EFB Chapter 2629 Shocking news
Chapter 2629 Shocking news
Chapter 2629 Shocking news
He Chunhua felt a sudden pang of unease, as if something bad was about to happen.
To make matters worse, his sixth sense has always been very sharp.
Then, a strange silence fell on the other end of the "Thousand-Mile Ear". He could hear He Yue's breathing become noticeably heavier, but he just didn't say a word.
"What's going on?" My son has been on the battlefield for many years and is mature and steady. What storms haven't he seen?
Has the situation in Onan City changed, or have Baling or Bega pulled some dirty tricks again?
"Father!" He Yue finally spoke, his voice dry and short of breath, "Jue'er, Jue'er has sacrificed herself."
"What did you say?" He Chunhua thought he had misheard. "Who died?"
"Jue'er, your eldest grandson. He..." He Yue's voice was heavy with grief, "...the Baling people deserve to die! I must avenge them!"
The last few words were spoken through gritted teeth.
He had two sons. Among the many royal descendants, He Changjue was the most promising and ambitious, and was also the most favored by Prince Shen and his son.
He absolutely could not accept He Changjue's death.
Although He Chunhua was also shocked and furious, she could tell that her son was blinded by grief, so she immediately interrupted him: "Jue'er didn't go to the battlefield, so how could he... You didn't let him go to the battlefield, right?"
People are irrational and incapable of thinking when they are at their saddest.
Conversely, once he starts thinking, reason will prevail, and emotions may be suppressed.
He Chunhua knows her son too well and knows how to handle his emotions.
No matter how angry He Yue was, he still had to answer his father's questions. As he began to trace the case, his mind had to get active, and his grief was temporarily suppressed.
"He escorted supplies with the army to Blackwater City, and then went to the Longevity Tower, the very Longevity Tower that you personally inscribed." He Yue was still in a bad mood, and his words were particularly difficult to utter. "Then the Longevity Tower exploded, and three nearby streets were blown up."
"Impossible!" Even with her strong will, He Chunhua's words became somewhat incoherent. "The magical artifact I bestowed upon Jue'er can protect him. There are treasures given by the gods within it! Let alone one or two explosions, even if..."
"That explosion was incredibly powerful, but Jue'er wasn't killed. Instead, enemies lurking nearby came out and killed him!"
"How could this be?" He Chunhua's first reaction after the initial shock was one of furious rage: "Meng Yi was also killed in the explosion? Huh? Are the officials of Blackwater City all idiots? Don't they check people entering and leaving the city? Knowing that Jue'er entered the Longevity Tower, why didn't they clear the area and let outsiders get close?"
"Jue'er was escorting supplies to Blackwater City, and even the Blackwater City government didn't know beforehand. How could the enemy have tracked his movements?" After his initial shock and anger, He Yue forced himself to calm down. "Father, how many people in the court know where he went?"
"The transport of military supplies is a secret, and considering he accompanied the team, there are no more than six!" The matter of the Crown Prince escorting military supplies to the front lines was originally intended to be publicized afterward. He Chunhua's voice was like a cold wind blowing from an ice cellar.
He is already the emperor.
The wrath of the emperor can cause rivers of blood to flow. Everyone in the court and the country should be on edge.
But he also said, "Another possibility is that the information was leaked within the escort team. In any case, I will investigate thoroughly!"
He Yue was leading troops in battle at the front lines, so only Prince Shen could investigate this matter from the rear.
He Chunhua then asked, "Has the murderer been caught?"
“One was shot dead on the spot, and the other committed suicide after being captured.” He Yue took a deep breath. “However, one arrow shot into the flagpole of the Blackwater City government office, unfurling into a large banner with some blood-red characters on it: ‘Those who offend Baling will be extinct and their descendants will be wiped out; they will be spat upon by both gods and men!’”
"Father!" he choked out, "Baling! I was just thinking of withdrawing the troops, of saving our two countries from the quagmire of war. And it...it did it, it killed my son!"
He Chunhua's gaze shifted: "Just hang it openly on the flagpole?"
“Yes, after the explosion, countless people entered and exited the government office, and we saw it all,” He Yue said. “In addition, nearby civilians also saw it.”
To kill someone, you must first destroy their spirit. He Chunhua felt a surge of anger rising to the top of his head.
He took several deep breaths to calm his anger. He Yue had lost his composure; as the Prince of Shen, he had to stay calm.
"Anyone can write this statement; it may not, may not, actually be true."
He Yue gritted his teeth and said, "Baling has suffered several defeats and lost Aonan City! They couldn't do anything to me, so they... they attacked and killed my son as revenge."
In terms of motive, Baling is the most likely suspect, especially since the words on the flag also claim that Baling is responsible for the matter.
He Chunhua didn't tell He Yue to calm down, because He Yue was at his most agitated at that moment, and the more time he was given to calm down, the angrier he would become.
“It could also be the work of Beka.” He Chunhua pointed directly at Beka. “Only when the situation escalates can the war be further expanded. Beka may have sensed that you were thinking of retreating.”
He Yue said with difficulty, "Are you saying that my idea of withdrawing the troops caused Jue'er's death?"
"No, of course not!" He Chunhua said decisively. "Your idea is to be responsible to Shen Kingdom, to our hundreds of thousands of troops on expedition, and to the people! But Bega has probably seen through this, and it wants us to... continue the attack. Think about it, you have already occupied Onan City. If Baling provokes you now, it will only force us to continue our march. What good will that do for it? For the past few hundred years, Bega has been constantly stirring up trouble in the human world. When it comes to framing others and assassinating people, no one is better than it."
He Yue fell silent. No matter how grief-stricken he was, he wouldn't lose this shred of reason; Bega's power forced him to his senses.
If the murderer is Baling, he can seek revenge;
If the murderer is Bega, what should they do? What can they do to Bega?
How utterly hopeless and unsolvable this is?
"Father, what should we do now?"
He Chunhua gave a bitter smile: "What else can we do? We won't withdraw the troops; we'll continue the attack."
"You just said..."
“What I say is no longer important,” He Chunhua interrupted him again. “The people of Blackwater City have seen the words on the flag. Soon, the entire Shen Kingdom will know, and it won’t be hidden anymore. The prince’s death is a national disgrace, and we cannot let it go!”
He sighed deeply: "This is the enemy's intention, to cut off our retreat."
He is the Prince of Shen. His most beloved eldest grandson was murdered, and the other party even publicly claimed responsibility for the incident. How could he not seek revenge?
If he doesn't launch a war of revenge against Baling, how can he explain it to the court and the people of Shen?
If he fails to exact a severe revenge on Baling, how will the surrounding smaller states view Shen? Will he still have any prestige or say in the alliance he has formed?
The dignity of a great power sometimes has to be washed away with blood!
Upon hearing that the enemy had left a message on the flagpole of the Blackwater City government office, He Chunhua went through all these thoughts in his mind.
There's no solution! There's absolutely no solution!
(End of this chapter)