However, as soon as Gu Yunzhou’s voice fell, a pleasant sounding female voice came from the woods: “Using nine cities to win the love of one’s sweetheart.”

Princess Hongyun slowly walked out in a red dress, a light veil covering her face. She looked at Su Mu with a pair of beautiful smiling eyes: “Your Highness has good fortune.”

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“Princess Hongyun?” Su Mu asked in slight surprise. Back then, after Princess Hongyun said that she wanted to leave the imperial capital of Wu Kingdom with the army, Su Mu had not heard news of her since. Only to unexpectedly see her here. Recalling that many years ago, Shi Ran had abandoned Princess Hongyun and returned to Shi Kingdom, Su Mu instantly thought of who had put out a bounty for Shi Ran’s head.

Princess Hongyun smiled and said: “Hongyun pays greetings to the Crown Prince.”

Su Mu glanced at Shi Ran next to him and then said to Princess Hongyun, “It turns out that it’s the Princess who wants to kill him.”

Princess Hongyun inclined her head and said: “I bought Shi Ran’s life with nine cities half a year ago, but I did not expect Gu Yunzhou to give him to you.” Princess Hongyun’s eyes were smiling: “It is nine cities after all. This is probably the most rich betrothal gift in the world.”

Su Mu blushed a little, and changed the subject with slight embarrassment: “Princess Hongyun, you wouldn’t have bought Shi Ran’s life with the cities of Wu Kingdom, would you?” Nine cities. Just how much hatred did she have for him.

Princess Hongyun glanced at Shi Ran, her eyes flashing with a cold light: “Of course not, I just gained control of the Jin Kingdom’s monarch. If Your Highness hand Shi Ran to me or kill him for me, the nine cities I have under my control will immediately open their city gates to welcome the arrival of Your Highness.”

This temptation was too great, but Su Mu had to refuse. He shook his head and said: “Sorry, I can’t give you Shi Ran.”

Back then, Shi Ran not only used Princess Hongyun to escape back to the Shi Kingdom, but also took advantage of the natural disasters of the Wu Kingdom to annex a large area of ​​land belonging to the Wu Kingdom, so it was not an exaggeration to say Princess Hongyun hated him down to the bones. Moreover, with Shi Ran’s death, the Wu Kingdom would not only have one less strong enemy, the vast fertile lands in the south would all surely be in the bag for the Wu Kingdom. But at that time the Qing Kingdom would definitely not escape the fate of being conquered by the Wu Kingdom, so Shi Ran could not die just yet.

Princess Hongyun was an intelligent person and knew Su Mu’s concerns. She also knew that even a high martial arts master like Shi Ran could instantly lose against Su Mu and Gu Yunzhou so even if she had more numbers she was still not their opponent. Tilting her head and looking at the smiling Shi Ran, she said coldly: “It doesn’t matter if you can’t kill him, I only ask Your Highness if I can teach him a little lesson, after all, he was the one who betrayed me back then.”

Su Mu raised his eyebrows with an amused expression on his face and said: “As long as he is not crippled or dead, please feel free to go ahead, Princess.” After all, he wanted to use Shi Ran as a bargaining chip and not attract hatred.

“Thank you, Your Highness.” Princess Hongyun walked towards Shi Ran with graceful steps and an elegant posture. Her face was covered, revealing only a pair of clear and bright eyes that looked at Shi Ran with slightly complicated emotions and said: “It’s been a long time. You have indeed become an excellent monarch, just like you said you would back then.”

Shi Ran looked at her with icy eyes and a solemn expression. Princess Hongyun raised her jade-like hands and a black insect the size of a rice grain appeared on her white palm. Princess Hongyun’s voice was sweet and gentle: “I have prepared this for you for fifteen years, and now I can finally I give it to you personally.”

Su Mu looked at the black insect and felt goosebumps all over. He asked vigilantly: “What is that?”

Using a dagger to make a small cut on Shi Ran’s arm and stuffing the black insect in, Princess Hongyun’s movements were gentle and careful, as if she had not cut someone with a dagger and place a strange insect inside the wound, but rather like one who had just trimmed off some branches and leaves of a plant. Her voice was gentle as she answered Su Mu: “A kind of Gu insect that is extremely difficult to cultivate, and I only managed to cultivate one in fifteen years.”

The Gu quickly burrowed into Shi Ran’s flesh and blood. After some pain at the beginning, he couldn’t feel it at all and didn’t know where to look for it even if he wanted to. Princess Hongyun looked at Shi Ran with cold eyes and said: “This Gu feeds on flesh and blood. It does not eat much but can make you feel worse than death. If you are willing to give up the position of Shi Kingdom’s emepror, I will give you the antidote. Of course commiting suicide can also solve the problem.”

Seeing Princess Hongyun walk over with graceful steps, Su Mu felt a slight chill. Princess Hongyun looked at Su Mu and said: “Your Highness has already made friends with our country, so why not kill Shi Ran and get a share of the Shi Kingdom? Your Highness, there will be endless troubles after letting the tiger go back to the mountain.”

Su Mu smiled and said, “Much thanks to the Princess for the advice.”

Seeing that Su Mu didn’t want to talk any more, Princess Hongyun said tactfully: “Then I won’t disturb Your Highness.”

Seeing the last figure disappearing into the woods, Su Mu asked Shi Ran behind him: “Has Your Majesty finished considering?”

Shi Ran, who hadn’t spoken since the appearance of Princess Hongyun, finally spoke: “If you release me, a million deniers of grain and a thousand taels of gold will be delivered to you before the beginning of winter.”

Su Mu turned around to face him and shook his head slowly, saying, “Ten million deniers of grain and one hundred thousand taels of gold. Not even one less grain or one less tael. Ben Gong does not believe that your Shi Kingdom can’t even afford this amount.”

Shi Ran stared at Su Mu calmly and said: “If Zhen dies then Shi Kingdom will perish. Likewise, the Qing Kingdom will also be destroyed. Five million deniers of grain and ten thousand taels of gold. It can’t be any more.”

Su Mu half-smiled, and said in a very firm tone: “Ten million deniers of grain and one hundred thousand taels of gold, otherwise Ben Gong will sell you to the brothel.”

Shi Ran’s face twitched, and he looked fixedly at Su Mu for a while before he gave in, “Give Zhen all the farming technology you gave the Wu Kingdom.”

Su Mu nodded and said: “Fine.” The Wu Kingdom was too strong, and that was not a good thing for the Qing Kingdom.

