The deepest affection in Gu Long's world

Chapter 115 Personal grudges

The King of Kucha was a pretty good teammate.

After realizing that Fang Yunhua had a detailed plan, he began to identify and address any shortcomings in his own approach.

"How do we clean up what just happened?"

"You mean the matter of me taking down Hu Tiehua?"

"Well, although I dismissed all the warriors and guards afterward, the fight had already broken out and couldn't be stopped. Without a reasonable explanation, she might become suspicious."

The King of Kucha had already anticipated that once he returned to his tent, Shi Guanyin, disguised as the Queen, would inevitably bombard him with questions.

He was quite confident in his acting skills. After all, he had been pretending to be indulging in luxury and pleasure for a long time, seemingly placing all his hopes on the secret of the Star of Bliss, which had already fooled Shi Guanyin.

Following Fang Yunhua's explanation that Shi Guanyin would be lured away by Chu Liuxiang, leaving behind a disciple of Shi Guanyin disguised as a human skin mask, he naturally had even more confidence in deceiving the other party.

However, he needed to ensure that the details were handled perfectly.

"It's very simple. After Hu Tiehua went berserk, it was Chu Liuxiang and Ji Bingyan who stepped forward to stop him from leaving."

The two promised to uncover the truth within seven days, and to show their sincerity, Hu Tiehua and Ji Bingyan would remain in the oasis, while Chu Liuxiang would personally lead a team to exchange for the Star of Bliss for the King.

"Is this enough?"

"That's enough. All she needs is a plausible reason. Just give her one. Don't overestimate her abilities. A woman with a head full of dirty thoughts will ignore other potentially problematic details if you just mention the person who interests her."

From beginning to end, what made her fearsome was only her extraordinary martial arts skills.

And of course, there are those capricious, utterly uncontrollable emotions.

The King of Kucha thought for a moment and then nodded.

After further discussion and confirmation of some details, Fang Yunhua and Yuan Suiyun left.

While you're at it, take that pair of soundly asleep, the clueless one and the grumpy one with you too.

After the four figures disappeared from the King of Kucha's sight, the King looked at Princess Pipa with a serious expression.

"Try not to appear in front of her during this period of time."

"I know."

"Furthermore, do whatever you want."

Princess Pipa understood the unspoken meaning behind the other person's words, which made her subconsciously frown.

"I won't, and I can't."

"I didn't ask you to use anything for this relationship. You just need to know that I support you. With these worries gone, as the brightest pearl in this desert, I believe he will be captivated by you."

I need you to deepen your relationship with him, but I won't push or force you to do so.

Of course, you can also completely sever ties with him.

Now our lives depend on his plan. Your sister, your mother, you could very well be next. I just want you to survive, that's all.

Princess Pipa's long eyelashes trembled. She looked at the no longer incompetent King of Kucha. Originally, she wanted to ask what else was hidden beneath the secret of the Star of Bliss, but now she felt it was no longer important.

She was certain that her father still loved her.

Although many of his actions seemed to align with the interests of a king.

“I will make things clear to him; I don’t want any misunderstandings between us.”

"He's much smarter than you, and..."

Perhaps it was due to his father-in-law's sensitivity, but the King of Kucha felt that Fang Yunhua was too adept at dealing with women. He was certain that Fang had most likely guessed that the eldest princess would die soon.

Princess Pipa harbored some resentment about this.

After all, when you feel powerless to change something, you will subconsciously blame others.

However, after Fang Yunhua offered to use Princess Pipa's tears as an aid to take revenge on Shi Guanyin and promised to kill her with the ice needle, all the resentment Princess Pipa had been harboring in her heart vanished.

He's so good at it.

Can such a person really control his daughter just by her beauty?
In the end, the King of Kucha did not reveal his thoughts or speculations. He hoped that his daughter could bind the other party with true feelings, which would at least be a safeguard for future cooperation with that great Eastern power.

Since ancient times, sincerity has been the most impeccable strategy.

After arranging for Princess Pipa to handle a series of follow-up matters concerning the eldest princess, he also needed to adjust his mindset and face that woman.

Of course, he still had a tiny bit of doubt in his heart about Fang Yunhua's guess, but he had already thought of a way to verify it. Shi Guanyin could disguise the princess's face, but she could not disguise all her memories.

If you happen to mention something and then laugh it off, it's easy to find out the truth.

Thinking of this, the King of Kucha felt a heart-wrenching pain. He loved his eldest daughter dearly and had the most sincere feelings for his queen. But now...
As he walked out of the tent step by step, his hunched and decadent body gradually straightened, and the sadness on his face disappeared. All that remained was the anger of a king who had been clashed with by a reckless warrior and the resentment of having to compromise.
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Meanwhile, Fang Yunhua and Yuan Suiyun had already returned to their tent.

