[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-memoirs-of-the-heavenly-khagan":3,"chapter-memoirs-of-the-heavenly-khagan-memoirs-of-the-heavenly-khagan-chapter-39":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Memoirs of the Heavenly Khagan",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2311757,4516,"Chapter 39: Stop Fighting, Both of You!","memoirs-of-the-heavenly-khagan-chapter-39",39,"\u003Cp>The quiet night had become noisy because of an unexpected encounter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Liu Lingzhu, what are you doing here?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Du Gu Ru, I should be asking you that!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“My lord, Liu Lingzhu and Du Gu Ru have started fighting!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Really?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The messenger, Yang Kan, saw Li Shuang’s eyes bulging like copper bells, his grin impossible to suppress!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hm?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then why aren’t you going to break them up?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes, my lord!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wait!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Shuang paused, then ordered:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Have our men surround the side courtyard—no one is to get close.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching Yang Kan leave to carry out the order, Li Shuang turned to Hulü Guang beside him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ah Guang, haven’t I forgotten something today?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hulü Guang answered with innocent sincerity:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Not a single thing?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Not a single thing!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Think again?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hulü Guang counted his fingers one by one:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Xi’er Toubu in the west owed us fifty thousand qian—we took two hundred horses as payment, already collected; the Buluo Jian Hu in the south had no grain, borrowed a thousand shi from us, pledged five thousand head of livestock and ten carts of fur—deal done; the Chilei  tribes to the east complained our interest rates were too high and threatened to riot, but Commandant Gao Ang dealt with them.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Here, Hulü Guang suddenly remembered something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Actually, there is one!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Hu tribes to the north are ungrateful—they dared refuse to borrow money or grain from you, claiming they’ll be self-reliant and plan to raid on their own. Such audacity! All officers and soldiers in Ma Yi are furious and want to petition to crush those damn Hu Ren. Should we agree?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Shuang raised an eyebrow, guiding him gently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ah Guang, remember: never speak without verification.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hulü Guang grew uneasy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“My lord, did I say something wrong?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We are imperial troops, the righteous army—we must care for the people. Letting them raid on their own? How dangerous! Do they even know how to do it properly?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then what should we do?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“First, summon the chieftains of these tribes. Let them come here to receive a free ‘Rescue the People, Punish the Guilty’ permit.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“And then?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Once they have this permit, they become officially sanctioned auxiliary troops of Ma Yi.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Is that enough?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Of course not. Even with status and the right to ‘rescue the people, punish the guilty,’ they have no weapons, no armor, their horses are thin and their coats ragged—how will they survive this harsh northern frontier? They’ll soon realize this won’t work.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then what?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We can supply them with weapons, armor, and horses—but they must pay for them themselves!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But they have no money!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Shuang smiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Problem solved—they can borrow from me!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hulü Guang suddenly understood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“My lord, I get it now!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ah Guang, remember: don’t always shout ‘fight!’ ‘kill!’—we’ll look like bandits!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hulü Guang’s eyes lit up, nodding firmly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hm!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Shuang nodded, asking:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Any other real matters? Military or administrative?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“None at all.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Shuang sighed helplessly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s all my damned diligence—leaving me with nothing to do through this endless night.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then what shall we do next, my lord?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If nothing else, take a bath!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But the mansion hasn’t prepared one!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s not too late to start now!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hulü Guang blinked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You mean burn wood now?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Li Shuang had enjoyed a comfortable bath, the battle in the side courtyard had already reached its end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Shuang had expected that the Green Tea Queen of the Hetao and the Divine Conman of Hebei, when they clashed, would fight for three hundred rounds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the situation was utterly one-sided!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the small courtyard, Du Gu Ru had found a broom somewhere and chased Liu Lingzhu with it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The scene was truly—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Swift as lightning, swift as wind, daring to dive into the sea and seize dragons. If you ask where the heroine has gone—she’s beating the old man till he curses his mother!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Old Liu was no longer young; after hours of struggle, he was truly spent. Du Gu Ru seized her chance and kicked him down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Du Gu Ru didn’t hesitate—she slapped him twice, hard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet Liu Lingzhu, though at a disadvantage, still showed spirit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His posture, his bearing—truly—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Heroes need not ask their origins; even in mud, they shine. Broom sweeps meet dust brush in defense, iron bones unyielding, never yielding to others!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nearby, Yang Kan watched the spectacle. Seeing Li Shuang approach, he bowed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Zu Xin, why didn’t you try to stop them?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“One’s an old man, one’s a woman—they’re fighting. Who dares intervene?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“True. If we step in, they might blame us. But this can’t go on!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Shuang decided he couldn’t let this continue. After exhausting every possible means, he shouted:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Stop fighting, both of you!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The battle was already over. Even Liu Lingzhu’s iron bones could not hold out. At that moment, he heard the familiar voice, turned his head, and his eyes lit with hope.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Distracted, Liu Lingzhu failed to defend himself—first, Du Gu Ru swept his dust brush away with the broom, then kicked his rear, sending him sprawling in a dog-pounce pose!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet Liu Lingzhu, lying on the ground, did not hesitate a moment. As if divinely aided, he leapt up and rushed toward Li Shuang, grabbing his thigh and wailing:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Guardian of Ma Yi, you must avenge me! Look what that shrew has done to me!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Liu Lingzhu lifted his head, Li Shuang was startled—he was black-and-blue, no trace left of his former immortal poise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, the guards outside reported:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“My lord, Kedigan has returned—he’s been shouting to see you!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How did he get back so fast?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shanwu is far from Ma Yi—there’s no way he could have made a round trip in this time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Let him in.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In rushed Kedigan. Seeing Li Shuang, he lunged forward, grabbed his other thigh, and burst into tears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Guardian of Ma Yi, you must avenge me!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What happened now?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I followed your advice and rushed back to La Wu Mountain. But before I’d gone far, I met a tribesman coming to warn me. He said…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Here, Kedigan seemed to lose all strength, his voice breaking into sobs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Those damn Hu Ren robbed me! All my horses in the valley!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Shuang spread his hands, helpless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What do you want me to do?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kedigan raised his head, furious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“These cursed bastards aren’t just robbing me—they’re challenging the peace and order of the northern frontier under your governance!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Guardian of Ma Yi, you must avenge me!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>",1080,"2026-06-20T12:30:56.711Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","228735b670c1f83d229aa27ee06e714ac1999e1b3990091b7ef7efa1965c027d","memoirs-of-the-heavenly-khagan-chapter-40","memoirs-of-the-heavenly-khagan-chapter-38",211,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fmemoirs-of-the-heavenly-khagan-cover.jpg"]