Whose personality mask's power comes from the heroic spirit?

After all, no consensus could be reached.

As for the opinion of Taiyi, the person involved, no one cares about it anymore.

After all, this is not a serious free love, but a political marriage that they want to achieve for their own purposes.

Everyone thought that the 'dowry' he proposed would satisfy the person concerned, so naturally no one paid attention to what he wanted to say.

And Taiyi...he felt that instead of paying attention to these people's nonsense, it would be better to calm down and seriously learn the art of riding.

Otherwise, Ayane's efforts in teaching would be wasted.

"Haha, that kid is really popular." Dong Bai was tied to a cart and snorted coldly as he watched the scene of fighting for Taiyi not far ahead.

But deep down, she was also secretly pondering.

How happy grandpa would be if I could get that brat to join my camp!

"Hmph, stop plotting evil ideas." Zhang Xingcai, the person guarding her, glanced at Dong Bai and said sarcastically, "Any wise man in the world would not go to join the thief Dong, not to mention that that person broke into the thief Dong's formation, rescued the three of us, and kidnapped you as well."

"Tsk, as long as I have the will, there is nothing I can't accomplish." Dong Bai looked at Zhang Xingcai with contempt. "Besides, I think that boy is not a pedantic person. If he helps my grandfather achieve great things and marries me, he will even have a chance to become the most noble person in the world in the future."

"That's much better than hanging out with thieves like you."

Although Dong Bai is spoiled, he admires his fat and dark grandfather very much.

He believed that one day he would be able to take over the whole world and become the most noble person in the world.

Although she felt helpless that her grandfather was always thinking about wine and women, and felt that her grandfather suffered because of women, that was her grandfather's hobby after all, and as his granddaughter, she couldn't say much and could only help her grandfather find and fill in the gaps.

Finally it leaked to me.

"Dong Zhuo committed atrocities, and many righteous people in the world are dissatisfied with him. Lord Raikou is loyal to justice, and it is absolutely impossible for him to defect to Dong Zhuo." On the other side, Aichi, who was often distracted because of Asai Nagamasa, suddenly spoke up, "Moreover, Lord Raikou has a prejudice against you because of your excessive praise of his grandfather, Miss Dong Bai. He has never met with you alone or even talked with you in the past few days."

"Da Yi... Hey, I almost laughed so hard that I couldn't keep my composure." Dong Bai looked at Ah Shi jokingly, "Look at everyone here, is there anyone who is truly devoted to Da Yi?"

"They are so mean and cunning, fighting for power and profit with the people around my grandfather. It makes me want to vomit when I see them."

Shibata Katsuie, who was following not far behind Aichi, said nothing and even turned his face away guiltily.

He was the one least qualified to talk about justice among those present.

"Xingcai, why don't we just find a chance to kill her suddenly?" Bao Sanniang, who had come to seek refuge early because of the chaos at Taiyi, suggested, "Although Dong Bai has a bad personality, she is very pretty. Besides, she has seen many girls around Dong the thief vying for his affection. If she really gives up her dignity and seduces Brother Lai Guang like those seductresses, it's hard to say what the result will be."

"No." Zhang Xingcai shook his head and replied, "Dong Bai still has a very important role to play."

"Although Dong Zei has low morals and corrupt character, he is still quite doting on Dong Bai. Who knows, she may come in handy in the future."

"Tsk, how much do you think of my grandfather?" Dong Bai rolled his eyes and said, "My grandfather is not the kind of person who would give in just because his granddaughter became a hostage of the enemy. Any of your plans to use me are in vain."

Chapter 40: The Sun Family in Name Only

The current situation in Jiangdong is quite complicated.

A magnificent building that soars into the sky and has a unique structure.

And a strange village surrounded by mountains that blocks the invasion of the demon army.

The composition of the enemies in the demon army is also quite strange.

The remaining troops of Jiangdong, the stragglers from outside, the exotic women coming out of the strange and magnificent buildings, and the teams armed with huge weapons coming out of the strange villages in groups of three or five.

The two forces in front are easy to deal with, but the two forces behind... are not so easy to deal with.

They are all existences that cannot be resisted by demons other than generals.

The people in the weird village are not so bad.

They would only sweep the area around the village and rarely have the intention of expanding their patrol area outward.

So we can just designate the area around the village as a restricted area.

But the foreign woman in black leather jacket was different.

She is likely to appear almost wherever there is a demon army.

Moreover, since that person appeared, in just a few days, many local people from Jiangdong gathered behind her.

The demon army was defeated one after another when fighting against it.

Fortunately, the new master of Jiangdong, Lord Taira no Kiyomori, is back!

Moreover, an open conspiracy was used on the first day, causing the foreign woman to become enemies with the Jiangdong people who had followed her before.

