"Oh? Wuchou, you’ve already started calling him Lord?" Li Zhaowen raised her eyebrow slightly and asked with a smile. Changsun Wuchou clasped his hands in response: "My sister and I came from the Central Plains. Although my father held an official position, he passed away early. My uncle seized our family estate, forcing us to flee here. If it weren’t for the Second Young Lady, my sister and I might have met with disaster." "For such great kindness and virtue, Changsun Wuchou dares not forget." "However, in the past two years, I and the people of Heavenly Strategy Mansion have truly lived and died together." Li Zhaowen laughed and said, "There’s passion and loyalty; that’s the way it should be." She casually sat down, unfolded a letter, and said, "I didn’t expect you all to arrive so quickly. I thought it would take at least a few months, though my predictions aren’t necessarily accurate." "Originally, I thought the Dangxiang Kingdom could hold on a bit longer." "Who would have thought, in just a few short months, their decline became evident." Unfolding the letter and seeing the words above, Li Zhaowen slightly lowered her gaze, with a hint of a smile at the corner of her mouth, she laughed and said, "Good, good, good, so this is how the letter comes. That Imperial Guard from years ago is no longer the same now!" She placed the letter on the table. Changsun Wuchou glanced at it; the handwriting above was heavy, merely three words— Li Zhaowen laughed freely and said: "He says he has arrived, but in fact, the letter has three more hidden words, ’I have arrived, where are you?’ But this letter, who else but you and I can understand it?" Changsun Wuchou discerned a mutual understanding hidden within the openly written three words and the concealed three words, observing the expression on Li Zhaowen’s face, that look of ’You understand me, I understand you, there’s a mutual understanding between brothers.’ Changsun Wuchou felt a twinge of stomach pain. The source of this content ɪs novelꜰire.net He had no choice but to pull a box from behind him, holding it with both hands, and said, "This sword was acquired by the Lord when he first achieved victory in the Western Regions, defeating over two thousand people in Huyan City and personally slaying Huyan Yin Shi." "Though it has weathered many storms, it has never left his side." "This time, the Lord specifically instructed me to bring this first war trophy to present to the Second Young Lady." Changsun Wuchou, as sly as a fox, hid numerous thoughts within his words. What storms, really, it all boiled down to a lack of money. Li Zhaowen smiled and said, "Mr. Li fought bravely on the battlefield, yet still leaves me with this sword. Very well, very well." She reached out to grasp the golden sword, the sheath encrusted with seven gemstones of different colors, the blade thin as a cicada’s wing yet engraved with scriptures. Li Zhaowen swung the sword twice, the sound of cutting through the air was sharp, making the head of Changsun Wuchou, in the Fourth Layer Heaven, feel slightly numb. This Second Young Lady of the Duke’s family, was of Innate Dharma lineage; merely in terms of innate talent, neither the Golden Bow Cavalry Commander nor the Great Khan of Tiele could rival her. More than two years ago, when she sent him to Li Guanyi, he was about the Fourth Layer Heaven. With her aptitude, the resources of the Duke’s Residence, and this war-torn Western Regions full of practical combat opportunities, Changsun Wuchou did not know to what level the martial skills of this Second Young Lady had risen now. The Lord’s methods and inner strength, among peers, were said to be invincible. If truly there was someone to compare with him. It would only be this Second Young Lady with the Dragon and Phoenix nature. Li Zhaowen sheathed the sword and said, "To think he would be so thoughtful, it seems I too could conquer the battlefield alongside him with such a fine memento." She removed a jade-handled folding fan from her waist and handed it to Changsun Wuchou. With a carefree tone, she said, "A gesture of reciprocity." "Wuchou, give this item to Mr. Li." Magnanimous and composed, like good brothers. Changsun Wuchou’s stomach hurt. Li Zhaowen said, "But Mr. Li suddenly sent a letter; it can’t just be to talk of friendship. I said the winds in the Western Regions have dramatically changed, inviting him to come, and he said he has arrived. With Mr. Li’s temperament, he should have ventured and come to ally with me." "So, besides this letter, is there anything else?" Changsun Wuchou said, "There is a letter from the Prefecture Governor." He took out a letter of Breaking Army, conveying in a very easy and implicit manner the needs for Aqini City to Li Zhaowen. After reading, Li Zhaowen laughed and said, "Amusing, amusing; it seems Mr. Li, a proud founding military marquis, is surprisingly poor." Changsun Wuchou’s face tensed, "Indeed..." Li Zhaowen pondered, saying, "An alliance serves mutual needs. Now that the Dangxiang is on the brink, His Majesty’s campaign against the Southern Dynasty builds momentum to seize the world, but if the Southern Dynasty’s Regent King swallows the Dangxiang capital, they will grow significantly." "At that time, my family and this great city will face the edge of the Wolf King’s blade." "And even if His Majesty swallows the Southern Country, it will be impossible to unify the world due to remaining foes, so handing over the Dangxiang Kingdom to the Wolf King is out of the question." She smiled and said, "Better to hand it to Mr. Li." Changsun Wuchou said, "The Lord... cough, is slightly short on funds, Second Young Lady..." Li Zhaowen laughed, "Haha, Wuchou, hold on a moment; the matter is significant and can’t be delayed." Li Zhaowen asked Changsun Wuchou to stay for the time being and arranged for him to reunite with her sister Changsun Wugou, leaving that aside for now. She then personally went home to inform her father and brother of important plans; at eighteen, Li Zhaowen was at the age of valuing family ties heavily. She concealed Li Guanyi’s true identity, simply stating she had secretly managed to connect with a great city in the Western Regions. Li Zhaowen’s elder brother, Li Jianwen, was momentarily taken aback. He looked at his second sister with a somewhat complex expression. As a power of Ying Country within the Western Regions, they naturally sensed the surging tides of change sweeping through the Western Regions. But as this Duke Mansion’s Young Master, he hadn’t achieved much; instead, his usually quiet second sister had unexpectedly accomplished such a significant feat.