Chapter 104: Peerless Medicine (3)
Editor: Misty Cloud Translations
Despite the might of Lin Palace, they cannot match up to Qing Yun Clan. This medicine of Jun Wu Xie's, was a double edged sword!
"Besides your master, does anyone else know you can produce this medicine?" Jun Xian asked gravely.
Jun Wu Xie, looked at the three men in the room, answering wordlessly.
"Long Qi! " Jun Qing exclaimed.
Long Qi abruptly kneeled on one knee, "Your subordinate has neither seen or heard anything today." A single bead of perspiration ran down the side of his face. The Young Miss might not have realised that with the medicine left outside, the kind of commotion it could cause.
"You have been with us from young, I trust you. Remember, bring whatever you heard in this room today to your grave, and not a single word about it is to be uttered, or it will spell the doom of the Jun Family!"
"Yes, I understand."
Jun Wu Xie was puzzled at the caution the three men are showing to the matter.
This medicine….. Was it such a big deal?
She has plans for medicine with effects more heavenly defying, but was not possible due to insufficient herbs. Why is Uncle and Grandfather so serious about these measly pills?
"Wu Xie, your master must be mighty and mysterious, to be unworried about medical prowess like his being known. As for you, Grandfather knows, you have the interests of Lin Palace at heart, but your knowledge to produce these pills must be kept secret. The recipe, must not be made known to other than you and your master, do you understand?" Jun Xian spoke in rare seriousness to Jun Wu Xie.
"Wu Xie understands." Although bewildered at the anxiety of both father and son, Jun Wu Xie readily agreed.
"As for those pills, are we sending them to the barracks?" Jun Qing asked, brows creased.
"Yes, send them. I believe not a single soldier in the Rui Lin Army will betray the Jun Family even when faced with death." Jun Xian had absolute trust in the Rui Lin Army, and turning to Long Qi, "I shall leave it in your hands. Do not tell the Rui Lin Army anything about the medicine, and just to eat them as prescribed. Tell them to not question nor discuss any effects the medicine might bring. Not a single word to any outside the Rui Lin Army, and to forget they ever took any medicine at all."
"Rest assured, Your Highness! Your orders shall be carried out." Long Qi vowed, his heart burning with fervor. Raising his eyes, his keen sight locked on the profile of Jun Wu Xie.
Jun Wu Xie, shall become the leader whom the Rui Lin Army will die for, and that will not change!
Due to the significance of the cargo, Jun Xian ordered the majority of the guards at Lin Palace as escort with Long Qi. The carriages filled with crates of pills left the Imperial City after dark, with none the wiser, the nondescript horse carriages were carrying, pills that can cause vast upheaval throughout the lands!
That night, was the night the Rui Lin Army was transformed.
Deep into the night, the Jun Family of three chatted under candlelight, Jun Wu Xie just listening quietly most of the time.
"Wu Xie, if you are sleepy, just go rest." Jun Xian coaxed, thinking the toil the hundred thousand doses of medicine must have taken on Jun Wu Xie, and seeing the dark rings forming under her eyes.
"Yes, Grandfather." Jun Wu Xie got up, knowing there are things Jun Xian and Jun Qing did not want to discuss in front of her as she carried the little black cat and left the room.
Chapter 105: A Storm is Brewing (1)
Editor: Misty Cloud Translations
After Jun Wu Xie departed, the expressions of Jun Xian and Jun Qing darkened.
"The matter about Lin Yue Yang is true?" Jun Qing brought up the discussion they had earlier before Jun Wu Xie came.
Jun Xian nodded solemnly, "It is strange, Lin Yue Yang has always been honest and upright and does not hold a high rank. But recently, the number of impeachments against him has been astounding, and the Emperor has ordered investigations into it."
"Lin Yue Yang saved the life of my brother, if not for his report on the spies within the army collaborating with the enemies, my brother might have lost that war." Jun Qing sighed at the favour the Jun Family owed to Lin Yue Yang.
"Yes, he is an honest man, and no fool. When he was promoted to an official post in the Imperial City, he distanced himself from Lin Palace. He might have sensed something and drew a clear line between us. For many years, we have not met him much though we all live in Imperial City. Lin Yue Yang has been subtle all this time, who would harbour ill intentions against him?" Jun Xian pondered, for a man holding an unimportant post, without any authority, not involved in Court matters, who can he offend?
"Are you going to investigate, Father?" Jun Qing queried.
Jun Xian sighed, "Your brother owes him a debt of gratitude, and he is an honest man. It it wasn't for that incident with our Jun Family, the Emperor would not even begin to suspect a border guard to be in collusion with our Jun Family. We are responsible for dragging him into this mess."
Jun Qing thought back to the past when Lin Palace was at its peak, before his brother died for the country, before he was crippled, its glory and grandeur covered and protected them. Since its decline, in the absence of its former glory, hidden dangers started to surface.
"Have someone look into it." Jun Xian shook his head, helpless. He cannot bear to see a just man framed like this.
An urgent knock sounded, interrupting their conversation.
"Come in." Jun Xian intoned.
A Lin Palace guard knelt at the door, the cold night wafting into the room.
"Reporting to Lin Wang. The General Li Ran requests for an audience."
"General Li Ran? What does he want from me so late in the night?" Jun Xian asked, brows furrowed.
"I do not know, the General has quite a few soldiers with him, and seems anxious."
"I'll go take a look." Jun Xian stood up, and Jun Qing tugged on his sleeve.
"The cold gets frosty, deep in the night. Father, take caution." Jun Qing implied.
Jun Xian nodded.
Just outside Lin Palace, a pair of soldiers brandished burning torches, driving back the night. General Li Ran, stood in front of his horse, looking anxious.
Seeing Jun Xian coming out of Lin Palace, Li Ran rushed up, and prostrated himself.
"Li Ran, what is this all about?"
"Lin Wang! Please help!" Li Ran pleaded, fist in hand.
Jun Xian raised a brow, "What happened? To make you come here so late in the night."
"Official Lin's….. household….." Li Ran hesitated.
Jun Xian's heart skipped a beat, but maintained his composure.
"What happened?"
"I was carrying out His Majesty's orders to bring Official Lin in for questioning in regards to corruption and bribery charges. When I arrived, the mishap at Lin Household had already happened. Official Lin killed thirty six people of his household, when I got there, I saw him holding on to the sword, insane, that was still impaled in the chest of his wife." Li Ran was bathed in cold sweat, unable to believe what he witnessed earlier.
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