After instructing Shi Yan to watch Shi Ran carefully, Su Mu dismissed everyone and stood with Gu Yunzhou beside the picturesque lake. Gu Yunzhou gifted him nine cities worth ten thousand deniers of grain and a hundred thousand taels of gold. Su Mu, who was quite broke right now, really couldn’t think of how to thank him. Maybe give him that hundred thousand taels of gold? Although it was a bit painful, it was not good to take too much advantage of others. But, but, but that was a hundred thousand taels of gold after all!

How about he pay the debt with his body instead? Su Mu pondered secretly, and instantly the image of Gu Yunzhou’s strong and powerful body appeared in his mind, and a layer of red blush stained his cheeks.

Standing on the shore and looking at the lake, Su Mu, who was calm on the outside but conflicted on the inside, and Gu Yunzhou, who seemed to be like a stone statue, looked very much like a painting from a distance. However, if one was to look at a closer distance, a strangeness could be felt in every part of the picture.

The two stood together like two trees for more than an hour. Su Mu, who felt a little bored, coughed uncomfortably: “It’s getting late, let’s go back to have dinner together.”

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Of course, the focus was not on eating at all. As night fell, and the candlelight swayed, Su Mu clung tightly to the sheets under him, his face flushed and his legs spread open to welcome the fierce and tremble inducing thrusts.

“Gu Yunzhou…..” Su Mu’s eyes were misted over as he called the other’s name, but instead of getting an answer for a response, a harder collision followed.

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Male pheromones hit Su Mu’s senses domineeringly. He stretched out his right hand and put two fingers on Shi Ran’s chest, warning: “If you don’t mind a few extra holes in your chest, you can continue to walk forward.”

Realizing that this little guy in front of him was not that easy to get a handle on, Shi Ran took two steps back to the table and sat down. Looking at Su Mu he said, “If you are willing to submit to Zhen, Zhen can not only give you 1 million deniers of grain but also an army and territory. You will be the only king on this chaotic land.”

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Su Mu seemed to half-smile. He walked to Shi Ran and sat down in front of him, saying, “Even as a king wouldn’t I still have to listen to you, the emperor’s orders? I’m not interested in being a slave-servant.”

“Zhen can make you the empress.” Shi Ran stared closely at Su Mu’s beautiful eyes.

“Tch…..” Su Mu looked at Shi Ran and said, “Ben Gong is the crown prince now and the emperor in the future, just a small insignificant empress, Your Majesty does not hold much regard for me in your eyes.”

Shi Ran nodded and said seriously: “Zhen holds you in my heart. Zhen has seen countless people in this life and only you are qualified to stand by Zhen’s side. Besides, it will be sooner or later that Wu Kingdom and Wei Kingdom will grow and reach their hands into this chaotic land. How can you alone resist two covetous tigers? Together with Zhen, the entire world will be ours. So what is a small insignificant Qing Kingdom in comparison.”

No wonder that he was able to trick the Princess of Wu into his hands back then with such honey sweet words. Su Mu felt a little amused. This trick used to play with little girls was actually used on him. Su Mu said: “The two kingdoms of Wu and Wei are fierce tigers. But is your Shi Kingdom a sheep instead? Your Majesty just wants to set up a target to act as a shield for Shi Kingdom. Moreover, Your Majesty coming to see Ben Gong in person, could it be that Wu Kingdom and Wei Kingdom intend to join forces to suppress the Shi Kingdom?”

Shi Ran straightened up and did not conceal the ambition in his eyes: “There are no two suns in the same sky, no two kings on the same earth, Wu and Wei are just Zhen’s stepping stones. One day, Zhen will become the only master of this world. Xiao Chi, are you willing to join hands with Zhen and sit on the throne overseeing these thousands of miles of rivers and mountains.”

Speaking in such a prideful manner. Since ancient times, countless people on this land had the same dreams Shi Ran had, but on this road of destruction, no one had yet to succeed since ancient times. Su Mu shook his head and said to Shi Ran:” You will not succeed.”

A cold light flashed in Shi Ran’s eyes and he asked: “Zhen ascended the throne at the age of seventeen. It took only fifteen years for the Shi Kingdom to transform from a country as small as the Qing Kingdom to a big country that can contend with Wu and Wei. Why can’t Zhen unify this world?”

Su Mu said: “Because you are just rewalking the path taken by the predecessors, so the result will be just the same as their’s.”

Being able to develop the Shi Kingdom from weak to strong in just a little over ten years, Shi Ran was not a person who couldn’t listen to other’s words. He looked fixedly at Su Mu and asked after a while: “Then what kind of path do you believe will lead to unifying the world.”

Su Mu raised his eyebrows and his smile caste brilliance over the room, “Why should I tell you?”

Shi Ran laughed and said: “Could it be that you want to conquer and rule the world as well?”

Su Mu asked back: “Why not?”

“Putting aside the three kingdoms of Shi, Wu and Wei, even just a small Jin Kingdom is enough to give you a headache. If you want to unify the world, little fellow, it’s more realistic to follow me.” Shi Ran looked at Su Mu in amusement, as if seeing something as unthinkable as a kitten pouncing on a tiger.

Su Mu was too lazy to talk nonsense with him any more, and turned the topic back to the grain exchange. He said, “We can discuss the affairs of the world later. Your Majesty should pay me the grain first. Currently, Wu Kingdom is watching covetously at the border of Shi Kingdom, so if Your Majesty does not want a fire in your backyard at this time, then deliver all the grain before winter.”

Small flames ignited in Shi Ran’s eyes as he looked at Su Mu’s white neck. He shook his head and said, “No grain, but Zhen can accompany you instead.”

Su Mu’s eyes iced over and the pressure rose sharply in the room: “Since Your Majesty has no sincerity, then there is no need for us to talk anymore. Ben Gong will go back and send people to pay a visit to the military headquarters of the Shi Kingdom.”

“Little fellow, don’t be so angry, Shi Kingdom’s military headquarters are not so easy to enter.” Shi Ran said to Su Mu: “The farming technology you provided to the Wu Kingdom has broken the balance of the three kingdoms, and the Wu Kingdom has already begun to make plans. Although this chaotic land of yours is barren, it is the only place through which the Wu Kingdom can fully expand to the east and south. If your Qing Kingdom does not want to be destroyed under the iron hooves of the Wu Kingdom, you should find another way out as soon as possible.”

Su Mu half-smiled: “Doesn’t Your Majesty also need to travel through my Qing Kingdom in order to expand your territory?”

