Feng Yu Jiu Tian vol.29 ch.3/2

Translator: churnie

“How sure is the Xiao family of Yu Lang?”

“They have started to arrange. But the dog thief is very cunning, he changes his route every time he enters and exits the palace, the time of going out is uncertain, and he has many followers around him. But Manager Luo said that once they find an opportunity, they will not hesitate to take action to avenge Duke Ming.”

Rong Tian just listens silently.

After a while, he calls out, “Rong Hu.”

“This subordinate is here.”

“Feng Ming is having a hard time recently, no matter what news you have, remember to report good news and not bad news. Also, if evidence is found to prove that Luo Yun has…” Rong Tian’s voice sinks slightly, “..Bad news, there is no need to tell him.”

After Rong Hu reporting to Rong Tian, ​​he leaves the Great King who continues to deal with important matters, he comes out of the inner room, walks through the courtyard, steps on the nine cloisters with green carved eaves, and walks to Feng Ming’s bedroom.

Feng Ming’s bedroom is also Rong Tian’s bedroom.

For a long time, in order to spend more time with Feng Ming, Rong Tian often handled official business by his bedside and listened to the reports from his subordinates.

Unexpectedly, the most difficult problem at the moment was precisely because of this.

The last time Rong Hu reported to Rong Tian that King of Li attacked Fan Jia nobles and Mei River fishermen without warning, and was heard by Duke Ming next to him, it caused a great shock.

Duke Ming fell into deep guilt and pain, while the Great King believed that the cause of the problem was that he should not have talked about the situation of various countries in front of Duke Ming, thus involving Duke Ming in these messy affairs.

From that day on, all official business was moved to another inner room. The bedroom became a special place for Duke Ming to recuperate and rest.

The question is, is this really good?

Rong Hu feels a little anxious in his heart, he stands on the porch, facing the two clumps that have just bloomed not far away and released layers of purple and red petals, he stands for a while.

After feeling that the uncomfortable stuffy feeling in his chest is slightly relieved, he continues to walk towards the bedroom.

He doesn’t need to report other things to Duke Ming, but the Xiao family’s assassin group has sent a letter, he still have to tell Duke Ming about this matter, after all, Duke Ming is the rightful young master of the Xiao family.

The bedroom is the highest priority of guard in Qinghui Palace, the patrols shuttle back and forth in the connected courtyard, and the imperial guards of Xirei personally selected by Rong Hu, stand at the door, their body are like bronze casting, their hands never leave from the hilt of their sword, they look very difficult to mess with.

Qu Mai takes a chair and sits beside the door, holding a black stone to wipe his sword.

Rong Hu can’t help but stop, “What are you doing here?”

Qu Mai looks up and stares, then speaks impatiently, “Why are you and the young master asking this? It’s really annoying, I am also not eating for free, I can’t go to Li Kingdom to kill those bastards, it’s fine to let me guard the door, right? If an assassins dares to come, I’m sure i’ll kill a dozen of them.”

Rong Hu says, “The wound on your leg hasn’t healed yet.”

Qu Mai says angrily, “Don’t talk about this little injury all the time, all right? Luo Yun is not here, I should have taken his place and protected the young master in the room, but the young master insists that I go back to bed and rest, and kicks me out. Even if I can’t enter the room, I still have to stay at the door. In this world, there is no Xiao family who is lying on bed foolishly.”

Qu Mai is complaining.

According to his opinion, Luo Yun disappeared when he was with him, and the wound on his leg was stabbed by a bastard from Li Kingdom, if Luo Yun and his account were added together, he was more qualified than anyone else to go to Li Kingdom to kill in all direction.

But because of this insignificant injury on his leg, Cui Yang, Ran Qing and their group of heartless guys dumped him.

It was already very depressing not to be able to go to the Li Kingdom, now he still had to be driven back when he wanted to personally protect the young master.

The Xiao family members always had the pride and self-esteem of the Xiao family, if Qu Mai was asked to obediently lie on the bed and wait to die, he would never obey the order!

But the young master was the young master after all, and he couldn’t completely disregard the young master’s intentions, thinking about it Qu Mai gritted his teeth, brought the chair over, and acted as the door god outside the bedroom.

