Chapter 37: The Furious King Qi (1/2)
“Damn it! That good-for-nothing! …”
At the same time, in the majestic golden King Qi Residence, furious roars pierced through the heavens alongside several golden pillars.
At that instant, lightning flashed and thunder rumbled in the skies above the King Qi Residence. Bizarrely, this lightning flash was only limited to the area in the hundreds of zhang above King Qi Residence, and its surroundings weren’t affected at all.
A zhang -> 3.33m
“Yao Guang Yi! You have disappointed me! ——”
King Qi’s disappointment and wrath were difficult to express through mere words. Before his departure, Yao Guang Yi had reassured him time and time again that nothing would go wrong with the plan.
Considering the reputation of Old Master Yao and Yao Guang Yi’s past results, King Qi suppressed his anger and overlooked the failure in the Vast Crane Pavilion, Yet, to think that this would be the explanation Yao Guang Yi have for him.
Not only did Yao Guang Yi fail to divide the Wang and Song Clan, just like what he claimed he would, his ludicrous actions made King Qi one of the laughingstocks of the capital as well.
Yao Guang Yi was his subordinate and he had always regarded him as one of his limbs and trusted aides. Yao Guang Yi’s failure was as good as his own failure. Right now, the bunch in the capital were probably looking at him as a joke.
King Qi was an arrogant person who couldn’t accept failure. How could he tolerate such humiliation?
“Where is Yao Guang Yi? Bring him over!”
King Qi’s wrath could not be placated. The hundreds of people in the King Qi Residence didn’t dare to say a word before such a King Qi.
“Use my token to summon Yao Guang Yi! I want to tear off his head! ——”
King Qi’s furious bellow echoed throughout the entire residence.
A moment later, a war steed left the residence toward the borders.
Duke of Wei Residence, Duke of Su Residence, Duke of Lin Residence, Duke of Zheng Residence, King Han Residence, King Chu Residence, Prime Minister Residence… The matter had caused a huge ripple among the upper echelons of the Great Tang and the nobles.
However, no one knew that at this moment, as the person involved in the incident, Yao Guang Yi’s was feeling the impact of the incident much more deeply than anyone else.
“Impossible! That’s impossible…”
By the border, Yao Guang Yi was riding on the back of a mount. On his way back to the capital, he traversed across forest after forest, but his eyes were spiritless.
He was a victor in the battle against the Hu. He defeated the Baiyue foreigners without many casualties.
At their moments of death, Yao Guang Yi could clearly see the incomprehension on their faces.
He shouldn’t have been the one to face them!
It shouldn’t have been like that!
This wasn’t what they promised on!
…
Yao Guang Yi could clearly see the expressions going through their minds through their eyes. If it was at any other time, Yao Guang Yi would relish in their astonishment.
Yet, as the victor, Yao Guang Yi didn’t feel the slightest bit of joy at all.
That’s because Yao Guang Yi knew that on another battlefield, in the battle against Wang Yan and the Wang Clan, he had already lost utterly!
Furthermore, Yao Guang Yi usually prided himself on his flawless strategies, but this time, he didn’t even know how he lost.
“This shouldn’t be, this shouldn’t be… How did I fail?”
Yao Guang Yi muttered soullessly. Wave after wave of thoughts crashed into his mind, and they were all related to this incident.
Before carrying out the plan, he had imagined the situation countless times, considered all possibilities and double confirmed every single detail such that there would be no flaws whatsoever in his plans.
No matter how incredible Wang Yan was, it was impossible for him to fathom that this skirmish by the borders was a ploy against him.
Yao Guang Yi remembered the report his scout had reported to him just before he had led his army toward Wang Yan’s deployment site when he was half a day’s journey away it:
Everything is normal! Wang Yan’s army is still in the campsite and there aren’t any bizarre movements!
These scouts were experienced and they had been his faithful aides for decades. It was due to this news that he was affirmative that his plan would succeed.
However, Yao Guang Yi never expected that all that was waiting for him was an empty campground when he appeared at Wang Yan’s deployment site.
For some reason inconceivable to him, the person in question, Wang Yan, was looking at him from 50 li away!
Yao Guang Yi was dumbfounded then!
Regardless of whether he was willing or not, when the Hu appeared before him, Yao Guang Yi knew that he didn’t have any other choice. He could only strike down the foreigners with his army, thus taking Wang Yan’s place.
In this fight, he had lost completely!
The plan to divide the Song and the Wang Clan by creating the facade of the partnership of the Yao and Wang had failed utterly! It was hard for him to imagine the rage of King Qi.
Who was the one who prepared this trap for him?
Yao Guang Yi was extremely agitated.
Wang Yan?
Impossible! If he had such capabilities, he wouldn’t have persuaded King Qi to allow him to conduct this series of actions to dig up King Song’s faction! Then who else could it be? Who was the one hiding in the back that saw through his plan, guided Wang Yan, and secretly laid this trap for him?
At that instant, cold sweat drenched Yao Guang Yi’s back. After years of political fights in the royal court, this was the first time he felt such an intense unease.
The moment he thought that there was such an intelligent strategist, who was in no way inferior to him, hiding in the shadows to help the Wang Clan, Yao Guang Yi felt fearful, as though there was a dagger behind his back at this very moment, making it difficult to eat or sleep in peace.
…
“Hahaha! Yao Guang Yi, you have miscalculated!”
On the other hand, at this moment Wang Yan was feeling extremely delighted. Wang Yan’s camp had slaughtered the livestock and prepared marvelous wines for a celebration.
Wang Yan had passed down orders to reward the men!