“Zhen can confer you the title of king.” Shi Ran said.

Su Mu’s eyes flashed sharply and he spoke in a decisive tone: “Ben Gong will only settle for being the emperor in this life. My words have been said very clearly, since Your Majesty does not intend to pay the grains, then forgive Ben Gong for not keeping you company any longer.”

As soon as his voice fell, Su Mu’s figure had already disappeared from the boat. Shi Ran wiped away all expressions on his face, turning into a stone face again. Wu Kingdom was growing stronger and was able to make Shi Ran feel threatened. His brows furrowed and he held a hand behind his back as he paced inside the cabin, head lowered in thought. The best way at present was to foster a force on this chaotic land that could stop Wu Kingdom’s invasion from the south. Originally, Shi Ran had been optimistic about the Chen Kingdom, but that thing that was supported onto the throne with his help dared to struggle out of his control. He had already sent people to deal with it.

Suddenly a sense of crisis rang alarm bells in his head. Shi Ran’s eyes became sharp as knives, and he retreated quickly. With a “bang” sharp iron hooks pierced the bottom of the boat and clear lake water poured into the cabin. In an instant the whole boat fell apart, and Shi Ran hurriedly flew onto a floating wooden board. Shooting towards the shore like an arrow, Shi Ran saw that his guards who had been standing guard on the shore were being engaged in a fight by a group of people in black and were unable to pull out. Su Mu was standing on the shore watching the show with a surprised look, feeling regret to see Shi Ran appearing on the shore unscathed. Su Mu revealed a pleasant smile and said to Shi Ran: “Your Majesty’s qinggong is excellent. Ben Gong is impressed.”

There was no expression on Shi Ran’s face, no happiness or anger could be seen. He watched his guards be besieged and did not make any response. He walked up to Su Mu and looked at Su Mu as he said: “Daring to use force in front of the crown prince of this country, these people don’t hold any regard for you in their eyes.”

“Then is Your Majesty coming uninvited and breaking into the territory of the Qing Kingdom without authorization holding regard for Ben Gong?”

Su Mu suddenly snapped out his right hand and attacked Shi Ran’s vital point. Shi Ran, who had experienced a lot of battles and was skilled in qinggong was naturally not afraid of Su Mu. With a move, he slipped out of Su Mu’s attack range. It was a pity that he did not dare to make any further movements however. Su Mu walked up to Shi Ran with a smile on his face and stretched out his hand to seal his pressure points. Only then did Gu Yunzhou, who was standing behind Shi Ran, moved his iron sword from his neck, the expression on his face as cold as always.

Looking at the overpowered guards of Shi Ran in the woods, Su Mu walked to Gu Yunzhou in a good mood, and said with some joy: “Why are you here?”

Gu Yunzhou looked at Su Mu with no expression on his face, but there was a hint of warmth in his eyes: “Someone bought his head half a year ago.”

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Naturally, he was referring to Shi Ran. There were many people who wanted Shi Ran’s life, but not many dared to take on this task. Even fewer could hire Gu Yunzhou. Su Mu was a little curious but now was not the time to ask. Instead he said to Gu Yunzhou: “Can you let me dispose of him, of course I may not be able to pay that much compensation.”

After all, he was the emperor of the Shi Kingdom, and as the crown prince of a small kingdom he might not be able to pay the price.

Gu Yunzhou replied expressionlessly: “Yes.”

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However, the letter paper ashes in Shi Qingshuang’s hand just fell to the ground when countless screams sounded from outside the door. A hostile light flashed in her eyes and Shi Qingshuang kicked the door open with a “bang”, coming face to face with Su Mu’s cold, murderous face.

The iciness melted away from Shi Qingshuang’s face and those pair of lovely eyes flashed with lustre. She glanced at the people lying on the ground and then said to Su Mu: “It turns out that it is the Crown Prince’s arrival. Please forgive me for not coming out to welcome you in time.”

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Su Mu threw away the blood-stained sword in his hand. He walked over to Shi Qingshuang and said, “Take tour people and get out of Qing Kingdom.”

Shi Qingshuang raised her eyebrows when she heard these words: “I am an envoy to the Qing Kingdom by His Majesty’s order. Being threatened just for seeing the sights in the Qing Kingdom, does Your Highness not hold any regard for the Shi Kingdom?”

Su Mu sneered and said: “If burning half of the grain of my Qing Kingdom and reducing hundreds of thousands of people to starvation is just considered seeing the sights, then I would like to go to Shi Kingdom to see some sights too.”

“Your Highness, don’t accuse others wrongly.” Shi Qingshuang said with a smile: “How can I do such an awful thing?”

Su Mu didn’t bother to talk nonsense with her any more, and directly reached out to grab Shi Qingshuang’s neck. But Shi Qingshuang’s martial arts was not weak and she quickly avoided Su Mu’s right hand when it was about to touch her neck. Still, after a few dozen exchanges, she was caught by Su Mu in the end. Lu Zhao and Fan Qiang who came after hearing the commotion immediately surrounded Su Mu.

Fan Qiang stared at Su Mu with a look of hatred, wishing nothing more than to eat his flesh and drink his blood. He shouted: “Su Mochi, you let her go!”

Su Mu recognized that this plain-looking man was the assassin he met that night in Qingyang County, and a coldness flashed in his eyes. Su Mu squeezed Shi Qingshuang’s neck and said: “If you want Shi Qingshuang, have Shi Ran hand over one million denier of grain in exchange.”

After speaking, he left with Shi Qingshuang. Fan Qiang and Lu Zhao wanted to chase after him but the difference in strength between the two sides was too large. After chasing for a while, there was not even a trace of Su Mu’s shadow left. Even worse was that their subordinates came to report that their headquarters had become surrounded with soldiers. The two had to rush back to preside over the overall situation.

Outside the Heavenly Justice Sect headquarters, Su Mu quickly arrived outside the Qin Kingdom’s barracks and threw Shi Qingshuang who had her pressure points sealed on the ground, and said to the soldiers behind him: “Keep a close watch on her.”

Shi Qingshuang, who was forcibly dragged up by the soldiers, didn’t have any look of fear on her face. Instead, she looked at Su Mu with a weird smile and said: “Why would Your Highness think that His Majesty will exchange a million denier of grain for this humble girl?”

Su Mu sneered and said: “Is the head of the shadow guards of Shi Kingdom not worth a million deniers of grain?”

