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Surprise! Haha, if anyone is watching Big with et that inside joke I’ve always said I write what I feel like, andGe was pro a public service of generating content I was in the ht out soot me in the mood to translate a chapter I realized that inThird Brother but he’s not yet been featured in any of the chapters I translated other than as described by Yun Ge and in the beginning when he had a bit part Third Brother really has one chapter in this novel, and chapter 44 is it

The chapter title is of course not what I wrote above, because Tong Hua went to town in voluressively longer and ht after Liu Fu Ling dies and there is afinally has the puppet Emperor he hopes he can control, Yun Ge finds herself in the depths of a despair that is fueled by vengeance, and Third Brother arrives in Chang An to deliver some smackdowns and reveal some secrets In short, this chapter is full of fantastic sequences and character narrative

Chapter 44: The Same Sky Mountain Moon, Doesn’t shi+ne on the Person of Yesteryear

Even though Liu Xun wasn’t Huo Guang’s first choice, he was rather pleased with the way things turned out On coronation day, he praised Liu Xun as wise before the entire court After the coronation, Liu Xun would ask his opinion on everything no e or small

Under their collaboration, the ten thousand soldiers at the border stand ready to strike at the offending Xiong Nu The day for Huo Cheng Jun to enter the Palace was also selected But due to the problem in Xi Yu, and because of some unknoly person, the two of the started to have some cracks in their relationshi+p

Xiao Wan Zhi was an ordinary far son who beca, as iht to be a high ranking official, but for one s and was thus banished to obscurity

After Liu Xun ascended the throne, he heard of this person and was curious He decided to utilize hi after suffering for years under hi’s power and was also intelligent

On the probleet edo’s repeated requests, he agreed to send troops to aid Wu Sun, but he intended to send Xiao Wan Zhi as the Han envoy with the troops

If Huo Guang didn’t allow Xiao Wan Zhi to be the Han envoy, then Liu Xun wouldn’t send the troops Liu Xun was backed by the court faction that wanted to stay out of other kingdoms warfare and conserve the dynasty’s resources The situation in Wu Sun grew dire so Huo Guang had no choice but to relent and allow Xiao Wan Zhi to be the Han envoy Liu Xun then relented and dispatched troops to assist the Kingdoot the better end of the bargain, but Huo Guang wasn’t happy

Huo Cheng Jun privately tried to counsel her dad “Daddy, the Emperor just wanted Xiao Wan Zhi to be the special envoy, it’s not even a high ranking position Why are you so upset? He’s not a formidable enemy of the Huo family, we needn’t worry about him!”

Huo Guang s I didn’t use hiered me on a smallJun gru! Did you have another reason?”

“Xiao Wan Zhi is a talent, not just on the classic texts, but on the military le official in court who can ask a question he can’t answer When the Emperor met hi I was also i Jun was shocked “This person is that smart?”

Huo Guang continued “Back then I was impressed and immediately kept hih position But as time passed, I slowly realized this person was only superficially wise He looks lofty and pure, but deep down he’s greedy for power and prestige, and worse yet is that he refuses to acknowledge it”

Huo Guang smiled wanly “The court is not a pure place, it’s a dirty place filled with calculations and machinations Only two kinds of people can succeed there So untouched in the filth But these people al exalted in history The other kind of person is so, but adheres to his own set of standards This kind of person is like an eel, living in the filth but not obstructed by it They are able to manipulate the filth and help their constituents and run the country Someone like Xiao Wan Zhi thinks he’s the former but refuses to accept he’s really the latter So his secret desire for power and wealth will only lead the country astray I prevented the E him because I was afraid he’s bad for the country But the E a talent because I’m afraid this man will try to thwart me in the future”

Concern and worry shone in Huo Guang’s eyes, and added to that his already all white head of hair, he suddenly see Jun felt confused Every tiht she understood her father, she’ll discover she doesn’t really Was her father really ruthless, or kind? Was he a good official, or an evil official? Was he heartless, or caring? Was he a power hungry minister, or a kind wise official? Was her father the second type of official he described?

