Chapter 201 - Ruthless

Hearing what Wei Liuying said, the advisor was silent for a moment. He couldn't see her face because she was standing behind him, but he felt as if she was able to know his thoughts.

Afterwards, he calmed himself down.

"There's no use knowing that. The river is long and…"

"Behind Yi Tu Hill is the location of Tu Tribe during winter. If we come there, I'm sure there will be a lot of people," Wei Liuying said unhurriedly. She looked at the advisor in front of her. "Such a strategic and hidden place, what do you think they will think if they know that the advisor is the one who leak out the place to them?"

Chills ran down the advisor's back. He felt that every word that Wei Liuying uttered was a threat to him. She didn't ask anything from him to reveal, but the sentences and story that she talked about was very precise.

It was as if she had known everything just like the back of her hand.

"You're lying. There's no way you will know…."

"Your voice is quivering. What you said is not convincing at all, Advisor of Tu Tribe," Wei Liuying continued. She walked to the front of the advisor and looked at him. "You have wife and child. Should I bring them here and have Strategist Yang treat them the same way as you?"

"You bastard! Don't you dare…!"

Bang!

Due to the violent move that the advisor made, the chair was unable to hold on his weight anymore. He fell to the ground and hit his head. However, he still tried to look at Wei Liuying with pure hatred.

Curses spewed out of his mouth with heavy accent.

Wei Liuying was looking at the advisor without changing her expression in the slightest bit. Maintaining a poker face was a skill that she had developed ever since she was young, so it was not that hard for her to keep the same expression all the time.

"Are you not done yet?" Wei Liuying asked after the advisor had stopped talking and panting for breath.

"You…"

"Just an order is enough to send soldiers to Yi Tu Hill. I'm sure you know what you need to do if you don't wish for that to happen."

The advisor still wanted to curse even more, but looking at the cold expression on Wei Liuying's face, he knew that even if he cursed all day long, Wei Liuying would not care. When she had run out of patience, all that was needed would be an order. The order to send soldiers to fetch his wife and son.

The thought of his family would be captured hurt his heart.

"You're not human! You damn villain!"

"Villain?" Wei Liuying laughed out lightly. Her eyes showed a glint for a moment. "That has a nice ring to it."

The advisor cursed again when he heard what Wei Liuying said.

On the other hand, Wei Liuying was calm. She had never regarded herself as a good person, so naturally, she didn't feel offended. In fact, she did think that there will be a lot of people who saw her as a villain because of what she had done.

It didn't matter to her either way.

There were many things that she had to do that might not be morally right just because she wished to survive. 

"I'll speak…" the man said in hoarse voice. He looked at Wei Liuying. "But first, who are you?"

"My name is Liu Ying," Wei Liuying responded. "Is that enough?"

Liu Ying, the new rising strategist within Prince Ji Sheng's rank. The advisor glanced at the back where Yang Xian was standing and then to Wei Liuying's face. With this, he seemed to understand that things would never go according to their way anymore.

Prince Ji Sheng had taken in another powerful person under him.

…

"That should be everything," Wei Liuying said to Yang Xian when they walked back. The advisor ended up revealing almost everything that he knew regarding other tribes' movement.

Yang Xian nodded. He was listening in, so he knew the name of the tribes that they needed to be wary of. In addition, they might need to send some people to scout the areas in fear that there might be some people who managed to sneak in and blend in.

This would be a very tedious work.

"You did great, Liu Ying."

"You should have been able to do the same thing, Strategist Yang. You have the information, right?"

Yang Xian chuckled. "I do have the information, but I don't know anything about that Yi Tu Hill."

The information regarding the advisor's family was provided by him before they came here. He had learned the advisor's name, so he sent some people to search for information. Based on what he had learned, he only knew they were from the east area along with several other tribes.

But their specific location could not be found because of their nomadic lifestyle.

"Oh." Wei Liuying then realized that Yang Xian didn't know about that. She smiled lightly. "I read about that before."

"You read it? Are you saying that I hadn't read it?"

"Yes."

For some reason, Yang Xian felt that Wei Liuying was insulting his memory for forgetting or his intelligence for not reading that book. Also, which book mentioned about Tu Tribe? He didn't know about that.

Wei Liuying chuckled a bit when she saw Yang Xian's dark face. "I'm not saying that you're stupid, Strategist Yang. The book I read is a record that's left behind by a poet regarding the north east."

Poetry…

Now Yang Xian finally knew why he hadn't read the book. While Prince Ji Sheng also learned the books regarding arts and others, Yang Xian often skipped those. Yang Xian completely focused on books that taught him strategy, military, and also leadership.

"I presume you have read it from a long time ago."

"Yes. There's a poetry written from someone who fall in love with a woman at Tu Tribe. I remember the writer said that they met under a tree on top of Yi Tu Hill and when we learnt about the geography, I know the location of the hill is real," Wei Liuying replied.

The rest was only her deduction.

Since the one who used to write the poetry could meet the woman in that place each year, it meant that Tu Tribe often passed by the area or they had a hiding place nearby. She tried to gamble using this place with the advisor and got remarkable result.

"I see. You're good, Liu Ying."

"Many thanks for your praise, Strategist Yang."

The two of them returned back to Wei Liuying's tent as Yang Xian took the pot and poured tea for the two of them. Talking with that advisor for so long was quite tiring. Though, it was also worth it because they gained a lot of information.

"I'll write some letters first. Could you ask the soldiers to prepare some food in the mean time?"

"Alright."

There were no servants in this place, so the one who cooked were soldiers. When they were at the frontline, it was also the same. There were a group of soldiers who were in charge of supplies and protecting it.

Due to limited materials, their meals were simple. Carrying the two bowls of porridge, Wei Liuying returned back to her tent. She came right in time to see Yang Xian finished writing the letters and sent them.

"Do you think we'll be able to handle this in time?"

"I hope so," Yang Xian replied. He didn't want to see more battles occurred because of this matter at all.

Wei Liuying passed the bowl and the two of them ate in silence. Their minds were working hard to digest all the information and thought about the preparation that they might need in order to face it.

"Do you need to return back and take care of it?"

"It's not possible for me to personally leave, so I have to send some people to take care of this." Yang Xian put the bowl away. "After we're done with the matter in the capital city, we're going to hunt those tribes first."

Wei Liuying nodded. Those intruders should be still at the north area of Han Shi Kingdom, which was still part of Prince Ji Sheng's territory. Because of that, they had quite the access to track them down to a certain degree. 

"But that's for later. The most important matter for us is our visit to the capital city not long from now."

"Right. Have you prepared the excuse?"

"Excuse?" Yang Xian asked with amusement. "If you're talking about scapegoat, it's obvious that I have already prepared more than enough. Besides, the locations of the tribes are not in the location where Prince Ji Sheng usually guards. In fact, it's quite far from him."

That statement made Wei Liuying stunned.