Shi Qingshuang raised her eyebrows when she heard these words: “Since Your Highness knows that I am the leader of the shadow guards, then Your Highness should also know that His Majesty is not lacking in chess pieces like me.”

“Whether he is lacking or not, it is not for you to decide.” Su Mu walked into a tent without looking back, picked up pen and paper, and soon a letter was sent with a soldier to Shi Kingdom.

Under Su Mu’s intervention, the Heavenly Justice Sect headquarters was captured within two days, and all the diehard believers were directly executed on the spot by Su Mu’s order. After all, it was an organization that had only been established and not yet fully formed momentum. If delayed to a few years later, this would likely not be the case. Those brainwashed people would spread like a virus on the land of the Qing Kingdom.

Soon after, Su Mu’s “eye-blinding and headache splitting” letter was sent to the Shi Kingdom’s Palace. The black court robes on Shi Ran’s tall and muscular body emphasized his majestic and prestigious aura. Shi Ran opened the envelope with a slightly callused hand and looked at the letter. He was still unable to make sense of this familiar demonic looking scribble but it was this kind of three-year-old child’s handwriting that delighted him. Shi Ran laughed loudly: “This Qing Kingdom’s Crown Prince is truly interesting. Zhen has almost nearly forgotten this interesting little fellow and it’s rare that he still remembers Zhen. Since that’s the case, how can Zhen not make any response?”

The guard standing next to Shi Ran was shocked when he saw Shi Ran, who had always been solemn, suddenly laugh out loud. He reminded in a careful manner: “Your Majesty, Princess Qingshuang has been arrested by the Crown Prince of the Qing Kingdom. The ransom is one million deniers of grain, Your Majesty.”

Shi Ran stared at the letter paper happily, and said nonchalantly: “There is no need to exchange for Qingshuang, but Zhen can consider it if he used himself in exchange.”

The guard secretly glanced at the currently happy Shi Ran. Not daring to waste time, he answered: “Yes.”

When Su Mu, who had already returned to the imperial city, received the news from Shi Ran, he wanted nothing more than to squeeze this pair of uncle and niece to death. Soon after there was a second letter, asking Su Mu to bring Shi Qingshuang to the Shi Kingdom to talk to him in person. Qing Kingdom and Jin Kingdom were about to go to war at any moment so of course, Su Mu wouldn’t go to Shi Kingdom to meet the other in person. However, Su Mu didn’t expect that while he had decided not to meet Shi Ran, Shi Ran personally came knocking half a month later. Throwing away the invitation signed by Shi Ran in his hand, Su Mu strode out of the study and said, “Prepare the carriage.”

In the Yuping Lake, withered lotus leaves could be seen. A small boat floated gently on the water, and several guards dressed as civilians stood on the shores like sculptures.

Immediately after Su Mu lifted the curtain of the carriage, Shi Ran’s guard walked over and said to Su Mu: “His Majesty invites the Crown Prince on the boat.” After speaking, he stretched out his hand and gestured to the ordinary boat floating on the lake.

Su Mu circulated his inner energy and flew across the lake, appearing on the bow of the boat in the blink of an eye. The boat shook lightly and Shi Ran’s deep voice came from inside: “You have really made Zhen wait for a long time, Xiao Chi.”

When Su Mu heard that term of endearment he almost didn’t slip and fall into the lake. The corners of his mouth twitched as he walked inside the cabin. The cabin was covered with a soft carpet, and Shi Ran’s tall figure was leaning against the couch like a resting lion. Su Mu frowned and found a chair to sit down on, getting straight to the point: “Is Your Majesty here to pay me a million deniers of grain?”

Shi Ran, who was carefully examining his prey, laughed and deliberately distorted his meaning: “That’s right, I am here to accompany you.” He stretched out his hand to pinch Su Mu’s chin, only for Su Mu to avoid the other’s fingers with a frown.

Shi Ran retracted his hand, but those sharp eyes continued to scan Su Mu unscrupulously. Su Mu narrowed his eyes and said, “Your Majesty came all the way to Qing Kingdom to make fun of Ben Gong?” Su Mu was not stupid enough to think that Shi Ran would eagerly run over here to give him grain.

Shi Ran said: “Zhen heard that the common people in your country accidentally suffered a fire a few days ago and are unable to fill their stomachs. After Zhen heard this, Zhen truly felt heartbroken. Zhen really couldn’t bear the suffering of the people of the Qing Kingdom so Zhen purposely hurried overnight to Qing Kingdom to discuss with Xiao Chi and find a solution together. “

“Heh, the fire in Qing Kingdom is not a natural disaster but a man-made disaster.” Su Mu stared at him closely and said: “Shi Qingshuang, as a princess of the Shi Kingdom, set fire in my Qing Kingdom, shouldn’t you give me an explanation?”

Shi Ran propped up his body, his brown eyes reflecting Su Mu’s figure: “If you have evidence that she set the fire, then you can go ahead and execute her. To show sympathy, Zhen can give you one hundred taels of gold and ten thousand deniers of grain. “

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“One hundred taels of gold? Ten thousand deniers of grain? Are you trying to dismiss a beggar?” Su Mu said in a bad tone: “Shi Qingshuang can set fire in my Qing Kingdom, and Ben Gong can do the same in your Shi Kingdom.”

Shi Ran stood up, so tall his figure was that he couldn’t even stand upright in the cabin. He walked towards Su Mu step by step and looked down at him as he spoke in an ambiguous tone: “Everything has a leeway, we can spend the whole night discussing to our satisfaction…..”

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Su Mu leaned back on the chair lazily, and the soft silk rubbed against Su Mu’s white and slender body. Huang Xuan, who was peeking at him, swallowed secretly. Su Mu looked at him with a half-smile. Huang Xuan’s heart jumped and he whispered with unease: “Your Highness, I really know that I was wrong.”

“Really?” Su Mu pretended not to believe it. Seeing Huang Xuan nodding his head like a chicken pecking grain, he felt a little amused, but his face was still set in a cold expression. After all, he must give these people a lesson, let them know that they better not be like that group of women in the harem who did nothing all day long but fight for favor. Su Mu had always thought that feelings of love or lust were just life’s flavoring, and it would not be worth it if a life was lost because of this.

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Su Mu earnestly said: “I will entrust you with a task to study various epidemics as well as prevention and treatment methods for various common diseases.”

Huang Xuan obediently nodded and said: “Your Highness, please rest assured, this official will do my best.”

Su Mu stepped forward and touched his head, his eyes deep as he said, “I do like you, but your capability is the key to determining how far you can walk with me.”

