C564 Layout and Rumors (Part II)

The purpose of this simple assassination was to alert the enemy, to communicate with the King's Mansion, and to deceive Wu Daode to gain his trust, and then insert himself into the Listening Rain Pavilion.

This was also the main reason why Wu Daode had recruited all of the low levelled warriors to be slaughtered. On one hand, it would let Wu Daode, who had an empty job, trust Qian Jincheng more; secondly, it would allow Wu Daode to not find anyone to monitor Qian Jincheng, and would make it easier for him to do so later. Thirdly, it would give Wu Daode a new batch of people.

Furthermore, the hidden clues that Qian Jincheng had left behind, as well as his malicious instigation, had easily created a conflict between Wu Daode and the Duke within the imperial city. It had even created a deep rift, which had a great impact on the future plans.

Qian Jincheng started the follow-up matters as per his agreement with Wu Daode, which included arranging for people to guard outside the Town Security.

However, on the second day after the assassination, in the surrounding cities under the Fengyang City's command, at almost the same time, such rumors began to spread:

The original version was as follows:

"Hey, have you heard? When Ninth Prince was bribed to pay five hundred thousand silver taels, in fact, all of that silver was used to provide relief to the victims. But the Prince ignored the victims and decided to use it to raise his private troops! "

"How many people should we raise with so much silver? Besides, the Empire also has an army. Why would he spend money to raise a private army? "

"Isn't it all just to rebel? I heard that he has seven to eight hundred thousand private troops under his command, and they are already preparing to raise their troops to rebel! "

The ambiguous version was as follows:

"Hey, have you heard? If the county governor did not give it to him, he would have to repay it with his ass. The county governor had no choice but to give the money to the victims to Ninth Prince in order to protect his own butt, and this money was given to Ninth Prince to secretly raise his pretty boy face! "

"How much silver do you need to raise a pretty boy?" With so many bottoms, I'm afraid that Ninth Prince would have already forgotten right? "

Brother, you don't know that those pretty boys are the ones who are selling to the prince from behind the scenes. In fact, they are all soldiers that are used for rebellion, and I heard that they are beginning to catch pretty boys everywhere in the north. As long as they catch something that is more handsome, they are immediately given to the prince to enjoy.

The version that was passed down N times was as follows:

"Hey, have you heard? When the imperial Ninth Prince wanted to sell his butt to the Fengyang County to guard Wu Daode, he bid five million silver, but Wu Daode didn't want it. It seemed as if he thought it was dirty and gave the Duke five hundred thousand silver instead. The prince had really agreed to it! I heard that he secretly raised a lot himself, so if there's nothing else, you'll be the one to do it. He's the one who did it! "

"How many pretty boys can we buy with so much money? Can County Governor Wu handle it? "

"That you don't know! I heard that he intended to rebel together with the Ninth King. He even said that after becoming the Emperor in the future, he would not accept anyone as his concubine and could be reared as a catamite.

Of course, there were other versions of the dialogue that were a lot further away from the original version and thus could not be expressed here. In short, this kind of speech swept across the entire Honglong Empire like a bolt of lightning, and with the speed that flames could set the prairie ablaze, countless versions of the speech were produced.

Even if it were an ordinary person, they would probably be furious when they heard this. How could the two protagonists in these words endure?

The rumors had spread into the imperial city in less than two days, causing a huge uproar within the imperial city.

Of course, the ministers in the imperial court were not as ignorant or bored as the commoners, and would not believe that the mighty Ninth Prince was actually a braggart who liked men.

What they were more concerned about was the rumor about the five hundred thousand taels of snow and the Silver snow, as well as the rebel army in the north.

Even though the imperial court was doing its best to cover up the situation, some high-ranking officials were already faintly aware that the use of troops from the north might even involve the defense of the north.

In addition, this message was sent into the imperial city at an untimely moment. This undoubtedly made all the factions within the imperial city notice something strange.

And the current Ninth Prince, who was the main character of the rumors, had even smashed everything he could see. The reason for his anger was even more direct than those ambiguous ministers.

The rumor about the 500,000 silver taels, the army hidden in the north, and even the role of this army, all involved things. However, they didn't know the source of the rumor and who the source of the rumor was.

Furthermore, the Ninth Prince was more concerned about how he would explain this to the Emperor. After all, he was not prepared to rebel and cause trouble, and because of the matter with the Blood Illusion Valley, his original plans were completely disrupted to prevent the imperial army from being annihilated. Even the main force of elites had moved towards the Northern border, leaving behind the troops that Wu Gang belonged to to attract attention.

Furthermore, the Ninth Prince had already prepared to give him a break from the current situation. However, the memorial for the news had not yet come back, which meant that the matter of encircling and annihilating the Blood Illusion Valley was over.

But right at this moment, such a rumor actually came out first. If that was the case, even if he settled the matter with Wu Gang, when the news spread, no one would believe him even if the imperial court collapsed. It would only be treated as him trying to cover it up.