“Daddy, you forget to say what the ending is for the second type of official”

“The second type of official’s ending?” Huo Guang warhter and smiled After some time he looked towards the distance and said “Some can extricate themselves completely, others are shattered into aas they have accooal, they don’t care about what befalls them”

It was bright and early when Huo Guang led Huo Yu, Huo San, Huo Yun, and Huo Cheng Jun to the Huo ancestral te An so they could all pray to the ancestors

It wasn’t any of the ancestral worshi+p holidays or the anniversary of a passing, so this was baffling to outsiders But Huo Yu was used to it Since he was a child, his father would come to the ancestral temple when he was happy or when he was sad The incense and the darkness of the temple appeared to calm his father down It was just that they didn’t know if his dad was happy or sad on this trip

Everything in court was going sht to be happy But his father’s face swirled in the , but a deeper look revealed all these conflicting emotions underneath It appeared to be even too much for his nor to the ancestors, they all retreated to the rooms to rest

Because it wasn’t an official ancestor worshi+p day, so even though Huo Guang was vegetarian, he didn’t prohibit the youngsters froht in the woods and immediately went to prepare it for alaid on the pallet and sipped his tea as he listened to the youngsters laughing

Huo Cheng Jun didn’t like the s meat so she moved to sit farther away next to her dad’s pallet She played with a flask of wine in her hand, quiet and deep in thought Her as long cold but she didn’t even notice “Cheng Jun, what are you thinking about?” Huo Guang asked

Huo Cheng Jun’s face was pale and she sat down next to Huo Guang and quietly said “Daddy, are we really going to let Yun Ge go so easily?”

His daughter’s fixation on this was so intense! Huo Guang sighed “Yun Ge is noithout any worth Right now the situation in court is uncertain, there is no need toJue because of her”

Huo Yu heard the na Jue” and waved all the servants away Huo San esture and picked up the deer ” Huo Yun poured hi, but he was paying rapt attention

Huo Yu said “Father, Meng Jue is our eneet rid of hi smiled softly “Yun Er, you said that Yun Ge was found in the ho An Did you knoho had imprisoned Yun Ge before then?”

Huo Yun’s wine spilled, but luckily Huo San ate a piece of sizzling venison and burned his tongue and started screeching, which diverted attention away Huo Yun quickly said “Ie for Yun Ge to be hidden away there?”

“If it was Liu Fu Ling’s arrangement, asn’t the imperial seal found with her? How did the i Jue said that Yun Ge was imprisoned in the Cold Palace first”

Huo Yun and Huo Yu both yelled out in astonishrily huffed “I can’t believe it was right under our noses”

“We underestimated Liu Xun That Ehed “He wants Meng Jue to be his sword, but Meng Jue isn’t an easy person to deal with either That son’t accede to his wishes and stab towardsspoke, Huo Yun looked worried and he blinked a few ti Jun but she sat there with her lead lowered and didn’t respond

Huo Yun controlled his e people think he was upset at being played by Liu Xun Huo San spit out his water and asked “So does thisJue isn’t our enemy?”

Huo Yu coldly replied “He’s our enemy But it’s an enemy ant to keep close We want his sword to be pointed at the En with the Eic of what he was saying, but Huo Yu was still bitter about it, and he tossed the pitcher of wine in front of hiainst the

Huo Guang heard what Huo Yu said and nodded, but when he saw his gesture, he wrinkled his brows He turned to look at the silent Huo Cheng Jun “Cheng Jun, what are you thinking?”

Huo Cheng Jun smiled and raised her head “Daddy, older brother’s words are correct I’m just worried about that Yun Ge Daddy wasn’t there that day, so you’re not concerned But I saith ivesher live today will be like keeping a time bomb around”

Yun Ge carrying the dragon seed was information that the fewer people who knew about, the better, so Huo Guang didn’t tell anyone else So Huo Yu and the other two cousins listened to this conversation but didn’t quite understand what it was about Seeing that Huo Guang didn’t want to elaborate, the three of the Jun said was right Leaving an ene to do

But currently both the E Yun Ge’s life It was hard to eliht now the best thing to do is to accede to the E Jun, what’sto enter the Palace Liu Xun is different than Liu Fu Ling He’s a es He will likely take consorts and concubines, and use that to affect the shi+fts in court power You have a heavy burden on your shoulders”

Huo Cheng Jun’s brows furrowed some more and she soleled Yun Ge out of the Cold Palace, the battle between her and Liu Xun had already begun She didn’t trust him, and of course he didn’t trust her

After they finished the meal, everyone prepared to head down the ating lackeys, there was an additional hundred guards protecting their convoy The group boldly traveled on thein a red covered palanquin while Huo Yu and the cousins rode on Blood Sweat Horses On the way up Huo Guang rode in a palanquin, but he was in the e in numbers but everyone ell trained so there was no chatter Plus it was the Winter so the mountains were quiet and the only sound was the horse hooves clopping