Huang Xuan’s eyes darkened and he clenched his fists, replying, “Yes.”

Waved his hand, Su Mu said with some tiredness: “You go back, I want to rest.”

Seeing the faint dark circles under Su Mu’s eyes, he couldn’t help but feel distressed. The Crown Prince was just a little older than him. But when the Crown Prince was dealing with state affairs, he was acting jealous and striving for favors with a group of men. Thinking of this, he really did feel too ashamed to see people. Huang Xuan exited the room noiselessly, glancing at Su Mu  fondly before carefully closing the door.

Managing to get a rare early bed rest, Su Mu, who had a good night’s sleep, got up and changed his clothes, feeling fully energized. But before Su Mu walked out of the room, he heard a hurried voice from outside the door: “Your Highness, this official has something to report.”

The black clothes on his body were already half wet with dew, and there was a layer of red flush on his face. Su Mu had never seen Shi Yan so anxious, and Su Mu, who had a foreboding feeling, became serious: “What happened?”

Shi Yan stepped into the door and bowed as he said: “There is news from the southwest that 70% of the unharvested grain in the six counties has been burned.”

“What!” Su Mu felt as if a bucket of icy water poured over his head, and even his heart felt cold.

The six southwestern counties were the main grain-producing areas of the Qing Kingdom. Burning 70%  of the grain supply in the southwest was equivalent to burning half of the country’s grain supply. Because of the several generations of incapable rulers in the Qing Kingdom, the Qing Kingdom did not have much grain supply. Even if all the grains were taken out, this gap could still not be filled, if there was no way to solve the problem this time, at least hundreds of thousands of people would starve to death.

There were more than a dozen people in the large, spacious room but still there was no sound to be heard. The curtain hanging down to the ground was lifted by a sudden wind. Su Mu appeared with eyes that had a terrible storm brewing within, his knuckles cracking from squeezing them so hard.

The sudden drop in temperature and the raging killing intent sweeping the room almost caused the eunuchs and palace ladies present to collapse to the ground.

“Shi Qingshuang!”

Su Mu gritted his teeth, wanting nothing more than to immediately cut Shi Qingshuang with a thousand swords. Other than her, Su Mu could not think of a second person behind this. Su Mu walked towards Taihe Hall with a dark and cloudy expression, and suppressed his impatience as he waited for the officials underneath to finish bowing before he flew into a fearsome rage: “You pile of useless trash, Ben Gong had you send troops to help collect the grain but what the fuck did you do instead! 70% of the grain has been burned in the southwest, what, are you planning to eat grass instead?! Yuan Fulu!”

Yuan Fulu, who had not received the news, was almost scared to death by the Crown Prince’s words. 70% of the grain was burned in the southwest! What bastard did such a thing! The Crown Prince was now going to burn him now! Yuan Fulu was drenched in a cold sweat, trembling madly as he walked to the center of the hall and fell to his knees with a thud: “This official…..this official has committed a crime…..Your Highness, please forgive me!”

Su Mu fiercely stood up from the dragon chair and kicked the golden pillar in front of him to pieces: “Forgive you! It’s not even enough for you to die a hundred times to make up for this! Come in! Take off Lord Yuan’s official uniform and drag him out to kneel under the sun! Having worked so hard to plant the crops for more than half a year only to go up in flames! Do you plan to have the people eat stones instead!”

“Your Highness…..Your Highness…..this official…..has committed a crime!”

Yuan Fulu’s heartbreaking voice came from outside the door and immediately had all the officials tremble in place. After having vented, Su Mu tried to calm his anger. Su Mu sat back on the dragon chair and swept the officials with cold eyes: ” All officials in charge of collecting grain from the southwest will be punished according to the law. If Ben Gong is notified of any overly tolerant treatment when carrying out the punishments, Ben Gong will have stones prepared for you to eat!”

In the southwest, the Heavenly Justice Sect headquarters, Shi Qingshuang was dressed in handsome and romantic male attire. She laughed happily after hearing the news of the Crown Prince’s anger from the spies.

“Hahahaha…..Why do I like to see you angry so much? Shall I make you even more angry?” The bright smile suddenly became clouded and Shi Qingshuang appeared beside a birdcage in a blink of an eye. She stared at the cheerfully chirping bird as if she was staring at a person: “After all, you made me so angry back then. Since I can’t kill you, I’ll use your people and your country to pay homage to Qingxue!”

As her coldy sinister words fell, the beautiful bird in the cage suddenly exploded, and the minced meat and blood splattered in all directions. Shi Qingshuang wiped the blood from her face expressionlessly, and called out without turning around: “Lu Zhao.”

A tall man opened the door and was not surprised to see the blood on Shi Qingshuang’s body. He looked forward expressionlessly, “What is the Princess’ order?”

Shi Qingshuang turned around and said with cold eyes: “Send someone to rob the granary of Qing Kingdom. If you can’t rob it, you will burn it. Inform Fan Qiang that after the start of winter to begin carrying out porridge relief. In addition, step up the recruitment of believers. By next year, I want 100,000 troops.”

“Yes.” Lu Zhao answered, “Princess, our mission in Ziyang County was hindered. The believers who went to preach there were arrested by Ye Qingfeng and other people from Jianghu. The believers near Lingxiao Peak were also dealt with by Gu Yunzhou’s subordinates.”

Shi Qingshuang snorted coldly, her eyes turning venomous, and she said, “Don’t deal with Gu Yunzhou for now, find a chance to kidnap Ye Qingfeng’s mother and sister.”

“Yes.”

After Lu Zhao retreated with his orders, a figure suddenly appeared in Shi Qingshuang’s room without warning. Shi Qingshuang was not surprised, but there was a trace of precaution in her eyes: “What’s the matter?”

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The cold and harsh looking man handed a letter to Shi Qingshuang and said: “His Majesty has an order. For now the Shi Kingdom is slightly inferior to Wu and Wei in terms of military force. If there is chaos here, Wu and Wei will inevitably reach their hands into here. Shi Kingdom can’t compete with them for the time being, so don’t stir this pool of water too muddy.”

The person disappeared after speaking. Shi Qingshuang opened the letter and glanced over it before shredding it with internal force.

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In Fufeng Tower, Madam Zhao was taking a walk outside with Yuzhu. Although she had come to the Crown Prince’s Palace for more than half a month, she still felt like she was dreaming. Out of fear of the Crown Prince, she had stayed inside Fufeng Tower this whole time, not daring to take even one step out. If not for Yuzhu persuading her to take a walk for the sake of her unborn child, she would probably stay inside forever.

