Chapter 550 - 550: 550. Death Has Arrived

Chapter 550 - 550: 550. Death Has Arrived

Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation

The capital

Qian Jinhai still didn’t know that his time of death had come. He handed over the work assigned by the Emperor to the person in the backyard, and he went to the most famous Hundred Flowers Pavilion in the capital at night.

The girls of the Hundred Flowers Pavilion were all as beautiful as fairies. They were good at playing zither, chess, calligraphy, and painting. Most importantly, they were understanding and docile like kittens.

He fell in love with her after going there once, and he had to report to her almost every night. Even though he had the Emperor’s orders now, it still could not stop his thoughts of going to the flowers.

In any case, the refined iron that he needed was not in place yet so he would be happy one day at a time.

Qian Jinhai enjoyed the tender feelings of the girls at the Hundred Flowers Pavilion. He was bathed in the fragrance of the flowers when he returned home. Tonight, Miss Cuihong pulled him to drink. He especially liked this little pepper. He drank too much without stopping and fell asleep in the sedan chair. Just as they left the Hundred Flowers Pavilion and turned a street, the coachman and two guards were shot by poisonous sleeve arrows. Before they could react, they were poisoned to death. Qian Jinhai, in the sedan chair, was awakened by the sound of something heavy falling. He lifted the curtain and looked outside.

“What’s wrong?”

Before he could finish his sentence, he was shot in the throat by a sleeve arrow. A few men in black fell in front of him. Qian Jinhai fell off the carriage, his eyes widened, and his body twitched a few times. He died unwillingly.

The man in black left immediately after killing the people. Only the carriage and four corpses were left in the quiet alley.

In the middle of the night, the bodies were found. An urgent gong sound attracted the patrolling soldiers and brought the four bodies back to the government office.

Wan Yulin knew that Qian Jinhai had been killed after daybreak. When he heard that Qian Jinhai was dead, Wan Yulin was furious. Who would help him with a killing machine?

When Wan Yulin requested a thorough investigation, the capital’s magistrate was very busy. He investigated all of Qian Jinhai’s whereabouts. Last night, he stayed at the Hundred Flowers Pavilion until midnight. During that time, he had a conflict with Minister Lu’s son. At that time, Minister Lu’s son said’he wanted to teach Qian Jinhai a lesson.

Coincidentally, this Minister Lu was an old official of the previous dynasty. He was discreet and neutral, so he survived the political changes.nove(l)bi(n.)com

If the army was going to fight, healing medicine was a must. Su Qing had prepared a full cart of medicine for injuries. In addition, every soldier was given medicine to treat external wounds and hemostatic medicine to protect them as much as possible.

After sending Xiao Zeyu away, Su Qing stayed in Luo City and began to recruit soldiers. She trained new soldiers, selected good generals, collected rations, made medicine, and received reports from the front line. She was busy from morning till night. Only at night could she go to the shed.

War was a long-lasting matter that required a large amount of financial support. Fighting a war was like burning money.

Su Qing and Xiao Zeyu had enough money to last them for three years, let alone a year.

Xiao Zeyu led the Xiao Family Army with unstoppable momentum, taking down three cities in a row. What made him the most excited was taking down Yan City.

People who did not eat salt had no strength. As the name suggested, Ysn City was a place that produced salt. The salt lakes of the past dynasties belonged to the imperial court. Being a salt official was a lucrative job. Taking down Salt City meant cutting off an economic bloodline of the imperial court.

At the same time, taking down Yan City could also ensure that the army had enough salt to eat. It would not be to the extent that the soldiers would be weak and powerless in battle.

Su Qing smiled when he received Xiao Zeyu’s report. At this rate, they could take down the capital before June.

At that time, she would have given birth. The child would be able to witness her father’s rise to power.

Wan Yulin received battle reports from the frontlines every day, and they were all reports of defeat, defeat, defeat...

The national treasury had expended a considerable amount of silver, and it seemed that it would not be able to make ends meet. The concubines and princes in the palace were all restricted from spending their monthly silver and asked to save money. However, even if these concubines did not spend a single cent, the silver they saved would not be enough for the army to spend in a day. Wan Yulin became more and more irritable and moody. Countless eunuchs and palace maids who served him were killed. When they heard that they were going to serve the Emperor in Yangxin Palace Hall, some timid palace maids hanged themselves.

Wan Yulin lost his patience. He was the True Dragon Son of Heaven. How could he allow the Xiao family’s child to violate the heavenly might repeatedly? He decided to personally lead the army and choose Shanhai City to fight Xiao Zeyu, where he would destroy the Xiao Family Army.

He sat in the bedroom with a gloomy face and ordered the eunuch to pass on the adherent.

“Bring that person to me..”