Feng Yu Jiu Tian vol. 23 ch. 3/2

Translator: churnie

Happy Valentine’s Day……

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Seeing how calm Lie Zhong Liu is, Qing An becomes even more suspicious and his curiosity arisen spontaneously. He sweeps his sleeves up and tells the guards to retreat, leaving only the trusted butler to guard the door, and snorts coldly, “In fact This Lord doesn’t believe your big words, but you can’t escape anyway, so let’s hear what you have to say.”

“Thank you Lord.”

Lie Zhong Liu gives another light salute, his behavior is pleasing to people.

“The Lord must have heard of what happened in Tong kingdom recently, it is said that the great king of the Tong kingdom was killed by Xirei’s Duke Ming, even Imperial uncle Qing Zhang and Prince Qing Li…”

“Of course This Lord knows about these important matters.” Qing An interrupts him rudely, and frowns, “That’s all you have to say.”

“Does The Lord really clear about all this?” Lie Zhong Liu is neither humble nor arrogant, smiling: “If so, please answer a few questions from this humble. In pursuing Duke Ming, in addition to the imperial general Zhuang Pu, there’s also Wu Qian, does The Lord know?”

“Of course I know, I thought it was some kind of secret matter, hmph!”

“Then, during the urgent pursuit, Wu Qian took the time to write a notice asking all the people in the Tong kingdom to report the whereabouts of Xirei people, does The Lord know about this?”

“This announcement is all over the place, who doesn’t know what you’re talking about, what are you trying to say?” Qing An becomes more and more impatient, lost interest, and asks with an ugly face, “I won’t intercede for Xirei people, let me tell you, this Lord only cares about taxation, and not interested in other things.”

Lie Zhong Liu’s face suddenly changes and says sternly, “Isn’t The Lord still awake? The death of the great king and prince of the Tong kingdom is a great conspiracy. If The Lord ignore it now, The Lord will die soon! How long will you be fooled?”

Qing An is immediately stunned when he was yelled at by him.”You… what do you mean by that?”

“I meant to remind The Lord.” Lie Zhong Liu regains his unconstrained and leisure attitude and says in an orderly manner: “Wu Qian, is the nephew of the great king, now that the great king, imperial uncle, and prince Qing Li are gone, he’s qualified to take over the throne. From the very beginning, Wu Qian coveted the throne, from the very beginning of his friendship with Zhuang Pu, to leading troops to pursue Duke Ming, and then to the announcement later, all laying the foundation for him to ascend to the throne of the Tong kingdom.”

“I know this even if you don’t tell me.” Qing An sighs, but his attitude is not so bad, “but he is now the closest living relative to the great king’s bloodline and according to the ancestors law, he will ascend to the throne sooner or later. I can only serve the new king.”

Aih, if Wu Qian, who always pretended to be a serious person, was the king, it would be hard to imagine how unscrupulous he used to accept bribes like when Qing Ding was in power.

“The Lord thinks too simply,” Lie Zhong Liu sneers, “The Lord thinks that once Wu Qian ascended the throne and held great power, would The Lord still survive?”

Qing An is frightened by his words that his whole body is shivered, he’s looking at Lie Zhong Liu in astonishment, “What do you mean by saying i can’t survive? Wu Qian and I are of the Tong royal family after all, and… and I haven’t offended him.”

“My Lord thinking back carefully, has he really not offended Wu Qian?” Lie Zhong Liu glances at Qing An, who is beginning to feel uneasy, and slowly speaks, “When Wu Qian’s father Wu Lie was alive, did The Lord ever make a rude remark and insult Wu Lie’s biological mother? Said that his mother was born lowly people and hearing that Wu Lie was so angry that his eyes reddened and he even went up to fight with The Lord.”

“This…this…I was young and ignorant at the time…”

That woman was indeed born lowly, but luckily, the great king at that time slept with her and she pregnant with his son, so he reluctantly made her as an inconspicuous little concubine, most people in the palace looked down on her royal blood, and he was not the only one insulted her.

