Sweet Potato shook her head and said, "No, this servant knows Xu Pu because Imperial Tutor Li Yishan mentioned the Governor when he was teaching the brocade pouch at Tide-listening Pavilion. Moreover, the transmission of information between Liang and Mang was too expensive. It was all exchanged with human lives. Secret agents and spies had to be carefully selected. It was impossible for them to take care of everything, no matter how big or small. It was also impossible for them to have the ability to investigate an old general of Northern Liang who had not shown his face for twenty years. Our Beiliang can be said to be the place that pays the most attention to infiltration and counter-infiltration of the two dynasties. From what this servant knows, Beiliang has a secret organization. Other than targeting Great Peace City and the vassals, it spares no effort on the Beimang Imperial Tent and the capital of the Southern Dynasties. All of this is handled by Master's master. It is watertight. "
Hsu Fengnian said self-deprecatingly, "Benevolent people do not join the army, benevolent people do not command soldiers. I think that while Xu Pu's impression of me has changed, it is probably not much better. "
Sweet Potato said sadly, "It is all this servant's fault."
Hsu Fengnian said with a smile, "You are really wrong this time. If not for you, I insisted on being a hero and returning to the city, Xu Pu may not have knelt and called me His Royal Highness. At most, he would have called me uncle and nephew. You do not know, these famous generals from the Spring and Autumn Period are all arrogant and untamed. They value military merit far more than relationships. Xu Pu is a rare exception. Like that strategist Zhao Changling, who is called the right hand of my master, they all say that three years old can tell one's age. But before I was born, Xu Xiao did not have a heir. He predicted that the Beiliang army would only be safe in the hands of Chen Zhibao. He died twenty miles outside the West Shu imperial city, lying on his sickbed. He did not talk about how to avenge his family, but pulled Xu Xiao's hand and said that he had to remove the word 'righteous' from Chen Zhibao's identity as his adopted son so that he could die in peace. "
Sweet Potato did not dare to ask further.
Hsu Fengnian stood up and put the Spring and Autumn back into its sheath on his back. He spat out a mouthful of scarlet and golden Qi and said with a smile, "It's a blessing in disguise. I absorbed two Dhyana Golden Elixirs outside the city and opened another Aperture. Also, do you know that this newly forged sword can become a Flying Sword by itself if it drinks more than a thousand blood?"
Sweet Potato blinked and said, "Then can I borrow your servant to kill another seven to eight hundred people?"
Hsu Fengnian reached out and flicked her forehead. He laughed angrily and said, "Do you think that this sword, which has the potential to be one of the top three swords in the world, is an idiot? You have to be of the same mind. When it comes to raising a sword, you can't be careless, and there's no shortcut."
Hsu Fengnian looked at the river of blood outside the palace and sighed. He silently scolded himself for being soft-hearted, hypocritical, and pretending to be obedient after receiving benefits. She picked up her suitcase and walked into the palace. Sweet Potato naturally had to stay behind to clean up the mess. She looked at his back and remembered that day in the palace. She was wearing a dragon robe and sitting on the dragon chair. That moment of joy was worth a lifetime. Only now did she know that choosing to spend the rest of her life in a lonely city like her aunt and turning white for a man was not such a terrible thing. Hsu Fengnian suddenly turned around and smiled. Sweet Potato was absent-minded for a moment. She did not know which lucky woman he would fall in love with in this life. Jiang Ni? From the bottom of her heart, Sweet Potato did not like this subjugated princess who lived only for revenge. She felt that only a more generous woman was worthy of the young master's love. Of course, this was only what Sweet Potato thought. As for the young master's choice, she would support it.