However, he could not stop riding the tiger with regards to Wu Gang's matters. After all, not doing so was equivalent to telling the imperial government that he was a person who was confident in his own power, but if he dealt with Wu Gang, it was also equivalent to telling the imperial government that he was hiding something that he did not want to tell anyone. He was also telling the people under his command that he was a heartless and unloyal person who was good at killing people.

Thinking about all this, Ninth Prince immediately became even more mad. He was in such a bad shape that he did not realize that he was being dragged by the nose by an invisible hand.

Within the brightly lit palace, waves of hearty laughter could be heard.

"Haha ?" "This is so funny!"

"Your Majesty, what made you laugh so happily?"

"Wei Lao, why are you pretending to be confused!? Don't tell me that the eagle eye isn't even going to report these things to you? "

"Hehe, so His Majesty is actually laughing over this matter!"

"If you say it's funny, I'm afraid my little brother won't be able to sleep this time!"

"Your Majesty, the court was especially concerned about this matter. Aren't you worried?"

"What's there to worry about!?" It would also be good to let those officials think of their safety and avoid having a vegetarian meal with corpses on it! "

"But ?"

"We know what the Wei Lao is worried about. I believe in him, and I trust the Principal even more. Besides, who else is able to calm the chaos in the north?"

"This old servant is overthinking it!"

"Since you have given him the rank of marshal, you should trust him in what he has done! Furthermore, based on these rumors, even ten Ninth Prince may not be the marshal's match! "

"Your majesty is enlightened!"

"Stop flattering me!" Keep an eye on the situation in the imperial court! People can panic, but the imperial government cannot! "

"We shall follow the imperial edict!"

? ?.

Wu Gang withdrew his troops, but in the end, he did not manage to attack the Blood Illusion Valley.

It wasn't that he didn't have the ability to snatch the Blood Illusion Valley, but the fact was that many times the infantry had already attacked the city walls, but Wu Gang had already found excuses to retreat.

Although they did not attack the Blood Illusion Valley, they still gave the disciples of the Blood Illusion Valley a maximum amount of damage.

By the time Wu Gang withdrew his troops, ninety percent of the disciples of the Blood Illusion Valley were already injured. The remaining ten percent were already heavily injured.

As for those who had already died, they had countless broken limbs, their corpses were as tall as city walls, and blood had filled the large battlefield outside the Blood Illusion Valley.

War, other than a fight to the death, one could not think of any other outcome. However, war was inevitable, because wherever there were people, there would be disputes, and whenever there were disputes, there would be battles, and as long as there were battles, it would naturally become war.

To put it bluntly, you don't like me, and I also don't like you. We can't pee in the same pot together, and since it's useless to grind one's lips and delay the time, it's not as good as being the size of a fist.

Looking at the history of human development, it was actually a fucking military war. Whether it was successive generations of changes or the invasion of religious beliefs, everyone believed that war was the only solution to the problem. Perhaps human nature had an extremely powerful factor of violence!

No matter how awesome humans are, how crazy the war is, it will not be continued for now. When the topic comes back, we will continue to talk about Wu Gang and the armies under his command.

The reason why Wu Gang was able to lead the army and retreat was not because of his personality and charisma, nor was it because he used some forced methods, but because he gave the generals a box, and inside the box was a few pieces of dilapidated sheepskin map, looking like they were from a long time ago.

At the same time, Wu Gang also lied that he had taken advantage of the battle to send a small team to secretly infiltrate the Blood Illusion Valley to steal the treasures. This was the main reason why he did not allow these people to enter the Blood Illusion Valley.

Although they could not determine whether Wu Gang's words were true or false, as long as these maps were present, it would be enough to dispel all doubts!

Therefore, these diagrams were sent to the imperial city in an urgent and secret manner, in the hope that they would cause the nine kings, who had been constantly vexing their troubles, to be in a good mood without losing any of their anger.

Wu Gang did not interfere with any of these arrangements, nor did he obstruct them, allowing them to do as they pleased. However, he was sneering at them from behind.

The army followed Gongsun Zaitian's script and obediently returned to the Blood Jade Valley. They planned to cross this place, then head north and run far away!

However, when the army fearfully passed through a long and narrow canyon, they came to an open valley. On one side of the valley was a slightly sloping mountain slope that continued upwards like a small mountain peak.

As there was no vegetation in Blood Jade Valley throughout the year, it was obvious whether or not there were any ambushes in the entire valley.

When they saw that there were practically no obstructions in the valley, almost everyone's mood suddenly became relaxed. Although they had not heard that an army of the imperial government had arrived here, it was good to be cautious as long as one sailed for ten thousand years.

However, just as the group of soldiers was about to continue along the road, a horn that could shake the world suddenly sounded.

"Enemy attack!" These were the only two words that everyone could think of after their hearts thumped.