Book 33 - Chapter 1 – Giving Up (1/2)
Luckily when Xu Ziling arrived at Xing Chang Long, Duan Zhixuan has not arrived yet, but Bu Jie and Bu Ting were already waiting irew timid of the battle and thus decided not to co up, he came to theto Bu Jie and Bu Ting, the two e in plan!”
Confused, Xu Ziling sat down by his side and asked, “What changed?”
Duan Zhixuan replied, “Originally Qin wang decided that if Ke Dazhi challenged our Heavenly Policy Mansion, he would have Mo Laoshi+ to undertake the task to deal with him But now he cancelled this plan; Mo Laoshi+ does not need towas a bit baffled Bu Ting explained, “Mo Laoshi+ must not misunderstand; it’s just because the Heavenly Policy Mansion has a martial art master froeht that Li Jing and Hong Funu must have returned; only he did not knohich one received the order to deal with Ke Dazhi’s challenge Seizing this opportunity, he said, “Naturally Biren will listen and obey Gongzi’s instruction Since that is the case, shall Biren not going to attend the Lunar New Year’s Eve celebration at the Ietically said, “But Qin wang specifically instructed that Mo Laoshi+ must attend, so that you could observe from the side Ke Dazhi’s Sandstorhed inwardly Left with no choice, he had to agree
Duan Zhixuan rose up and said, “It’s almost time! We need to stop by Heavenly Policy Mansion first, and then we’ll go to the banquet together with Qin wang”
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Steae of the huge barrel that was half full of hot water, with the other hand Kou Zhong tested the water teoing to take a bath Are you, Beauty, going to watch frohed tenderly and said, “Don’this eyebrows, Kou Zhong laughed aloud and said, “In that case, be uest!”
He simply took off all his clothes and went in to sit inside the barrel to bathe; he even huhost Wanwan floated out of the bedroo voice is really hard on the ears Is it a popular folksong [orig Xiaodao, a Chinese folk song genre] frozhou? You need to be careful, lest you reveal the cloven foot in here”
Kou Zhong shi+vered inwardly It was indeed a folksong that he eavesdropped frozhou But he still did not forget that Wanas taking advantage of looking at his naked body Sub his body into the barrel, he said with a frown, “It’s indecent that you are looking at me I am most afraid that you would fall in love with my formidable male body, and cannot extricate yourself And then Xiaodi will have a headache”
Wanwan caht reached the pit of her stohter and said, “I have never seen a entlenanimous! I am already unable to extricate myself from you, there is no need to wait until thishis private part with bath cloth, Kou Zhong smiled wryly and said, “Don’t teaseShao, not Xiaodi at all If you don’tyou into the barrel to have a bath together withaffectionate couple] Don’t bla indifferently, Wanwan said, “The ti about you is asYou can say whatever you like! Ay! But you, this kid, are astute in big things, but careless and confused in little things Do you kno I found out that Mo Shen Yi is you, Kou Shao Shuai?”
Stunned, Kou Zhong asked, “Where did I show the flaw?”
Wanas about to speak Suddenly she showed an alert expression, and spoke in low voice, “So, she disappeared into the bedroo was a split second late in hearing the approaching footsteps; inwardly he knew that in this aspect he was still a hair inferior to her
And then he heard Chang He’s voice calling out fro are here to acco had any chance toa bath, Mei Xun already pushed the door and entered in, and said with a laugh, “Huh? Turns out Mo Xiansheng is … ha! Please forgive our offense in disturbing you”
Unexpectedly he simply pushed the door and entered without any trace of politeness
Kou Zhong was startled and angered at the same time Fortunately because of Wanwan, he did not take off his inal identity would be fully revealed However, he who co will come [idiom]; Mei Xun definitely was still suspicious toward him, therefore, he especially come to visit to verify the fact, to look for any flaw in hi’s robust etic for inconveniencing hi to wait in theKou Zhong with his sharp gaze; if he was hurrying in putting on his uise on his face, it would be strange indeed if he did not show any flaw
Although inwardly Kou Zhong was dying to jump out of the barrel to pinch Mei Xun to the death, on the surface he had no choice but to put on happy and pleased expression, as he said, “NeverXiaoren such a face, the honor indeed belongs to Xiaoren”
He mused in his heart that if Mei Xun saw his perfect physique, then he, Kou Zhong, would have nothing to hide anymore
Mei Xun’s eyes looked around everywhere, but his ht with Mo Xiansheng, hence when I caoing to the Palace together with Mo Xiansheng, I decided to join in the fun and come with hi’s Moon in the Well hanging on the wall His pair of handsohtened several ti saber, he said, “Turns out Mo Xiansheng is an expert in using saber With Mo Xiansheng’s good taste, this saber must be an extraordinary article; I wonder if you’ll let Xiaodi broaden ’s entire body immediately emitted hot sweats; his soul fleay and scattered
Although the scabbard and the hilt were heavily wrapped in oilcloth, so that the outside appearance looked shabby, but the real content was difficult to hide, especially since this was the unique treasured saber hich his na He’s broere greatly knitted, knowing that Mei Xun’s suspicions toward Kou Zhong had not been satisfied, hence he ca’s foundation But Chang He knew that he could not do anything about it Mei Xun was this presu of Qi, Yuanji, supporting hi felt like he was a convict waiting for the execution His scalp went nu the Moon in the Well from the wall Mo!’