It's nothing, just let Sun Ce, who was controlled by Taira no Kiyomori with puppetry, lead the demon army to attack and kill the foreign woman when she was alone.

As expected, the foreign woman who was obsessed with killing the demon army fell into Taira no Kiyomori's trap and blew up the head of Sun Ce, who was possessed by evil spirits due to the puppet technique.

This scene happened to be seen by the Jiangdong army led by Taira no Kiyomori.

The foreign woman was instantly caught in a dilemma with enemies on both sides.

Although she managed to escape from the predicament later, she was completely separated from the Jiangdong Army.

"According to the information I have obtained, this is it." Ning Ning shrugged helplessly and told everyone the information she had collected in Jiangdong.

"Even my eldest brother..." After finally finding out the whereabouts of her last family member, Sun Shangxiang found out that they were separated from her again. Her face turned pale and she almost fainted.

"This... I don't know what to say. I can only say that Taira no Kiyomori deserves to die!" Guan Yu sighed with a complicated expression on his face.

Say that the Jiangdong Army is ungrateful and treacherous...but they are doing it for the revenge of their own eldest son.

But if we say that the Jiangdong Army is loyal to their lord... since the death of Sun Ce, some of the Jiangdong Army who lost all the men of the Sun family even defected to the culprit of all this, Taira no Kiyomori, while they were sober.

He even organized those who had defected to Taira no Kiyomori and planned to invade that strange village.

Because the people in that village only killed the demon army and those who were controlled by Taira no Kiyomori using puppetry.

Moreover, for some unknown reason, the demon army was unable to enter the village.

"Have you found out the whereabouts of that foreign woman?" Taishi Ci asked Ningning with red eyes.

"Do you want to seek revenge on him?" Ning Ning did not reply to Taishi Ci, but looked at him and asked back.

"...No." Taishi Ci shook his head and replied, "I want to apologize to her on behalf of the Jiangdong Army."

Ever since Taira no Kiyomori used puppetry to manipulate people's hearts, many people who were manipulated by Taishi Ci have died at his hands.

Although he was extremely sad, Taishi Ci knew that the foreign woman was not to blame for the murder of Sun Ce.

However, the Jiangdong army, grateful for his life-saving grace, was foolishly deceived because their eldest son was manipulated by the enemy using puppetry to attack and kill a foreign woman. Instead, they turned their swords against the foreign woman, which was truly ungrateful and they repaid kindness with enmity.

And those parts of the Koto army that defected to Taira no Kiyomori were even more deserving of death.

"You are so righteous!" Guan Yu looked at Taishi Ci with admiration.

He admitted that he could never accept this reality.

If it was his eldest brother or third brother who was manipulated by Taira no Kiyomori and was killed by that woman, then Guan would definitely kill Taira no Kiyomori to avenge his brother and then hunt down that foreign woman until she died.

But fortunately, in reality, it was Sun Ce, not his brother, who died at the hands of that woman.

"Princess, you are the only one left in this world." Taishi Ci ignored Guan Yu and turned to look at the pale Sun Shangxiang. "Please take care of yourself. The responsibility of recovering Jiangdong, commanding the Jiangdong army, and driving away the demon army now falls on your shoulders."

Upon hearing this, Sun Shangxiang's face also looked a little ferocious.

"Ping! Qing! Sheng!"

After calming down for a while, Sun Shangxiang turned her head to look at Taiyi who was sitting beside her in silence.

"Lord Raikou." This was the first time Sun Shangxiang spoke to Taiyi in such a formal tone. "If you are willing to kill Taira no Kiyomori and avenge my father and brother, the entire Jiangdong will be the dowry for me and Master Lian."

Guan Yu was stunned for a moment, then raised his eyebrows.

My goodness, this dowry is so rich that no one present can compare to it.

Even Zhu Rong felt his scalp tingling.

"If you want to restore peace to this world, you must kill Taira no Kiyomori. You don't need to make such a heavy promise." Taiyi looked at Sun Shangxiang and explained.

"Once something is said, it cannot be taken back." Sun Shangxiang ignored Taiyi's excuses and made a solemn conclusion.

"Lord Raikou, you have gained an entire country in one go." Ayane congratulated from the side.

Taishi Ci didn't say anything, but just stood silently not far behind Sun Shangxiang.

If this young man was responsible for killing Taira no Kiyomori and marrying the Princess of Koto, the civil and military officials loyal to the Sun family would probably continue to serve Koto in the name of justice.

However, there are also some speculators and those who have defected to Taira no Kiyomori who will try every means to undermine the future stability of Koto.

Taishi Ci is using his network of relationships in Jiangdong to search for important officials from Jiangdong who can be tied together.

"The world is so unpredictable. Accidents always happen faster than planned." Ningning looked at Taiyi with some regret and sighed silently in her heart.

