Feng Yu Jiu Tian vol. 19 ch. 10 – part 1

Translator: churnie

Rong Hu shivers coldly, “Unexpectedly, Qing Zhang is so vicious. It seems that from the time when he grandly greeted Duke Ming at the dock, he had already harbored malice to Duke Ming. But why did he spend so much effort to kill Duke Ming? Everyone knows that if there is any slightest mistake happen to Duke Ming, neither Xirei nor Xiao family can spare the Tong kingdom, as the imperial uncle of the Tong kingdom, how can Qing Zhang not think about the Tong kingdom?”

Luo Ning has an evil intention and secretly rejoicing that things hasn’t yet reached the worst point. Although Qing Zhang’s plot has been exposed, no one knows that Luo Qian Qian is involved, otherwise he and Luo Yun would have been caught as traitors, he then answers Rong Hu’s question calmly: “Qing Zhang wasn’t plotting to kill Duke Ming, he was just trying to get rid of Qing Li, the heir to the throne. As long as Qing Li is tempted to assassinate Duke Ming, once the Xiao family ask the Tong kingdom to condemn, Qing Zhang can pretend to be compelled and send Qing Li to the Xiao family. The King of the Tong kingdom has disappeared, as long as Qing Li dies, isn’t the throne of the Tong kingdom belong to him?”

This statement makes sense.

The king power is supreme, from ancient times to the present conspiracies have been staged one after another for the sake of the throne, and don’t know how many more bizarre than what Qing Zhang has done.

Lend somebody a knife to kill someone has always been one of the more popular trick.

It’s just that unexpectedly the chubby old man Qing Zhang who seems to be all smiling, turns out has a bellyful of bad water.

(一肚子坏水 bellyful of bad water: means people who have bad heart/evil tricks)

Everyone rains all curses at Qing Zhang in unison, only Luo Yun has an unusually gloomy face since reading the letter, standing beside Feng Ming, pursing his thin lips and saying nothing. His temper has always been different, and everyone doesn’t care much.

After a round of scolding, the anger is relieved, and Feng Ming remembers that Ziyan hasn’t shown up and asks Princess Chang Liu.

Princess Chang Liu says: “The special envoy Ziyan has already set off not long ago to go to Dan Lin.”

Feng Ming and others feel a little surprised.

Rong Hu dissatisfiedly says: “This is really not what Ziyan did. Since he found out about Qing Zhang, he should at least meet with Duke Ming and wait for the situation to improve before he leaves. When there’s a dangerous situation, it’s when a kungfu master is needed.”

“Duke Ming, don’t blame the special envoy Ziyan, he is also forced by the situation.” Princess Chang Liu is grateful for Ziyan’s help, for fear that Feng Ming will misunderstand Ziyan, she says according to He Di’s words before she left: “The sea area of Dan Lin is unpredictable, Prince He Di fears that the uncompromising season spring and summer will not be conducive for sailing at sea, in case of a sea storm, the ship will be in danger of sinking.”

Feng Ming has never been a suspicious person, he gives the highest level of trust to everyone around him, and immediately doesn’t mind it at all, he says, “I know that Ziyan is more thoughtful than anyone else, he must think that leaving at this moment is the best choice, so he will do that.”

Luo Ning says: “Young Master, let’s forget about the dual luminous sand shipping route, the most important thing now is how to deal with Qing Zhang, according to this subordinate…”

Just as he was about to say his thoughts, a voice suddenly break in coldly.

“Qing Zhang’s crime is unforgivable, this subordinate would like to ask the young master to hand this matter to this subordinate.” Luo Yun speaks.

Luo Ning has long been secretly worried that Luo Yun will take the blame for this, which will really cause a big disaster in the future, won’t even Luo Yun be implicated in it? Hearing this, he gives Luo Yun a stern look.

This child is so disobedient.

“You are young, what can you do to deal with this matter?” Luo Ning ruthlessly rejects Luo Yun’s request, “Qing Zhang’s identity is the imperial uncle of the Tong kingdom, we are in the capital city of the Tong kingdom, once we’re not cautious, the army of the Tong kingdom is ready to fight at anytime. Although our Xiao family has more masters, can we deal with tens of thousands of troops? Nonsense!”