“Besides, Wu Qian had just been born at that time, how could he remember that i fought with his father?” Qing An says self-comfortingly.

Lie Zhong Liu faintly smiles without revealing any emotions, “Let’s just say Wu Qian didn’t remember what happened when he was born. A few years ago, Wu Qian wrote a letter to the great king, impeaching The Lord with big corruption, and asking the great king to punish The Lord, what was the matter?”

Qing An’s face is flushed, “It’s pure nonsense, this Lord had never corrupted. Wu Qian just listened to the small people’s false accusation, I will explain it clearly in the future…” 

“The Lord’s explanation skills had always been very good.” Lie Zhong Liu gently cut off his words, “Otherwise, how could the great king easily revoke Wu Qian’s impeachment against The Lord that day? Besides, I heard that The Lord took this opportunity to bite Wu Qian back for the false accusation, and for this reason, the great king ordered Wu Qian not to go out for one month and reflect on his fault.”

Qing An is even more embarrassed, and his anxiety becomes more and more serious, rubs his hands together and explains, “Not being allowed to go out for a month was not a punishment, the great king just wanted that the young people would temper themselves and suffered a little setback, i had no ill intentions… ..”

“In that case, The Lord was really good to Wu Qian, The Lord always let Wu Qian temper himself when The Lord found an opportunity. I heard that when Wu Qian sold most of his family property to buy armor for the soldiers, he once came to The Lord for help, not only The Lord refused to allocate funds from the national treasury, he even charged Wu Qian a huge amount of tax for the purchase of copper and iron.”

“This, this…” Qing An’s face turned from white to red, then from red to purple, and finally to blue, with a cold sweat the size of a soybean on his forehead, “This tax collection is a national system, I was not deliberately make things difficult…”

“Let’s not talk about the past, this humble is not Wu Qian.” Lie Zhong Liu immediately waves his hand, cutting off Qing An’s futile explanation, and solemnly says, “However when he successfully chasing and annihilating Duke Ming to avenge the great king, and returned to Tongze with the grandeur return in triumph, Wu Qian’s ascension to the throne was a foregone conclusion. This humble only asks The Lord to think, what would The Lord do, if The Lord were Wu Qian? What would a newly ascended king do to the person who used to temper him a lot, hehehe…”

Qing An is shivered from head to toe by his sneer.

Agitates, he stands up suddenly, at a loss to know what to do, unexpectedly put down his arrogance, bows to Lie Zhong Liu, wipes his cold sweat and asks, “Master has such insight, you are really a genius, you must have a good plan to save my life, please don’t hesitate to give me your advice.” He looks at Lie Zhong Liu as if asking for advice.

“Right now, there is only one plan.”

“Please say it!”

“It is to do everything possible to drag Wu Qian’s hind legs.”

(扯后腿 Drag somebody’s legs: hindrance on somebody)

“Drag… Dragging what legs?” Qing An is dumbfounded.

Lie Zhong Liu blinks slightly, only to remember that he has inadvertently used Duke Ming’s new vocabulary.

Aih, I have to admit that although Duke Ming always speaks a little silly and uses strange words, but he is very vivid and realistic, very much apt.

“It means sabotaging Wu Qian’s plan,” Lie Zhong Liu explains. “As long as Wu Qian’s plan to hunt down Duke Ming failed, The Lord would have the opportunity to lead other royal families in the Tong kingdom to denounce Wu Qian and investigate him for his crime of releasing the enemy. In this way, not to mention ascending the throne, just clearing his name was enough for him to be busy.”

Qing An realizes, his eyes lit up, and he nods again and again, “Yes! Yes! Never let Wu Qian to be a great hero, Master is wise ! But… but… I only manage the national treasury, i have no military power, I heard that this little bastard’s legs have been stretched out to the other side of the Dan Lin sea, even if I could fly, I couldn’t pull his thighs, ah no, hind legs!”

Lie Zhong Liu says, “The Lord underestimated himself too much. If the army wanted to fight, didn’t they need army supplies? The Lord is in charge of the national treasury, isn’t it because he control Wu Qian’s army supply’s money, even if he wanted to avenge the great king, but if the Tong kingdom’s taxes were limited, he couldn’t spend too much money at will, could he?”

