Chapter 1285 - Collapsed Spies (1/2)

Xiao Mingze had complex feelings. But no matter what, he knew that his decision was right.

“That’s right. Has anything happened recently in the palace?” Lu Shu asked as he took a piece of meat.

Xiao Mingze hesitated for a while. “What are you looking for? Does the fact that the King’s Studies scholars are holding a ceremony tomorrow count?”

Lu Shu’s eyes lit up. “Of course!”

Xiao Mingze suddenly started to silently mourn for the King’s Studies scholars… that night, Yi Qian silently came to the courtyard where Lu Shu was. Then, he hurriedly left. Xiao Mingze also left the courtyard for the first time after hiding there for a long time. They all had their own missions.

The wealthy families in the palace were busy with their own affairs. They had to be careful with any signs of disturbance in the palace to ensure that they had enough time to react.

Yesterday, information came that the Wei Wu Army was traveling at full speed. They would be able to arrive at the palace very quickly.

But even the spies in the palace did not know when exactly the Wei Wu Army would arrive. Firstly, no one dared to approach the Wei Wu Army. After all, too many spies had mysteriously disappeared. This caused the spies to have a strange fear of the Wei Wu Army. They did not know how the Wei Wu Army had defeated all the spies around them.

Everyone had been very cautious, but as long as anyone tried to approach the Wei Wu Army within a 100 kilometer radius, they would mysteriously disappear. Even their corpses could not be found.

Someone finally realized that there was something wrong with the mice that appeared around the Wei Wu Army. But Little Fury hid well. The spies only felt that something was wrong, but never discovered where the problem was.

Thus, the information that the wealthy families had on the Wei Wu Army was lacking. They did not want to see this, but they had no choice.

Later on, something even more awkward happened. The battle at the West Capital had attracted a group of spies and when the Wei Wu Army headed towards the palace, the spies followed behind.

Eventually, they realized that… the Wei Wu Army was traveling too quickly. They could not catch up!

This was their first time experiencing this. Which ordinary army had fast spies. After all, a majority of armies had an average strength that was lower than their spies. Furthermore, the speed that armies traveled at was determined by the lower limit. If the lower limit was Rank Six, their traveling speed would be Rank Six.

The spies were able to become spies as they were stronger than the others. It was like the selection of the special forces. Those who were not Rank Three or Rank Four could not even think of becoming spies.

But when it came to the Wei Wu Army, typical spies did not even come close to the average strength of the Wei Wu Army.

In the Wei Wu Army, everyone was at least a Rank Two!

This made everyone fall into despair. This was the first time the spies had lost their target because they could not catch up…

They had no choice. The wealthy families from the palace could only move their family members, who were making their way to the palace, to a sentry post and observe the speed of the Wei Wu Army. These people were originally there to conduct business, but they had suddenly become spies.

But the Wei Wu Army did not only travel by the main road. Before the spies lost track of them, they realized that the Wei Wu Army was very annoying. Others traveled by the main road, as it was the most convenient.

But the Wei Wu Army was different. They traveled in a straight line…

It was the shortest distance between two points. When Li Liang received the orders to travel at full speed, he did not plan to go by the main road.

Building roads would not lead to a straight path. After all, when one encountered mountains and rivers, they had to take a detour. If not, you would never be able to build the road.