Feng Ming sees Luo Yun’s eyebrows twist, knowing that his stubborn character once again appear, it will be no good for anyone to quarrel at this time, he hurriedly stops Luo Yun and advice him in a good tone. “The two of you don’t quarrel, I, the young master hasn’t spoken yet, so at least save me some face”.

As soon as the words came out, Luo Ning and Luo Yun both hum together.

In front of Princess Chang Liu, Feng Ming is almost greatly embarrassed. Fortunately, there is still Rong Hu who always support him the most, he calmly rescues him and asks respectfully: “Please Duke Ming tells us how to deal with this matter.”

Feng Ming get the eye-signal from him.

At the moment, if Duke Ming doesn’t show some skills, it will be difficult to control these subordinates in the future.

How can Feng Ming not understand Rong Hu’s eye-signal.

But I am also not a Doraemon, every time I encounter an emergency, I have a hundreds treasure to fish out from the pocket, fishing out all the treasure there is more treasure. This is a major event that affects the life and death of a country!

Feng Ming looks around, everyone’s eyes are focused on him, even Princess Chang Liu is no exception, she’s almost distressed that she scratches her head with all her might, so she thinks deeply with all her might, she mutters: “We know now that Qing Zhang is bad, Qing Li is deceived, and Changyi is a spy, at least it’s a little better than knowing nothing at first. That…that…there’s a saying in that Art of War, know yourself know your enemy, to come never lose a hundred battles, um, we can also be considered as ‘know yourself know your enemy’, right? but how can we never lose a hundred battles?”

(*distressed that she’s scratched her head with all her might, so she thinks deeply with all her might: not literally scratched her head, it’s just a play of words 拚命挠头，拚命思索 pan ming nao tou, pan ming si suo)

He pulls out a piles of nonsense, that nothing left to show anymore, he cast a pitiful look at Rong Hu, asking for help.

(*nonsense refers to the Art of War that Feng Ming got from a history lesson in modern era, now it came to bite him back, because he only know the theory not the real war)

Luo Ning looks at it with even more disdain, only the snort from his nose is no longer have disdain.

Luo Yun understands that Qing Zhang’s tricks most likely has something to do with Luo Qian Qian. He has repeatedly asked his mother not to attack Feng Ming, but doesn’t expect that his mother won’t listen to his word. Not only that, but his mother deliberately conceals about Qing Zhang’s matter, obviously no longer trust himself.

There’s a lot of bitterness in his heart, but he can’t tell the whole story to Feng Ming, he’s extremely uncomfortable, seeing Feng Ming thinking over and over, yet still can’t think of a result, he’s a little apologetic, he makes a rare step by coming forward to Feng Ming, and offers: “Young Master, what leader Luo said just now also has a point, we are now living in the capital city of the Tong kingdom, and the army of the Tong kingdom is close at hand, so we shouldn’t be reckless. At present, the matter of retaliation against Qing Zhang can be put aside, as long as we can safely withdraw from the Tong kingdom, we will win this round.”

Luo Ning says gloomily: “If you run away with your tail between your legs, it will only give people the impression that the young master is afraid of death. Although he can save his life, what purpose does the young master do in the first place, isn’t it to travel around the world regardless of danger? Fleeing like this not only losing the face of my Xiao family, but also damage the prestige of The King of Xirei.”

After a pause, he adds another sentence: “Thinking of that day, the young master used The Grace of Order to refute the official ambassador of Xirei at the royal banquet of the Tong kingdom, how chic and awe-inspiring it was, if the outcome turned into a hasty escape at night, it would be too ugly.”

“The present situation is the most important thing,” Rong Hu responds coldly, “Everything shouldn’t only focus on face, but also on reality. Anyone with a brain knows that all the great things can only be done when one’s alive.”

“Duke Ming…” Princess Chang Liu says in a low voice, “It is easy for Duke Ming to leave now, but what should people in Tong’an courtyard do? Qing Li and that woman are still faint, and Imperial uncle Qing Zhang is fierce and vicious. Prince He Di has already left. If Duke Ming were to leave like this, Chang Liu had no soldiers or power in her hands, she would have been killed by Qing Zhang before dawn.”

