Azure Heaven Saber-Chapter 106 - 94 The Imperial Edicts Journey
Chapter 106: Chapter 94: The Imperial Edict’s Journey
Chapter 106 -94: The Imperial Edict’s Journey
As the gathering of the Heavenly Clothes in the city continued, various activities to capture spies intensified. It seemed that the Dark Guards also had a hand in this; this made the people of Six Fan Gate feel their position threatened, evoking an increasingly resistant sentiment.
Disturbances and conflicts started to appear in the city.
The Yuezhou garrison also began to take to the streets to maintain order.
But to those with discerning eyes, with the intervention of the government agencies, especially the sudden involvement of the Yuezhou garrison, the situation in Yuezhou was becoming increasingly chaotic.
It was as if a pot of porridge was boiling over due to the gradual increase of heat, creating continuous turmoil.
At one point, during the Heavenly Clothes’ repeated arrests of suspected spies, they were obstructed by the local office of Six Fan Gate, or the suspects were directly taken away by the garrison.
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“This is our man!”
“This is our duty!”
“Isn’t the reach of the Heavenly Clothes a bit too long?”
“…”
Situations like this became more frequent, with conflicts escalating. Involved in this were many dignitaries in Yuezhou City, who were networking and inciting others, pushing for a joint petition to the Great Qin court, impeaching the behavior of the Heavenly Clothes in Yuezhou.
All parties took the field.
Although Yuezhou is a remote region, it was still a city with millions of people and as the key defense for Great Qin in the southern frontier, many of its officials are close associates of powerful figures in the Capital City. Their words could reach the highest authorities in the empire.
For consecutive days, countless carrier pigeons soared into the sky, delivering numerous messages back and forth.
Various secret methods and means of communication were used to express their dissatisfaction with the Heavenly Clothes, a situation akin to being pointed at by a thousand fingers.
Wang Sanyuan, the commanding general of the Yuezhou garrison, even publicly questioned, “Since when did the Heavenly Clothes start to rule Yuezhou?”
“Can the Heavenly Clothes develop the people’s livelihood? Or feed the hungry populace? Or command military forces? Their power is a bit more extensive due to their secretive department, and we all understand that this is because of their unique function.”
“But when did a secret function organization start to command the military political parents’ officials in a state?”
“Are there no rules in the Great Qin’s officialdom? Isn’t there a hierarchy?”
After these remarks were spread, the situation in Yuezhou became even tenser.
Given the tone of his words, anyone could tell that General Wang was furious.
It was also well known by many that the Heavenly Clothes had investigated General Wang’s father-in-law; and that General Wang had been relying on his father-in-law’s influence to rise in rank.
“How is interrogation of my father-in-law by your Heavenly Clothes different from digging up my ancestral grave?”
Faced with this situation, the Heavenly Clothes did not choose to back down but continued on as per usual.
And the conflict showed increasing signs of escalation.
Finally, one afternoon, the Heavenly Clothes had a conflict with a passing patrol of the garrison while they were surrounding a brothel and arresting suspected spies inside.
After some verbal disputes, the two sides drew weapons and fought fiercely, displaying a deadly seriousness.
Although the garrison had greater numbers, the members of the Heavenly Clothes had remarkable abilities. Two hundred soldiers were carried away, having lost limbs due to this conflict.
But the suspect who the Heavenly Clothes targeted at the brothel had disappeared without a trace amidst the chaos.
The Heavenly Clothes returned empty-handed, their efforts in vain.
At dusk that day, General Wang Sanyuan personally led three thousand iron cavalry, and forcefully surrounded the base of the Heavenly Clothes.
With a long sword in hand, General Wang declared he was going to seek justice; the Heavenly Clothes must hand over the perpetrator to the Yuezhou garrison for punishment as a warning to others.
Fei Xinyu, with a long sword in hand, stood shirtless at the door with a few men, leaning on their swords.
“This is the domain of the Heavenly Clothes. According to the Great Qin Law: Anyone daring to attack the Heavenly Clothes Seven Departments is deemed a rebel!! Wang Sanyuan, even if I lent you three times your courage, you’d step forward twice, come on, take two more steps forward for me to see how brave you are!”
Fei Xinyu drew a line on the ground with his sword and loudly challenged, “Come! Cross this line! Wang Sanyuan, if there’s anything left swinging between your legs, take another step forward!”
Wang Sanyuan was so furious that he almost spewed blood, and shouted, “Fei Xinyu, don’t overestimate yourself, attacking the military camp and government office is also an act of rebellion. As the head of Yuezhou, the law follows my words, and we will not tolerate your disrespect!”
Fei Xinyu laughed loudly: “When did we ever attack a government office? When we were legally arresting criminals, your troops and yamen runners interfered with our actions. Before we could voice our grievances, you’re accusing us falsely? Wang Sanyuan, you shoot your mouth off like diarrhea, you’ve got to have something in your belly to spew it out, even a blockhead like you wants to spew nonsense? Have you no shame? Whose parent forgot to fasten their belt, exposing you like this!”
Wang Sanyuan was so livid he was panting heavily.
However, many of the soldiers behind Wang Sanyuan had their eyes fixed on Fei Xinyu.
Fei Xinyu’s bare upper body was crisscrossed with scars, dense and overlapping. In some places, there were even dozens of overlapping scars.
Especially on the left side of his chest, were dense, varying depth wounds marks, color-coded according to the time of injury, making six !
They say scars are the medals of a man, and as soldiers who have also gone through hundreds of battles, they all knew what kind of wounds those were: arrow wounds!
