The Phoenix Reborn Book II

Chapter 138 Surprise

An annoyed snort sounded from a man with the makeup of a woman. “One hooded person who controls hundreds of arrows with a hand swing? Disappearing from view like being blown by the wind? Bullshit!” the man snapped while hitting the table hard. “You Nanhan Tribes are only weak and dare not admit your negligence!” He pointed towards another man of short stature with quite a dominant aura.

“Hudie, do not forget that you are only a subordinate of the sixth prince. In the end, you're just a lowly baj*ngan. What right do you have to yell at me like that?” the short man growled with sharp eyes while folding both his hands and leaning lazily on the chair.

Seeing Nanhan Ding's behavior, Hudie's emotions grew fiercer. “If indeed the hooded figure really exists and is able to control the arrow, why do I not see your army die scattered because of it, huh?!”

Nanhan Ding clicked his tongue, he himself did not know the answer. However, since he saw the miracle with his own eyes, it was impossible for him to escape from reality!

“That happened days ago! Stop talking about it and think about what we should do now, si*lan!” reply Nanhan Ding who was upset. “The descendants of Chen managed to run away, soon Prime Minister Liang will return with reinforcements from Shi. We have to start putting together a plan to hold them off long enough in this place.”

“There is no need for you to tell me about it!” shouted Hudie with a snapping tone. Knowing the purpose of his employer—Wang Chengliu—of course he knew that the most important thing now was how to hold back Liang Shupeng's troops and Shi's reinforcements later. ‘We need to advance the plan. News of Wu's assault would definitely be heard to Shi sooner, and that meant the time to rule over the entire Wu area was also getting shorter. Looks like ... we have to give up a number of areas,’ he thought.

“What are you afraid of?” a voice reverberated with a chanting tone, attracting the attention of Hudie and Nanhan Ding. The figure of a handsome man in the clothes of a noble sat on the chair opposite Nanhan Ding. “It takes at least a week to go to Shi,”.

“Directly to the point, Descendants Li,” growled Hudie, not being in her best emotions.

Li Changsheng raised his eyebrows, then said, “With Chen Long's injuries being so severe, if indeed our General Nanhan isn't lying, then it would take at least two weeks for him to arrive at Shi. It takes at least a week for Liang Shupeng and Shi's reinforcements to arrive.” The man grabbed the cup of tea and enjoyed the aroma. “We still have about three weeks, what are you afraid of?”

Hearing this, Nanhan Ding fell silent. Surely he knew that Li Changsheng's remark was correct. However, with the ability of the black hooded figure, he had a hunch that there was a possibility that reinforcements would arrive sooner.

If indeed that hooded figure could come and go as he pleased, who could guarantee that he could not move from Wu to Shi in the blink of an eye as well?!

Li Changsheng could see Nanhan Ding's expression that remained unsettled. He squinted his eyes for a moment before finally trying to look relaxed. “I heard after all this is over, Sihan Nu plans to marry Li Yanran?” ask her just anyhow. “I thought that Nanhan Gu would marry her to you.”

Nanhan Ding frowned. “Sihan Nu?!” he said half angry. “Omong empty! I've never heard of this before,”. “Where did you hear this shit?” There was clearly a dislike of the man's way of speaking.

Nanhan Ding is the cousin of the leader of the Nanhan tribe, Nanhan Gu. He was the man that everyone expected would become the next leader of the Nanhan Tribe, especially since Nanhan Gu had no descendants. Therefore, when Li Yanran—the woman who had a bond with the tribe leader— came, she was sure that she would be betrothed to the girl to guard Nanhan Gu's bloodline.

‘Heh,’ Li Changsheng snorted inwardly, mocking how easily Nanhan Ding's mind was sidetracked. “Before we depart from the meadow, I accidentally heard the speech of the leader of the Nanhan Tribe.”

Nanhan Ding's forehead wrinkled. ‘This should not be allowed,’ thought.

If Li Yanran marries Sihan Nu, then the Sihan Tribe will again become the leader tribe of the meadow. When that happened, there was no use for Nanhan Ding to become the leader of the Nanhan Tribe. He would just end up bowing to someone else!

On the other hand, Hudie knitted her brows. ‘Li Yanran married Sihan Nu? Has Nanhan Gu lost his brain?’ maki the guy. ‘As the younger brother of Li Changsheng, the girl will be more useful when used as a concubine for His Majesty. That way, the Wu Kingdom led by Li Changsheng will remain under the control of His Majesty!’ He glanced at Nanhan Ding who looked furious. ‘It seems .. there are some people to get rid of.’

Li Changsheng's gaze swept across the expressions of everyone in the room, and he closed his eyes. The man stood up from his chair and walked out of the room.

“Where do you want to go?” ask Hudie, please,

In his place, Hudie snorted. “Hal useful?” He rolled his eyeballs, mocking Li Changsheng's thoughtful words. “I'll bet he'll spend time in a cell or at the residence of the late Princess Wu.”

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“Kita ... really located in Wu,” said Liang Shupeng, recognizing the residence of the late Wu Rongya whom he often visited first.

As the first group through the fire circle—also as a person more familiar with the palace plan of Wu—Liang Shupeng Kingdom and its soldiers were responsible for checking the situation around, he said, make sure no enemy will divulge their location. As time went on, they realized that there was no one standing guard at Wu Rongya's residence.

‘Of course, no one expected that a large army would appear in the middle of the palace!’ shouted Liang Shupeng inwardly.

“We're really in Wu?” huang Qinghao asked who saw the astonished expressions of the Wu soldiers who had gone through the circle of fire. His brows were linked, it was still hard to believe the miracle that happened. “Who is the girl?” he asked, hoping that Liang Shupeng knew one or two things, especially since it seemed that the girl named Lan’er was an acquaintance of his son.

Liang Shupeng shook his head. “Never seen him before,” replied the man. He then looked at the figure of Liang Fenghong coming out of the fire circle with a gloomy face. “It is good that we ask this to the person directly involved with the girl.”

Liang Fenghong looked at the gaze everyone had given him, and he shook his head. “Do not expect an explanation. It would be better to know less about the girl,”. Then, the man's eyes emitted a smoldering fire. “We must focus on our main goal at the moment, which is to save the Emperor and get rid of the rebels from the capital.”

Although a little reluctant to rule out the identity of Lan’er, but Liang Shupeng and Huang Qinghao realized that Liang Fenghong's words were right. Lan’er discussion can be done on another day.

Huang Qinghao nodded his head and began, “Without any clear information regarding Emperor Wu's location, it makes no sense for us to directly launch an attack. We'd better send a small number—"

Huang Qinghao's speech came to a sudden halt as the sound of the door's open squealing rang in the air. A number of heads quickly turned towards the building where the late princess lived to see one figure staring at them full of horror.

Li Changsheng looked at the large army before him with enlarged eyes and an expression of disbelief. “You ... how did you get here?!”

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A/S:

The author solemnly wrote: Li Changsheng stared at the large army before him with enlarged eyes and an expression of disbelief. “You ... how did you get here?!”

Author saw the title section is still empty, then smiled: Surprise~~