Riding in a convoy, with docile horses and guards, everyone let their guard down Huo San had already nodded off on his horse Suddenly the horse in front cried out, causing all the birds in the forest to take flight Huo San’s horse stopped abruptly and tossed hi when he realized that Huo Guang and everyone else had all gotten off their horses

Huo Yu and Huo Yun unsheathed their swords and went to protect Huo Guang Huo Guang’s expression was calm and he ordered “Don’t worry about me, protect your sister”

Huo Yu and Huo Yun heard that and headed towards Huo Cheng Jun Huo San suddenly realized “assassin” and figured out as happening He quickly unsheathed his sword and rushed towards Huo Cheng Jun All the guards grabbed their weapons and prepared to ed their formation and createdand his family

The guards on the rabbed their bow and arrows and readied to shoot The guards in the circle within grabbed their shi+elds to foruards closest in the middle all wore armor and were skilled in hand-to-hand combat and with their armor could use their bodies to block any weapons

Behind Huo Guang stood a few people dressed like lowly servants, but their stance showed that they were skilled martial artists After everyone was prepared, Huo Yun and Huo San calmed down With such heavy protection, no assassin could break through They gripped their swords and headed towards the outside

All they could see in the countless swords in h the air like a snake slithering freely It was able to sneak through the tiny gaps in the swords to attack the wrist of the swordsth and the sword to fall on the ground After seeingsee clearly that the assassins were just two people!

In the front was a girl in black with her face covered in a veil She was riding an all black horse and controlling it expertly Most horse whips were at er She controlled it beautifully, the littlest irl was an all white horse, and a old circlet around his hair He was regal and ily powerful, but on his face was a fearsome silver wolfThe sunlight shone on the silver ht It sent shi+vers into a person’s heart A pair of dark eyes glittered inside the uards, his eyes conveyed a dispassionate disdain

Froround was littered with the injured and the dead, but he just sat on the horse and quietly watched it all It appeared that he didn’t care about anyone’s life or death Even if the girl before hiive a daant and he was trained by Huo Guang carefully and had faced many bloody battles He had never known fear before, but this time his hands started to shake He didn’t care that there were irl and ordered “Release the arrows!” The outer guards released their cocked arrows

The black robed girl quickly swung her whip and like a gust of wind all the arrows around her were repelled The arrows didn’t haruards that were battling the girl Huo San was furious and i out to face her!”

Huo Guang was about to open hishorse cry arose It reverberated in the canyon, sounding like a thousand horses whining Huo San’s horse suddenly knelt down and threw Huo San Huo Yu and Huo Yun’s two horse also knelt down Huo Guang’s steed didn’t kneel, but was hopping left and right, nervous and frightened, aluards down

Thehis subjects It looked at the three kneeling Blood Sweat Horses and proudly kicked his hooves and nodded his head The three Blood Sweat Horses docilely got up and lined up next to each other They displayed none of the arrogance of their bloodlines Huo Yu’s hand shook and he roared “Release arrows”

This time the arroere even denser than the last tiirl’s whip perirab her sword to strike down the re arrows Huo Yu saw this and was furious If he knew, he would have brought the archers of the Yu Lin Arreat, she would still be dead by the arrows But ould have i An would turn into a battle The guards that came with them was already unheard of “Release arrows!”

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The black robed girl faced the onco wave and waves of arrows and each tier but thethe situation He appeared not to be concerned or rushed

“Release…” Huo Yu’s eyes suddenly widened

He saw the man on the white horse suddenly speed up and beca wave of arrows He raced towards the towards him He arrived at the barrier of shi+elds when suddenly the white horse whined loudly and leaped high into the air He was like a shooting star as he leapt over the rows of guards and calmly landed in the middle of the barricade

The barrier they thought could not be breached was just like an illusion All the guards started to panic, with the black robed girl in front and the man on the white horse behind them They didn’t knoho to attack first The servants next to Huo Guang attacked, one attacking the

The white horse avoided the attack even without the s, walloped theup behind hier and suddenly started to go berserk, attacking and kicking anyone trying to get close to the white horse

