Chapter 952: Drawn Sword

Liu Zheng.

He had indeed calculated everything.

Since he arrived in the Li Dynasty, he had been calculating. He calculated the chaos of the Li Dynasty, he calculated the rise and fall of Zhang Yuzhen, and he calculated that the Southern Faction would be defeated once again.

He calculated that Queen Inhyeon would return to Hancheng with the support of public opinion.

He calculated the sensation that the Xie Clan's *Record of the Southern Expedition* would cause in the Li Dynasty.

He calculated that regardless of whether the Westerner Party or the Southern Faction held the reins of government, neither could resist the powerful Wa army.

He also calculated that if he returned to Hancheng alive, the Westerner Party and the Southern Faction would both be unable to sit still and would certainly be driven to desperate measures.

He had also calculated that.

He sat before the chessboard again.

Lu Yao, just like that, sat here for the whole night.

The Wa's invasion of the Li Dynasty this time was a do-or-die effort.

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Waking up the next day.

Lu Yao continued to be obsessed.

Her hand was on the sword, gripping it, then letting go.

"Want to eat something?"

Liu Zheng felt some admiration for these obsessed martial arts practitioners and said softly.

"I understand!"

Suddenly, Lu Yao instantly "came alive," her eyes burning as she looked at Liu Zheng.

Letting go, then gripping it again.

Liu Zheng smiled.

So fast?

Wasn't it said that for these martial arts practitioners, a sudden enlightenment usually took a month or so?

"Is that so?"

Liu Zheng looked surprised.

"With no sword in hand, there must also be no sword in the heart!"

Lu Yao completely let go of the sword in her hand.

With rare excitement on her face, Lu Yao blurted out: "Sword in Hand, Sword in Heart is still a lower-tier state!"

Liu Zheng's eyelids twitched.

This was a genius of the sword.

"Seemingly formless yet having form! 'Having' is an obstacle, a shackle; 'nothingness' is the highest realm of the sword! Only by transcending 'having' can one enter 'nothingness'! No sword, no self; both sword and self are forgotten! There is no law to follow, and non-law is also law. That is the state of reaching everywhere and being indestructible!"

Liu Zheng remained silent.

A genius.

Lu Yao stood up, slightly excited: "At that time, grass and trees will all be swords, flying stones will all be swords! Everything is not a sword, yet everything is a sword!"

She gave a cold smile, threw the sword called "Demon Slayer" downstairs, and said indifferently: "Demon Slayer, its realm is indeed too low, Young Master Xie!"

Liu Zheng, at this moment, did not know what to say.

On the chessboard, the killing intent receded.

A military report arrived, completely throwing the entire situation of the Li Dynasty into turmoil.

Likewise.

Liu Zheng smiled slightly and waved his hand.

Just at this moment.

Once the news arrived, the whole country was in an uproar.

Liu Zheng smiled and said to Lu Yao: "It is time to draw the sword."

It also made Liu Zheng's chessboard, which seemed to have its killing intent receded, once again filled with overwhelming killing intent.

Xiao Qian's Scout sent back a military report: the Wa were sending another 300,000-strong army to conquer the Li Dynasty!

An army of 500,000! The entire Li Dynasty went mad.

Because this military report came too late! By the time they knew, the enemy army had already entered Gyeongsang Province, and in five days, they would arrive at the Qinghe Town battlefield!

The Wa army was sending reinforcements again!

Why, when the front lines were so tense, were you Westerner Party and Southern Faction members still here engaging in internal strife, fighting over whether to have a curfew or not, and staging all sorts of farces?

The people began to pour into the streets; some shouted "Official Liu, save the Li Dynasty," while more people condemned the inaction of the Westerner Party.

This was the breaking point for the public's emotions: why didn't the imperial court send troops when General Li asked for reinforcements before?

Why were they only now in such a rush to send troops and prepare military provisions?

"Ignorant people, ignorant people, all a bunch of ignorant people! Do you want to rebel? I am the Chief Councilor of the current dynasty, the Chief Councilor!"

Jin Wanji was about to vomit blood.

Jin Wanji was the one who had disagreed with increasing the troops.

