Daily Intelligence System: Don't Kill Me, Honey!

Since ancient times, achieving great feats has been anything but easy for heroes of the wilderness.

Emperor Qin, Emperor Han, emperors throughout the ages, were any of them not from prominent families? Was any one of them truly a commoner? Even Han Gaozu was a Si Shui Pavilion Chief, inheriting an official post.

But only Zhu Chongba and Chen Jiusi, one a beggar, the other a fisherman.

Their origins are so similar, yet regardless of which one achieves an empire, they are both legends in this period of history.

Chen Jie asked everyone to take their seats as hosts and guests. His matters with Zhu Chongba could be set aside for now. While Qianting had not fallen, he should be viewed as an ally, not an enemy.

Zhao Ya was very gracious, pouring water for several people after they were seated.

Fang Guozhen took a cup of hot tea and laughed, ”We owe our thanks to the fourth brother, otherwise we’d never taste tea poured by the Commandery Princess in this lifetime.”

After saying this, he couldn’t help but laugh.

Zhu Chongba remained polite, saying, ”Thank you, Commandery Princess.”

Although Liu Futong was not fond of the Mulan people, since the Commandery Princess personally poured tea for him, what more could he ask for? To continue to put on airs would invite disdain.

So Liu Futong took a sip of tea and said, ”Thank you, sister-in-law.”

His words expressed willingness to accept her as Chen Jiusi’s fiancée, but not as the Mulan Commandery Princess.

Zhao Ya, of course, understood what he meant, but she didn’t mind. Having been influenced by Han culture from an early age, she naturally understood the saying about marrying a rooster or a dog, and she was about to marry Chen Jiusi. Since she was marrying him, her family identity wasn’t as important anymore.

Externally, she would have to present herself as part of her husband’s family.

At this time, Fang Guozhen took another sip of tea and looked at Chen Jie, ”Fourth brother, I’ve brought the people for you. What happens next is all up to you!”

Upon hearing this, Chen Jie also took a sip of tea and said, ”There’s no rush for my plan, eldest brother.”

”Oh?”

Liu Futong looked up at Chen Jie, who said, ”Wasn’t your original plan to have the third brother create a distraction, so you could lead a search at the Prime Minister’s Mansion or the Heavenly Prison?”

Liu Futong replied, ”Yes, today Chongba and I were discussing this matter!”

Chen Jie asked, ”What did the elder brother conclude from your discussion?”

Liu Futong answered, ”During our discussion, we considered that we only have one chance to take action. If the grass is startled and the snake alerted, it would be almost impossible to rescue the Little Ming King by surprise.”

”Therefore, we debated whether to search the Prime Minister’s Mansion or raid the Heavenly Prison.”

”Since the fourth brother is here, what are your thoughts on these two places?”

Upon hearing this, Chen Jie pondered slightly and then said, ”There’s no need to go to the Prime Minister’s Mansion. I’ve already searched it for you, and there’s nothing there.”

Liu Futong responded, ”That’s good. Then we don’t need to go to the Prime Minister’s Mansion; we can directly raid the Heavenly Prison.”

Chen Jie shook his head at these words, ”Eldest brother, if you raid the Heavenly Prison, you will undoubtedly achieve nothing because the Little Ming King is not there.”

Liu Futong frowned upon hearing this, ”The Ming King isn’t in the Heavenly Prison? Then where is he?”

Fang Guozhen also chimed in, ”Indeed! Fourth brother, if the Little Ming King isn’t at the Prime Minister’s Mansion or the Heavenly Prison, where could he be? Could he possibly be in the Imperial Palace?”

Liu Futong added, ”Exactly, the capital is only so big, and there are only so many hiding places. Besides the Prime Minister’s Mansion, the Heavenly Prison, maybe the Imperial Palace—could Tuotuo really place the Ming King in the palace with the Emperor?”

Upon hearing this, Chen Jie looked at his two brothers with calm composure and said, ”Besides these three places, there’s actually one more place that’s very suitable for hiding someone. Once hidden there, no one can rescue the Little Ming King. Surely, you two brothers have guessed where it is?”

Chen Jie smiled mischievously at the two, and at this moment, their expressions turned very unpleasant. Liu Futong’s brows furrowed tightly, and Fang Guozhen said, ”Fourth brother, Tuotuo wouldn’t go to such lengths, would he? If he placed the Little Ming King in the Great Buddha Temple, how could we save him?”

”Even tying up Old Liu and me wouldn’t be enough, not against Basiba alone.”

Fang Guozhen said, and after hearing his words, Liu Futong looked troubled and said, ”Indeed, if Tuotuo really is that ruthless, hiding him in the Great Buddha Temple, we’d have no way to rescue him.”

Zhu Chongba then spoke up, ”It’s not impossible to rescue him!”

At this statement, everyone looked at Zhu Chongba, who went on, ”Tuotuo captured the Little Ming King for the King Slaughter Conference, intending to gravely impact our Zoroastrian Sect in front of the world’s heroes, and to dampen our morale, thus affecting the world’s balance.”

”So, regardless, he couldn’t possibly end the Little Ming King’s life within the Great Buddha Temple. That would achieve nothing in terms of suppressing the Red Turbans, so the execution would have to be at Greens Market Gate, which could be our only opportunity to save the Little Ming King.”

After hearing this, Liu Futong nodded lightly, ”Yes, if all else fails, we raid the execution ground.”

Fang Guozhen responded, ”Yes, raiding the execution ground is an option.”

Upon hearing this, Chen Jie looked at Liu Futong and the others and said, ”Are you serious?”

Fang Guozhen looked at Chen Jie, ”Fourth brother, what do you mean by this?”

Chen Jie replied, ”Raiding the execution ground located at Greens Market Gate, set up with a Soul Suppressing Formation inside, flanked by Treasure Elephant Army soldiers outside, forming the Heaven and Earth Soul Suppressing Array, led by the Treasure Elephant Army Commander, Boluo Timur.”

”Ranked fourth in the world, Peak of the Four Transitions of Melting God. I ask, Boluo Timur plus ten thousand Treasure Elephant Army soldiers, do you two brothers have any hope of breaking through that?”