Without waiting for Kou Zhong’s permission, Mei Xun pulled the saber out of its scabbard
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This was the second ti Palace In the palace cole palace hall called the Heavenly Policy Mansion It was just because Li shi+min had rendered meritorious service that he was bestowed the title ‘Tian Ce Shang Jiang’ [lit heavenly policy (or plan/scheet the idea)] Thereupon the Cheng Qian Palace Hall, which was the seat of his administration, was called the Heavenly Policy Mansion
The Heavenly Policy Mansion itself was arranged like an ordinary rich and influential family’s hall, yet it was real and unpretentious The main seat was at the northern end of the hall; to its left and right were eighteen chairs Behind theeach other One was the Great Tang’s flag, the other was Li shi+’ command banner
The east and west, talls, were covered in strange weapons and unusual devices of all shapes and sizes both fro sohty and terrifying grandeur, which left profound i’s heart
By the ti Duan Zhixuan and the others, entered the Heavenly Policy Mansion, Li shi+ with various generals of the Heavenly Policy Mansion His appearance was poised and at ease
Occupying the chief seat on Li shi+ht was Du Ruhui, followed by Hou Junji, Chai Shao, Luo shi+xin, shi+ Wanbao, Liu Dewei, Pang Yu, and several civil and nize
On the chief seat to the left was surprisingly Li Jing, and then Hong Funu, Li shi+ji – Shen Luoyan’s husband as bestowed the fa De, and so on But he did not see Shen Luoyan
As they entered, everybody’s eyes were cast on thehtly tre It was only then did Xu Ziling re, he has had this ‘Scar-faced Guest’But this rets
Evidently Li shi+hly of this ‘Mo Wei’ character; unexpectedly he stood up to personally greet and welcome hilory
After so, and Xu Ziling were seated on the e’s row Because the last seat was the seat that Duan Zhixuan was striving for, inwardly Bu Jie and Bu Ting also felt honored
After serving tea to everybody, Li shi+h, “This afternoon Fu Huang urgently su to have an audience with him In front of us he ordered the Ministry of Works to, after the Spring Festival, iateways connecting the Yeting, East Palace, and Taiji Palace What do you think abut thisthese words, the entire Heavenly Policy Mansion immediately fell silent that the crow and peacock aze at you, but nobody dared to speak even half a word
This matter concerned Li Yuan; ould dare to speak careless words?
Of everybody present, only Xu Ziling grasped the deep o, at Yu He An, he had put shi+ Zhixuan and Zhao Deyan, twoWenGan, exploiting Jiancheng, Yuanji – plotting against hireatly
Li shi+s He had led n, so that he understood co, while the losers would become the bandits, that in the life and death battle to determine victory, there must be no place for excessive tendency to clemency [idio and Kou Zhong in Luoyang precisely represented this aspect, that once he saw the goal clearly, he would be hard-hearted and would not rest until his target was achieved
This was the prerequisite of every successful commander-in-chief Otherwise he would be eli also had this kind of character and traits
By now, Li shi+, Yuanji, two er limited to internal strife within the imperial court, but it involved the common people of the world, even the outside tribes and the demonic school
But Li shi+min still shared Li Yuan’s vision and fantasy for the future; particularly Li Yuan suddenly sealing the passageways fro to the Taiji Palace in thethis remark
On one hand, he wanted to hear the crowd’s opinion, but more importantly, he wanted to test everybody’s reaction
After a spell of unnatural silence, Li shi+ji, who changed his surname from Xu to Li, cleared his throat and said, “Could this be a warning froreatly astonished He never thought that the first to respond would be Li shi+ji, who had just joined the Heavenly Policy Mansion But then he immediately understood
Li shi+ji was really a for to deal with Li Mi and Li Jiancheng After Li Mi threw his lot to the House of Tang, he relied on Jiancheng to fight Li shi+ to split apart the House of Tang, or even to remove and replace it
However, Li shi+min was not without any way to cope with it either; that is, he took Li shi+ji, who no longer had great hopes toward Li Mi, into his e poas split up one step further