Book 13 - Chapter 1 – Who Is The Wise Ruler? (1/2)
Book 13 Chapter 1 – Who Is The Wise Ruler?
Liu Heita tapped Xu Ziling’s shoulder, and went into a nearby shop selling silk cloth
The two aging shop attendants did not even step out to greet them, as if they did not see the the bead hanging curtain separating the front and rear sections, passing through the s out into a courtyard Turned out there were two other layers of building at the back
FourSeeing Liu Heita, they all showed respect as they greeted, “Liu Dage!”
Liu Heita nodded He led Xu Ziling into the building at the left side of the courtyard
It was a simple, unadorned, small hall; other than a table, few chairs, and so, not even a cabinet, s
When the tas seated, Liu Heita laughed aloud and said, “Very good! Unexpectedly I cas about you, ould have thought that you are still like a lively dragon and anio?”
“I lost touch with hireed to h Liu Heita was a goodhe was Dou Jiande’s man, so he should not disclose toohis brows, Liu Heita said, “I hear Li Mi sent his men to intercept you Shall I send outcould feel his sincere concern, which gave birth to unbearable guilty conscience in his heart; shaking his head, he said, “He should not have any proble hi away the pursuing troops, while he is in charge of so else”
Liu Heita understood
Thiswith the four rant tea
It was only now that Xu Ziling noticed that this girl’s profile was rather beautiful, and she exuded a delicate and pretty personality
Liu Heita laughed and said, “She is Tongtong; her flying blade skill is indeed not bad!” But he did not introduced Xu Ziling to Tongtong
Tongtong s before withdrawing froht for half a day before he finally sighed and said, “assassinating Ren Shao not only propelled your naed the entire situation of the South Lao Ge [old elder brother] is really proud of you”
Xu Ziling was afraid Liu Heita would repeat his invitation for theed the subject, “This ti big going on here?”
After gazing deeply into Xu Ziling’s eyes, Liu Heita spoke heavily, “Thisor small The fact is this is actually a trivial matter, only it is possible that this matter relates to the question of who can really unify the land under the heavens”
Xu Ziling was confused, “What matter can have that kind of impact?” he wondered
Liu Heita did not answer; he asked back instead, “This tio west to enter Guanzhong?”
Xu Ziling understood that Liu Heita was a , but he was definitely not a fool On the contrary, he was astute and formidable, so it was absolutely not easy to deceive hi that question, it was tanta out the ‘Duke Yang’s Treasure’ If Xu Ziling responded evasively, it would be difficult to get Liu Heita to bare his soul to hi the tiimes, even between father and son, brothers and friends, there ree for the sake of their respective o, anted to tell hi but hesitated; obviously he also had to have so said, “The fact is that we only know that the treasure is somewhere near Guannei [lit inside the pass; I think this is a place’s naeneral area inside the Great Wall]; other than that, we know nothing at all Therefore, this ti to take our chances”
Liu Heita’s honest and considerate, guileless dark-skinned face revealed a trace of sincere s told me, how could I not believe it? It’s just that ru Treasure’, other than rare treasure that Yang Su had plundered for many years, there are also tens of thousands of weapons and other ites out of the Li Clan’s territory, one must have considerable manpower and physical resources If you think that I, Liu Heita, aive you full support, on the condition that each takes what he needs; you can go your way to becoo et the best of both worlds to everyone’s delight and satisfaction”
After a short pause, he went on, “According to the inforether Other than the first layer, which has no erous than the previous one If you know that the ned the room to store this treasure was the Number One Master Craftsman in the world, Lu Miaozi, you’d know that to acquire the treasure is not an easy matter at all As far as I know, that Luocha woman only entered the first layer and promptly sounded out the difficulties and retreated to avoid defeat Huh? Why do you look so weird?”
Hearing the na was severely shaken He began to understand a little bit hen he showed the secret book on ly reminded hi Treasure-trove’
But why did Lu Miaozi not teach the Treasure’, which he personally designed?
This is really puzzling
Liu Heita continued, “Yang Su and Lu Miaozi were close friends; the drawbridge Xing Jin Fu Qiao [xing – star, jin – river crossing (abbreviation for Tianjin), fu qiao – floating/pontoon bridge] was his design This h; I don’t think there is any second person to hi was frowning hard, he reached out to give him a friendly pat on the shoulder and said, “You don’t have to answerfirst Even if you decided not to cooperate, I, Liu Heita, can’t possibly blaeable atconstructions; certainly that would be very helpful in entering the treasure trove”
Xu Ziling had no choice but to nod in agreement
Liu Heita stretched out and spoke in a relaxed manner, “To be honest, I really did not want to say those things, because it reedy people who covet the treasure But taking the present conditions into account, I did not have any choice”
“I understand,” Xu Ziling said, “Liu Dage need not be concerned about it”
Liu Heita gladly said, “I haveof Xia is also highly appreciative toward the two of you, and he sincerely hopes to see you face to face”
The King of Xia was Dou Jiande
Xu Ziling calmly replied, “If there is any opportunity, ould also love to pay our respect But still, just now Liu Dagebut can be small as well; what is that all about?”
