Chapter 46 – It Starts Now
On the main road, there was a slowly moving horse drawn carriage. In the front and back, there were eight icy-faced riders protecting it. The carriage's driver was an older gentlemen with peppered hair. With whip in hand, his eyes looked ahead with an indifferent expression. With each crack of the whip, the horses neighed and the carriage move forward leaving a trail of dust behind.
Inside the carriage was an old man who was frowning as if he was thinking about something.
This old man was praised as the world's top divine doctor of the time – Du Shi Qing. This time, he was going from Great Zhao Nation into Iron Cloud Nation!
"Senior Du, in this trip to Iron Cloud Nation, you have only a single mission. It is to use all of your saintly skills to help the emperor of Iron Cloud nation live a little bit longer. You must not let him die too early!"
These words were solemnly said to him by Prime Minister Diwu Qing Rou, himself.
Du Shi Qing already clearly understood why the emperor of Iron Cloud had to live a little longer. Currently, Iron Cloud was managed by the prince, but the prince was not the emperor. There were some things he still cannot legitimately carry out. (TLN: the phrase was 'if the name is not right, the words won't ring true' or something like that)
As long as the emperor stretches out his last dying breath, Iron Cloud Nation would never be fortified! Even if Tie Bu Tian was overflowed with talent, he would not dare kill his dad and usurp the throne of Iron Cloud. Therefore he would not be able to change the current state of Iron Cloud.
If Tie Shi Cheng can live for another month then Great Zhao Nation would have another month to prepare! It would be best if the old emperor kept his dying breath until everything was ready! When war breaks out, the prince of Iron Cloud Nation would not have full power and all the weaknesses would be left exposed.
However, this task was extremely difficult!
And only Du Shi Qing would know how difficult it was.
Du Shi Qing smiled sadly and then sighed. Years ago when Tie Shi Cheng was still a young man, he went into the battlefield against Great Zhao Nation. At the time, Diwu Qing Rou was only a cabinet member with the responsibility of watching over the military. Yet he has the guts to use gold and silver to hire the best archer to kill Tie Shi Cheng.
In the chaos of the battlefield, Tie Shi Cheng was shot by an arrow! Even worse, that arrow was covered in an extremely strong poison!
Tie Shi Cheng was blocked by one of his guards. The arrow pierced through the guard's chest and went into Tie Shi Cheng's body so it potency was weakened. Even so, this poison almost took Tie Shi Cheng's life.
It was Diwu Qing Rou who once again used money to buy Du Shi Qing's service for the nation. This service was healing Tie Shi Cheng's wound. In his whole life, Du Shi Qing finally did the one unethical thing: healing Tie Shi Cheng's wound, but secretly poisoning him with something of a more chronic nature, one without a cure.
As poison slowly ate away Tie Shi Cheng's body, Great Zhao also gradually ate away Iron Cloud Nation all these years.
Make him sick, but don't let him die. Even though, Iron Cloud could have been taken over, but he did not do it! These past years, Diwu Qing Rou used the conflict with Iron Cloud to repeatedly achieve merits for himself. He never ceased to increase his reputation. He never ceased to gain more power. Even within the military, Diwu Qing Rou's achievements shined brightest. And now, he was below only one and ruled over all.
