Surviving In The Ancient Times With Limitless Supplies
Chapter 403: Mysterious Letter

Chapter 403: Mysterious Letter

Seeing Xu Xiang walk away, A Lu Da turned to look at the soldiers and Xiuluo warriors and said, "Brothers! See you all tonight at the banquet!"

Hearing his words, the soldiers and Xiuluo warriors shouted excitedly at the same time: "Yes!"

While their military camp was enveloped in an atmosphere of excitement and celebration, Cao Qinbo, who was far away in the Shang Empire, sat in his study while reading a secret letter and suddenly became angry. He slammed the latter onto the table with his palm, stood up, and paced anxiously to and fro in the spacious study.

Huang Fu didn’t dare to make a sound when he saw him behaving like this. After a while, Cao Qinbo turned to look at Huang Fu and said, "Minister Huang, I want you to prepare three million taels of gold within three days."

When Huang Fu heard this, he clenched his hands hidden in his wide sleeves tightly. He looked at Cao Qinbo and said tentatively: "Prime Minister Cao, it is impossible to collect three million taels of gold in three days. You know, the emperor has already started to investigate the western border. I am afraid..."

Cao Qinbo understood what he meant without the need for Huang Fu to finish his words. He flicked his sleeves angrily, looked at Huang Fu coldly and asked, "The Empress Dowager is already dead. Are you still afraid of him now?"

After hearing what he said, Huang Fu quickly knelt down on the cold floor with a thump. Huang Fu’s back was covered with cold sweat, as he lowered his head and quickly said, "This subordinate doesn’t dare!"

Although there was a look of horror on his pale face when he said this, Huang Fu was actually calmly thinking in his heart.

’Does this stupid old man still think that Zhao Jue is still the same little boy he can control as he wishes? I think I have to find a way to win Zhao Jue’s favor before this old fox messes things up. Should I sell this information to Zhao Jue? But with his suspicious character, would he believe me without evidence? It seems I still need to plan carefully.’

Seeing Huang Fu’s cowardly look, Cao Qinbo felt disgusted. If it weren’t for him needing Huang Fu to raise money, Cao Qinbo would have abandoned him long ago. Seeing Huang Fu’s greasy face, fat body, and fawning expression made Cao Qinbo feel very annoyed.

Cao Qinbo suppressed his disgust and annoyance, thought for a moment, glanced at Huang Fu, and said coldly: "I want to see the gold ready within three days. Otherwise..."

Before Cao Qinbo finished speaking, Huang Fu said quickly: "Please leave this matter to this subordinate. I will prepare the gold within three days."

Satisfied with his answer, Cao Qinbo walked back to the chair and sat down. He didn’t even look at Huang Fu and said coldly: "Leave."

Huang Fu quickly stood up from the ground, lowered his head and said, "Yes."

When leaving, he didn’t even dare to raise his eyes or straighten his waist. As soon as the door of the study closed, Huang Fu straightened his waist, brushed off the dirt on his clothes, raised his chin slightly, and left the Prime Minister’s Mansion through the back door.

After confirming that no one was around, Huang Fu boarded the simple horse carriage without any emblem that was parked on the side of the road. Sitting inside the horse carriage, he poured himself a cup of tea. As he drank the high quality tea, he fell into deep thought. When the horse carriage drove silently down the dark alley, the sun slowly rose from the eastern horizon.

Standing on the highest roof of the Prime Minister’s Mansion, a tall man dressed in black and wearing a black mask silently watched the horse carriage move away. A few seconds later, the masked man jumped from one roof to another, following the horse carriage like a shadow, blending with the darkness.

At the same time, in the spacious and luxurious imperial study, Zhao Jue was staring at a letter on a large table filled with memorials. After a long silence, he slowly opened his lips and said, "All the imperial guards stationed in Ming De Palace will be punished with thirty lashes."

When his cold voice came out, the head eunuch trembled with fear. He bent his waist lower and said as calmly as possible: "This servant accepts the decree."

After saying that, he quickly backed away and closed the door of the imperial study room silently. The chief eunuch stood outside the imperial study room, while wiping the cold sweat from his face with his trembling hand. Looking at his sleeves soaked with cold sweat, the chief eunuch breathed a sigh of relief.

’Fortunately, no one had to die today.’

After calming down, the chief eunuch straightened his back, raised his chin slightly, and walked away calmly. If people ignored his pale face and clothes soaked with cold sweat, they would think that the chief eunuch had just come out for a walk to enjoy the morning breeze.

When the chief eunuch went to punish the imperial guards that were guarding the Ming De Palace with thirty lashes, Zhao Jue picked up the letter on the table. He looked at the latter for a while, but could not find who sent the letter. After standing there in silence for a moment, he sneered, making his handsome face look scary.

As a man who grew up under the constant threat of poisoning and assassination, Zhao Jue was very cautious and suspicious. Instead of opening the latter like ordinary people, he threw the letter to the ground and opened it with his internal energy.

The moment the letter was opened, white powder spread out from the inside. Upon seeing this, Zhao Jue chuckled coldly, and then used his internal energy to open all the windows of the imperial study room.

Bang! Bang! Bang! Whoosh~!