Early in the morning, he was surrounded by the people at the gate of his mansion; he couldn't even leave the house.

Now, because he had delayed the war effort, he had become the target of public criticism.

"My Lord, the front and back gates are both surrounded by people; it is truly impossible to get out, truly impossible!"

Yes. At the time, it was he who refused to send reinforcements. Firstly, the Li Dynasty really didn't have many troops left! Secondly, they might have been able to scrape some together, but was it necessary? He believed that it was Li Zhenzhu herself who was afraid of defeat and therefore asked for reinforcements.

Therefore.

Yet two hours had already passed, and he could not even leave the door.

"Jin Wanji, you traitor to the nation!"

His subordinates were all anxious to the point of desperation.

Early in the morning, Li Tun had flown into a rage and demanded to summon Jin Wanji.

The voices of the masses had already carried inside.

"Bullshit, total bullshit! These are just a bunch of unruly rabble, unruly rabble—they must have been sent by those of the Southern Faction!"

"Jin Wanji, you traitor! How much did you take from the Wa nation!"

"Jin Wanji! Give us an explanation!"

I took bribes from others?

Bullshit!

Jin Wanji was so angry he nearly fainted.

I accepted bribes from the Wa nation?

Jin Wanji made a prompt decision.

This was complete framing, slander!

"Quick, summon the Duqi for me, and fight a path out!"

"Great! Jin Wanji is in trouble now!"

"Hahahaha, let him show off! He's done for now, isn't he?"

The Southerners, at this moment, were becoming excited.

They had not expected that the situation could have such a reversal.

Therefore.

Many of the masses who went to blockade Jin Wanji were indeed sent out by these Southerners.

Li Hang, Zhang Xuan, Zhao Shixi, and others had already begun to celebrate their success.

Even at this time, they still did not realize what the invasion of the Li Dynasty by a half-million-strong army actually meant; they were still thinking about infighting, still thinking about relying on this opportunity to return to power!

"Yes!"

The few of them reached an agreement.

They saw hope once again!

"Continue, not just Jin Wanji, but also that one surnamed Liang, the one surnamed Zhang—surround them all, this opportunity must be seized!"

"Yes!"

Just like that.

The label of "traitor" had to be pinned firmly on this Jin Wanji no matter what.

A ruthless look flashed in Li Hang's eyes: "If necessary, we can let the Duwei take action!"

Some of the masses had already begun to petition, asking the Westerner Party and the Southerner Party to set aside past prejudices at this time and work together to resist the war. Many farmers and Militia had also begun to sharpen their weapons and feed their horses, intending to participate in the resistance.

However.

Conflict in Hancheng erupted again.

Throughout the entire Li Dynasty, the sentiment for resisting the war was extremely high.

Li Tun was waiting as well.

Liu Zheng had long since calculated what would happen.

The Westerner Party and the Southerner Party were still attacking each other with words.

Liu Zheng was waiting.

It had already rotted to the roots.

Grind it to pieces.

Li Tun, however, watched the Westerner Party and the Southerner Party jumping about; he was thoroughly disappointed.

The Li Dynasty.

What Liu Zheng was waiting for was Li Tun's decision.

What Li Tun was waiting for.

Start over.

There was only this one path.

Just the day after the military report of the 300,000 Wa troops.

The two sides engaged in a fierce conflict.

It was an escalation of the conflict between the Westerners and the Southerners.

The occurrence of this event would not be far off.

It was right in Hancheng.

This conflict started because Jin Wanji led the Duqi to attack the masses, directly escorting some of the troublemakers to the Heavenly Prison. The Duwei were furious and came to mediate. The situation at this time was that Jin Wanji wanted to continue to control the government, while the Southerners wanted to take the opportunity to attack; neither side would yield.

The Duqi and the Duwei, these two city defense systems that had never liked each other, finally met with weapons drawn.

Furthermore.

No one wanted to let go of this government, but in the end, no one gained it.

What they did not expect was.

In the end, a small conflict began to develop into a conflict between the entire Duqi and Duwei.

Because.

A member of the Li Dynasty clan, a young nobleman of the Li Dynasty royal family, died in this conflict.

The situation began to spiral out of control.