Young master you see, sitting is also resting, it’s fine for me to sit and watch the door, right.

The brothers are killing people in Li Kingdom, but I can only sharpen my sword at the door.

With complaining, he scrapes the black stone, which is used as a whetstone, on the slanted edge of the sword, making the blade brighter. Qu Mai doesn’t seem to realize for a moment that he has changed from a cold-blooded murderer who only knows how to obey orders into a member of the Xiao family’s assassin group who is subtly influenced by his young master to become a subordinate who dares to love, hate, have independent thinking, and dares to complain.

“Are you looking for the young master?”

“En.”

“Don’t go in yet, the young master just fell asleep, so don’t be woken up by you. It was hard for your wife to coax him to sleep.”

Rong Hu, who has just opened the curtain, has no choice but to withdraw his hand.

“Is there any news about Manager Luo and others?” Qu Mai asks.

“Yes. I came here to report this to Duke Ming.”

Qu Mai is also an insider of the Xiao family, he was also there when Rong Tian arranged the three-step plan to deal with Ruo Yan, so Rong Hu told all the information about the Xiao family’s assassin group that he has just received without any concealment.

Hearing the long list of officials of Li Kingdom assassinated by the Xiao family, Qu Mai shows sad eyes as if his beloved roasted chicken legs were all snatched away in front of his eyes, he speaks sadly, “If i were allowed to go to the Li Kingdom, at least I would have 5 names in this list.”

Rong Hu is quite speechless with his expression of being abandoned by his brothers and suffering a great loss.

After all, the Xiao family is different from Xirei’s elite.

The Xiao family’s assassin group regards the difficulty of assassination and the number of assassinations as indicators of a successful life. In the hearts of Xirei’s elite represented by Rong Hu, the greatest victory in life is to protect and assist the Great King, to be a Great King and rule the world, and a stepping stone to reach the top.

For this, Rong Hu is ready to sacrifice his life in any way at any time.

The Great King not only wants to regain the throne of Xirei, but also faces the turbulent situation of the other ten kingdoms, the burden on his shoulders is getting heavier day by day, and he has to worry about Duke Ming.

No matter what, he must find a way to make Duke Ming become the Great King’s support, instead of dragging his legs down.

The new word, dragging one’s legs down, was taught to him by Duke Ming, it was very vivid, Duke Ming only said it once, and Rong Hu remembered it. Since Duke Ming was able to create such vivid words, he must be able to understand the reason behind it.

The curtain moves slightly, and then someone lifts it open from inside.

Qiu Lan holds the brocade curtain with one hand and gently covers her mouth with the other, as if she was about to yawn, she steps out of the threshold lazily, looks up to see Rong Hu, and is a little surprised, she hurriedly put the brocade curtain down, comes out and asks, “Why are you here?”

Rong Hu answers and asks, “Is Duke Ming awake?”

Qiu Lan says, “He woke up long ago. It was only when he saw how hard I was begging, that he forced himself to lie down and tossed and turned on the pillow again and again. I couldn’t stand it any longer, it was so uncomfortable to lie down like that, so I begged him again, but he got up and sat up. Aih, I’m so anxious. What should I do if he goes on like this? Now he doesn’t even eat much of the dishes I cook. The tofu that was grind so hard yesterday, stuffed with meat and fried, he used to like it very much, he could eat a big plate every time, but now he ate half a piece of it and asked me to put it aside. It’s all because of that King of Li Ruo Yan who has made Duke Ming like this, when will the Great King kill him.”

Speaking of Ruo Yan, even a docile girl like Qiu Lan gritting her teeth.

Rong Hu comforts his lovely wife a few words and asks her to cook something for Feng Ming, he himself report outside and walks into the bedroom.

When he enters the door, he sees Feng Ming wearing a simple white long coat, sitting in a corner out of the sun, with a haggard face.

His pale face is still handsome and beautiful, but those black and white eyes have lost their vigor.

Countless lives have been involved, and the psychological burden is actually more difficult to heal than the physical trauma.