Qing An immediately understands, “That’s right! I can’t spend money excessively. I must personally check all the accounts of the military’s financial and i’ll think twice before giving them, no! Even if I can give it, I won’t give it!”

Lie Zhong Liu nods in satisfaction and gives him another hint, “By the way, I heard that the most powerful three-masted ship of the Tong kingdom is under the command of Young Master Qing.”

“Yes.”

“Xirei’s Duke Ming is famous all over the world, how can he be killed so easily, so long as the three-masted ship does not move, maybe Wu Qian will run away because of Duke Ming if he is not careful.”

“Good! Good! Run away is also good!”

“The Lord, better to call Young Master Qing back home immediately.”

“All right, I’ll fix the account immediately and call him back. As long as my son is not around, no one can move the three-masted ship.” Qing An is now more obedient than the best student in the world.

However, Lie Zhong Liu says: “I am afraid that the letters and writings will be leaked during the transmission, it will also danger The Lord. It is better that The Lord pretend to have a sudden illness and send someone to call Young Master Qing back.”

Qing An has a noble status, but he can only be a leisurely treasury officer all the time, the reason is that he simply does not have enough brains. Qing Ding was also very clear about this, so he never assigned him to a key position.

Seeing Lie Zhong Liu ‘thinking about his safety’ like this, Qing An is even more grateful, “Master is really thoughtful! If I, Qing An, could survive this catastrophe, I would definitely repay Master highly!”

“My Lord is wrong. Although what happens today is a catastrophe, it is not just a catastrophe.”

“Oh “

“Perhaps, this is the turning point of The Lord’s great wealth in The Lord’s life.” Lie Zhong Liu leans forward and whispers in his ear: “My Lord think about it, if Wu Qian couldn’t ascend the throne, who would be the next great king of the Tong kingdom ? The Lord is also of the royal blood.”

Enthroned.

The blood in Qing An’s head rush up, and there’s a trace of disbelief in his eyes.

Then immediately overwhelmed by a fiery desire for power.

That’s right!

Although Qing An is only a distant relative, but he is also of royal bloodline, so why can’t he be a little delusional.

Besides, both of his parents were born noble, so they were several times better than Wu Qian, whose grandmother’s blood was of humble origin?

Lie Zhong Liu’s mission has been accomplished, so he will not stay any longer and says, “The future of the Tong kingdom depends on The Lord. Farewell.”

He leaves the mansion gracefully, steps onto the long and silent street shrouded in darkness.

Soon, there’s a commotion from Qing An mansion far behind, and a woman’s terrified scream cut through the sky, “Someone! The Lord fainted!”

“Blood! The Lord vomited blood!”

“Hurry up! Hurry up! Please bring the eldest son back! The Lord is suffering from a sudden illness! It’s really bad!”

The sound of hoofs breaks out the moonlight.

A guard mounts a horse riding out of the mansion, he comes from behind like a madman, rushes past Lie Zhong Liu, causing his sleeves to fly.

Looking at the flying rider far away, there’s an amusing smile on Lie Zhong Liu’s lips.

But it turned into a gloom in the blink of an eye.

Although Qing An is easy to make fun of, his ability is not enough to change the situation, he can only delay the time for Duke Ming.

The true ordeal must be faced by Duke Ming himself.

Lie Dan, Lie Dan…

Lie Zhong Liu looks up to the sky and sighs.

Lu Dan ah, I can’t help using your words.

Your unpredictable brain always has endless tricks.

I can’t help wondering, what would you do if you were standing here today?

The cold moonlight reminded me again and again, uncontrollably, of your always lonely and arrogant figure.

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Ah… So Lie Zhong Liu has relationship with Lu Dan, friends or brothers.. I also feel sad whenever remebering Lu Dan. He has a tragic end.

And now it’s valentine’s day but our couple haven’t reunite yet… no lovey dovey scene too…. our hopes for lovey dovey scene is only Zi Yan and He Di for now…. they have just been official..