The steed was also panicking and tried to escape In theJun was almost kicked by a horse Huo San and Huo YUn quickly shi+elded her and started fighting with the horses In the coh the air, causing even the blood to freeze in a person It appeared to be everywhere, and every sword thrust expertly hit a person’s weak spot In truth hisseeh the air like a streaking star, dancing like a passing cloud Everyone before him was ruthlessly taken down His sas accurate and unflinching, and all the expertwas taken down in a flash

Huo Yu was seeing red and he screauards rushed forward and faced with the ot off his horse He flew off his horse, his ht he heard people gasp but it was so fast that he couldn’t even react to it And then there a was coldness pressed against his neck that went straight into his heart

Everything i a silver wolfThe sword in his hand was pressed against Huo Guang’s neck Huo Yu, Huo San, and Huo Yun were struck du was an all powerful God in their minds No matter what happened, he could always resolve it How could so Jun was silent for some time before she snapped out of it and screamed “Everyone stop! Step back!”

No one needed her to say it, everyone had already halted and was staring in shock at theShe looked at the man and said with some respect and some menace “The man under your sword is the Great General of the Han dynasty If you hurt him even a hair, that is an insult to the Han dynasty, and will result in the death of your entire farievance you have, ill listen to what you have to say”

Huo Guang’s face was a tad pale but he didn’t appear to be frightened He had a slight sdo s, able to travel hundreds of miles It’s called a “Sky Horse” in the classic texts There are wild horses in the doms, but they are so fast no one can capture thedom had an idea and placed female horses at the base of the mountain The wild horses mated with the female horses and produced e call the Blood Sweat Horse Emperor Wu of Han used twenty-five thousand soldiers to seek the Blood Sweat Horse He got a thousand of them and treats each like a rare treasure But the Blood Sweat Horses in our Han dynasty today has its blood diluted so end that they are no longer the Blood Sweat Horses that were originally bred This white horse of yours, itI visited Xi Yu once, but never got to visit Da Fan I’ve never seen a true Blood Sweat Horse before Ime to open my eyes today at this wonder”

Huo Guang had a sword against his neck but appeared to having a casual conversation, ape at this odd scene Suddenly the sound of horse hooves arrived and it was the black robed girl returning Because Huo Guang was in danger, no one noticed the black robed girl had left She returned and said “Third youngto seek help have been dispatched”

Huo Guang’s face turned, his delay tactic was coh He forced a s master wanted to kill me, I would already be dead So what do you want?” The man’s voice was as cold as ice “I want to see Yun Ge If the Great General has her brought here and she’s completely unharmed even down to a hair on her head, then you will be unharmed as well”

In a half in hour was the tiinally set for Yun Ge’s execution It was clear this person was here to save Yun Ge Huo Guang paused for a second and then relaxed He orried this person was connected to Liu Xun, but who knew instead that he was here for Yun Ge This is good! If this person was Liu Xun’s friend, the Huo Guang would be in grave danger

Huo Cheng Jun wanted to tell the truth but held back If this person knew Yun Ge wasn’t in their hands, would he release her father? Theunder his sas the Great General of the Han dynasty If he wanted anything, he could get it If he et another

Huo Guang was a naturally suspicious person, but for so a sword to his neck This estures seemed familiar somehow “Yun Ge’s crimes have been exonerated and she’s been released fro Jue” Thehard look, then silently reot back on the horse HisIn the blink of an eye he was on his horse There were still tens of aruards around him but he appeared not to notice them He casually eased his horse off

He arrived inexplicably, noas leaving inexplicably There were a sea of dead bodies on the ground that caused everyone’s heart to quake, but it appeared just like a gaer and threw his sword at him Huo Yu appeared to awaken fro Zhi irab reinforcements”

The man suddenly turned his head around Huo San’s sas slicing through the air and headed straight for his face Everyone thought he would duck but he didn’t move an inch He allowed the sword to strike his face mask with a thud

“Ah!” was the gasps of shock frorew silent as the silver wolf htest, and this was clearly his intention Under thea cold expression The ’s face and then he turned his head around Within a second, the white horse and the black horse had disappeared into the forest

After seeing theappeared to have been struck by lightening His eyes saw black and and he toppled forward Huo Yun hurried to help hi Jun rushed forward “Dad, dad!” “Uncle, uncle!”

In the ain his breathing and burned so calained his breath, he was still in a daze and appeared to be unable to focus After so after that person And never ever tell anyone about what happened today” After souards here today to the border towns to be soldiers” Huo Yu was baffled but he didn’t dare ask any questions, only answering yes to everything

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