Hsu Fengnian was no longer His Royal Highness who could not distinguish between the five grains and the four limbs. He bathed alone in Qingqiu Zhai and changed his clothes. After changing into a clean set of clothes, he felt refreshed. The situation in Dunhuang had been settled. The palace maids and eunuchs in each palace continued to behave themselves step by step. To them, the turbulent situation outside the palace was nothing more than the rise and fall of a new emperor. It was just the rise and fall of a new emperor. Their official hat became bigger or even their heads were taken off. It would not disturb the lives of small fish and shrimps like them. However, to be honest, they still liked the current Palace Lord as the master of Dunhuang. Although the rewards and punishments were clear, compared to the previous Palace Lord who had been as cold as an iceberg for decades, it was more humane. Hsu Fengnian sat on a stone bench in the courtyard. There were Spring and Autumn and Spring Thunder on the table. Just by listening to their names, they seemed to be a pair of siblings. Hsu Fengnian did not wait for the expected Sweet Potato. Instead, he was unexpectedly visited alone by Xu Pu.
Xu Pu also did not need to kneel to make her position clear. When she saw Hsu Fengnian waving his hand to signal her, she calmly sat down and said, "According to Li Yishan's arrangement, the visiting forces will be treated differently. The deep-rooted local parties in the city will be eradicated. None will be left alive. For those who have infiltrated Dunhuang from outside the city in the past ten years, such as the two trusted aides of Ju Zi Province and Jin Xi Province, after the old forces have been emptied and leveled, they will continue to arrange for people to fill in. Moreover, New Dunhuang City will take the initiative to express goodwill. Not only will it give them a way out, it will also set up a ladder to let them annex some of the Mao and Lu family's territories. In this way, they will have a fat bait to slowly nibble away at. It is guaranteed that they will live in peace for five years.
Hsu Fengnian nodded and curiously asked, "What is the attitude of the Imperial Mending Platform?"
When she was not killing people, Xu Pu, who was exceptionally refined like a down and out scholar, laughed softly and said, "Not declaring their position is the best attitude. New Dunhuang City is happy to share a cup of the soup with them."
Hsu Fengnian asked, "Which forces are actually Beiliang's secret chess pieces?"
Without the slightest hesitation Xu Pu said, "The Yuwen and Duanmu families were single-handedly supported by Li Yishan. However, I am afraid that even within these two families, only four or five people know the truth. The rest of the forces are all acting because of the matter, because of the benefits, they are not worth mentioning. "
With a wry smile Hsu Fengnian said, "By making such a scene, won't I create unnecessary problems for Shifu?"
Xu Pu smiled sincerely and said, "Li Yishan himself often says that it is because of the will of the people that he made the chess pieces outside the chessboard. From this, one can see the true strength of a national chess player. His Royal Highness need not worry. This general believes that Li Yishan will be happy to see this happen. To be able to make a chess game even more lively, it can be seen that His Highness has truly entered the game and exerted his strength. This is a good thing."
Hsu Fengnian said with interest, "Uncle Xu is also proficient in chess?"
Xu Pu hurriedly waved her hand and said, "After interacting with Li Yishan for so long, he only knows how to talk about grand principles. If we were to really play a game, he would be an unbearably vulgar and terrible chess player. He would never be able to win against His Highness. Your Highness, please don't force me."
Hsu Fengnian laughed and said, "I think he is still a bit better than Xu Xiao."
One respectfully addressed His Royal Highness, while the other warmly addressed him as Uncle Xu.
Was it because they were incongruous?
Suddenly, the bitter rain of late spring poured down.
Hsu Fengnian and Xu Pu walked into the temple together. Hsu Fengnian said, "When the devil Luo Yang enters the city, that will be the real calamity for Dunhuang city."
Xu Pu nodded his head. Even this light cavalry governor was a little worried.
Hsu Fengnian said in self-mockery, "Don't jinx it."
Inside and outside the city, the rain was pouring down.
A man in white clothes went past the Caji Buddha Cave and slowly walked toward the city of Dunhuang.
The heavy rain during the day was like a black curtain. The man's white clothes were particularly conspicuous. The raindrops evaporated about one zhang away from his head.
Some of the fleeing Mao family's Jin Wu cavalry saw this handsome Bodhisattva on the road. Their hearts were filled with evil intentions, but they didn't even have time to make a sound before they were chopped into eight pieces in the heavy rain.
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