<h4>Chapter 656: Let Him Go</h4>
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“His Majesty is far away in Chang’an City. It would take a long time to go there and back to ask for instructions and the ck horse carriage is already at our gates.” These words from General Han Qing seemed incredibly irresponsible, however, the people in the room didn’t show such an expression but only shock.
The Tang Empire’s army had three Fu character transmission arrays along the border that could transmit extremely short fragments of information. One of them was in Hn City and could reach the pce of Chang’an City directly.
The information that could be passed by a transmission array was incredibly little. Activating it once would use up an unimaginable amount of energy. Especially the one in Hn City, as the transmitting distance was too far, the price to pay was much higher. ording to the calctions of the designer, using it once would cost as much as 10 years of Hn City’s supplies.
ording to the Tang Empire’s military regtions, unless it was an invasion by the Golden or a dangerous event where the Left King’s Pce tried to threaten the Tang Empire from the Eastern Wilderness, the transmission array couldn’t be activated.
Since a sage from the Academy hadid down this transmission array, for hundreds of years, it had only been activated twice. However, today, it was activated again because of a lone carriage.
There was silence in the towers. Besides the small buzzing sounds of Heaven and Earth’s Qi condensing on the Fu array, there were no other sounds. General Han Qing and the other high-ranking officers stared silently at the pristine surface of the Fu array. They had no idea what reply they would see and were incredibly nervous.
After a long time.
A faint yellow light shed past, revealing an extremely small piece of paper on the floor. The pce must have considered the amount of resources used up by the transmission array when replying and had reduced the weight as much as they could.
General Han Qing walked towards it and picked up the paper. He gave a solemn military salute and showed it to the crowd.
There was no seal on the paper, only three clear words. The handwriting wasn’t scrawled and was serious but it wasn’t outstanding. The various officers took a look and it was indeed His Majesty’s writing.
“Let him go.”
After a moment of silence, the officer who previously had strongly suggested starting an attack said, “There is no imperial seal nor is there the seal of the Military Ministry. This paper is useless.”
Han Qing looked at this man and said in a slightly cold voice, “ording to the military rule of Hn City, the paper transmitted by the pce through the Fu array is the calligraphy of His Majesty himself. It is the same as an imperial edict.
The lieutenant was a little nervous but insisted on his opinion. He said in a low voice, “Ning Que is a Grand Cultivator of the Knowing Destiny State. He can still be dealt with outside of the city but once he is in, how many people will it take to suppress him if he brings trouble? By then, if something were to happen in Hn City, who will take responsibility?”
General Han Qing rebuked coldly, “As a militant of the Tang Empire, military orders are sacred. The imperial edict of His Majesty is the highest order. If His Majesty says yes, then it means yes. As for responsibility, it is the responsibility of the entire country’s military!”
The array was activated and the giant wooden te started rotating. The twisted rope rubbed and squeezed at the tung oil and gave off a slight sound. The heavy castle gates started opening slowly.
The ck horse carriage drove into Hn City. Following the narrow mountain path at the bottom of the cliff, it headed east. Both sides of the path were steep cliffs and at the top of it were dozens of strong mountain forts. There was a small camp in each fort with countless numbers of arms and weapons stored inside. It made one afraid.
There were numerous bows that were already strung between Hn City and the cliff. Dozens of crossbows were slowly adjusting their angle and started aiming towards the ck horse carriage. Over ten trebuchets were wound even tighter under themand of the officer. This was to ensure that once fired, the giant rocks would be thrown out at the first moment and bury the horse carriage.
“Whoever dares to ignore the military order and moves first shall have his head cut off!”
General Han Qing said sternly as hemanded the lieutenant to bring his personal army to watch over the most powerful crossbows and trebuchets. Then, under the protection of the soldiers with shields, he came to the wall on the Eastern City and looked at the ck horse carriage. His eyes were slightly narrowed.
After a moment, the lieutenant came rushing back. He said something in a low voice beside his ear. Han Qing’s face turned ugly in an instant, as he didn’t expect someone to really do anything.
“Where is he?” General Han Qing asked coldly.
The lieutenant replied in a low voice, “Adjutant Xiao and his soldiers have been disarmed and locked up.”
“Execute him.” General Han Qing said with a deadpan expression.
The lieutenant’s expression changed slightly. Even though a military order was too important not to follow, it was understandable that Adjutant Xiao wanted to kill the Daughter of Yama. Moreover, he was a close confidant of Her Majesty.
General Han Qing knew what he was thinking about as he said with a cold expression, “I do not care if he is Her majesty’s person or the Princess’. Anyone who dares to question or go against the orders of His Majesty does not have the right to continue living. Moreover, he was very clear that if the horse carriage was attacked, how many people in Hn City would have to die today.”
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Thousands of Tang Army troops stood on the walls of Hn City, in the fortifications of the cliff and behind the barracks between the slopes. They stared quietly withplex emotions at the ck horse carriage below them, almost as if they were sending it away.