Only by taking an arrow head-on, in the heart on the left chest; then digging out the arrow part, the surrounding area caused by the cutoff blood supply would lead to insufficient blood supply, would form such a ring of muscle necrosis and leave a mark.
Even though the wound healed, there would still be a bunch of knotted scars left.
Such scars, they would remain for life.
On Fei Xinyu’s body, just around the heart area, there were as many as six of these types of scars — six circles — crammed together like a layer of tumors of various sizes.
That is to say, he had suffered this lethal arrow shot to the heart a total of six times!
Looking at the injuries on the rest of his body, each one was shocking and heart-stopping.
As seasoned soldiers and veterans, they all knew what kind of injuries would leave certain marks after healing; some injuries are the kind that would only leave a trace if a bone was broken but there wasn’t time to treat it immediately.
Like the purple lump of flesh protruding from underneath his right rib cage, it was clear that a sharp weapon had sliced into his belly, cutting through bone and even injuring his internal organs. The unique mark would only be left if such a wound was not treated for over a quarter of an hour.
And that long scar across his shoulder, stretching diagonally from his left shoulder to his lower right abdomen was obviously made by a deep slice that gashed open his flesh, penetrating at least three inches. If anything more or the blade of the attacker was a bit sharper, he would have been cleaved in half!
The soldiers gradually shifted their gaze from anger to solemnity, then to respect.
Although Fei Xinyu’s words were crude and vulgar, filled with obscenities, it didn’t feel offensive to these military men; instead, a familiar warmth and camaraderie seeped from his words.
That’s because… every rough and tough brother in the army talks in the same way.
They would be clueless and turned off if he spoke too elegantly!
Occasionally, when Fei Xinyu turned his back, it was relatively clean, with fewer injuries, only about a dozen or so, and those were light.
Well, that number would be considered high for an average soldier, but compared to the front of Fei Xinyu’s body, it was day and night!
The soldiers revered him.
Only a warrior who always led the charge on the battlefield would have such a heavily-scarred body, a body that was a testament to his bravery!
Because he never retreated and was always risking his life in the face of his enemies.
Only when carrying out orders to retreat would he occasionally suffer injuries to his back, but by that time, his reinforcements would be close and caring for him, so the injuries wouldn’t be too severe.
Just by looking at the number of scars, even though Fei Xinyu’s body was burly, the over a thousand scars all over his body were still too many, too conspicuous, and impossible not to attract attention.
How is it possible that this guy, with all these injuries, could still be alive to this day!
This in itself was a miracle!
Yet, at this moment, he stood shirtless in their presence, and in the eyes of the soldiers, he shone like he was adorned with dazzling military medals!
So bright that it’s blinding!
The confrontation from both sides froze; Wang Sanyuan dared not charge in recklessly.
But neither did Fei Xinyu charge out.
After a long while, Fei Xinyu finally spat and lifted a finger at Wang Sanyuan, his mouth curling in contempt. “Mr. Wang, don’t accuse me of looking down on you, as a city commander, you’re so afraid of death? Once we reach our destination, you don’t dare to lead a charge? Then what’s the point of your leading these men? What kind of General are you?”
“If you’re not up to something, then you’re just a coward by nature! As for someone like you, I, old Fei, despise you! A city commander, pah!”
As he finished his words, he turned his head and spat.
Pah!
As if that spit had landed on the faces of all the opposing side’s soldiers, there was immediate commotion within their ranks.
Countless people clenched their fists.
Even though the scars of the man in front of them gleamed with brilliance and he was undoubtedly a heroic figure, it did not mean they didn’t want to beat him up!
At that moment, He Bibiqu descended from the sky, hands behind his back, his authoritative voice demanding: “Wang Sanyuan, are you trying to rebel?!”
Wang Sanyuan inexplicably felt guilty and hurriedly saluted, “Lord He, I dare not, but the members of the Rainbow Green Cloak under me have been causing too much trouble recently.”
He Bibiqu chuckled lightly and flipped out a gold rank: “You came here for an outcome, is this what you want?”
Upon receiving and taking a look, Wang Sanyuan’s face drastically changed.
He Bibiqu glared at Wang Sanyuan, and asked lightly, “Is this enough?”
Wang Sanyuan dismounted, bowed and presented the rank in return, “Forgive me, sir, I am dressed in armor and cannot present a full courtesy, please take this back.”
He Bibiqu let out a cold holler, “Did you see clearly?”
“I saw clearly.” Wang Sanyuan was sweating.
It was then when He Bibiqu waved his hand and summoned the gold rank back. The rank flipped back into He Bibiqu’s hand. Many observant men could see the words carved into the gold.
“Roving Envoy!”
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[Woke up with stomach pain at 4 am, gastric acid kept me tossing and turning until 9 am. I didn’t sleep at all. I collapsed for a bit after the morning update, had lunch and went to the hospital. Due to it being a holiday, I couldn’t get a gastroscopy done. So, I went to a traditional Chinese medicine clinic instead. After waiting in a long queue, I got my medicine. The female doctor asked me about smoking, drinking, staying up late, eating regularly, exercise and so on, to all of which I shook my head. The doctor sighed and said I was indulging in all sorts of bad habits. At 4 pm, I got back with the medicine, immediately steeped a box. When I took a sip, I suddenly thought about Feng Yin. Could this be the medicine prepared by Physician Feng? It was so bitter it made me mad.
I’m just saying that my stomach ailment was extremely unpleasant today.]
