Book 23 - Chapter 4 – Gathering the Little Life Back (1/2)
Book 23 Chapter 4 – Gathering the Little Life Back
Xu Ziling and shi+ Feixuan stood side-by-side on a se, which lay horizontally on the mother earth, extended all the way across the plains Under the night sky, with stars scattered about like chess pieces on the board, the e barrier But if he took the sky bridge from the Great Ba, he would be able to reach Sichuan, which was acclairance fro’s nostrils This was the second time that he had the opportunity to stand at such a close proxiant as a fairy
But he did not dare to indulge hiht, because her heartless hint at Hefei was still deeply engraved in his heart
By nature, Xu Ziling was a free and easy man who loved to live a simple life; it was very easy for him to take an indifferent view on this kind of man-woman affair
However, he could not deny that every word, every s beauty couldbreeze, as if he was enveloped by the attractive, infatuating natural scenery of spirited rain that came out of the empty sky
shi+ Feixuan turned her pretty face, smiled, and said, “Since we parted at Hefei, Wanwan and I had uerilla tactics, fight and run, so that it seeht before the final battle Although she did not appear to succeed, but even until just now, she still had plenty of strength left, but was unwilling to determine victory and defeat in an all-out battle”
Xu Ziling looked up to meet her limpid, bottomless exquisite eyes; he spoke indifferently, “Perhaps she is waiting for the Xie Di Sheli to htly stunned, shi+ Feixuan said, “Unexpectedly Ziling Xiong also knows about the sacred relics?”
Xu Ziling rarely saw this hu-character side of her, inwardly he was rather proud Nodding his head, he said, “I just heard about it by rando Sheli [sacred relics] and not Xie Di Sheli [demonic emperor relics]? Is there any difference between the two?”
S, shi+ Feixuan replied, “The correct name should be Sacred Relics, because it is the e Ji - Most Holy, Zong,Di – holy emperor So it could mean ‘Holy Emperor of the Most Holy School’] It’s just that outsiders want to change Sheng Ji Zong and Sheng Di into Xie Ji [extre Sheli beca to call the was a, he said, “Make sense; I was so naïve!”
shi+ Feixuan looked at hirain his appearance at this aze toward the starry sky above the Great Mount Ba, and asked in a soft voice, “May I venture to ask Ziling Xiong, this is not a well-known secret at all; where did you hear it fro said, “I’m not sure if I should say it Miss shi+, please don’t take offense”
Astounded, shi+ Feixuan said, “If Ziling Xiong does not wish to say it, then don’t May I ask where is Ziling Xiong heading right now?”
Instead of answering, Xu Ziling asked, “Is it possible for Zaixia to ask a rude question first? How does Miss shi+ view Hou Xibai?”
shi+ Feixuan showed a touching deht, and then she looked at hi view thisreplied, “I have a little suspicion that he is this generation’s disciple of Hua Jian Pai, but Miss shi+ must not ask me to come up with any solid evidence”
shi+ Feixuan smiled and said, “Feixuan would never ask you for that Because your guess is 100 accurate From the first day I cain, and he had never concealed it froreatly shocked
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“Hold on!”
Zuo Xiaoyou stepped out in large strides to block the personal guards, ’s left and right
Li Zitong sieneral, who has brought a large nuiance to hiing for forgiveness, Zuo Xiaoyou turned toward Kou Zhong, as standing proudly in thecoldly, he said, “Shao Shuai has less than ten thousand men under your command, and your foundation is not stable yet; to achieve that is already not easy, how do you think you are going to solve our Jiangdu crisis?”
None of the generals did not nod This was precisely the question in everybody’s heart Du Fuwei only need to take a part of his troops to build rah to wear down Shaoshuai Ar their food supply
Seeing his objective has been reached, Kou Zhong put the saber back into its scabbard; he said, “How do I address this general?”
Zuo Xiaoyou replied indifferently, “I a sjun, I just need Da Jiangjun to confir had just been listening to Yun Yuzhen whispering so else in his ear; he scoffed and said with a sneer, “Let’s talk less superfluous words; why don’t this king take a guess Did Shao Shuai lead your troops west toward the Ranch, along the way you suffered an a Shao Shuai escaping alone, and now you cohed aloud and said, “I already told Da wang not to listen to women’s slanderous report; the fact is just the opposite Yun Bangzhu’s ’s coalition armies has been utterly defeated, each one has returned to their base camp Cao Ar This news should reach this place very soon, only Yun Bangzhu has not received it! Ha! That is laughable indeed!”
None was not erily, “Nonsense! With your trivial a thousand plus troops and horses, not to ions, how could you defeat our allied ar cal said, “Yun Bangzhu is absolutely correct; however, superior ar about battle of wits and not battle of brute force Your allied aruilty of the same sin, which is each army has selfish motives I siht want to send yourfro merchants who have been there and back, to see whether I a eneral is Bai Xin May I venture to ask Shao Shuai to speak a bitsaid, “The situation is exceptionally co to solve the crisis in Jiangdu; after hearing it, gentle inwardlyyou then would not be too late Thereupon he nodded and said, “Speak up! This king will listen with respectful attention”
Just by listening to the tone of his voice, everybody knew that he practically did not believe that Kou Zhong really had a way to lift the siege
But Zuo Xiaoyou’s expression showed that he was deep in thought; he interrupted, “Is it possible that Shao Shuai is thinking of exploiting the conflicting views between Du Fuwei and Shen Lun, using the driving-a-wedge-between-partners strategy? We have also thought about that, but because the two armies are separated by several dozen li, also because they are taking turn in besieging the city, we do not have a good plan on how to execute it”
Shao Lingzhou laughed coldly and said, “If Shao Shuai can only think about the sa, it would be best if you don’t speak up to show your disgrace”
Kou Zhong stared at hizhou, you are increasingly ation of a woman, still understand that he has to at least listen to me to see if I really have the ability I can show you; atto me he would make his move to kill me Yet you advised me not to speak up I wonder if you are a spy sent here by Du Fuwei? Otherwise, how could you not give the least bit of thought toward the Great Wu?”
While Shao Lingzhou was about to blow off his anger, Li Zitong already rebuked angrily, “If you dare to speak frigid irony and scorching satire to htered first; I don’t want to hear half a sentence of your nonsense”
Kou Zhong cal, a here to kneel and beg forgiveness froht have a bit of interest; otherwise, ould I give you an advantage for nothing?”
The ’s eyes flared out i, please calood proposal first”
Li Zitong struggled hard to put his anger under control; nodding, he said, “Very well! Just consider I rong, Shao Shuai, please speak!”
Unless he was an idiot, everybody present knew that Li Zitong only wanted to wait for Kou Zhong to finish speaking before he would hed cale-between-partners strategy, there ht now the first favorable condition had just appeared, which is Jianghuai Ardu; theyas we are able to knoell the situation of their march, we could set up an appropriate a the way”
The ’s side immediately broke into a co nonsense at all, because they had just received the news about Du Ar had setup a vast intelligence network in the area
With a smile on her face, Yun Yuzhen said, “Du Fuwei crisscross the left of the river, if they collapsed because of your ale in the world”
Suddenly a flashi+ng light appeared Kou Zhong’s eyes; fixing his gaze on Yun Yuzhen, as sitting on the platfor’s left, he sneered and said, “You caused Su Jie’s death, and thus has beco and I, two boys, will never forgive, yet you can still laugh? When did I say that I would a a sneak attack on Old Du is surprisingly Shen Lun’sat the receiving end of his stare, Yun Yuzhen’s heart trembled, so that this usually smart-tooth-and-sharp-dental woman became speechless