The struggle for the throne is the cruelest, Chang Liu is currently the most helpless one in the court of the Tong kingdom, having said this, her face is full of anxiety, her eyes are red, and looks at Feng Ming pitifully.

Feng Ming sighs loudly, he has to risk it out again, and waves his hand, “Okay! Listen to me!”

Everyone’s heart beats suddenly, they all shut their mouths, hold their breath and wait for Feng Ming to show off his power.

Although Feng Ming has failed to come up with a good way to deal with Qing Zhang, there’s still a little bottom line about the basic things he has to do, he simply orders everything he knows to do first, and counts with his fingers: “Firstly, Rong Tian doesn’t know about this matter yet, so send someone to tell Rong Tian immediately.”

Rong Hu immediately says: “This matter can be handled by Zhang Huai, he knows how to find Mian Ya the fastest, and report the matter to the Great King.” He calls behind him.

A tall and thin guard walks over, his appearance looks very capable.

“Okay, let Zhang Huai do it, let Rong Tian know the situation here as soon as possible.” Feng Ming nods and instructs Zhang Huai, “After meeting Rong Tian, ​​ask him not to worry too much, Qing Zhang is indeed a bad guy, but I have Rong Hu and Luo Yun here, so nothing will happen. Besides, on the riverside outskirt of Tongze, the new fleet of the Xiao family has already…” His face suddenly change, and his voice stop.

Everyone thinks that something is wrong again, their hearts suddenly tremble with fear, and they stare at Feng Ming.

Feng Ming stands still for a moment, his face twist strangely, then he jumps up abruptly, and lets out a strange cry, “I know!”

Everyone looks at each other and hurriedly asks: “What does Duke Ming know?”

“The Xiao family fleet are waiting by the river, we also know that ah.”

“It’s not the Xiao family fleet, but the people who are on the Xiao family fleet!”

Feng Ming jumps three feet high, standing up excitedly, and his eyes sparkling, “Do you remember who are on the Xiao family’s fleet?”

He’s obviously so proud of what he has thought that he can’t help showing his childlike nature, dances with delight, and looks around the crowd with a little pride, waiting for an answer. The frank expression is funny and helpless.

“Ran Qing?” Someone guesses.

Feng Ming says loudly, “No! It’s Lie Zhong Shi and Lie Dou!”

Seeing the puzzled expressions of everyone, Feng Ming lowers his voice and utters the next few words mysteriously, “There is also the head of the king of the Tong kingdom.”

The people around him finally understand a little bit, but they are still a little confused.

At this critical juncture, Princess Chang Liu has no time to ask why the head of the great king of the Tong kingdom is at Feng Ming, the most important thing is to solve the current predicament, save herself and the child in her stomach, as well as her husband Qing Li, hearing what is said she knits her brows, she asks while pondering: “How does Duke Ming plan to use the head of the great king of the Tong kingdom in his hands?” Don’t know what she’s thinking of, the delicate body suddenly trembles, and she exclaims: “Ah! I understand, the reason why Qing Zhang was able to prevent Qing Li from ascending the throne was based on the excuse that the great king is still alive. As long as Duke Ming let out the great king’s head, and let the ministers and the people of the Tong kingdom confirm the news of the great king’s death, Qing Li can immediately ascend the throne by virtue of the identity of the eldest prince.” Rong Hu also nods in agreement, “Yes, Qing Li will be egged on by that woman to assassinate Duke Ming, in the end it’s for the throne after all. Once Qing Li ascends the throne, the first thing to do is to remove all Qing Zhang’s authority and eradicate all Qing Zhang’s power.”

“It is more painful for Qing Zhang to lose power than to die,” Luo Yun says.

Luo Ning is full of exasperation, but can’t reveal it at all, he thinks about the plan of delay in his mind, but he supports on the outside: “The young master is really thoughtful. Shall we immediately fetch the head and hand it to Princess Chang Liu to deal with it?”

Feng Ming lets out a confident laugh and shakes his head, “It’s too cheap for Qing Zhang, huh, he fools me miserably, and nothing can make him pass so easily.”

He is usually playful and capricious, and has no Duke Ming attitude at all, at this moment he smiles calmly, shining like the sun and his eyes are radiant, but unexpectedly vaguely has somewhat a king’s spirit.