taels of silver and arranged for eight hundred postmen to deliver them to their hometowns to take care of their families.
Last night, she saw with her own eyes that the table at Old Zhang's house was full of meat, charcoal, blankets, and many other rare and precious things that she had never seen before. They were all sent back by her son who was serving in the army.
The woman added at the end...
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