Hearing someone coming in, it takes Feng Ming a long time to turns his head slightly before forcing a wry smile, “It’s you. What’s the matter?”

“There is news from the Xiao family from Li Kingdom.”

Rong Hu reports in an orderly manner, and read to Feng Ming the list of killed officials that he has just read to Rong Tian.

Feng Ming listens to those unfamiliar names but have been saturated with the smell of death, he is silent for a while, and asks in a low voice, “Are there casualties among our people?”

Rong Hu hesitates for a moment.

How can there be no casualties in such a large-scale and high-frequency assassination of officials in the capital? The guards of Li Kingdom are not just eating for free.　

But the Great King has also instructed, only to report good news, not to report bad news.

Rong Hu thinks about it for a while, and replies more gently, “There were about seven or eight casualties, this is an unavoidable loss. But for so many officials of Li Kingdom to be successfully assassinated, this number of casualties can be regarded as a miracle. Xiao family assassin group really lives up to its reputation.”

“Are you comforting me?”

“This subordinate…”

“Rong Tian is comforting me, Qiu Lan is comforting me, you are comforting me, everyone is comforting me…” Feng Ming sighs softly, “But in fact, it’s not me who needs comfort. It’s those innocent souls who were killed by me.”

What has he done?

Just to delay Ruo Yan for a while in the dream, he was saying something interesting to Ruo Yan, and playing a war game.

He clearly knew the identity of the man in front of him, knew that the man controls the lives of countless people, and had a cruel and ruthless heart, but he naively thought that that was a verbal game between two people.

Those words he said directly aroused Ruo Yan’s killing intent.

Thinking of this, Feng Ming feels that the screams of the nobles of Fan Jia before their death linger in his ears, those fishermen in Mei River who have nothing to do with him, splashing blood all over the sky during the slaughter, and this blood all over the sky is sprinkled on his own face and heart.

“I shouldn’t have. Shouldn’t have talked nonsense, I’m no longer a child who doesn’t understand anything. I’m Duke Ming of Xirei, the young master of the Xiao family, but I was like a fool, talking nonsense in front of King of Li, and never thought about how serious the consequences would be…”

Feng Ming’s talking to himself makes Rong Hu’s heart feel heavy.

He understands Duke Ming’s feelings, a kind person like Duke Ming never think of hurting others, but now he has indirectly caused two inhumane massacres, tens of thousands people have died, this is something Duke Ming cannot accept for a while.

But Rong Hu also understands that Duke Ming is a charismatic person who can influence many people unconsciously.

Just as Duke Ming’s happiness and generosity will affect the people around him, Duke Ming’s depression will also deeply affect the people around him, especially those who love him.

Especially —— The Great King!

Therefore, at this moment, Rong Hu’s heart is not only heavy, but also a little suffocated.

“In addition, we also received news that Qiu Xing has arrived at the Tuyue clan safely under the protection of Shang Zai Si.” Rong Hu coughs, “Great King asks Duke Ming to relax and don’t worry about Qiu Xing.”

“I didn’t expect that Rong Tian would let Qiu Xing contact the Tuyue clan and create turmoil in Li Kingdom, it’s too dangerous, Qiu Xing has always been less courageous than her sister, I really don’t understand why she would accept this task. Ruo Yan is cruel and ruthless, once he sends troops to suppress them, he will never show mercy.”

Feng Ming pauses for a while, and suddenly remembers Qiu Xing’s twin sister, Qiu Yue, who has a fierce temper and learns the imperial purple dyeing technique in the Tong Kingdom.

A trace of relief can’t help showing on his lonely face.

It seems that the decision made on that day was right. Fu Qi Men is a peaceful old shop and the boss also values ​​Qiu Yue as a disciple very much. Qiu Yue follows her master to dye cloth and copy the secrets, at least it’s better than fighting with a group of wandering people like them, it’s best for girls not to experience scenes like the war on Jingsun Island.

“Write for me and tell Shang Zai Si that he must protect Qiu Xing. If something happens to Qiu Xing, when Qiu Yue comes back, I don’t know how to explain to Qiu Yue…”

“Qiu Yue is dead.”

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This is it. It’s finally revealed.