The old emperor's eyelids rolled, and the dark blue under his eyes made his eyes look sinister and profound.
"Prince Shuo's second son, the youngest hunter in the Spring Hunt, is he about twenty-three years old this year?"
"That's right. But I heard that he has been in the army for several years. Although his riding and archery skills are not as good as his father's, he has the style of a general. If given time, I'm afraid..."
"What a young man from a military family! Given time, he will surely become a military talent." Su Yin chuckled, his brows relaxed for a moment, and he regained some of his youthful charm. "Follow him, don't let others get close to him, and don't take his life. If he can return to Que City alive, have him come to see me."
He was puzzled, and regardless of being presumptuous, he urged urgently.
"Master, Xiao Zhun cannot be kept alive. If we don't remove the root of the problem, it will surely cause trouble in the future."
The other party did not reply to him immediately, but only asked calmly.
"Do you know the situation in the court?"
As the emperor's personal guard, although he was not on duty in the court, he knew a thing or two.
The civil officials are old and in power, and the military generals are old and have no say. If an uprising breaks out on the border in the future, Tiancheng will surely face difficulties that are difficult to resolve.
The emperor sighed, his breath weak.
"A wolf cub lost its mother and was raised with dogs. Year after year, how could it know whether it was a wolf or a dog?"
He was silent, and then he understood his master's thoughts.
Supporting Xiao Zhun as a new force to counter the situation in the court would surely disrupt this stagnant situation. Starting with Xiao Zhun, Tiancheng's generals would surely rise, and Tiancheng would use this as a check and balance to quell the several forces that had been surging in the court for many years.
"Hatred isn't always a bad thing; it can give people immense strength. I'll leave Xiao Zhun to Wei'er. If there ever comes a day when the wolves return to the wild, do you know what to do?"
He looked into those quiet eyes, his voice firm as a rock.
"I understand. As long as I am alive, the thing my master is worried about will not happen."
Half a month later, the late emperor passed away.
The master to whom he had sworn an oath to be loyal all his life left this world before him.
He left Que City with that final order, which no one else knew about, and waited for the day when he would need to fulfill his promise.
He thought he would take this promise to his grave.
But more than ten years later, this day finally came.
Zong Hao opened his eyes and looked at the figure kneeling in front of Bai He's corpse on the cliff a hundred feet away.
He should have killed him that day on the Douchenling Mountain Road in the rain.
No problem, let him use the hands that made the beginning back then to end everything now.
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