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Fufeng Tower, which had been left unlived in for a long time, had changed a lot. Not only had it been cleaned inside and out, but it had also been planted with many flowers. Madam Zhao looked at the large group of eunuchs and palace ladies who followed her, walking worryingly on the cobblestone path. She unconsciously touched her belly, unable to feel even a bit at ease.

Suddenly, a snake sprang out of the flowers. The terrible triangular head scared Madam Zhao into letting out a scream. On the side, Yuzhu also saw the snake the instant it sprang out and rushed to stand in front of Madam Zhao. She dared not to push Madam Zhao away for fear of hurting the child in her stomach. Fortunately, the snake was nailed to death by a sword when it was about to approach Yuzhu.

Han Yi hurriedly rushed to Yuzhu, clasped his fist and said, “Lady Yuzhu, are you unharmed?”

Yuzhu took a few breaths and shook her head. Then her eyes turned cold and she said to Han Yi: “Lord Han, please carefully search this courtyard. I’m afraid that when the yard was repaired a few days ago, some people with bad intentions brought in things they shouldn’t have.”

Han Yi said: “Yes, Lady Yuzhu, don’t worry, I will have my brothers turn over every inch of this land.”

After Yuzhu suppressed the fear in her eyes, and smiled, “I must trouble Lord Han.”

“Lady Yuzhu is too courteous.” Seeing the beauty smiling his way, Han Yi blushed and ran away.

After a while, more than a dozen snake corpses were thrown in front of Yuzhu, who covered her mouth and nose with her handkerchief and said: “Hurry up and clean this up, don’t let the madam see this, I will report this to His Highness.”

After listening to Yuzhu’s words, Su Mu, who was in the study, put down the pen in his hand and said to Yuzhu: “This matter will be handled by Ben Gong. You go comfort Madam Zhao and tell her to just take care of the baby. In addition, have Doctor Hu go and see her.”

“Yes, Your Highness.”

After Yuzhu walked out, Su Mu’s face turned dark: “Shi Yan.”

A thin figure suddenly appeared, the handsome young man in black immediately kneeling down and saying, “Paying respects to Your Highness.”

“Go and check this matter, and every single one in the harem must be watched carefully.” There were actually still people who dared to make trouble under his nose. He really underestimated the courage of these people.

After a while, Shi Yan returned to Su Mu. Su Mu looked at him in surprise: “So quickly, have you already checked the matter?”

Shi Yan answered without expression: “Answering Your Highness, it is the craftsmen who repaired the Fufeng Tower a few days ago. They are all dead. Poisoned to death.”

“Crack.” Su Mu snapped the pen in his hand and said coldly: “Continue to check.”

In Fufeng Tower, Madam Zhao, who was still frightened, had a pale face. She was unable to eat or sleep well, and it was useless no matter how Yuzhu tried to console her.

Yuzhu looked at the food that was served again, and gently said to Madam Zhao who was shrinking in the corner of the bed: “Madam, it’s already late, you haven’t eaten lunch or dinner. You are not hungry, but the child should be hungry, so please quickly eat something otherwise if His Highness lays the blame on us, none of us would be able to take it.”

Madam Zhao had traces of tears on her face, and she refused to get up while biting on the quilt. Yuzhu had no choice but to go to the Crown Prince’s study to report the matter to Su Mu.

Su Mu slapped the memorial in his hand on the table, startling Yuzhu who stood on the side. Su Mu strode towards Fufeng Tower with an ugly expression, and Yuzhu followed behind fearfully for fear that the Crown Prince would tear Madam Zhao into pieces in a moment of impulsive rage.

“His Royal…..Royal Highness has…..has arrived…..” The old eunuch who was following Su Mu announced, out of breath from keeping up with Su Mu’s large strides.

The maid in the room hurriedly helped Madam Zhao down to kneel on the ground to greet the Crown Prince. Su Mu sat in the chair and did not let them get up, but said in a cold voice, “Why are you not eating?”

Madam Zhao stammered and said, “Answering…..Answering Your Highness…..I, I…..”

Su Mu glanced at the steaming food on the table, and said seriously: “Either eat right away, or be sent back to the harem now, you choose.”

Yuzhu looked at Su Mu’s cloudy face and hurriedly helped Madam Zhao to sit on a stool and began to serve her the food. Madam Zhao’s hands trembled fiercely and when she finally took a mouthful, she vomited in the next instant because of her pregnancy reaction. This time she almost fainted from the fear, sliding from the chair and back onto the ground begging for mercy: “Your Highness…..Your Highness, please spare me…..Your Highness…..I…..”

Su Mu’s expression became even more ugly. If it weren’t for the child in her belly, he would definitely shake his sleeves and leave immediately, but Su Mu observed that her condition did not seem to be leftover fright from the snake, but as if she was trapped by some terrifying memory. Su Mu had no choice but to patiently ask: “What’s the matter with you? If you have any concerns, tell Ben Gong, no one here dares to harm you.”

Madam Zhao hesitated: “Your Highness…..”

“Speak!”

All the people present were startled into jumping slightly in place. Madam Zhao squeezed her hands tightly and plucked up her courage: “It’s…..it’s Concubine Zheng, Your Highness…..she once took a newly born prince and fed him to…..fed him to a snake…..this concubine dare not lie. This concubine saw it with my own eyes. Your Highness, I.….”

A sharp light flashed in Su Mu’s eyes, and he gentled his voice as he spoke to Madam Zhao: “Don’t worry, this is the Crown Prince’s Palace. Ben Gong will not let her act so presumptuous here. Just take care of the baby and I will send more staff over.”

“Yes, Yes…..”

Su Mu saw that she was still pale and didn’t know how to console her. Forget it, he’ll just leave it to fate, it would be good if this child could be born smoothly, if not…..at most, it would just be a little more troublesome.

Su Mu walked back under the moonlight and happened to meet Huang Xuan who had just been released from prison. Su Mu walked past him without even glancing his way, completely ignoring him.

Huang Xuan timidly looked at the Crown Prince’s nearly frozen face, and followed behind Su Mu. When Su Mu walked into the bedroom to wash up, he stood on the side nervously and did not speak.

Holding a branch dipped in salt to brush his teeth, he couldn’t help but frown at the saltiness, desperately missing the toothpaste and toothbrush back in the 21st century. Allowing the maid to tie his long hair into a style suitable for sleeping, Su Mu waved his hand and the group of servants retreated like running water.