After throwing the two guys aside, the former visibly breathed a sigh of relief and collapsed into a state of utter exhaustion.

Yuan Suiyun was used to this behavior and continued to faithfully perform his duties as a secretary.

"The intelligence that just came from Manager Wu is that they have sent people to infiltrate the Kingdom of Kucha and confirmed that the Western Demonic Sect has not sent any more reinforcements from within the Kingdom of Kucha, or at least no related traces have been found in the Kingdom of Kucha."

Furthermore, given the current chaotic situation in the Kingdom of Kucha, Cheng Gong and Tuo Po stated that it wouldn't be difficult to take advantage of the situation and kill the traitorous king.

"Let's wait and see. We'll finalize this cooperation once General Qing arrives in the next couple of days." Fang Yunhua stroked his limited-edition mustache and continued, "It seems that Shi Guanyin is only cooperating with a branch of the Western Demonic Sect that belongs to the Lone Peak Heavenly King."

"It is still uncertain whether a new leader has been chosen in the Demonic Sect. Without a new leader, the Four Princesses and the Four Heavenly Kings will only fight their own battles and be a disorganized mess. Moreover, it is highly likely that the candidates for the princesses and heavenly kings have not yet been filled."

"Then we can put our focus on this side for now. This can be considered as eliminating a small problem as expected."

Yuan Suiyun nodded, and then everything could be carried out step by step.

He then noticed that Fang Yunhua stepped forward and started pointing and whispering at Ji Bingyan and Hu Tiehua.

Soon the two of them slowly woke up.

The latter still looked dejected, probably because he hadn't expected to fail so completely.

The former was quite calm. After getting up and stretching his limbs, he found that his internal energy was locked. When he tried to break through by circulating his energy, he deeply realized how troublesome the pressure point technique used by the other party was, so he gave up resisting.

"You won't kill us."

Ji Bingyan appeared very confident.

“Just because I don’t kill him doesn’t mean the King of Kucha won’t kill him either. After all, it was this fool who killed his daughter.”

“He is not the murderer of the eldest princess, and Chu Liuxiang will prove it.” Ji Bingyan could already see that although the reason why the two sides were in this situation was because Hu Tiehua’s impulsive nature made everything uncontrollable.

But more importantly, someone secretly killed the eldest princess, thus deliberately provoking hostility between the two sides. Considering the note left by the stone Guanyin that was discovered earlier, it is obvious who did it.

He felt it necessary to make this clear to the two young men in front of him and make them realize that there was an even more powerful enemy behind the scenes.

After this rumored aloof and taciturn Lanzhou tycoon rambled on for a while, he didn't expect the other party to suddenly bring up something.

"When that idiot started to go berserk, you and Chu Liuxiang should have had a chance to stop him, right?"

Ji Bingyan remained silent, somewhat puzzled as to why the other party had suddenly brought this up.

Fang Yunhua continued his sermon.

"But you didn't make a move because you and Chu Liuxiang both knew that this misunderstanding and suspicion wouldn't be so easy to clear up. You needed to first get that fool to prove that he had the strength to break through the encirclement set up by those warriors and guards."

Then they put on this farcical show for a very long time.

Then, just before he actually leaves the tent, you and Chu Liuxiang will stop him and take the opportunity to play the good cop, to show that you are both so strong, yet you are still willing to stay and find out the truth, which means that your actions are aboveboard.

Most importantly, by investigating the case, you can also gain control of the narrative and maximize the use of the power held by the King of Kucha to deal with the mastermind you mentioned.

Am I right?

Ji Bingyan was stunned. He didn't know if Chu Liuxiang had the same idea, but when he saw Hu Tiehua suddenly lose his temper, he did have this thought. Since they couldn't achieve a cooperation based on the principle of benevolence, they would use their domineering power to force the other party to cooperate.

This could also be a way to break the deadlock.

He just didn't expect that his thoughts would be completely seen through.

What are you trying to say by all this?

"You are a smart person, so you should know what to do when your own thoughts are completely understood by another smart person. You also need to think about this carefully, since you can both guess that there is a person behind the scenes."

Then why couldn't I guess it?

Telling you all this is simply to give you a more accurate understanding of us, yourself, and your companions. As long as you don't cause us unnecessary trouble, you and that big idiot over there can both live well, but the prerequisite is that you know how to cooperate.

Ji Bingyan fell into deep thought.