Liu Heita replied in heavy voice, “It has so to do with the ‘Jade Annulus of the He Clan’, which is equally fa Treasure’!”
Chapter 1 - Part 2
They had barely entered Iathered inside the door went out tomilitary uniform complete with armors, the rest wore casual Confucian scholar attire One of the Xiyi
Ouyang Xiyi was a martial art hu, his seniority was extreed a very deep friendshi+p, but for the last several years he had already disregarded the affairs of the life Unexpectedly he could be here to help wang shi+chong in vying over the world [See Book 4 Chapter 3]
At Pengcheng a few years back, using Chen Sha Jian [Sinking Sand Sword], he waged war against Ba Fenghan Although at that time victory and defeat had not been decided, he had left an indelible i’s hearts
Apart fro Xiyi, there were two ’s attention
The woreens; extre wo a sword on her back, but her expression was unusually somber, a no-nonsense attitude, yet there was also a cool and elegant, mature sex appeal She exuded a proud and aloof aura that made people felt that she was cold and must not be offended, but also made people secretly felt that if they could break open that layer of protective screen, it would be a reatest acco paid particular attention to her was not her good looks at all, rather, it was her pair of radiant and glittering azure eyes, which made him realize that not only she was a Wulin in
The others who caught his attention were twoThe old one was short and stocky, wearing Taoist robe, holding a whisk in his hand His eyes, ears, nose and ether at the middle of his fat face A look at hihter, but his half-closed narrow eyes were glea with sharp and luminous flicker, which faintly conveyed so, without the least bit of cobuilt Although he could not be co, Ba Fenghan, or the like, his face was si out a tyrannical, dauntless, overbearing i on his back
It see the crowd, these three had the highestthe front ranking aze fell on Kou Zhong first; an astonished look flitted across his sharp eyes, but he did not say anything
Thishad already run up to entle, have nothing else to fear”
Kou Zhong slightly shi+vered in his heart, realizing only then that withouthas already mobilized people with most power under his co Xiyi and the others returned the propriety by declining qiu has shu’s instructions”
It was only this eneral Song Mengqiu, the other trusted aide of wang shi+chong, Lang Feng’s counterpart Hastily he gave hily, but his face radiated with bravery,people the ilance Kou Zhong already developed a dislike toward hi had already introduced Kou Zhong and the crowds to each other Surprisingly, the wo Jiao [together, it means exquisite and delicate]
The fat Taoist was Ke Feng Daozhang [Taoist priest] The sturdy-looking lin; the rest were martial art masters from various fa Xiyi occupied highest position a Life’ is worthy to be one of the Four Great A up a talent like Kou Xiongdi”
Kou Zhong promptly declinedwith everybody, wang shi+chong curbed his smile and said, “This matter should not be delayed, we must immediately enter the Palace to see that little[su that even after hearing the word ‘Jade Annulus of He Clan’ Xu Ziling was able to maintain his indifferent de knew more about the ‘Jade Annulus of He Clan’, perhaps you would be a bitabout Kou Zhong; sighing inwardly, he forced himself to rouse his spirit and asked, “The ‘Jade Annulus of He Clan’ is, of course, not only the seal of state, it was also the Emperor’s personal symbol of authority But other than that, what else does it worth?”
Liu Heita replied, “Frankly speaking, I am not too clear about thisDaoqi zhai that he would loan the jade annulus for three years, evidently the ‘Jade Annulus of He Clan’ is not siem Otherwise, how could it arity, outstanding holywas stunned, “In that case,” he said, “Are you saying that the ‘Jade Annulus of He Clan’ has been hidden in Ci Hang Jingzhai all along? But how did Liu Dage know?”
Liu Heita s his voice, he said, “On this, please forgivethe climax froe it to anybody else Suffice it to say that you must know that this infor said, “If that is really the case, the ru Daoqito hand the ‘Jade Annulus of He Clan’ back to shi+ Feixuan is not a fabrication relying on nothing at all Ning Daoqi and shi+ Feixuan arean ostentatious display like this, did they think that the world is not chaotic enough as it is now?”