Rebirth: The Journey of an Heiress novel Chapter 407

Chapter 407: Chapter 404: Pingan_1

The steward of the King of Xihuai’s mansion smiled and said to Yue Shi, "Mr. Xiao has used five-stone powder. He needs to disperse it well. Take good care of Mr. Xiao."

Yue Shi clenched his fists at his side, still maintaining a cold expression as he cupped his hands. "Thank you for informing me."

As soon as he got into the carriage, the drunken Xiao Rongyan closed his eyes. His expression no longer showed the intoxication from drinking too much. The carriage swayed as it left the palace, and only then did Yue Shi leap onto Xiao Rongyan’s carriage and whispered, "Master, we’ve left the palace!"

Xiao Rongyan opened his eyes, pulled out a wooden bucket from the carriage, and pressed his abdomen to induce vomiting. _{frёeωebɳovel.com}

Yue Shi handed a cup of tea to Xiao Rongyan, eyes full of anger.

Every time the master came to Wei Kingdom, he was tormented half to death. In recent years, the nobles of Wei, led by the King of Xihuai, had taken to using five-stone powder.

After consuming this substance, one felt an extraordinary sense of detachment, as if ascending to immortality. It became extremely popular among the Wei nobles, but it was undoubtedly harmful to the body, and many had died because of it.

However, in Wei Kingdom... everyone who had dealings with the King of Xihuai used this substance. Every time, the master only consumed it at the last moment and induced vomiting as soon as he left.

Sometimes, if vomiting was not induced in time, he would need cold water to sober up after returning to the mansion, enduring great torment.

This was why Yue Shi disliked coming to Wei Kingdom; he felt the master suffered too much from the five-stone powder.

After vomiting, Xiao Rongyan rinsed his mouth with tea and, while he was still clear-headed, instructed Yue Shi. "The Prime Minister of Wei has already sent people to investigate whether Yan Mountain harbors hidden soldiers. Send someone to deliver a message back as soon as possible. Have people buy iron ore at high prices from merchants in the Yan realm. Make sure... that the Prime Minister’s people find out quickly! We must also stabilize the people on Yan’s border!"

What the King of Xihuai said earlier about smoke rising from the Yan mountainsides at midnight was a deliberate ruse by Xiao Rongyan.

Now, they could only buy time. With Wei Kingdom deliberately spreading news about their imminent attack on Yan, as long as the people at Yan’s border remained calm, Wei would not easily attack Yan.

As long as they could delay until Xie Xun returned from Rong, everything would be manageable.

Xiao Rongyan suddenly remembered the news he had received yesterday, saying that Bai Qingyan had already started recruiting people in Shuoyang to train troops and suppress bandits.

He closed his eyes, able to guess that Bai Qingyan was preparing for future plans by training civilians as soldiers.

Truly... far-sighted.

This gave him another plan. If they turned the border civilians of Yan into soldiers, making soldiers of the people and people of the soldiers, then Yan’s border would not fear any invading country.

This matter required a letter to his elder brother to expedite the process.

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The ninth of May.

Early in the morning, Bai Qingyan received another battle report from Chunmu Mountain, indicating that Xun Tianzhang’s tactics were as she expected—ruthless with his troops’ lives. He deliberately lured General Zhang Duanrui into a trap, sacrificing five thousand of Zhang’s soldiers along with two thousand of their own at the mountain pass.

As a result, General Zhang Duanrui lost too many soldiers in that battle, deciding to defend the city and refusing to engage, which greatly frustrated Xun Tianzhang.