With Sun Shangxiang's promise, the possibility of winning over this extremely powerful young man to join the Toyotomi faction is almost zero.

"Taishi Ziyi, listen to my orders." Unconsciously, tears were already streaming down her cheeks. Sun Shangxiang turned her head and looked at Taishi Ci, "In my name, summon all the generals and soldiers in Jiangdong who are still loyal to my Sun family and regroup."

"Yes!" Tai Shi Ziyi took the order and left.

"There are demon troops coming in our direction." Just as the atmosphere in the battle array became increasingly depressing, Jeanne suddenly entered the battle array to report on the situation on the front line. "The number of demon troops is estimated to be around 500."

"Where is Jiang Wei?" Guan Yu immediately called his most trusted young general of Shu Han.

Chapter 41: The Repetition of the Historical Fate of the Two Qiaos of Sun Wu

"Can't understand!"

At the Wu army's garrison in Jiangdong, Ding Feng slammed his fist on the table with an angry look on his face.

"I don't agree with betraying the man who did Jiangdong a favor because of Lord Sun Ce's death, but I can at least understand it! But how could there be a bastard who defected to Taira no Kiyomori when he was sober! That guy is the source of all the troubles and the death of Lord Sun Ce!"

"No, not only Lord Sun Ce, but even the Lord and the Grand Commander were killed by that Taira no Kiyomori!"

"And the leaders are those two bastards Quan Duan and Shi Kuan!"

"Master Zhuge Ke, didn't you do anything?"

"...Chengyuan, calm down first." Lu Kang grabbed Ding Feng's arm and persuaded him, "Lord Yuanxun is also distressed, but those two took the soldiers and escaped when our Wu army was in chaos. By the time they reacted, it was too late."

"Lord Yuanxun! Lord Bofu has passed away, but what about my sister? Where is my sister?" Xiao Qiao, who was escorted all the way to Jiangdong after being rescued from Odawara Castle by Ding Feng, nervously grabbed Zhuge Ke's arm and asked.

"Da Qiao is safe and sound." Zhuge Ke replied nervously, "But the death of the eldest son has hit her hard. She hasn't shown up for a few days since we rescued her from the demon army."

"It's not right for us to go see a young girl in the army without permission." Lu Kang added, "Now that you're here, Xiao Qiao, we can safely entrust Da Qiao's affairs to you."

"Come with me, I will take you to Da Qiao's living room." Lu Ju stood up and said.

Da Qiao originally attacked the foreign woman together with Sun Ce, who was controlled by Taira no Kiyomori's puppet technique.

However, because of her low abilities, Da Qiao had not been subjected to the puppetry technique of Taira no Kiyomori, and there was no evil spirit in her, so she was spared by the foreign woman.

But she saw her husband die in front of her own eyes.

Later, due to various internal conflicts among the Wu army generals, he simply locked himself in his room and no longer went out to see people.

"...In other words, the Wu army generals who directly stabbed the foreign benefactor in the back were Quan Duan and Shi Kuan?" On the way to her sister's room, Xiao Qiao heard a more detailed account from Lu Ju.

"And Lord Yuanxun." Lu Ju looked back and continued, "It's better to say that the person who took the lead in attacking the woman was Lord Yuanxun. Even Quan Duan and Shi Kuan were one step behind him."

"There's actually something about Lord Yuanxun involved here?" Xiao Qiao looked at Lu Ju in astonishment.

"Yes." Lu Ju nodded and replied, "But I can understand why Lord Yuanxun did that."

"That woman is very powerful, but she has repeatedly rejected our attempts to win her over. At the same time, she has been constantly demonstrating her military power to rescue the soldiers and civilians of Jiangdong. Her influence on the soldiers and civilians is too great. Some people even obey her wishes more than military orders."

"Young Master... I can only say that his death was just the fuse that lit up and set off the firecrackers."

Xiao Qiao looked at Lu Ju in amazement.

She didn't expect there was such a complicated reason behind this.

But she soon understood and fell silent.

As Zhou Yu's wife, she had encountered many such things in the past and was relatively quick to accept the truth.

But she still couldn't understand why Quan Duan and Shi Kuan turned to Taira no Kiyomori.

"Could it be that those two men led their troops to defect? Was this a setup by Lord Yuanxun?" Xiao Qiao guessed.

"No, they really did defect." Lu Ju shook his head and replied, "When Lord Yuanxun learned that they had defected, his expression was so ugly that it was the first time I saw it since I met him."

"It is definitely not a plot known to all three of them."

"In fact, the defection of those two is no longer the biggest problem in the Wu army." Lu Ju looked at Xiao Qiao and reminded her, "At present, all the male members of the lord's family have died in the battle. The only one who is still alive is Princess Sun Shangxiang, whose whereabouts are unknown and whose life or death is unknown."