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“Someone with a much deeper hunger for wealth, power, and reputation?”
“Otherwise, after such a calamity, he’d either be dead inside and go into hiding under an assumed name, or he’d be seething with rage and waiting for a chance to take revenge. Who, in that situation, throws himself so eagerly into officialdom?”
By the time Dong Rui dragged the ghost ape back from the gates of hell, the sun was already descending toward the west.
Hong Chenglue had just finished hearing from a scout who had spent the night hiding in Xinhuang Town, watching the enemy, and had only now rushed back to the mine.
“They plan to move out tomorrow morning?”
He dismissed the scout with a wave, drummed his fingers on the scarred wooden table twice, and asked, “What about the scout I sent to Bailu Town? Has he returned?”
Xu Yingxian answered at once. “Not yet.”
“We’re this close to Bailu Town. Why is he still not back?”
“Well…” Xu Yingxian was quick to catch on. “I’ll send someone to look for him immediately!”
Hong Chenglue said nothing. Only when Xu Yingxian reached the doorway did he call out, “Wait, come back.”
“General?”
“Who did you send?”
“Liu Si.”
“Is he reliable?” In the end, these were Xun Province roving cavalry. In other words, they were Nian Zanli’s men. A few days ago, they had not even known Hong Chenglue. This was not the Beijia army...
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