“Creak…..”

The tall wooden door was closed, and Huang Xuan knelt on the ground, saying in a tiny voice: “Your Highness, I was wrong.”

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Su Mu coldly snorted, and said: “If you have the mind to use for striving for favor, why not learn some more skills instead? If you feel that I am not caring about you enough, you can leave the palace, and I won’t stop you. Whether you want to find a man or a woman, do whatever you want, so why be trapped in this little palace?”

Huang Xuan immediately admitted his wrongs and said: “Your Highness, I am wrong and I will never do something like this again. I don’t want to leave the palace.”

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Family destroyed by Shi Ran at the age of 8, returned to the Shi Kingdom at the age of 13, traveled to various countries to collect information for Shi Ran and contact the spies that Shi Ran had placed in various countries at the age of 15…..

Su Mu put down the information in his hand and muttered to himself: “Shi Qingshuang is now following Sun Haoran, don’t know if Sun Haoran can safely bring the technology back to Wu Kingdom.”

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Gu Yunzhou’s eyes flashed with warmth as they looked at Su Mu. Su Mu raised his head and looked at his iron cold expression, raised his eyebrows and smiled: “Help me loosen my muscles and bones.”

The words hadn’t completely finished, but there was already no sign of the two people in the room.

Outside the imperial city, flashes of cold light crisscrossed on the top of Bailu Mountain. Su Mu’s eyes were sharp as knives and Gu Yunzhou’s attack was equally merciless. At this moment, these two completely did not look like lovers at all.

A delicate, slender palm met with a sharp iron sword and the screeching sound of metal clashing echoed. Su Mu’s eyes were sharp and fierce, his arms slid towards Gu Yunzhou’s throat like snakes. Gu Yunzhou, who quickly reacted, grasped Su Mu’s wrist, but was soon forced away by Su Mu’s strong internal force.

The two figures flickered out and back into sight from time to time on the mountain top, the giant trees and rocks splintering from the explosive attacks. The two of them were completely immersed in the exchange and did not notice the passage of time.

When the two finally stopped, the sun had completely set and the stars had already come out. Su Mu took Gu Yunzhou’s ordinary iron sword and looked it over left and right, asking with some puzzlement: “Does this sword have any special meaning to you?”

Gu Yunzhou walked over to Su Mu and looked at the iron sword in his hand: “There is no need to change it for another.”

Su Mu threw the iron sword back to him: “If you change to a better weapon, maybe I will lose to you.”

Gu Yunzhou: “I want an opponent, not victory.”

“You mean a training partner?” Su Mu flew down the mountain to a small lake and jumped into it. When he broke through the surface of the water, it was with an appearance that could incite nosebleeds. Su Mu leaned back on a boulder and said ambiguously towards Gu Yunzhou: “You aren’t going to come take a swim with me?”

Gu Yunzhou’s eyes darkened and threw his belt on the grass. Su Mu watched his muscled body approaching him step by step with fiery eyes, stretched out his hand to pinch the muscles of his chest and smiled devilishly: “If you live in the 21st century you will definitely be very popular.”

This face and figure were enough for the him back then to spend a large sum of money. Su Mu lowered his head and bit on that hard chest. Gu Yunzhou stiffened and then pushed Su Mu onto the boulder before pressing down onto him.

“Very hard.” Su Mu frowned as he felt the cold stone under him.

Gu Yunzhou immediately embraced Su Mu and rolled onto the side, then pressed Su Mu’s head down and kissed Su Mu’s moist lips. Su Mu put his arms around Gu Yunzhou’s neck and kissed back strongly. The cold lake water flowed underneath him but could not extinguish the flames of their lust at all.

Feeling Gu Yunzhou’s hands holding his waist pushing him down hard against himself, Su Mu’s brows furrowed slightly and said, “Slow down.” Su Mu stretched out his hand to hold his hot hardness, holding his breath he slowly pressed it inside. The tight, moist heat caused Gu Yunzhou, who had always had good self-control, to thrust hard inward.

Su Mu sat on him, glaring at him fiercely with moisture in his eyes. Recalling the last time that this person had fucked him so hard that he couldn’t get out of bed, Su Mu couldn’t help but to admonish: “Don’t move!”

Otherwise, he would have to attend tomorrow’s morning assembly standing.

Gu Yunzhou looked at him deeply with his eyes, as if he was about to eat him whole, his big hands tightly grasping Su Mu’s thin waist.

Feeling the hard and hot object in his body, Su Mu began to slowly move. Gu Yunzhou’s breathing gradually became heavier and beads of sweat appeared on his forehead as he endured Su Mu’s unhurried movements. Su Mu stopped his movements and bent down to lick Gu Yunzhou’s lips, asking in a tone full of temptation: “Do you feel good?”

“Ah! Gu Yunzhou…..” Su Mu, who was suddenly pressed back down onto the boulder, heard an alarm bell sound in his heart, and he said in panic, “Lighter…..Ah…..”

The large, thickness immediately penetrated the body, completely ignoring Su Mu’s exclamation and began to piston in and out fiercely.

Su Mu put his hands against Gu Yunzhou’s shoulders to stop him from moving forward, intermittently gasping: “You…..lighter…..”

After spending a night fooling around with Gu Yunzhou in the mountains, he was almost late for the next day’s morning assembly. Su Mu sat stiffly on the dragon chair and glanced at the crowd of ministers bowing at him. Feeling a little guilty, he adjusted his position while enduring the discomfort and said: “Rise.”

“Thanking Your Highness!”

Su Mu leaned back on the dragon chair and asked absent-mindedly: “Any matters to report?”

An old official walked out of the line and said to Su Mu: “Your Highness, this official has something to report. Yesterday there was news from Weiyang County that a group of people professed to be the Heavenly Justice Sect have been recruiting soldiers and spreading rumors under the banner of ‘Enforcing Justice on Behalf of Heaven’.”

Heavenly Justice Sect. They really had some daring to use such a name.

Su Mu’s face was cold, and he asked: “How many people do they have and who is the leader?”

The old official answered respectfully: “Answering Your Highness, there are probably more than 3,000 people according to the news. The leader is called Ji Xue, the left lawkeeper is called Lu Zhao and the right lawkeeper is called Fan Qiang.”

Fan Qiang!

A trace of killing intent flashed in Su Mu’s eyes, and he said: “The senior provincial official of Weiyang County’s governance is lacking, thus his post shall be removed. General Qin, you are sent to suppress the evil cult.”