Although the other party is a bit of a perfectionist, he is actually the easiest to communicate with among the three of Chu Liuxiang, because the reason why Hu Tiehua jokingly calls him a dead rooster is because he is selfish enough.

As long as it doesn't involve the safety of his friends and family, he will calmly make the most rational and correct judgment.

It wasn't like another person. At that moment, Hu Tiehua exploded.

"Don't think you're so great just because you beat me! You've been calling me a complete idiot all this time, haven't you? I'll fuck you."

Before he could finish his last sentence, Fang Yunhua delivered a punch straight to his stomach, fueled by personal grudges. In the next instant, the butterfly-like creature shrank into a shrimp, the intense pain causing him to instinctively cry out.

But Fang Yunhua immediately grabbed a rag and stuffed it into her mouth.

This pain has left him in so much pain that he can only roll around on the ground.

Even though Yuan Suiyun was blind, he could tell that this punch stemmed from a deep personal grudge. Just like before, when facing Hu Tiehua in the tent, Fang Yunhua could have taken him down more decisively.

But he deliberately let the opponent make a move, then crushed their confidence, and finally delivered a hard punch to them.

If Hu Tiehua doesn't behave, he'll probably get beaten up again later.

As for her companion taking the hit, Ji Bingyan merely glanced at him indifferently. Once she confirmed that the punch would only cause pain to the thick-skinned Hu Tiehua, she no longer cared about it.

"You mean by 'cooperation'? You mean using us to threaten Chu Liuxiang?"

"It's not a threat, it's cooperation. Just like you originally planned, we'll use force to intimidate you and then gain the corresponding say. It's just that I'm a bit more domineering. I need you to do things exactly according to my plan, that's all."

"Since it's a collaboration, why can't we have a proper discussion?"

Fang Yunhua scoffed.

“You should know your companions very well. I won’t talk about that big idiot over there, but as for Chu Xiangshuai, he has too many ideas and is too righteous. Even if there are more appropriate ways to solve the problem, he might try to be clever because of someone or something, which is not good.”

Of course, the most important point is that the current situation has already been set, so why should I waste my time talking to you back and forth, and in the end I might even have to agree to some of your overly naive ideas and suggestions?

So if you were in my shoes, what would you do?

"I understand. I will cooperate with you from now on, but if anything happens to Chu Liuxiang, Xiao Hu and I will make you pay the price, even if it costs us our lives!"

Fang Yunhua was very satisfied with Ji Bingyan's attitude. Compared to Hu Tiehua, who was whimpering and trying to tear off the rag, but whose arms were temporarily paralyzed by Ji Bingyan's two fingers, he understood the self-awareness of a prisoner.

As for that final threat, to be honest, if his teammates hadn't stepped in to cause trouble, Chu Liuxiang would definitely be alive and well.

After reaching this tacit understanding, Ji Bingyan seemed to relax a lot, and he picked up the fruits on the table and started eating them.

Hu Tiehua continued to writhe and whimper, and perhaps worried that he might accidentally kick something inside the tent and break it, Yuan Suiyun thoughtfully brought a piece of hemp rope to tie him up.

After finishing this round of work, it was already getting dark.

During this time, the King of Kucha sent Princess Pipa to deliver a message, indicating that everything was going smoothly.

Clearly, the other party had already figured out that their princess had been impersonated by someone else, and had successfully answered some of their questions.

Unlike the original storyline, Chu Liuxiang and Ji Bingyan were distracted by Zhongyuan Yidianhong and ran away halfway through, so the person chosen to exchange for the Star of Bliss was changed to Hu Tiehua.

This also led Shi Guanyin to place a bet on him to ensure that she would eventually obtain the secret of the Star of Bliss.

The current Shi Guanyin completely ignores Hu Tiehua. Even though they had a night of passion on their wedding night, she has lost interest in what she has gained. Instead, the delicious little cake that is Chu Liuxiang has further whetted her appetite.

This exchange was a perfect opportunity for her to enjoy the little cake.

Compared to the secrets of the Kingdom of Kucha, this huge sai fan seemed to have been swept away by yellow waste and lost all sense of the world.

Hehehe~——
As the last rays of the setting sun are swallowed by the sand dunes, the tranquil night sky is like an obsidian stone polished by wind and sand for millions of years, pure and without a trace of impurity.

Fang Yunhua was lying by the lake, gazing at the starry sky.

After completing an important step in his plan, his tense nerves relaxed considerably.

Suddenly, a pretty and beautiful face blocked out the starry sky.

"You came."

Fang Yunhua didn't seem surprised by the appearance of the Pipa Princess.

