C2886 Sneaking into Fairy's Capital
In the face of Huang Hui and Tong Zhengwen's words and attitude, King Zhao was instantly enraged.
Huang Hui didn't mind. "Since we are envoys, our life and death will naturally be cast to the back of our minds."
Tong Zhengwen sneered at the same time. "Our king has said so. " King Zhao is a qualified king. ... Then King Zhao should be able to see how to make a choice. If we really kill us and break off relations with the two kings, it will not be good for the royal family of Zhao."
King Zhao's anger dissipated, and he said faintly, "A mere two generals dare to do such a thing. What a good King Yun Jiang, what a good King Yang."
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Ten miles away, at the army camp.
Jiang Ting and Ke Yang were quietly looking at the yellow cloth in their hands. That was the contract they had signed with Zhao.
There was not much money in the contract.
They needed to withdraw from the mountain and return the mountain to Zhao.
They also needed to compensate for Zhao's many losses.
Another thing, the two kings became officials. ...... At least in name, they belonged to the State of Zhao and had to pay taxes every year. Of course, it was only on the surface.
The State of Zhao was not allowed to interfere in the internal affairs of Wuxi and Jiangyuan.
After staring at the money for a while, Ke Yang sneered: "Zhao's appetite is really big, are you not afraid of not being able to hold on?"
"I am useless." Tong Zhengwen knelt down on one knee in shame.
"No matter. I never said that I would give money and food to the Kingdom of Zhao."
Coldly laughing, Ke Yang waved his hand and said, "Pass down my order. All troops retreat from Shen'du."
Jiang Ting played with the cloth for a while. After signing the name, he stamped it and ordered the army to retreat.
Compensate? Cut the land?
Don't mess around, this is just a delaying tactic.
As their respective kings, it was naturally impossible for them to sneak into Fairy's Capital under martial law. What they needed to do was to let the Zhao Nation and Fairy's Capital relax.
When Fairy's Capital was no longer under martial law and entry was not prohibited, they would sneak into Fairy's Capital to find the Imperial Advisor.
If they could reach an agreement, everyone would be happy. If they could not reach an agreement... Ke Yang would choose to leave the Phaseless Continent. After that, he would directly cut off the Imperial Advisor's past and future in the outside world. He would also expose the person behind the Imperial Advisor.
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In less than three days, under the confusion and cheers of the residents of Divine Capital, Jiang Ting and Ke Yang's army retreated without a trace. The four gates of Divine Capital were reopened.
Divine Capital once again fell into a state of "decay," and once again sent people to take over Piercing Mountain County. If, at the very least, in the eyes of the officials of Shen'du, it was only natural for them to take back Tongshan County.
On the streets of Fairy's Capital, in the Imperial Advisor's mansion.
Those who passed by, whether they were ordinary citizens or lowly citizens, or high ranking officials and nobles.
When they saw the Imperial Advisor's Residence, their eyes were filled with fear. Because everyone knew that the reason why the Imperial Advisor was able to force back the aggressive rebel army was because of his great contribution!
"Have you heard? The Imperial Advisor is really an immortal. Those immortal treasures have killed countless rebel soldiers."
"That's right. In the past, my second brother's cousin was completely disrespecting the Imperial Advisor. Now, he is burning incense at home and begging for forgiveness..."
"I wonder if I can go to the Imperial Advisor's residence to do something..."
Many discussions sounded on the streets of the Imperial Advisor's residence from time to time.
On the street where the Imperial Advisor's Residence was located, there was a luxuriously decorated restaurant.
On the third floor, there was a private room.
Jiang Ting and Ke Yang, who were supposed to retreat with the army, were currently sitting by the window of the private room. Beside them were a dozen burly men.
Five or six of them were the Black Clarity Guards under Jiang Ting, and some were spies under Ke Yang.
Because the Imperial Advisor had other secrets, he blocked Jiang Ting and Ke Yang's plan to divide the State of Zhao. The two of them pretended to order the army to retreat and then joined forces to sneak into the Divine Capital to see who the Imperial Advisor was.
Very quickly, the sun set on the west side of the mountain.
A man respectfully said: "Two young masters, the army has just retreated and Fairy's Capital has a curfew. It's time for us to leave."
Curfew, after dark, everyone will return home, not to be seen on the streets.
Jiang Ting and Ke Yang glanced at each other and frowned. There were no inns near the Imperial Advisor's mansion. They had originally planned to sneak in after the sky turned dark, but now it seemed that it would not work.
Very quickly, Ke Yang tilted his head and asked, "Should we go to the temporary base first?"
"Yes." Jiang Ting nodded.
After that, the two of them stood up and left the restaurant with more than ten men. Although the Divine Capital hadn't regained its peace these few days, the two of them had brought along ten followers that were obviously not to be trifled with. No one was stupid enough to go against them.
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After they left the restaurant, the group of people moved through the streets, and they quickly arrived at a street that was filled with short houses.
This place should be considered to be a slum in the Divine Capital?
Their temporary stronghold was a dilapidated courtyard that both sides bought at the same time, and it was barely able to shelter them from the wind and rain.
"Pa..." Just as the group was about to enter the courtyard, a sound rang out.
Jiang Ting and the rest stopped in their tracks. At the same time, they turned around and looked in the direction of the sound.
They happened to see a man with a big waist grabbing a woman's hair. The woman's hair was disheveled and there was a palm print on her right cheek.
Obviously, the sound that alarmed them was that the woman had been slapped.
Because of Jiang Ting's and the girl's gazes, the man's expression changed, and the girl was delighted.
After that, in an instant, the woman hurriedly shouted, "Save..."
Before she finished speaking, the man hurriedly covered the woman's mouth with one hand.
Then, he smiled apologetically, "Masters, I was momentarily distracted by a stroke in my lowly self, so I ran into you. Wan Wanghai, please forgive me. I will bring you back and discipline you. "
As he smiled apologetically, the man dragged the woman and hurried to the corner not far away.
"A stroke?" Ke Yang's eyes became strange.
One of the spies under Ke Yang shook his head. "It should be the ruffians here who want to kidnap women. I wonder which girl dares to come to this slum alone. ... Young master, do we need to take care of this?"
Ke Yang smiled and did not say anything as he directly entered the courtyard.
Jiang Ting also retracted his gaze as if he did not see anything.2
"Creak..." The worn-out courtyard door closed. The Black Clarity Guards and Ke Yang's spies remained in the courtyard, while Jiang Ting and Ke Yang entered the small room in the courtyard.
Ke Yang smiled lightly as soon as he sat down. "I thought you would help."
"Why?" Jiang Ting also sat down and laughed.
Ke Yang smiled. "That little girl is obviously innocent."
"There are unfairness everywhere in this world, I have to intervene in everything, I'm afraid it's just that I'm unable to do anything"
Without waiting for an answer, Jiang Ting smiled again. "Why didn't you help?"
Ke Yang showed some disdain. "Why should I help an ant?"
If there was an outsider, perhaps Ke Yang would have said that it was for the sake of their grand plan that they did not cause any trouble for the time being, so as to avoid exposing their whereabouts. However, there were only the two of them in the room, so Ke Yang was too lazy to put on a show.
To Ke Yang, there were only two types of people, useful ants, and useless ants.
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