Gone With The Bustling World - Chapter 26

Translator: Antonia

On that night, Wei Zhongjun was assassinated in his room.

Upon this news, Fang Junqian wasn’t surprised at all.

It was hard to guarantee that Wei Zhongjun, the only person who knew the name list, wouldn’t disclose the traitors, but the dead were the best secret-keepers…

Duke Fang tidied the red scarf around his neck and suddenly began to take pity on Wei Zhongjun: old as he was, he still believed in the fairy tale of effortless pitfalls.

Nevertheless, Qingyu’s message had really arrived in time. It not only gave him a whole picture of Bafang quickly, but also allowed him to borrow hands to remove the eye of Emperor Jiarui.

As for the cause of Wei’s death… It sounded reasonable that he, an old man, misfortunately fell victim in the merciless blind battlefield!

Then, just give him a grand funeral in the name of martyr. He believed he would be satisfied in the underworld. Which eunuch could have such a great funeral after death?

The next thing was to deal with the traitors…

“Summon Yu Bin and Jia Muqi.”

As they entered the door, they saw at first glance Fang Junqian wearing light-ink brocade clothes and a bright red scarf. The slender tall figure in casual clothes gave prominence to his identity and extraordinary temperament among the soldiers in uniforms.

Seeing them coming, Fang Junqian let the guards leave. “Hi, Mr. Yu, and Mr. Jia, there is something I need you to do.”

Yu Bin replied, “At your service, duke! I’ll do my best to assist you and perform my loyalty!”

Fang Junqian smiled slightly. These words shouldn’t be taken seriously. Just hear and forget.

Jia Muqi wasn’t tall but stood upright, with an imposing spirited air, a pair of sharp eyes and a proud face.

Fang Junqian chatted with him, “Mr. Jia, soon ago you were at sixth-level, and now you’re upgraded! You got promoted really quick!”

Jia Muqi replied directly, “Not quick as you, duke! You became the General Commander just in a blink. There is a promising future waiting for you.” The gunpowder in the tone could be smelt. He peered at this aspiring youth—Duke Fang, with unveiled contempt.

Jia Muqi never liked this boy who had never military merits or experience but turned out to be a general commander, his direct senior!

As if he hadn’t gotten the hostility in his words, Fang Junqian smiled carelessly, “Yes! I’m a lucky man, not like you, who made it through real wars and merits. Mr. Jia, you’re well-known in Daqing, but I’m still young with little experience. I hope you will give me more advice in being a commander here in Bafang in the future!”

These words somehow gratified Jia Muqi, “Duke, you’re modest. I’m not capable to do that.”

Fang Junqian attacked suddenly, “Jia Muqi, how much is the pair of jade lions?”

“Duke…Duke, I don’t understand…”

“You don’t understand?” Duke Fang pretended to be surprised, “I thought you and Mr. Yu aimed to test me with the jade lions.”

Jia Muqi was taken aback, while Yu Bin was so frightened that he knelt on the floor at once, “I don’t dare to! I don’t dare to!”

“You don’t dare to? You guys colluded and spread the news to scare me away upon the first encounter. This kind of scheme is too shallow and crude. You think I’m an idiot that I can’t know it’s your trick?”

jia Muqi pulled a sullen face and didn’t talk.

“What’s in your mind? You’re thinking that you’re only a Rider General after painstaking efforts and fighting, while the boy Fang Junqian becomes the General Commander only because of his father, way above you—”

“No…I never thought this way…”

“That boy is greedy and takes bribes upon taking the position, while I, Jia Muqi, upright and honest man couldn’t bear such a thing—”

Fang Junqian got slower and softer in his speech, and suddenly slammed the table, shattering the pear-wood table into pieces immediately, “I Tell you, Jia Muqi! I’ve spent my life in army since childhood. I’ve seen loads of vogue soldiers like you guys! Who do you think you are? In terms of martial art, you can’t take thirty moves from me. As for tactics, your childish tricks are even worth mentioning. How funny!”

Fang Junqian smiled coldly and scornfully, “Playing tricks against me? Do you know how I made those vogue soldiers obedient? —I don’t need to say anything. Just break eight of his ribs, and he learned to listen. Now he quite enjoys himself in the medical department. You want a try?”

The teanager who always talked gently with a smile should be so horribly autocratic when he was angry!

In the army, what valued most were martial arts and military feats. Jia Muqi took pride in his courage and martial art most. Unexpectedly, he suddenly found out the fact that Duke Fang was a better marital artist with a more sophisticated mind. His pride was devastated instantly.

After bombarded by Fang Junqian’s words, the experienced general finally broke down, “Duke, I was wrong! I was too arrogant to recognize you! Please forgive me, Duke!”

In view that it was enough scare on him, Fang Junqian eased his tone, “Mr. Jia, in the battle safeguarding Bafang, you chopped down over twenty Tiabin soldiers with a bloody saber and never left the battle field while you were heavily injured. I won’t forget these things. Bafang people will also remember these.”

Jia Muqi shed tears, “Thank you, Duke. Thank you…”

“Just now I was being too harsh. Please forgive me too. To be honest, I only said those words only because I take you as my own people. Otherwise, wouldn’t it be easier to throw you to the Criminal Department? In fact, you can talk frankly and discuss with me. It’s not necessary to use tricks. My father said Bafang men were all straightforward upright. Since when did you become so sneaky?”

Hearing this, Jia Muqi was so ashamed that he wished to find a crevice and slip into it.

Fang Junqian turned to Yu Bin who was kneeling, “You too, Mr. Yu.”

Yu Bin had been terribly shaking all the time.

“Duke!” Jia Muqi began to respect him sincerely, “I was being stupid and offended you— In a word, it’s my fault! In the future, I’ll serve and be loyal to you! Let heaven punish me hard if I broke the vow!”

“Okay.” Fang Junqian didn’t waste more words, “Mr. Jia and Mr. Yu. I have a task for you.”

“At your service!”

“You send people to secretly keep an eye on the people in this list. Once there’s something strange, report to me immediately.”

Jia Muqi and Yu Bin looked up in shock, “Isn’t the list damaged?!”

Fang Junqian looked at them in the eye and didn’t talk.

The slightly upturned lip corners contained a trace of unpredictability and relentlessness of supreme heaven.