Legend of the Fighter (2)
Chapters... 12: Towards the City of Xue
Zhou Fan glanced back, Bong Heteng was still watching so closely. However the young man did not lose his mind, he grabbed one of the nearby porcelain, and threw it down.
Pyars...
"What are you doing?!" Bong Heteng screeched with his face that looked annoyed. He quickly cleared up the mess Zhou Fan had made.
Heh...
Zhou Fan slowly but surely approached the table that had already become his target. When he got to the table, his hand dangled down to grab what was there.
It turns out there are some scrolls. Not willing to waste time, Zhou Fan also pocketed all of it into the storage ring.
Bong Heteng who had cleaned up the porcelain shards stared intently at the figure before him - the clutter maker.
"Get out! Or I'll break your neck." The middle-aged man showed the exit with a fierce face.
Zhou Fan put on an anxious expression, which was certain it was just a trick.
Without saying the young man came out leaving Bong Heteng there. The middle-aged man had yet to realize something had vanished from his place of vigil.
Zhou Fan had just walked out of the room, but he was still inside the eighth prince's residence. As he was about to come out, several people came and intersected with him.
"Wait!"
One of the black-clothed men stopped Zhou Fan.
"Who are you?"
Zhou Fan groped his head, making sure the disguise was still not uncovered. After making sure the disguise was still running smoothly, he opened his mouth loudly.
"Easy imperial, come do the examination."
They seemed to be hesitating over Zhou Fan's answer, just as they wanted to raise some questions, Bong Heteng came out and approached them.
"Let him go, and you leave immediately or I won't guarantee your safety." Bong Heteng pointed at Zhou Fan angrily.
"Blame your friends, I'm out if they don't stop." Zhou Fan said in a complaining tone.
The young man came out with a slightly irritated face, but clearly it was just a guise to cover up the pleasure of having managed to get something he was looking for.
As soon as he came out he went straight to where he was holding the imperial eunuch. Remove the clothes and replace them with the previous clothes.
The imperial eunuch was still in a fainting state, Zhou Fan left it just like that beside the eighth prince's residence. While he himself returned to the third prince's place.
***
"This is clearly a conspiracy, but there is still another party involved. If we expose this, even though the eighth prince will get into trouble, the mastermind is still wandering around." Shao Mingrui had read every scroll there was, and it was proof of a letter as well as a plot of a conspiracy against the emperor.
"We should wait, but since the eighth prince realized he had lost some scrolls, he would be even more vigilant."
Zhou Fan nodded, he then proposed not to do anything against the eighth prince. At least for some time to come, as from today the eighth prince would definitely search for who had stolen the scroll.
While the two were still talking, Eunuch Di came and immediately saluted Shao Mingrui.
"Prince, after making an observation in the western area of the Capital, there is indeed a tunnel there. If you pay attention to the circumstances, maybe it was built in the last few years."
Before this Shao Mingrui heard there was a pathway to enter the Capital without having to pass through the examination. He tried to send Eunuch Di to check, he did not think that there really was.
Hem...
Shao Mingrui took the wine in front of him, pouring it quietly into his mouth. "We've known some of their plans, at least we can anticipate their moves."
Zhou Fan and Eunuch Di smiled, which the third prince said was true.
***
The morning came quickly, when the sun had flown in the clouds, everyone started doing activities.
In the imperial palace hall although not as crowded as the birthday celebration, it also did not look lonely. The entire imperial family was there.
"The city of Xue-north of the Shao Empire, there were frequent attacks, and they were carried out by the Barbarian Tribe." Emperor Shao said as he stood up.
To the north of the Shao Empire was a vast forest, thought to almost match the size of the Shao Empire itself.
The forest is called Andalas Forest. The Andalas forest did not enter the territory of the two empires, not even anyone dared to acknowledge the forest as their territory.
Because the Andalas Forest has a single ruler, the Barbarian Tribe. They live in the interior of the forest, but not infrequently they come out because they feel the threat from outside.
"I want you, the princes to lead an army to protect the City of Xue from the attack of the Barbarian Tribe."
The eight princes were surprised by what the emperor said, according to them it was very arriving.
But they could not refuse because this was clearly related to who would be the successor to the throne. They thought of being able to show their performance, making the emperor amazed at the achievements shown.
After conveying that, everyone left the hall. It left Emperor Shao and Shao Mingrui still there.
Zhou Fan ghost was still inside, because ever since he won the gamble, Shao Mingrui had placed more and more trust in him.
Although Zhou Fan did not really put himself in a restraint, he did that for the sake of being able to get what he was looking for. Whether it was the news of his teacher, or the ice-element crystal beast.
"Third prince, what do you want to convey?" Shao Lin looked at his son.
Shao Mingrui let out a long sigh, he shook his head and went out without saying a word.
Shao Lin looked at the astonished departure of his third son. But the old man did not want to think too deeply.
"I feel like the emperor's father deliberately did this, as if he wanted all his sons to fight." Shao Mingrui smiled wryly.
Maybe this will look like fighting the Barbarian Tribe, but it does not rule out the possibility, they will fight each other, even kill to smooth the way forward.
Although the other brothers had always looked down on him, he could not let them fight and die at the hands of the other brothers.
The day after the announcement, all the princes had prepared with departure, they might look very solid, but in each heart only thought of their own advantages.
However they were still eyeing the emperor's position, it was impossible to let the other brothers take advantage.
The princes brought horses with complete equipment, they seemed to be going to the battlefield. While behind the left and right of each prince, there are two people who are the right hands of the princes.
Zhou Fan glanced back, there were at least about eight platoons, and each platoon consisted of several tens of people.
Hem...
"This reminds me of the war of the Wei Empire."