Endless Winter: My Camp Upgrades Infinitely

Chapter 1173: Chapter 399: Beishuo’s Foreign Edict and Xiang Fuhai’s Injuries

Yuan Cheng stood in place, looking at the invitation card, his expression gloomy, yet he couldn’t help but feel a trace of guilt in his heart. He clenched his fist tightly and decided to step out, solemnly speaking to Xia Chuan:

"Minister, if the Northern Three Towns truly use this matter as leverage to force Great Xia into anything, we absolutely must not agree. Yuan Cheng is solely responsible for his actions, since I made this mess, I should bear the burden. At worst, just let me..."

"What invitation card, let me see!"

Before Yuan Cheng could finish his sentence, a voice from outside interrupted him.

"Greetings, Lord!"

Upon hearing the voice, Yuan Cheng did not hesitate at all, turning around immediately and bowing respectfully to the one behind. Xia Chuan, who was seated at the main seat, and Qiu Peng and Lin Kai below, also stood up quickly, bowing respectfully towards the door:

"Greetings, Lord!"

Xia Hong did not delay, walked over, and directly took the golden document from Yuan Cheng’s hand, then sat in the main seat vacated by Xia Chuan, looking down at the document.

[Beishuo External Edict: On the night of September 1st, Yuan Cheng, Director of Garrison Department of Great Xia Town, ambushed and killed Beishuo’s Town Chamber of Commerce President Yang Fan, Vice President Yang Pu, members Yang Yun, Yang Shou, Yang Ding, Zhu Yiqing, Zhang Hewen, Li Kang, Li Xinyan, Zhou Ying, Zhou Longhai, Zhu Long, Bai Dong, totaling thirteen people in the Snow Forest, thirteen kilometers north of Hongmen City.]

Yang Ning witnessed the atrocities of Yuan Cheng and others with his own eyes. Great Xia cannot deny it. Beishuo and your town are both part of the Nine Towns of Moao South Slope. We ought to disregard divisions and join hands, together building Moao South Slope’s home, yet Great Xia committed such heinous acts, truly disgraceful.

Beishuo has issued external edict to notify all towns, hoping Great Xia will hand over the culprits on September 18 at Hongmen, and restore justice to Beishuo and Moao towns!

——Yang Zhun, Qin Feng, Shangguan Yang

"This external edict, is really well written!"

Upon hearing Xia Hong’s first words after reading the document, the four people below’s expressions suddenly froze.

Seeing their reactions, Xia Hong smiled, raising the Beishuo edict in his hand and said: "What, am I wrong? Beishuo’s edict is well-reasoned, capturing the righteousness and winning hearts. Setting aside Muyin and Jiangxia, other five town lords might find it difficult not to support Beishuo on behalf of the Nine Towns!"

Qin Feng and Shangguan Yang directly signed at the end, even if Cao Qianyang and Long Mingyuan don’t support, they probably won’t oppose the Three Towns. September 18th seems like all will come together."

Upon hearing these words, Xia Chuan and the four others’ expressions instantly grew solemn.

"The Nine Towns of Moao South Slope’s regulations, internal edicts are called town edicts, diplomatic edicts are external edicts, which are customarily made public. This document by Yang Zhun will spread across the eight towns in a few days, and there will surely be many spectators on the 18th. Yang Zhun clearly wants to put us on a burning stake!"

Qiu Peng spoke solemnly, and after a moment of contemplation, everyone’s expression slightly sank.

Truly handing over Yuan Cheng in front of the people from the Eight Towns would utterly disgrace Great Xia’s reputation, yet they absolutely cannot hand over Yuan Cheng.

But if they don’t hand him over, with such conclusive evidence, Yang Zhun has already informed the Seven Towns, intentionally making it known to everyone. If they don’t hand over, Great Xia will inevitably be labeled as arrogant. The good reputation they’ve painstakingly built over the last two months will be completely destroyed.

Destroying reputation is secondary; if they don’t hand over, will Yang Zhun let it rest? Qin Feng and Shangguan Yang’s names on this edict imply that Wuchuan and Jin Mountain towns will fully support Beishuo.

Thinking of this, Xia Chuan couldn’t help but speak solemnly: "Not only the Northern Three Towns, Duan Hong was humiliated by the Lord at the Hongmen Banquet, thus harbors deep hatred for Great Xia. Coupled with their unclear connection with Beishuo, Chui Mountain will undoubtedly side with Beishuo. Cao Qianyang and Long Mingyuan, these weathercocks, see the four towns’ strength, even if not supporting, dare not oppose them, thus we face four towns together!"

"Muyin and Jiangxia, won’t support us?"

Yuan Cheng suddenly spoke, but upon seeing Xia Chuan and the three others’ gazes after speaking, he immediately closed his mouth, his expression becoming more somber.

Muyin and Jiangxia have been favored by Great Xia, but under such circumstances, what choices the two towns make is uncertain. Moreover, their choices are not yours to decide, Great Xia has never depended on outsiders for survival.

"Seems my intuition is correct, Yang Zhun from the Northern Three Towns is indeed the toughest nut to crack. Two months since Hongmen’s opening, he is already impatiently uniting the towns against us, quite interesting!"

Xia Hong lowered his head and mused, looking at the contents of the edict, he asked Xia Chuan: "These five, Yang Fan, Yang Pu, Yang Yun, Yang Shou, Yang Ding, are they direct descendants of the Yang Family? What is their relationship with Yang Zhun and Yang Fa?"

Fully understanding the Eight Towns’ situation, Xia Chuan immediately answered: "The second generation descendants of the Yang Family have the character ’Cao’ in their names. Yang Fan, Yang Pu, Yang Yun are among them, Yang Fan is Town Chief Yang Fa’s eldest son, Yang Pu is Yang Zhun’s fifth son, and the last one, Yang Yun, is the eldest son of Yang Jian the third. Yang Shou and Yang Ding are fourth generation descendants, also direct descendants, both are in their thirties, with skills over twenty-five horses, known for their talent, acclaimed as the Yang Family’s Six Horses, quite reputable in the Eight Towns."

Upon hearing this, Xia Hong’s eyebrows slightly furrowed.

All five are direct descendants, no wonder Yang Zhun acted so ruthlessly.