Princess Pipa gave a slightly petulant hum, sensing that her emotions were deeply stirred by the other person's words and actions. After that kiss in the tent, she had thought that the other person would come to find her tonight.

But after waiting and waiting, he couldn't wait any longer and ran out to look for the other person.

Has anyone ever said you're awful?

After thinking about it carefully, Fang Yunhua turned his head to look at the Pipa Princess lying next to him and said.

"a lot of."

Are there any pretty girls here?

Princess Pipa was eager to learn about the other party's past, but she was also keenly aware that she must not expose Fang Yunhua's true identity because of her loose tongue. This made her feel anxious and restless, as if being scratched by the curiosity of those little claws.

Fang Yunhua simply smiled at the question.

Aside from his various humorous promises in private, he is a deeply affectionate man who would never lie to a girl.

Upon seeing that smile, even the Pipa Princess, who had no experience in matters of the heart, understood.

"You're so awful!"

She pounced on Fang Yunhua, her amber eyes seemingly glaring fiercely at him, but because of their close contact, Fang Yunhua could clearly see a warm, tender feeling welling up deep within her eyes.

This time, no one bothered them.

Princess Pipa experienced a sweet kiss, but at the same time, because of the other party's superb kissing skills, she felt a kind of inexplicable irritation while enjoying it wholeheartedly.

"Humph!"

After gently biting the other person's lip, Princess Pipa straightened up first. Under the moonlight, her exquisite figure appeared even more curvaceous, and her rosy cheeks added a captivating charm to her already exotic appearance.

Then she looked earnestly into Fang Yunhua's eyes and said.

"When it's all over, I hope you can tell me about your past."

"it is good."

Fang Yunhua stretched out his arms and embraced her. Princess Pipa struggled slightly before lying obediently on his chest, seemingly because she could feel his heartbeat so close to her. This gave her a sense of happiness, as if she had always been very close to him.

This gave her the courage to say what she had been keeping to herself.

"I like you."

"I know." Fang Yunhua's voice was very soft, and it sounded rather perfunctory.

However, when Princess Pipa heard the other person's accelerated heartbeat, she couldn't help but smile and her eyes crinkled with joy.

"Actually, my father also wants me to get closer to you, that would be best."

“I understand. He’s doing this for your sake, and also for his country’s sake. From my perspective, to be realistic, it’s also beneficial.”

"Your stance?"

"Don't forget what I said when I introduced myself."

Princess Pipa pondered for a moment, then remembered that Fang Yunhua did not directly acknowledge his identity as a special envoy of the Ming Dynasty. Instead, he first introduced himself as the young master of the Huashan Sect, one of the seven major sects of the Central Plains martial arts world.

She seemed to understand something, but Princess Pipa, who didn't have much experience in this area, soon had a headache again.

"As long as you don't hurt me or my father, I'll be satisfied."

"Don't worry, this is actually a rare opportunity for your father as well."

He couldn't predict the Ming Dynasty's actions or give any concrete guarantees, but given the threat from the north, it seemed that even if the Ming Dynasty wanted to rebuild the glorious western landscape of the Han Dynasty, it would take a considerable amount of time.

What Fang Yunhua needs to do now is to ensure that his own interests and those of his companions are realized as soon as possible.

Then the subsequent long-term struggle will no longer be of concern to them.

The King of Kucha was, after all, quite capable. Even without the Ming Dynasty's forceful intervention, his situation wouldn't have been much better; he still had a mess to deal with. Now, however, he had been given a chance to use this opportunity to escape this quagmire.

Fang Yunhua always believed in a win-win strategy. Apart from Shi Guanyin, whom he was determined to kill, he genuinely hoped that all other participants in this plan could obtain the benefits that satisfied him.

Princess Pipa stopped talking about these unromantic official matters. Lying in Fang Yunhua's arms, she looked at the bright stars in the sky and felt an indescribable sense of satisfaction. In this situation, she felt as if she had endless things to say.

From spending his childhood in the royal city, to the arduous learning of martial arts, to the despair of being driven out of the royal city, and the resentment and regret of witnessing his sister's corpse.

She talked and talked until she fell into a deep sleep.

Fang Yunhua gently picked her up, and after hesitating for three seconds whether to send her back or put her in his tent first, he decisively chose the latter.

He didn't mean anything by it; he was just worried that the Stone Guanyin, whose tent was next to his, might suddenly show up and bump into him and Princess Pipa. If something unpleasant happened, that would be a disaster.

Everything is for the greater good!

After placing Princess Pipa into his tent, he immediately withdrew from it, flicked a small pebble at a certain spot, and a figure emerged from the shadows.

It's Chu Liuxiang.

(End of this chapter)