Qin Kunyu immediately took the order and answered: “Yes.”

At this time, Wang Zhicheng, Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice, walked to the center of the hall with some nervousness: “Your Highness, Tian Guohai and the leaders of the southeast rebels have been executed, and the southwestern rebel leader Wu Ji and his subordinates have been escorted to the imperial city…..How shall they be dealt with?”

According to common sense, of course the rebels must face the criminal law, let alone the rebel leader. In fact, exterminating his nine clans would not be an over-serious punishment. However, who let him be the grandfather of the Crown Prince’s male favorite? If he executed him only for Yun Feiyu to make some pillowtalk in the ear of the Crown Prince afterwards, he would definitely be dead.

Wang Zhicheng waited for the Crown Prince to speak with unease.

Su Mu tapped the armrest of the chair with his fingers, frowning as he said: “Lock him in prison for now.” Yun Feiyu was currently one of the important figures in the implementation of his New Laws. Su Mu did not want to hinder the implementation of the New Laws because of other matters. Of course, he could also not deny that he had a trace of selfish motive.

After the end of the morning assembly, Su Mu went to the council chamber. A group of young scholars had already been waiting for a long time.

“Paying respects to Your Highness.” Liu Xi knelt down with everyone and secretly looked at the majestic looking Crown Prince secretly. Seeing the Crown Prince’s gaze shift to him, he did not forget to send an ambiguous look his way.

Su Mu glanced away as if nothing happened and sat down before saying, “Rise.”

“Thanking Your Highness.”

Lin Siyuan got up and said to Su Mu: “Your Highness, the initial publication of simplified characters has been hindered. Most scholars in the imperial city do not accept the simplified characters, and no one has enrolled in the newly-built public schools because of their required use of simplified characters.”

He had already thought of this situation a long time ago, and he had already figured out how to deal with it, but it was a bit crude. Su Mu asked the scholars present: “What solutions do you have to solve this problem?”

Hu Yuan stepped forward and said: “Your Highness, we only need to designate that the imperial examinations will only use simplified characters.”

Su Mu nodded. This was one of the methods he also thought of. If one want to be an official, one must learn simplified characters first.

Su Mu shifted his gaze to Yun Feiyu. Seeing that his face had lost his usual gentle expression and became more worried instead, Su Mu knew that he had received the news that Wu Ji and the others had been escorted into the city. Yun Feiyu met Su Mu’s expressionless eyes. He suppressed his worries and said, “Your Highness, Lord Hu’s method is very good, but it is a bit slow. There are two years before the next imperial examination and most people will be waiting to see whether the policy will be changed. It would be better to take the lead in popularizing simplified characters in the court to give people all over the kingdom a clear message.”

Su Mu thought it over seriously and rhen nodded.

When Yun Feiyu and Su Mu were talking, Liu Xi kept paying attention to the two of them the whole time. After seeing the exchange finish between the two, Liu Xi hurriedly stepped forward and said: “Your Highness, the construction of the Imperial Engineering Academy has been delayed. Taifu Lord Zheng’s eldest son said the location of the building has affected the fengshui of the ancestral tomb, and gathered a large group of people to prevent it from being built.”

Su Mu said: “Didn’t I say that those obstructing the handling of official duties shall be punished in accordance with the law? What are you asking me for?”

Liu Xi looked at Su Mu with aggrieved but alluring eyes and said: “Your Highness, the entire family of Taifu Lord Zheng and hundreds of villagers are guarding the construction site, threatening with their lives to prevent construction. The eldest son of the Zheng family also has the handwritten order from Concubine Zheng in hand, this official…..”

“Concubine Zheng?” Su Mu frowned, and said to Liu Xi: “I’ll solve this. You just oversee the construction. From now on, do not pay attention to orders other than those from Ben Gong, not even an imperial decree.”

Everyone’s heart jumped. Although they all knew that the Crown Prince was bold and daring, so openly declaring to ignore the imperial decree still scared everyone. Although Liu Xi was scared, he was also overjoyed in his heart.

So what if he was the emperor? He was still disregarded by the Crown Prince.

Su Mu glanced at the people in the room and said, “Just as the Jin Kingdom from the south has encroached on our borders, a cult called ‘Heavenly Justice Sect’ appeared. What do you think of this?”

Lin Siyuan pondered for a moment: “If this is not a coincidence, then someone is deliberately plotting to harm our Qing Kingdom.”

Hu Yuan was puzzled: “But who is so capable, not only instigating Jin to send troops, but also establishing an organization of thousands of people in such a short time.”

“Shi Kingdom.” Liu Xi, who had been peeking at Su Mu from the side, spoke up. Although Liu Xi, who was once a member of the Shi Kingdom spie, didn’t know how many spy networks the Shi Kingdom had laid out in various countries, both his reason and sixth sense tell him that only Shi Kingdom could have this ability. His answer caused everyone to fall silent. Shi Ran’s methods were obvious to all. Managing to develop a small country into a big country that could stand against Wu Kingdom and Wei Kingdom in just ten years. Who dared to underestimate him?

His eyes darkened as Su Mu remembered a name. He said: “The name of the leader of the Heavenly Justice Sect is called Ji Xue.”

“Ji, the Ji in ‘ji dian’?” Yun Feiyu asked. (TN: ji dian=offering sacrifices, usually to one’s own ancestors, or the dead)

Su Mu nodded, and slowly clenched his right hand: “It’s Shi Qingshuang, Jin sending their troops is likely related to her.”

The atmosphere was a little stuffy. Everyone present had worried expressions. They were not too worried about the Jin Kingdom sending troops, but if there was a Shi Kingdom behind them, the situation was different. The difference between the Qing Kingdom and the Shi Kingdom was the difference between that of an ant and an elephant. 

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Seeing Su Mu’s icy cold face, Yun Feiyu said: “Shi Kingdom is now almost expanding to the border of the Wu Kingdom, and the Wei Kingdom has always been on guard against the Shi Kingdom. These two countries will not allow the Shi Kingdom’s national strength to surpass them. If the Shi Kingdom plans to make obvious moves against the surrounding small border countries, they will not sit back and ignore this. It is just that the Emperor of Wei is seriously ill and the eldest prince died early so the remaining princes are fighting fiercely for the throne. I am afraid the Wei Kingdom will not be able to suppress the Shi Kingdom for long.”

Su Mu nodded and said: “If Shi Qingshuang is manipulating behind the scenes, the mission to gain an alliance with Wu and Yang this time will be dangerous, so be careful.”

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