The lieutenant returned to General Han Qing’s side. There was a faint blood smell from the sword beside his waist. He followed the gaze of the general to the ck carriage. His feelings wereplex too.
“From a soldier in the City of Wei to where he is today, how many of us are there since the Tang Empire started? All these years, who isn’t proud of him in the Northern Army? Who in the Nothern Military Camp does not take him as a fighting symbol and a role model?”
General Han Qing looked at the ck carriage as he reminisced.
The lieutenant sighed and said, “It is a pity that pretty women are the cause of all problems; a hero cannot get over lust. Ning Que is here today because of His Majesty and the Academy’s nurturing. However, he doesn’t care about the safety of the Tang Empire and the world. He insists on his own ways, beingpletely heartless and outrageous.”
At this moment, a gust of wind blew in Hn Mountain. The horse carriage’s windows started billowing as the curtain danced, revealing a young girl’s face. She looked incredibly normal with her short hair in a mess from the wind, just like a ball of wild grass.
General Han Qing looked at her and said, “How is she a pretty woman, how is that a beauty?”
The lieutenant also saw the girl’s face and was a little shocked. He kept silent for a moment before saying, “It seems like Ning Que is a righteous person after all. Even though he chose the wrong person, he is deserving of admiration.”
General Han Qing said, “Whoever can impress His Majesty is naturally something.”
Just as they left the defense perimeter of Hn City, Ning Que let the big ck horse elerate. They stepped on the cold floor and followed the narrow mountain range of Hn and traveled towards the east.
The snow-capped peaks of the mountain range didn’t pass by quickly through their vision. The cliffs near them had already be a grey line that swept past them. One can only imagine how fast the ck horse carriage was moving.
Sangsang was a little shocked and had no idea why they were suddenly elerating. Ning Que saw her expression but didn’t reply. He concentrated on steering the horse carriage in silence, pushing its speed to the limit.
Ning Que needed speed now.
From the start of Shubi Lake, the ck horse carriage had entered the range of the Tang Empire’s traditional sphere of influence. The cultivators from the Buddhism and Taoism Sect were not able to chase and kill like they did at the start due to various fears.
But no one would give up. There were countless forces that were watching them, guessing the route of the ck horse carriage. The patch of dark clouds in the sky and the dozen or so ck crows were reporting their locations at every moment. When the ck horse carriage had arrived in Hn City, many people would have already guessed where they were heading.
After the mountain range of Hn City, they would enter the Eastern Wilderness and away from the Tang’s sphere of influence. There were countless forces in the Wilderness. Left King’s Pce, the West-Hill Divine Pce coalition army, the Deste Man’s tribe. They were all gathered together.
Ning Que had no idea who would be waiting for them in the Wilderness after they cross this mountain range. Hence, no matter how quickly the ck horse carriage traveled, it seemed pointless. So, why did he choose this way?
The dark cloudsnded on the silver mask, making it seemed even darker.
Long Qing looked at the dark heavy cloud in the sky that wasing from the west. The mask left his mouth exposed; its corners were slowly lifted and said, “The ending of your story should of course be written by me.”
After that, he lowered his head and continued writing his letter. The soft pen tip didn’t stop moving on the paper. He drew a map, almost like an attacking blueprint for the city gates of some big city. He then wrote a few simple lines.
Usingcquer to seal the letter, he handed it over to a cavalrymander of the West-Hill Divine Pce and said calmly, “When you reach the capital city of Cheng, hand him this letter personally and tell him if the chance presents itself, we need to grasp it.”
The fallen knightmander epted the orders. He turned and mounted his horse to speed towards the south.
As the henchman of Prince Long Qing, he had only found out this secret a few days ago. Thinking back to the discussions in the world back then, he couldn’t help but think it was a little cold and his admiration for Prince Long Qing increased.
Prince Long Qing looked at the horse riding away and kept silent for a long time. He realized he had a strange distant feeling for his birth country and couldn’t help but shake his head.
His journey was the field of light and darkness, as it was in the mortal world.
He walked slowly to the edge of the cliff. Looking at the exit of the mountain that was around 10 feet wide, his expression slowly calmed down.
Behind him were over ten cultivators that were at the peak of the Seethrough state. There were 2 other old men that were dressed in ordinary clothes and looked ordinary. On the Wilderness not far away, there were also over 3,000 cavalry troops from the Left King’s Pce.
Moving so many people to write the ck horse carriage’s ending. Prince Long Qing felt he was showing enough respect to the two people in the horse carriage.
The dark clouds in the skies were already higher than the snow-capped peaks. They prated deep into the center of the Wilderness.
The hoofbeats were hurried as the ck horse carriage under the clouds finally made it out of the mountain ranges of Hn. It reached the Wilderness, right into Long Qing’s view, beforeing slowly to a stop.
Long Qing sat atop his horse and looked at the ck horse carriage at the foot of the slope. He extended his hand and took down the silver mask, showing off his burned cheek. He smiled slightly, looking extremely ferocious.