Chen Ran walked as he muttered, “Military officer, why are you letting Mu Xiaofeng taking credit?”
“Take credit?”
Shen Leng laughed and said, “Do you really think that the imperial officials are easy to be trifled with? Even though I am one rank higher than the magistrate, I am in the military. I have no authority to meddle with this. If they were to pursue the matter, I will be convicted of a heavy crime.”
“But if they were to investigate, isn’t it easy for them to trace it back to us?”
“It is easy. If His Majesty were to ask Zhuang Yong or Cen Zheng, he can easily find out that I’m the one behind it.”
“In that case, what should we do?”
Chen Ran looked flabbergasted. “How heavy is the crime?”
“Death.”
Shen Leng shrugged. “In the best case scenario, we will still be executed. Because this matter is more about its consequences, instead of how unreasonable it is. Even if the civil o
Shen Leng knew that Dongchi was a little different. He had passed by Dongchi during his last trip to Changan. However, he brought Master Cha and Du Weiming with him, and the three of them sped through. He was not in his uniform either, hence, naturally, there was nothing to be worried about.Prince Li Chengdong was a very special person. He had spent half his lifetime playing around; everybody said that the reason why the current emperor spared the kid, who almost became the emperor, and kept him alive till now was because his father had knelt down in the emperor’s study and bawled his eyes out, right after his coronation. His Majesty valued family, and he had always admired that self-aware brother of his. Hence, he showed mercy and told him that he would not hold a grudge against a child.However, it was said that the crown prince was rather dishonest. Ever since a few years ago, he hired an expert from the underworld as his guard in his man
When Shen Leng was on the edge of the woods, he listened closely and estimated that there were more than a hundred of them. After he fought against those men, he confirmed that there were in fact only fifty odd men in total. Each of them were assigned two horses, hence it was natural for anyone to misjudge. It was not that Shen Leng’s ears were extra special. He had been trained in the military camp for long periods of time; the Navy’s calvary was made up of approximately 500 soldiers. Furthermore, they trained on the same drill ground. During their short training breaks, Shen Leng and the other soldiers entertained themselves by closing their eyes and guessing the number of soldiers in the cavalry force who were present. The winner would receive an empty red envelope - in the event the winner got married, everybody would give him cash as a wedding gift, coupled with a million taels of silver. It was only a joke, though… That subject nearly ended because
After Shen Leng was done making the necessary arrangements, he stared at Zhao Feng’s corpse and spaced out for a while. After that, he felt somewhat angry. “Indeed, I’m not a calculating person after all. If I were, I would have handled it better.” Chen Ran asked, “Meaning?”Shen Leng said, “This is the evidence. If I did not kill him and sent him back to the Navy’s camp before handing him over to the commander, in the future it will definitely be of use to us. Even though it’s not that we don’t have any evidence at all, but it’s not as convincing as having a live person.”Somebody was injured within the ten-man squad. Even though it was not serious, an infection was inevitable during a long and difficult journey. Naturally, Shen Leng was not willing to allow anything to happen to any of his subordinates. Hence, after pondering for a while, he decided to change their strategy.“Ma Sheng!” Shen Leng called out.One sol
Shen Leng stood on the edge of the woods and looked on as the surroundings got darker and darker, as he felt the cold winter night air. The chilly wind was like a dagger, yet it was not as sharp as that of words. Gu Le’s words stirred up a lot of emotions within Shen Leng, to the point that Shen Leng wondered whether all the struggles and hardships in this world could actually be exchanged for peace and stability.Hope.That word was filled with sadness.Shen Leng did not hate Gu Le’s extreme nature, however he felt that there was some chilliness behind it, that was a lot colder than the weather itself. “Gu Le.”“Yeah.”“What kind of person do you want yourself to be?” asked Shen Leng.Gu Le was silent for quite a long period of time, and yet he still had no answer. Whenever he thought of something, he could not seem to bring himself to say it. Luxurious clothes and good horses?
In the yard, there were two guards. After Shen Leng got rid of the two fellas, he made his way towards the room. Someone inside asked why it was so noisy, to which Shen Leng replied saying that the crown prince asked to meet with him. Mr. Yuan, in his half-awake state, told him to wait outside while he got changed. Shen Leng pushed the door open and entered. Mr. Yuan got a shock initially, but immediately after, he bellowed, “What a disrespectful servant!”Shen Leng turned around to close the door. He had a serious look on his face, “Nonsense, how am I disrespectful? Didn’t I close the door?”He looked at Gu Le; Gu Le nodded and walked over. He grabbed Mr. Yuan’s chin and shook it before pulling it downwards. Gu Le asked, “Tell us, did you come to the crown prince’s manor to hurt someone?”After he asked, Shen Leng was stunned. “Huh?”Gu Le looked at Yuan Zhidong’s chin and immediately, he was embarrasse
Li Xiaoran looked on as his men helped Yuan Zhidong get out of the blanket. The words on the blanket were akin to a knife that cut his pride. The wound that he had been hiding for so many years was cut open again just like that. It was so painful that it made his heart twitch. There were only two words on the blanket - ‘Xuan Ting’.Changan city had sixteen gates in total. That year, he was about to enter the city via Xuan Ting gate in the north, but was being stopped by Pei Tingshan and his troops right outside of it. “Capture them.”Li Xiaoran only said those four words in a cold voice. After that, he quickly walked back to his room. When he sat down, his hands and legs were still trembling uncontrollably.All the experts in his manor were dispatched. It would not be long before they scoured through the entire Dongchi county. The two words ‘Xuan Ting’ were Li Xiaoran’s sore spot. Even though he was ver
In the snowy and windy night, approximately 300 cavalry left the camp and headed in the northwest direction. Not long after they left, the news had already traveled all the way to Guo Leiming’s ears. He had sent people to keep an eye on them at all times. He was only waiting for Pei Xiao leave with his men. “Meng Changan, I hope that you will survive this.”Guo Leiming looked at his soldier. “Notify the general.”The squad leader of his soldiers heard what he said and knew what was happening. He had followed Guo Leiming for several years. Most of the general’s affairs could not be hidden from him. When he saw how solemn the general’s face was, he stayed silent for a moment. Thereafter, he could not help but ask, “Will anything bad happen to Military Officer Meng?”Guo Leiming was taken aback. “You should not ask that.”The squad leader lowered his head, turned around and left. “If he dies, it would mean
Meng Changan gestured to the Lang Jue people to stop talking. He looked at the elder and tried to speak as slow as he could, “Do the Heiwu troops normally stay inside most of the time?”“When the sky is starting to get dark, they won’t go out after that. During the day, at times, they will walk around nearby.”At this moment, the elder had calmed down a little. “Ning man, what exactly are you planning to do?” Meng Changan was deep in thought for a while before he said, “If I leave with all of you, it’s impossible for the Heiwu people here to not be alerted. The only way is to kill them.”He said that in a calm voice, as though he was saying it was something trivial like wanting to eat when one was hungry, or wanting to drink when one was thirsty. However, there were 2,000 elite Heiwu troops at the border.The elder’s face turned pale. Immediately after he thought of something. “Did you come with the Ning army?”